Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

The personality he revealed to test Chu Ming was nothing like Bourbon's. Plus, he had been so proactive in rescuing people. What if Chu Ming became suspicious of him because of this?

Therefore, part of the reason for his current murderous aura is that he is deliberately putting on a show for Chu Ming.

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"Is it him?" Chu Ming and Amuro Tooru whispered to each other as they hid behind the overpass.

Amuro Tooru looked at the man on the overpass who was observing Teitan High School with binoculars and undisguised malice in his eyes, and couldn't help but touch the gun at his waist.

As a police officer, he has the right to kill vicious criminals, just as he could arrange for a sniper to kill Chu Ming directly.

Besides, he's not just Rei Furuya of the Public Security Bureau now; he's also a member of the organization, Bourbon.

As a member of the organization, what does Bourbon's desire to kill someone have to do with Rei Furuya? It has even less to do with Tooru Amuro.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but slowly reach for his waist. He decided that when the time for the bomb to be set was up, he would go up and pin down the bomber who hadn't seen the scheduled fireworks, and make him go to the underworld to find his accomplice with doubts!

Unfortunately, things did not develop as Amuro Tooru had imagined.

Before he could even grab the bomber, the entire overpass had already been surrounded by Inspector Megure and his men.

With Conan's hint, the police were able to crack the code left by the bomber and determine where he would be lying in wait.

And here they are, arriving just in time to arrest them.

Inspector Megure stood ramrod straight, explaining to the bewildered bomber how his code had been cracked.

Chu Ming rolled his eyes discreetly, then turned to Amuro Tooru and whispered, "I don't know why the police are giving this bomber so much information. Isn't that just giving him time to escape?"

Amuro Tooru wholeheartedly agreed. "Are the Metropolitan Police Department just sitting around doing nothing? Why don't they use this time to subdue the person first?! You're just rambling on and on, what if the person gets away?!"

Damn it, if these were my own men, I would definitely give them more training!

At this point, Inspector Megure began to lament to the bomber how innocent the two citizens he had killed were. Thinking of his younger brother, who had always taken good care of him, now losing one of his brothers, Inspector Megure sighed deeply, and before he knew it, the conversation had strayed from the topic.

This gave the bomber an opportunity. He threw away his binoculars and jumped off the overpass.

Officer Sato's eyes narrowed, and he wanted to jump down after him, but someone was faster than him.

When Amuro Tooru saw that the person was about to run away, he immediately became emotional.

He rushed out from his hiding place, leaped down, and chased after the bomber relentlessly.

Officer Sato was stopped by him as he rushed out, and was unable to jump down smoothly. He was stuck outside the railing and almost fell, but was rescued by Takagi.

None of the police officers present could see clearly who had just rushed out and chased after the person, so Inspector Megure had no choice but to urgently arrange for the police to track down the escaped criminal.

Chu Ming didn't show himself either; he quietly followed the focal point and chased after Bourbon.

Bourbon's furious online revenge is sure to be a hit; he definitely can't miss it!

Chapter 350 Lack of Understanding

When Chu Ming casually peeked out of the alley, the bomber had already been beaten up by Bourbon several times, his face bruised and swollen, looking particularly pitiful.

Unfortunately, Chu Ming wouldn't pity him.

Instead, he watched with great interest as Amuro Tooru beat the man to a pulp, his eyes gleaming with delight.

Watching Amuro Tooru beat people up is addictive, and you might even wish you could do it yourself.

When Chu Ming saw Amuro Tooru make a gesture as if he wanted to touch a gun, he realized that Amuro Tooru must have seen through his identity, otherwise he would not have shown his murderous intent in front of an innocent citizen without any hesitation.

Although it's unclear how he became so certain that he was Granbury, his subconscious actions suggest that Amuro Tooru must have already confirmed his identity before so openly revealing his dark side.

Chu Ming mentally considered what trouble would arise if Amuro Tooru discovered his identity. After pondering for a long time, he couldn't come up with anything. At worst, it would be another police raid, but given Amuro Tooru's personality, he probably wouldn't risk being exposed again.

Given his identity as Chu Ming, he has never committed any illegal or disorderly acts. On the contrary, he has helped the police a lot, so Amuro Tooru could not do anything to him openly.

On the contrary, it's not a big deal if Amuro Tooru finds out his identity, because Amuro Tooru and Conan are currently on the same page and suspect each other. In addition, Amuro Tooru has been brainwashed by Rum, so if Rum wants, Amuro Tooru can completely side with the organization at any time.

So when Amuro Tooru was about to draw his gun again to finish off the bomber, Chu Ming spoke up to stop him, thus completely confirming Amuro Tooru's suspicions.

"The police just saw you chasing him. If you kill him, it will easily expose your identity."

Amuro Tooru's grip on the gun paused slightly. He knew that Chu Ming was no longer going to pretend, but he couldn't reveal to Chu Ming why he wanted to kill the bomber. Fortunately, he had a fresh reason.

"We almost died at his hands, can't we at least kill him?"

Chu Ming secretly rolled his eyes. What kind of talk is that? He almost died at Amuro Tooru's hands, and he never intended to kill Amuro Tooru. Tsk, thinking about it this way, he's actually a great guy.

“Yes, but not now.” Chu Ming stepped forward and kicked the bomber in the neck, knocking him unconscious, before turning to Amuro Tooru and saying, “Don’t worry, let him be taken away by the police for now. I’ll arrange for someone to bring him back to the organization later, and then we can do whatever we want with him.”

Borrowing a bomber could help Amuro Tooru take another step towards the dark side, which isn't bad.

Because Amuro Tooru was brainwashed by Rum, the darkness in his subconscious has been awakened. In addition, he has been an undercover agent for a long time and was already in a half-red and half-black state. By subtly pulling him into the black side step by step through these events, and eventually making him completely fall into darkness, wouldn't that give the organization more chances of winning?

Persuaded by Chu Ming, Amuro Tooru slowly loosened his clenched fist and put away his gun.

When the police finally found the alley, they found two people who should have been blown to pieces and a pig's head that had been beaten so badly that its features were unrecognizable.

Faced with the same innocent gazes from Chu Ming and Amuro Tooru, the police did not blame them for being too ruthless. They simply dragged the bomber away as if they hadn't seen him. If they hadn't remembered their professional ethics as police officers, they would have loved to kick him a couple of times themselves.

Chu Ming was explaining to Inspector Megure, who was chasing after them, how he and Amuro Tooru had escaped.

"Brother Chu Ming!" Conan, who rushed over, still had tears welling up in his eyes. He looked at Chu Ming with a look that was about to fall. Compared to the reserved Conan, the children behind him were crying the most, their tears and snot all mixed together.

Ai Haibara originally wanted to come too, but she was scared back to her car by the alcohol concentration at the alley entrance, so so far only Conan and the three mischievous kids from the Detective Boys have come.

It was rare to see the famous detective crying like this, and even Chu Ming, who felt he had no conscience, felt a little uneasy, so he went over and comforted him for a bit.

It's true what they say, adults are all dirty-minded. Conan was fooled by Chu Ming's few fabricated reasons, such as the emergency situation at the time and not wanting the media to know, in order to confuse the bomber. Even several children who usually avoided Chu Ming gathered around to see if he was injured.

Amuro Tooru stood to the side, watching Chu Ming coax the child with a half-smile. The day he first met Granburg, he happened to run into Chu Ming saving this little boy with glasses. Now, seeing him surrounded by children, smiling gently and kindly, he had no idea that Chu Ming was a core member of a transnational criminal organization.

How dare he say he hates children after all that?

I really don't know which side of Granbury is the real deal.

This child is also suspicious. Could he be the child of one of the organization's members? Otherwise, why would Granbury treat him differently, and why would this child keep appearing at crime scenes?

Amuro Tooru narrowed his eyes, as if he had sensed a glimmer of inspiration.

It seems that this boy appears in all of Granbury's cases!

Is Granburg taking on an apprentice?

No, we need to keep an eye on it!

After soothing the child, Chu Ming quietly sent a few messages, then casually led Conan outside, making an "eight" gesture with his hand behind his back towards Amuro Tooru.

Seeing Chu Ming's gesture, Amuro Tooru froze on the spot. There was nothing he could do; he and Chu Ming really had no chemistry. What exactly was this gesture trying to express?

A gun? Does that mean he's to ambush the police? Probably not. Then what does it mean?

Amuro Tooru thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out, so he simply sent Chu Ming a text message.

"You just gestured to mean that you would distract the police so that I could disguise myself and go rob someone with a gun? — Bourbon."

While Chu Ming was driving and waiting at a red light, he saw the message from Amuro Tooru. He paused for a moment. He knew the two of them weren't in sync, but he never expected them to be so completely different.

He clearly pointed to Base 8 for Amuro Tooru! What armed robbery?!

The task of recruiting people has already been assigned to someone else! Why would Amuro need to lift a finger?

Chu Ming replied to Amuro Tooru with a curt tone. He was gradually starting to consider Amuro Tooru one of his own. After all, Amuro Tooru was too caught up in the situation to remember being brainwashed. He didn't realize that the more Amuro Tooru infiltrated the organization and the more missions he participated in, the more his black-faction mindset would gradually take over the red-faction's morality and values, causing his sense of morality to gradually decline. Given time, perhaps even without Rum's intervention, he could be completely transformed into a black-faction member.

"I'm sending you to Base 8 to wait and receive the bomber!!! It just so happens that Base 8 is close to your safe house!! — Granbury."

Damn it, this attempt at showing off failed because of a lack of coordination!

So angry!

Chapter 351 He had an inescapable duty

"Brother Chu Ming, who are you messaging? You seem to be gritting your teeth."

Conan sat in the passenger seat next to Chu Ming, tilting his head to one side. The other children were concerned, but they were still a little hesitant to share a car with Chu Ming. In the end, only Conan got into Chu Ming's car.

"It's nothing, just letting my elders know I'm safe. It's just that because I caused a bit of trouble this time, they're a bit—well, they're probably very angry." Chu Ming replied to Gin and the others' messages right under Conan's nose, while driving with one hand on the car and relying on the anti-spy system he had bought beforehand.

Besides Bourbon's text message, Chu Ming then realized that when the explosion was about to happen, the reporter had filmed his and Conan's phone calls. Others might not have been able to recognize his voice, but Gin and Rum, who knew his true identity, all sent messages to inquire.

However, he was busy catching the bomber with Bourbon and hadn't replied.

If Gin hadn't known that he had also sent a message to the outer members, asking them to find a way to snatch the bomber, they probably would have already arrived by now.

Now that things have come to a close, Gin said ominously that he had been given too much freedom before, which was why Chu Ming was too lazy to even reply to text messages to let him know he was safe. So he ordered Chu Ming to return to the base as soon as things were over.

How can that work!

Going back now would be asking for a beating, wouldn't it?

Knowing that Gin wouldn't dare to come to his house and beat him up, Chu Ming immediately replied to the message, saying that he would definitely be very busy recently. With his good interpersonal relationships, he estimated that many people would be looking for him to offer their condolences during this period, so he would not be returning to the organization for the time being.

But please don't worry about his safety, brother. Although infiltrating the police force is tough and potentially dangerous, he has a duty to do it for the organization!

"Brother Chu Ming, that organization—" Conan hesitated, unsure how to tell Chu Ming his theory, "Did that person approach you to try and recruit you? Your deductive reasoning is so strong, and you're so skilled in combat, is it—"

Chu Ming chuckled, "You're overthinking this, aren't you? Your imagination is running wild!"

Conan was unconvinced and wanted to say something, but Chu Ming freed one hand and pressed it down on his head: "Alright, don't worry about it. Let the adults handle this kind of thing. You're still a child, don't overthink it."

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"Brother Chu Ming, you clearly know who I am, yet you still call me a child! We're the same age, okay?!" Conan broke free from Chu Ming's clutches, his face full of resentment.

Chu Ming simply stopped the car by the roadside, turned to look at Conan: "You know your own identity, so you need to be even more careful. Nobody knows why he suddenly became interested in me. Maybe he's deliberately making friends with some people to disguise his identity? But you're different. Once he sees through your identity, do you know how many people you'll implicate?"