Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Halfway through her speech, Vermouth suddenly realized that the boss's successor was still present, so she immediately shut her mouth and slowly moved her finger to the trigger.

"No, stop! Stop—" Conan gritted his teeth and desperately tried to break free of the ropes binding him.

Suddenly, a gun was pressed against his forehead. Chu Ming half-squatted down, a half-smile in his eyes: "You're too noisy. Be quiet, or my hand might do something my brain can't control."

Conan stared intently at Chu Ming's face: "Are you proud of using someone else's face to do evil? What kind of skill is hiding your face? If you're so capable, let me see what you really look like!!"

Chu Ming patted his face with the gun: "Yeah, it's really interesting to use someone else's face, don't you think? Kudo Shinichi."

Conan's heart skipped a beat. He had thought that Vermouth only knew his identity and that she was Sharon, who was acquainted with his mother, so he thought she wouldn't kill him and that's why he pretended to be Ai Haibara to fall into this trap.

What he didn't expect was that there was not only Vermouth, but also another member of the organization who was completely unfathomable to him and also knew his true identity.

This is bad.

Just as Conan was extremely anxious and Ai Haibara was resigned to her fate, Jodie's trunk was suddenly pushed open, and a thin figure stood up against the light—it was Ran Mouri.

She jumped out of the trunk and headed towards Ai Haibara.

"Ran?" Conan unleashed a torrent of emotion at Chu Ming in that instant. "No, no, stop—Ran!!!"

Chu Ming hadn't knocked him out yet, all for this moment.

He quickly cocked the pistol, because Chu Ming and Conan were both crouching on the other side of the car, and Ran hadn't seen him.

Chu Ming stood up, pointed at Xiao Lan, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang bang bang-"

Bullets followed Ran's footsteps, striking the ground behind her in succession, raising dust and earning her a large number of points from Conan and Vermouth.

Xiaolan is truly an angel; this wave of her success is equivalent to several months of her previous efforts.

Conan lay on the ground, his eyes wide with rage, watching helplessly as Ran's back was completely exposed to the muzzle of a gun, his mind blank: "Ran—!!!!!"

Vermouth frantically tried to stop Chu Ming: "Granbury, wait, don't—don't do it! Stop! Stop!!!"

Chu Ming looked at the score on the panel, watched Ran rush over to hug Ai Haibara and try to protect her with her body, put down his gun, looked at Vermouth with an ambiguous expression, and smiled meaningfully at her.

Vermouth completely forgot about the meaning behind Chu Ming's gaze, and even forgot that she had just pretended not to be able to raise her hand. She fired several shots at the ground next to Xiao Lan: "Get out of the way, do you hear me, Angel! Get out of the way! Get off that girl!!"

Vermouth looked at the person she wanted to protect most, who had shielded the person she wanted to kill most with her own body, and her grip on the gun tightened.

Chu Ming patted her hand and whispered, "Let me do it."

Ai Haibara was shielded by Ran and looked at the girl in front of her who was trembling with fear but still refused to leave. In a daze, she seemed to see her sister's figure and seemed to hear her sister's call.

"Shiho~Shiho..."

Hmm? Doesn't seem like a hallucination?

Ai Haibara's gaze swept over Ran's shoulder and landed on Chu Ming's soft female voice.

? ?

"Shiho, I'm just kidding you. I'm your older sister~" Chu Ming said, tearing off the mask from her face to reveal a beautiful face.

Looking at that familiar face, Ai Haibara's eyes filled with tears. She never thought she would see that face again in her life.

"Sister, sister..."

Conan was also shocked: "Miss Akemi?"

Even Vermouth was speechless, wondering what trick Chu Ming was up to this time.

Chapter 416 Full Moon 6 - Let's Break Up

There were some things Ran shouldn't hear, so Chu Ming secretly used Conan's tranquilizer dart to shoot Ran Mori directly.

Ran, who was lying on the ground protecting Ai Haibara, had fallen asleep quietly. Ai Haibara was also immersed in her dream of her sister's appearance and did not want to wake up, so she did not notice Ran's condition.

However, Ai Haibara was only immersed in grief for a short while before she came to her senses. She shook her head, her voice cold and stubborn: "No, you are not my sister. My sister is dead..."

Chu Ming was so engrossed in the role that he said, "Shiho, it really is me. I wanted to take you away from the organization back then, and Gin promised me that as long as I completed the mission, he would let me take you away."

I thought the mission was to rob 1 billion yen, but it wasn't. Gin told me to fake my death and then carry out another secret mission, during which I couldn't contact you.

I returned from a mission that nearly killed me, only to be told by Gin that I had betrayed the organization because of my death…

Ai Haibara was stunned, staring blankly at Chu Ming.

Chu Ming continued, "The organization has been sending people to track you down. I gave up the mission reward and didn't even ask to take you away from the organization. Only then did Gin agree to my request that as long as you continue your research, he wouldn't pursue the matter of your defection."

Your sister wanted to take you away from the organization, but nothing could compare to your life. You were constantly being hunted by the organization; you couldn't escape… Shiho, I've been looking for you for so long. I never imagined you would take poison and shrink. How could you be so foolish? You promised that even without your sister, you would live on!

The reason I said this is because Vermouth has suffered for many years due to the drugs her parents researched, and I had to scare you a bit before you'd agree to my terms. But don't worry, we won't touch your friends.

"Shiho, come here to your older sister. Let me see you. You seem to have lost a lot of weight since I last saw you."

Ai Haibara's expression wavered. Chu Ming's reason made her feel a glimmer of hope: was her sister really not dead?

She preferred that it was true, as she had heard, that her sister had simply gone on a special mission, rather than dying at Gin's hands and becoming a cold, lifeless corpse.

Her lips trembled as she opened them as if to say something, even trying to break free from Ran's embrace. Tears streamed down her face, falling from her hair to the ground. If only this were true.

Seeing that Ai Haibara was moved and seemed to be really preparing to wriggle out, Vermouth's eyes showed a hint of surprise. However, thinking that Chu Ming had already seen through Sherry's identity, she still had to think of a good way to save Conan, which gave her a headache.

"call out--"

Vermouth was hit by a rapidly flying bullet; the huge impact forced her back a few steps and she fell to the ground.

In order to lure Ai Haibara out, Chu Ming stood behind the two cars, in a blind spot where bullets couldn't see him, let alone hit him.

Upon seeing Vermouth get shot, Chu Ming immediately ducked to the side of the car, even cruelly pulling Conan in front of him to shield him from dust and bullets. Conan struggled too much, so Chu Ming simply knocked him unconscious with a karate chop.

Now that the real Shuichi Akai has arrived, Conan can finally take a nap. Otherwise, what would have been the point of throwing that bucket of dirty water around?

The sound of footsteps echoed, and at the intersection of light and shadow, Shuichi Akai's face appeared at the alley entrance.

Vermouth retreated to Chu Ming's side, clutching her stomach and gasping for breath: "Luckily, I had taken precautions and wore a bulletproof vest."

"Did Shuichi Akai see me just now?" Chu Ming asked in a low voice. Why did he shoot right away? He was still pretending to be Shuichi's girlfriend.

"Probably not. From the alley he came out of, only I can see him. You were blocked by the car, and you were far away, so you probably couldn't even hear him," Vermouth deduced after checking the approximate distance.

It's good that he didn't see it; that means he still has room to maneuver.

Chu Ming paused for a moment, his face trembling with tears, still hidden behind the carriage, and spoke before anyone could see him: "Your Majesty..."

Looking at the emotion value on the system panel, Chu Ming ignored Vermouth's disapproving gaze, slowly stood up from behind the car, and chose to face Akai Shuichi's gun directly.

The dim streetlights shone on his face, and tears rolled down his cheeks with the blink of an eye. His eyes seemed to hold a thousand words, but in the end, they turned into a mournful and plaintive cry.

Shuichi Akai looked at the familiar face, his grip on the gun tightened, and his expression hardened: "You—"

Chu Ming interrupted him, retelling the fabricated reasons he had just given Ai Haibara to Shuichi Akai, tears clinging to his long eyelashes like shattered pearls: "Back then, I thought that departure would be a final farewell. I sent a message to the Lord, thinking that once the mission was over, I could leave the organization with my sister and truly be with the Lord from then on, but—"

Chu Ming let out a soft sob, muffled his words, and then said, "In the end, things have changed..."

Shuichi Akai's intuition told him that this person could not be Akemi Miyano; it must be a trick by the organization to deceive him.

However, when she said that no one knew about the text message, the scales in my heart still shifted slightly.

Although he remained vigilant and didn't lower his gun, the chilling murderous aura emanating from him had dissipated considerably: "Akami..."

“Lord, I’m sorry, I’ve never officially told you… Let’s break up.” Chu Ming lowered her head, her long eyelashes casting shadows beneath her eyes. Akai Hide couldn’t see her expression, but he could sense her sadness. “You had a girlfriend in America. You came to me to infiltrate the organization, didn’t you? You’ve forgotten the text message I sent you back then, haven’t you? I just—I just felt I was destined to die, and wanted to leave myself something to remember before I died…”

Seeing that Shuichi Akai remained silent, Chu Ming forced a smile, but failed. "Lord, let's end it here. I can no longer leave the organization, and you are destined to be on the side of justice. Red and black are destined to be incompatible, and you and I can only be strangers. Lord, take your ex-girlfriend and leave. Just pretend you never saw me today, just pretend... Akemi Miyano is dead."

Shuichi Akai was struck by the sincerity in those words. His mind was in a state of chaos, and he had no time to discern the truthfulness of the words. He subconsciously took two steps toward where Chu Ming was: "Wait, Akemi, I—"

This was the moment they had been waiting for. Shuichi Akai held the gun with the muzzle pointing downwards, his finger already off the trigger. At this moment, his body was slightly leaning forward, and even if he reacted, he certainly wouldn't be as fast as Chu Ming.

With his mind on the matter, Chu Ming, who had been hiding half his body behind the car while communicating with Shuichi Akai with his upper body, seized the opportunity to decisively reveal the pistol he had been concealing in his hand.

"Bang bang bang-"

The first shot knocked his weapon away. By the time of the second shot, Shuichi Akai had reacted quickly and dodged, so the bullet aimed at his heart only hit his shoulder. The third shot just grazed his arm.

Before they could make another move, the person had already hidden behind a streetlamp, incredibly unskilledly concealing their figure entirely with a lamppost.

Tsk, Shuichi Akai is such a cheat, he couldn't even kill him. What happened to the hero's grave in the land of beauties?

Your girlfriend is right in front of you, and you clearly believed her, yet you still managed to be distracted and wary?

Damn it, what a missed opportunity! There won't be another chance like this. After all, you can only do this once, and next time no one will believe you.

Chapter 417 Full Moon 7-????)ノ

Seeing that he couldn't hit Shuichi Akai, Chu Ming dejectedly shrank back behind the car, but still raised his voice in Akemi Miyano's tone to mock him: "Shuichi-chan~ are you even up to it? Your ex-girlfriend and current girlfriend are both here, why are you hiding behind the streetlight? Are you embarrassed?"

Vermouth watched the whole thing, her expression now incredibly complex. She remembered that when she taught Chu Ming, she only taught him how to disguise himself. How come Chu Ming's acting skills had become so good? For a fleeting moment, the emotion in Chu Ming's eyes made her think that it really was Miyano Akemi.

As expected, drama queens are born actors.

Shuichi Akai didn't say anything, but the points that were refreshed on Chu Ming's system interface were his best answer.

Seeing Shuichi Akai's serious expression, Chu Ming continued to provoke him: "Shuichi-chan~ Did you know? I checked, before Elena Miyano got married, her name was Elena Sera. Does that sound familiar? She and your mother, Mary Sera, are sisters. You and Akemi Miyano are cousins. As far as I know, Washington, where you are, doesn't seem to encourage consanguineous marriage~"

"Hiss—in that case, you should be thanking us. If we hadn't killed Miyano Akemi, how would you have faced the love triangle between your ex-girlfriend and current girlfriend? And after breaking up with your ex, just when you were about to get together with your current girlfriend, oh wait, they're siblings! Wouldn't that be even worse? Shuichi-chan, quickly say thank you to Gin."

Chu Ming knew how to hit the nail on the head, and he was always right. Seeing the constantly updating battle record on the system panel, he decisively delivered the final blow: "But you probably also wanted to get rid of Miyano Akemi, that burden, right? After all, you didn't look back when you left the organization. You knew that once you were exposed, Miyano Akemi, as your closest member and the stepping stone to the organization, would definitely be purged, but you still ran away alone~ Well, in the eyes of the FBI, being able to make a sacrifice for you is like your ancestors' graves emitting auspicious smoke, right~"

This was actually said to Ai Haibara, so that if she met the real Shuichi Akai now and found out he wasn't a member of the organization, she could first give Conan a negative impression of him.

As Chu Ming expected, the emotional state Haibara Ai reported showed that she was experiencing great inner turmoil.

Chu Ming and Vermouth huddled behind the car, Conan and Jodie collapsed beside the wheels, and not far away, Ai Haibara was still struggling to crawl out from under the unconscious Ran. Shuichi Akai remained hidden behind the streetlight, as quiet as if he had been shot dead. Only the fluctuating data on Chu Ming's system panel indicated that he was still alive.