Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

"About half an hour after we parted ways,"

Liuli casually poked at the pebbles at her feet with a thin twig.

"It's such a short distance, and there are red ribbons marking the way. How did you get lost? You couldn't have been blinded by the mountain fog, could you?"

"I want to know the reason too!" Eri Kisaki said, clenching her fist and emphasizing each word.

The two chatted casually for a while, and before long, Eri saw Hayashi Shuichi pat Kogoro Mouri on the shoulder, and the two walked away together.

Seeing this, Eri Kisaki quickly and quietly followed.

……

Lin Xiuyi and Mouri Kogoro arrived at the stream and sat on a large rock.

"You really have a way with me, Shuichi," Kogoro Mouri nudged Shuichi Hayashi with his elbow, grinning maliciously. "You deliberately led them on a detour and pretended to be lost. How did you even come up with that?"

Lin Xiuyi looked at the babbling brook and a triumphant smile appeared on his lips: "What else can we do? You didn't see it, but Eri and Yukiko started arguing over whether to drink cold water or warm water."

He casually picked up a flat stone, flicked his wrist, and the stone bounced four or five times on the water's surface before sinking.
"If I let them keep arguing, I'm really afraid they'll start fighting."

“If a fight really breaks out, Eri won’t be at a disadvantage,” Kogoro Mouri chuckled. “You’re just worried about Yukiko, aren’t you?”

"If those two start fighting, I'll be in the most difficult position, won't I?" Lin Xiuyi said irritably. "No matter who I side with, the other one will be furious with me. I don't want to make things difficult for myself."

"So you deliberately led them astray to scare them," Kogoro Mouri laughed. "But to be honest, it worked quite well. When they came over just now, the atmosphere was surprisingly harmonious. Yukiko even handed Eri water. That's quite rare."

"you do not say."

Lin Xiuyi chuckled softly, her smugness growing even stronger.
"To deal with these women, you have to use some special methods. Let them live in fear in the mountains for a while, keep their nerves on edge, and they won't have the energy to cause trouble. Look how well-behaved they are now."

Hearing this from behind the bushes, Eri Kisaki was so angry that she trembled all over.

So, you actually dared to lie to us on purpose!

No wonder something felt off earlier; it turns out Shuichi was acting from the very beginning!
They were worried that he might not be able to find his way, but it turns out he just took their worries as a joke!

Eri Kisaki suppressed the urge to rush out and confront him, and quietly retreated, already planning what to do.

Back at the secret base, Yukiko was chatting enthusiastically with Hiromi Yabuuchi when she saw Eri Kisaki come in. She casually asked, "Glasses Girl, where did you go? Is Reiko awake? I was going to tell her about the little squirrel I saw earlier."

Eri Kisaki did not answer immediately, but walked over to Yukiko and gestured for her to come over.

Hiromi Yabuuchi wisely shut her mouth and continued watching Misao Yamamura and the others play cards, but her ears involuntarily perked up, wanting to hear what the two, who should be at odds, would say.

"What's wrong? Why are you being so mysterious?" Yukiko asked, following Eri Kisaki into the secret base of the mountain village.

Eri glanced at Reiko, who was still fast asleep, and whispered as she repeated what she had just heard.
"That bastard was just trying to scare us and make us behave!"

"what?!"

Yukiko was immediately shocked and almost shouted out loud, but fortunately Eri Kisaki covered her mouth in time.

She forcefully pried Eri's hands away and said angrily, "Shuichi is too much! We were so worried about him last night, and he still played us!"

"Keep your voice down!" Eri glared at her and pointed to the group of people playing cards outside. "Do you want everyone to know that we've been tricked by him?" Yukiko realized that she had been too loud and shut her mouth in annoyance, but the anger in her eyes did not diminish at all.

She paced back and forth, hands on her hips, and said angrily, "Then what do we do? Just let it go like this? I can't swallow this!"

“Of course we can’t let it go!” A sly glint flashed in Eri’s eyes. “Doesn’t he think we’re easy to fool? We’ll show him that girls aren’t so easy to bully.”

At that moment, Reiko rubbed her eyes and sat up, asking groggily, "What are you talking about? I think I heard Onii-chan's name."

Yukiko and Kisaki exchanged a glance and decided to bring Reiko on board as well.

Yukiko went over and briefly explained the whole story, emphasizing that Hayashi Hideichi had deliberately made them worry.

After hearing this, Reiko's face turned red with anger, and she clenched her little fist and waved it: "Onii-chan is so mean! We have to teach him a lesson!"

“That’s right!” Yukiko immediately responded, “We need to think of a way to show him what we’re capable of! To make him understand that we’re not to be trifled with!”

The three girls huddled together, heads touching, and began to whisper their plans.

"How about we hide his shoes and let him walk barefoot on the mountain path?" Yukiko suggested. "This mountain path is uneven; I guarantee he'll cry out in pain after just a few steps!"

“No,” Eri Kisaki immediately shook her head. “The mountain path is so rough on the feet, what if you get hurt?”

"Shall we put chili powder in his water?" Reiko raised her hand and said. She still remembered the taste of the salt that Onii-chan secretly put in her milk last time.

“That won’t work either,” Eri Kisaki still felt uneasy. “What if he chokes on it? Besides, where are we going to find chili powder here?”

"This won't work, that won't work! Didn't you say you wanted revenge? You're still feeling sorry for him!"

Yukiko snorted, then suddenly had an idea. She clapped her hands and grinned like a fox that had just stolen some cream.

"I've got an idea! He likes to scare us, so let's just..."

She leaned close to Eri and Reiko's ears and whispered something for a long time.

After listening, Eri hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded: "This is a good idea. It won't really hurt anyone, and it will leave a deep impression on him."

Lingzi nodded vigorously, her little face full of anticipation: "Okay, okay! I'll keep watch!"

The three reached an agreement, exchanged smiles, and their eyes gleamed with a desire for revenge, as if they could already see Lin Xiuyi being "taught a lesson."

……

Just then, Hayashi Shuichi and Mori Kogoro returned from the stream, carrying a few wild fruits they had just picked.

I saw three girls emerge from the secret base, chatting and laughing together.

Lin Xiuyi assumed they were chatting about something happy and asked with a smile, "What's making you so happy?"

Yukiko immediately stopped smiling and casually smoothed her hair.

"It's nothing, we were just talking about how Lingzi was talking in her sleep, constantly saying she wanted to eat grilled fish. When Glasses Girl went to wake her up, Lingzi mistook her wrist for a grilled fish and bit her..." (End of Chapter)