Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Kudo Yusaku immediately sat up straight, his eyes following the flight attendant closely, carefully observing her hairstyle, accessories, and hand gestures, trying to find the "clue" that Hayashi Hideichi had mentioned.

Even after the flight attendant pushed the food cart away, he still couldn't find any signs that could prove she was single. He could only shake his head helplessly, admiring Lin Xiuyi's observation skills even more.

Lin Xiuyi was also awakened by the sound of the food truck passing by. He rubbed his eyes and saw Kudo Yusaku's "deeply thinking" look, and couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

He didn't intend to point it out; he simply stretched, closed his eyes, and continued sleeping.

More than an hour later, a friendly announcement came over the cabin loudspeaker that drinks and meals would be served next.

Soon, the familiar footsteps came again, and Kudo Yusaku immediately perked up. Just as he was about to continue observing the flight attendant, he suddenly frowned and his eyes became wary.

He nudged Lin Xiuyi beside him with his elbow and said in a low voice, "...That flight attendant is acting strange."

Lin Xiuyi was woken up by the touch and looked in the direction of Kudo Yusaku's gaze with a puzzled expression.

The person pushing the food cart was indeed wearing a blue flight attendant uniform, and her hairstyle was the same as the previous flight attendant, but a closer look revealed something unusual.

Not only has her appearance changed, but despite her skillful makeup, the contours of her cheekbones and the shape of her eyes are different.

The other woman was about two centimeters shorter than the previous flight attendant, and her walking posture was slightly stiff, lacking the light and graceful steps characteristic of professional flight attendants.

Especially when pushing the food cart, the way she uses her fingers is completely different from the smooth movements of a professional flight attendant.

A properly trained flight attendant uses coordinated force with her palms and wrists, but this one used brute force to push, even accidentally bumping into the seat of the passenger next to her, and only said a perfunctory "sorry," completely lacking the politeness and composure of the previous flight attendant.

"The clothes belong to that flight attendant, but the person isn't," Lin Xiuyi's sleepiness vanished instantly, and his eyes turned serious.

He carefully observed the "flight attendant's" neck. Although she was wearing the airline's uniform name tag, there were slight wrinkles at the collar of her uniform, indicating that she had just put it on and had not yet straightened it.

The bow tie was also tied a little crookedly, unlike the perfectly symmetrical tie worn by professional flight attendants.

“Yes,” Yusaku Kudo replied in a low voice, “Something must have happened to that flight attendant.”

He has written detective novels for many years and has a keen intuition for such unusual situations.
"Doing this on a plane is most likely an attempt to hijack it,"

Lin Xiuyi frowned deeply, her fingers unconsciously gripping the armrests of the chair.

“There is a dedicated safety door between the cockpit and the passenger cabin. If a stranger tries to approach, the crew in the cockpit can easily detect anything unusual. But if it is a flight attendant in uniform, the crew may lower their guard out of trust. Once the safety door is opened, the person can take the opportunity to break into the cockpit and take control of the aircraft.”

"What? Hijacking?"

Hearing their conversation, Eri, who was sitting to the side, dropped her book onto her lap with a thud. Her face turned pale instantly, and her voice trembled slightly.

"How could this happen? Could you have mistaken me for someone else? There are several flight attendants on the plane, you..."

“This imposter is wearing the same name tag as the flight attendant from before,” Lin Xiuyi said, her gaze still fixed on the suspicious figure. “Besides, look around, are there any other flight attendants besides her?”

Eri looked up and around, and sure enough, she only saw the imposter pushing the cart alone.

Normally, other flight attendants should assist when serving meals.

"What...what should we do now? Should we call the police?"

After the girl finished speaking, she suddenly realized that the plane was at an altitude of 10,000 meters, far from the ground, and had no way to contact the outside world to call for help.

Not to mention, even if she called the police, they wouldn't be able to resolve the danger on the plane. A strong sense of panic instantly surged through her, causing her to instinctively grip her childhood sweetheart's arm tightly.

Lin Xiuyi gently patted the girl's hand, trying to calm her down.
"Don't panic, she'll be here soon. Don't let anything unusual happen."

After calming the girl down, Lin Xiuyi's gaze swept over the other passengers in the cabin.

Most people were still looking down at their books or sleeping, completely unaware that danger was approaching.

"No matter what, we must stop her from getting close to the cockpit,"

As he spoke, Yusaku Kudo quickly took out a pen and paper, wrote "Hijacking" on the paper, and then stood up.
"The rest is up to you. I'll go check the situation up ahead and figure out a way to notify the crew."

"You really know how to choose..."

Lin Xiuyi turned her leg to the side, annoyed, and told him to walk out.

"You dumped the bomb disposal work on me last time, so it's my turn to do something easy this time."

Yusaku Kudo replied in a low voice, then walked past Eri Kisaki into the corridor.

At this moment, the "flight attendant" had already pushed the food cart to the back row of seats for the three of them.

Seeing Kudo Yusaku get up to walk forward, she subconsciously stopped and tried to move the food cart to make room for him.

The food cart, filled with food and drinks, was extremely heavy. She struggled for a long time but could only move it a small step, and almost knocked over the water cups on the cart.

"Never mind, I'll go to the restroom up ahead," Yusaku Kudo said considerately, and then strode forward.

"Eri, please sit inside,"

Lin Xiuyi pulled up the girl sitting by the aisle on her right and whispered instructions.
"No matter what happens later, stay in your seat, don't move or make a sound, protect yourself, understand?"

“Yes,” Eri nodded heavily, “You, you should be careful too.”

"Don't worry, it's okay," Lin Xiu leaned over, smiled and kissed the girl, then sat down in the seat she had been in.

This sudden intimate gesture made Eri blush instantly, and her previous anxiety vanished in an instant.

At this moment, the "flight attendant" also pushed a trolley to Lin Xiuyi's side: "Sir, what would you like? We have beef rice, plum rice balls..."

“I want to eat barbecue,” Lin Xiuyi said with a smile, her tone as relaxed as if she were ordering food at a restaurant.

"Barbecue?"

The flight attendant paused, her gaze instinctively sweeping over the food cart, trying to find something.

This reaction immediately revealed her unfamiliarity with the contents of the food cart; a real flight attendant should know exactly what's on the food cart.

"What, you don't even know what's in the food cart?"

Lin Xiuyi chuckled, then suddenly stood up, grabbed the "flight attendant's" wrist, and shoved her onto the food cart... (End of Chapter)