Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

After Chu Ming's long speech, the meaning was already quite clear.

Inspector Megure looked at Aoshima Zendai with a suspicious gaze: "Is that so, Ms. Zendai?"

Qingdao Quan Dai was stunned on the spot. Although what Chu Ming said was true, if she said yes, it would be as if she admitted that there was something fishy going on. If she said no, Chu Ming's words were indeed true and undeniable.

Chapter 176 Are you looking down on me?

Qingdao Quan Dai forced himself to calm down: "Officer, this is what happened. My sister is getting married soon, but she's always been gloomy. I went to great lengths to get three tickets to take her and her boyfriend to Ms. Yoko's concert, but her boyfriend canceled at the last minute, saying he had a cold and couldn't go. My sister hasn't shown up at the agreed location and isn't answering her phone. Taking a taxi back would be too much of a waste of time."

Seeing that everyone was listening attentively to her story, a hint of pride flashed through her mind, and she continued:

"Just as I was getting anxious, I heard Mr. Mori next to me say that he had lost his ticket. I thought that since my sister's boyfriend wasn't coming anyway, and Mr. Mori didn't have a ticket, wouldn't it be a win-win situation if I used this ticket to get Mr. Mori to come with me to pick up my sister? When I got home, I went to the bedroom to look for Mina, but I couldn't find her. There was a 'Goodbye' sign taped on the bathroom door, and the door was covered up from the outside. She hadn't been acting quite right before..."

At this point, she covered her face and began to cry bitterly. Before she could finish speaking, it was clear to the reader that she was so worried that she forgot to open the door to check.

Chu Ming watched this excellent performance with great interest, clicking his tongue in admiration.

“I understand. Ms. Mina probably really wanted to commit suicide. She taped up the doors and windows, probably because of that.” Kogoro Mouri held up two evidence bags, which contained two bottles of bathroom cleaner that had been lying at the scene.

"The deceased probably thought that mixing two bottles of bathroom cleaner, one hydrochloric acid and one acidic, would produce toxic hydrochloric acid gas. However, she didn't realize she had bought the wrong product, so she resorted to cutting her wrists with a razor as a last resort."

"If she really wanted to commit suicide, would she have cut herself with such jagged, crisscrossing wounds? Usually, suicide wounds are parallel. This looks like someone cut her wrists." Chu Ming stood aside, leisurely putting pressure on Qingdao Quan Dai.

"Maybe she was just very emotionally unstable at the time!"

"And what about the bloodstains around the bathtub? If someone's about to commit suicide, why would they bother wiping away bloodstains? The edges of these bloodstains are very neat."

Qingdao Quan Dai gripped her skirt tightly: "It's...it's that tape, right? Maybe the tape just happened to be there, the blood splattered on the tape, and then the tape fell into the water."

"Oh, although what Miss Quan Dai said seems to make some sense, the way you're desperately making excuses is really pathetic." Chu Ming leaned against the window, his face full of mockery.

“This gentleman has been targeting me since just now. The forensic officer just said that there are only my sister’s fingerprints on these tapes. How can this be? I can’t just hold my sister’s hand and let him tear the tape!” Qingdao Quan Dai said angrily, as if he had really been wronged.

"You've been packing for a move lately, haven't you? I noticed a lot of cardboard boxes in the room over there, some with tape residue on them, and the edges of the table are sticky too, probably from tape. I think you're using moving as an excuse to have your sister peel off the tape and stick it on the table so it'll be easier for you to pack..."

"I see, that means the tape is now covered with Ms. Mina's fingerprints!" Inspector Megure was like a weather vane, swaying whichever way the wind blew.

“You’re right, I am indeed the most suspicious person right now, but did you see it? Did you see me sealing the door with tape? Or did you see me cutting my sister’s wrist with a knife? All of this you’re saying is just your speculation.”

Qingdao QuanDai has completely given up and adopted a "what's the use" attitude. Without evidence, all reasoning is futile.

"Is that so—then..." Just as Chu Ming was about to let her get what she asked for, the door was suddenly opened and Takagi ran in from outside.

“Inspector Megure! I brought the deceased’s boyfriend here. I also asked the clerk about the convenience store receipt we just found. It’s true that Ms. Mina bought the items. However, the clerk said that Ms. Mina initially bought two different cleaning products, but later she specifically went back to exchange them for two identical bottles.”

"That means she most likely didn't commit suicide!" Inspector Megure's spirits lifted, and he turned around with a serious expression.

"Alright, Ms. Zendai, now that we've confirmed that Ms. Mina didn't commit suicide, then—where were you yesterday? Do you have an alibi?"

"After I bought Ms. Yoko's album yesterday, I went back to my rented apartment to sleep and haven't gone out since."

“Miss Quan Dai,” Chu Ming suddenly spoke.

Seeing that the Qingdao representative was looking at him, Chu Ming quietly dropped a royal flush.

Chu Ming stretched out his finger and gently tapped his forehead.

"Miss Quan Dai's headscarf seems a bit off."

Qingdao Quan Dai turned his head to look in the mirror, and suddenly his pupils dilated violently, and his face changed drastically.

"Ms. Zendai's headscarf, was it a free gift from Ms. Yoko's album yesterday? Could you please explain why the 'YóKo' on your headscarf has become 'YoKo'? Although it's very unclear, the missing stroke seems to be covered by bloodstains. Is this bloodstain your sister's blood? It's okay, the police can confirm this with a simple check."

Chu Ming smiled at Quan Dai: "If the test results show it's your sister's blood, then, Miss Quan Dai, could you tell me how there was dried blood on the headscarf you just received yesterday when you hadn't seen Miss Mina all day?"

Alright, come on, begin your worship.

Chu Ming straightened up without making a sound, preparing to kneel down and cry as was Ke Xue's custom.

Unfortunately, no, the Qingdao distributor stood firm and showed no sign of kneeling down.

"Yes, it was me who killed her."

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When Kogoro Mouri solves a case, you all cry, kneel, and reflect on your actions, but it's different when it comes to me.

Do you look down on me?

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Chapter 177 Additional update 1

"Why! Why did you kill Mina? Weren't you sisters on good terms?"

Mina's boyfriend, Kenji Uei, looked grief-stricken and couldn't help but question her.

Qingdao Quan Dai chuckled self-deprecatingly: "Really? Maybe it used to be like that. We liked the same things—celebrities, clothes, jewelry, furniture, even—"

Zendai's gaze fell on Kenji Kawai: "Even you, my lover of five years, were stolen away by her..."

"No, that's not it. It was me. It was Mina who proposed to me. She always disagreed and even tried to persuade me to get back together with you. I had to beg her so much before she finally agreed..."

Chu Ming watched with great interest as the plot twisted before him.

Kogoro Mouri and the others were lamenting that their older sister had killed her younger sister who cared deeply for them, but Chu Ming thought that none of the three of them were good people.

The younger sister is a kind-hearted but somewhat disgusting "white lotus" (a term for a seemingly innocent but actually manipulative woman). She likes to do everything the older sister does, and she falls for the older sister's man, eventually succeeding in becoming engaged to him.

The older sister is both stupid and vicious, a hopeless romantic, and is so resentful of her younger sister who stole her man that she never even considered killing him.

Kenji Uei dated his older sister for five years before marrying his younger sister, proving he truly mastered the art of being a scumbag.

It has a bit of a Japanese version of "Empresses in the Palace" feel to it.

"Aaaaaaah, Yoko-san's concert!!!" Kogoro Mouri jumped up as if his butt was on fire.

Chu Ming glanced at his watch: "It's too late, it's almost over."

Kogoro Mouri, utterly despondent, cried out, "My dear Yoko—"

After giving his statement, Chu Ming didn't hitch a ride with Kogoro Mouri, but instead wandered back home alone.

The vacation the boss gave him is over, and it's time to think about earning new merits to earn another vacation. In addition, Vermouth sent him a message earlier, telling him to return to the base as soon as possible.

This is also why he cut through the mess and directly exposed the murderer.

"Little Chu Ming is back?" Vermouth was sitting in the living room looking at something when she saw Chu Ming return and waved to him.

"Is there anything I can help you with, sister?" Chu Ming placed the several meals he had packed on the way back on the table. "Have you eaten yet, sister? I brought back a few meals on my way back."

"Little Chu Ming is so thoughtful. I haven't eaten yet. Go inside and call Gin. He and Vodka just came back from their mission and they're probably starving too."

Gin's room door wasn't closed, and Vodka was listening to Gin say something with his back to the door. Chu Ming tucked his hands in front of him and tiptoed in like a mouse, but Gin spotted him after only two steps.

"Is something wrong?"

Seeing that he had been discovered, Chu Ming simply straightened up and said, "Brothers, you haven't eaten yet, have you? I just came back and brought back a few servings of curry rice. Why don't you go down and eat first?"

It's so tragic. Counterfeit liquor is feasting on lavish meals, while genuine liquor is reduced to eating fast food like migrant workers.

Once he becomes the boss, he'll strictly forbid these low-performing fake liquor sellers from taking money from the organization. Instead, anyone wanting to stay will have to pay a deposit, implementing a VIP system. The more money they pay, the higher their rank, and the higher their rank, the more privileges they gain. Tsk tsk, he'll eventually recruit undercover agents from all over the world to make money (?﹃?).

Gin hadn't had a chance to eat yet, but upon hearing this, he took Vodka and followed him downstairs.

Vermouth usually eats lavish meals. Although this curry fast food tastes okay, she doesn't really like it. She only ate a couple of bites because Chu Ming brought it back.

Gin and vodka weren't picky eaters; they ate everything.

"Gin has picked out a few identities for me. I need to go undercover to search for Sherry's whereabouts. Little Chu Ming, which one do you think is best?"

Chu Ming casually flipped through the documents that Vermouth had just put down.

Tomoaki Shinide, the school doctor and basketball coach at Teitan High School; his father is Yoshiteru Shinide…

Rina Igami, an English teacher for Class 2-B at Teitan High School, is an orphan who lives alone in Shimizu Town. Her boyfriend is...

Matsumata Sora, Assistant to the Student Affairs Office at Teitan High School...

"Why are they all from Teitan High School?" Chu Ming asked Gin, puzzled.

“I prepared eighteen sets of materials, but she picked out the dozen or so that weren’t from Teitan High School.”

As Gin answered, he casually picked out the red chili peppers from his rice, adding a touch of human warmth to his dish.

Chu Ming continued to turn his head and look at Vermouth with a questioning gaze.

"A secret makes a woman women."

"……Fine."

Chu Ming stopped asking; Vermouth was even better at giving people the runaround than he was.

"Actually, I suggest that my sister choose a place where both parents have passed away and there is no lover. That way, she will live alone and there will be no entanglements. It is best not to choose a place where there is a boyfriend or girlfriend."

After all, in the world of Detective Conan, breaking up means one of them becomes a killer.

“What a pity, this Shinichiro is the most suitable, but unfortunately his parents are here.” Vermouth’s slender fingers landed on the top stack of documents, her distressed expression was particularly alluring.

"Shin-Ide Tomoaki, isn't his father Shin-Ide Yoshiteru? That famous detective, Kogoro Mouri, had his medical check-up done there, and he's supposed to pick up his report in the next few days. I happen to know their family well, so I'll go and make some contact for my sister, see if I can find an accident to—"

Gin glanced at Chu Ming: "You've been quite free lately?"

"what?"

Chu Ming was talking animatedly to Vermouth when Gin suddenly interrupted him, and he was taken aback.