Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

The "female ghost" clung to the windowsill, her wig disheveled by the wind, her bluish-gray foundation adorned with purplish-black veins, and dark red "blood beads" hanging from the torn wound at the corner of her mouth. The meticulously crafted ghost makeup on her face appeared particularly eerie under the moonlight.

The "evil spirit" climbing through the window was actually Yukiko in disguise. She originally intended to scare Hayashi Hideichi, but unexpectedly gained something from it!

Sadako? That's clearly a girl's name!
Did Shuichi really wrong this girl named Sadako in the past? And even cause her death?
Otherwise, why would this name be the first thing that comes to mind after seeing a ghost?

Yukiko's breathing became rapid, her chest heaving violently. The ghost makeup, which was originally just for a prank, now seemed to carry a hint of resentment.

"You heartless man!" she shouted hoarsely, her voice filled with genuine anger, even her tone rising eight octaves higher than usual, "Go to hell!"

As he spoke, he lunged towards the house.

Just at this critical moment, the bedroom door at the end of the corridor suddenly creaked open.

The moment the door opened, a sinister piano melody drifted out, its low and slow tune like a funeral dirge coming from the depths of the earth.

Another "female ghost" slowly walked out of the bedroom, with an eerie blood-red light flashing behind her.

The red light flickered, casting the "female ghost's" shadow on the wall, making it appear exceptionally tall and terrifying.

"Who...is...Sadako!" the "ghost" asked, enunciating each word as if squeezed out from between her teeth.

As she questioned him, several other "female ghosts" surrounded her from all directions.

Some ghosts peeked out from the storage room with their faces covered in "maggots," others appeared from the corner of the stairs with hideous "ligature marks" on their necks, and a little female ghost crawled forward on all fours with her hair disheveled.

A red light flickered in the corridor, eerie music echoed in the air, and five "female ghosts" surrounded them from all directions, their pale faces looking particularly chilling in the red light.

"Who...is...Sadako!"

The five female ghosts spoke up together, their voices echoing in the narrow corridor. Combined with the terrifying sound effects playing from the tape recorder, it was indeed quite frightening.

Lin Xiuyi's gaze swept between them, a slight smile playing on her lips before quickly replaced by a look of fear.

He took a few steps back, pressed his back against the wall, and feigned a trembling expression, saying in a shaking voice...

"Oh, that's a girl I grew up with."

"nonsense!"

The "female ghost" roared angrily, and the "bloody light" behind her shook violently with her movements.

"How come I didn't know there was such a person!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, she regretted them. Wasn't this tantamount to revealing her identity?
Lin Xiuyi raised an eyebrow, looking puzzled.

Yukiko hurriedly jumped down from the windowsill, but almost tripped over her own long hair and stumbled before regaining her balance.

"We...we are female ghosts!"

While inwardly cursing "Glasses Girl is such an idiot," Yukiko hurriedly tried to salvage the situation.
"If she's the girl you killed, we 'kind' would definitely recognize her! Don't try to fool us!"

As she spoke, she made a ferocious expression, and suddenly half of her false eyelashes fell off, hanging precariously on her lower eyelid.

Lin Xiu smiled and continued to play along with their act: "...It's better if you don't get to know her. She has a fiery temper, and if she finds out you're helping me, she might entangle you all as well."

"Humph!"

The "female ghost," radiating a blood-red aura, snorted coldly, her breath tickling the heavy special effects makeup.

Are you that afraid of us seeing her?

The "female ghost" took a step closer, the wooden floorboards creaking slightly beneath her feet. "What exactly is your relationship with her? You must explain yourself today!"

Lin Xiuyi shrank back, feigning fear: "...A man and a woman, what other relationship could they have?"

"I met her by chance during one of my outings, and at first I just treated her like a younger sister."

"You already have a younger sister!"

The "little ghost girl" lying on the ground suddenly raised her head, revealing a puffed-up little face through her messy hair.

She forgot to disguise her voice; her innocent, childlike voice sounded especially clear and crisp in the corridor.
"How can you treat other girls like younger sisters!"

As she spoke, the "little ghost" waved her little fist, and one of her fake nails fell off and rolled to Lin Xiuyi's feet.

Lin Xiu bent down to pick up the plastic fake nail, looked down at the "little ghost girl," her eyes full of doting affection.

"My younger sister is disobedient, lazy, greedy, and loves to boss me around,"

He sighed deliberately, his voice filled with exaggerated helplessness.
"Unlike Sadako, who was so obedient and sensible; she would listen to anything I said!"

"Although I only spent two days with her, I...I fell in love with her."

As Lin Xiuyi finished speaking, she deliberately sniffed, as if she was suppressing her emotions.

"Where is that filthy woman? I'll fight her to the death!"

Just as the "little ghost girl" was about to pounce forward, the blood-red "ghost girl" stepped on her clothes, rendering her unable to move.

She struggled a couple of times, and the ghost costume made a "ripping" sound, as if a stitch had come undone somewhere.

The blood-red "female ghost's" breathing became rapid, and the heaving of her chest could not be concealed even by the heavy ghost clothes.

What happened after you fell in love with her?

The "female ghost's" voice carried a dangerous undertone, each word sounding as if it were being squeezed out from between her teeth.

The two "female ghosts" next to them also came over, their faces full of gossipy excitement.

The eerie sound effects that had been lingering in the corridor had stopped at some point, and the corridor was so quiet that you could hear everyone breathing and the occasional creaking of the wooden floorboards.

Lin Xiuyi's gaze swept over the group of "female ghosts," and a wicked smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

He paused deliberately for a few seconds, waiting until everyone's attention was on him, before slowly saying, "After that, naturally, they got together, and then she got pregnant."

What? Pregnant?

The two female ghosts who were watching the spectacle exclaimed in unison, their expressions resembling those of two neighbor aunties who had just heard some earth-shattering gossip.

Just then, Lin Xiuyi's expression suddenly changed, revealing a ferocious look that appeared particularly terrifying in the dim light.
"I only acted on a whim at the time, and I never thought about taking responsibility. So I took advantage of her and then abandoned her, luring her to a remote mountain area while she was pregnant, and then threw her into a dry well!"

His voice turned sinister and terrifying, and he deliberately lowered his voice.

"She was crying her heart out at the time, and even said that she would turn into a vengeful ghost to take revenge on me."

"When she actually climbed out of the well, soaking wet, with her hair disheveled, and tried to drag me down with her, I kicked her back into the well!"

"They even found an Onmyoji (a Taoist priest) to affix talismans to the well, sealing her forever inside that dry well!" (End of Chapter)