Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 68: Valleys are often places where treasures are hidden

"Here, this is yours," Lin Xiuyi handed the note to Fujimine Yukiko.

"...Thank you very much."

The girl took it and hesitated for a moment before asking,
"I know the answer to the third riddle is wind... Which riddle is the answer to your table?"

"The second one," Lin Xiuyi answered casually and walked towards the door.

"Shuiyi, you don't want to eat?" Kogoro Mouri asked curiously.

"Let's get the last note first," Lin Xiuyi glanced at Hibiki Eri with a smile, "otherwise, our Miss Hibiki won't even be able to eat lunch in peace."

"Whether you win or lose, it won't affect my appetite," Kisaki Eri said subconsciously and proudly, then she remembered what she had threatened Lin Xiuyi with before, and her face immediately turned red.

"The last note?" Fujimine Yukiko asked in surprise. "Didn't Mr. Murakami say, 'The notes with the answers to the three riddles are all in the classroom?'"

"Her original words were 'The three notes are now in this classroom'," Lin Xiuyi reminded her and then walked out of the classroom.

Without hesitation, Kisaki Eri closed the lunch box and walked out of the classroom.

"Wait a minute, I'm going too!" Kogoro Mouri quickly stood up.

Yukiko Fujimine hesitated for a while. Although she was unwilling, curiosity finally got the better of her and she followed.

"Curly-haired fox, what are you doing following me?" Kisaki Eri glanced at Fujimine Yukiko, "Are you trying to steal the answer from Shuichi?"

The latter sentence was said by Yukiko Fujimine in a cautious tone when Hayashi Shuichi tried to stop her from climbing up.

It seems that in some aspects, Kisaki Eri is really as narrow-minded as Fujimine Yukiko said.

"This is a competition between Lin Jun and me, you don't need to interfere!" Fujimine Yukiko made a face at Kisaki Eri, then nudged Lin Shuichi with her elbow. "Hey, what's the answer to the second riddle? I still can't figure it out."

Before Lin Xiu could speak, Fei Yingli mocked him, "Idiot, September 9th, what's the meaning of two nines?"

To satisfy her curiosity, Fujimine Yukiko ignored the bickering and answered honestly, "Eighteen."

"Ten and eight together form the character '木'," Kisaki Eri explained with some pride. "We'll talk about the second half of the sentence later. Putting two '木' characters together, isn't it Shuichi's last name, '林'?"

"So that's how it is. The only person in the classroom who is related to Lin is Lin Jun. And the teacher hid the note on the weekend, so it must be in the desk and chair."

Fujimine Yukiko suddenly realized, and looking at Kisaki Eri's smug expression, she rolled her eyes and said maliciously,
"I have another question. Just now, Mr. Lin removed the foot pad from the lower left table leg without even thinking. The table has four foot pads, and the chairs have four as well. How did Mr. Lin know that the note must be hidden in the lower left table leg?"

"Girl with glasses, if you can answer this question, I'll admit that I'm not as good as you at guessing riddles!"

"This..." Kisaki Eri frowned and thought for a long time but still couldn't come up with an answer.

"Well, you can't guess it, right? I know the answer," Fujimine Yukiko said with a chuckle, "Beg me and I'll tell you."

"You want me to beg you?" Fei Yingli gritted her teeth in annoyance, "Dream on!"

"It's normal that Eri couldn't guess," Lin Xiuyi said, speaking to his childhood friend's rescue. "Actually, it's all that idiot teacher's fault. When I arrived in the classroom this morning, I noticed that the lower left table leg had been wiped clean."

"I was wondering why the student on duty last weekend was so free and helped me clean the table legs. But if he was going to clean them, why did he only clean that one table leg and leave the others dirty?"

"After seeing Mr. Murakami's second puzzle, I understood. It must be that the stupid teacher who hid the note in the table leg left a clear handprint on it."

"She was afraid of being discovered, so she used a rag to wipe the table leg where the note was hidden, but she forgot about the other legs." "Eri sat to my right and couldn't see the left leg, so it's normal that she couldn't guess."

"Tsk, just help her," Yukiko Fujimine curled her lips in indignation.

At this time, under the leadership of Lin Xiuyi, the four people had arrived at the door of the first-year teacher's office.

"Office?" Maori Kogoro asked in confusion, "The answer to the first puzzle is in the teacher's office?"

"Yeah," Lin Xiu nodded and pushed open the office door.

During lunch break, most teachers went to the cafeteria to eat, and only a few were still working at their desks.

Murakami Yui, the head teacher of Class A in Grade 1, did not go to eat or work. Instead, she lay on the table and fell asleep.

"Mr. Murakami?" Lin Xiuyi stepped forward and gently nudged her. "I came to you to get the answer to the first puzzle."

"Well, you're finally here," Mr. Murakami mumbled drowsily without opening his eyes. "You've been bothering me all morning. Go get it yourself."

As she spoke, she slightly turned sideways, revealing the cabbage pattern on her T-shirt.

"This……"

Looking at the cabbages on the mountain, Lin Xiuyi looked down at his hands, hesitated for a long time, and still didn't dare to reach out to take them.

If a fight really breaks out, not to mention the other teachers in the office, even the two next to him will definitely not let him go.

"...So that's how it is," Kisaki Eri clapped her hands, having understood what was going on. "Shuichi, it's not convenient for you to take it, so how about I do it?"

"Why is Shuichi inconvenient?" Kogoro Mouri wondered.

"Do you dare to take the cabbage?" Lin Xiuyi pulled his friend and turned around.

"Cabbage, is there a place to hide something there?"

Maori Kogoro was stunned for a moment, then he reacted.

"No way, Mr. Murakami actually hid the answer to the first riddle on a slip of paper... No wonder she said it was so uncomfortable just now."

As he said this, the boy's head wanted to turn back involuntarily, and Lin Xiuyi had to intervene to hold his head down.

"From the front, a mountain becomes a peak; from the side, it becomes a different peak. It looks different from different distances and heights," Lin Xiuyi sighed. "Since ancient times, valleys have been known to hide treasures."

Yukiko Fujimine frowned as she watched Eri Kisaki put her hand into the collar of Mr. Murakami's T-shirt.

Looking at the cabbage pattern on her clothes, she muttered to herself, "Cabbage, white, that's right! White is one hundred minus one, so the answer to the teacher's first riddle is cabbage!"

"Damn it!" The girl stamped her foot in frustration. "Ms. Murakami teaches Chinese. Why didn't I think her puzzles would involve Chinese characters?"

"I got it," Kisaki Eri pulled out the hand holding the note and cheered, "Shuiyi, this is for you."

Lin Xiuyi took the note and opened it. There was a word "member" written on it.

Now, all the pieces of paper with the words "committee", "member" and "chairman" written on them have been found.

(End of this chapter)