Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

She covered her face and suddenly started sobbing, "Waaaaah, I can't remember where I put Sister Xiaolan's bracelet, waaaaah, what am I going to do? I've already lost two, waaaaah—"

Ran quickly comforted her, "It's okay, it's okay. We're going to find Conan now, so we don't have time to play. It's okay if it's lost, it's not a big deal."

"How can this not be a big deal!" Inspector Megure exclaimed anxiously. This was a bracelet with a bomb inside; if someone picked it up, the consequences would be unimaginable. "Where did you lose it? Think of something quickly!"

"I... Waaah, I don't remember either. Maybe... Maybe it was in the infirmary, waaah..." Ai Haibara thought of the bracelet she had stuffed under the pillow in the infirmary, and her crying suddenly intensified. She became more and more skilled at pretending, and her crying sounded very realistic.

"Shiratori, quick, go check! What about yours? Do you remember?" Inspector Megure sent someone to check, but suddenly noticed that everyone's bracelets were missing. He felt a wave of dizziness. "Where did all your bracelets go???"

Genta looked at Chu Ming blankly: "When we were preparing to investigate, Haibara said it would be bad if it got lost, so we took it down and asked her to keep it all."

Inspector Megure's expression was serious, and his tone was frantic, so Ran suddenly realized something. She asked hesitantly, "Inspector Megure, is there something wrong with the bracelet?"

Chapter 515 You Can't See It?

Inspector Megure quickly shook his head, racking his brains to come up with a flimsy excuse: "No, no, it's just that there's a problem with this bracelet. The person in charge just told me that the bracelets you had today are incorrect and need to be replaced with new ones. Yes, it's an old-for-new exchange, because you can't play some of the rides with the old ones."

Seeing that Inspector Megure was lying for once, and that his guilty conscience was almost overflowing, Chu Ming didn't expose him. He pretended to reach into his pocket, but actually handed him a bracelet that had been defused from his system backpack.

“I’ve put them away, they’re all here. Miss He Ye’s are here too, I picked them up when her bracelet almost fell off.”

Inspector Megure, feeling as if he had been granted a pardon, carefully put away the bracelet and signaled to the officers to quickly fetch a few new bracelets.

but--

Inspector Megure looked at the bracelet in his hand with a puzzled expression.

The client was probably just trying to scare Mori, since it clearly didn't explode after they left the house...

After the group changed into their new wristbands, they hurriedly went to the Red Castle Restaurant across the street.

Upon entering, the group looked around the spacious hall, somewhat bewildered, unsure where to begin their search.

Genta suddenly remembered something and pulled out a badge from his clothes: "We can use the badge to contact Conan, how could I forget that?"

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"

Mitsuhiko and Ayumi leaned closer, and Genta pressed the switch on the badge, tuning it to Conan's channel: "Conan, Conan, can you hear me?"

A moment later, the connection was established, and Conan's voice came through: "Genta? What's wrong? Is there something you need?"

"?" Yuan Tai looked puzzled. "Shouldn't I be asking you that? What happened to you? Are you alright? We saw you being carried away on the security camera, we were so worried. Where are you now?"

Conan was initially confused, but after hearing Genta's explanation, he realized that they probably went to the security room to check the security footage because he hadn't returned for a long time. They discovered that he and Vermouth had left and assumed that he had been kidnapped...

He was a little embarrassed: "No, I know this lady. I only came out with her because I had something to do."

"Then you should have left a message for your sister Xiaolan!" He Ye stepped forward and scolded, "You have no idea how worried Xiaolan is about you. Where are you? We'll come find you."

"No way!" Conan objected immediately.

"Why not? Conan, are you up to something shady?!" Genta yelled. "Otherwise, why won't you let us through?"

"How could that be? Hattori-nii and I are investigating a case. The older sister who came with me is someone involved in the case. You two can relax and have fun at the amusement park. I'll be back soon."

"Heiji's there too? I knew he'd left me alone in the amusement park; he must have gone to investigate a case. I knew it—"

"I knew Conan was just showing off all by himself. He never calls us when there's a case. It's so annoying—"

Kazuha and Genta's whispered voices came from the badge, and Conan's heart skipped a beat. He was about to warn the others not to act rashly when the badge's communication was cut off.

Conan frowned deeply as he looked at the badge, then at the unconscious Ito Suehiko, and finally at Hattori Heiji who was still working tirelessly. He couldn't help but urge, "Isn't the machine fixed yet? When can you turn off the tracking and bombs in their wristbands?"

Hattori fiddled with the machine, saying, "Let me try again. Don't rush me. It's because you kicked the soccer ball too hard..."

Vermouth stared at Shimizu Reiko's disguise, while idly watching Conan and Hattori argue, resting her chin on her hand. She sighed helplessly, wondering how things had turned out this way.

——Memory Divider——

When Conan and Vermouth came out together, they ran into Hattori, who was a step behind. Hattori was shocked to see Shimizu Reiko next to Conan. He never expected that Conan would be able to catch Shimizu Reiko so soon after arriving at the park.

After Conan told him that this Shimizu Reiko was just someone he had hired to impersonate her, he became somewhat worried: "Is this really okay? What if she gets recognized—"

"We have to do it, even if it's not feasible." Conan frowned. "We have no other choice. Nobody knows where Granburg has hidden the real Shimizu Reiko. If we really follow his instructions to find her, we'll be stepping into his trap. We can't gamble."

"Alright, let's go find the client."

As soon as they reached the top floor of the Red Castle restaurant, the secretary from before had disappeared. Hattori and Conan searched around the top floor and finally found the mechanism by the fireplace. Then they led Vermouth slowly into the secret passage.

After a period of darkness, they arrived at a spacious room with huge monitors embedded in the walls. The eerie blue light shone on the figures in front of the computers, making them appear cold and lonely.

"You've arrived? Did you bring the person to me?" Ito Suehiko asked slowly upon hearing the commotion behind him.

"What do you think? Can't you see for yourself?" Hattori Heiji said preemptively, as if this could mask his slight guilty conscience.

"Look?" Ito Suehiko gave a bitter laugh. "Look at me like this, what else can I look at? Reiko, how could you be so cruel to me? We were perfectly fine when we were planning the robbery together, why did you want to kill me?"

Conan and Hattori's hearts skipped a beat. "Can't watch this?" What did that mean?

Hattori took two steps forward, looked at Ito Suehiko from the side, and tentatively asked, "You—can't see?"

Isn't this the end of it? How can this play be performed if we can't see it?

Chapter 516 The Little Football Causes a Big Disaster

“Yes, the car accident at the docks hurt me too badly. My body can’t recover, and I’ve lost my sight. In my last moments, I moved here and, with the help of friends, invested in Fantasy Park…” Ito Suehiko’s tone was somewhat wistful, but then his voice turned cold, “Alright, enough with the chit-chat, Reiko. I’ve been so good to you, why did you do this to me? Why, why!!”

Conan and Hattori's eyes flashed and fixed on Vermouth, signaling for her to answer.

???

Vermouth looked back at Conan, completely bewildered. When she arrived, they had clearly agreed that she would only stand there and Conan would handle the rest. Why was everyone staring at her now?

However, Vermouth, having acted for so many years, was quite adept at understanding people's hearts. After hearing Conan's explanation of the whole story, she put herself in Shimizu Reiko's shoes. She carefully considered her tone and gave a soft snort: "Of course it's because you're all so useless. I need to get rid of you so I can keep all the stolen money for myself~"

The moment the languid female voice rang out in the empty room, Ito Suehiko's frantic shouts abruptly stopped, and for a long while, not a sound came out of the entire room.

Conan and Hattori were both on edge, afraid that he would notice something was wrong.

After a long pause, Ito Suehiko finally spoke slowly: "But what I wanted from committing crimes wasn't money. I don't see anything wrong with you wanting to kill Nishio, after all, that idiot killed someone and ruined my perfect plan. But why do you have to get rid of me too? Aren't we the best partners? I love you so much, I'm willing to do anything for you..."

Seeing that Ito Suehiko did not suspect anything, Conan and Hattori breathed a sigh of relief, and the pressure returned to Vermouth.

Vermouth was speechless. She shouldn't believe Conan's lies next time. He said she only needed to disguise herself and didn't have to worry about anything else.

There was no other way; men were all unreliable, so I had to rely on myself: "Love is the most useless thing. Your love is worthless to me. If it weren't for the fact that you still have some value and can take the blame for me, I would have killed you long ago..."

Once Vermouth started talking, she couldn't stop, and finally stopped reluctantly after Conan kept giving her meaningful glances.

"I've brought the people you wanted to you. Now you can remove the bracelets from Ran and the others' wrists, right?" Conan urged impatiently.

Suehiro Ito became somber after Vermouth's words that he completely ignored what Conan was saying.

Conan and Hattori exchanged a glance, then quickly stepped forward, ready to take matters into their own hands. But before they could even get close, Ito Suehiko burst into a maniacal laugh: "I've wanted to kill you for a long time… No way, no way, Reiko, you're lying to me, aren't you! Anyway, I don't have many days left to live, so let's die together, hahahaha…"

His hands trembled as he pressed the buttons on the armrest of his wheelchair, his face contorted with madness.

Conan, sensing the danger, tried to stop Ito Suehiko's actions.

However, he was too far away from Suehiro Ito. By the time he ran over, it would be too late. Conan gritted his teeth, put his hand on his waist, and activated Super Soccer!

A soccer ball, like a cannonball, flew from his feet and slammed into Ito Suehiko's face before bouncing off and hitting the computer in front of him.

Ito Suehiko collapsed without even uttering a sound.

Hattori was a little frightened and stepped forward to check Ito's breathing: "Thank goodness, you didn't kill him. You should have given me a warning before you hit him! Ito Suehiko was obviously not doing well. What if you had killed him?"

Conan was a little embarrassed: "I was just in a hurry... I was afraid he'd go all out and activate the bomb. Okay, let me see how to deactivate the bomb on the bracelet."

He opened the control system on the big screen, then selected ID and clicked on the contact column, but the system seemed to be frozen and didn't move at all.

"What's going on? Why can't I undo it?" Conan asked anxiously, tapping the buttons several times without any response.

"Kudo, what's wrong?" Hattori leaned closer. "You should take it off quickly."

"I can't solve it, the system is stuck. What's going on? I clearly didn't choose the wrong option. Do I need a password?" Conan looked up and down to see if he had missed anything, and he was so anxious that he broke out in a sweat.

Hattori looked around, then pointed to the computer tower, his lips twitching slightly: "Do you think it's possible that it's because of this?"

Conan followed the direction Hattori was pointing and was also stunned: "This—"

"What kind of riddle are you two playing? So secretive, are you done yet?"

Vermouth took two steps forward, coming to the side of the two men. Her eyes swept over the place they were talking about, and for a moment, her gaze froze.

There was a huge dent on the computer case, with the skin of the soccer ball that Conan had just kicked hanging halfway up next to it. It was obvious who the culprit was.

Oh dear, this little soccer ball has caused a huge disaster!

"With such a large dent in the outer shell, the internal hardware must also be damaged. If it can't be repaired in time..." Vermouth's brows furrowed with worry. After all, Ran and Conan's lives were at stake. If it couldn't be resolved before 10 o'clock, none of these people would survive.

"There's no other way. We can only take the casing apart and see how badly it's damaged inside. If any parts need to be replaced, we need to do it quickly and try to fix the main unit before 10 o'clock." Hattori found a screwdriver somewhere and was eager to try.

"Okay, let's open it up and take a look!"

For a split second, Conan thought of Chu Ming. If only Chu Ming were here, he would have been able to fix the computer in no time, since he studied this. Unfortunately, he was injured and still resting...

It was during the computer repair process that Conan received a 'phone call' from Genta using his badge.

After hanging up, Conan was also a little anxious. He and Hattori squatted together, looking at the main unit that they had dismantled into pieces.

Vermouth wasn't very familiar with computers, so she didn't participate in their house-destroying activities. Instead, she rested her chin on her hand and looked around Ito Suehiko's small, secret room, trying to see if she could find another way.

"How is it, Hattori? What items need to be replaced?"

Hattori stared at the wreckage before him, his brows furrowed deeply. "It's difficult. The motherboard and RAM are both damaged, and the hard drive is obviously destroyed. All the data is on the hard drive. I can only replace the motherboard and other components, then install the hard drive to see if it still works. If that doesn't work..."

[P.S.: My knowledge of computers is limited, so this was just something I wrote casually _(:з」∠)_]