Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Lin Xiuyi shook his head helplessly: "You certainly know how to pick your timing. It just so happens that we're going to Osaka. If you had come any later, you wouldn't have seen us."

"To Osaka?"

Tomizawa Chikage's eyes lit up, and her previously tired face instantly became full of energy.

She took two steps forward and asked eagerly, "Really? Can I come with you?"

Seeing Lin Xiuyi looking at her strangely, Tomizawa Chikage quickly added,

"I've never been to Osaka before, but I've heard the scenery there is beautiful."

Lin Xiuyi was about to say, "Ms. Ikenami only invited a few of us and didn't mention you," but when he looked into Tomizawa Chikage's expectant eyes, he swallowed back the refusal that was on the tip of his tongue.

He sighed and reluctantly conceded, "Alright, I'll take you with me."

"It's a promise, no backing out!" Tomizawa Chikage's face lit up with a bright smile.

"Just a trip to Osaka makes you this happy?"

Lin Xiuyi looked at her with a puzzled expression, feeling that her reaction was a bit too excited.
"You're not hiding something from me, are you?"

"No! Absolutely not!"

Tomizawa Chikage quickly shook her head, but her eyes unconsciously drifted to the side, and her tone became somewhat evasive.
"I just want to go to Osaka for fun, don't overthink it."

As she was speaking, she saw Kogoro Mouri walking over with a bowl of freshly made instant noodles. She immediately took the noodles as if she had found a savior and buried her head in eating them, ignoring Hideaki Hayashi.

But after only two bites, she burned her tongue with the scalding hot noodles.

"Ah, it's so hot!"

With her tongue lolling out, Tomizawa Chikage hurriedly picked up the glass on the table and drank the cold water inside, which finally relieved the burning sensation on her tongue.

"Eating so fast, and you still say you have nothing to hide?"

Lin Xiuyi looked at her with annoyance.
"Forget it, I won't ask anymore. Anyway, if there's anything you really need me to know, you'll tell me sooner or later."

Tomizawa Chikage smiled awkwardly, then continued eating her noodles with her head down, refusing to respond.

"By the way, Sister Qianying."

Orikasa Midori poured another glass of water for Tomizawa Chikage.

"Where's Narumi? How's he feeling lately? Does he have time to go to Osaka together? We had so much fun at the beach last time, it would be even better if we could bring him along this time."

"I'm afraid that won't work."

Tomizawa Chikage shook her head and put down the instant noodle bowl in her hand.
"Before I returned to Beika, I called Mr. Aso. He said that although Narumi had already undergone surgery, she was still somewhat weak and needed to rest properly."

"Moreover, Chengshi has been staying on Moon Shadow Island recently, and she needs to go to the hospital for follow-up treatment, so she simply can't get away."

As the two women were talking, Lin Xiuyi glanced at the wall clock. It was almost eight o'clock, and Yukiko's crew should have finished their day's filming.

Thinking of this, he walked to the landline next to the bar and dialed the contact number for Yukiko's film crew.

The phone rang a few times before being answered. Lin Xiuyi introduced himself and his purpose, wanting to ask if it was convenient for Yukiko to take the call, but her answer stunned him.

"Are you looking for Ms. Fujimine? Filming for their movie wrapped up yesterday afternoon, and all the actors and crew left our village this morning to go back to Tokyo."

"……OK, thanks."

Lin Xiu thanked her and hung up the phone, puzzled. Since Yukiko had returned to Tokyo this morning, why hadn't she contacted him?

Doesn't she know she's back from America?
Eri, who was playing around with Reiko, kept an eye on them after seeing Hideaki Lin making a phone call.

Seeing Lin Xiuyi frown after hanging up the phone, she curiously walked over.

"What? That vixen didn't answer your call? Or is she playing some trick on you again, ignoring you?"

“No,” Lin Xiuyi shook his head in confusion. “They said on the phone that filming wrapped up yesterday, and Yukiko and the others went back to Tokyo this morning.”

“It’s possible that Kiko-senpai doesn’t know that you’ve already returned from America,” Midori Orikasa guessed. “She probably went straight home after returning to Tokyo.”

"That might be true." Lin Xiu nodded, temporarily suppressing her doubts, and prepared to call Yukiko's family later to ask.

Just then, the landline phone on the table suddenly rang.

Standing next to her, Midori Orikasa answered the phone and politely asked, "Hello, this is Mori Izakaya. Who are you looking for?"

But there was no sound on the other end of the phone, only a faint static.

Midori Orikasa asked several more times, but still no one answered.

She glanced at Lin Xiuyi with a puzzled look, then hung up the phone.
"Maybe it was a wrong number, no one's talking on the other end."

But not long after, the phone rang again.

Lin Xiu walked over and answered the phone. She had just asked, "Hello, who are you looking for?" when she heard a burst of noise from the receiver.

Interspersed among the noise were a man's curses and a mumbled "Catch her quickly."

The call was abruptly ended shortly afterward.

Lin Xiuyi frowned as she stared at the microphone, her expression gradually becoming serious.

"What's wrong?" Eri asked, surprised. "What did they say on the phone?"

"It seems something has happened," Lin Xiuyi said in a deep voice. "I heard someone shouting 'arrest them' on the phone, and there was a lot of noise. Something doesn't sound right."

"Could you have misheard?" Kogoro Mouri waved his hand dismissively. "Maybe it's just some kid playing a prank, making a harassing call on purpose."

“I heard it very clearly, it shouldn’t be a prank.” Lin Xiuyi frowned. “Only a few of us and regular customers know the phone number of the izakaya. Strangers rarely call this number, and the voice just now didn’t sound like a prank.”

Midori Orikasa walked over and glanced at the caller ID on the phone.

“This number looks familiar. It seems to be from the commercial street area. I saw a similar number when I delivered flowers for my mom before.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiuyi immediately took out paper and pen from the drawer and wrote down the caller ID.
"I'll go to a public phone booth on the street to check the exact location of this number."

After saying that, he quickly walked out of the izakaya.

Midori Orikasa also ran out, wanting to help Hayashi Hideichi investigate.

A public phone book, similar in function to the Yellow Pages, is placed in the public phone booths on the street. It contains the phone numbers and addresses of nearby shops, companies, and residents, making it convenient for residents to contact each other.

Lin Xiuyi quickly flipped through the phone book, searching by the prefix of the number, and soon found the corresponding information.

This number belongs to the "Mihana Department Store" on the commercial street. (End of Chapter)