Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 22 Encounter at the School Gate
"I'm just being nice. I don't want you two to have a boring high school life," Maori Kogoro said, his hands on his hips. "Well, thank me now!"

"Thank you?" Fei Yingli was so angry that her teeth itched, "I really want to kick you right now!"

"It's okay. Even if I wrote it, I definitely wouldn't be chosen," Lin Xiuyi said with a nonchalant smile. "Eri and I aren't active in class, so the others definitely won't choose us."

"Whether I get selected or not, I have to try anyway," Maori Kogoro said with a smile, "I've heard others say that the three years of high school go by so quickly. If you don't leave behind some memorable memories, it won't be fun to look back on them later."

……

The three of them continued walking along the street, and when they turned the corner, they saw Teitan High School.

However, this morning, in addition to the people holding bamboo swords to catch the late academic dean, there were also many more news media, each holding cameras and squatting at the school gate, as if waiting for someone.

"What's going on?" Maori Kogoro asked in surprise, "Where did all these reporters come from?"

"There don't seem to be any major events at school these past two days," Hibiki Eri asked doubtfully. "If there's anything worth reporting on, it's..."

"...Yesterday's case in the gymnasium," Lin Xiuyi frowned. In his previous life, he was an excellent criminal policeman and had accepted many interviews. He really had no interest in appearing on TV and in newspapers.

The same goes for Eri Kisaki. As for Kogoro Mouri, although he usually likes to be in the spotlight, he was deeply touched by what happened in the gymnasium yesterday and didn't want to talk about it much.

The three of them looked at each other tacitly, then lowered their heads together, preparing to walk into the school inconspicuously.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a figure suddenly rushed out from the alley next to him and was about to hit Kisaki Eri. Lin Xiuyi hurriedly pushed the girl away and wanted to dodge, but it was too late and he collided head-on with the other person.

The person who rushed over was quite tall, only half a head shorter than Lin Xiuyi.

After this collision, Lin Xiuyi took two steps back, covering his nose and feeling a pang of pain. He had to hold back his tears.

The other party fell backwards and sat down on the ground, moaning: "It hurts, it hurts..."

"Fujimine-san?"

Maori Kogoro looked at the girl sitting on the ground with a puzzled look on his face.

"You're not late, why are you running so fast?"

Kisaki Eiri quickly took out a handkerchief and pulled away Lin Xiuyi's hand that was covering his nose. Seeing that there was no bleeding, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did she notice that the distance between herself and Lin Xiuyi was really close, so close that they could feel each other's breathing, and she felt a sudden panic in her heart.

It's strange. I've done this before, so why is my heart beating so fast this time?
"It's good that there's no bleeding." Not wanting others to notice that she was abnormal, Kisaki Eri pretended to be calm and stepped back.

Lin Xiuyi didn't care. The three of them grew up together, so it was inevitable that Kisaki Eri would get closer occasionally.

In addition, for him, a soul who has lived a second life, Kogoro Mouri and Eri Kisaki are two children he watched grow up, and he really can't have any strange thoughts about them.

However, this girl smells really good today. I wonder what brand of shower gel she uses?
"…You guys?"

Fujimine Yukiko also saw the three people in front of her clearly. They were the ones she had been thinking about all night last night. She immediately said angrily,

"What were you doing blocking the road? You made me fall!"

Because she was watching the live news on TV, she left home ten minutes later than usual today. She was also worried that being late today would affect the class committee election in the afternoon, so she ran all the way to school, taking shortcuts and alleys, which is why she bumped into Lin Xiuyi.

"Hey, it seems like you bumped into me?" Lin Xiuyi said angrily, "I didn't blame you at all, and you're imitating Zhu Bajie and turning the tables?" "Hey, Xiuyi, how can you say that! It was definitely our fault for being stuck in traffic just now."

Maori Kogoro coughed dryly, smoothed his hair back, then bent down with a smile on his face and stretched out his hand in front of the fallen girl.
"Fujimine-san, can I help you up?"

"You are Zhu Bajie!"

Fujimine Yukiko ignored Mori and got up from the ground while complaining.

After brushing off the dust from the back of her skirt, she looked at Lin Xiuyi in front of her and recalled the news she had seen on TV that morning. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Did you really find the murderer of the case in the gymnasium yesterday?"

Huh? How did she know?
Lin Xiuyi was confused and was about to ask a question when Maori Kogoro beside him said, "It wasn't just Xiuyi, it was the three of us who caught the murderer together!"

"You three?" Fujimine Yukiko asked in surprise, "Then why was only his name mentioned in the news?"

"Shuiichi is on the news?" Kogoro Mouri said in surprise.

"Don't you know?" Fujimine Yukiko asked curiously, "On today's morning news, many reporters were blocking the entrance to the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division to interview them. Officer Samezaki, who came to the school yesterday, has personally admitted that he is the murderer found by Hayashi Shuichi."

"No wonder there are so many reporters at the school gate," Hibiki Eiri looked into the distance. "This is really troublesome. Class is about to start in five minutes. I'm afraid these reporters won't leave before class starts."

"You don't want to be interviewed?"

Fujimine Yukiko was stunned for a moment, then she remembered something and smiled.
"I can help you distract those reporters, but you have to tell me in detail what happened in the gym yesterday. Oh, and the news said you helped the police solve two cases. Tell me about that, too!"

It turns out that the mother of the God of Death is also a mystery fan. No wonder she married Kudo Yusaku in the original world line. It is true that people from the same family tend to be inseparable.

Lin Xiuyi nodded while feeling emotional in his heart.

"make a deal!"

"You wait here," seeing that the question that had been bothering her for a long time last night was about to be answered, Yukiko suddenly became motivated and ran directly towards the reporters at the school gate.

"She won't betray us, will she?" asked Hibiki Eri worriedly.

"Fujimine-san is so beautiful, she will definitely keep her word," said Kogoro Mouri confidently.

"Kogoro, the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie," Lin Xiuyi said with a smile, "If you keep going like this, you'll be deceived by a woman sooner or later."

"nonsense!"

This time, Kogoro Mouri and Eri Kisaki refuted in unison, a rare occurrence.

"Ok?"

Maori Kogoro glanced at the girl he grew up with.

"Eri, Shuichi is talking about a beautiful woman!"

"Kogoro!" Kisaki Eri gritted her teeth, "Don't force me to beat you!"

(End of this chapter)