Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Looking back now, what I glimpsed in that fleeting moment didn't seem to be a love letter...

Conan began to carefully recall what he had seen. The name he saw was in the middle of the document, which was why he saw it at a glance.

Logically speaking, if it really is a love letter, it is rare for someone to write their full name in the middle. So what exactly did he see in Chu Ming's room at that time?

Conan frowned, touched his phone in his pocket, and wondered if he should call Chu Ming now to ask him.

Maybe Brother Chu Ming can provide some important clues...

The two stood there dumbfounded, like statues, while several children had already returned with the four who had invited them to dinner, having gathered firewood.

Chu Ming was led by Bu Mei to sit by the barbecue grill and leisurely began to enjoy the grilled meat.

Since someone has invited me, I might as well eat it.

Conan and Ai Haibara, on the other hand, found the delicious grilled meat rather bland and unappetizing.

"What does Kurosawa-neechan do for a living?" Conan, having composed himself, decided to call Chu Ming when they were alone later to ask. He could try to get some information out of him now.

"My family is rich, so I don't need to work. I can just travel around and have fun."

"Wow—" Several children gathered around and exclaimed with envy. They had seen Chu Ming's car when they were gathering firewood and already knew she was rich. Now that they heard her say it herself, they were even more envious.

Shirafuji Yasumi was somewhat surprised: "Oh, you're also from a wealthy family? Haruka-nee is too. We were able to travel and have fun during our university years all thanks to Haruka-nee's support!"

Haruka Tenka smiled gently: "That's not true at all. Unlike Taimi, who is good at cooking, Reiji, who is good at driving, and Fanhe, who is best at picking wild vegetables and fishing in the wild, I don't have any advantages. So I can only contribute money to support everyone."

Chu Ming looked at Qinghua, who was in the paradise of Versailles, and didn't know whether to call her vain or pitiful.

While Haruka Tendo and Yasumi Shirafuji are enacting a major power struggle drama, "The Rich Girl and Her Follower," Conan is still trying to extract information from them.

"Where does Kurosawa-neechan live? Can I go visit her sometime?"

Chu Ming's expression was calm as he suddenly leaned closer to Conan: "Little brother, you're still too young to pursue me. I saw that girl with the bob haircut seemed to like you a lot, you—"

Conan was startled by the suddenly magnified, flawless, and stunningly beautiful face before him, and instinctively tilted his head back: "That's not what I meant!"

"Then why are you staring at me like you're checking my background?" Chu Ming retorted without any politeness. He knew that Conan had a habit of getting to the bottom of things. To be precise, it seemed that all detectives had this habit; they liked to ask about everything and all the doubts until they were completely clear.

However, if Conan didn't have the protagonist's halo and was just a child, many people would subconsciously be much more lenient with him. After all, a cute and adorable child tilting his head up and asking you questions in a childish voice is enough to lower many people's guard.

Chu Ming intends to be the first person to shatter Conan's perceptions, to show him that not everyone will fall for his "always answering questions" buff!

Conan was speechless, unsure how to explain, and stammered for a long while, "I...I was just a little curious..."

"Curiosity is the beginning of love." Chu Ming turned his head and looked at Conan, who had an expression that said, "I'm still a child, don't talk to me about this," and chuckled.

Conan looked at the woman whose words were completely at odds with her demeanor, his expression indescribable.

At first, he thought she was a girl with a similar temperament and personality to Gin, but—

That's some really shocking stuff!

Conan was speechless, while Ai Haibara, who knew more than Conan, felt that the woman named Kotoko Kurosawa in front of her had a close relationship with Gin. Although she didn't have the organization's aura, she was too busy hiding herself to possibly jump out.

"Buzzing—"

Chu Ming's phone vibrated, and he casually took it out to take a look.

Oh hoo.

Gin.

After hesitating for a moment, Chu Ming didn't try to hide it from Conan and Ai Haibara. Anyway, this identity probably wouldn't appear again in the future, so what was there to be afraid of in discovering a one-time identity?

"Big brother~ How come you have time to call me?" The voice was cool and aloof, yet its tone was quite alluring, giving Conan, who was secretly listening from the side, a feeling of confusion.

With such a fawning tone, is the older brother on the other end of the phone the one who controls her finances? The kind who cuts off her financial support if she doesn't perform well?

At this point, Conan was still unaware that something was wrong until he heard the voice coming from the other end of the phone.

"Aren't you at the base?" A cold, murderous voice came from the phone.

Oh no, Gin is back so quickly? Did he fly back? So fast?

The faint sound coming from the receiver reached Conan's ears, leaving him completely stunned.

He swore on his perfect pitch that it was Gin on the other end of the phone!

He suppressed the barely concealed excitement in his eyes, listening to the voice on the other end of the phone while pondering how to find a breakthrough.

Just then, Ayumi turned around and looked over: "Kotoko-neechan, why aren't you eating?"

Chu Ming realized something was wrong, but it was too late to cover her mouth.

Gin paused, then said, "...Koto-ko?"

Although Granburg spoke to him in a female voice, Gin didn't pay any attention because he knew Granburg had a Baileys disguise.

But this name, combined with the previous novels, made Gin feel his blood rushing wildly, and the veins on his hand gripping his phone bulged out.

Before Chu Ming could even process what was happening, his hand had already hung up the phone.

Oops! Oops!

No, it's all over QAQ

Chapter 440 The organization seems to be just so-so.

When he realized he had hung up the phone quickly, Chu Ming understood that something was wrong.

He shouldn't have hung up the phone; hanging up would have been tantamount to admitting guilt.

Gin can't see what he looks like now; it's just a name, and it doesn't mean anything.

He could still argue that he was just using the name, and even if Gin suspected something, he had no evidence.

But hanging up the phone wouldn't work; after all, a guilty conscience needs no accuser. Gin might have initially only suspected that he was disguising himself as Gin and then using his face to dress as a woman, but now it's pretty much confirmed.

Sigh, so having your hands move much faster than your brain isn't a good thing either.

Chu Ming felt quite regretful. He could have smoothly smoothed things over, but now he had given Gin another reason to beat him up.

Conan and Ai Haibara happened to be sitting next to Chu Ming and overheard Gin's earlier conversation. They exchanged a glance and confirmed that the woman named Kotoko Kurosawa in front of them was definitely related to Gin.

Moreover, judging from how Kotoko addressed the person on the phone, the two might actually be siblings.

Conan asked with some curiosity, "Was that Kotoko's brother who just called?"

"Really?" Ayumi was also interested and leaned closer to ask, "Kotoko-neechan is so pretty, your brother must be very handsome, right?"

Chu Ming thought about Gin's old face and wanted to shake his head and criticize him, but in the end he didn't go against his conscience and nodded: "He is indeed good-looking, but he has a bad temper, a very bad temper. He gets angry at the drop of a hat, and when he glares at people, it looks like he wants to eat them. He's really fierce."

"Ah—you're so pitiful, Kotoko-neechan, to have such a fierce older brother." Ayumi's eyes were full of pity.

Chu Ming wholeheartedly agreed, nodding vigorously. Indeed, encountering such an older brother was truly miserable.

Conan and Ai Haibara pictured Gin in their minds and felt that Chu Ming's words made a lot of sense. Gin did look very fierce, and he always seemed ready to suddenly attack and devour someone.

"What does Kotoko's brother do for a living? Is he the president of a big company?" Conan asked innocently.

Chu Ming concealed his mischievous glint in his eyes and put on a serious face: "My eldest brother doesn't like inheriting the family business. Anyway, the family has plenty of money, and there are dedicated managers to manage it. He's currently working as the head of security at a winery, and he's quite happy with his job."

"Security guards?" Conan exclaimed, his face filled with disbelief.

"That's right, my brother is amazing! He's not just an ordinary security guard, he's the team leader! And their winery is a major international company, connected to international standards, so he travels a lot on business trips!" Chu Ming said with great pride.

"..." Ai Haibara was speechless when she thought of Gin as a security guard. Now that you mention it, there's actually a bit of a connection. The entire organization uses alcohol as a code name, so it's basically a distillery. Gin is the leader of the action team, specifically responsible for the tasks the organization needs to carry out, which isn't much different from being a security captain...

"Is this what rich kids' hobbies are like? Sure enough, the richer they are, the weirder they become..." Ayumi couldn't help but complain.

"Alright, stop chatting, want to take some pictures?" Fukuura Reiji waved his camera at the group, seemingly about to provide Conan with evidence for the upcoming murder case.

Whenever a case involves taking photos in the early stages, the photos will inevitably contain evidence left unintentionally by the perpetrator; this is a sign of the world's biased will.

Chu Ming didn't participate in their photo shoot; he just stood to the side. He could take selfies, but he absolutely couldn't leave such photos in other people's hands, or it wouldn't be as simple as getting beaten up by Gin.

Japan places a high value on personal privacy when it comes to photos. If you don't agree to be photographed, it's very rare for someone to be so oblivious as to take a picture secretly.

After playing for a while, Ayumi went up to Shirafuji Yasumi and said that in order to thank them for their hospitality at noon, they would prepare dinner. Chuming also offered to drive down the mountain to buy the necessary ingredients.

At this point, the group split up into several groups. Genta and the others were responsible for collecting firewood for dinner, Ai helped Dr. Agasa prepare dinner, and Conan followed Chu Ming in the car to the foot of the mountain to buy some ingredients.

Along the way, Conan kept asking Chu Ming all sorts of questions, and kept asking Kotoko's brother questions, like a walking encyclopedia of 100,000 whys.

Unfortunately, because he had been criticized by Chu Ming before, his questioning skills improved significantly. He truly deserves to be called a man who can trigger the "answer all questions" buff.

Chu Ming responded casually, pressing the accelerator rapidly. Before long, they had completed the entire winding mountain road and arrived at the supermarket at the foot of the mountain.

Conan looked at the woman in front of him, who was completely unresponsive and he couldn't get any decent information out of her no matter what he tried. He let out a long sigh. She was too hard to get information out of him. Why didn't his father teach him any tricks for getting information out of her back in Hawaii?

Chu Ming casually took off his sunglasses, instantly changing his expression to a cold one, his eyes filled with malice: "Little brother, you talk too much."

Conan was startled and instinctively took two steps back, staring in shock at Chu Ming's sudden change in expression.

Chu Ming reached out and pinched Conan's cheeks with two fingers, making his face pout: "Kids who talk too much, their tongues will be cut off~"

Conan, being pinched, mumbled incoherently, "Kotoji, what's wrong with you?"

“I don’t really like bratty kids, especially the kind who talk too much. My older brother told me that any girl who keeps following me around talking nonsense is no good. If you weren’t a kid, I would have called my brother’s security team to come and beat you up.” Chu Ming let go of his hand and walked into the supermarket.

???

So Gin is a siscon (brother complex) too?

Conan felt that he couldn't quite imagine it.

Moreover, Conan's intuition told him that this so-called rich heiress was no pushover.