Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

A small silver knife appeared at Chu Ming's fingertip, a flash of cold light slicing across Ireland's cheek, leaving a mark on his disguise: "You talk too much."

Ireland turned his head. Although the knife hadn't cut him, Chu Ming's murderous intent in that instant had shocked him. He glanced at Conan, who was clearly eavesdropping, and kicked him away in a fit of rage, his eyes almost overflowing with anger.

Conan, who was eavesdropping: ? ? ?

Watching his actions, Chu Ming gave him a final warning: "When you see Gin, you should know very well what you should and shouldn't say."

Ireland's knuckles cracked as he turned and headed towards the rooftop. Chu Ming glanced at Conan, who hadn't even fainted from being punched and kicked, and followed him.

Conan watched the two leave the hall and head towards the top of the tower. He struggled to move to Ran's side and saw that she was breathing normally and was just asleep. He was relieved and gently leaned Ran against the wall, then quietly followed behind them.

Clearly, once he knew he wouldn't die anytime soon, his curiosity began to take over again.

During the ascent, Chu Ming overheard Gin making a phone call to Ireland. At that moment, Gin and his team were already hovering near the tower in their Apache attack helicopter.

After confirming that he had the SD card, Gin ordered Ireland to go to the top of the tower immediately. Then, without giving Ireland a chance to speak, he gestured for him to hold up the SD card.

Chu Ming lagged behind by two steps, watching Ireland approach the railing step by step. His excellent eyesight allowed him to almost see the muzzle of Chianti's sniper rifle protruding from the hidden opening below. Only then did Chu Ming slowly emerge from the darkness and walk to Ireland's side.

By this time, the area around the tower was already surrounded by police cars. Gin clearly had no intention of rescuing Ireland. He sat coldly in the driver's seat and spoke to lure Ireland closer to Chianti's firing range.

Chianti was aiming at Ireland, preparing to kill him along with the SD card, when he suddenly noticed an extra person next to Ireland and couldn't help but exclaim, "What's Granbury doing there?"

Gin was taken aback. He grabbed Cohen's sniper rifle and looked through the scope. He saw Chu Ming standing next to Ireland, disguised and smiling, waving at them.

Gin shoved the gun back into Cohen's hand with annoyance, his face displeased: "Vodka, move closer, get ready to lower the rope ladder. Chianti, put the gun away."

Chianti and Cohen have been by Gin's side for years, and they almost always do whatever he tells them to do. So even though Ireland's status is higher than hers, they still do whatever Gin orders them to do.

I thought I'd be adding another victim to the guns today, but I never expected Granburg to appear on Tokyo Tower.

Killing an Irishman is no problem, but killing Granbury is a huge problem.

Furthermore, Gin clearly wouldn't allow anyone to attack Granburch.

Ireland had no idea that he had just narrowly escaped death. After climbing the rope ladder onto the helicopter, he sat down in the back without saying a word, without even greeting Gin.

Seeing Ireland's behavior, Vodka assumed their plot to assassinate him had been discovered, and he felt a pang of guilt, glancing at Gin: "Big Brother..."

Gin looked at Chu Ming, who was slowly climbing the rope ladder, and said with a gloomy expression, "Let's go."

Just as he was about to leave, Gin spotted Conan's feet hiding behind the fire extinguisher box, and his face darkened: "Wait! There's still someone on the tower!"

As he ordered Vodka to fire with the helicopter's machine gun, his face turned cold. He turned to look at the two who had just boarded, his gaze sweeping over Chu Ming before landing on Ireland: "Didn't you notice the rat following you?"

Ireland was already annoyed, and being criticized by Gin made him even angrier: "You have the nerve to ask me? Why don't you ask Granbury?"

Chu Ming, ignored by Gin, raised his hand and ripped off his disguise, revealing a youthful face with an innocent expression: "Huh? What's wrong with me?"

Ireland gritted his teeth, his eyes seemingly spitting fire, as if he wanted to shove the truth into Gin's mind, but due to Granburg's warning, he could only grit his teeth and speak cryptically.

"Gin, you're only protecting yourself because of the favored people of the Japanese bosses. I wanted to kill the people on the tower, but Granburch wouldn't let me. If you're angry, take it out on him, don't come asking me!"

At this moment, Conan was afraid that if he hid any longer, Ran downstairs would get hurt, so he had no choice but to run upstairs. In just a short while, he was almost forced to the top of the tower by Vodka firing a machine gun.

After Ireland pointed it out, Chu Ming calmly stopped Vodka: "That's enough, Vodka. If we keep shooting, it'll cause too much of a commotion, and the police helicopters will have to be deployed. Let's go, he's still useful, we can't kill him now."

Vodka stopped the moment he heard the order, turned the helicopter around, and then realized that Gin hadn't said anything yet, so he cautiously glanced over.

Seeing that his gaze was fixed on him, Gin's face turned cold and his mood was clearly very bad: "What are you looking at? Aren't you leaving?"

Vodka timidly withdrew his gaze and piloted the helicopter away into the distance. He couldn't afford to offend either of them and had to be mindful of their reactions…

Chu Ming looked back and could vaguely see Conan's small figure standing at the top of the tower. He was probably just as puzzled as he was.

but--

Chu Ming's gaze met Gin's emotionless eyes, and he felt a chill run down his spine. His gaze swept over Ireland, implying something: "I'll tell you when we get back."

Ireland, who was actually somewhat eager to hear something, looked even worse. There weren't many good people at the Japanese headquarters; they were all very gloomy.

The problem with this mission was originally caused by the Japanese side. When they needed his help, he was quite sincere. But now that the mission is over, he's acting all hostile.

It's clear that Gin's irresponsibility led him to let the undercover agent take the SD card. He's been in charge of the US branch for so long, how come he didn't have these problems?

It would be better to let him be the head of the group.

Chu Ming had no idea what Ireland was thinking. His impression of Ireland wasn't bad. Although he was unruly, he was reasonably intelligent and had decent skills. Most importantly, he was obedient and would obey Chu Ming's orders, even if he was somewhat resentful.

In short, it wasn't a loss to save them.

Chapter 633 Free-range animals are more energetic than captive animals

After the helicopter landed at the base in the suburbs, Ireland circled the armed helicopter several times. After careful observation, he finally remembered what the question that had been lingering in his mind was.

"You were just going to pick me up, but you brought an armed helicopter with rockets and missiles? And you even squeezed two snipers into a helicopter with only four seats?" Ireland's suspicious gaze fell on Gin, and he narrowed his eyes as he recalled being squeezed around in the helicopter.

He grew increasingly angry as he spoke: "You didn't even reserve a spot for me. You weren't planning to help me in the first place; you were trying to kill me instead! If Granburg hadn't been there, you wouldn't have even intended to let me onto the helicopter?"

Gin remained unfazed: "Of course, since your identity has already been exposed, it's better to kill you on the spot than to let you fail your mission and be taken away by the police."

Although the meaning is the same, Gin's way of saying it makes it sound like it's perfectly natural.

Ireland couldn't quite accept this reason. Although that was how the organization was supposed to proceed, he hadn't even lost his disguise, so how could his identity have been exposed and the mission failed?

However, seeing Gin's unwillingness to say anything, he was so angry that he didn't even let Vodka deliver it. He tore off his disguise, got into a car, and drove away, probably planning to leave Japan, a place that had caused him so much trouble, as soon as possible.

After Cohen and Chianti left, Chu Ming got into the Porsche that Gin had parked there earlier and they went back to the base together.

Seeing that Chu Ming and Gin seemed to have something to discuss, Vodka considerately left the living room to the two of them.

Chu Ming lifted the laptop that was on the coffee table in the living room; it was the one he had left there before.

I did a quick search and found a picture of Shinichi Kudo. I then turned the computer screen towards Gin.

Although Gin claims he doesn't remember the names of the people he killed, Shinichi Kudo, the lucky one who escaped death from his clutches, is still firmly etched in his mind.

“Ireland asked me before if I remembered Shinichi Kudo. I told him I didn’t have that much time to remember the people I killed.” Gin’s fingertips tapped lightly on the table. “At that time, I felt something was off about his tone. He also turned off the tracker and disappeared somewhere…”

Chu Ming suddenly realized: "You think Ireland is gathering information for Shinichi Kudo?"

So this is the real reason why Gin decided to just wipe out Ireland...

Poor Ireland, because he tried to get information out of Gin, he directly aroused Gin's suspicion, which then turned into murderous intent.

"That's right. Besides, his identity has already been exposed, and the police are already surrounding the tower. We might as well just kill him." Perhaps because he doesn't need to recruit anyone himself, Gin is quite adept at killing his colleagues.

“You’ve misunderstood him. He didn’t collude with Shinichi Kudo.” Chu Ming shook his head, clearing Ireland’s name. “However, the figure you saw on the tower was Shinichi Kudo.”

Suddenly realizing that what he said might be a bit ambiguous, Chu Ming added, "Contrary to your guess, it was Ireland that investigated Shinichi Kudo's whereabouts, thought they had caught you red-handed, and planned to complain to the BOSS."

Gin's face turned cold. He said that the intelligence team was a bunch of useless people. They had been investigating Shinichi Kudo for so long and hadn't found anything. Meanwhile, this foreigner from Ireland had only been here for a few days and had already found out Shinichi Kudo's whereabouts.

"Then why didn't you kill him back then?" Gin looked at the confident-smiling boy on the computer screen, and a murderous intent arose within him.

Too lazy to turn the computer around, Chu Ming got up and sat down next to Gin. He activated the program, transmitted the data from the electro-optical turret on the helicopter's nose, opened the footage captured by the night vision camera, and zoomed in on a frame to show Gin.

Through the gaps in the tower's railings, a small figure can be clearly seen running upwards amidst the hail of bullets.

Conan's Escape

"It's a brat?" Gin frowned slightly, but as Chu Ming zoomed in on the image, his expression suddenly turned cold. "It's that brat from Kogoro Mouri's family!"

Oh ho, it's obvious that Conan's mistake of kicking the glass and causing Chianti and Korn to miss killing Kogoro Mouri not long ago has already been on Gin's mind.

Chu Ming didn't speak, waiting for Gin to sort things out himself. It was clear that Gin was capable of serving as the head of the action team and could maintain his position as the BOSS's most trusted confidant, which was inseparable from his loyalty and intelligence.

In just a moment, he realized: "That brat, is it Shinichi Kudo?"

“Yes, that’s him.” Chu Ming pulled out a photo from his side. It was a photo he had taken from Ran before, a picture of her and Shinichi together. “Look, this is what Shinichi Kudo looked like when he was a child, and this is what Conan looks like after he takes off his glasses.”

Gin took a cigarette out of his pocket, put it in his mouth without lighting it, leaned back on the sofa, and stared intently at Chu Ming: "Give me a reason."

Gin's abrupt words startled Chu Ming for a moment, but he quickly realized what Gin wanted to ask.

“He can’t be killed now.” Chu Ming took out a lighter from the coffee table drawer and leaned over to light the cigarette Gin was holding.

"Hmm?" Gin didn't refuse. He turned his head and lit his cigarette with the light Chu Ming had lit, took a deep drag, and let out a slightly questioning hum from his nose.

"After Shinichi Kudo took APTX-4869, he turned into a child. Isn't that exactly what the BOSS needs?"

Chu Ming left it at that, but it was clear that Gin also knew the purpose of the BOSS's experiment. Just from Chu Ming's words, he immediately understood the unspoken meaning behind them.

"If you're not going to kill, why not arrest?" Gin asked, a cigarette dangling from his lips. His long silver hair obscured his forehead, revealing only one cold, murderous eye.

"After all—free-range animals are more energetic than captive animals," Chu Ming said meaningfully.

However, Gin was somewhat disdainful. He pressed the half-smoked cigarette against the photo on the table and burned off half of the head of the boy who was smiling as brightly as the little girl: "But for a dog that is too curious and acts recklessly, letting it roam freely is not a good idea."

He was clearly thinking about the bugging device hidden under Kiel's shoe. He was chasing after cases everywhere, and he might get killed any day. It was safer to stay in the lab.

"Oh dear, I stole these photos and was planning to put them back! Why did you burn them?" Chu Ming scolded, looking at the destroyed photos with a hint of exasperation. "It's alright. Even the most curious dog can't run very far with a collar. But its recklessness is definitely something to be proud of..."

Chu Ming's eyes flickered, and suddenly he thought of something, a pleased smile spreading across his lips: "How about you go and scare him a little?"

After all, given Conan's deep-seated fear of Gin, Gin's appearance is more effective than anyone else's.

He can also earn some extra money along the way.