Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Chapter 222 Is it true that people say it or not?

With Sawaki Kohei being taken away by the police, the Water Crystal, which had only been built a few days earlier, became history and was buried deep in the sea.

The last bomb failed to explode due to Chu Ming's interference, but the enormous Water Crystal, with its iconic underwater restaurant, was destroyed. Even if the Mud Ginseng Association were to rebuild it at great expense, people would no longer dine at this restaurant that might be buried at the bottom of the sea.

Black Organization base.

Vodka handed the newspaper he had just bought to Gin: "Brother, the mission in Granbury was completed a couple of days ago, and the organization's existence was not exposed."

Gin took the newspaper and looked at it carefully: "Is he alone? Where are Lafitte and the Margaux people?"

"They're both still in the US, supposedly arriving tomorrow. Granbury completed this multi-person mission all by himself..."

Gin, with a cigarette butt between his teeth, grinned and said, "Granbury likes big-scale missions, and missions involving explosions and multiple deaths are his favorites."

"Brother, the mission is complete. Do we still need to bring Lafitte and Margot back?"

Gin paused slightly, thinking of these two subordinates who were also giving him a headache. If these two troublemakers stayed with Granbury, the troublemaker, wouldn't Japan be ruined?

"Let Margot stay in America, and Lafayette can come back alone."

He can still keep those two under control, right?

If all else fails, beat them all up.

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"The exam time is up. All candidates, please stop answering the questions and place your exam papers in..."

Early in the morning, Chu Ming received a notification from the University of Tokyo that there would be an exam today, so he could only go to the exam feeling dejected.

By the time he finished the exam, it was almost noon.

Recently, Vermouth has been away from home and the organization all the time. As far as Vodka knows, she has been disguised as Shinichi Aragaki and has been spending a lot of time with the great detective's daughter, rehearsing some princess and prince stage plays. When she occasionally returns to the organization, she is in an unbelievably good mood.

Gin has recently been tracking Shuichi Akai's whereabouts and has been going on missions frequently, without even bringing vodka, believing that vodka is affecting the speed of his missions.

So Chu Ming hasn't been keen on returning to the base these past few days. Yesterday, when he went home, he ran into Professor Agasa, who said he was taking Conan and a few other kids camping today. He had originally invited Chu Ming to come along, but he had an exam and couldn't get away, so he could only watch regretfully as Conan happily ran off.

However, remembering what Conan told him yesterday—that Ran has been acting strangely lately, especially after they returned from the seabed, the way she looks at him is like she looks at Shinichi Kudo…

Is Conan about to be exposed?

"buzzing"

Just then, Professor Agasa called.

"Doctor, why are you calling me all of a sudden? Are you having a good time camping?"

"Chu Ming, something bad has happened! Conan is in danger! I can't get through to Inspector Megure on the phone. Could you go to the Metropolitan Police Department?"

Chu Ming's playful expression vanished instantly, and he frowned as he asked, "What happened? Tell me slowly, I'll drive to the Metropolitan Police Department right now."

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"You ended up in a cave while gathering firewood?"

They happened to spot Inspector Megure returning from a call on the way, relayed the information to him, and then sped off in a police car to the outskirts.

Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara were waiting for them at the cave entrance.

Inspector Megure instructed Takagi to inquire with nearby residents about the location of the cave's exit, and then sent men to cordon off the cave.

Ai Haibara pointed to the faintly dried bloodstains on the nearby rocks: "Here, the bloodstains were fresh just now. I wonder who was injured."

"Alright, Inspector Megure, you guys surround both the exit and the entrance from the outside. I'll go around to the exit and check the situation."

Chu Ming frowned. With Conan around, it couldn't possibly be a few children who got injured; it was more likely that one of his tools had been damaged!

He focused on Conan, and by following that focus, he wouldn't miss them.

Inspector Megure wasn't entirely reassured, but he couldn't dissuade Chu Ming, so he nodded in agreement.

Following the direction of the focal point, Chu Ming slowly crept into the cave, landing silently.

Before they even turned the corner, they heard the hurried footsteps of several children. Genta was carrying the unconscious Conan on his back, running forward with Mitsuhiko and Ayumi, while several men were in hot pursuit, one of whom even raised his gun.

Knock on him, but don't hurt his tool!

Chu Ming broke off a piece of stalactite from his hand and smashed it at the wrist of the man holding the gun.

Dang clang——

The gun fell to the ground.

"saved!"

"Wow, that scared me to death—"

Seeing the tall figure descend from the sky like a god to save them from their predicament, the children ran towards Chu Ming with tears in their eyes, only to stop abruptly after seeing his face clearly.

“Great, great demon, demon—” Genta stammered, unable to speak.

Guangyan quickly covered his mouth: "Brother Chuming, you, how did you get here?"

Chu Ming didn't reply. Seeing that Conan's back was almost entirely stained red with blood, he narrowed his eyes and gave the robbers a cold, chilling smile.

Then he rushed up and hammered several people into the wall, and they couldn't be pried out.

He took Conan from the terrified Genta's back, pressed a few acupoints to stop Conan's bleeding, and before he could say anything to the kids, he hurriedly ran outside.

If Conan weren't the main character, he definitely wouldn't have survived that much bleeding.

"Inspector Megure, I've subdued the robbers; they're inside the cave. Conan has been shot and is bleeding heavily; he urgently needs to be taken to the hospital!"

Inspector Megure quickly had Takagi drive Conan to the hospital while he led his men to apprehend the robbers.

Mihua General Hospital.

Chu Ming was sitting outside the emergency room when Ran and Kogoro Mouri, Conan's temporary guardians, arrived.

Conan was shot in the left side of his abdomen. Although the bullet did not remain in his body, it was a penetrating wound, and the bleeding was not stopped in time, so he is now bleeding heavily and may even have a negative impact on his kidneys.

Given the sudden shortage of blood types at the hospital, Ran didn't hesitate to say that her blood type was the same as Conan's and donated blood to him.

When Conan woke up and heard what Chu Ming had told him, he knew that Ran had seen through his identity.

Just then, Hattori heard that Conan was injured and flew from Osaka to see him. He also pointed out that Ran was actually waiting for him to tell the truth himself, which made Conan's feelings even more complicated.

He couldn't help but ask Hattori, "Hattori, if it were you, what would you do..."

Chu Ming, having arranged the flowers Hattori brought, rolled his eyes upon hearing this: "You're asking him? What does he know? He hasn't even sorted out his own romantic feelings yet." You confessed to him and he didn't even react.

Hattori retorted, his face full of indignation: "Brother Chuming, don't talk nonsense! What romantic subplot do I have? My relationship with Kazuha is clearly that of brothers!"

"? I didn't mention Kazuha, you brought it up yourself." Chu Ming pouted. "You think of Kazuha every time you mention a romantic storyline, and you still say you don't have that thought in mind."

Hattori, enraged, retorted, "Well, I have Kazuha, and Kudo has Ran. What about you?"

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Do people say it?

Chapter 223 A Surprise for You

Chu Ming grinned maliciously and raised his fist at Hattori: "I have a fist, want to try it?"

Conan, watching the two about to fight, or rather, Chu Ming who was unilaterally enraged and determined to beat someone up, couldn't help but facepalm.

These two are so immature! He's the most mature person in the whole ward!

After a while of commotion, Kazuha returned with Ran after buying her things. The group chatted for a while before Chu Ming took Hattori and Kazuha to the airport. By the time he returned to the ward, it was already evening.

Since Ran has to go to school tomorrow, and she was exhausted from taking care of Conan all night when he was unconscious a while ago, Chu Ming took over the task of taking care of him tonight.

Just as he was about to reach the ward door, Chu Ming saw Ai Haibara, dressed in all black and carrying a toy gun, standing at the door preparing to open it. He quickly walked up behind her.

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Just as Ai Haibara was about to open the door, she was startled by Chu Ming, who suddenly appeared.

Upon seeing this, Chu Ming instantly became excited. He pointed to the ward, then to himself, and exaggeratedly gestured wildly, using his self-created sign language to express that he also wanted to participate, as he was currently short of points.

After gesturing for a while, Chu Ming saw that Ai Haibara still looked blank and assumed she hadn't understood, so he pulled her towards the stairwell.

Ai Haibara hesitated for a moment before Chu Ming dragged her away.

Standing in the stairwell, Chu Ming couldn't hide his excitement: "Are you going to scare Conan again? Take me with you, take me with you, take me with you when it's something fun."

"...I remember you saved me back then because you were afraid my presence would lead the organization to discover that great detective. If you care about him, then why are you so keen on scaring him?"

Chu Ming looked completely innocent: "Are these two things related? Don't you know that the more you like someone, the more you like to tease them?"

What kind of twisted logic is this?

Regardless of Ai Haibara's inner confusion, Chu Ming quietly discussed with her: "Are you afraid that Conan will tell Ran about this, making her anxious and fearful, and that the organization will eventually find out?"

Ai Haibara lowered her eyes in acquiescence.

Chu Ming actually felt it wouldn't hurt to tell Xiao Lan, since Xiao Lan wasn't the kind of delicate, weak girl.

"Ran is actually much stronger than you all think. But given Conan's current reckless behavior, it's best not to tell Ran, lest Conan really messes things up one day. I have a plan..."

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Conan lay in the hospital bed, his mind still replaying Hattori's words.

"I think the reason she didn't come to ask you is because she wants you to tell her the truth yourself."