Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 24 Agreement
"Red bean paste, you Marseille!"

Inspector Samezaki and Officer Sato quickly stood up and bowed their heads to apologize.

"Well, what's the point of telling me all this?" Manager Odagiri said unhappily. "This time, thanks to Hayashi Hideichi, he said this during the live interview. Even if those reporters wanted to stir up trouble, they couldn't."

"Next time you investigate a case, you should try your best and stop being outdone by those detectives!"

"Yes!"

Inspector Samezaki and Officer Sato quickly nodded in agreement.

"By the way, is this Hayashi Shuichi interested in becoming a detective in the future?" Officer Odagiri asked. "If we can recruit him into the First Investigation Division, I'll have less worries in the future."

"I've asked him about this before," Inspector Samezaki replied. "Although he's thinking about becoming a civil servant, he only wants to do simple, easy jobs. He also said that if he doesn't pass the civil service exam, he'll become... a detective."

"A boy of sixteen or seventeen can easily change his mind," Officer Odagiri said with a smile. "Keep in touch with him and build a good relationship with him. Even if he doesn't want to join the Metropolitan Police Department in the future, he can always become a case consultant."

"Officer," Inspector Samezaki hesitated and said, "I've investigated this child's background. After his parents died more than ten years ago, he was adopted by a relative. He probably doesn't have a lot of money, and he's currently working at an izakaya. How about..."

"You want to apply for a subsidy for him?" Manager Odagiri frowned. "That's not going to be easy."

"Didn't you just say that you could have him be a case consultant in the future?" Inspector Samezaki suggested, "Rather than waiting, why not hire him now as an investigative consultant for the First Investigation Division?"

"...I'll give it a try," Manager Odagiri thought for a moment. "It's not going to be easy to convince those stubborn old men above to hire a child who's not even an adult yet."

……

At the gate of Teitan High School.

The investigation report on Lin Xiuyi's case has finally come to an end.

"In future investigations, I will work side by side with the officers of the Metropolitan Police Department to protect the safety of the citizens and bring all criminals to justice!"

"Sorry, class is about to start. I'm sorry I can't keep you company."

While the reporters were still not able to react, Lin Xiuyi quickly squeezed out of the crowd, slipped into the school, and ran towards the classroom.

"Shuichi," Kogoro Mouri and Eri Kisaki caught up.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xiu turned his head with a dignified smile on his face.

"Uh... could you please stop smiling like that?" Kisaki Eri said with disgust, "It's so painful to watch."

"I haven't laughed like this in a long time, and I'm a little uncomfortable," Lin Xiuyi rubbed the stiff muscles on his face and finally returned to his normal appearance.

"Shuichi, why did you put all the credit on the Investigation Division in front of the reporters just now?" Maori Kogoro asked puzzledly, "They didn't play any role in yesterday's case at all."

"If I don't say that, will I join the reporters in calling the Metropolitan Police Department useless?" Lin Xiuyi explained, "Just because the Metropolitan Police Department can't do anything to the reporters doesn't mean they can't deal with us. I don't want to cause myself any trouble."

"Besides, even if I took all the credit and became the genius high school detective the reporters were talking about, what would that even mean? Can I just drop out of school and become a detective?"

"Also, if you offend Officer Samezaki and the others, how will you get into the First Investigation Division in the future?"

The three sufficient reasons immediately convinced Kisaki Eri and Maori Kogoro, the latter even hugged his friend and said: "Shuichi, you are really my good brother!"

Fujimine Yukiko, who was following not far behind, also heard what Hayashi Shuichi said and muttered "hypocrisy" under her breath.

Still lost in the thought, "Could it be that my acting skills aren't even as good as Hayashi Shuichi's?", her confidence was shattered, and naturally, she couldn't stand Hayashi Shuichi at all. "Hey," Fujimine Yukiko called to Hayashi Shuichi and the others, "We just agreed that I'd help you distract the reporters, and you'd tell me everything about what happened at the gym yesterday, and all the cases you helped the police solve. Even though those reporters are back, it wasn't my fault, you..."

Before she finished speaking, Lin Xiuyi nodded readily, "Don't worry, I won't go back on my word."

Seeing that the other party did not default on the debt, Fujimine Yukiko's mood improved a little.

……

Lin Xiuyi basically spent the entire morning being stared at and questioned by his classmates. Although he was not active in class, he did not want to be isolated, so he always had to respond when a classmate came to talk to him.

Kisaki Eri and Hayashi Shuichi are similar.

Only Kogoro Mouri, perhaps because his knot in his heart was resolved by Hayashi Shuichi, and he always liked to be in the spotlight, was reluctant to talk about the judo club at the beginning, just like his two friends.

But seeing so many people curious about yesterday's case and classmates constantly asking questions, he finally couldn't help but speak.

Then he spoke more and more fluently and more and more outrageously, and he boasted to the class about how Lin Xiuyi identified the murderer at a glance in the gym yesterday.

And how bravely did Maori step forward to help the police catch the criminal!

"You don't know, after Shuichi revealed the murderer's identity, the judo leader immediately took action to kidnap Inspector Megure of the First Investigation Division. At the critical moment, I rushed forward..."

During lunch break, Kisaki Eri went to the bathroom. Hayashi Hideichi watched in silence as Mouri Kogoro stood in front of the classroom and talked nonsense. He didn't want to be disturbed by his classmates, so he planned to wait for Kisaki Eri to come back and find an inconspicuous corner to have lunch together. Unexpectedly, Fujimine Yukiko walked to his desk at this time.

"Hey, have you forgotten what you promised me?" The girl asked suspiciously, "Or are you planning to go back on your word?"

"Isn't Kogoro saying that right now?" Lin Xiuyi pointed at Maori on the podium.

"What he said is obviously unreliable!" Fujimine Yukiko curled her lips, "I want to hear the real process."

"Okay," Lin Xiuyi nodded helplessly.

"Come with me, I know a place where there aren't many people at noon," Yukiko Fujimine took her lunch and walked in front to lead the way.

Seeing that Kisaki Eri had gone to the bathroom and had not returned yet, Hayashi Shuichi had no choice but to leave alone with Fujimine Yukiko.

Three minutes later, Kisaki Eri returned to the classroom.

"Xiuyi, let's go eat..." She was halfway through her words when she realized that Lin Xiuyi was not sitting at his seat.

After looking around the classroom and not seeing any trace of Hayashi Shuichi, Kisaki Eri stepped directly onto the podium and interrupted Maori Kogoro's "speech": "Where's Shuichi?"

"He's not at his seat..." Maori Kogoro looked towards Hayashi Shuichi's seat, "Hey, where is he? He was clearly here just now..."

"It seems he went out with Fujimine-san," a classmate said.

"And Fujimine..."

Kisaki Eri's heart skipped a beat, but she said thank you without any expression and walked back to her seat.

Maori Kogoro didn't think much about it and continued to stand on the podium, bragging about his own strength...

(End of this chapter)