Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Among the various talents cultivated by the organization, architects, who have easy access to the upper echelons, are the ones the organization pays more attention to. So, if a dark horse like Kanazawa Ryuichiro suddenly emerges, the organization usually has two ways of dealing with him: either win him over or eliminate him.

Unfortunately, after discovering that several of Kanazawa Ryuichiro's works were plagiarized from his disciple Amemori, the organization abandoned the idea of ​​recruiting him and chose to eliminate him directly.

While having barbecue that evening, Kanazawa Ryuichiro's wife, Mitsuko, got quite drunk. Suddenly, she looked up at Mouri Kogoro and winked at him, saying, "You're the famous Detective Mouri, aren't you? Can I ask you for a favor too?"

Kogoro Mouri looked up from his drink: "Huh? What is it?"

"I want you to see if this guy is cheating on me. If he is, I can give you half of the settlement money after the divorce~" Kanazawa Mitsuko tempted him.

"That's enough, Mitsuko, stop talking nonsense. You've drunk so much, how are you going to get on the plane tomorrow?" Kanazawa grabbed his wife's hand.

"Why don't you just go to that awards ceremony by yourself? Or why don't you go with that stalker?" Mitsuko, emboldened by alcohol, shook off Kanazawa Ryuichiro's hand and mocked him with a pointed remark.

Kanazawa Ryuichiro's expression immediately changed, and he said in a fierce but weak voice, "Enough! I won't allow you to talk nonsense anymore!"

"Tch." Mitsuko scoffed. "I think you're the one spouting nonsense. You keep saying someone's following you, but I think that's your own fault! Who told you—"

Kanazawa Ryuichiro didn't let Mitsuko continue. He raised his voice, drowning out his wife's, "Hayashita! Why have you been eating meat all day?!"

Lin Tian, ​​who was innocently mentioned, looked blankly at the skewer in his hand and said, "Uh? But this meat is delicious..."

"All you ever think about is eating meat! It's because of your biased attitude that you've never been able to create any good original works! Do you even know that..." Jinze, in an attempt to change the subject, turned the gun directly on Lin Tian, ​​leaving him speechless and bowing his head.

Lin Tian pursed his lips, put down the iron skewer in his hand, glanced at the meat skewers, and got up to walk towards the door.

Jinze, who was in the middle of a heated argument, looked annoyed and said, "I haven't finished speaking yet, where are you going?"

"I'll go get a few beers from the fridge." With that, Lin Tian left in silence.

The atmosphere at the dinner table became very strange and awkward. For a moment, no one spoke, except for Chu Ming, who was silently gnawing on his meat skewers.

Kanazawa Mitsuko rested her chin on her hand: "Stop picking on the weak. You know, an honest person can be terrifying when they get angry, right, Amemori?"

No one answered her; Yusen continued grilling the meat as if he hadn't heard her.

Mitsuko showed no embarrassment whatsoever, and regardless of how tense the atmosphere was, she continued drinking her wine.

A moment later, Yusen said he was going to get some charcoal and went straight out the door. When he came back, he coldly reminded Kanazawa Ryuichiro that the show was about to start at 7:30. Watching Kanazawa Ryuichiro leave, and thinking that he would be killed by the trap he had set, a smug smile slowly appeared on his lips.

But even after waiting until 7:40, the gunshot he had set to go off at 7:35 still hadn't happened. He anxiously clenched his fists and looked uneasy toward the warehouse. What was going on? Had they been discovered?

No, he absolutely cannot let that man live past tonight!

Chapter 319 The Grim Reaper's Sixth Day of Travel

Yusen looked around and noticed that Conan and the others were almost out of drinks, so he quickly stood up and said, "I'll go get you some drinks."

Then he quickly got up, opened the door, and walked towards the warehouse to see if the mechanism he had made was stuck.

He had already tied a gun to a tree outside the door, pointing it at Kanazawa Ryuichiro, who was watching TV. Then he pulled a transparent rope to the trigger of the gun, hung a weight on one end, tied a knot on the other end, and pulled it down from the outside of the second-floor wall of the mansion to the decorative pipe outside the second floor.

As time passed, the second floor rotated, and the knot should have fallen from the decorative tube at 7:35, causing the weight at the other end to fall and pull the trigger, killing the man completely. However, something went wrong; although it was already 7:40, the gunshot that should have rang out never sounded.

When Yu Senya arrived at the warehouse, she glanced at the knot on the pole on the second floor. Sure enough, it had been accidentally caught on a nail that had suddenly appeared on the side of the second floor during the descent. Yu Senya repeated the action, putting the knot back on to make sure it wouldn't get caught on the nail again. Just as she was about to take off the stick made of rolled-up newspaper, the door creaked open.

Chu Ming and Conan poked their heads in together. Conan looked curiously at the stick in Yusen Masaya's hand, then looked up at the upstairs.

Because it was dark, he didn't see the thin thread. But after handling so many cases, seeing people holding strange things made him instinctively wary. He opened his mouth and asked, "Hey, Yusen-gege, weren't you here to get a drink? Why are you playing with a stick here? I want to play too!!"

Yusen Yaya's face was grim. He folded up the long paper tube made of newspaper in an attempt to cover it up: "When I came to get the drink, I saw a bird stuck on it. I just used this to get it out."

As soon as the words were spoken, Conan and Chu Ming clearly saw a thin, transparent line flash by as the roof rotated, followed by a gunshot.

Conan's expression changed, and he looked in the direction of the gunshot. It was in the room on the second floor where Kanazawa Ryuichiro was watching TV.

How despicable! They actually tried to kill someone right in front of him!

As the group outside hurriedly pushed open the door to go up the stairs, they saw Yusen Masaya, who was holding a paper tube and looked pale, Conan, who was full of anger, and Chu Ming, who was staring at Yusen Masaya with a thoughtful expression.

"Was that sound you just heard?" Kogoro Mouri asked with a serious expression.

Chu Ming shook his head: "It's on the second floor. I smelled blood, but I didn't hear Mr. Jinze's voice... Anyway, let's go up and check the situation!"

Following the spiral staircase, the group quickly ran up to the second floor and saw Kanazawa Ryuichiro leaning back in his chair with a gun barrel at his temple.

Chu Ming looked out the window and saw a bullet hole in the side window. Outside the wall, on the tree directly opposite the window, the metallic gleam of a gun flashed by.

Hayashida had already gone to report the crime. Conan stood there unusually, not going with Kogoro Mouri to look for clues. Although he didn't see Miyako Amemori setting up the murder trap, he did see him taking back the paper tube. If he had figured out the mystery of the case then, he could have saved Mr. Kanazawa...

Chu Ming turned around and looked at Amemori Masaya: "Mr. Amemori, you're the murderer, aren't you? When Conan and I opened the door just now, you were holding that long paper tube. You weren't swatting the bird; you were setting up your murder trap!"

Yusen knew he couldn't hide it anymore. Although Chu Ming and Conan hadn't seen the whole story, once he told Kogoro Mouri about it, the famous detective would definitely see through his trick at a glance, and his painstakingly made alibi would be wasted.

Fortunately, he had avenged himself, and he chuckled, "That's right, I killed him."

Mitsuko Kanazawa also came over at this moment, her face full of worry: "Is it because of that design that won the award? A few days before the deadline, I heard him yelling in his study, saying that he had absolutely no inspiration. But then, on the very day of the competition, he produced a beautifully designed design. I tried to persuade him then, but he..."

Even though she had already taken her revenge, Yu Senya still clenched her fists tightly upon hearing this news: "That's right, I was actually the one who designed the Shanghai Museum of Modern Art. But when I confronted my teacher, he warned me to recognize my true identity and said that the manuscript wasn't actually that outstanding. It was only because he was the one who submitted it and because of his fame that the manuscript gained worldwide attention and was selected for the competition. I should be thanking him..."

At that moment, I vowed that I would never let him have the chance to attend that awards ceremony. He was leaving tomorrow, so even though I was surprised to see the famous detective visit today, I still did it. I was prepared. If my murder wasn't exposed, I wouldn't be under my teacher's pressure anymore, and I could become a great designer in the future. If this incident was exposed, at least it would clear the name of those manuscripts that my teacher had stolen from me..."

Soon, Yusenya was taken away by Officer Yokomizo, who had arrived at the scene. Before leaving, Officer Yokomizo approached Chuming and patted him on the shoulder with regret, saying that Chuming had solved the case too quickly this time, and he hadn't even been able to see Chuming's heroic figure when solving the case, which was a real pity.

Chu Ming humbly saw Officer Yokomizo off, lowering his eyes and composed himself. Solving the case quickly was to be expected; after all, he had personally designed the latter half of the plot.

While upstairs, Chu Ming, with his enhanced eyesight, clearly saw the transparent filaments extending from the tree and immediately understood the murderer's method.

He figured that finding evidence and reasoning about this method would be very troublesome, so he decided to catch him red-handed after he finished committing the crime. He casually picked up a nail in the mansion and shot it near the decorative tube when no one was paying attention. That way, even if the knot slipped off the decorative tube, it would be hooked by the nail. If the murderer wanted to commit the crime, he would definitely find an excuse to go out twice.

That way, all he has to do is find an excuse to bring Conan along when someone leaves a second time, and catch them in the act.

Sure enough, everything went as he had planned, and another task was completed.

Sigh, the tasks assigned by the organization were far too easy to complete; there was absolutely no challenge involved.

After the police left, Kanazawa Mitsuko showed no sadness whatsoever. Instead, she warmly invited Kogoro Mouri and the others to stay there. Versailles expressed that as a widow with such a large inheritance left by her husband, she really didn't know what to say. She warmly invited Kogoro Mouri and the others to stay there for a few more days, but Kogoro Mouri politely declined.

The next morning, the car that Kogoro Mouri had rented had already been towed away by the rental company. Mitsuko Kanazawa originally wanted to send someone to drive Kogoro Mouri on his journey, but after Kogoro Mouri declined, she only sent someone to take them to a nearby station.

Ran was still a little downcast. When Conan saw that Ran was in a bad mood, he quickly went over and asked, "Ran, what's wrong? You don't seem very happy."

Xiaolan sighed: "I still care a lot about Mr. Jinze. After so many cases, I can't believe in those geniuses anymore."

While waiting for the car, Kogoro Mouri turned to comfort her: "Others might not believe it, but you can always believe in your dad! Look at me, I'm a genius too! As a nationally renowned detective, I'm a completely different person when I sleep, capable of solving cases and deducing everything, oh hahahahahaha~"

"..."

"..."

That's true, but your genius title was just Conan using a different account to impersonate you!

Chapter 320 The Sixth Day 2

"Where are we going now?" Sitting on the speeding bus, Ran leaned close to Kogoro Mouri's hand and carefully examined the map.

Kogoro Mouri gestured on the map with his finger, pointing to a blue marker at the top: "This bus goes to this beach. Actually, this was our first destination on this trip, but we've had so many bad luck – either flat tires or stalled cars along the way. We're still on our way there. But now that we're on the bus, everything should be fine!"

Sure enough, the journey was very smooth and safe, and they arrived at the seaside without any wind or rain—of course, this was also related to the fact that Chu Ming had already completed all the mission objectives in the vicinity.

"It really is because of Dad—" Xiaolan muttered after getting out of the car. "This time we arrived at our destination without any delays. It's amazing."

"Damn it, I told you it's the car's fault!!!" Kogoro Mouri roared angrily. "I've been driving for so long and haven't had a proper drink yet. Today I'm going to drink my fill!!! I'm going to the hotel first, you guys have some fun, we'll meet at the beach later—"

Ran grabbed Kogoro Mouri by the back of his collar and easily subdued him: "What? Dad, don't even think about running away! We agreed to tour around here properly, don't even think about sneaking off to the hotel to drink!"

Pulling along the dejected Kogoro Mouri, Ran excitedly pointed to the souvenir shop next door and said she wanted to go in and have a look.

"Souvenirs are things we buy on the way back. Who starts thinking about buying souvenirs before even starting to enjoy the trip?"

Conan was always the first to support Ran's decision, Chu Ming followed suit and said he had no objection, and Kogoro Mouri's weak protest was completely ignored. The group went inside to look at the various exquisite souvenirs and planned what to buy when they went back.

At that moment, Xiaolan saw the exquisite sour plum pendants in the store and fell in love with them at first sight: "These sour plum pendants are so cute. Kishu really lives up to its reputation as a sour plum producing area. I must buy one on my way back. Hmm, I'll buy two, one for Sonoko too."

Kogoro Mouri looked pained. Hearing the words "sour plum" made his mouth water. He grimaced, "What's so good about this sour stuff...?"

Conan nodded in deep agreement, his expression mirroring Kogoro Mouri's, much like a plum ornament hanging on the wall.

Seeing Conan's contorted face, Chu Ming was a little curious. He squatted down and poked Conan's cheek, asking in a low voice, "You're such a jealous person, yet you're afraid of sourness?"

Conan said with a smug look, "What jealousy? I'm never jealous. I was just showing concern for Ran..."

Looking at Conan who was still being stubborn, Chu Ming rolled his eyes and ruffled his hair: "You've already confessed, why aren't you being honest?"

Conan, embarrassed and angry, covered his hair and said, "What? Brother Chu Ming is clearly a single dog, but he acts like he knows everything about relationships!"

Hey little turkey, you're starting to make personal attacks now.

"Don't you know that the more single you are, the more knowledgeable you are about all kinds of relationship issues? We single people are just too knowledgeable, too knowledgeable, so we disdain developing relationships."

Conan, hands in his pockets and chin held high, followed Ran out and threw a remark at Chu Ming: "You're just being stubborn."

Watching Conan swagger away triumphantly, Chu Ming gritted his teeth inwardly. "You little brat, trying this trick, huh? Just wait until you get the disk, I'll scare you to death!"

The group followed the tour route, had some sashimi for lunch at the restaurant, and continued to visit attractions such as the aquarium in the afternoon before finally arriving at the beach.

Looking at the fine white sand on the beach, Xiaolan excitedly ran over, scooped up a handful of sand, and let the fine sand slip through her fingers, making a soft, rustling sound that seemed particularly soothing.

Kogoro Mouri also squatted down and poked at the sand a couple of times: "Why is the sand here white?"

Conan immediately looked up and replied, "Because this is silica sand, which contains 90% silica, that's why it's so white."

Kogoro Mouri squinted and looked at him sideways: "How come you, a first-grader, are so familiar with these things?"

Before Conan could return, Chu Ming reached out and gently moved Conan's head to the side: "Probably because the beaches in Hawaii are like this too..."

Before Conan could object, a soft voice came from the side: "Oh my, this sand is so beautiful! I've decided, I'm going to take some sand back with me. I can put it in a bottle and use it as stardust in a wishing bottle."

"How old are you to still be playing these girly games? You just saw that weird sour plum pendant at the memorial hall at the train station, and now you want to bring sand back with you. Can't you be a little more mature?"