Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 333 Where is my invincible second brother?!

At the izakaya, Hayashi Hideichi is cooking.

Suddenly, he felt an itch in his armpit, as if countless tiny insects were crawling on it.

Lin Xiuyi thought it was because of the heat and the sweat, so he quickly rubbed his arm to try to relieve the itch.

But instead of stopping the itch, it got worse and worse, with wave after wave of itching hitting him like a tide.

Strange, why is it so itchy all of a sudden?
Lin Xiuyi frowned, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

The kitchen counter is open; if he dared to scratch his armpit now, all the customers in the shop would run away.

Lin Xiuyi could only suppress the itch, gripping the spatula tightly with both hands, trying her best to keep cooking.

Despite the itching, Lin Xiuyi finally finished cooking the dish.

He made an excuse to go get some ingredients and quickly hid in the back storage room.

After taking off his chef's uniform, Lin Xiuyi scratched his armpits vigorously, but the itch seemed to be rooted in his body, having no effect whatsoever, and he was still terribly itchy.

What happened? Is it a skin allergy?

Lin Xiuyi was puzzled and was about to find a mirror to check the condition of her armpits when a strong feeling of dizziness suddenly struck her.

The world before my eyes began to spin, and the outline of the storage shelves became blurred.

"Koizumi Akane?"

In the last moments before losing consciousness, Lin Xiuyi seemed to hear a girl's panicked cries coming from afar.

The sound seemed distant and unreal, as if it were coming through a thick layer of frosted glass.

"You've ruined my life, you've made me run to Tokyo, and you even made me kiss that kind of place."

Akane Koizumi treated the witchcraft doll as a substitute for Shuichi Hayashi, gently scratching its armpits with a feather while muttering to herself.
"I'll tickle you to death!"

Just as she was having a great time, the magic mirror suddenly spoke up to remind her: "Master, it's time to summon the puppet butler."

"what?"

Akane Koizumi was startled, her hand trembled, and the doll slipped from her fingers.

Her pupils suddenly contracted—this doll was connected to Lin Xiuyi's fate!
If Lin Xiuyi's peculiar constitution fails to neutralize the magic on the puppet, and the puppet breaks, Lin Xiuyi will inevitably suffer broken bones, arms, and legs.

"do not want!"

The girl reached out in a panic to grab it, but because she was moving too fast, she not only failed to catch the doll, but also slapped it away.

"Snapped!"

To Akane Koizumi's horror, the doll traced an arc and landed precisely in the boiling cauldron.

"Glug glug." Several bubbles rose up, and the doll quickly sank to the bottom of the pot.

Akane Koizumi immediately jumped off the desk, grabbed a long silver spoon from the side, and anxiously stirred the pot.

But the doll seemed to have melted away, and no matter what, it could not be found.

"How could this happen?" The girl stomped her foot in frustration, then turned and kicked the magic mirror again. "It's all your fault! Why did you shout so loudly!"

"It was my master who ordered me to remind you when the time was up," the magic mirror protested, its surface dimming slightly.

"What are we going to do now?" Akane Koizumi anxiously grabbed her hair and paced back and forth in the study. "What if the doll still works? Will Lin Xiuyi be burned to death?"

"That possibility isn't out of the question," the magic mirror cautiously replied, an ancient warning text appearing on its surface. "When it was made, I warned of its dangers." Just as Akane Koizumi was pacing anxiously, preparing to use her flight magic to rush to the izakaya to check on Hideaki Hayashi,

Suddenly, the large cauldron burst forth with a dazzling crimson light, illuminating the entire study as if it were stained with blood.

"What happened? I didn't chant any spells!" Akane Koizumi took a step back in surprise, her red eyes filled with shock.

"It's probably that doll that reacted with the magical substance in the cauldron," the magic mirror analyzed.

"Am I going to create a monster?" Akane Koizumi swallowed nervously, quickly took the large scythe inlaid with rubies from the wall, and assumed a defensive stance.

Under the tense gaze of one person and one camera, the viscous magical substance in the pot slowly rose, twisting and writhing in mid-air, gradually forming a human shape.

The outline became clearer and clearer, eventually coalescing into a shape that was extremely similar to a witchcraft puppet.

"This—" Akane Koizumi's mouth dropped open in astonishment, the scythe nearly slipping from her hand. "It can be like this? My puppet butler has turned into Hayashi Hideichi's appearance?"

Although she is called Lin Xiuyi, there are still obvious differences.

The current "person" clearly has a more doll-like texture. It has a similar height and build to Lin Xiuyi, and its face is also six or seven parts similar, but the lines are more rigid, like a finely crafted sculpture.

Although naked, she had no gender characteristics, like a delicate human puppet.

"Snapped!"

The "doll" suspended in mid-air lost its magical support and fell heavily, knocking over the large pot below.

Akane Koizumi gripped her sickle tightly and cautiously approached.

Just as she was three steps away from the "doll," the tightly closed eyes suddenly opened—they were a pair of black eyes exactly like Lin Xiuyi's, lively and spirited.

The doll frowned and naturally reached up to rub its buttocks: "What happened? My butt hurts so much."

"You've awakened?" Akane Koizumi tried to make her voice sound authoritative. "I am your master; from now on, you will be my butler."

However, before the girl could finish speaking, the "doll" impatiently interrupted her: "Akane Koizumi, what are you doing now! You want to be my master? I'm not your lapdog!"

"Huh? That can't be right?" Akane Koizumi looked at the magic mirror in confusion, her red eyes filled with disbelief. "Shouldn't the puppet butler I summoned be obeying my orders? Why is he contradicting me?"

"Perhaps the doll is interfering with the summoning magic." Chaotic ripples flickered on the surface of the magic mirror, showing its own confused state.

"The mirror actually talked?"

The doll stared in astonishment, its mouth agape in an "O" shape. It turned to look at the magic mirror, and after a moment, it looked around in confusion.

"Wait, where am I? I was just in the izakaya's storage room, how did I end up here!"

"What did you say? An izakaya?" Akane Koizumi's body trembled violently, and the scythe in her hand clattered to the ground. "You...who are you?"

"Are you out of your mind?" the "doll" said irritably. "Just over an hour ago, you were eating my food at an izakaya, and now you're asking me who I am?"

"Lin Xiuyi?" Akane Koizumi stared blankly, her mouth slightly open, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Yeah, you really don't recognize me anymore?"

Lin Xiuyi looked down at herself in confusion, then let out a scream.
"Hey, why am I completely naked? And where's my... my invincible little brother?!"

His expression quickly shifted from confusion to terror, and his hands frantically searched for the parts that should have been there.

"Calm down," Akane Koizumi chuckled dryly. "Perhaps there's something wrong with my magic. Let's figure out what's going on first, okay?"

(End of this chapter)