Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Eri quickly broke free from Lin Xiuyi's embrace, tidied her slightly messy hair, and whispered, "Stop fooling around. I'll go downstairs and see if there's anything I can help with. Hurry up and change your clothes and come down!"

After saying that, she turned around and quickly walked out of the bedroom, closing the door behind her.

Lin Xiuyi finally let out a long sigh of relief as the door clicked shut. Her tense body instantly relaxed, her back already soaked with cold sweat.

He walked quickly to the wardrobe and opened the door.

Vermouth immediately came out of the closet, straightened her slightly wrinkled black trench coat, and complained unhappily.
"Your closet in this room is too small. It smelled like clothes all over the place, and I almost suffocated."

She hadn't even dared to breathe too loudly in the closet, afraid that Eri would find out.

At this point, Vermouth glanced sideways at Lin Xiuyi, a mocking smile playing on her lips.

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to be so good at sweet-talking girls. You can make up lies so easily that they sound more convincing than the truth. Men are all the same."

“It’s a white lie,” Lin Xiuyi frowned. “I just didn’t want Yingli to worry, and I didn’t want her to get involved in these dangers.”

He wasn't in the mood to banter with Vermouth, and immediately dropped his joking expression.

"Alright, enough joking around. Eri is downstairs, and the Brians should be in the living room too. You must leave here as soon as possible, or the consequences will be unimaginable if you are discovered."

"Okay, when I go downstairs, I'll try to distract them. You can take the opportunity to slip away through the back door. There are fewer people in the morning, so no one should notice you."

He knew all too well how sensitive Vermouth's identity was, and that staying here would only increase the risk of exposure.

"I can leave by myself without your help,"

Vermouth snorted, then dropped her mocking expression. After looking at Lin Xiuyi in silence for a moment, she finally decided to speak up and offer a reminder.
"Remember what I said before: don't provoke the organization easily. The organization's power is far greater than you imagine. You can't possibly fight against it alone. You'll only needlessly throw away your own life and the lives of those around you."

She paused, then added, "Also, regarding the Brians' matter, I can only give you one day at most."

"If you still can't come up with a way to save them and also give me an answer to the organization a day from now, don't blame me for being ruthless! I have to complete my mission."

"If I come up with a solution, how can I contact you?" Lin Xiuyi quickly asked.

“You don’t need to contact me.” Vermouth shook her head. “I’ll come to you again tonight, and if you still can’t do it then, I’ll immediately carry out the mission and won’t give you any more chances.”

After saying that, before Lin Xiuyi could say anything more, Vermouth quickly walked to the window, gently pushed it open, and after peeking out to make sure no one was in the garden downstairs, she leaped down like a nimble cat.

She landed almost silently, then quickly crossed the garden and disappeared around the corner of the street.

Lin Xiuyi walked to the window and watched Vermouth's departing figure, feeling a mix of emotions.

He knew very well that Vermouth was risking mission failure and punishment from the Black Organization by delaying him for a day.

For that reason alone, he owed Vermouth a huge favor.

Just then, Eri's voice came from downstairs: "Shuichi, have you changed your clothes? Breakfast is going to get cold!"

Lin Xiuyi took a deep breath, suppressing her anxiety, and replied to the person downstairs, "Coming right away!"

He knew he couldn't show any abnormality now; he had to deal with the immediate situation first, and then slowly think of a solution. In any case, he couldn't let the Brians repeat Noah and Lily's mistakes, nor could he let Vermouth be put in danger because of him.

Lin Xiuyi turned around, picked up the clean clothes from the bed, quickly changed, opened the door, put on a gentle smile again, and walked downstairs.

……

With such a big incident yesterday, Lin Xiuyi and others' summer camp activities were naturally terminated completely.

Yui Murakami has already contacted Teitan High School and is waiting for their decision.

Before receiving an official notification from the school, all students were told to stay in their host families for the time being.

Lin Xiuyi didn't care about this; what mattered to him was how to resolve the crisis facing the Brians.

Eri Kisaki looked somewhat disappointed, the girl resting her chin on her hand, her eyes full of regret.

Yesterday's shooting shattered her beautiful image of America, and her previous thoughts about studying in the United States have now vanished.

But this was, after all, a place she had once longed for. She had originally planned to take advantage of the summer camp to stroll through the streets, enjoy the scenery, and experience the exotic atmosphere with Lin Xiuyi.

Now they are stuck in their houses, not even daring to go out, which inevitably makes them feel bad.

With nothing to do, Eri Kisaki took out her law books and went to Hideaki Hayashi's bedroom with them.

Seeing her childhood sweetheart sitting at his desk in a daze, the girl walked straight to the bedside, sat down, and chatted idly while flipping through a book.
"Shuiyi, when do you think we can go back to China? I suddenly feel a little homesick."

"It should be soon, the school will definitely arrange it as soon as possible," Lin Xiuyi replied casually, her gaze still somewhat unfocused.

"This book says that American criminal law differs quite a bit from Japanese criminal law..."

Eri Kisaki continued talking to herself, sharing her discoveries from reading, but after a long time, she didn't get a response from Hideaki Hayashi.

She looked up and found Lin Xiuyi still frowning and staring blankly, clearly not having listened to what she had said.

Eri Kisaki put down her book, walked over to Shuichi Hayashi, and waved her hand in front of him: "Hey, what are you thinking about? Your mind's wandering."

Lin Xiuyi snapped out of her daze, looked at the girl in front of her, and realized that she had been caught daydreaming.

After considering it for a moment, he decided to tell part of the truth: "I'm thinking about Noah and Lily."

"Noah and Lily?" Eri Kisaki was taken aback. "What happened to them?"

“I always felt that things weren’t that simple. There must be an organization manipulating all of this behind their deaths,”

Lin Xiuyi did not mention any specific information about the Black Organization.
“I’m worried that the FBI investigation may have alerted that organization, and they might try to silence the Brians to prevent the matter from being leaked.”

"No way?"

Eri Kisaki looked completely surprised.
“Lily has been murdered for a year, and Noah has been dead for two years. If that organization really wanted to harm the Brians, they would have done it long ago. Why wait until now?” (End of Chapter)