Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

His pupils contracted sharply, and he opened his mouth, but Chu Ming stepped out from behind him: "Don't blame me, it's your fault for seeing me stand by and watch someone die last night. Besides, I'm quite interested in what you've gained."

Last night, after Chu Ming turned on the light, he noticed that the way He Bian was looking at him was a bit strange. He knew that He Bian had probably seen him watching Kogoro Mouri being attacked without saying a word.

That won't do. I can't afford to ruin my public image for now. I'll just have to trouble this witness to die.

Seeing the couple embracing each other with a knife stuck in their backs, Chu Ming put the two backpacks containing 100 million yuan in cash into his system inventory. He thought, "It's still more lucrative to make money by cheating others."

After cleaning up the scene, Chu Ming turned to look for Silver Fox.

"How can there be such a person? He wants to hire me to kill him, but he also secretly hires someone to protect him. Tsk tsk, doesn't he know that the more I resist, the more excited I get?"

Silver Fox, sporting a full beard, searched for Chao Wenzao's whereabouts.

"You'll be even more excited later~" a strange voice came from the tree.

Silver Fox instinctively looked up, only to be met with a fist the size of a sandbag.

Silver Fox groaned and fell to the ground, then pulled out a dagger hidden on his body and threw it at Chu Ming.

"Your aim is terrible. Go home and practice more. You think you can be an assassin?" Chu Ming easily dodged Silver Fox's killing move, not forgetting to add a sarcastic remark.

Seeing that Silver Fox still wanted to move, he took out a gun from his system inventory: "I suggest you don't move around, otherwise it will look ugly with a few more holes in your body."

"who are you?"

"Shorty Conan, you're a detective—uh, wrong channel. Didn't you take on a revenge killing last month? The one where you killed the president of the shady toy factory?"

"That's true. So you're avenging him?" Silver Fox said, stalling for time while his eyes darted around.

"No, there was a young man in black in his office at the time, making a deal with the president. You were the one who swallowed the items they were trading, weren't you? The USB drive and the 60 million."

Silver Fox lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment: "I've put the items away. You must be from some large organization, right? If I return the items, can I join your organization?"

Chu Ming looked at this killer who not only committed murder but also frequently uncovered a chain of cases. With this kind of skill, he still wanted to join the organization? Did he want to be a useless person mixed in with the undercover agents?

"Sure, the organization needs assassins too, but I can only recommend you. Whether you can join depends on your performance in the assessment."

To show his sincerity, Chu Ming put away his pistol first and reached out to help Silver Fox up.

Silver Fox's face also showed some joy. Who would want to go it alone when they could join a large organization? When he was young and naive, he dreamed of being a lone wolf, wandering the world with only a gun and a sword. He only realized later that being a lone assassin was incredibly difficult!

He pulled a USB drive and a bank card from his inner pocket and handed them over: "Brother, here are the things. I hope you can put in a good word for me when you recommend me~ The password is six sixes. It's just a small token of my appreciation."

Chu Ming patted him on the shoulder: "You're pretty savvy! Don't worry, I still have influence in the organization. Just find a man in black named Tanaka Ichiro, he'll definitely take care of everything for you!"

Silver Fox felt that his 100 million yuan had not been wasted, even though 60 million of it was money he had previously embezzled. He rubbed his hands together and chuckled.

"Where am I supposed to find this guy named Tanaka Ichiro? Can you give me his phone number, bro?"

Chu Ming smiled gently, and the gun appeared in his hand without him noticing. He pulled the trigger quickly and accurately.

"Go look for it in hell!"

Chapter 123 Die together

The silenced pistol made a muffled sound. After the shot, Silver Fox, with a bloody hole in his forehead, stared wide-eyed and fell backward, dying with his eyes wide open.

Chu Ming casually fired a few more shots at him, blew on the muzzle, and kicked Silver Fox's corpse into the ravine.

"Tch, do you really think just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can join our organization?"

After taking care of these things, it was already broad daylight. Chu Ming tidied up some details on his body and then headed towards the hut.

Halfway there, Chu Ming suddenly heard Xiao Lan scream. He realized that they had found a body.

When he returned to the cabin, everyone had already arrived and was standing by the window examining the two bodies.

"Brother Chu Ming, where have you been? Two more people have died. But it's most likely not Silver Fox who killed them; it was probably infighting over the loot." Conan's expression was grave.

“I went to catch up with the cabin manager, he’s left-handed too. We all went out to look for you this morning because you hadn’t come back. On the way, I saw him sneaking around carrying two big bags and heading into the mountains, so I followed him, but I lost him. On my way back, I heard Xiaolan calling, so I came back.”

"The manager—yes, the manager! I knew something was off. Yesterday morning, Mr. Hirai called the mountain, which means he's very familiar with the cabin manager. That's why Silver Fox preemptively killed him to prevent being exposed. And how could someone who lives on the mountain all year round have such pale skin! He is Silver Fox! It's very likely that he took the money after seeing Miss Saegusa and Mr. Kawabe fighting and getting hurt!"

Conan suddenly realized that something had been off all along, and now he finally understood.

Chao Wenzao suddenly looked up, his eyes flashing with intense hatred, and chased after Chu Ming in the direction he had indicated.

"Mr. Chao—" Conan wanted to chase after him, but Chu Ming stopped him for a moment, intentionally or unintentionally. By the time he went out, Chao Wenzao was already gone. "Brother Chu Ming, did you see which direction Mr. Chao went?"

"I didn't see it clearly either, let's split up and look for it."

Conan nodded and ran to the right. After a while, Chu Ming caught up from behind: "There's not a trace of anyone walking over there."

Conan then held up a wallet he had just picked up and said to Chu Ming, "Brother Chu Ming, look."

Inside the wallet was a little girl wearing a yellow hat.

"This is the little girl who died in an accident because of Silver Fox's killing. It seems that Mr. Chao has come for revenge. We must find him quickly and prevent him from doing anything foolish!"

Chu Ming nodded, and suddenly the entire mountain began to shake violently.

"Earthquake?" Chu Ming pulled Conan over, steadied the car, and stood still. The mountain in front of them suddenly began to crack due to the violent shaking.

Conan wrapped his arms around Chu Ming's legs and shouted, "Brother Chu Ming, run! The rocks over there are going to fall!"

Chu Ming scooped up Conan and used the trees on the mountain path to scramble upwards, with countless huge boulders and shoals falling down behind them with a whooshing sound.

Standing in a safe area, Conan looked at the rolling dust in the distance and breathed a sigh of relief: "That was close."

A moment later, he was suddenly startled: "Where is Mr. Chao?"

Chu Ming and Conan exchanged a glance, and Chu Ming shook his head innocently: "I didn't see it."

Conan frowned: "No way..."

The two looked at the collapsed mountain range in the distance, and Chu Ming stopped Conan, who wanted to show off.

"The mountain has just collapsed, and even the slightest movement could easily cause a secondary disturbance. Let's wait for professional rescuers to arrive."

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"What?! Someone might be buried inside?"

Kogoro Mori went down the mountain and called the police. Inspector Megure arrived with professional search and rescue personnel and eventually found Silver Fox, who had been shot to death, and Mr. Ushio, who had died with a gun in his hand and a throwing knife in his chest.

"Is it too late? — I couldn't stop him." Conan lowered his head, somewhat saddened.

Chu Ming patted his head: "Let's go, this isn't your fault."

It was his fault. After all, he killed both of them.

After splitting up with Conan, he jumped over the mountainside and beat Conan to the punch, using a throwing knife he'd taken from Silver Fox to kill Chao Wenzhao, making it look like they'd both died together.

The mudslide triggered by the earthquake perfectly covered everything. This trip up the mountain was incredibly profitable, with an unexpected windfall of 200 million yuan. They were thrilled.

Chapter 124 Is Gin bald?

When Chu Ming handed over the funds and USB drive to Qin Jiu, a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes as he looked at the large bag full of money and bank cards in front of him.

As expected, Chu Ming's missions were the most to his liking. If it were any other member, they would not only not hand over the extra money to the organization, but would also want to swallow half of the organization's original 60 million.

Of course, this is just about the task at hand; if only his personality were a little more composed—

"Do you start doing the tasks from the very last one?"

"No, the previous ones should have done quite a bit already."

Chu Ming took out his phone and made a call to Bourbon.

“…Granbury, what is it?”

"It's nothing serious. Have you finished your tasks?"

Amuro Tooru suddenly became alert; could it be another new mission?

He carefully chose his words: "Not yet. What, do you want to help me with some of the burden?"

Chu Ming's disdainful words came through the receiver: "I've finished all the later tasks, but you still haven't finished those few earlier ones? Are you even capable, Bourbon? You want me to help you with this little bit?"

After thinking for a moment, Chu Ming changed the subject: "How about this, once you finish the task, I'll help you share the task reward by a few hundred million points."

"???" Amuro Tooru's eyes widened in disbelief. "I didn't receive my payment for the last mission!"

"That's because you didn't put in much effort last time. Doesn't our organization always distribute rewards according to work done?"

Chu Ming fiddled with and crumpled the lighter and cigarette pack on the table, lazily drawing envy from everyone.

"Then weren't all the tasks you assigned me this time done by me?" Amuro Tooru gritted his teeth.

"Oh, but you asked me to help you share the burden~" The rising tone was particularly irritating, making Amuro Tooru feel an itch to punch him.

Before Amuro Tooru could say anything, Chu Ming made the final decision: "In short, you should send me the reports on the tasks you have on hand as soon as possible. If I don't see the reports by then, I will assume that you need me to help you with the tasks."

Seeing that he had hung up the phone, Gin looked up and asked casually, "I reminded you not to give all the missions to Bourbon."

Chu Ming nodded: "Don't worry, brother. I know he's not trustworthy yet. I didn't give him any missions involving organizational secrets."

Gin nodded and tossed three keys over.

"What kind of key is this?" Chu Ming asked, somewhat puzzled, as he took it.

“The boss told you to choose three safe houses in Japan. I noticed you haven’t done anything, so I chose three for you. If you’re not satisfied, you can choose again yourself.”

Chu Ming remembered; it was the reward he received for saving the organization's mole boss, but he had been too busy to remember it.

"No need, Big Brother's choice is definitely the best!" After all, Gin's caution is well-known.

Chu Ming happily accepted the key; he now had a safe house too.