Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 124 Shorts and Black Silk, Phantom Thief Lady
After coming out of the haunted house, the group walked towards the cold drink shop next to it.

The business here is obviously not as good as the previous one. I don’t know if it’s because the customers who came out of the haunted house have already been scared and are frozen all over, so they don’t need cold drinks to cool down.

After entering the store, everyone ordered drinks and then began to check out the surrounding environment.

Fujimine Yukiko was the first to discover something: "Shuiyi, the flowerpot on the shelf over there should be mint."

The clerk at the counter laughed and said, "Yes, those are mints. The mints in our drinks are all freshly picked."

"These mints," asked Eri Kisaki, "where did you buy them?"

"Commercial Street," the clerk introduced. "There's a flower shop there with all kinds of flowers and plants."

"Onii-chan, this should be the one, right?" Reiko pulled Lin Shuichi's arm.

"Ah?" Lin Xiuyi retracted his gaze and nodded, "This should be it."

"What are you looking at so intently?" Maori Kogoro looked over curiously, and saw a beautiful girl with purple hair, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, shorts, and black stockings, sitting in the direction Lin Xiuyi had just been staring at. "Wow, a beauty in black stockings! No wonder Xiuyi..."

"Cough cough!" Lin Xiuyi coughed quickly, trying to interrupt this stupid teammate's self-exposure.

However, Kogoro Mori's words had already caught the attention of Eri Kisaki and Yukiko Fujimine.

"You have two, no, three beautiful women around you, and yet you still peek at others..." Fujimine Yukiko poked Hayashi Shuichi with her elbow in dissatisfaction.

Kisaki Eri then said, "The book is right, men are all greedy fools!"

"Onii-chan, you disappoint me so much!" Reiko also glared at her brother.

"Don't listen to Kogoro's nonsense!" Lin Xiuyi quickly defended, "I stared at her, not because she was pretty..."

"Is it because of her figure?" Fujimine Yukiko puffed out her chest, "But my figure is obviously better than hers!"

Kisaki Eri and Reiko beside him lowered their heads and glanced at him, then snorted in anger together.

"Am I such a superficial person?" Lin Xiuyi said helplessly, "I saw her because I saw her at the flower shop this morning. She was also asking Mrs. Orikasa about where to buy two kinds of mint."

"So, she might be the culprit who destroyed the flower shop last night?" Kisaki Eri frowned and asked, "Should we call the police now?"

"Hey, girl with glasses, how could you believe him so quickly?" Fujimine Yukiko yelled, "Who knows if what he said is true or not?"

Kisaki Eri glanced at her and didn't bother to answer.

Finally, it was Reiko who spoke up to explain: "Onii-chan doesn't joke about important matters."

"That's right," Fujimine Yukiko finally realized, "So should we call the police now?"

"Don't be impulsive," Lin Xiuyi hurriedly stopped her, "This girl doesn't look like a bad person. I'll go over and take a look at the situation. You guys just wait here."

After saying that, he walked towards the purple-haired girl.

The three girls here looked at Lin Xiuyi's back and their faces turned dark in an instant.

"Don't look like him?" Kisaki Eri said coldly, "Can you tell from his face whether he's a bad guy or not?"

"That's right," Fujimine Yukiko waved her fist. "As for me, his investigation of the case is fake, and his flirting with beautiful women is real."

"Onii-chan..." Reiko bit her lip, her face full of anger.

"Well, are you guys overthinking it?" Maori Kogoro laughed dryly and defended his brother, "Shuichi shouldn't be..."

Before he could finish his words, his voice gradually became smaller and smaller under the stares of the three girls.
"……erotic."

...Here, Lin Xiuyi put his soda on the table and sat down across from the girl. "See you again, what a coincidence."

"What a coincidence?" The purple-haired girl sneered, "This kind of excuse for chatting up is too old-fashioned."

Lin Xiuyi frowned, too lazy to beat around the bush: "This morning, at the flower shop on Commercial Street, why did you ask about the two kinds of mint sold?"

"Before answering this question, I also want to ask," the purple-haired girl asked, "Are you a police officer?"

"No," Lin Xiuyi shook his head.

"Then why should I answer you?" The purple-haired girl said with a smile, "Give me a reason."

"You went to inquire about those two kinds of mint. It was either because of that group, or because of what they were looking for," Lin Xiuyi said calmly. "I'm not a police officer, but I'm very familiar with the police. You probably don't want to see the police arrive now."

The purple-haired girl put away her smile and stared at Lin Xiuyi. "As expected of a high school detective who has recently gained fame, you are indeed better than those useless policemen in Tokyo."

"Even if you praise me, you still have to answer the question," Lin Xiuyi pressed. "Which of the two possibilities I just mentioned are you talking about?"

"What if I answer, 'It's both,'" the purple-haired girl smiled. "Would you believe it?"

"Believe it, why not?" Lin Xiuyi stood up and whispered in the girl's ear, "Since the Phantom Thief Lady is watching over us, I can go have fun without any worries. Good luck!"

The purple-haired girl's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Sorry, I don't understand what you are saying!"

It's really her...

The girl's reaction has verified Lin Xiuyi's guess.

He had never seen Kaito Kid in his previous life, and only vaguely remembered that in the Conan anime, Kid's mother had rare purple hair.

I just tried it casually just now, but I didn't expect that I actually guessed it right.

After learning the other party's identity, Lin Xiuyi immediately understood the purpose of this lady thief's appearance here.

A week ago, a theft occurred in Okachimachi Jewelry Street, and rubies worth hundreds of millions of yen were stolen.

Just one day before the gems were stolen, the jewelry store received a theft warning letter from the Phantom Thief Lady.

Lin Xiuyi felt a little strange at the time. Since Kaito Lady is Kidd's mother, according to the usual style of anime, even if she is engaged in an illegal profession, she should not be a villain.

It now seems that there is a high probability that a stupid thief has impersonated the Phantom Thief Lady and wants to frame the Phantom Thief Lady for the theft of the ruby.

Such behavior will naturally attract the real Phantom Thief Lady. Her purpose should be to take back the gems, expose the true identity of that group of people, and clear her own identity.

After confirming this, Lin Xiuyi walked towards his companions with confidence.

As Kidd's mother, it should be no problem for her to deal with a few stupid thieves.

Behind him, the purple-haired girl looked at Lin Xiuyi's back in surprise and suspicion.

This is the first time anyone has recognized her since she started operating as "Phantom Thief Lady."

Where did I reveal my flaw that he could guess my identity?

The purple-haired girl frowned and thought hard. Although she was acting like a chivalrous thief, in today's legal society, this was still an illegal act.

Once his identity is exposed, imprisonment is inevitable.

Although the purple-haired girl admires the chivalrous thief Ishikawa Goemon, she never wants to suffer the same fate herself...

(End of this chapter)