Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Chapter 111 I'm such a kind and understanding captain

There were three people in the ward. The one at the very back was Akabane Yuuji, an outsider of the brewery. The one in the middle was an old man named Sekiguchi, while Mori Kogoro was lying idly on the bed at the very back.

"Mr. Mori, are you alright?"

"Oh, hello, hello, you look familiar..."

“We met briefly at the Izu Seaside Hotel, Detective Mori. I’m a big fan of yours; I’ve followed all your previous cases, especially the one before…”

Chu Ming's flattery made Kogoro Mouri beam with joy, and his laughter could be heard downstairs.

Chu Ming didn't plan to make a move now. Conan might be coming over soon, and he didn't want to be stuck in the ward and forced to choose one of the three options.

Amuro Tooru silently placed the sleeping pills in Kogoro Mouri's teacup. Kogoro Mouri, who was tired from talking, picked up the cup and gulped down the water in it.

Chu Ming gave Amuro Tooru a wink, and seeing that Kogoro Mouri was a little sleepy, he said goodbye to him.

Before leaving, ignoring Amuro Tooru's death stare, he threw a listening device he had taken from Amuro Tooru into the trash can.

The two avoided the surveillance cameras and went up to the rooftop, each wearing an earphone so they wouldn't disturb each other.

The quiet hospital room was filled with Kogoro Mouri's snoring. A moment later, the door opened.

"Hey, the uncle is asleep."

"Shh, Genta, you're too loud! Don't wake up the old man!"

"We were just stopping by to see the old man, but since he's asleep, Conan, why don't you take us to play soccer now? We'll come back and see him afterwards!"

"Okay, let's go~"

With a whoosh, a group of children ran off happily. Looking down from the rooftop, Conan, mingling joyfully among a group of elementary school students, seemed to be getting along remarkably well.

"When do we make our move?" Amuro Tooru asked, pursing his lips.

"No need to rush. I think the Fierce Tiger Gang has kidnapped a child and tricked her father into doing something. They probably plan to kill him and frame him in the end, and we can just sit back and reap the benefits."

From the rooftop, Chu Ming could see a woman on the top floor of the amusement park across the street looking down through binoculars.

Amuro Tooru frowned. He didn't have much of a mental burden killing a mere peripheral member, but when it involved a child and an innocent family, he cracked his knuckles.

"If we don't take action, it might cause trouble. Perhaps I should go—"

Chu Ming looked at him with a puzzled expression: "Isn't it better if we don't have to do it ourselves? Anyway, if there's trouble, it's the Tiger Gang's business. They don't know that Chi Yu is a member of our organization. Besides, by the time there's trouble, Chi Yu will probably be killed. It's even better if there's trouble, because we can take the opportunity to steal the 100 million yuan."

Amuro Tooru was helpless; the inner torment was almost scorching him.

Without Conan's interference, Yoshio Sekiguchi, with his daughter kidnapped, had no choice but to shoot Yuuji Akabane. The muffled gunshots rang out continuously in his earphones, and Tooru Amuro's fingernails almost drew blood from his palms before he could barely calm himself down.

He wanted his people to be happy, but now, an innocent person was coerced into killing someone, and he could only watch helplessly as he was powerless to stop it.

The magnetic field was successfully drawn over from just two floors away.

After confirming Akabane Yuuji's death, and seeing Amuro Tooru's uneasy expression, Chu Ming ran to a corner of the rooftop, took out a cello case from his system inventory, and opened it to reveal a sniper rifle.

"Alright, since you're worried, let's do it ourselves. Sigh, I'm such an understanding captain."

He aimed at the Tiger Gang members on the opposite building who were about to take the kidnapped girl away, and shot them in the head. Blood splattered all over the girl's face, and she was stunned and stood there motionless.

Chu Ming didn't concern himself with anything further. Although it was to silence the girl, it indirectly saved her life, didn't it? As for her psychological issues, that wasn't his concern.

"When did you place the sniper rifle on the rooftop?"

Chu Ming swiftly disassembled the gun, reassembled it into the cello case, and slung it over Amuro Tooru's shoulder: "Don't worry about this. Your job is to take this case and sneak out. I'll kill the other Tiger Gang members and wait for you in the parking lot."

He took a couple of steps, then turned back: "By the way, I saw the police when I came up earlier. They're probably sealing off this building now. Make sure you don't lose any organization property!"

The moment he finished speaking, he had already disappeared from the entrance to the rooftop.

Amuro Tooru was left holding the blame that had been forcibly placed on him, inwardly cursing Granbury's betrayal of his teammates while trying to find a way to escape.

Chapter 112 The Poor Outer Members

Taking advantage of the police's attention being drawn to the death of Akabane Yuuji in the hospital room, Chu Ming, who had points to spare, exchanged them for several poison needles.

He would shoot poison needles into the bodies of several members as they passed by, and they would die from the poison five minutes later. This would create chaos and make it easier for Amuro to escape.

After confirming that all members, including the local police officer, were dead, Chu Ming found the stolen 100 million yuan inside their car in the parking lot. Taking advantage of the fact that there were no surveillance cameras or people around, Chu Ming picked up a hammer from his backpack, smashed open the car window, and took the 100 million yuan.

A moment later, Amuro Tooru also rushed over from the side of the building, his hair damp with sweat, clearly having climbed down from the window.

When they arrived at the parking lot, they saw Chu Ming comfortably lying in his car eating ice cream.

"What are you looking at? I didn't buy yours." Chu Ming turned his back and stuffed the ice cream into his mouth, ignoring Amuro Tooru's murderous glare.

After calming himself down, Amuro forced himself to ignore Chu Ming, who was acting strangely, and drove him away before the police sealed off the hospital, otherwise they wouldn't be able to leave soon.

In the car, while Amuro Tooru was driving and couldn't use his hands, Chu Ming quickly rummaged around on him and pulled out his phone.

Amuro Tooru was terrified, thankfully he didn't have his cell phone with him to contact the police today.

"What are you doing?" Amuro Tooru frowned. "Looking through my phone is not something you should be doing. You only have the right to check my phone if you've confirmed an undercover agent, right?"

Chu Ming shook his head: "Why say such harsh things? I'm just curious and want to pry into your privacy."

"..."

While waiting at a red light, Amuro Tooru snatched the phone back and discovered a bug on the back of the phone case, which was blatantly flashing a red light.

Chu Ming looked at him innocently, then shook his phone. There was a bugging device and a tracking device stuck on it by Amuro Tooru at some point.

Seeing that he had been caught, Amuro Tooru, like Chu Ming, turned his head away innocently and continued driving.

"I was just retaliating. Is this how all intelligence agents are? Do you get all your intelligence by posting messages on people and eavesdropping?" Chu Ming put his hands behind his head and swung his legs leisurely.

"I just want to get to know my captain better."

Amuro Tooru did indeed plant the listening device and tracking device with the intention of testing Chu Ming's bottom line. He had already thought about what he would say when he was discovered, but he never expected Chu Ming to act unpredictably.

Chu Ming ripped off the little thing that Amuro Tooru had packed: "Stop at the intersection ahead."

Amuro Tooru slammed on the brakes: "What's wrong?"

Chu Ming got out of the car: "It's nothing. I did most of the work on this mission. In the end, I'll just trouble you to send the money back to the base. Also, I'll accept all the rewards for this mission, since you didn't do anything except drive."

Amuro Tooru stared dumbfounded at Chu Ming's departing figure, thinking that people shouldn't, at least not, be this shameless.

After a while, the phone rang.

"Since you didn't contribute today, you can take on a few small tasks here. I'll send you the details to your email. — Granbury"

Amuro Tooru had a bad feeling. He opened his email, and the notifications kept ringing.

“Seventeen missions…” Amuro Tooru’s lips twitched, and he decisively turned on his phone to make a call.

“Aren’t we partners? Since you don’t trust me, why don’t we go on missions together and keep an eye on each other?”

Amuro Tooru didn't want to do missions with him either, but there were just too many... This reminded him of the days he spent running around after his trip to Izu.

"Is it a lot? I've divided the task into two parts. We'll each take one part, and that way we'll be more efficient."

Chu Ming stared at the last task on his task list without even blinking.

"Half for each of us?" Amuro Tooru expressed his doubt.

"No, that's not it. But you did less work today and had to do more tasks, while I did more work, so I don't have as many tasks as you do now."

Amuro Tooru nodded. Okay, now that he knew Granbury also had a mission to do, he felt much more at ease.

After hanging up the phone, Chu Ming looked through the last task Gin had given him, examining it carefully.

"--Silver Fox? That name sounds familiar. Wasn't he the one who made counterfeit money before? How did he become an assassin? The world of Detective Conan is really strange."

When Silver Fox was completing a mission recently, he mistakenly killed an outer member as the mission target, and the data USB drive that member was carrying also disappeared.

Sigh, these are truly unfortunate members of the organization; they're always getting caught in the crossfire.

Chapter 113 Uncle Mori's Illusion

After resting for two days, Chu Ming didn't rush to do any missions. Instead, he planned to visit the Mouri Detective Agency first. It had been a long time since he had been able to get close to Conan and was feeling nostalgic.

Anyway, this task is the last one on the list, which means it's not urgent. We'll give it to Bourbon after he finishes his current tasks, saying it's a newly released task.

When they arrived at the office building, Xiaolan was hurrying downstairs carrying a thermos.

"Brother Chu Ming? Are you here to see Dad? He broke his leg and is still in the hospital."

"What's going on? Is it serious?"

Chu Ming had been having so much fun these past few days that he completely forgot that Kogoro Mouri was still in the hospital.

"It's nothing. He was in a hurry to see Ms. Yoko's concert and fell down the stairs. He was originally in a regular ward, but a murder happened in the ward where he was. Mr. Sekiguchi, who was in the middle bed, had his son kill Mr. Akabane, who was in the innermost bed. To express their apologies, the hospital moved him to a private room."

"Have you found out exactly what happened?" Chu Ming happened to be driving there, so he opened the car door for Xiao Lan and drove to the hospital, asking about the situation along the way.

"After investigation, the police found that Mr. Akabane was a member of the criminal gang that robbed Beika Bank, and Mr. Sekiguchi worked at Beika Bank. The police deduced that Mr. Sekiguchi may have helped the gang rob the bank, probably because of a dispute over the loot, since Mr. Sekiguchi was the only one left alive in the entire criminal gang."

Ran continued, "However, there are still many doubts in the case. Mr. Sekiguchi insists that the criminal gang kidnapped his daughter to coerce him into killing her, but the entire criminal gang except for him has been killed. There may be other members that Mr. Sekiguchi is unaware of... because several people were killed in public, and the media is reporting on it. Inspector Megure is extremely anxious, but unfortunately, there are no useful clues. Dad was asleep at the time..."

Chu Ming nodded: "Where's Conan?"

"Conan? He's at school. They had an extracurricular activity today, so he went to school. He'll head straight to the hospital after school. He's probably there by now."

……

"Huh? Another murder case?" Xiaolan's mouth dropped open in shock.

"No, it seems to be a false alarm. Maybe Mr. Mori was too tired and was hallucinating..." a nurse whispered. "I was really scared last night. Mr. Mori was shouting to call the police, 'Murder!' I was thinking, 'Didn't we just have a murder case a few days ago?' Luckily, it was a false alarm."