Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

"Mrs. Brian?"

Unable to contain his curiosity, Kogoro Mouri, sitting on the sofa, lifted the blanket and peeked out again.
"Is she a stunning blonde? Otherwise, why would you stuff her clothes into your suitcase? Could it be on purpose...?"

"Mrs. Brian is over fifty years old, and her hair is light brown!"

Lin Xiuyi glared at him, deliberately emphasizing her teasing tone.

"If you really like this mature style, I'll give you Mrs. Brian's address right now. You can write a love letter and send it to her to start a conversation. Maybe you can even have a 'transnational twilight romance'."

"Forget it!"

Startled, Kogoro Mouri immediately shrank back under the blanket, leaving only his eyes showing, and waved his hands frantically.

"I was just asking casually, don't take it seriously. I can't handle a grandmother who's over fifty."

Eri held the trench coat in her hand and compared it to the coat in her mind.

Mrs. Brian is about 1.6 meters tall and has a slender build. The shoulder width and length of this trench coat are indeed about the same size as her.

Moreover, black is a calm and sophisticated color, which is indeed a style favored by middle-aged women. She had seen Brian wearing a similar color coat before at Brian's house.

"You're just so careless!"

Eri Kisaki put down her trench coat, gave Lin Xiuyi a disapproving look, and most of the suspicion in her tone dissipated, leaving only a hint of reproach.
"They took someone else's coat without even noticing. If Mrs. Brian finds her trench coat is missing, she'll be really worried. She might even think it's lost or stolen."

"It was an unintentional mistake on my part."

Lin Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, quickly took the trench coat, found a clean, transparent plastic bag in the closet, carefully put the trench coat inside and sealed it.

"I'll have some time in the next couple of days, so I'll go and mail the clothes back, and write an apology letter explaining the situation."

As he spoke, he picked up his suitcase again and quickly rummaged through it in front of Eri, deliberately showing off his T-shirts, jeans, and toiletries.
"Look, everything else is fine, except I accidentally brought an extra Mrs. Brian's trench coat."

"It's a good thing you noticed, otherwise if I had taken the trench coat back to Japan to wash it or lost it, I really wouldn't have been able to explain it."

Seeing how diligently he searched, Eri Kisaki completely dispelled her suspicions.

She walked to the sofa and kicked Kogoro Mouri under the blanket.
"It's almost noon, and you're still lying on the sofa pretending to be asleep?"

"Sigh, I grew up with you two since I was little, and you bullied me every single day..."

Kogoro Mouri, looking aggrieved, threw off the blanket and sat up, rubbing his kicked leg.

Seeing that both Lin Xiuyi and Fei Yingli were staring at him, he immediately shut his mouth and hurriedly slipped into the bathroom to wash up.

Eri Kisaki sat down on the sofa, picked up the warm water that Hideaki Lin had just poured, and took a sip.
"You were picked up by Inspector Megure as soon as you got back yesterday. Did something happen again?"

Lin Xiu nodded and briefly recounted the events of the previous night's investigation into the serial murders.

"Fortunately, Inspector Megure arrived in time and rammed into Hirato Doji's car, otherwise Inspector Morimura might have really been in trouble."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a car horn suddenly sounded downstairs.

Lin Xiuyi walked to the window and looked down. He saw Inspector Megure standing next to the police car, looking up and waving at his window with a smile on his face.

"Lin-kun, I'm on my way to the hospital to see my master. Do you want to come with me?" Since it was to visit the injured Officer Morimura, Lin Xiuyi naturally did not refuse.

Just then, Kogoro Mouri came out after washing up. When he heard that they were going to visit someone in the hospital, he insisted on going along.

He also wanted to hear more details about the case so he could continue to "brag" with his neighbors.

Eri Kisaki had no objections, and the three of them went downstairs together and got into Inspector Megure's police car.

The police car slowly drove towards the hospital. Lin Xiuyi noticed that Inspector Megure kept yawning and his eyes were red, so she couldn't help but remind him...
"Inspector Megure, if you're tired, why don't you find a place to stop the car and rest for a while? Safety is the most important thing."

"Don't worry, I'm fine!" Inspector Megure waved his hand and chuckled. "I drive slowly, and as a police officer, it's common to drive after working through the night on cases, so I'm used to it. Besides, my driver is waiting at the hospital, so I can go see him as soon as possible so I can feel at ease."

Lin Xiuyi noticed that he was in a good mood, so she took the opportunity to ask, "By the way, how's the interrogation of Hirato Doji going? Has he given a detailed account of the crime?"

"When that guy got to the Metropolitan Police Department, he didn't waste any more time and confessed everything."

Inspector Megure chuckled as he spoke, his tone full of disdain.
"Actually, if he had turned himself in to the Beika Police Station when he stole the gun, the police there might not have done anything to him if they didn't want to make a big deal out of it. At most, they would have given him a lesson and taken the gun back."

"But he did something else. In order to cover up the theft of the gun, he actually killed Dr. Sato and Associate Professor Yamada one after another, which made his crimes bigger and bigger. Now it's too late to regret it."

Inspector Megure shook his head, his tone tinged with regret.

"How could someone so young, a student at a prestigious university, be so foolish?"

The group chatted casually for a while, and soon arrived at the hospital.

Inspector Megure parked the car and led Hayashi Hideichi, Kisaki Eri, and Mouri Kogoro into the inpatient department, arriving at the door of Inspector Morimura's ward.

Pushing open the door, the group saw a young woman in her early twenties sitting by the hospital bed, carefully feeding Officer Morimura porridge with a spoon.

The girl wore a light pink dress, her long hair cascading down her shoulders. She had gentle features and a faint smile on her face when she saw them come in.

Officer Morimura blushed slightly and quickly waved his hand, signaling the girl to put the spoon away.

"Why are you here? Why didn't you call in advance?"

"Master, I don't think your hand was injured, was it?" Inspector Megure suppressed a laugh. "Why is Ms. Shinkawa feeding you?"

"It was all Jiafei who insisted on feeding me, saying that my leg was injured and I couldn't move around easily..." Officer Morimura scratched his head, his smile becoming even more awkward.

The girl, Kazuka Shinkawa, Officer Morimura's fiancée, was quite poised and graceful. She stood up, greeted everyone, and then picked up her dishes to wash outside.

Fearing further questioning about feeding the victim, Officer Morimura quickly changed the subject, "By the way, how's the case from last night? Has the murderer confessed?"

Inspector Megure recounted the arrest of Hirato Doji, and even made a point of mentioning Kogoro Mouri's "over-the-shoulder throw".

This made Kogoro Mouri look smug, and he straightened his back considerably.

Upon learning that Hirato Doji had confessed, Inspector Morimura sighed softly, a complex look in his eyes.

"I still remember him sitting in the car, whistling with tears in his eyes. Looking back now, he probably regretted it a long time ago, but it's too late to turn back..." (End of Chapter)