Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Chu Ming didn't take it to heart. He went to the hospital to visit Inspector Megure, thus completing his lie, before driving back home.

When they got home, they found Conan huddled in his room, talking on the phone with Dr. Agasa and Ai Haibara about the case, and they even mentioned Granbury's name.

Chu Ming approached stealthily and overheard Conan casually probing Ai Haibara's tone: "Speaking of which, not only Vermouth, but also that member codenamed Granburg knows our identities, but they haven't reported it yet—"

Ai Haibara knew why, of course, but she couldn't say a word about it to Conan, so she changed the subject: "Didn't you only run into Vermouth today? Why are you talking about Granbury again?"

Conan was also a little guilty. He didn't want Ai Haibara and the others to know that he had almost been killed by Granbury, for fear that they would worry. He didn't mention his guess that Granbury might be someone close to him, and could only change the subject.

"Just a random thought. Since the organization was able to receive the information so quickly and even sent Vermouth in disguise to investigate, it means they definitely have someone infiltrating the police force. I must find him!"

"If that's the case, you'd better stop immediately. You can't get involved in this anymore, otherwise your identity will be exposed to more members of the organization. Just because Vermouth and Granburg didn't report it doesn't mean they will!" Ai Haibara's voice was serious, filled with a strong warning.

Ai Haibara frowned and sighed softly. Chu Ming was already having a hard time in the organization. He didn't have many connections to rely on, and the organization wasn't a place where personal relationships mattered. Conan's one wrong step had caused irreversible damage to Chu Ming.

Chapter 628 APTX4869 can make people young again.

Obviously, if Conan could listen to reason, he wouldn't be that stubborn kid.

Although he knew it was dangerous, he believed that opportunity and danger go hand in hand. The fact that Vermouth, Granburg, and even Gin had all been mobilized meant that this secret must have jeopardized the organization's very foundation, and he had to investigate it thoroughly.

Chu Ming could understand Conan's thoughts. After all, he didn't want to be trapped in this child's body forever, nor did he want Ran to keep waiting for him. He had to take down the organization, otherwise, even if Ai Haibara could develop an antidote, he wouldn't be able to openly go to Ran.

Therefore, even if he knew it was dangerous, he couldn't give up.

Wow, this is love that's mutual!

Chu Ming waited at the door for a while, and saw Conan hang up the phone, pull up his collar to cover the scar on his neck, before slowly walking in.

"Are you on the phone with Ai?"

Conan nodded, a rare look of frustration on his face. He slumped in the large chair, making him appear exceptionally small. "Haibara said that continuing the investigation is too dangerous. If the organization finds out, we'll all be hunted down. But with such a huge lead right in front of us, why not investigate? I—"

"I know you won't listen to my advice, so I can only tell you to be careful." Chu Ming handed him a glass of milk, without giving him any positive advice. "Drink it and get some rest."

Conan nodded, took the milk, and went back to his room to rest.

Chu Ming watched him close the door, then turned and went back to his room. He turned on his computer and hacked into the entire Mihua surveillance system. Countless surveillance images appeared on the computer screen in front of him.

Chu Ming skillfully entered the commands, enlarging several interfaces, and just then saw Ireland walking slowly down the corridor of Teidan High School and entering the clothing storage warehouse.

Chu Ming turned on the security camera in the warehouse. In the footage, Ireland carefully took out the clothes that Shinichi Kudo wore at the school festival and extracted the fingerprints from the helmet.

After obtaining fingerprints, Ireland did not linger. She left the school gate, got into a car, and drove away. According to road surveillance footage, she should have gone to Didan Elementary School.

Chu Ming narrowed his eyes. It seemed that Ireland had obtained a lot of information about Shinichi Kudo from the police, and had even connected him with Conan.

Although Ireland seems arrogant and conceited, Pisco did not die this time. He successfully completed his last job and is now preparing to enjoy his retirement.

The boss wouldn't mistreat an old man like this who was loyal to the organization and whose abilities were passable. He was still a big figure in the financial world, and his car company alone was enough to ensure his worry-free retirement.

As far as Chu Ming knew, Ireland went to visit Pisco as soon as he returned from the United States before reporting to Gin. Since there was no major conflict between the two, Conan's identity would most likely be handed over to Gin.

However, given Conan's experience of shrinking from a large size, he definitely won't die, but whether he'll be captured and taken to a laboratory is another matter.

Chu Ming leaned back in his chair, watching Ireland gradually approach the truth, and frowned slightly.

If he wanted to protect Conan, it would actually be quite simple. Hiroki is in his hands now. When Ireland is doing fingerprint comparison on the computer, it wouldn't be difficult for him to hack into his computer and tamper with the results. Once he confirms that Conan and Shinichi Kudo are not the same person, they will only investigate Shinichi Kudo and will no longer focus on Conan.

However, Chu Ming was not really willing to do this. Ai Haibara was currently focused on researching how to create an antidote, and it was impossible for her to continue researching which component of APTX4869 had shrunk.

If the organization learns about Conan's situation, the researchers might be able to analyze the drugs based on Conan's condition, and perhaps even find a way to make the BOSS young again.

Chu Ming rubbed his fingers together in frustration, staring at Ireland on the screen. After a long while, he silently shut down the computer, got up, and went out.

Conan tossed and turned in his room, unable to fall asleep. Suddenly, he heard the roar of a car engine outside the window. He got up, peered out the window, and saw Chu Ming drive away.

He stared blankly in the direction Chu Ming had left. Where was Brother Chu Ming going so late? Did something happen at the company again?

Conan didn't take it to heart. After all, he knew that Chu Ming had started a company and was already very busy with his own affairs. He would have to run around doing things for Chu Ming. He touched his still slightly burning throat and crawled back into bed.

It was nearly midnight, and there were very few people on the streets. Chu Ming sped towards the underground base where the BOSS was located.

Karasuma Renya's health has been relatively good lately. The researchers have already developed part of the medicine formula that Chu Ming and the others obtained from that ship last time, and the medicine they made is indeed effective.

He had been feeling much better lately, almost as if his chronic illness had vanished. When Chu Ming arrived, he was sitting at a wooden table, quietly reading a book. The gentle light fell on his face, which had regained some color, making him look like a piece of exquisite porcelain.

Seeing Chu Ming knocking on the door, Karasuma Renya put down the book in her hand, a smile appearing on her face, her eyes shining brightly: "It's so late, what brings you here?"

Chu Ming frowned slightly, his usual cheerful and energetic demeanor absent. Instead, he sat down opposite Karasuma Renya and got straight to the point: "Boss, the APTX4869 that Sherry researched has the effect of making people younger."

Karasuma Renya was taken aback at first, then stunned by the bombshell Chu Ming had dropped. He hesitated for a long time before finally speaking: "You—did you just wake up?"

Seeing that Karasuma Renya didn't believe him, Chu Ming knew that what he had said was really quite shocking. He tapped his phone: "Hiroki, release the information."

"Okay." With a reply, the large screen in front of the BOSS suddenly turned on, and Hiroki jumped around on the screen a few times, opening several reports on the screen.

Karasuma Renya stared blankly at Hiroki climbing up and down the screen, then turned to Chu Ming: "When did you take Noah's Ark away?"

Chu Ming then realized he hadn't had a chance to inform the BOSS, and couldn't help but chuckle awkwardly, "I was going to tell you when I came to the base last time, but I forgot because of that prescription..."

He said he felt like he'd forgotten something, and it turned out he hadn't reported to the boss that he'd taken Hiroki away...

Chapter 629 Experimental Breakthrough

Chu Ming presented the information he had gathered in Ireland to the BOSS ahead of time, but concealed the part about Ai Haibara. After all, he had previously replaced Ai Haibara's blood to hide it from Gin, so now he could only bring out Conan first.

Karasuma Renya stared at the content on the screen, his hands on his lap slightly clenched. He read the contents over and over again, and finally, he chuckled softly, his entire chest vibrating with laughter.

He pressed down slightly on the wheelchair with both hands and slowly stood up: "Where is he? Where is he now?"

“He is currently staying at the Mouri Detective Agency under the alias Conan Edogawa.” Chu Ming paused, then continued, “Kogoro Mouri is currently cooperating with the police in investigating the case. In order not to arouse their suspicion, I will use reasonable means to bring Conan back.”

“Reasonable means?” Karasuma Renya raised an eyebrow, looking at Chu Ming. “Kidnapping can be done with reasonable means?”

After revealing the truth, Chu Ming felt much more relieved, and a smile appeared on his face: "Shinichi Kudo's mother is also skilled in disguise. She once disguised herself as Fumiyo Edogawa and had contact with Kogoro Mouri. So I can disguise myself and go there, take Conan away, and then tell them that I'm taking Conan away. Shinichi Kudo concealed his identity after shrinking and didn't tell anyone, which makes it convenient for us to carry out our operation."

“Not for now.” Karasuma Renya looked at the little boy wearing glasses on the screen. “No need to bring him back. Judging from the information, this kid doesn’t seem like someone to be trifled with. Rather than bringing him back and having to take care of him, it’s better to keep an eye on him secretly and let him think he’s hiding well. You lie in wait by his side and find an opportunity to draw blood from him.”

Looking at Karasuma Renya's calm expression, Chu Ming had to admit that experience counts. If Conan were caught, he would definitely try every means to escape. If Ran and the others discovered something, it would also cause a stir.

Following Karasuma Renya's plan, Conan was made to believe he was still hiding in the shadows, when in fact he had already become a guinea pig kept by the organization...

"Okay, don't worry, I will definitely protect your precious experimental subject well," Chu Ming assured, patting his chest.

Karasuma Renya nodded. In his previous style, he would definitely have taken these test subjects into the laboratory for serious research. But he wasn't in a hurry now. He was already researching artificial intelligence, and with the software he got from Itakura Taku, the progress was encouraging.

Many formulas for prolonging life have been developed, and I'm already taking the medicine; the effects are quite good.

There have been new breakthroughs in the field of resurrection. The corpse that was resurrected half a year ago can still walk, jump, make simple sounds, and even grasp things with its five fingers, although its brain still cannot fully control its body.

With the good news from Chu Ming, the Silver Bullet series of drugs now has a new experimental subject for rejuvenation...

Karasuma Renya's smile spread across her lips, like the warm spring sun, like a clear mountain spring, warm and gentle, serene and far-reaching.

His gaze fell on Chu Ming. Granburch always talked about wanting to take over, but he didn't do anything about usurping the throne. He was busy slacking off all day. He even asked Gin to find some tasks that could help Granburch expand his network, but what happened? He didn't touch any of the tasks and gave them all out to others.

Noticing the BOSS's meaningful gaze, Chu Ming looked down, but couldn't find anything wrong with himself. He looked back at him blankly and asked, "What's wrong, BOSS?"

Karasuma Renya shook his head: "It's nothing, I'll inform Gin about this. You haven't been doing much of the tasks assigned to you lately, have you?"

???

I'll find a way for you to achieve immortality, and you'll find a way to give me missions?

Can't we just have some fun anymore?

"Boss, here's what happened. Please let me explain. It's just that my colleagues have been really enthusiastic lately. Every time there's a task, they all vie to help me. You know, I'm already the heir, and it's not right for me to be thinking about those task funds. So I just gave the tasks to them."

Chu Ming spoke with such high-sounding righteousness and without blushing at all. If Karasuma Renya hadn't known the truth herself, she would have almost been fooled by him.

Karasuma Renya shook his head helplessly. Just as he was about to say something, a researcher knocked lightly on the door from the outside: "BOSS, there's a major discovery."

Chu Ming and Karasuma Renya immediately turned their gazes to the doorway. After receiving permission, the researcher respectfully walked in, placed the laptop he was carrying on the table, and connected the screen.

"BOSS, we have made a breakthrough in the case of test subject 43-8795."

Chu Ming remembered this number; it was the number that the BOSS showed him when he first came to this base.

Chu Ming looked up at the screen in front of him with interest, but what he saw was a series of data and strange waveforms. He blinked and instantly lost interest.

I can't understand it, I can't understand it at all.

The experimenter pointed to the data on the screen, his eyes practically brimming with excitement: "The EEG of subject 8795 originally had a frequency of 0.5 to 3 Hz and an amplitude of 20 to 200 μV, and the graphic display was chaotic and disordered."

"However, because the original identity of test subject 8795 was an FBI agent, during a casual chat in the lab last time, when the death of Shuichi Akai was mentioned, it was suddenly discovered that the waveform of 8795 showed orderly fluctuations, and even the frequency and amplitude increased."

"This shows that the brains of these experimental subjects are not actually in a stagnant state in response to external information. On the contrary, they are still sensitive to the outside world. Our analysis suggests that the stronger the intention deep in their minds, the stronger the response to external stimuli!"

"So during this period, we played the news of the deaths of several FBI agents to 8795 every day. During this time, his brainwave frequency became stronger and stronger. Just now, he opened his eyes without our electric shock stimulation and even said a slurred word."

"Boss, we hope you will agree to allow us to use the relevant experimental subjects from the 43 series to conduct multiple sets of comparative experiments!"

Chu Ming had wandered around the lab before and knew that the 43 series consisted of undercover agents and traitors that the organization was hunting down, or the corpses of members of other organizations that had been killed. Their physical condition was much better than that of ordinary test subjects. Morofushi Kagemitsu was in this series.

Seeing the BOSS nod in agreement, Chu Ming turned his head and added, "Don't touch 43-3981 for now; I'll need it later."

Seeing that Karasuma Renya did not refuse, the experimenter understood. He left the experimental data with Karasuma Renya and left in a hurry.

The researchers who were able to join this underground laboratory and were willing to conduct research year after year in the dark were themselves crazy people with their hearts and minds set on research. Now that the experiment has made a breakthrough, they are all more excited than the BOSS.

Chapter 630 As expected of Shinichi Kudo

After dealing with Conan's problem, Chu Ming chatted with the BOSS for a while before leaving. After all, it was getting late, and most elderly people wouldn't get a good night's sleep if they didn't go to sleep by this time.

Chu Ming felt that he was being exceptionally thoughtful today.

By the time Chu Ming got home, it was already late at night. He made sure to walk quietly upstairs, only to see Conan peeking out of his bedroom door, still half asleep, and asking, "Brother Chu Ming, you're back? Are you going to the company so late?"