Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Furious, Lafitt gripped his phone tightly and, before Chu Ming could react, snapped a few photos and sent them directly to the BOSS to complain.

Shortly after the photo was sent, the communication at Lafitte's safe house lit up.

When the BOSS appeared on the screen, Chu Ming was clearly still a little stunned.

Why did even the BOSS get alerted?

The BOSS's gaze bypassed Lafitte and landed directly on Chu Ming. Chu Ming, wanting to explain the situation to Lafitte, had just opened his shirt, exposing his exposed wound to the BOSS.

"Was this done by Gin?"

Chu Ming blinked. Should he take the opportunity to frame Gin, or should he tell the truth?

Oh dear, I'm so conflicted!

Chapter 498 Smart Man

"Actually, it's alright, my older brother—"

Before he could finish speaking, Lafitte immediately complained on his behalf.

"What's so good about it? Boss, you have no idea how arrogant Gin is! I just called to question him, and he could still lie through his teeth without batting an eye, saying that he only caused a minor injury! He said I was making a mountain out of a molehill! Boss, look at this!" Laffitte pointed to the shocking wound on Gran Birch's body, "Gran Birch's injury, you call this a minor injury? Why don't we let Gin try inflicting this kind of minor injury too?"

Chu Ming blinked, seeing Lafitte's indignation, and weakly began, "Actually, this is my—"

"Don't try to defend him!" Laffitte's eyes were sharp, his handsome face still flushed with anger. He was one of the boss's old men, so the boss wouldn't hold a grudge if he acted a little outrageous. "I know you've been training with Gin all this time and you have a deep affection for him, but look at you, you're injured like this. Are you still going to defend him? Has he damaged your brain too?"

Chu Ming didn't want to wrong Gin, after all, this was truly an innocent disaster for Gin, but every time he opened his mouth to explain, Lafitte cut him off.

What does this mean? This is what we call divine will.

Even the heavens couldn't bear to see Gin oppress him in the past, so they decided to let him vent his anger this time.

Since that's the case, then don't blame him for turning his back on the wine—

Chu Ming tilted his head slightly, tears welling up in his eyes and streaming down his cheeks, looking utterly pitiful: "Lafitte, don't blame your older brother. I was the one who suggested this self-inflicted injury. It was probably an accident..."

Upon hearing this, Lafitte's anger intensified, his fair face turning red with rage: "Even if you suggested a self-inflicted injury, he shouldn't have gone this far!"

"It wasn't very hard. Big Brother knows his limits and won't really kill me. I trust Big Brother." Chu Ming forced a smile, like a small white flower swaying in the wind.

Karasuma Renya was indeed quite shocked and angry when he saw the photo. He never expected that Chu Ming would be so badly injured, especially since the injury was inflicted by Gin.

But ever since the communication was established, seeing Chu Ming's expression, which did not seem to be in pain, and his cryptic words, his expression gradually became strange.

If he's not mistaken, this time it seems Lafitte got carried away with his concern.

"You still believe him? You—"

“Alright, Lafitte,” Karasuma Renya called out to Lafitte, “Why don’t you go and stitch up Granburg’s wound?”

"Uh—" Chu Ming glanced at the BOSS's calm and composed demeanor, confirming that the BOSS had probably seen through his trick. He immediately chuckled awkwardly and waved his hand at Lafitte, "No need to stitch up, no need to stitch up—"

"?" Lafitte looked at Chu Ming, who suddenly became full of energy. He wasn't stupid, and a hint of doubt immediately appeared in his eyes.

Seeing his suspicious look and the BOSS's knowing expression, Chu Ming chuckled and reached into his pocket to take out a bottle of liquid. He sprayed it on the wound and soon tore off a piece of the disguised wound, revealing exposed flesh with some white, bone-like material inside.

However, this is just decoration. The real reason why the wound can bleed like a real one is thanks to the system. But right now, this piece of skin that has been raised is enough to prove the point.

"..."

"..."

Lafitte fell silent, but although he remained silent, the points displayed on Chu Ming's system panel revealed that his heart was not so calm.

"You—" Lafitte's lips twitched, "Fake?"

"Hmm, how could I possibly get so badly injured just to lure the FBI?" Chu Ming reached out and peeled away all the so-called wounds, revealing only a few superficial injuries on his bare chest. "This is what Big Brother did."

"..." Lafitte thought about his indignant reaction and Chu Ming's go-with-the-flow behavior. After a long silence, he put down the tools he was using to suture the wound and slowly took out a scalpel. "Don't worry, I'll give you the wound that your older brother didn't give you."

Then, grinning maliciously, he lunged at Chu Ming and stabbed him.

Chu Ming rolled over to the other side of the bed, bent down, and scurried from under the bed to the BOSS's communication screen. He then muttered and pointed anxiously, "BOSS, you need to do something about Lafitte! He's bullying me because he's older!!"

Karasuma Renya smiled and shook his head, then snapped the call off. "Forget it," he thought, "I'm too old to watch the younger generation get beaten up. I'd better go have a chat with Gin."

Chu Ming was jumping around in Lafitte's safe house. Although Lafitte couldn't beat him, he was showing concern for him this time. So, in the end, Chu Ming used the IOU for the two boxes of bombs Lafitte had previously given him as a condition to get Lafitte to continue cooperating with his next operation.

Lafitte watched coldly as Chu Ming reapplied the medicine, patched up his wounds, and then stepped forward to stitch up the fake wounds and wrap them with bandages.

"What do you plan to do?" Lafitte packed up his tools. "The FBI isn't so easily fooled. Your only advantage in leaving first is that you're in the shadows while they're in the open. Nobody knows your identity right now, but you only have this one chance. Once your identity is exposed, you'll be like Gin and Vermouth—they'll be targeted by those hyenas as soon as you show your face."

Chu Ming smoothed the bandages on his body and said meaningfully, "I already found out last time that Shuichi Akai still has feelings for Akemi Miyano. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let his guard down so easily when I disguised myself. So, if he knows that his girlfriend's sister has defected from the organization and that her current hiding place is about to be discovered by the organization, do you think he will show up?"

In particular, this time Chu Ming plans to use the real Ai Haibara as bait.

Gin and the others all thought that Ai Haibara was a smokescreen released by Chu Ming in disguise, but Shuichi Akai didn't know that.

Shuichi Akai has discovered that Ai Haibara is actually Shiho Miyano. Once he feels that the organization is targeting Ai Haibara, he has to step forward, whether to protect his girlfriend's sister or to protect an FBI witness.

This is a conspiracy.

Moreover, it was a calculated move that Shuichi Akai couldn't refuse.

"You're really insidious," Lafitte remarked with some emotion. "You look respectable, but how can you be so vicious?"

"Thank you for the compliment." Chu Ming accepted it without hesitation. "As a member of the organization, I'll take your words as a compliment. But fishing is something that can't be rushed. We can't let him know about this clue so easily. We have to be careful and not let him find out until the very last moment, when he accidentally discovers a clue and deduces the conclusion himself. And by then, it will be a situation where time is of the essence, leaving no room for doubt, and we have to rush to the scene immediately."

“At that time, he didn’t have time to think too much; he was bound to show up.” Chu Ming revealed a sly smile: “Akai Shuichi is a smart man, and smart men trust their own judgment the most.”

Chapter 499 Happiness

Chu Ming stayed in Lafitte's safe house for several days. During this time, Conan and Ai Haibara originally wanted to visit him, but Chu Ming persuaded them not to, telling them to pretend that he was in a meeting and not to reveal his whereabouts.

Although Lafitte's safe house is already semi-public knowledge among various Japanese gangs, it's still not a good match for Conan, the "Child of the World."

Once Conan arrives, it means they're directly delivering information to him.

Chu Ming rolled over on the sofa upstairs, but staying here all the time was really boring.

He disguised himself and went out for a few trips, but the days without magnetic fields and points were always so hard to endure.

"Stop sighing. There's a really popular fantasy theme park out there. Why don't you go check it out? You can disguise yourself anyway." Lafitte couldn't stand having someone sighing like a broken record while he was reading, so he tossed him a flyer for the fantasy theme park.

A newly opened amusement park?

"But going to the amusement park alone is so boring! Everyone else is in pairs, and I'm all alone. Isn't that incredibly boring?" Chu Ming put his feet up on the back of the sofa, lay back on the sofa, and muttered to himself.

Lafitte watched him change his posture every twenty seconds on average, and closed his eyes in exhaustion: "Then call Bourbon along. He's been busy with Vermouth's mission lately. You can take him to the amusement park to relax."

"Ugh, no way! What's the point of shopping with a man? I might as well call out Vermouth—" Chu Ming sat up straight. "Yeah, I can call out Vermouth!"

Lafitte was overjoyed: "Yes, yes, yes, Vermouth has been so bored these past few days. Yesterday she was saying in the group chat that she was about to get moldy!"

Chu Ming made a video call directly, and Vermouth answered the call after only two rings.

"What's wrong, sweetheart? Is there something you need from your big sister? Do you want to help me with some of the tasks?" Vermouth winked at Chu Ming, her smile charming and alluring.

"Sister, you can give the task to Bourbon, I'll take you out to play!!" Chu Ming flicked the flyer in his hand, "I heard the roller coaster here is super fun! Last time, my older brother took Vodka to Dorobiga Amusement Park without me, so we're not taking him this time either!"

Vermouth casually lit a cigarette and exhaled a puff of smoke: "Okay, but I heard from Lafitte that you seem to be faking illness and can't go out?"

"Oh, it's nothing." Chu Ming waved his hand, smiling like a cat that had just stolen some cream. "I've already figured out how to get there."

……

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"How about it, isn't this a good idea?" Chu Ming put one hand in his pocket, touched the disguise on his face with the other, raised his chin slightly, and stood at the entrance of the Fantasy Park with a proud look on his face.

"...Is that so?" Vermouth's face was expressionless, her whole body radiating displeasure.

At the entrance of the fantasy park, crowds came and went, all wearing bright, happy smiles. Inside the park, the laughter and screams of children created a harmonious melody.

In this atmosphere, Vermouth, looking depressed and dejected, stood out all the more.

"Hey, cheer up! You're out having fun and you're not happy? Think about it, if you're going to ride roller coasters or pirate ships today, things that affect your image, you won't embarrass yourself if you don't use your face!" Chu Ming tried his best to persuade him.

"Then there's no need to use that woman's face!" Vermouth gritted her teeth, unusually unladylike. She had believed Chu Ming's nonsense and let him arrange her disguise for today. Now, look what happened—Chu Ming had chosen an identity she absolutely didn't want. "What if Gin sees her and mistakes her for that woman and kills her—"

"Oh no, I told him beforehand, and that this was part of my plan." Chu Ming said smugly. "How could I not have thought of this? Okay, sister, stop making excuses, let's go in!"

Vermouth looked at Chu Ming, who was disguised as her godson, and then thought about herself being disguised as Sherry. Her vision went black, and she raised her hand to tear off the disguise: "Since you can disguise yourself as Shinichi Kudo, why can't I disguise myself as Ran Mouri? Why do I have to be Sherry?"

“That won’t do. I told Gin that we’re supposed to be at the amusement park, but we’re actually here to fish.” Chu Ming raised his hand to stop Vermouth from changing her disguise. “Although we’re indeed here to have fun, we should at least have the attitude of doing a mission. This disguise is the best attitude! Besides, what if Ran comes to have fun today too? Wouldn’t it be awkward if we bumped into each other?”

"..." Vermouth's face darkened. "Do you even believe that nonsense yourself?"

"I don't believe you." Chu Ming said decisively, but still tried to persuade Vermouth relentlessly, "Don't you want to see what other expressions can appear on this face besides coldness?"

"I don't want to." Vermouth gritted her teeth. "You wait here for me, I'm going to get my face changed."

Chu Ming watched with regret as Vermouth walked away into the alley on the other side without looking back, and clicked his tongue in slight disappointment.

Just as he was leaning against the park entrance, fiddling with his phone and waiting for Vermouth, he suddenly heard someone shout in surprise, "Shinichi?"

Chu Ming didn't realize for a moment that someone was calling him until the voice got closer and closer, and finally the voice became angry, and a hand slapped directly at his shoulder.

Chu Ming suddenly turned his head, about to make a move but then abruptly pulled back, forcing a smile: "Xiao Lan? What a coincidence, what are you doing here?"

Good heavens, what I said came true! He was just fooling Vermouth, and now the real thing has appeared...

He glanced at the system minimap without making a sound. Okay, it's definitely a real person, not Vermouth in disguise. But if Vermouth comes over later, wouldn't it be a disaster?

Hehe, he loves watching this.

But since Xiaolan is here—