Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Chu Ming swallowed hard. This... isn't this a bit exaggerated... is it really just water and salt in a 1:1 ratio?

"That's enough. I heard adding more sugar will enhance the flavor." Lafitte gave Eri a thumbs up and directed her to continue adding seasonings to the condiment.

"..." Chu Ming silently left the kitchen and ran towards the door.

"Brother Chu Ming, where are you going?" Conan and Kogoro Mouri had just come downstairs with Ran when they saw Chu Ming rushing towards the door as if he were being chased by a dog, and they couldn't help but ask.

Chu Ming pointed to the kitchen: "Aunt Wada and Aunt Eri are cooking. I saw the soup in the pot in front of her, shimmering with iridescent black light, and I suddenly realized I probably wasn't hungry anymore. Maybe I should say goodbye for now and stay until tomorrow—"

Conan grabbed Chu Ming's leg and cried, "No, don't run away! You can't slip away alone! Uncle, stop him!"

Kogoro Mouri also grabbed Chu Ming's arm and dragged him into the house: "It's rare for Eri to cook herself. We can't run away, but you still want to?"

Watching the door, so close yet so far, recede into the distance, Chu Ming cried out indignantly, "You're getting soaked yourself, and now you're tearing apart other people's umbrellas too—stealing bamboo shoots! The pandas are going to starve!!"

Amid the commotion, Eri Fei brought a bowl of dark green stuff to the table: "Come eat! Potato soup. You guys go wash your hands and get ready to eat. Stop playing around."

Lafitte also brought out a bowl of bluish-purple...meat?, and was smiling as he invited Ran and Conan to sit down and eat.

"...Uh, what is this?" Conan looked at this and that, but still couldn't bring himself to eat it under the expectant gazes of Eri and Lafitte. He could only quietly nudge Kogoro Mouri.

Lafitte proudly declared, "This is beef with red wine!"

"??? What? This is red wine beef? Is the red wine expired? It's turned bluish-purple..."

Chu Ming's expression was solemn. He swallowed with difficulty a piece of beef that tasted like wood chips but was also sweet, cloyingly salty, and somewhat bitter. He was starting to question his existence. Who was he? What did he want? Why was he eating something even pigs wouldn't eat?

He retaliated by picking up Lafitt's bowl, ladling out a large bowl of thick soup, and placing it in front of him: "Here, eat up, don't be shy, Aunt Eri's cooking is excellent."

Lafitte, without batting an eye, gulped down a large mouthful as if he had no sense of taste, and gave a thumbs-up: "Delicious!"

Lafitte's pursuit of his collection is terrifyingly ruthless...

Chu Ming felt deeply ashamed of himself, and then, under the grateful gazes of Kogoro Mouri and Conan, he refilled the soup for him: "If you think it's delicious, then eat more. If you're not full, I see there's still some left in the pot."

Eri Kisaki smiled broadly: "It's okay, I'll make more if it's not enough."

……

The meal was a pleasant one for all. When no one was looking, Chu Ming secretly packed a bowl of soup and a few pieces of red wine beef made by Lafitte himself into his system backpack in a thermos, planning to take them out and let Gin and Vodka taste Lafitte's cooking when he had time.

After dinner, since Ran and Shinichi had mentioned going to the tropical amusement park upstairs, Ran expressed her desire to visit it. Eri was initially a little worried, but Kogoro Mouri said that the police had found out that Kyosuke Kazato was acting strangely and had sent someone to follow him, so Ran should be fine going to the tropical amusement park now.

Chu Ming watched Conan, who was excitedly preparing to go to the amusement park with Ran Mouri, his eyes darting around. He then took out his phone and dialed Sonoko's number...

"Alright Conan, you two go ahead, be careful on the road~" Chu Ming smiled and waved to Conan and Ran, standing at the door watching them get into the taxi.

"Brother Chu Ming, aren't you guys going? Just me and Sister Xiao Lan?" Conan asked incredulously. The culprit hasn't been caught yet? Isn't anyone going to protect them?

"Don't worry, everything will be fine." Chu Ming smiled and gestured for Conan to leave quickly.

Once the taxi had driven away, Chu Ming quickly picked up Lafitte and drove back to his home, handing him a set of black clothes that looked remarkably familiar to Lafitte.

"What are you doing??" Laffitte took the clothes with a puzzled look. "These are Gin's clothes? Why did you steal his clothes? Are you asking me to hide them for you??"

Chu Ming rolled his eyes in annoyance: "Am I crazy? Why would I steal his clothes? We need to help Ran regain her memory, so we need to recreate the experience of Kudo Shinichi taking Ran on the roller coaster that day. Kudo Shinichi solved a case on the roller coaster that day, and Gin and Vodka were also on the roller coaster. Although I don't know why they went on the ride before making a deal, you are the most suitable person to pretend to be Gin here. The wig I used to pretend to be Gin is all tangled up at the bottom of the box... I'll just have to pretend to be Vodka. You don't need to imitate Gin too much, just act like an ordinary passenger."

Lafitte put on his black clothes with a look of disgust: "Why does it have to be so complicated? Does it have to be so realistic? Is that bespectacled kid dressed as Shinichi Kudo? I can play Shinichi Kudo too, why does it have to be Gin?"

"Because your hair is long." Chu Ming had already changed into Vodka's disguise and was helping him with it, reminding him with concern, "In their eyes, we're just playing the role of ordinary passengers. Don't expose the organization! This is a voice changer kindly provided by Professor Agasa. Just hide it under your turtleneck sweater."

"Enough with the nagging, I'm leaving."

Although he said he was unwilling, Laffitte was actually extremely interested in this kind of fun thing. Sure enough, Gin has already put on airs.

Chapter 259 Is Newton still emotionally stable?

Conan led Ran along the paths of the amusement park, explaining the facilities to her as they walked.

Xiaolan looked at the roller coaster in front of her, and a scene seemed to flash through her mind. She suddenly stopped in her tracks.

"Ran-neechan, what's wrong?" Conan followed Ran's gaze and saw the rumbling roller coaster. He was pleasantly surprised. "Ran-neechan, did you remember something? You and Shinichi-nii rode it before, and Shinichi-nii even solved a big case here. Why don't we go ride it again?"

Xiao Lan nodded. Just as the two of them bought their tickets, sat down, and pulled down the safety bar, a commotion came from the passageway in the distance. A burly man in black pushed aside the person in front of him and even kicked away a little boy who was about to climb up.

"Move aside, let us play first."

The silver-haired man following behind him had a cold demeanor and sat down in his seat without saying a word, following the path cleared for him by his underling.

Chu Ming pulled down the bumper and looked at the emotional value that Conan had been frantically displaying on the system record, feeling extremely satisfied.

Conan froze in his chair, his chatter abruptly halting. What was going on? Why were Gin and Vodka here?

He wanted to take Xiaolan back to the place they had visited, to relive the events of that day, and see if she could regain her memories...

But he didn't intend for it to be this accurate!

"Conan, what's wrong? Are you tired? If you're tired, you can—"

Conan quickly shook his head: "No, Ran-neechan, I'm not tired. Let me tell you more about Sherlock Holmes, the Sherlock Holmes of that time—"

The sound carried on the wind was slightly stiff. Suppressing a laugh, Chu Ming said to Lafitte beside him, "Hold your hat tight, don't let your true form fly away~"

Lafitte gritted out a few words through his teeth: "Wouldn't that damage my image? It's not appropriate for an iceberg-like cool guy to suddenly reach out and hold down his hat."

Chu Ming whispered to him, "But if your hat flies off, it'll ruin your image even more. We're sitting in the last row, so no one will see you covering your hat. But if you don't cover it, and it flies off, your hair will look like a bird's nest when you get off the bus..."

Just then, the roller coaster started moving, and Lafitte decisively reached out and pressed down on his hat. Seeing him make such a cute gesture with Gin's face, Chu Ming felt a strange sense of unease. He secretly used the system to capture this precious meme.

Chu Ming had already asked the computer software company he had previously organized to start developing a chat software similar to QQ. Once the software was released, the emoticons he had saved up would finally come in handy.

Hehe (?ω?)

As soon as the roller coaster stopped, Conan immediately reached for his tranquilizer watch, jumped off the ride, and prepared to give Gin a sticker: "Ran-neechan, wait for me here, I'll be there in a bit—"

"Wait, Shinichi, don't—" Ran blurted out, grabbing Conan's clothes tightly, which made Conan turn around with joy.

"Sister Xiaolan, you remembered??"

Ran covered her head, a flood of images flashing through her mind, finally settling on a boy running into the darkness ahead, turning back to wave and smile at her: "Is that Shinichi...?"

"Ran-neechan??" Conan quickly stepped forward to support Ran, looking at her excitedly.

After a long pause, Ran stood up, her face full of apology: "I'm sorry, I just remembered a few fragments. What you just said... I feel like someone else has said those things to me before, and it feels like he's been gone for a long time... I also saw Shinichi's face in my memory, but I can't remember anything else..."

Conan smiled and comforted her, "It's a good thing that you're starting to remember! It means your memory is about to return, Ran-neechan!"

Xiaolan regained her gentle demeanor and nodded: "Okay, shall we continue our stroll?"

Watching Gin and Vodka walk away so fast that their backs were no longer visible, Conan took Ran's hand and said, "Okay, Ran-neechan, let's go to the watchtower. You can use the telescope from that day to see if there are any familiar sights. Let's go take a look together."

Don't be impulsive. Let's go to the watchtower first and see where Gin and Vodka are. At worst, we can send Ran back first. Ran has amnesia now and has even forgotten karate. It would be too dangerous for her to go on an adventure with him.

On the other side, Chu Ming led Lafitte straight to the watchtower. Since the entire amusement park had been booked by the park, and the tourists were all extras hired by the park, there was no one on the watchtower.

Chu Ming had called Sonoko earlier to discuss this matter, to create a familiar environment so that Ran would naturally recall the scene of her visiting the amusement park with Shinichi. In addition, although Kazato Kyosuke was under police surveillance, what if he ran away? It would be safest to keep the situation under control.

Chu Ming leaned closer to the binoculars to observe where Conan had taken Ran. He remembered that in the original story, Conan took Ran to a fountain, where Kazato Kyosuke had also caught up. Using the suddenly appearing fountain, Conan subdued Kazato Kyosuke and successfully helped Ran regain her memories.

Chu Ming glanced at Lafitte, considering whether to have Lafitte impersonate Kazato Kyosuke and hunt down Ran. This would allow Ran, who had regained her memories, to practice on Lafitte and show him how cool Ran was when she used karate.

Chu Ming observed Conan and Ran's movements through binoculars. Seeing that the two were slowly walking towards him, he quickly told Lafitte to change his disguise. He then persuaded Lafitte to impersonate Kazato Kyosuke by saying, "If you help Ran regain her memory, she will definitely be very grateful to you. Wouldn't it be much easier for her to make requests in the future?" He also handed Lafitte a fake gun.

Lafitte, disguised as Kyosuke Kazato, was forced into the situation and fired a shot at the stone wall near Conan, who was walking uphill. Although it was a fake gun, it still made a sound when it hit the stone wall, and some pebbles were shaken down.

Conan looked up and quickly shielded Ran, hiding behind a large rock.

"It's Dr. Kazato!! He must be desperate because the police found out about him, Ran-neechan, be careful!"

Lafitt angrily fired a few more shots at the rock. It was so close and he still couldn't hit it. If it weren't for trying to improve his favorability, he wouldn't do something so pointless. Tsk, he'd gotten on Granbury's pirate ship.

Conan protected Ran as they dashed around the entire amusement park, even using the boat-driving skills his father had taught him in Hawaii. Unfortunately, Lafitte had also learned these skills, so he was still able to drive the speedboat closely, chasing Conan up and down, and while driving the boat, he could also use one hand to perform a human outline technique, raising a gun to shoot at the water next to Conan.

Chu Ming directed the system's cameras to follow them and film them. This ship-driving technique, which defied the laws of mechanics, made even Newton furious...

Chapter 260 Stubborn Kid

While navigating the boat, Conan remembered the fountain he had taken Ran to see before. If he could run to the fountain on time, he could use the spray to block Kyosuke Kazato's view, and then use the power-enhancing shoes that Dr. Agasa gave him to subdue him!

But as she ran toward the fountain, Xiaolan, having expended a lot of energy that day, leaned against a rock, panting heavily.

In an attempt to buy time, Conan stubbornly exposed himself to Lafitte's gun, and said in an extremely pretentious manner, "Dr. Kazato, is that you? No need to hide anymore, come out. I already know the whole truth."

Lafitte looked at Conan, who was standing brazenly on the rock, as if afraid of not getting hit, and was full of question marks.

Has he really been abroad for too long? Are all the kids in China these days so... uh, so brainless?

Isn't he afraid that I'll shoot him right now?

Unfortunately, what he needs to do now is help Ran regain her memories; otherwise, he would at least want to let Conan know how treacherous the world can be.

Lafitte stood listlessly on the steps, echoing Conan's words with mumbled "uh-huh" and "yeah."

How boring. Has this kid finished talking? Can he make his move now? He really doesn't want to know Kyosuke Kazato's thought process before he takes action...

Chu Ming's voice came through the earpiece: "That's enough, almost enough. I had Vermouth bring the real Kazeto Kyosuke over. In a bit, you can let them escape, then chase them all the way to the fountain. That should be enough."

I really don't know where Granburg got this folk remedy from, that cornering them at the fountain would restore Xiaolan's memory...

Thinking to himself, Lafitt gripped his gun tightly and fired two shots at the rock beneath Conan's feet. Too much nonsense, fast forward!

Conan hurriedly jumped off the rock, grabbed Ran and ran. He never expected Kazato Kyosuke to be so cunning, actually taking advantage of his deduction to launch a sneak attack. He hadn't even finished speaking!

Chased along by Lafitte, Conan reached the fountain and glanced at his watch; thirty seconds remained…

Lafitte, gun in hand, approached the two step by step: "Conan, you're a clever kid, but being too clever doesn't guarantee a long life..."

As he approached the two men step by step, Lafitte subtly tapped his earpiece. What should he do now? Find a way to back down? Or should he shoot?