Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

"Brother Chu Ming!!!"

A furious shout nearly startled the birds in the tree, and the people eating nearby also turned their attention to Conan, who had made the sound.

After shouting, Conan shrank back guiltily, but still puffed out his cheeks: "Brother Chu Ming is so mean, he actually stole the food first!"

Chu Ming reached out and poked Conan's puffed-up cheek, mocking him: "Do you really think you're seven years old? Still acting like a child. Who told you to keep chatting? I thought you weren't hungry. The pot has been cooking for a while. If you don't eat meat soon, you'll be too old to eat it."

Hattori, upon hearing this, poked Conan's other cheek: "To be honest, Kudo is actually quite cute like this, like a pufferfish."

Conan pushed the fingers aside to cover his face, glaring angrily: "You two, don't go too far!!"

Chu Ming withdrew his finger, signaling the waiter to bring several more plates of meat. He then turned to Hattori and said, "Does your first love... Kazuha, know about this?"

Conan, forgetting all about covering his face, chimed in with the gossip: "Yeah, didn't you keep saying you were going to find a place for Kazuha to confess to you? Why are you going to find your first love again?"

Hattori carefully put the sachet away: "These two things are unrelated. I just want to find the person I'm obsessed with."

Oops—Heiji, the way you're talking sounds a bit scumbag... Please don't become like Shuichi Akai!!

After finishing their meal, under Hattori's direction, the group went to Kurama-dera Temple.

After parking the car at the west gate of the temple, Chu Ming followed the two up the winding stone steps. He keenly sensed that someone seemed to be following him from above, so he quickened his pace and walked up to Hattori.

After climbing the stone steps, you'll reach the Immovable Hall of the Monk's Valley. Legend has it that a celestial dog once roamed this place. As Chu Ming turned around, he glanced at the person who had been following him. "You've been following us for so long, why haven't you made a move yet?"

Just then, the masked man standing on the tree branch drew his bow, nocked an arrow, aimed at Hattori, and fired.

Conan was still talking to Hattori when he saw the arrow coming and rushed towards Hattori, trying to push him away.

Even faster than him was Chu Ming, who had been waiting for the murderer to make his move. He rushed forward, pulled Hattori aside from under the tree, reached in and pulled the arrow that had been shot into the cedar trunk, and then threw it in the direction the masked man had left.

Chu Ming was strong enough, but it was his first time using a bow and arrow. There was a difference between this and shooting a gun. So even though he aimed the arrow at the masked man's back, it missed and only grazed the man's arm, probably without even breaking the skin.

Conan was completely out of Newton's control at this point, chasing the masked man who was running all the way through the forest. He even used the exposed tree roots as slides to slide down the forest, turning his shoes into skateboards and sliding down them with great smoothness.

I wonder what Newton would think if he saw this.

Chu Ming followed the two at a leisurely pace, not in a hurry at all.

As a man with a script, when he parked his car at the West Gate, he noticed a blue motorcycle belonging to the murderer. He immediately performed a minor operation on the motorcycle tires, essentially ripping it open.

He didn't have Amuro Tooru's driving skills and didn't want to engage in a chase with the murderer. It would be better to disable his vehicle first.

Chapter 388 Network of Relationships

When the masked man ran to the door, got on his motorcycle, and was about to start it, he discovered that both of the motorcycle's tires had been slashed to shreds by a knife.

He gritted his teeth, jumped out of the car, glanced at Conan and Hattori who were about to catch up, pulled out a knife from his pocket, and stabbed it hard into the tire of Chu Ming's car parked beside him. Watching the tire hiss and start to leak air, he pulled out the knife and continued running forward.

I saw these guys get out of this car when I was following them before. My car is totaled, so you'll all have to run on foot! Nobody can pull off a surprise attack!

Conan was so caught up in this unexpected turn of events that he paused in his tracks and almost tripped.

However, he quickly realized what was happening and continued running after the person with Hattori.

When Chu Ming finally emerged, he only saw that the three people chasing him were already far away.

"Ugh, why are they running? I clearly have a car, why are these two running so fast? Driving is faster than walking, isn't it? Honestly, they're so reckless..."

Chu Ming slowly opened the car door, and just as he was about to get in, he suddenly realized something was wrong. He took two steps back, looked at the flat left front tire, and almost cursed out loud.

Damn it!!! I hope this murderer doesn't get caught!!! The car repairs will cost him all the money!!

Chu Ming angrily made a phone call, asking the people in Kyoto to tow the car away for repairs and to send a new car over at the same time.

After the car arrived, Chu Ming drove to the location of the nano-micro locator that had been placed inside Conan's body. The one inside Akai Shuichi had exploded last time, so he would have to find another time to put another one in.

Chu Ming drove for half an hour before finding the two people who were exhausted and collapsed by the woods.

I really don't know how these guys can run so fast. He was just waiting for someone to bring the car, and these three managed to run for dozens of kilometers. Aren't they tired? How can they have so much energy?

That's what Chu Ming thought, and that's what he asked.

The two men, leaning against the tree and panting heavily, stared at Chu Ming with dead fish eyes. How could they not be tired? It wasn't that the enemy was faster, but also that they lacked martial ethics and brought equipment. They were shooting arrows from behind and throwing smoke bombs. Who could withstand that?

So even though they chased him this far, they still lost him.

"Brother Chu Ming, wasn't your tire broken? How come it's been changed so quickly?" Conan, sprawled under the tree, looked at the intact tire with some curiosity.

"...And you know what? That culprit went too far! He actually punctured my tire!! I was stunned when I was about to drive after him! If I hadn't had to call someone to switch cars and wasted some time, I would have caught up with him already!" Chu Ming became angrier the more he thought about it, clenching his fists. "He better not let me catch him!"

"The murderer pulled out his knife after discovering that someone had let the air out of his tires, probably because he couldn't ride a bike and didn't want us to drive," Hattori, who was following behind, observed the murderer's actions and silently analyzed. "I wonder who let the air out of the murderer's tires."

Chu Ming paused for a moment, "So the culprit is myself?"

Damn, my fist is hard.

……

Chu Ming drove Conan and the others to the entrance of Saneng Temple, where they happened to run into Ran, Sonoko, and Kazuha, who had been enjoying the cherry blossoms during the day and were about to head out.

Ran looked at Conan and Hattori getting out of Chu Ming's car and asked in confusion, "What are Chu Ming and Hattori doing here? And Conan, didn't you say you weren't coming with us to see the cherry blossoms and were going fishing with the kids in the neighborhood? Why are you with Chu Ming and the others?"

Hattori smiled and said, "Chu Ming and I came here to play, and we happened to run into Gong—oh no, I mean this kid, so we came back together. We heard that you were investigating some kind of riddle, so we thought we'd join in the fun and solve the mystery of that piece of paper together."

Listening to the Osaka pun king revealing Conan's identity every day, Chu Ming felt that Hattori could even write a book called "On Kudo's Ten Thousand Kinds of Puns," since Hattori never said a word of innocence when Conan was exposed.

Seeing Conan flash a fake, business-like smile, Sonoko put her hands on her hips, leaned closer to Hattori, narrowed her eyes, and said in a sarcastic tone, mimicking Hattori's Osaka accent, "So, have you solved the mystery?"

Sonoko originally had a pretty good impression of Hattori, after all, Miss Sonoko has a good feeling about every handsome boy. However, although she is a bit of a fangirl, when she went to see the cherry blossoms with Kazuha and the others during the day, she heard Kazuha talk about Hattori's first love, which made her a little unhappy with this man who was eating what he had but also thinking about what he had.

Although she rationally knew that Hattori and Kazuha hadn't established a relationship, and whether he had a first love or wanted to see her wasn't really a problem, Kazuha was Ran's friend, which meant she was also Sonoko's friend. She just felt a little sorry for her friend's sincerity, so she made a few sarcastic remarks.

Hattori is meticulous and leaves no stone unturned when it comes to cases, but he completely missed the hidden meaning in Sonoko's words, scratching his head casually: "No, it's pretty difficult, I have absolutely no clue. What about Uncle, does he have any ideas?"

"..." Xiaolan fell silent. "Dad was invited by the client to go to a teahouse in Pontocho for drinking and entertainment."

"What?!" Conan and Hattori stared wide-eyed in shock.

"What! You're not including me in this great opportunity? I've never seen anything like it before!" This was Chu Ming blurting out his true feelings.

Chu Ming had long heard of Japanese geishas, ​​but he had never actually seen one.

Xiao Lan blushed: "Brother Chu Ming!!!"

Chu Ming coughed twice, his face serious: "This uncle is really outrageous! Come on, everyone get in the car! We're going to catch him!"

"..." Conan and Hattori looked at Chu Ming with expressions that were hard to describe.

Especially Conan, if he remembers correctly, Chu Ming isn't even an adult yet!!!

Chu Ming, noticing the subtle glances swirling around him, honked his horn: "I'm just curious because I've never been before! Don't you guys have any curiosity?!"

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As soon as Chu Ming and his group stepped into the standard room where Kogoro Mouri was, they saw that Kogoro Mouri's face was flushed from drinking. He was currently clapping his hands up in the back row and even shouting, "Great! Great! Ms. Chiga Rin is the best!!"

You seem to have said this to Yoko Okino before, saying that you were Yoko Okino's number one fan. In the end, her admiration for you was misplaced.

Seeing that Kogoro Mouri liked it, the client quickly called Chiharu to pour him a drink. Kogoro Mouri held up his glass, craning his neck to stare intently at Chiharu, his eyes practically glued to her: "Ms. Chiharu personally pouring me a drink makes me feel like I'm in heaven, hehehe..."

Xiao Lan looked at her father's shameful behavior with murderous intent in her eyes: "Then you can stay in heaven and never come back. Or should I just send you on your way?"

Kogoro Mori spat out the drink he had just taken a sip of, instantly sobering up: "How did you guys get here?! No, how did you know I was here?!"

Chu Ming finally got to see the geisha performance he had been longing for. Upon hearing this, he casually searched for a scapegoat and pointed at Sonoko: "Don't underestimate Sonoko's network of connections. It would be easy for her to find out where you are."

...?

Sonoko stared blankly at Chu Ming, who was bragging to her. Didn't they get the information from the temple abbot?

This can be considered a network of connections?

Chapter 389 Nothing

The client quickly invited everyone to sit down and have tea. Chu Ming found a corner to sit down, eagerly anticipating the legendary geisha skills.

He had been looking forward to it since the way here, but when he actually saw the performance, Chu Ming felt that he still couldn't quite accept this strange Japanese traditional art.

What is this singing... it's nothing at all!

He was almost falling asleep from the singing!

And this dance, is it meant to swat mosquitoes or shoo away flies?

Chu Ming withdrew his gaze, bored. This was truly uninteresting.

One of the clients had just gone downstairs to sleep because he was too tired. He obviously didn't understand that in the world of Detective Conan, going alone means either being killed or kidnapped.

Since the peace dove is not here, and the client is not a member of the main group, it seems that he must have been killed.

Ran and the other girls went down to the terrace to enjoy the moon and drink tea. Kogoro Mouri, because his daughter wasn't there, seemed to have been unleashed, playing happily with Chiharu, touching her little hand and playing games with her from time to time, extremely happy.

Hattori saw Chu Ming leaning against the railing looking at the moon with a dejected expression and couldn't help but go over and tease him: "What's wrong, Chu Ming? You've arrived at the teahouse you've been looking forward to, why do you still look unhappy?"

Chu Ming rolled his eyes and pushed Hattori's head away: "Get out of the way, you're blocking my view of the moon."

The bright moon hung high in the sky, and under its pale light, Conan's eyes softened. He involuntarily uttered, "The moon..."

Hattori and Chu Ming exchanged a glance at him, noticing his expression that said, "I have a story to tell," and then flanked Conan from either side.

"What's wrong? Is there a story behind it?"

"What, Hattori has a first love under the cherry blossom tree, what are you doing under the moonlight?"

Conan looked helplessly at his two friends who had gathered around him, his eyes filled with memories. He began to tell them about his date with Ran. He had completely forgotten that he was two hours late. When he arrived, he found Ran still waiting for him. She was even happy that he was alright, not complaining. The moonlight that night was just as bright and gentle as it was today.

Damn it, you tricked me into coming here to kill again! Conan, what have you done to deserve this?!