Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Seeing that his fans had failed to clear his name, Kid quickly chimed in, "Yeah, Phantom Thief Kid usually steals jewels and the like, he wouldn't kill anyone."

"Oh," Chu Ming replied casually.

Kidd was filled with resentment. No wonder he kept sneezing at home. It must be because of people like this who were always trying to pin the blame on him!

Chapter 103 Suspect - Chu Ming

"No matter what, let's go back to our room first. The murderer could appear at any time."

Because Conan heard on the radio that there was a message from the Shadow Mage at the crime scene of the first murder case, everyone tentatively concluded that the Shadow Mage was the murderer and had been staying in the wild. Everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

The suspension bridge has been burned down, and phone calls can't be made. According to Kogoro Mouri's statement after he called the police, they won't arrive until tomorrow morning.

After discussion, everyone had no choice but to return to the vacation villa for the time being.

Sonoko looked dejected: "It's all my fault. If I hadn't chosen Mr. Hamaya to perform, he wouldn't have been alone in the room and wouldn't have died. I'm the one who killed him..."

Upon learning from Xiaolan that Mr. Binye had performed mind-reading during his trip outside, Chu Ming curled his lip in disapproval.

"There is no such thing as mind reading. This kind of magic is either an illusion or there are people involved. Your role as assistant is just a formality. Whether you are the assistant or not, the result will be the same."

Kidd, who was standing nearby, nodded: "This gentleman is right, Sonoko, you don't need to be too sad."

Sonoko stopped sobbing, but she was still saddened by the death. The main characters were all good people; they were always grieving over the death of strangers. Chu Ming glanced at Ran and Conan, who also seemed somewhat saddened, then lowered his eyes.

Therefore, someone as lacking in compassion as him is truly incompatible with the Red Team.

The group started giving Conan clues, mentioning the Shadow Wizard's motive for murder, which was likely related to the magician Harui Fuden, who had died on stage after failing to escape.

Conan suddenly sneezed. Chu Ming glanced at him, then pulled off his coat and wrapped it around him.

"It's the dead of winter, and you're so cold and freezing, yet you're still wearing shorts..." Chu Ming complained as he wrapped him in his clothes.

Conan, his head covered by Chu Ming's blanket, shook his head and said, "What? I'm not cold..."

Chu Ming wrapped Conan up like a dumpling and said irritably, "If you're not cold, then don't catch a cold."

Kikue Tanaka rubbed her arms: "I'm a little cold too, I'd better go upstairs and find some clothes to wear."

Kidd stood up: "I'll go with you. The Shadow Mage is still hiding somewhere. It's not safe for you to go alone."

Conan thought for a moment, then grabbed Chu Ming's hand and dragged him up with him: "Then let's go with Brother Chu Ming too, Brother Chu Ming is amazing!"

Chu Ming was forced to follow along to protect Tanaka Kikue. He secretly yawned. What was there to protect? Although he couldn't remember her fancy methods, Chu Ming knew that the woman walking in front was the murderer. Unless she committed suicide, she would be in no danger.

Chu Ming didn't want to catch her quickly, but the method used in this case was a bit too elaborate. He couldn't remember how the culprit had set it up at all. He had a deep impression of this episode, but when he watched it, he was like Conan with his eyes lit up – you know how I feel when I'm confused. He could only wait for Conan to find out for himself.

Standing at the door, Kikue Tanaka was rummaging through her clothes on the bed when suddenly the window was smashed open, and a crossbow bolt was shot toward the door.

Chu Ming's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he actually reached out and grabbed the crossbow bolt that was flying towards him.

Kidd's eyes instantly turned into beady ones. Is he really that strong?

Kikue Tanaka was startled, but quickly realized that her plan had to continue. She flung open the window and cried out, "Who is it!"

Kidd rushed over to pull her back: "Ms. Tanaka, it's dangerous, come back quickly—"

"Clang—ah!"

Another sound of shattering glass followed, accompanied by Sonoko's high-pitched scream.

Xiao Lan was startled and quickly ran downstairs: "Yuanzi, what's wrong, Yuanzi?"

Sonoko Suzuki pointed to the crossbow bolt on the glass: "Someone's shooting arrows in from outside, how scary..."

Kikue Tanaka, blinded by rage, ran outside shouting, "Who is it! What kind of coward hides like this! Come out if you dare!"

After luring everyone into the woods outside, she took the opportunity to pull out the crossbow bolt that was stuck in the tree.

Kidd slammed his fist on the ground in frustration. This despicable murderer, and yet he had absolutely no clue what was going on.

Conan cast a suspicious glance his way. This person is so strange...

Back at the villa, Conan began using his age to ask everyone for their alibis.

“Most of them can corroborate each other, except for Mr. Ara Yoshinori who went to the wine cellar to get wine alone and Ms. Tanaka who went to boil water, and of course…” Kuroda Naoko’s eyes looked at Chu Ming, “We only had seven or eight minutes alone at most, while this gentleman was gone for half an hour before he came back.”

"Huh? Me?" Being treated as a suspect for the first time, Chu Ming was quite bewildered.

Chapter 104 Minors Cannot Drink Alcohol

"That's impossible. Brother Chu Ming and he are complete strangers. Brother Chu Ming had never seen him before coming here today. Why would he want to kill him?" Conan ruled out Chu Ming's suspicion without hesitation.

Seeing this, Kidd thought of how Chu Ming had just smeared him, and secretly added insult to injury: "That's not necessarily true. Some people just like to kill indiscriminately, regardless of whether they know the person or not."

"?" Conan stared at Kid with suspicion. Why was this fat guy so fixated on Brother Chu Ming? Could it be...?

"Miss Kuroda just said that she went to help in the kitchen after she and you finished setting the table. So, Uncle Doi didn't have an alibi after that, right? Does that mean you're a suspect too?" Conan tilted his head, feigning innocence.

"I had no motive, so why would I kill him?"

"That's not necessarily true. Some people just enjoy indiscriminate killing, regardless of whether there's a motive or not."

Conan returned Kid's words to him.

Kidd was taken aback; whose child was so unlovable?

After confronting Kid, Conan strode back to Chu Ming's side, giving him a haughty look and signaling him to squat down and talk.

Chu Ming smiled and squatted down as he asked, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Brother Chu Ming, come with me to check out the area around the villa. Xiao Lan will definitely worry about me going alone."

Chu Ming nodded, greeted Ran, and carried Conan out.

The two walked around, Conan looking here and there, and finally came to the two windows.

"This window doesn't look like it was broken by an arrow or crossbow..." Chu Ming stood by the large hole in the window and examined it carefully.

"Why?" Conan leaned closer; he hadn't learned much about weapons in Hawaii.

"The bow and crossbow are sharp at the front. When they hit the glass during high-speed firing, the impact point is point-like. The glass will crack in a spider web pattern, and there won't be such a big hole. Such a big hole looks like it was made by a stone or some heavy object."

"What Brother Chu Ming means is..."

Chu Ming nodded: "What I mean is that this is very likely a staged event by Ms. Tanaka herself. Although I don't know what method she used, this glass is definitely not something that can be shot out by a crossbow."

Conan nodded thoughtfully, when suddenly he saw a tiny glimmer of light flash and disappear in the snow.

He crouched down; it was a stapler.

Looking up along the wall, sure enough, there were two small holes left by staplers on the wall at the junction of the first and second floors.

"I understand!"

"you understood?"

"I don't understand everything..."

"..."

"..."

Chu Ming and Conan stared at each other in the snow. Chu Ming suddenly picked Conan up and said, "Are you trying to give me a secret signal?"

Conan scratched his head sheepishly: "I understand everything else, but I still don't understand how she disposed of the body."

Chu Ming made a throwing motion: "You just flung it out?"

"How is that possible... The body was at least ten meters away from the balcony. How could anyone have that much strength? It's not scientific at all."

Science? There is no science in the world of Detective Conan!

Chu Ming pointed to Conan's feet: "You can do it with those shoes."

Moreover, Sonoko's future husband can do it without any external help.

"That's true... no, Brother Chu Ming, you almost led me into a dead end. The culprit now is Ms. Tanaka, isn't she? How could she have that much strength!"

Conan was almost led astray by Chu Ming.

"Let's go back first and keep an eye on Ms. Tanaka. Maybe we'll get a clue soon."

Someone will inadvertently give you some inspiration in a little while.

Back in the hall, everyone sat around the table, at a loss for what to do.

Araki took out two bottles of wine to help everyone relax. Conan suddenly leaned over and took a closer look at the sailboat pattern on the bottle, and then suddenly realized what was going on.

He suddenly stood up and saw that everyone was looking at him with strange eyes, so he quickly touched his head.

"Haha, you adults are drinking, but I'm just a little kid. Do you have a stapler, scissors, or rope here? I'll do my craft homework first, and Brother Chuming, could you help me out?"

Chu Ming stared at the wine that Huang Yize had taken out, his mouth watering. He hadn't drunk any wine in a long time, so he had to take advantage of this opportunity to drink more.

He waved his hand: "Do your own homework. Kids shouldn't be lazy when doing their homework."

"Huh?" Conan looked at Chu Ming speechlessly, his eyes darting around. He leaned closer and shouted at the top of his lungs, as if afraid others wouldn't hear him.

"Brother Chu Ming, you're not an adult yet, you can't drink alcohol."

Huang Yi looked surprised: "Eh? You're not an adult yet? Aren't you already in college?" As he spoke, he took the wine from in front of Chu Ming.

Just as Chu Ming was about to reach out to stop her, his hand touched a cup of coffee that Xiao Lan handed him from the side: "Here, Brother Chu Ming, you can have this too."

Who wants coffee? I want alcohol!

Chapter 105 Kidd