Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Conan breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Kid: "See, I told you so—"

Kidd was unconvinced, so he leaned closer and asked for details: "Did you feel anything was off throughout the whole thing? Physically, mentally, or anything..."

Looking at Kid's bright, hopeful eyes, Chu Ming hesitated for a moment, then said, "It's not that something was wrong, it's just that I felt a little dizzy on the way back, so I didn't talk much. Logically speaking, after what happened, I should have reviewed the events and discussed the clues with Conan..."

“Yes, yes, this must be Mr. Aoi—” Kidd was overjoyed to have finally found a clue.

Kid's imagination ran wild; maybe Mr. Aoi knocked Chu Ming unconscious at that moment, then transformed into his appearance and went back with Conan, and finally used magic to transfer his memories back to Chu Ming's brain...

After all, this is a demon's puppet; it's normal for it to be so powerful.

Chapter 606 I Smelled It

"What?!" Conan was speechless. "Brother Chu Ming feels dizzy, maybe he's just a little carsick because he didn't eat dinner? He wasn't knocked out, why are you getting so worked up..."

Kidd gestured wildly, pretending to be an old woman, his face wrinkled with anxiety: "No, can you understand? That Mr. Kui is just that powerful—yes, he can hypnotize, you know, the kind of hypnosis you're imagining. So actually, Mr. Chu Ming didn't have this memory. Think about it carefully, doesn't this memory seem very unreal?"

Kidd looked at Chu Ming with anticipation.

Under his expectant gaze, Chu Ming nodded hesitantly: "It seems... right?"

"Brother Chu Ming, don't let him lead you astray!" Conan jumped up and pushed Kid back down. "Don't mislead Brother Chu Ming, your words are too suggestive!"

Kidd seemed to have the truth right before his eyes, yet it was always shrouded in a hazy mist. Frustrated, he sat by the campfire, plucking at the firewood. Suddenly, he looked up sharply: "That car! Where's the car you were in? I just want to see if there's any smell inside—"

Conan poured cold water on his enthusiasm: "It's no use. That car was rented by your uncle. It's probably been cleaned by the time it was sent back."

Kidd, undeterred, turned to Chu Ming: "Well—Mr. Chu Ming, although it's presumptuous of me to say this, may I come to your house? Maybe I'll find some clues?"

Chu Ming didn't refuse: "Sure, the few of us will go back to Mihua first tomorrow morning, and the kids can stay here for a few more days with the professor."

The main purpose is to leave Ai Haibara here. Once he returns, he will be going to the organization to deal with the FBI matter. This way, Conan's two assistants—Ai Haibara and Professor Agasa—can be isolated to prevent the kid from running around and causing trouble again.

The next day, before the children were even awake, Chu Ming told Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara that he was going back with Conan and Kid. Luckily, he had driven there, otherwise he would have had to walk to a nearby town to take a bus.

Before he left, he gave Ai Haibara some instructions, telling her that the organization's investigation would likely take a long time, so for safety's sake, she should take advantage of the holiday to play here with the kids for a few more days, and also call him if she found anything unusual.

After all, Shuichi Akai's body might still be nearby.

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Chu Ming drove his car into his own yard. He was still driving the Porsche that was full of FBI bugging devices, but he had removed all of them.

After all, it was originally intended to lure Shuichi Akai out, and now its value has been exhausted.

As soon as the car stopped, Kidd couldn't wait to get out, stand in the yard and take a deep breath. With his old lady-like appearance, he looked like an old monster: "That's the smell! I can smell it! It really is!"

He pressed himself against the wall, sniffing carefully, then his eyes lit up as if he had smelled something, and like a little dog, he followed the scent all the way to his bedroom.

When Chu Ming and Conan reached the second floor, they found Kid standing by his bed, his face full of excitement: "It's true, it really is! It's right here on this bed! He must have been here!"

bed...

Chu Ming remembered that when he came back to retrieve the robot that day, he did indeed retrieve it from the bed...

However, aside from the strongest smell in this room, Kidd found no other clues. The smell seemed to abruptly stop there, perhaps because the puppet was suddenly summoned back by the demon, and this clue was pretty much lost.

But why would a puppet be lurking around Conan?

Kid chose to throw the question at Conan: "Why do you think Mr. Aoi would disguise himself as Mr. Chu Ming to stay by your side? What do you have that he needs? Your sudden—"

Kid, unsure if Chu Ming had discovered Conan's identity, tried to help Conan maintain his disguise, gesturing with his hand in a way that kept changing size: "—Is it because of this?"

Conan looked serious. Because Kid seemed so certain, he stopped dwelling on his suspicions and instead accepted Kid's guess: "It's very possible, and I think your Mr. Aoi might also be a member of that organization, which is why he's lurking around me."

"Impossible..." Kid didn't quite believe it. After all, this was a demon's puppet. Why would it join an organization for no reason? Judging from the fact that the puppet knew the bomb in their bracelet was fake but kept quiet because it found the matter interesting, the puppet also had a very wicked sense of humor. Maybe it was just because it felt strange when it saw Conan's soul last time that it went to observe Conan, as if it had seen something interesting.

However, Kid didn't tell Conan this guess, since Conan wouldn't believe him anyway...

Seeing that he couldn't find any more clues, Kid had no choice but to take his leave. Conan didn't stay long either. Since he was already back in Beika, he simply went straight back to the agency to see if Kogoro Mouri had any new cases. Maybe he could find clues about that organization?

After Chu Ming and the other two left, he didn't stay at home for long and went straight to the organization's base.

Even if he didn't return with Conan and Kid, Chu Ming would find an excuse to slip back to Tokyo because Gin sent him an email telling him to go straight back to the base, saying that the organization had a mission and that he could also take the opportunity to eliminate the remaining FBI forces in Japan.

Just as Chu Ming drove his car into the base parking lot, an identical car pulled up behind him. He leaned out of the Porsche window and greeted Gin and Vodka as they got out of the car.

Vodka patted Chu Ming's car, somewhat surprised: "It really is exactly the same as Big Brother's car. I wonder where those FBI agents got it from."

Although Gin didn't speak, a rare glint appeared in his eyes as he kept his eyes fixed on the car, not sparing Chu Ming or Vodka even a glance.

"Big brother, isn't my car pretty good?" Chu Ming leaned back in the car proudly, deliberately emphasizing the word "I".

Gin glanced at Chu Ming, gave a faint "hmm," and looked away: "Let's go, Chianti and Cohen are at the holographic sniper training ground."

Chu Ming followed Gin, swaying slowly behind him: "Didn't they say Gil would be coming on this mission too? Where is he?"

“No need to call her today, just notify her when it’s time to move.” Gin’s voice was indifferent as he walked forward at a leisurely pace. “Bourbon is focused on finding Shuichi Akai’s body, so he won’t be participating in this operation.”

Since being brainwashed, Bourbon has become much more eccentric, even able to shirk Gin's missions. However, the reason Gin let him go this time is ultimately because Gin couldn't rest easy after not seeing Shuichi Akai's body.

Even Chu Ming was a little worried. He had brought the Junior Detective Club with him this time, thinking that with the protagonist's halo, they should be able to find the corpse, but they found nothing.

Surely he can't have escaped from that height?

Did Shuichi Akai really not use any cheat codes?

[I've had some things to take care of lately, so I'll probably have to take a few days off QAQ. I'll try to update a little bit whenever I have a spare moment. I've been incredibly busy lately, it's not that I don't want to update, it's just that I really can't squeeze out even a tiny bit of time. This chapter was only managed to be written by squeezing in a few words on my phone every day during this period QAQ]

I'll try my best to finish one chapter every few days during this period _(:з」∠)_ I'll definitely make up for it when I'm done with this, Zun Du! 】

Is it because of his square face in Chapter 607?

Upon arriving at the training ground, they saw Chianti and Cohen standing on a high platform, sniping and aiming. Chu Ming and Gin didn't disturb them, but instead stood by the second-floor railing to watch.

The organization's training grounds have been updated again. Chu Ming hasn't been to the sniper training grounds for a while. Previously, the organization used realistic mannequins, along with some lighting and obstacles, as well as wind blowing from all directions.

But looking at the training ground that Chianti and Cohen are using now, it's practically an immersive holographic simulation. The surrounding scenery, as well as subtle details like wind direction and sunlight, are almost identical to reality.

Chu Ming thought of the game "Cocoon" he used to play, and his eyes flickered. This must be the deal that Hiroki and the BOSS made.

"When did the sniper training ground become so advanced?" Chu Ming turned to ask Gin. He was a completely incompetent heir, always wandering around outside and handling fewer things than Gin.

"The organization once commissioned a special effects designer to design a software program, and this is one of the small features included in it." Gin certainly knew this, and he had trained here quite a few times. Hearing Chu Ming's question, he knew that Chu Ming must have been away from training for a while. "How long has it been since you've been to the training grounds?"

"It'll only be a few months—" Seeing that Gin's expression wasn't too good, Chu Ming quickly changed the subject, pointing to the two people in the arena, "Look, Chianti and the others have already covered the 600-yard distance! That's amazing, hahaha..."

Gin glanced at Chu Ming, who was trying to force a laugh, but ignored him. There was no rush now; there would be plenty of time to practice with Granburch after the mission was over.

When they pulled up to 650 yards, neither of them hit the target. Just as they were getting frustrated and preparing to try again, Gin spoke up: "That's enough."

Chianti was somewhat dissatisfied. Standing on the platform, she shouted loudly at Gin, "Wait, Gin, try again! I can do it this time!"

“No need, the prey this time is only a little over three hundred yards.” Gin turned and left. He knew that Chianti was a mission fanatic who was happier than anyone else when going on missions, so he would understand as soon as he heard this.

Sure enough, Chianti's eyes lit up: "What, there's prey? Really? Is it what I'm thinking?"

It's no wonder she was so agitated. Last time, the mission was to snipe Shuichi Akai, but after two days of surveillance, she didn't even see a trace of him. When she came back, she wanted to see the captured Shuichi Akai, only to be told that he had fallen from the helicopter...

After several days without any missions, she got so bored that she asked Cohen to play virtual sniping with her.

Gin stopped in his tracks, his voice low and deep: "Hmm, time to get to work."

Chianti was extremely excited. As soon as he came down from the platform, he touched his sniper rifle and whispered to Cohen behind him, discussing having another competition during the mission to see who could take down the target today.

Upon arriving in the living room, Gin picked up a stack of documents from the coffee table and tossed them to everyone: "This is the target of this mission, Tsuchimon Yasuhiro."

Chu Ming glanced at the documents briefly and casually placed them on the stage: "One of the House electors? Why go to all this trouble? Why make it so complicated, with Kiel guiding him to sit down and snipers on standby? I can assassinate him by myself."

Gin glanced at him: "Killing him is only one of our objectives. A high-profile assassination will draw everyone's attention. Kiriko Busujima, a member of the Mud Ginseng Association, once hired someone to assassinate him, but failed. This time, we will disguise ourselves as members of the Mud Ginseng Association to eliminate him. Of the three candidates in this House of Representatives election, Professor Eisaku Tokiwa of the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Tokyo is one of our people. With Yasuaki Tsuchimon dead, the remaining Senzu Junji organization has leverage over him and is not a threat."

“Professor Tokiwa…” Chu Ming had met this professor at school before. He seemed quite amiable, but he never imagined that he was also a member of the organization. “I even took his elective course.”

Gin then remembered that Chu Ming was still a freshman at the University of Tokyo...

Chu Ming glanced at Chianti, who was engrossed in fiddling with her sniper rifle with Cohen, then moved closer to Gin and whispered, "Is this Professor Tokiwa also a codename member? I've never heard of him before?"

"He participated in the organization's drug research projects and has some connection with the APTX series of drugs. This operation is also meant to pave the way for him, but he can't be considered a code name member. It can only be said that he has a close relationship with the organization." Gin didn't hide anything. Chu Ming was fully qualified to know this information. After all, anyone could betray the organization now, but Chu Ming was not.

Gin tapped the table lightly, signaling Chianti and Cohen to snap out of their reverie: "Meet at the Sun Moon Building's underground parking lot at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Kiel will also be there to assist us. The sniping location is Beihu Park. The mission codename has already been sent to your emails."

Chu Ming opened his phone and couldn't help but mutter to himself when he saw the code name: "Edie P? DJ? What's this? Could it be Disc Jockey? I've never heard of Tumen Kanghui doing DJing on the side?"

Chianti stopped touching the gun, somewhat helplessly: "You're not uneducated, DJ stands for Diamond Jack, which refers to the Jack of Diamonds."

Chu Ming's gaze toward Chianti revealed a clear naiveté; he was clearly clueless about these coded messages. He glanced at Tumen Kanghui's photo again: "So the square means his face is square?"

"..."

"...Why are you all looking at me like that?" Chu Ming felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at everyone's gazes. "Am I wrong?"

I'm really scared, here's the proof.

"Just assume that's how it is." Chianti hesitated, swallowing the words she wanted to explain. Even if she explained, Granburg didn't seem to understand. He used to seem quite smart. Has he become stupid from spending too much time with vodka?

Seeing that Chianti didn't want to talk about it, Chu Ming didn't ask any further. What was the point of knowing so much? It was just a code name anyway. However, he was still a little unconvinced: "Your code names are too imprecise."

"You didn't understand the meaning yourself, and you're blaming the code name for being imprecise?" Chianti rarely saw Chu Ming turn the tables on her, and she was somewhat speechless.

"No, what I mean is that it's precisely because there are clues that it can be deduced, which makes it seem very unrigorous. What if someone overhears us saying the code names and guesses our plan with a little deduction? In my opinion, we should just use random letters or numbers as code names, so that no one can guess it."

Chianti was speechless this time, but Vodka tried his best to smooth things over: "Haha, impossible, who would think that much when they hear that code name..."

Seeing that none of them believed him, Chu Ming didn't say anything more.

These people are all ignorant and have never heard of anyone being able to cheat in Hawaii, so they have no idea about the power of cheaters.

But it's alright, Conan's biggest helpers, Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara, are currently camping with some kids in the suburbs of Nishitama, so there's nothing to worry about.