Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Vermouth paused for a moment, then, unusually embarrassed, tossed her hair: "That stack of documents contains a few other tasks for which I need your help..."

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Chu Ming quickly flipped through the list, then looked up with disbelief: "No, sister, you're really pushing me too hard... Thirty-seven missions? You've dumped all the missions that nobody on the dark web is taking on me? All I wanted was to fly a fighter jet, did you have to send me away like this?"

Vermouth was a little embarrassed. Ever since she discovered that Conan had shrunk, she had been consciously paying attention to the girls around Conan. Recently, she discovered that Ai Haibara, who was next to Conan, was very likely Sherry, who had defected from the organization. However, she wanted to capture Sherry, but she couldn't let others find out that Sherry had shrunk.

Chu Ming had been lurking near Conan for too long and had become familiar with his group; they needed to get rid of him.

Otherwise, if Chu Ming discovers all these clues, Conan will be in grave danger.

However, Chu Ming was too shrewd, and it was difficult to get rid of him without a good excuse. The only option was to get him to leave by doing a mission.

Unfortunately, there were no overseas missions, so it was still somewhat unsafe to leave Chu Ming in the country.

"I originally wanted Gin to help me out, but look at him, he probably won't talk to me until he's fully processed the news of his beloved car being blown up," Vermouth said with a hint of resentment. "Only Sweetheart can help me, sister~"

"Okay, okay, I didn't say I wouldn't help."

Moreover, as Chu Ming flipped through the documents in his hand, he felt that these tasks were not actually that difficult.

We can make a few vodkas. Laffitte seems to have a lot of free time, so he can help with a few. We'll give the simple ones to Shimabukuro Kimie, since she's basically ready to graduate. We'll give the more complicated ones to Bourbon, so he won't be bored and keep spying on us.

Perfect timing, I'm setting off tomorrow to take down this Fujieda Chio, then I can continue to laze around and slack off.

Having a lot of helpers is great!

Chapter 342 Insignificant Compared to Sexiness

Chu Ming sneaked back into his own home through the back door, put away the robot lying on the bed, and hid by the window. Feeling the prying gaze coming from the opposite room, his face was somewhat gloomy.

Even entering his own home requires secrecy; it's time to give Bourbon something to do. Seeing him so brazenly sending people to monitor him is really annoying.

The main reason is that his strength has increased, and he has become more sensitive to such surveillance. The police hiding in that room may seem to be concealed, but in Chu Ming's eyes, they are like a huge black dot on a white sheet of paper, extremely conspicuous.

Undeterred, Chu Ming simply picked and chose the tasks Vermouth had given him, sending the fourteen most troublesome ones to Bourbon.

Looking at the information on Fujieda Chio that Vermouth gave him, Chu Ming glanced through it, then hacked into the Fujieda family's surveillance footage to confirm Fujieda Chio's recent situation. He discovered that his new wife had once sent a request to Mouri Kogoro, offering an exorbitant price, saying that Fujieda Chio had received threatening letters from someone.

So, does that mean that if he can get into Kogoro Mouri's team, he can slack off again?

With that in mind, Chu Ming headed straight out the door towards the Mouri Detective Agency.

But as soon as they entered, they saw Kogoro Mouri lying on the sofa with a flushed face, clearly drunk. Ran was standing by the window with a worried look on her face, and Conan was sitting to the side, somewhat speechless.

Hearing someone enter the door, Xiaolan's eyes lit up: "Mom, you're finally here—hey, Brother Chuming? It's you!"

"What's wrong, Xiaolan? Why are you looking so down?"

Ran was a little embarrassed and tried to cover for Kogoro Mouri: "N-nothing..."

Chu Ming looked at Conan questioningly, and Conan quietly told Chu Ming the whole story.

Originally, after receiving the 10 million yen request from the Fujieda family, Kogoro Mouri thought it was a small request that he could easily handle. So he took Ran and Conan out for a lavish meal and spent 3 million yen. However, after visiting the Fujieda family once, he realized that he had no clue about the request. But since the money had already been spent, he couldn't cancel the request. What should he do?

Kogoro Mouri came up with a crazy idea: he spent another five million on horse racing betting in an attempt to make some money, but the result was—he lost everything.

Suddenly in debt for over eight million, the only way to pay off the debt is to resolve this case and obtain the ten million commission.

Before Chu Ming arrived, Xiao Lan had just finished making a phone call to Eri Kisaki for help.

"Then I'll go and take a look with you later."

Chu Ming seized the opportunity to send a team request and successfully joined their group heading to the Fujie family's house.

After Eri arrived, the group rushed to the Fujieda residence, but before they could ask anything, they saw Yukiko Kudo hurrying towards them from the entrance.

While Eri and Yukiko were catching up, Chu Ming secretly took a photo and sent it to Vermouth when no one was looking.

"Sister, look who I've run into!"

Chu Ming discovered that although Vermouth was quite nice to him, whenever Conan was involved, she would immediately transform from Vermouth into an extremely unscrupulous person, bombarding him with tasks in order to cover up the news about her godson.

This won't do. Chu Ming clearly promised her that he wouldn't touch Conan unless it affected the organization's interests, but Vermouth obviously doesn't believe him!

Therefore, Chu Ming had to use every action to tell her that even though Vermouth tried her best to separate Conan from him, Conan clearly trusted him more.

Moreover, he might run into his godson while doing a mission.

At the same time, Chu Ming also filmed Kudo Yukiko, prompting Vermouth to brainstorm and fill in the blanks.

After all, I've caused him trouble, how can I not retaliate?

Chu Ming guessed correctly. The moment Vermouth saw the photo Chu Ming sent, she started to have all sorts of wild thoughts.

Why would Granburg send her such a photo?

Has he already figured out Conan's true identity? Or is he simply testing him?

It was probably a test, or maybe they thought Conan was related to Yukiko, but they never expected Conan to be Shinichi Kudo in disguise...

Vermouth rubbed the wine glass in her hand, feeling that lately she had been unable to separate Granbury and Conan.

The more Granburg tries to separate them, the more his missions end up with Conan's. Is this really just a coincidence?

Vermouth tapped lightly on the table, her beautiful eyes slightly lowered, and picked up her phone to send a message.

——o(?^｀)o——

At this moment, Chu Ming was surrounded by Yukiko and Eri Kisaki, one on each side.

On the left is Yukiko's sweet and adorable face: "Little Chuming, if it were you, would you vote for me or that old woman with the serious, stiff expression?"

On the right is Eri Kisaki's mature and intellectual face: "Chu Ming, don't worry, don't be afraid because of a few words from that crazy woman."

"..." Chu Ming was caught in the middle of the two, his face blank.

How did things get to this point? Wasn't he just here to freeload off the mission?

Originally, everyone wanted to ask Fujieda Chio about the specifics of the threatening letter, but since he was reading in his study and hated being disturbed, they could only chat while watching the surveillance footage in the study.

Somehow, the topic turned to the so-called princess and queen election at Teitan back then. Since no winner could be decided back then, the two of them gathered around Chu Ming, the only one in the room who seemed to have any judgment.

Conan and Ran looked on helplessly as Chu Ming was surrounded. Ran, in particular, who had just been questioned by the two of them about the ballot in Kogoro Mouri's pocket, took several steps back.

Chu Ming stared at Xiao Lan with a resentful look.

Xiaolan, you've changed! What happened to the little angel you promised? How can you act like you'd rather die than see me suffer?

Looking at the two pairs of eyes on his left and right, full of urging, Chu Ming struggled for a long time but couldn't come up with an answer.

If he really had to choose, he would prefer the Vermouth model.

Intellectual charm and sweetness pale in comparison to sexiness.

Just then, Fujieda Chio, who was on the monitor, suddenly stood up and raised his hand. Chu Ming quickly pointed to the monitor and changed the subject.

"Look, what is Mr. Fujieda doing? Is someone coercing him?"

“That’s impossible.” The old butler also leaned closer to the monitor. “When I delivered the coffee just now, I made sure the door was locked from the inside.”

Fujieda Soka, staring at the monitor, exclaimed in shock, "Master has collapsed! What happened?!"

The group arrived at Fujieda Chio's door. Chu Ming pushed it twice, and the door was indeed locked securely.

Seeing the housekeeper go to get the keys and not knowing when he would return, Chu Ming pulled Teng Zhifan aside and kicked the door open.

Chapter 343 Let's meet by chance

"Bam—"

"Bang bang—"

The sound of the door being kicked open was mixed with the sound of gunshots. Chu Ming looked at the magnetic field surging towards him, then at the butler standing by the window with a gun in his hand, and at Fujieda Chio lying dead on the spot, and froze in place.

When Inspector Megure, who was dispatched quickly, arrived, he found that this time there was no need to wait for the detective to deduce anything; he had been caught red-handed again.

While everyone was listening to the butler explain his motives for murder, Eri Kisaki seized the opportunity to ask Fujieda Motoka, who was sitting on the sofa pretending to be sad, for her fee.

"But you failed to protect my husband, and now you're asking me for money?" Fujieda Suka was clearly trying to renege on her debt.

This is where Eri Kisaki's expertise comes in; trying to renege on a debt under the guidance of a professional lawyer is clearly impossible.

Eri Kisaki pulled out the contract they had signed, pointing to the clauses and exuding an aura of authority: "But according to the contract we signed, look at this clause. We didn't mention protecting Mr. Fujieda's safety at all. On the contrary, according to this clause, as long as we find the suspect who threatens Mr. Fujieda, we will have fulfilled the contract..."

Dizzy from Eri Kisaki's detailed explanation, Fujieda Soka decisively surrendered: "I'll give it to you, okay? My husband is dead anyway, I can inherit so much money, paying this little bit is a piece of cake."

Fujieda Suka thought she would soon receive a large inheritance, so she readily paid the commission fee out of her own pocket. However, when she saw Fujieda Chio's will, she was instantly unsettled.

Fujieda Chio made a will that made Amuro Tooru ecstatic, stating that if he died a violent death, none of his relatives would receive a single penny, and he would hand over all his estate to the state.

Seeing Fujieda Suka who looked as if she had lost her parents, Eri Kisaki took the commission fee and signaled everyone to make a quick getaway.

Having completed his mission, Chu Ming glanced at the mini-map, said goodbye to Conan and the others, and instead of returning to the detective agency with them, he turned and went into a convenience store.

After going around the back door of the convenience store, Chu Ming returned to the front door. Watching Amuro Tooru slowly walk in, Chu Ming narrowed his eyes and stepped forward to block his way.

"Mr. Amuro, what a coincidence!"

Amuro Tooru turned around, slightly startled.

He arrived near the Fujieda residence after receiving a mission from Vermouth, but upon reaching the vicinity, he saw the yard full of police cars and hid to the side instead of going in.

While lying in wait nearby, they saw Chu Ming, the little boy from before, and the police walking out the door together.

After the police left, he secretly inquired with the people in the villa and learned that it was the villa's butler who killed Fujieda Chio and was caught on the spot by Chu Ming.

What a coincidence!