Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

The old-fashioned wall clock in the living room ticked away.

Rei Furuya, clutching a Monopoly piece, looked up at the clock on the wall in confusion.

"It's been about ten minutes since Brother Xiuhe left, why haven't he and Brother Kogoro returned? Could something have happened?"

Yamamura Misao stopped what he was doing, scratching the back of his head: "Could it be that he encountered some trouble in the bathroom? Like a broken pipe, or maybe he ran into a ghost..."

He was halfway through his sentence when he was startled by the terrifying scene he had imagined.

“Something does seem a bit off,” Lin Xiuyi said, putting down the dice. “I’ll go take a look.”

Just as he was about to get up, the living room door creaked open.

Hidekazu Fukuda walked in, his shirt collar slightly disheveled, as if he had hurriedly straightened it.

"Why did you take so long?" Lin Xiu asked, looking surprised. "Did something happen?"

Fukuda Hidekazu wore a slightly tired expression, wiped imaginary beads of sweat from his forehead, and blurted out a pre-prepared excuse.

"Don't even mention it, the bathroom faucet was broken and kept dripping. I thought I'd just fix it quickly, but it took up a lot of my time."

As he said this, his eyes unconsciously darted away, afraid that Lin Xiuyi would see through his ruse.

Rei Furuya asked in confusion, "Where's Kogoro-nii? Why didn't he come back with you?"

“Oh, Kogoro,” Fukuda Hidekazu said with a natural smile, having already anticipated this. “He said he was a little sleepy, so he went outside to smoke to perk himself up. He told us to play while he played and come back when he finished his cigarette.”

The two children, Rei Furuya and Misao Yamamura, were simple-minded and didn't doubt his words at all. With their eyes fixed on the chessboard, they had already begun to discuss which piece of land to buy next.

Lin Xiuyi didn't think much of it; after all, a broken faucet and smoking were both common occurrences. He nodded.
“Alright, since Kogoro isn’t here, I’ll take over his role for now.”

The game continued, with Lin Xiuyi controlling his and Mouri Kogoro's pieces, sometimes buying land and sometimes building houses, quickly gaining an advantage on the board.

After playing for less than five minutes, Fukuda Hidekazu suddenly slapped his thigh, as if he had remembered something important.
"We've been playing for so long, we're getting a little hungry. Oh right, I brought a lot of snacks in my bag, including chocolate, potato chips, and fruit candies. Want to take them out and share them?"

"snack!"

When Furuya Rei and Yamamura Misao heard those two words, their eyes immediately lit up.

"I want to eat! I want to eat!" Yamamura Misao put down his chess piece. "I love potato chips the most!"

“Then go get it,” Fukuda Hidekazu said with a smile. “It’s on the table in my black backpack upstairs in the bedroom.”

The two children stood up excitedly and couldn't wait to go upstairs.

Lin Xiuyi watched their retreating figures, smiled helplessly, and continued tidying up the props on the chessboard.

……

The second-floor corridor was dark and narrow, with only a dim wall lamp providing illumination.

The footsteps of Rei Furuya and Misao Yamamura echoed dully on the wooden floor.

"Which room did Xiuhe put his bag in?" Yamamura Misao asked in a low voice, his fingers unconsciously tugging at his friend's clothes.

"This is your home, you..."

Rei Furuya had only spoken half a sentence when suddenly, the bedroom door in front of him creaked open automatically.

Before the two boys could react, several hands suddenly reached out from the darkness and pulled them inside!

Yamamura Misao was so frightened that his whole body stiffened, while Furuya Rei immediately began to struggle, thrusting his elbows backward hard.

"Don't move, it's us!" A familiar voice rang out, followed by a "snap" as the bedroom light came on.

Five hideous "female ghosts" appeared before them!

If his mouth hadn't been covered, Yamamura Misao's screams would probably have blown the roof off.

Rei Furuya gasped and instinctively took two steps back.

"Xiao Cao, Xiao Ling, it's me!"

The smallest "female ghost" lifted her disheveled hair, revealing Lingzi's familiar little face, only now it was made up to look like a blue-faced monster with fangs.

Yamamura Misao kept his eyes tightly shut, his whole body trembling.

Rei Furuya recognized Reiko, his voice trembling with disbelief: "Rei... Reiko-nee?"

"It's us!" Yukiko asked with a smile. "How about it? Don't we look like real ghosts?"

Her face was covered with realistic "wounds," and the right half of her face even revealed "bare bones."

Upon learning that the five "female ghosts" were actually girls in disguise, and that their purpose was to scare Hayashi Shuichi, Furuya Rei immediately became interested.
"I want to join too! I want to scare Master too! He always said I was a coward, but this time I'll show him what I'm capable of!"

Hearing everyone's conversation, Yamamura Misao slowly opened his eyes. His fear lessened considerably, but he was still somewhat nervous.

……

In the living room, Fukuda Hidekazu glanced at his watch with feigned concern, saying, "The two children have been gone for so long and haven't come down yet. Could something have happened to them upstairs? I'll go check on them."

Lin Xiuyi put down the chess piece and stood up: "I'll go with you."

"No need, no need," Fukuda Hideichi quickly waved his hand. "You just wait here. It's probably just the two kids playing wildly upstairs. I'll go and call them down."

After saying that, before Lin Xiuyi could refute him, he quickly walked towards the stairwell.

Lin Xiuyi watched his retreating figure. Although she felt a little strange, she didn't think much of it and could only sit alone in the living room to wait.

However, this wait lasted for more than half an hour.

Not only did Yamamura Misao and Furuya Rei not return, but Fukuda Hidekazu was also nowhere to be found.

The living room was so quiet that only the ticking of the wall clock could be heard. Lin Xiu frowned and decided to get up to check on the situation.

He first went to the bathroom door and tried to push it, but found that the door did not move at all, as if it was stuck by something.

Lin Xiuyi was puzzled and was about to go outside to check the bathroom window when she heard a slight noise coming from upstairs, as if someone was dragging something.

Lin Xiuyi immediately became more alert, slowed her steps, and slowly walked towards the stairs.

As soon as he reached the second floor, he saw a "ghost face" sticking out of the window at the end of the corridor.

Under the moonlight, that pale face was particularly eerie, with long black hair hanging down, covering most of the face, leaving only one blood-red eye staring straight at him.

Even more terrifying, this "ghost" was slowly crawling out of the window into the corridor in a bizarre manner!

Lin Xiuyi stared at the familiar "ghost" costume for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Sadako?"

Upon hearing the name, the "demon" on the other side froze instantly, and stopped moving.

What Sadako? Who is Sadako? (End of Chapter)