Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Vodka let out a long sigh of relief.

Chu Ming continued, "She likes her manager, Mr. Jianxiong. Mr. Jianxiong has already confessed to her, and the two should be together by now."

? ? ? ? ? ?

Vodka was about to stand up and slam his fist on the table to express his dissatisfaction, but when he saw Chu Ming staring at him coldly, he gently dusted the table off and carefully sat down again.

"Then... then what?"

"Kusano Kaoru is in the hospital now because her throat was slit while she was taking a shower."

!!!

Vodka gripped the gun at his waist, his face contorted with murderous intent: "Who is the murderer? How dare they attack Xiao Xun? I'll—"

"The murderer is Yue Yexue. She took insulin to commit suicide and is currently in the hospital."

Poor Vodka's face turned red. He finally realized that Chu Ming seemed to be teasing him. His startled reaction seemed to be exactly what made the little madman happy.

However, realizing this, Vodka didn't dare to argue with Chu Ming. After all, his older brother was still training at the training ground and no one was protecting him. Moreover, he had just received an exceptionally valuable gift from Chu Ming, so he was too embarrassed to argue with him.

Seeing that Vodka remained silent, Chu Ming got a little bored, so he casually picked up a piece of paper, folded it into a paper airplane, and threw it at Vodka.

Vodka was quick and agile; he flicked his wrist and sent the paper airplane flying, which landed right in front of Gin, who was about to enter through the door.

Gin had just finished warming up at the training ground and was about to call Vodka to continue the mission when he entered the room and saw Vodka waving his hand and sending a paper airplane to his feet.

Gin glared at Vodka with murderous intent. Had this underling learned to rebel from Chu Ming?

Vodka was speechless and could only silently accept the blame.

"Granbury, what are you doing here?" As Gin slowly walked in, Chu Ming, who had been completely hidden by vodka, gradually came into view.

"I've come to catch up with Vodka," Chu Ming said matter-of-factly.

"What do you have to reminisce about with him? I asked you to help Vermouth keep the FBI in check, where have you been these past few days?" Gin felt like he was the only one in the entire organization who was actually working diligently.

"I originally wanted to intervene, but I got involved in several cases and was simply powerless to do so," Chu Ming said with feigned concern.

"What case are you involved in? Taking photos with female celebrities? Getting autographs from female celebrities?" Gin glanced at him disdainfully.

"Big brother, if you also want an autograph, I can get it for you, so don't be jealous~"

Gin ignored Chu Ming's words and gestured for Vodka to quickly gather up the scattered posters and get in the car to begin another day of his workaholic journey.

Watching Gin and Vodka disappear into the distance, Chu Ming was left all alone in the vast base.

That's outrageous! They're doing a mission but not including me.

Chu Ming logged onto the dark web to check his mission distribution, but found that he hadn't completed any missions. Could it be that he had been let loose and become a lazy bum?

Oh no, he actually had a mission, but because Chu Ming was good at using people, the missions were all handed over to Bourbon.

It seems Bourbon has finished all the tasks. Not bad, Bourbon-kun, you're very efficient.

Chapter 290 Losing Friends

The empty base was too boring, so Chu Ming left after replacing the few small tools that had just been delivered to the base.

It was already late at night outside, and only the neon lights were shining on the quiet streets.

Chu Ming drove along the street and saw a convenience store by the roadside. He was just about to get out of the car to buy a rice ball or something to tide him over.

As soon as I got out of the car, I looked up and saw a plane whiz by in the sky, followed by a long line of police cars. The lead officer, Inspector Nakamori, stuck his head out of the window, watching the figure streak past like a paper airplane and shouting passionately, "Chase it!!! Kidd's right ahead! We'll stake our police honor on him; he won't get away this time!!!"

You've been following Kidd for so many years, and you still have honors?

Chu Ming watched as a group of people rushed past him. What a big commotion... They've even captured Kid in front of Mikasa. Is some movie about to start?

Chu Ming quickly took out his phone and started browsing today's news, but there was nothing about Kidd.

So it'll probably take two days?

Chu Ming went back with the rice ball in his hand and spread out some small gadgets he had taken from the base that day on the table. Because that base was usually where Gin, Vermouth, and their team often stayed, the organization's labs or weapons development teams would usually send a few copies of anything new to that base first.

This time, several items were inspired by the gadgets that Professor Agasa made for Conan, and the R&D team helped to implement them. So Chu Ming knew that Gin definitely wouldn't like to use these fancy things, so he simply took them all.

One is an automatic roller skate. Chu Ming had been eyeing Conan's solar-powered skateboard for a long time. This time, he asked the R&D team to put a pair of retractable wheels on the soles of the skates. When retracted, they are just normal skates, but when a mechanism is pressed, the wheels pop out. The inside also uses a turbine for boosted jet propulsion. Chu Ming has just tried it and it feels like riding on wheels of fire.

There are also seemingly delicate and small pendants, which are actually foldable weapons that can instantly transform into a long spear when a switch is pressed...

There were also brooch-shaped poison needle launchers modeled after Conan's watch, and so on. In short, Chu Ming took everything he thought might be useful and then categorized them and put them in the system warehouse so that he could get them as soon as possible.

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Sure enough, the next day, as soon as Chu Ming woke up, he heard Conan call and say that Kid had sent a notice to steal the Suzuki family's Egg of Memories.

Stealing jewels is one thing, but why steal an egg too?

Out of curiosity about the legendary Egg of Memory, Chu Ming gladly accepted Xiao Lan's invitation and decided to go to the Suzuki Museum of Modern Art with them that afternoon.

The Suzuki family's exhibition was held in Osaka this time, so Chu Ming went to Osaka with Xiao Lan and the others. As soon as they got off the car, they saw Hattori and Kazuha standing at the door with smiles on their faces, waiting for them.

This was Sonoko's first time seeing Hattori, and she nudged Ran with her elbow: "Who's that dark-skinned handsome guy? He has a cute smile, don't you think..."

Xiaolan couldn't help but pull her back: "Don't be like that. Hattori has a girlfriend. The girl next to him is his girlfriend. Don't be fooled by their bickering; they actually have a very good relationship."

Sonoko scoffed, "Of course I know. Watching them bicker reminds me of you and Kudo."

After thinking for a moment, Sonoko cupped her face in her hands: "There are two here... well, let's include Conan, so it's three men and three women. That handsome guy named Hattori and Miss Kazuha will definitely be together; seeing how Conan is always clinging to Ran, let him temporarily fill Kudo's spot and be with you. Now it's just me and Chu Ming-ge. Chu Ming-ge, how about I just join you and make do..."

Chu Ming, with his sharp ears, overheard Sonoko's mutterings and shook his head repeatedly in refusal: "No way! Have you forgotten your Ah-Zhen? Or have you forgotten your most admired Phantom Thief Kid?"

If Kyogoku Makoto found out that Chu Ming was trying to steal his girlfriend while he was away, wouldn't Chu Ming get beaten to a pulp? Kyogoku Makoto wouldn't care whether Sonoko asked for it or not... or if he was just trying to shift the blame elsewhere.

Hattori pushed Kazuha towards Ran and Sonoko, saying, "Alright, Kazuha, you take them to play."

"And what about you?" Kazuha looked at Hattori curiously. "Aren't you coming with us?"

Hattori pointed at Conan and Chu Ming: "I'll take care of them. Boys should play with boys, right, Conan~"

Conan maintained a smile on his face, but in reality, he was gritting his teeth as he spoke to Hattori: "Damn it, get your tongue out right now!"

Hattori crouched down, still smiling: "You're so fierce! Want to change your attitude? Or I'll tell on you!"

Upon hearing that his identity had been exposed, Conan quickly put on a childlike smile to show his compromise, even using polite language: "Hattori-nii-san, please, please try your best to change how you address me in the future..."

Watching the interaction between the two, Chu Ming couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Conan is getting more and more skilled these days~"

Hattori patted Conan's head smugly: "Very good, very good. You learn very quickly, but it would be even better with a smile on your face."

"……hateful!"

Who is the reason he is so skilled now?

It's all because of those two unscrupulous friends.

[PS: I'm having some writer's block, so here's a filler chapter. That's all for today, my little darlings, don't wait up for me. I'll definitely make it up next time, next time for sure!]

Chapter 291 Good Luck

The three walked and talked, with Hattori and Chu Ming each holding one of Conan's hands, sandwiching him between them. A little boy in the distance, holding his parents' hands in the same position as Conan, came along, occasionally pulling on his parents' hands and swinging them in the air, entertaining himself by swinging on a swing.

Hattori and Chu Ming both turned to look at Conan. Conan, feeling their strange stares, nearly ground his teeth to powder: "You two, that's enough!! I'm not that childish!"

Chu Ming looked completely innocent: "We didn't say anything! Could it be that you also want to do this, but you're too proud to admit it? It's okay, Hattori and I won't laugh at you."

Hattori nodded, suppressing a laugh, in agreement: "Yeah, we won't laugh at you!"

Conan angrily pulled his hand out of his pocket and walked forward alone. Hattori quickly followed and winked at Conan.

"Let's go to the shrine and draw a fortune slip. I just heard that Xiaolan drew a very lucky one! The fortune slip says she will meet her lover. The fortune slips here are very accurate!"

"It really works! Ran is seeing her lover every day now," Chu Ming said, looking at Conan with a teasing expression.

"...You two are so boring."

After the three of them finished drawing lots and walked out, Hattori opened his own lot, pointed to the one with the number Kichiku on it and showed it off to the other two, urging Conan to open his as well, saying that it was about who would catch Kid today.

Conan also opened his own: Xiao Ji, although the house was destroyed by the approaching storm, he would not be hurt.

"Hey, what's the difference between Xiao Ji and nothing? It's a waste of time to draw, unlike me, who's lucky~ This says I'll have a smooth day, looks like I can catch Kidd before you this time?"

Conan looked at his annotations with a serious expression. In the travel section, it read: "The secret will be exposed. Don't go."

Chu Ming looked down at Conan's annotations. The secret being exposed here probably meant that it was exposed by Kid. It has to be said that the world of Conan is really unscientific. These kinds of charlatan terms are actually surprisingly accurate.

but……

Chu Ming paused, his fingers holding the fortune slip. He had secretly lifted a corner while the two were talking and only saw one large character.

Is this a terrible omen? No way, no way, can I be this unlucky?

Just as he was pondering whether to lift it or not, Hattori and Conan's heads came close to his sides.

"What's wrong, Brother Chu Ming? Take a look." Conan looked curiously at the fortune slip held in Chu Ming's hand and urged him to take a look.

Chu Ming used his thumb to pry open the fortune slip, and upon opening it, he saw: Great fortune.

"Hehe, I'm the luckiest!" Upon seeing the fortune slip, Chu Ming immediately showed off, waving it in front of the two of them and repeating Hattori's earlier words, "Look, great fortune! What's the use of fortune? It's no different from minor fortune, it's a waste of time to draw it~"

Hattori: "..."

"You'll easily run into the person you're looking for... Brother Chu Ming, who are you looking for?" Conan asked curiously, pointing to the approval document.

"Who are you looking for? I don't know. How come I don't know I need to find someone?" Chu Ming was completely confused.

"Could it be Kaito Kid? That doesn't seem like a very accurate method." Conan muttered to himself, completely forgetting about the possibility of his secret being exposed.