Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"Haibara, is Ran with you? Come to the door quickly! Ayumi has been kidnapped by a robber with a knife! They're about to leave!" Genta's panicked voice came from the badge.

Ai Haibara panicked too. She jumped to her feet: "Don't panic! What's the situation? Can you keep the kidnappers calm? I'll say anything, just don't let them leave the house yet!!"

"I'll go check!" Xiaolan quickly ran towards the amusement park gate, and Haibara Ai also quickly grabbed Chu Ming's hand and chased after them. No one knew where her small body got such great strength, but she was able to drag Chu Ming along.

"Go see why you're dragging me along?" Chu Ming's tone was somewhat displeased. "What, do you expect me to help you save someone?"

"Didn't you promise me you'd help them remove the bracelets?" Ai Haibara was dragging such a big person along, and she still had to keep up with Ran's pace. It wasn't easy for her at all, and she was clearly out of breath.

"Tsk, what a hassle." Chu Ming took a step, casually picked up Ai Haibara and lifted her up, easily staying a distance behind Ran. Suddenly, a figure rushed over from the side, greeting Ran enthusiastically, "Hey, it seems your Ran-neechan has run into someone she knows~"

Ai Haibara was being held in Chu Ming's arms. She struggled to look up and saw a familiar figure next to Ran: "Oh, that's Heiji Hattori's girlfriend."

"She seems to have had a similar experience to you—but too bad, this girl wasn't part of your deal just now. Don't expect me to be kind again; after all, it's only good with a little fireworks, right?"

Upon hearing this, Ai Haibara looked over again and saw the familiar bracelet on Kazuha's hand. She was immediately devastated. Why hadn't she appeared sooner?

If she had arrived just ten minutes earlier, she could have brought Kazuha along in the transaction!

"Uh... do you support buy five get one free?" Ai Haibara had made a deal with Chu Ming and knew she was safe for the time being, so she wasn't so scared anymore. After hesitating for a moment, she began to bargain with Chu Ming.

Chapter 513 The Robbers Under Siege

"Of course I don't support it. Do you think this is like buying vegetables at a market? One transaction can't cover two jobs."

After all, adding another person would mean an extra price, so how could we just give that away? That's not very reasonable.

Chu Ming looked at Ai Haibara with a hint of disappointment, but it seemed that Ai Haibara hadn't generated any more points this time. His eyes darkened slightly, it seemed that it was time to ask Conan for some points.

"..." Ai Haibara lowered her head and began to consider what else she could trade.

He Ye, having heard from Xiao Lan about the children being held hostage, was filled with righteous indignation: "How could there be such people? I'll go with you."

When they arrived at the door, they saw Ayumi, a professional kidnapper, being held hostage. The person was in a standoff with the police and several children at the door. If they had taken another step back, it would have been close to the limit of the bracelet's detection range, and it would have exploded almost immediately.

"We're telling the truth, and we're not afraid to tell you that Xiaolan's good friend is the heiress of the Suzuki Group and the heir to the Suzuki Company. If Xiaolan just says the word, let alone five hundred million, even five billion wouldn't be a problem."

"That's right, that's right! Don't hurt Ayumi, or you'll miss out on 5 billion! Wait a minute, Ran-neechan will be here soon!"

……

On their way there, Chu Ming and Ai Haibara overheard Genta and Mitsuhiko boasting wildly, practically offering the entire Suzuki Group to Sonoko. Meanwhile, the robbers, caught up in the children's blatant empty promises, were clearly ready to act.

Inspector Megure was speechless. The police mediators didn't even have a chance to step in. These two kids, one after the other, painted a huge picture for the robber, as if just waiting a little longer, they could become not only the richest man in Japan, but even the Prime Minister of Japan would be just around the corner.

"These two kids are quite interesting." Chu Ming looked at Ai Haibara, whom he was holding in his right hand. "They have good speaking skills."

Ai Haibara hadn't expected that getting them to talk and stalling them would be so effective.

"Look, Ran-neechan is here!!" Seeing Ran rushing over from afar, Genta and Mitsuhiko pushed through the crowd and hurriedly pulled Ran inside, while Kazuha and Chumei also squeezed in.

As soon as they entered, they saw Genta pointing at Ran: "Look, this is Miss Suzuki's good friend, her best confidante. What do you want in return for her release? Tell me!"

"You're that Suzuki Group heiress's good friend?" The robber's hand was still around Ayumi's body, but it had clearly loosened considerably.

"I am. What do you want me to do to release this child?" Xiaolan did not deny it. She knew that the best thing to do right now was to keep the person calm.

"I want five billion!" the robber said, pressing the issue. "Miss Suzuki, you can't even come up with this much money, can you? You have so much money you can't even spend it all, what's wrong with giving me some? I'll release her as soon as I get the money!"

"He's quite good at taking advantage of opportunities," Chu Ming muttered softly. "It was only five hundred million a moment ago, but now that he's taken the bait the kid offered, it's immediately jumped to five billion."

"You wish! Who do you think you are, asking to borrow money like that?" Sonoko was texting Makoto Kyogoku as she walked in, unaware of the situation, when she heard the person blocking the exit spouting nonsense. She shoved him hard, saying, "Give it to you? You're ugly, dreaming!"

The robber was caught off guard and shoved. He stumbled forward, his hand instinctively loosening its grip, and Ayumi fell from mid-air.

She reacted quickly, and as soon as she escaped her restraints, she ran and crawled forward, soon getting away from the kidnappers' holding area.

The hostage he had almost gotten away with was gone, and the robber was furious. He brandished the sharp knife in his hand, venting his anger.

Sonoko was also startled. As the crowd dispersed, Chu Ming glanced at the police officers who were shouting loudly but moving little. To be honest, if these police officers weren't genuinely righteous, Chu Ming would sometimes really think they were all undercover agents of the organization.

The hostages are obviously all gone, so why don't you hurry up and move in? Are you just going to keep yelling like that? What? Is the story not over yet?

Just as Chu Ming was pondering this, he suddenly noticed the robbers brandishing knives and heading this way. He had just put Ai Haibara down; it seemed the robbers wanted to use her as a hostage, since they were both short and easy to carry.

However, Chu Ming did not let him succeed. Before the robber could reach out to grab Ai Haibara, he had already grabbed the hand he had obtained and squeezed it lightly, causing the robber's arm to go numb and the knife to fall to the ground with a clatter.

Chu Ming pushed the person to the side and said, "Get lost."

Ai Haibara was watching from the side. He was afraid that if he accidentally revealed his previous moves, she would discover something, so he simply didn't make a move. Anyway, with Ran here, this person couldn't escape.

The robber was pushed by Chu Ming and veered towards He Ye. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he was about to teach this woman who was blocking his way a lesson when He Ye grabbed his outstretched fist and swung it to the side, sending him tumbling head over heels.

He struggled to his feet and glanced to the side. Xiao Lan, carrying a pink crossbody bag, was standing in front of him, looking at him seriously. She was just a delicate little girl. The robber narrowed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and rushed over.

Before he could even get close, Xiaolan punched, slapped, and kicked him, sending him flying. He couldn't get up for a long time.

Tragic, utterly tragic, inhumane, so tragic that it breaks the heart and brings tears to the eyes of all who hear of it.

Fortunately, Officer Sato went to find Conan and wasn't here, otherwise he would have truly earned the title of the most tragic robber in Conan history, just like in the original story.

Chapter 514 Don't go out!

Officer Shiratori realized what was happening, quickly ran over, pinned the person down, and handcuffed them before letting out a long sigh of relief.

Thankfully, it was just a hair's breadth away from the robbers taking the little girl away; otherwise, it would have caused a huge mess.

Taking the opportunity, Ai Haibara called the children over, gesturing for them to hold out their hands, and then turned to stare at Chu Ming.

The children stretched out their hands blankly, their faces showing reluctance when Chu Ming removed the bracelets from their wrists. However, under Ai Haibara's mysterious advances, saying she would take them to find Conan and asking for their help, they obediently let Chu Ming take the bracelets away.

After taking it off, Chu Ming tried to put the plastic bomb inside the bracelet back into his system backpack, and it actually worked.

Chu Ming's eyes lit up; this gave him even more room to maneuver.

Chu Ming interfered with the location determination program in the bracelet and then put the bracelet into the system backpack. Since it involved a bomb, it was safer to put it in the system backpack.

After catching up with Inspector Megure and the others, Ran walked over, bent down, and told Ai Haibara that she was going to go to the Red Castle Hotel across the street to see if she could find Conan.

Ai Haibara noticed that the bracelet on her wrist was gone, so this time she didn't stop her. Instead, she said that she could go with them too, since she and Ayumi were children and it would be easier for them to gather information.

Xiao Lan hesitated for a while, but finally agreed, because Chu Ming said he could also help.

Ai Haibara, seeing that they were about to leave with them, quietly tugged at Chu Ming and whispered, "Ms. Toyama is coming with us too. If you don't help her remove it as well, won't it blow us up..."

Chu Ming smiled enigmatically: "Threatening me won't work. I can just ignore you and leave."

“But if I get blown up like that, your data will be gone.” Ai Haibara said earnestly, “This isn’t a threat, it’s just stating a fact.”

"That's fine." Chu Ming said nonchalantly. "Even if you get blown up, it doesn't matter. After all, without you, the Bronx should be able to settle down and focus on working for the organization."

Ai Haibara was speechless, somewhat unwilling: "Then what do you want? You probably want to negotiate with me, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't be walking slowly out with us."

Ai Haibara's intuition is sometimes very accurate. Chu Ming did want to trade something with her, but mainly he didn't know what else Ai Haibara had to trade with him, so he planned to let Ai Haibara speak for herself.

Unfortunately, Ai Haibara herself couldn't think of anything she could exchange for this.

"I want to know everything about the organization's silver bullet experiments. Others may not know, but you should know, right?"

“Sure, but actually I don’t know much either.” Ai Haibara didn’t hesitate. She was no longer a member of the organization, and she had no qualms about sharing the organization’s secrets with someone who was already part of it.

Chu Ming approached He Ye, and with a slight flick of his wrist, touched the bracelet on He Ye's wrist. With the signal blocked by Chu Ming, he could easily unfasten the bracelet and quickly put it into his system inventory.

"All done." In just a moment, Chu Ming had completed all the operations.

"Where did you put all the bracelets?" Ai Haibara was still a little worried. It wouldn't be good if some unrelated person picked up the bracelets and took them out.

"You don't need to worry about that. But I always finish what I start, so you don't need to worry about these bracelets ending up here and being picked up by someone else."

Kazuha and Ran hurried ahead, leading the way, with several children following closely behind. Chu Ming and Ai Haibara brought up the rear of the group, openly exchanging words.

The group walked out with the flow of people. Because of the recent hostage situation, many people did not want to stay in this dangerous place and were rushing out. So the police did not realize that the people they were protecting were almost at the door.

It was just that Bai Niao glanced up unintentionally and saw Xiao Lan and several children near the exit. He was terrified and ran towards them as fast as he could, shouting, "Wait! Xiao Lan! Xiao Lan! Don't go out! You can't go out!"

But in the bustling amusement park, how could his shouts be heard?

Although the sound was loud, it was still drowned out by the noise of people talking.

Only the police officers nearby heard the sound. They looked up and saw that Xiaolan and the others had almost reached the edge of the ticket checkpoint in the direction the white bird was heading, and were just one step away from stepping out.

Officer Shiratori ran frantically towards the door, trying to stop them before they left, but by the time he noticed, Ran and the others were already very close to the door and there was no time to stop them.

As he ran, he watched Xiaolan step out the door first, and he screamed in despair, "No—huh?"

The police were stunned when they saw several children follow them out the door, but nothing happened.

"Miss Mori, I think I heard someone calling you." Chu Ming was amused after seeing the large amount of points contributed by Shiratori and Inspector Megure. He hadn't expected that these two would be considered important NPCs.

That makes sense, though. These two have appeared quite a few times, especially Inspector Megure, who appears in almost every episode. His appearance rate is only slightly lower than Kogoro Mouri's, so he can definitely be considered a supporting character.

"Huh? Who called me?" Ran turned around in confusion, just in time to see a group of police officers who hadn't been able to stop in time and had all swarmed in front of her, some even falling over like a human pyramid. "Um, Inspector Megure, what are you doing—"

Xiao Lan didn't understand, and she was greatly shocked.

"Ha, haha, Ran, we just had a race to see who got to the door first, hahaha..." Inspector Megure chuckled awkwardly.

"Are the officers about to call it a day?" Xiao Lan asked. "Or is this a team-building event for you all? You all seem to be wearing civilian clothes."

"Yes, yes, we're all here for team building, haha. We haven't had a break in ages, so today's the perfect time for everyone to relax." Inspector Megure clumsily made up an excuse, then suddenly noticed Ran and the others' bare wrists and paused, "Huh, where are your bracelets?"

"Huh?" Ran looked at her wrist and said with a smile, "When Ai lost her bracelet, I gave her mine."

Inspector Megure's gaze shifted to Ai Haibara, since there was nothing on her wrist either.

When Ai Haibara saw the gaze fixed on her, she was startled, her mind went blank, and she strangely thought of the dirty tricks Chu Ming had told her before.