Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

"No, it's a new talent! You're the first one I've ever seen it!" Chu Ming blinked and acted cute at him.

Just as he reached the doorway, Lafitte opened it, turned around, crossed his arms, and stood there with a disdainful look on his face: "Fine, I'll give you a chance. Go ahead and perform."

"I'll give you a pig squeal!" Chu Ming said earnestly.

Lafitte became interested: "Why don't you try calling out?"

Chu Ming: "Try shouting!"

"Why are you mimicking my speech? Didn't you say you were mimicking a pig..." He stopped mid-sentence, then suddenly realized what he was saying and grinned as he prepared to pull out a scalpel.

Chu Ming was prepared. He shoved him into the room and closed the door behind him, leaving behind a string of arrogant laughter through the door.

Then he went to hide in his room.

"Buzz" "Buzz" "Buzz"...

His phone email kept buzzing with messages, clearly Laffitte was sending him trash talk. Chu Ming didn't even look at them, just deleted all of Laffitte's messages, almost erasing the messages Gin had sent him as well.

"A suspected Shuichi Akai has appeared. Mission accomplished, return to Tokyo immediately. —Gin"

Chu Ming pouted. He had just come out this afternoon, and it was only evening, and they were already urging him on.

Jodie has already appeared, and Conan also mentioned this afternoon that Professor Agasa invited some children to go skiing at a ski resort this weekend. If his memory serves him right, then that should be Shuichi Akai's first appearance.

Tsk, what's Bourbon doing? Such a big guy entering the country, how come he hasn't been able to gather any intelligence?

Logically speaking, the police should be able to investigate immigration matters more easily than the organization, right?

Ugh, they even have to organize people to keep an eye on the FBI's entry into the country. Ugh, ugh, ugh.

Chapter 235 Master Duan Shui

Chu Ming got up around 10 a.m. and pulled back the curtains. The outside was still shrouded in mist.

Downstairs was in complete chaos. The exhibition was scheduled to start that afternoon, but President Teraizumi had gone out in his Dino last night and hadn't returned yet.

The Dino car needs to be placed in the very center of the exhibition hall before the opening. Without this most eye-catching car, the exhibition would lose half its appeal. Moreover, the afternoon exhibition requires President Teraizumi to oversee the overall situation, and he hasn't returned yet, making the manager anxiously pacing around the lobby.

Around 9 o'clock, Kogoro Mouri dialed the president's number, but after hearing the president say in a pained voice, "It's so dark here," the call was hung up.

Conan was sitting on the sofa in the lobby, lost in thought. He looked up and saw Chu Ming and Lafitte coming downstairs together. Without thinking, he teased him, "Brother Chu Ming, don't you usually get up around 5 a.m. to exercise? Why are you only coming downstairs after 10 a.m. today?"

"Because it was foggy today, it wasn't convenient to go for a run, so I exercised in my room until 10 o'clock before calling Watanabe to get up and come downstairs for breakfast together."

"..." Conan's lips twitched. "Do you think I believe that?"

"I do not watch."

"..." Don't you think you're funny?

"Ah—" Ran's startled scream suddenly rang out. Lafitte's ears twitched slightly, he determined the direction, and ran ahead of her, leaving Conan behind.

When Conan and Chu Ming arrived, Ran had already been helped up by Lafitte. Conan quickly went over to get the best position, stood on tiptoe and took Ran's hand: "Ran-neechan, how are you? Are you alright?"

"N-nothing. I was taking a walk when I suddenly heard a noise behind me, which startled me. That's why... Mr. Watanabe, thank you."

A blush crept onto Lafitte's face: "N-no problem..."

Chu Ming watched as the magnetic field slowly flowed towards him with the mist, then looked at the man in a guard uniform standing next to Xiao Lan: "And who is this gentleman?"

"I'm Noda, the security guard at this hotel. I saw this young lady walking towards the cliff, so I spoke up to warn her. I didn't expect to frighten her. I'm really sorry."

The group stood there chatting in the mist. Chu Ming, noticing his clothes gradually becoming damp from the mist, suggested that they go back inside to continue their conversation, as it was getting quite chilly outside.

Suddenly Conan's ears twitched, and he looked towards the exit: "There's a sound. Is President Teraizumi back?"

Chu Ming shook his head and pointed to a red sports car that was faintly visible in the mist that had been slightly dispersed by the wind: "Isn't that the president's car up ahead?"

Following the direction Chu Ming pointed, everyone looked and saw a sports car parked crookedly in the parking lot.

However, it was completely shrouded in thick fog and went unnoticed.

"President!" Manager Kuroiwa rushed towards the car. "When did you get back? If you don't park the Dino soon—ah!! President, what's wrong, President! Call an ambulance!"

As Kuroiwa Zenkichi spoke, he ran towards the car. Just as he reached the car, he saw Teraizumi Daigo lying silently on the back of the seat and immediately banged on the car window and shouted.

Kogoro Mouri rushed forward and stopped Zenkichi Kuroiwa from doing so. He opened the car door and was choked by the smoke blowing in his face, and couldn't help but cough.

"The car was never turned off. I think carbon monoxide might have flowed back into the car, causing carbon monoxide poisoning... This must have been an accident." Kogoro Mouri stroked his chin, his face serious, not at all like he was joking.

Lafitte glanced at the renowned detective, somewhat incredulous: "This reasoning..."

On the other side, Chu Ming was already clapping enthusiastically: "As expected of an uncle, he's using the process of elimination again? Xiao Lan, call the police quickly! The uncle means this is definitely not an accident!"

Lafitte suddenly turned his head and looked at Chu Ming, who was also looking very serious. Had he been in the United States for too long and lost touch with the thought process of detectives in China?

These days, elimination reasoning is all the rage? What a strange approach!

Xiao Lan was stunned for a moment, then actually took out her phone and dialed the police.

Not long after, Inspector Yokomizo arrived at the scene with his men: "Haha, Mr. Mori, it's been a long time. Will we be able to hear Mr. Mori's reasoning again today?"

"Hahaha, not at all..." Kogoro Mouri scratched his head, feigning modesty, but in reality, he was being flattered to the point of being arrogant.

Chu Ming and Lafitte stood at the very back of the crowd. It has to be said that their good looks were undeniable; even standing at the very edge, people would occasionally turn around to look at them.

A short while later, Inspector Yokomizo, having finished catching up with Kogoro Mouri, quietly crept over: "Mr. Chuming, who do you think is the culprit this time?"

Looking at Officer Yokomizo with his thick eyebrows, big eyes, and honest face, you're two-timing him!

First you praise Kogoro Mouri, then you come to me to solve the case. You're such a master of balancing things up.

“I think there’s something wrong with that waiter,” Chu Ming said, pointing to Katsura Hisashi, who was following closely behind Kogoro Mouri.

"Hey, really! As expected of Mr. Chu Ming! You found the suspect so quickly!" Officer Yokomizo's loud voice immediately rang out.

Kogoro Mouri watched as Yokomizo Sango, who had just been praising him from behind, suddenly ran to Chu Ming's side. Was he really that pragmatic?

Officer Yokomizo, completely unaware of his own megaphone-like behavior, continued to press, "Then, Mr. Chu Ming, do you have any evidence?"

Hisashi Katsuro, somewhat uneasy, stood next to Kogoro Mouri and interjected with a smile, "Sir, do you already know who the murderer is? That's amazing. Are you a detective too?"

"I'm not. I've just been watching Uncle Mori solve so many cases that I've picked it up from his experience. As for who the murderer is—" Chu Ming drawled out, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense.

"Who is it?" Kogoro Mouri pressed, then, realizing he couldn't afford to lose face, he said, "I actually already know who the murderer is. Tell me and I'll take a look and see if your reasoning is correct."

"Of course it's Mr. Katsura Hisashi, who was the last one to arrive." Chu Ming lazily dragged out his words, casually beckoning Conan over and whispering something in his ear. Conan immediately turned and ran away.

Now that we've established Conan's image as someone who likes to wander around crime scenes in front of Lafitte, he won't be easily suspected in the future.

Katsura Hisashi hadn't expected to get himself into trouble, with everyone's eyes suddenly on him. He quickly tried to explain, "Haha, sir, you're joking. The reason I arrived last was because I was preparing things for the exhibition hall ceremony."

"Oh, weren't you going to clean up the scene of the president's murder?" Chu Ming leaned against Lafitte, his face full of arrogance.

Lafitte managed to maintain her elegance in public, standing upright and barely supporting Chu Ming's weight of over 100 pounds, but in reality, she couldn't suppress her urge to overturn Chu Ming.

Chapter 236, the filler chapter, no one noticed, right?

Upon hearing Chu Ming's words, Sheng Luji's expression changed, and he opened his mouth to begin making excuses.

Unexpectedly, Conan, wearing gloves, came over from a distance dragging a black car cover.

Chu Ming nodded with his chin: "Mr. Sheng Lu, how about it? Are you familiar with this? There's still fuel dripping from Dino's engine that's been running for a long time behind your car cover. That's the evidence."

Katsura Hisashi remained silent for a long time before finally speaking in a hoarse voice, "How did you know?"

"When the police were taking my statement, the guard said that there was a black car parked where the president had parked before. The angle and position of the car were exactly the same as the current Dino, and the engine was also running. What a coincidence! I'm just making a bold guess and a reasonable assumption."

“…He deserved to die. This Dino was originally—” Katsura Hisashi started to say, but realized that Chu Ming was not listening at all and was turning to leave with Lafitte. He couldn’t help but shout, “…Don’t you want to know why I killed him?”

Chu Ming turned around casually: "Any more reasons are just to convince yourself to take action. Don't share them with others all the time. No one can truly empathize with you."

"..." Katsuro Hisashi shut his mouth in silence, letting Officer Yokomizo handcuff him.

Watching the police car drive away, Kogoro Mouri suddenly realized, "Are we going to have to walk down the mountain?! I should have hitched a ride with Officer Yokomizo!"

Xiaolan smiled helplessly: "It's okay, just treat it as exercise."

Lafitte suddenly extended an invitation to the group: "My driver is coming to pick me up later, why don't you all ride down the mountain in our car?"

What are you doing, Lafitte? You invited Conan to ride in the organization's car?

What if the world's will allows him to accidentally leave a tracker or bug in his car, and he manages to uncover some major operation? Wouldn't that be disastrous?

However, the next second, Conan was the first to disagree.

"No!! No, I mean, uh, Sister Xiaolan, how about we walk down the mountain? It'll be good exercise!"

Kogoro Mouri completely ignored Conan's little tantrums and immediately suppressed him: "Hahaha, how could I possibly accept that? I wonder if there are enough seats?"

Lafitte kept glancing at Xiaolan out of the corner of his eye: "That's enough, that's enough. I'll have them drive a bigger car."

Pshaw, drive over in a Porsche 356A, that'll definitely be a big hit.

Unable to bear seeing Lafitte acting like a peacock with its tail feathers spread, Chu Ming ignored Lafitte's murderous glare when the outer members drove up. He shoved Lafitte into the passenger seat and squeezed into the back with Conan and the others. He even put on a lullaby for Lafitte while sitting close to the passenger seat after the car was driven off.

Chu Ming, sitting in the back, couldn't quite grasp Lafitte's mood, but Conan was in a great mood. If Chu Ming hadn't stopped him, he would have even wanted to sing a song to celebrate.

Upon arriving at the station, Chu Ming quietly followed Conan and the others off the train. He planned to play with Conan for a while before heading back to Tokyo together, hoping to stumble upon some unexpected treasures.

Before they had taken two steps, Lafitte casually poked his head out of the car window and asked, "Where are you going?"

Chu Ming paused, slowly backed to the car, pushed Lafitte's head back into the car, and muttered, "Xiao Lan said she wanted to take the bus to nearby Yingkua Village for sightseeing. I'll go with them for a stroll and then go back to Tokyo."

Lafitte decisively unbuckled his seatbelt: "I want to go too!"

Chu Ming jumped up and down: "What are you going to do? One of us can slack off, so you better go back right now!"