Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

This kind of accidental hand injury that leads to the other person's career being ruined, and then the person ultimately committing suicide... emmm, it feels like it's full of criminal undertones.

And the name Kazato Kyosuke... could it be that ruthless person who killed several policemen, almost killed Sato, and caused Ran to lose her memory?

Apart from Chu Ming, no one paid much attention to this brief encounter.

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"Huh? Conan really has a health problem??" Ran looked shocked, holding the diagnosis she couldn't understand at all.

Conan had only intended to appease Ran by accompanying her to pick up the medical report, but upon hearing this, he was startled and quickly jumped up to see the report in Ran's hand.

Lafitte pointed to the report: "Didn't Conan suffer a penetrating kidney injury before? And didn't receive timely treatment to stop the bleeding?"

Xiao Lan nodded worriedly: "Yes, he was shot by robbers in the cave before."

Raffi pointed to a spot in the report: "That's it. You can see here that it clearly shows his kidney was shot. That's one of the reasons Conan keeps running to the toilet. But Conan is still young, so he doesn't need too much medication or surgery for now. He just needs to come in for a check-up once a week to see if it gets worse."

Chu Ming stared at Lafitte. No treatment or surgery needed? He couldn't recall Conan ever having any problems.

Could it be that this scoundrel wants to see Ran more often to cultivate their sibling relationship and is deliberately making things difficult for Conan?

After saying goodbye to Lafitte, it was drizzling outside. Ran said that she had made plans to go shopping with Sonoko. Conan, thinking about how painful it would be to follow two girls shopping, quickly hugged Chu Ming's leg and said, "I don't want to go. I want to play with Chu Ming-nii."

Chu Ming picked up Conan and said, "Conan, you can come with me. You can go shopping without worry."

The three said goodbye at the traffic light intersection. Watching Ran's departing figure, Conan felt a pang of reluctance. Chu Ming grabbed him by the collar: "Stop looking! Hurry, the green light is flashing. It'll turn yellow soon, get ready—"

“No, you can’t go. A flashing green light and a bright yellow light mean almost the same thing. You can’t rush through either. You have to wait for the next green light! Also, be careful when you’re holding your brother. Don’t grab him by the back of his collar, or he’ll get strangled!” said a righteous-looking man standing nearby.

Having been inexplicably scolded, Chu Ming and Conan exchanged a glance. Conan immediately raised his chin, showing Chu Ming his neck, which was red from being strangled: "That's right, Brother Chu Ming, look, my neck is all red."

Chu Ming slapped his chin back in an annoyed tone: "Show me again later, and maybe the red mark will have disappeared!"

"Brother Chu Ming, guess who that uncle was?"

Chu Ming replied without hesitation: "Police."

"You're right! Only police officers like to take notes horizontally."

As the police officer went into the phone booth to make a call, Chu Ming noticed a man dressed in a trench coat, completely covered up, approaching the phone booth from the opposite side. As soon as the man opened the door, Chu Ming immediately shot him dead with a gun fitted with a silencer.

Conan, who had been keeping an eye on the man out of the corner of his eye because the man had spoken up for him, slid off Chu Ming's arms the moment he saw the man fall to the ground: "Brother Chu Ming, call the police, I'll go after him."

Before Chu Ming could react, Conan had vanished without a trace.

When Conan returned, Chu Ming was already squatting next to the police officer.

The officer struggled to extend his hand and held it tightly to his left side, near his heart.

Conan asked in confusion, "Is this some kind of death message?"

Chu Ming gestured and mimicked the gesture: "My left side hurts... uh... could it be Sato??"

Conan almost slipped and fell into the water: "You've only been following Uncle Mori for a few days, and you've already learned all the essentials???"

Chapter 255 Him?

Because a police officer was killed in the street, the incident was extremely serious, and all the media gathered at the entrance of the Metropolitan Police Department like sharks smelling blood, waiting for the police to solve the case.

With a furrowed brow and a somber expression, Inspector Megure ushered Chu Ming and Conan, who had come to give their statements, inside.

"Most witnesses only glanced at the murderer and didn't provide much information. Brother Chu Ming, you were also at the scene. Did you see any details?"

Chu Ming picked up a pen from the table and scribbled on the paper: "We only saw the back view, a gray raincoat and a gray umbrella, holding the umbrella in the right hand and firing the gun in the left, so he should be left-handed. And from the expression on the officer's face when he fell, it seemed like he knew the murderer. Here, this is the drawing of the back view I made."

Inspector Megure was overjoyed, taking the paper with a sincere expression: "Brother Chu Ming, thank you so much, you've really been a great help. I'll go now—wait, what?"

Looking at the dark, almost indistinct human figure on the paper, Inspector Megure's lips twitched.

This drawing skill is even worse than Sato's...

Seeing that Inspector Megure remained silent for a while, Chu Ming leaned closer and pointed to the corresponding parts on the paper: "This is the umbrella, this is the foot, and this is the hand holding the gun..."

Inspector Megure quickly stopped Chu Ming: "Haha, thank you, Brother Chu Ming. I'll have someone investigate right away, haha. I'll take this piece of paper for now. If there are no other clues, you can leave. We've been quite busy lately."

Seeing Inspector Megure turn his back on them after getting the clues, Chu Ming curled his lip and left with Conan.

However, before he could even leave the house, Takagi burst in, yelling, "Inspector Megure, something terrible has happened! We just received news that Officer Yoichiro Shiba has been found dead in the parking lot of his apartment, clutching his police handbook—"

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure's gaze turned serious. He gently pushed Chu Ming and Conan, who hadn't yet left the house, out the door: "Alright, what happens next must not be known to anyone unrelated. You two should go back now."

Conan retorted, "How am I an unrelated person? I'm an eyewitness!"

Inspector Megure patted his head: "But the statements you gave are now taken. It's time for adults. Go back with your brother Chu Ming."

Then he walked into the room without looking back and closed the door.

Seeing Conan's sullen expression, Chu Ming comforted him, "It's okay, let's go to the agency to find the old man. Inspector Megure is ignoring us, but he'll probably talk to him."

Conan's eyes lit up, and he urged repeatedly, "Quick, quick, let's go back and find Uncle."

When Conan returned to the agency and told Kogoro Mouri what had happened, Kogoro's expression immediately turned serious. He quickly called Inspector Megure, but was given the same evasive answer.

"No, he won't tell me either." Kogoro Mouri shrugged helplessly and put down the phone. "Including Inspector Shiratori, he won't say anything either."

"There's another way." Chu Ming pointed to the invitation on Kogoro Mouri's desk. "Isn't Inspector Shiratori's sister having her wedding celebration this afternoon? There will definitely be a lot of officers there. Let's pick an easy target and ask her?"

"An easy target?" Kogoro Mouri and Conan exchanged a sly glance, then Kogoro nodded. "I understand."

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"Fifteenth floor of Beika Sun Plaza..." he muttered to himself as he followed Kogoro Mouri upstairs.

At this wedding, Kazato Kyosuke failed to kill Officer Sato. Although he couldn't get any magnetic field, Chu Ming remembered that before Xiao Lan fainted, she saw Officer Sato covered in blood and lying unconscious because of her. She should have a lot of emotional points, right?

After meeting up with Sonoko, the group took the elevator to the main venue. While signing autographs, they ran into Eri Kisaki, who was there as a friend of the woman to attend the celebration.

Chu Ming, carrying orange juice, followed behind Kogoro Mouri with Conan, but they couldn't spot Officer Takagi.

Instead, Officer Shiratori came over with someone: "Mr. Mori, let me introduce you. This is my attending physician, Kazato, a well-known psychiatrist at Beika Hospital."

Kogoro Mouri smiled and introduced the people around him: "I am Kogoro Mouri, this is my wife Eri and my daughter Ran, and this is my daughter's friend Chuming."

Suddenly realizing that Conan was still standing on the ground, she quickly pointed at him and casually said, "This is Conan, who's staying at my house."

"Hello, big brother Kazeto, it's great to see you again~" Conan started acting cute again.

Kyosuke Kazato looked somewhat surprised: "It's you, the little kid who was following Dr. Watanabe last time. Are you feeling better now?"

Conan gave an awkward but polite smile: "I'm fine, thank you for your concern, Uncle."

After chatting for a while, Kogoro Mouri spotted Inspector Takagi walking in through the side door and quickly squeezed through: "Inspector Takagi, wait for me, wait for me! If Inspector Megure doesn't want to talk about it, just tell me quietly about the progress of the case..."

Takagi stopped in his tracks, exasperated. "No, Mr. Mori, Inspector Megure instructed us not to—"

Kogoro Mouri grabbed him by the collar, his face contorted with rage: "Hmm?"

Chu Ming followed behind, watching the show. Goodness, you were so submissive to Inspector Megure, but you went all out against Takagi. You're something else.

Conan joined in teasing the honest man: "Officer Takagi, I heard you like Officer Sato? You don't want Officer Sato to know you have a crush on her, do you..."

Kogoro Mouri tilted his head, his mind working quickly at this moment, his gaze gradually turning sinister, and he hurriedly replied, "Oh? That's something new. Alright, then I'll go and convey your feelings for you."

After saying that, he was about to call Officer Sato over when Takagi's face turned bright red. He grabbed Kogoro Mouri's shoulder and said, "Wait!!! I'll talk, I'll talk, okay???"

Takagi whispered in Kogoro Mouri's ear, "Actually, both of the dead officers were holding their police handbooks, so they guessed that this might refer to higher-ups..."

"That's enough. Mr. Mori, you don't need to worry about what happens next. You should know: NEED NOT TO KNOW."

Officer Shiratori walked over from the side and rescued Takagi, who was surrounded, while also stopping Kogoro Mouri from questioning him.

Meeting Chu Ming's curious gaze, Kogoro Mouri explained in a deep voice, "This is a code word used in the police force, indicating that it's unnecessary to know. It's generally only used when it involves high-ranking police officials or even when it's enough to overthrow the entire police system..."

Huh? High-ranking police officers?

Kyosuke Kazato, a high-ranking official???

Chapter 256 Absolutely not

As they were discussing, Conan suddenly sneezed twice in a row.

"What's wrong?" Chu Ming glanced at the group of people chatting animatedly behind him, including Xiao Lan and Fei Yingli, and instantly understood. "If you suddenly sneeze twice, it means someone is cursing you."

Conan protested, "Brother Chu Ming, your singing is awful, and didn't you sing it backwards? Ran was definitely thinking about me just now. Why would she scold me?"

"Heh." Chu Ming only gave a cold laugh, letting him figure it out himself, then led him to Xiao Lan's side and asked casually, "Xiao Lan, what were you laughing about just now? You seemed so happy?"

"They were talking about the sweet nothings Dad and Mom used to say to each other. Mom even said that smooth-talking men are the most unreliable..." Xiaolan recalled, tapping her chin.

Eri Kisaki chimed in sarcastically, "Yeah, especially that detective who used to love sweet-talking you into going out!"

Xiaolan blushed and said, "Oh, Mom, please stop talking. I'm going to the bathroom to touch up my makeup. You guys play first."

Not long after Xiaolan left, all the lights in the hall suddenly went out.

"power cut?"

Using his night vision, Chu Ming avoided the surrounding obstacles and came to the window: "It shouldn't be a power outage. The lights downstairs and upstairs are still on. It's just our floor that's out of power."

Inspector Megure decisively sent Chiba to check the situation in the power distribution room, and then told everyone not to panic and to stay quietly where they were.

Suddenly, a mournful scream rang out.

"It's Ran-neechan!" Conan immediately ran towards the bathroom, while Chu Ming had already taken advantage of the darkness to sneak around the corner.

Before Xiaolan fell into a coma, her emotional state was displayed prominently on the system panel. It's likely that the fact that she almost caused Officer Sato's death because she picked up a flashlight was too much for such a kind girl to accept.

When everyone reached the bathroom sink, the lights had been turned back on. Kogoro Mouri found the two people lying on the floor and quickly took them to Beika Hospital.