Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Is this not a good idea?

I thought you guys came here to search for treasure, but it turns out you came here to raid tombs?

After unlocking the coffin, Kogoro Mouri forcefully pushed open the lid, revealing an egg and a corpse inside.

Siluov Chinnikov stepped forward: "Miss Xia Mei, perhaps it is a bit abrupt and impolite to say this, but may I see the egg?"

Xia Mei carefully took the egg out of the coffin and handed it over, but Chu Ming intercepted it halfway there.

Seeing the surprised looks on everyone's faces, Chu Ming announced the answer directly with a serious expression: "I think I know the mechanism."

Then he walked straight to Kidd, who watched as Chu Ming casually reached into his pocket and took away the Egg of Memories that he had brought with him.

You actually took something from my pocket, Phantom Thief Kid?!

I'm always the one taking other people's things!

Chu Ming combined the two Memory Eggs and gestured for Kidd to insert the flashlight into the stone platform beside him.

The moment Chu Ming placed the Egg of Memories on it, the entire egg began to become transparent, and the mechanism inside began to slowly rotate.

One picture after another was projected onto the wall, and photos of the Tsar's family slowly appeared, including even Miss Xia Mei's great-grandfather and great-grandmother.

"When the Tsar's family was executed, it is said that a young daughter escaped by chance... Now it seems that your great-grandfather must have taken her back to Japan..." Chu Ming looked up at the photos and said softly.

As the photo exhibition ended and the light gradually dimmed, Sirov Chinnikov picked up the egg and handed it to Xia Mei: "The Russian government will relinquish ownership of this egg. I think you are more qualified, or rather, it would be more valuable for you to own it."

Kogoro Mouri chimed in, "Don't worry, I'll talk to Chairman Suzuki about the Memory Egg inside. I think he'll understand!"

Good guy.

—In a single sentence, he got President Suzuki to spend 800 million yen on him.

Chapter 296 Deception

When everyone walked back from the underground chamber, they saw Inui Shoichi and Urashi Seiran lying on the ground, dead for some time.

Looking at the gun in Aoran's hand, Kogoro Mouri examined it carefully and his face turned grave: "The bullets in Miss Aoran's gun are the same ones used to shoot Kid last time. I guess Mr. Hanlong was also killed by her on the ship. I never thought that such a beautiful Miss Aoran was actually the famous assassin Scorpion."

Conan frowned and squatted down to examine the bodies of Inui Shoichi and Urashi Seiran: "Something feels off, but what is it?"

"Conan, you need to stay away from me while the adults are investigating!!" Kogoro Mouri raised his fist, ready to punch the inconsiderate Conan away, but Ran blocked him.

"Dad, Conan sometimes has some incredible ideas, which might just be the key to solving a case?"

Watching Conan obliviously and meticulously searching for clues, then looking at Ran whose eyes were practically brimming with suspicion, and Kid standing to the side with a half-smile, clearly having seen through the truth, Chu Ming sighed helplessly.

I can't carry him, I really can't. If this guy weren't the main character, his identity would probably be known all over the world by now.

Conan turned his head and saw Chu Ming staring at him with a complicated look. He quickly tugged at Chu Ming's sleeve and said, "Brother Chu Ming, come and take a look. Uncle is so sure that Miss Qinglan and Mr. Qian killed each other and perished together, but I still feel like something is wrong."

Chu Ming squatted down, pretending to examine the corpse, but actually whispered to him to tone it down: "Officer Shiratori is Kid in disguise. It seems he already knows your identity. Haven't you noticed Ran's eyes yet? Look, isn't it the kind of look that wants to strip you naked—uh, strip you of your disguise?"

Conan glanced at Ran out of the corner of his eye and, sure enough, saw her staring intently in his direction; then he looked in Inspector Shiratori's direction and saw him being watched, intentionally or unintentionally. The fortune slip he'd drawn earlier suddenly flashed through his mind, and a bead of cold sweat slowly rolled down his cheek.

It's all over!

He instantly flashed his familiar smile, twisted his body, grabbed Chu Ming's hand, and shouted loudly, trying to cover it up: "Hey, Brother Chu Ming, are you serious? You really have the latest Kamen Rider toy at home?!"

No, I didn't say that!

The sickeningly sweet tone drew everyone's attention. Chu Ming clearly heard Genta, Mitsuhiko, and the others whispering, "Conan is always like this. He seems normal most of the time, but sometimes when he talks to adults, he always acts like a child. It's so strange!"

"Yeah, yeah, even we kids find it disgusting!"

Not just you kids, even I, an adult, get goosebumps listening to this!

Conan listened to the children's complaints and couldn't help but glare at them. Was this really something he wanted?

On the other side, because of the discovery of the body, and because Chu Ming had killed Scorpion early on, Miss Xia Mei's castle was not destroyed by fire, so the police quickly arrived at the scene. In the end, under Kogoro Mouri's confident deduction, Inspector Megure was preparing to close the case by committing suicide together when Conan hurriedly tugged at Chu Ming's clothes. Now that Ran was staring at him, he couldn't knock out Kogoro Mouri, and he hadn't found any evidence either.

Chu Ming looked down at Conan, who whispered anxiously, "Brother Chu Ming, the needle in Mr. Qian's hand is too short. Miss Qinglan has a gun. How could he possibly stab Miss Qinglan with a poison needle before the gun hits him? It doesn't make any sense that an ordinary person could kill an internationally renowned assassin with a gun with a poison needle."

Chu Ming patted his head: "But you have no evidence, and sometimes coincidences do happen in reality that even TV dramas wouldn't dare to fabricate. Mr. Qian was shot in the right eye, so it should be Miss Qinglan who shot and killed him. If Miss Qinglan wasn't killed by Mr. Qian, then who do you think it was?"

After a slight pause, Chu Ming continued, "The main gate was locked to prevent the children from getting in. Professor Agasa was guarding the old tower through which Haibara and the others entered, and no one came in. Most of us inside have alibis. The only time we separated was when you and Kaito went to find Haibara and the others, but at that time I was chatting with Uncle Mori and Miss Natsumi. The Russian gentlemen were ahead of us, and I can guarantee that none of them left. It's impossible for someone to suddenly appear and kill Miss Qinglan. As Sherlock Holmes said, 'When you have eliminated the impossible, what remains, however improbable, must be the truth.'"

The other people definitely didn't leave, because it was him who left!

Conan failed to grasp Chu Ming's implied meaning and was completely fooled by him.

Indeed, the doors were locked, and everyone inside had clear alibis, so the only possibility was that the two of them died together.

Perhaps Miss Qinglan was too excited about obtaining another Memory Egg and didn't notice what was behind her...

Conan took off his glasses and examined them for a while: "Knowing that I'd be facing the internationally renowned assassin Scorpion, and that she prefers to shoot her target in the right eye, I even asked the professor to upgrade my gear. Turns out it's completely useless. Brother Chu Ming, don't be fooled by these thin lenses; these are the professor's latest research—bulletproof glasses! I told the professor before..."

On one side, Conan was pointing at his glasses and bragging to Chu Ming about how amazing Professor Agasa was, while on the other side, Ran stared wide-eyed in shock at Conan's appearance without his glasses.

They look so alike... Conan without his glasses looks just like Shinichi Kudo when he was a child...

Watching Conan chatter on and on, Chu Ming sighed and put his glasses back on for him: "Are you out of your mind, or are you planning to just give up and confess to Ran?"

Conan paused for a moment, then raised his hand to adjust his glasses as if to cover it up: "If it really can't be hidden anymore..."

Chu Ming glanced at Kidd and said, "Fine, if you can't hide it, someone else will. It's just that poor Xiao Lan is suffering."

Chapter 297 Water Chapter - Chu Ming's Birthday Finally Arrives

After returning to Tokyo from Yokosuka that day, Chu Ming said goodbye to Conan and the others, and then stopped caring about what happened to Conan. Anyway, Kid would cover for him.

When Chu Ming woke up in the morning, he drew back the curtains. It was just dawn, and the moon was still hanging in the sky. Tsk, it was rare for him to wake up so early.

Chu Ming curled up in bed again and habitually checked the date on his phone.

Ok?

hmmmm?

Is today his birthday?

His birthday has finally arrived??

Chu Ming threw off the covers and, still in his pajamas, frantically knocked on everyone's doors.

"Duang~ Vodka, I'm giving you half an hour. If you don't get up, I'm throwing tear gas in!!"

"Bang bang bang! Lafitte!! Wake up, wake up, something big has happened!! Hurry, hurry ...

"Knock knock knock, big brother, are you up yet? Get up quickly, today is a good day, take me to set off a few bombs and have some fun!"

"Sister, sister..."

Half an hour later, Chu Ming sat in the living room, looking energetic and dressed neatly. Laffitte was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open. Chu Ming forced her to sit in the living room. Gin sat on the sofa, exuding a murderous aura. Vodka leaned against the side with a bitter face, while Vermouth sat to the side with a mocking smile.

The people in the organization are all night owls. They go out to do missions in the middle of the night and come back. Now Chu Ming has forcibly dragged them out of bed. If it were anyone else, they would probably be riddled with bullets.

"Are you crazy? You woke me up at four in the morning. I thought something important had happened, but it turns out it's your birthday?? Everyone has a birthday, why are you so high and mighty? Let me go and let me go back to sleep!!! Gin has been giving me a bunch of missions these past few days, and I didn't get to sleep until after two yesterday!!" Laffitte desperately tried to break free from Chu Ming's suppression, cursing and swearing without regard for his image, completely unlike the aloof and indifferent Chu Ming had when they first met.

Chu Mingli shrugged: "Then you show your appreciation, and after you're done, go to sleep. I definitely won't disturb you."

Looking at Chu Ming's shameless behavior, and then at the three people standing by who were just watching without offering any help or advice, Lafit couldn't help but question Gin: "Aren't you going to do anything about it?"

Gin completely ignored it, but Vermouth gloated, saying, "What do you care? You're just not good enough to beat Sweetheart, what? You expect Gin to help you?"

Lafitte, following Chu Ming's lead, lay motionless on the sofa: "Do you want to own hundreds of billions in assets? Or do you want gold mines, silver mines, diamond mines? Or do you want luxury cars and mansions?..."

Chu Ming was shocked; Lafitte was actually a hidden talent...

"...If you want, lie down and sleep now, and think with me."

Pshaw, you liar!

"You deceived my feelings!!!" Chu Ming reached out to grab Lafitt's neck, but Lafitt blocked his hand, and the two rolled around on the sofa.

In the end, Lafitte's attempt failed: "...Alright, let me go, I'll get it for you."

Lafitte had prepared a gift for Chu Ming since his birthday was approaching, remembering the gold brick Chu Ming had given him and the gold statue Chu Ming had given him later. But shouldn't the gift be given to Chu Ming after he gets up? Who pulls someone out of bed first thing in the morning to ask for a gift?

As expected of Gin's uncouth disciple, he doesn't even try to control him!

A moment later, Lafitte took out a dagger with a sheath from the room. It was more of an ornament than a dagger; the sheath and blade were made entirely of gold, and the sheath was inlaid with emeralds and diamonds of varying sizes. Lafitte tossed the dagger into Chu Ming's arms: "Here, play with it. Okay, stop bothering me, I'm so sleepy..."

Vermouth leaned over for a closer look and couldn't help but be surprised: "Isn't this the one you bought for $210 million at the auction? Tsk tsk, you said you didn't prepare any gifts, but you were secretly trying to rip us off, weren't you?"

Lafitte, who was almost at the stairs, turned around irritably upon hearing this: "If I don't bleed a little, will this bastard let me go back to sleep?"

Chu Ming, who was happily playing with the dagger, looked up innocently: "How could that be? I'm such a good person, I just woke you up so you could have some fun with me~"

Lafitte's silent back told Chu Ming that not a single word of his nonsense was credible.

After putting the dagger away, Chu Ming began to pick the next easy target—well, no, the kind colleague.

"Vodka, haven't I treated you well all this time?"

Vodka was startled when he was suddenly called out. His face twisted in shock when he heard what Chu Ming said. "Is...is that so?"

If bullying you for no reason is considered "not thin"... then it's more than just "not thin," it's "too thick," the kind of thickness that's impossible to describe!

Vodka had brought a long box down when he was called, and when he saw Chu Ming asking him a question, he pushed the box forward.

Chu Ming opened the box, inside was a Barrett M82A1. Vodka chuckled and said, "I heard Cohen and the others said your sniping skills have surpassed theirs. This is a new one that I had someone ship from the United States."

Vermouth also stood up, handed over the gift box she had prepared, and said with a big smile, "I thought my gift was the most expensive, but Lafitte beat me to it."

Inside the box was a key, a Lamborghini car key.

Vermouth rested one hand on Chu Ming's shoulder, turned her head and winked at him: "This is Lamborghini's latest car, the Lamborghini RAPTOR. I had it bought and shipped back to China as soon as it was exhibited. It's currently in the garage. Of course, to celebrate my sweetheart's 18th birthday (by Chinese reckoning), I can also pack myself up and give myself to you as a gift~"