Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

"Hehe, then we'll say Conan lost the ticket when we get there—" Kogoro Mouri looked towards the door with ill intent. Conan had just run to the car to look for his ticket.

"Okay, uncle, I won't go. You can take this one."

Chu Ming took out the ticket from his pocket and handed it over. He wasn't interested in Yoko Okino, so it didn't matter whether he went to the concert or not. He'd rather spend his time wandering around and looking for some inspiration.

"Then I won't be polite, hahaha—" Kogoro Mori reached out and grabbed the ticket.

Xiaolan twisted his hand and threw it down: "Dad! How could you do this!"

Kogoro Mouri, the eldest brother, stared at his fingers, feigning grievance: "It was Chu Ming who didn't want to go..."

"That won't do either!" After yelling at Kogoro Mouri, she reverted to her usual gentle demeanor. "Brother Chuming, don't listen to Dad's nonsense. We'll talk to the staff and then—"

"Excuse me, do you need concert tickets?"

A woman wearing a headband stood to the side, smiling at them.

Kogoro Mouri's gloomy mood instantly lifted: "Yes, yes, do you have extra tickets? Could you please sell them to me at a discount? Please!"

Xiao Lan was exasperated and quickly stepped forward to stop him: "Dad, we can go in after we explain, why waste money!"

Kogoro Mouri stubbornly replied, "This is a man's dignity! How can it be measured by money? No amount of money can replace that!"

"..."

"Uncle, I looked in your car, but I didn't find the ticket." Conan ran in from outside.

Kogoro Mouri didn't bother to respond to him, still looking at the woman with a sincere expression.

The woman generously offered to give the ticket to Kogoro Mouri, asking only that he drive her to pick up her sister.

Kogoro Mouri readily agreed to this small favor, which would allow him to get Yoko's concert tickets without spending any money.

"What is Uncle doing?" Conan asked, puzzled. He had only been gone for a short while, so why couldn't he understand the plot changes?

Xiao Lan chuckled: "Dad wants to spend money to buy his manly dignity, but it seems this young lady wants to give it to him directly."

Chu Ming stroked his chin: "Hey, doesn't this just prove that—an old man's dignity is worthless?"

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On the bus, Qingdao Quan Dai and Mo Li Kogoro were chatting, and Chu Ming felt increasingly uneasy listening to them.

He pulled Conan from the middle onto his lap and whispered to him, "Have you noticed something's off? This Ms. Zendai has been hinting to us that her sister Mina is acting strangely and might be suicidal. We hope she won't do anything foolish. Could she be using a ticket to trick the old man into giving her an alibi?"

Conan was suddenly lifted up and moved to a different seat, looking speechless: "No way, how could that be?"

"Anything is possible with you here. Watch me test you if you don't believe me." Chu Ming was unconvinced and insisted on proving it to Conan.

At the traffic light, Chu Ming decisively interrupted their conversation: "Ms. Quan Dai, that headscarf you're wearing is really special. Is it some kind of merchandise from Ms. Yang Zi?"

Qingdao Quan Dai pointed to the headscarf on his head: "This is a gift that Ms. Yangzi gave to her fans yesterday for her new album."

Kogoro Mouri looked on with envy: "Really? You even have this..."

The Qingdao agent was a little puzzled: "You're also a fan of Ms. Yoko, so why didn't you buy her new album? Look, if you buy the album, you get a matching keychain as a gift."

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri replied with a Versailles-like air, "That's right, all my albums were given to me by Ms. Yoko, so I don't have any freebies."

"Eh!! You actually know Ms. Yoko!!"

The conversation had finally turned to this point, and Chu Mingqing cleared his throat, introducing, "After all, this uncle is the famous detective Kogoro Mouri~"

Qingdao Quan Dai was utterly shocked, dropping the keychain from her hand. Her face was filled with panic: "The famous detective—Kogoro Mouri???"

Chu Ming gave Conan a wink; look, she's panicked.

Is this good luck or bad luck?

She was lucky, indeed, as she immediately found Kogoro Mouri to act as her alibi.

To say we were unlucky is true, since Conan was with us too.

Another unlucky guy who got himself into a bad situation by taking the wrong path.

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Seeing Qingdao Quan Dai's reaction, Conan frowned and stared at her with a scrutinizing gaze.

Kogoro Mouri was also somewhat surprised: "What's wrong? Is something the problem?"

Qingdao Quan Dai forced a smile: "I was a little excited. I had heard of Detective Mouri's name before, but I never expected to actually meet him today..."

Kogoro Mouri, flattered by the compliment, beamed with joy: "I'm not that amazing, hehehehehehe—"

For the rest of the journey, Qingdao Quan Dai became noticeably quieter and didn't say much.

The more abnormal her behavior became, the more Conan felt that Chu Ming's guess might be true, and his eyes gradually sharpened.

The car stopped at the door, and Qingdao Quan Dai had also composed herself. She opened the door and smiled as she led Kogoro Mouri inside.

“Mr. Mori, could you please sit in the living room for a moment? My sister might not be up yet, I’ll go and call her.”

Kogoro Mouri was getting anxious. He glanced at his watch: "But time—"

"I'll be there soon~" Qingdao Quan Dai walked inside.

"The concert starts in an hour, I think Uncle might not be able to make it," Chu Ming whispered to Conan.

"..." Obviously, Conan thought so too.

Upon entering the living room, the entire wall and even the ceiling were covered with posters of idol stars.

"Wow—" Kogoro Mouri exclaimed, "There are so many posters in this room! There are posters of Yoko, Asuka Anzai, Two-Mix, Terumi Hoshino. It's amazing! They even have Lex, which disbanded a long time ago."

Looking at the dazzling array of actresses who all looked similar, Chu Ming sincerely admired them: "The most impressive thing is that an older man can recognize them all."

“Beautiful food—beautiful food—”

Hearing the anxious calls coming from inside, Chu Ming and Conan exchanged a glance and quickly ran inside.

Aoshima Zendai stood in front of the bathroom and pounded on the door, but the bathroom door was tightly closed. From the outside, you could see a large "Sayonara" taped on the door.

"Is it locked from the inside?" Kogoro Mouri was infected by her anxiety.

"The door wasn't locked; it looked like the gaps were sealed with tape from the inside."

"Okay, let's break down the door together!" Kogoro Mouri said earnestly.

"No need, uncles, please step aside and let me do it." Chu Ming slowly stepped forward, adopting the demeanor of a superior.

Except for Qingdao Quan Dai, who was unaware of Chu Ming's fighting prowess, everyone else knew about it and made way for him. Xiao Lan even thoughtfully pulled away Qingdao Quan Dai, who was standing dumbfounded in front of the door.

Chu Ming stretched his wrists, just about to kick the door open.

But looking at the tape covering the door seams and the words pasted on the door...

He seemed to have a slight recollection of this episode.

Chu Ming tentatively reached out to turn the handle.

???

The door opened without any obstruction, and Chu Ming looked at Qingdao Quan Dai with understanding.

"Ms. Quan Dai, could you please explain why you kept banging on the door, which opens with a simple twist, attracting all of us here? This tape doesn't seem to be stuck on."

Qingdao Quan Dai broke out in a cold sweat: "I've never tried it before. I just... I was a little scared when I saw the door taped shut. I was afraid Mei Cai would do something stupid..."

Chu Ming didn't say whether he believed it or not. He walked into the bathroom and saw a bathtub stained red with blood and a woman lying silently by the tub with a razor in her hand.

Kogoro Mouri checked her heartbeat; she was already dead. When he pulled Mina's hand out of the water, he saw that her fair wrist had been crisscrossed with seven or eight cuts.

"My sister...she..." Qingdao Quan Dai cried and rushed over, but was stopped by Chu Ming halfway.

Chu Ming rolled his eyes: "Miss Quan Dai, you are now a key suspect in this case. Stop pretending. Xiao Lan, call the police."

"How could that be? What nonsense are you talking about! How could I kill my own sister!"

"Why would someone who committed suicide turn this place into a locked room? Unless someone deliberately steered her death towards suicide, which is why you kept hinting to us on your way back that your sister's mental state was very poor, right? And—"

"You're talking nonsense! I kindly gave you tickets, and you—"

Seeing that the Qingdao agent was getting more and more agitated, Kogoro Mouri quickly took control of the situation: "Alright, alright, Inspector Megure will be here soon. Let's talk about the details when he arrives."

Qingdao Quan Dai carefully reviewed the whole incident. Apart from it not being a locked room, everything else should be fine. Even if the police came, they couldn't arrest her without evidence!

Inspector Megure arrived at the scene quickly. After understanding the situation, he first let out a long sigh before beginning to ask questions.

"The deceased, Mina Aoshima, died from blood loss caused by a stab wound to her left wrist, resulting in a severed artery. She was discovered by her sister, Ms. Zendai, and, as another person who happened to be at the scene, our very famous one—"

Kogoro Mouri scratched his head, looking embarrassed: "Hahaha, Inspector Megure, what a coincidence! It's you on duty again—that's right, it's me, Kogoro Mouri~"

“Inspector Megure, our presence here wasn’t by chance. It’s because Ms. Zenyo found us at the restaurant and offered to let her uncle come here to pick up her sister in exchange for a ticket. On the way here, Ms. Zenyo kept telling her uncle that her sister, Mina, had suicidal tendencies. Then, she frantically banged on the door, which wasn’t locked and wasn’t properly taped, to lure us over, and together we discovered the body…”