Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Shuichi Akai squatted down in front of Ayane's body and examined it carefully: "It's potassium cyanide, and it was murder."

He stood up, looking at the water glass placed in the center of the table, his expression grave: "This water wasn't drunk by the deceased voluntarily; someone forced it into her mouth. If she had drunk it herself, she would have felt suffocation the moment she drank it, and the glass should have fallen to the ground. How could she have been in the mood to put it back on the table?"

"In other words, the murderer is among those who weren't present just now!"

Shuichi Akai's deduction was exactly the same as Conan's reasoning, and he quickly recalled it in his mind.

The only two people who weren't downstairs just now were Shitara Choichiro and the butler Tsukumo Kōsei!

The murderer is one of these two people!

Moreover, the fire that just happened may not have been an accident!

Chapter 593 He must be a member of the organization.

Seeing this, Haga Kyosuke watched calmly as Kogoro Mouri and the others cordoned off the area. When he heard Kogoro Mouri tell someone to call the police immediately, he was the first to react, saying that there was a landline downstairs and he would make the call.

Once outside, he looked at Chu Ming standing at the corner and paused, saying, "Thank you. Don't worry, I'm all ready."

“I’m not here to watch you.” Chu Ming took out a red and white capsule from his pocket and handed it to Yuhe Xiangfu. “I wanted to ask if you plan to do it yourself or if I can help you? How about trying this? It’s an improved version, painless death, and everyone who’s used it says it’s great.”

Yuga Kyosuke's lips twitched slightly at Chu Ming's words, and he reached out to take the capsule: "Does it work quickly?"

“Of course, within five minutes.” Chu Ming turned and strode toward the room. “I hope you’ve got all this done before the police arrive.”

Watching Yuga Kyosuke's departing figure, Chu Ming glanced at the miniature robot that was pressed against the corner of the wall, disguised as a relief on a decorative painting, and controlled the robot to follow it.

This robot was the one he used to poison Ayane Shitara. He didn't take it back, but instead used it to monitor Kyosuke Haga. After all, trust is such a fragile thing.

It's foolish to entrust your safety to the whim of someone else.

Ever since Chu Ming was tricked by Amuro Tooru before and almost surrounded by him and his men, he has never done such a foolish thing again.

It would be best if this Yuga Kyosuke was willing to die and left a will. If he had any other ideas, the robots would be watching him.

Turning his gaze away, Chu Ming walked towards the room door, watching Kogoro Mouri and the others carefully examine the room, and quietly waved to Conan.

Conan came running over: "What's wrong, Brother Chu Ming? Did you find any clues?"

Chu Ming nodded, then slowly shook his head: "It's not a clue, just a feeling. I think there's something wrong with that detective, Moroboshi."

Conan, his face grim, glanced back at Shuichi Akai: "I also think there's something wrong with him, but I haven't found any flaws. His reasons are somewhat far-fetched, but the evidence shows that he's telling the truth..."

“The forum might be real, but who can be sure he really owns that account…” Chu Ming took out his phone and showed the screen to Conan. “I was outside and didn’t come in, so I hacked into the backend with my phone and checked. This forum account was registered forty-five years ago. That detective Moroboshi said it was his account, but he looks to be at most thirty years old. It doesn’t match up.”

In one sentence, she both smeared Shuichi Akai and explained her own whereabouts, killing two birds with one stone.

Conan clenched his fists, looking somewhat somber: "Could this case be related to him?"

"It's hard to say." Chu Ming didn't elaborate. It would be better for him to spell it out. Only when Conan figured it out himself would he not have any doubts.

A moment later, the police arrived. Inspector Megure, seeing the familiar face, finally couldn't help but say, "Mouri, it's you again! You're a real jinx, wherever you go there's a murder. Can't you just stay home and not go out?"

"It's all work, work. How can a detective solve cases if he doesn't go out? Haha..." Kogoro Mouri scratched his head and chuckled a few times.

Inspector Megure casually remarked, glancing around: "Forensic investigators, go check on the deceased. Is everyone else here?"

“Uncle went to call the police, and he hasn’t come back yet.” Shira Renki still had tears on her face. She looked around but couldn’t find Haga Kyosuke.

"Takagi, go find them. Everyone else, come over here. We need to get a quick overview of everyone's situation." Inspector Megure waved for Inspector Takagi to go find the people, while he led the others aside to confirm their alibis.

"Lady Ayane died of poisoning, and it's highly likely she was given poison by someone. Besides us, Miss Renki and Mr. Haga were also in the hall at the time of the incident. Everyone else is a suspect." Kogoro Mouri's tone was serious as he told Inspector Megure what he had discovered. "But tonight is Mr. Shitara's birthday party, and there will be quite a few servants coming and going..."

Before Kogoro Mouri could finish speaking, Takagi rushed in, shouting, "Inspector Megure, Mr. Haga... he's dead, and—"

"What?!" Everyone was shocked and stood up. "How could this be? He was just here a moment ago."

Conan darted away from Officer Takagi's feet and ran in the direction Takagi pointed. How could this be? Knowing that the police were about to arrive, this murderer still dared to make a move!

And he finally found a clue to the organization, how did it all end here?!

Before Takagi could say anything more, a group of people had already rushed past him. He still had half a sentence left unsaid: "—And it seems he committed suicide, he even left a suicide note..."

When everyone rushed into Yuga Kyosuke's room, they saw him sitting peacefully in a chair in front of the table, leaning back with a gentle expression, as if he were just asleep. There was an open piece of paper in the center of the table.

"Uncle—" Shira Renki gripped the door frame, as if she could no longer support herself.

In a single day, this little girl lost far too many loved ones, and soon after, her grandfather will also pass away from illness, leaving her seemingly all alone in the family...

Chu Ming leaned closer and looked at the suicide note on the table, written in sharp handwriting. It detailed how Shirai Ichiro had plotted to kill his father, and explained that he was responsible for all the cases, including those from previous years, in order to avenge his parents.

Seeing the heartbreaking suicide note, everyone present fell silent. But Conan just couldn't believe it. If what happened before was indeed done by Kyosuke Haga, how did he manage to kill Ayane Setara?

He was clearly upstairs with everyone at the time!

Either Haga Kyosuke was murdered and the killer left a suicide note deliberately pinning all the blame on him, or he had accomplices!

Conan ran to the side and carefully examined the body of Kyosuke Haga, but found no clues. He tugged at Officer Takagi, who was standing nearby, and falsely claimed that Kogoro Mouri had ordered Takagi to investigate how the deceased had died.

A moment later, Inspector Takagi quietly approached Conan, somewhat puzzled: "Mr. Haga died of natural causes, with no signs of poisoning, but the forensic department couldn't find a definitive cause of death either..."

Upon hearing this description, Conan recalled a vague memory from years ago, after being knocked down by Gin: "This drug is a newly developed poison by the organization. After a person dies from this poison, the toxin cannot be detected in the body, and the cause of death cannot be determined..."

His expression changed drastically, and his gaze swept over the group of people behind him before finally settling on the newly arrived detective, Moroboshi.

It must be him!

He must be a member of the organization!

Or perhaps, there are still his accomplices in this house!

[Sorry, my little darlings, I haven't stopped updating, but I've really been too busy lately QAQ Plus, the seasons are changing and I had a fever for several days, so I had to stop for a few days. I'll try to catch up during the National Day holiday _(:з」∠)_]

Chapter 594 Ambush

Since the cause of death was unclear, and the suicide note was confirmed to be written by Kyosuke Haga himself, the case could only be closed in this way. The details of the previous arson case did indeed match what was written in the suicide note, so Inspector Megure closed the case as a suicide.

Even though Conan didn't want to believe it, all the details showed that it was exactly as he had seen. He couldn't reveal the existence of the organization, so he could only watch helplessly as Inspector Megure led his team away.

Of course, he actually wanted to call out to Inspector Megure, but Chu Ming stopped him.

"You can't expose his identity, and you can't produce any evidence. Calling out to Inspector Megure would only alert him."

Chu Ming's calm voice was like a bucket of cold water poured over Conan, soaking him from head to toe. He suppressed the urge to look at Moroboshi Dai and asked Chu Ming in a low voice, his voice even a little hoarse: "So, are we just going to watch him leave now?"

"Otherwise what?" Chu Ming retorted. "Do you intend to follow them?"

Conan paused. Ran and Kogoro Mouri were both here this time, and he couldn't gamble on whether there were other accomplices from the organization here.

He clenched his fists, somewhat unwilling: "Why would people from that organization come here? Why would they kill members of the Setara family? It can't be that the organization found out I wanted to find out their boss's email address, right? If that were the case, they should be here to kill me, not Haga Kyosuke..."

Chu Ming quickly shifted the blame onto innocent people: "You were taken away by that organization member named Vermouth before, and you said she let you go because she knew your mother. Is it possible that she did it again this time? Maybe she's been keeping an eye on you, partly to protect you, and partly to prevent information about that organization from being leaked, so..."

Conan was suddenly startled. He realized that Chu Ming's guess made a lot of sense. Since Vermouth had shown leniency towards him because he had saved her before, and she knew that he had overheard the BOSS's email, she was unwilling to hurt him, but she wouldn't feel pressured to attack others...

"It's all my fault... Mr. Yuhe might have done it because of me—" He felt quite guilty, then looked at Chu Ming with some worry, "Brother Chu Ming, you should be careful these days, in case—"

"I'm fine. Don't you trust my skills?" Chu Ming patted Conan's head, turning his gaze away from Shuichi Akai, which was seemingly glancing at him. "Let's go, Uncle's getting impatient."

Originally, Shirakawa Renki was going to arrange accommodation for Kogoro Mouri for the night, but after this series of unexpected events, the group felt embarrassed to stay any longer, so Kogoro Mouri took their leave.

Seeing that Kogoro Mouri and the others had all left, Hideaki Akai, not wanting to linger any longer, also took his leave.

He walked in the opposite direction from Chu Ming and the others. After all, he had noticed Conan's intermittent gaze on him and knew that if the kid saw him on the road, he might follow him to investigate. It was better for him to take a slightly longer route.

As he drove, he used a special solution to remove the makeup from his face and began to ponder what exactly had happened that day.

At the fire scene, when he saw the cigarette butt, he knew it was not an accident, but he was unable to pinpoint who was responsible. The same was true for the subsequent poisoning case; although it was clear that it was not suicide, the clues left behind were not enough to identify the culprit.

In his suicide note, Haga Kyosuke took all the blame upon himself, but Akai Shuichi still concluded that he had an accomplice.

However, he didn't say it out loud. After all, he had been chasing Conan to find out about the organization's email address. Now that the musician with perfect pitch was dead, he didn't know if Conan had gotten any information from him, but he probably hadn't. Now that he had confirmed that Chu Ming was innocent, he planned to have someone infiltrate the organization and remove the wiretapping and cameras after a few more days of investigation.

Just then, as if sensing something, he suddenly jerked the steering wheel, causing the car to veer sharply to the side. A bullet shattered the window and lodged in the back of the passenger seat.

An ambush has been launched!

Shuichi Akai's gaze suddenly shot toward the mountain to his side. With his excellent eyesight, he could vaguely see a crowd of people moving about. He pulled out his pistol, fired a few shots, and then took the opportunity to slam on the gas and turn the steering wheel to drive back.

He went out today by accident, so he didn't drive his modified Chevrolet, but a regular sports car. If he drove forward, he didn't know what traps they had set up ahead, and if there was a bomb, he would be in trouble. It was better to turn back and take another road.

He was barely managing to drive forward by dodging bullets. If he were hit by a bullet and stopped, surrounded by people, he would probably have a hard time leaving today.

Just as he was about to rush out, a bullet flew in and hit his car wheel with precision.

With a violent jolt, Shuichi Akai struggled to maintain control of the steering wheel to prevent the vehicle from overturning due to a sudden tire blowout. At the same time, he held onto the car door and rolled out the instant it opened. He then dove behind a tree, hiding in a blind spot from the bullets. He turned his head slightly and saw a tall figure in a trench coat with waist-length silver hair on the side, high above.

It's Gin.

Shuichi Akai frowned. He hadn't left anything in his car this time, only some weapons on his person. Now that even Gin had come, it seemed someone had informed the organization of his whereabouts.

Just now, there was a somewhat familiar figure standing next to Gin. He looked like a servant from the Shitara family. You could tell he was disguised, and he was able to notify Gin. It seems that this person is not of high status. I just don't know when such a person appeared in the organization.

He initially suspected Chu Ming, but he saw Chu Ming leave in Kogoro Mouri's car, so the person standing next to Gin now couldn't possibly be him.

Shuichi Akai's heart sank. He gripped the gun tightly, turned sharply, fired a few shots in Gin's direction, and then turned and darted into the deep mountains.

There's no time to think too much right now. Since the car is destroyed, it's too difficult to escape the organization's encirclement on foot. We can only try to get away by relying on the terrain.

The location originally chosen by the organization was the best ambush point, but Shuichi Akai was too cautious and turned back before even entering the encirclement. In addition, he forced his way through a section of the road, and now there were deep mountains and dense forests right next to them, which greatly hindered the encirclement.

Gin looked in the direction Akai Shuichi had fled but did not chase after him. Instead, he took out a map and circled several points on it: "Set up an ambush in these places. Since I chose this place, I can naturally consider the possibility of rats entering the hole. This mountain only has these few exits. I want to make this place Akai Shuichi's grave."

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, my little cuties!

Chapter 595 Ambush

When Chu Ming left earlier, he was actually a robot in disguise, who went with Kogoro Mouri and the others. As long as Conan is careful, he will not be able to detect anything, given his current state of mental confusion.