Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Looking at the cherry blossoms blooming like clouds and rosy clouds, with the thin sunlight highlighting the trees' splendor, Chu Ming saw that Ai Haibara's mood had improved considerably, and then said, "If you keep looking so down, those kids will think I bullied you when they come back."

Ai Haibara seemed to have thought of something, and took out a small box from her side. Inside were different kinds of pills.

"What is this? The antidote?" Chu Ming asked curiously.

Ai Haibara shook her head, picked out a few pills, and handed them to Chu Ming: "These are the drugs that the doctor and I have been developing over the past few days. This red one will weaken your body to the point that instruments can't detect it, and it will last for about four hours. This blue one is a wound medicine. If you get injured, pour the powder inside onto the wound to speed up the healing process. These should be helpful to you."

Chu Ming looked at the other types and asked curiously, "What about the others? What are their effects?"

Ai Haibara pointed to each small compartment and explained, "This is what the Doctor often takes; it's medicine to prevent his stomach from rumbling at banquets. This is medicine for people who can't drink alcohol; it will make their face turn red. And this is for people who want to take sick leave; it will give them cold symptoms..."

Upon hearing about medicine related to alcohol, Chu Ming immediately became interested: "Is there any medicine that can prevent people from getting drunk? You know, sometimes we have to drink at our gatherings, but I can't drink a drop. It would be great if there was such a medicine."

Ai Haibara took out a yellow pill: "Yes, there is, but the effect might not be that good. This medicine can block the effects of alcohol on the body and keep the mind clear when taken before drinking. However, it can easily cause resistance in the body, meaning that the first time you take it is the most effective, and the more times you take it, the less effective it becomes, and it may eventually become useless..."

Chu Ming's eyes lit up: "That's enough, that's enough! This effect is already very good! Give me a few more, the more the better."

Ai Haibara poured all the yellow pills from the medicine box into Chu Ming's hands: "Don't worry, Brother Chu Ming, I'll study it again when I get back and try to make a more effective medicine."

Ai Haibara felt a sense of relief that the medicine she had made could help Chu Ming, and even thought about returning to Tokyo right now to study it all night.

Chu Ming carefully put away the pills as if they were a treasure. Now he could take the alcohol to scare Vodka and Gin, and even drink some alcohol in front of the BOSS to gain some of the BOSS's emotional points.

I'll gulp down a whole bottle right in front of you, I bet you won't be scared!

Make the boss report on Gin to him all the time!

Chapter 394 Definitely next time

When Professor Agasa and his group returned with Genta, Conan and Hattori were no longer in the group.

"Where are Conan and Hattori?" Chu Ming asked curiously. Why did they go out to look for the lost Genta? Genta came back, but how did the two of them get lost?

After Mitsuhiko and the others almost thought Chu Ming had been killed in an explosion while saving people, they considered him a great hero. So now they both admired and feared Chu Ming, and when they heard Chu Ming's question, they quickly explained to him.

"When Conan saw the beverage bottle in Genta's hand, he seemed to understand something and ran away with Hattori-nii."

?

Did the two of them realize something and then run away?

What about him? Why didn't anyone notify him?

Didn't they realize that someone was missing as they ran?

Or do you only think of him when you need to drive?

Is he a professional driver?

Damn it! There's always a third wheel in a group of three!

After waiting for ages, until Officer Shiratori arrived with a clue, Professor Agasa finally called Conan and the others to come back.

The two had barely stepped inside when they met Chu Ming's resentful gaze: "Oh, so the two great detectives finally decided to come back~ Why didn't you take your driver with you when you went out? Walking on two legs must be tiring~"

Conan paused, exchanged a glance with Hattori, and then flanked Chu Ming with a forced smile.

"Brother Chu Ming, the situation was urgent, and you weren't there. We were just planning to run the errands ourselves and then tell you the clues, so you wouldn't have to run back and forth. That would be too much trouble. We'll do the hard work..." Conan was halfway through his excuse when he noticed something was off about Chu Ming's eyes. He quickly changed his tune and said confidently, "Uh, next time I'll definitely call Brother Chu Ming too!!"

"Yes, yes, Conan is right. I'll definitely shout it next time!!" Hattori nodded vigorously in agreement.

"...Never mind, let's go in quickly. Officer Shiratori is already sitting inside." Chu Ming noticed that these two had become increasingly shameless lately, and he wondered where they had learned it from.

Anyway, I definitely didn't learn it from him. He's an upright and good person—at least that's how he is on the red team!

Once everyone entered the room, Officer Shiratori recounted the clues the police had uncovered. Hattori and Conan had essentially identified the culprit and were just waiting to find evidence, so they remained calm and sat quietly listening to Officer Shiratori.

Suddenly, Kogoro Mouri had a flash of inspiration and shouted, "I get it! I know who the murderer is, and I know how he took the murder weapon!"

At Kogoro Mouri's request, Officer Shiratori summoned Ayanokouji with a phone call and, following Kogoro's instructions, had Ayanokouji bring the squirrel along as well.

As soon as Ayanokouji entered the temple gate with her precious little squirrel, she saw her squirrel leap out of her pocket, climb back into Chu Ming's hand, rub against his palm, roll over to expose its belly, and display a cute and innocent expression on its furry face.

Ayanokouji watched as her little darling acted cute in someone else's hands, and her usually calm face cracked a little. She wanted to go over and let her pet see who its human was and recognize its benefactor.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Kogoro Mouri began preparing his own deduction show. He pointed at Chiga Rin and said that she was the murderer who killed these people, and that her motive was to avenge her father.

Hattori immediately exploded: "How is this possible?!"

Seeing everyone looking at him, he immediately shrank back, but still muttered to himself, "This is simply impossible..."

How could his first love be a murderer?! Absolutely impossible!

But is Uncle Mori saying this to rule out his first love as a suspect? After all, his process of elimination is quite accurate.

Immediately afterwards, Kogoro Mouri pointed the finger at Ayanokoji, stating that he was Chiga Rin's accomplice.

Ayanokouji didn't react yet, but Inspector Shiratori's lips twitched, probably recalling the first time he met Kogoro Mouri, when he was accused of being the bomber.

"I've noticed that the old man identifies a crime every time he meets a new police officer. Last time it was Officer Shiratori, this time it's Officer Ayanokoji, I wonder who it will be next." Chu Ming was petting someone else's squirrel and whispering to Conan and Hattori in the back.

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri is emphatically recounting what he believes to be the truth, pointing out that Chiga Rin relied on Ayanokoji's squirrel to dispose of the murder weapon.

The little squirrel, who was enjoying a three-person petting session in Chu Ming's hands, seemed to understand human nature. As if it had heard someone mention it, it propped itself up on Chu Ming's fingers and tilted its head towards Kogoro Mouri.

Chu Ming couldn't stand it anymore. Pointing to the short knife, which was about the size of five or six squirrels, he held up the squirrel in his hand and retorted, "Uncle, this squirrel is a chipmunk, and it's still a young one. How could it possibly carry that knife? That knife is at least twenty centimeters long..."

Kogoro Mouri waved his hand and said, "Why not? This squirrel agent must have been trained by him. It can understand orders and is definitely capable of carrying a knife! Look at the squirrel's muscles, they're all from training!"

...You think this squirrel is Sandy?

His flawed reasoning was refuted by everyone, who took turns undermining him, almost alienating him from all sides.

This made Kogoro Mouri lose face, so in order to verify his reasoning and prove his point, Kogoro Mouri, under Ayanokoji's distressed gaze, tied a similar long stick to the squirrel with a rope.

The little squirrel was carrying an undue burden, squeaking in place, unable to move at all, its little eyes revealing confusion: Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?

Chu Ming watched as Kogoro Mouri kept poking the squirrel's head with his finger, trying to make it move and salvage his detective image, and couldn't help but sigh.

Although squirrels aren't people, you, Kogoro Mouri, are a real dog. You haven't done anything that's even remotely human.

The Squirrel Protection Association strongly condemns this act of animal cruelty.

Amidst the disapproving gazes and condemnations of the crowd, Kogoro Mouri immediately slumped down, muttering to himself as he pondered where his reasoning had gone wrong.

Chu Ming stepped forward and untied the things off the squirrel, calming it down a bit. Several children, lured by the cute pet, also gathered around.

After playing with the squirrels with some kids for a while, Chu Ming looked up and realized that Hattori and Conan had disappeared again!

Damn it, that detective's mouth is a lying devil!! What "next time for sure"? He still forgot about me!!

Chu Ming handed the squirrel to Ayumi, telling her that she had looked at it enough and should return it to Officer Ayanokouji. Then he got up and prepared to take Ran to meet Kudo Heiji, and they could also get some exercise by fighting, as he hadn't been active for a long time and had been reading all the time.

"Where's Kazuha? I haven't seen her all day."

Seeing Chu Ming come over, Xiao Lan looked around and said, "Oh right, she said she was going out for a while when we were at the hospital. It seems like she lost something and hasn't come back yet."

"Give her a call and tell her to come back early. It's getting late, the murderer hasn't been caught yet, and we don't know when he'll strike again. It's too dangerous for her to be out there now," Chu Ming said, feigning concern.

Sigh, Kazuha's real partner is only focused on solving cases after Conan, his mind is full of his first love, and he doesn't even notice that his girlfriend is missing. On the contrary, it's his organization member, Masaki, who is concerned about her safety.

Tsk tsk, that's kind of ironic.

Chapter 395: Hating iron but not steel

"Beep-beep-beep-"

Xiaolan was on the phone, and it took her a while to answer: "Heye, where are you? Why aren't you back yet? I—"

"This girl is in my hands. In an hour, have that dark-skinned Osaka detective come to Gyokuryu-ji Temple on Mount Kurama alone. If he dares to call the police, this girl will be dead!"

The audio was clearly distorted, coming through the receiver. You could vaguely hear Kazuha shouting beside him, "Tell Heiji not to come over! It's dangerous! He'll be killed! —beep beep beep—"

The call was disconnected, and Xiaolan stood there, bewildered, holding the phone: "He Ye has been—kidnapped? The kidnappers told me not to call the police, but—"

Ran paused, looking at Officer Shiratori and Officer Ayanokouji, who had stood up and were ready to respond at any moment because their phones were on speakerphone. This shouldn't be considered calling the police, right?

Chu Ming had already lowered his head and called Hattori, telling him to hurry up and rescue his girlfriend and stop thinking about first love. Before Chu Ming could even tell Hattori to go first and that the police would follow behind him, Hattori hung up the phone in a panic.

"..." Looking at the crowd staring intently at him, Chu Ming shrugged: "He died before I could finish speaking, but it's okay. We already know the address. The police will sneak into the mountains, and Hattori won't know the truth, which will lull the murderer into a false sense of security. You guys get ready to leave first. Ran and I will sneak in and take a look. After all, we're the two with the highest combat skills here."

……╭（′▽‵）╭（′▽‵）╭……

Chu Ming led Xiao Lan up the mountain from the foot of Anma Mountain. The trees were so dense that cars couldn't drive in, so the two of them had to get out of the car and walk.

As Chu Ming walked, he explained to Xiao Lan how to sneak in silently without leaving a trace, and how to walk in the forest to avoid the dead branches underfoot and make noise...

One spoke and the other listened. Xiao Lan was already quite skilled, and after being taught by Chu Ming, she made significant progress. Neither of them alerted the other, and they quietly arrived at the wall of Yulong Temple.

Night had fallen. There was a lot of dry firewood piled up at the base of the wall of Yulong Temple, and there was also a lot of cover nearby. The two of them quietly hid behind the firewood. There was no electricity here, and the lighting was done by torches, so even though people came and went from time to time, no one noticed that they were hiding here.

This is probably the benefit of having the world's will's favorite daughter by your side; top-tier luck boost, no matter how perfunctorily you hide it, no one will notice.

A moment later, a masked man emerged from the inner hall, carrying Kazuha, whose hands were tied behind her back.

"Hmph, why isn't your boyfriend here yet?"

"Knowing it's a trap, why did you come!" Kazuha said stubbornly. She both wanted Hattori to come and didn't want him to come.

She didn't want him to come because she was afraid he would put himself in danger for her sake; but she wanted him to come because of the girlish feelings in her heart.

The masked man stopped talking to Kazuha, because he saw a dark-skinned man wearing a hat and holding a bamboo sword slowly appear at the gate amidst the falling cherry blossoms.

It's you, Osaka Black Chicken—oh no, it should be Tokyo White Chicken now.

"Heiji!" Tears welled up in Kazuha's eyes.

"Hattori looks just like Shinichi..." This came from beside Chu Ming. Ran peeked out slightly, looking somewhat puzzled.