Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Hattori grabbed Conan, who was furious because Ran had been dragged away and had followed to eavesdrop, and said, "It's this brat who's been following you around!"

Caught eavesdropping and feeling his disguise about to crumble, Conan exclaimed in horror, "Oh no!"

Chu Ming sat in his chair watching this scene from afar, thinking, "Oh no, we're doomed."

Chapter 65 Found you

"He seems to be there all the time, and he's always behind my dad, helping him with his reasoning. He's like my dad's little assistant."

"From behind him?" Hattori seemed to realize something, then lifted Conan up to face him with ill intent. "Come out from behind to help."

"Because I like playing detective games—"

Just as I was about to say something, the lights snapped off, plunging the surroundings into darkness.

"Hmm? Could there be another magnetic field?" Chu Ming sat up straight abruptly. His excellent night vision allowed him to clearly see Toba Kento holding an ice pick in his hand. At that moment, Fujisawa was lighting a lighter to turn on the light.

"This was a good deal, three magnetic fields, great!" Chu Ming swung his legs in his chair, ready to start eating.

"Ah—" A scream rang out, followed by the sound of shattering glass. Chu Ming stood up in astonishment. Where was the magnetic field? Where was his huge magnetic field? No way, could this murderer be so useless? How could such a big guy be so easily fooled? This batch of murderers was the worst he had ever seen!

The lights were turned on, and Chu Ming looked at Fujisawa, who was screaming so miserably despite only being pricked in the arm by an ice pick, with annoyance, and sat back down with little interest.

"There's a big hole in the window. The murderer must have run away after committing the crime! Ran, let's go—" Before Kogoro Mouri could finish speaking, Chu Ming lazily interrupted him.

"That's right, what the uncle means is that the murderer is still among us!"

"..."

"..."

Everyone looked puzzled; had something wrong with their ears?

Since Hattori began to suspect Conan, he has completely given up on studying Chu Ming's method of elimination and is now looking at Chu Ming with a dark expression.

Seeing Kogoro Mouri's wide eyes as if he wanted to refute, Chu Ming quickened his pace: "Uncle is right. When I was sitting here just now, I felt the murderer pick up the chair, smash the glass, and then put the chair back. If he really jumped out of the window to escape, how could he have had time to put the chair back properly?"

Kogoro Mouri was about to get angry when Chu Ming interrupted him, but after hearing Chu Ming's analysis, he coughed twice and changed the subject: "Ms. Iwami, when the power went out just now, I heard you shouting in the kitchen that the fuse was blown, right?"

The waitress nodded: "Yes, when I was about to plug in the coffee maker, the power went out with a snap."

Everyone went to the kitchen to check on the scene, while Chu Ming lazily slumped in a chair, not moving.

Conan had already walked halfway when he saw Chu Ming still in the living room, so he ran over to pull him back. He was about to be exposed again, so he needed someone to cover for him.

Once inside the kitchen, the two heard Kogoro Mouri point at Mr. Kawazu and say, "You're the murderer, aren't you? So far, you and Mr. Toha are the only ones who have been in contact with the wire. Mr. Toha and Ms. Ayako are a couple who are about to get married, so he definitely wouldn't kill his girlfriend. It has to be you!"

Chu Ming raised an eyebrow, nudged Hattori in front of him, and then raised an eyebrow at Conan, whispering, "Uncle Mori has already told us that the culprit is Mr. Toba. Now we just need to find the evidence."

Hattori, watching Kogoro Mori spout nonsense with such earnestness, then glancing at Chu Ming's perfectly straight face, suddenly began to doubt his own judgment. Just as Chu Ming had said, if you listened to Kogoro Mori's explanations in reverse, you could find the real culprit… He truly suspected Toba Kento. Could Kogoro Mori really possess genuine talent? Was that kid really just an assistant?

No, let's try again.

"I think Mr. Mori's reasoning this time makes a lot of sense. What do you think, little friend?"

Conan, resting his chin on his hand in thought, answered casually when someone asked him, "I think Toba Kento, whom Chu Ming mentioned, is a prime suspect. Also, Ayako's death seemed sudden, possibly not part of the killer's plan. Furthermore, the only person Ayako spoke to before her death was Mr. Toba, and the excuse he used was likely that treasured book. However, I haven't yet figured out what the evidence is—uh…"

Chu Ming didn't remind him anymore. To prevent Hattori from seeing through his disguise, he had already tried his best to teach Hattori the Mao-style elimination method. Hattori was clearly not worried about solving the case, and he had almost fooled him before. Instead of lying low at a time like this, he was acting so arrogantly... Chu Ming decided to quit and let him be.

Realizing he was in trouble, Conan scratched his head, trying to play dumb and get away with it. "I was just guessing! I really want to be a detective too~ Like Uncle~ I'm just a little kid, I don't know anything~"

Conan, who was acting cute, was pulled aside by Ran, but Hattori's deep gaze lingered on Conan. Sure enough, this child was—

Conan, not to be out of place either, was looking around. Sigh, Brother Chu Ming is so good at deduction, but he always likes to slack off. He's playing with paper frogs again. Hmm, wait, paper?

He suddenly remembered what Xiaolan had said at noon: that she saw Ayako Oki wandering around the corridor with a stack of papers. If she wanted to see the answers, she definitely wouldn't look at anyone else's; her first priority would definitely be her boyfriend's.

He was about to drug Kogoro Mori as usual when he glanced at Hattori beside him. No, it would be terrible if he were discovered.

He tugged at Hattori's sleeve: "Hey, big brother, when Miss Ayako tried to cheat at noon, whose exam paper did she look at? That way you'd know the evidence, right?"

Hattori glanced down at Conan, who was blinking and acting cute, and recalled Shinichi Kudo's upright demeanor that day, his face full of arrogance.

"I'm completely confused about this~ because I'm a bit slow~"

Conan's half-moon eyes, hey, are you really that shameless? You're even making fun of yourself to try and hook me.

He turned around, trying to find Chu Ming. Although Chu Ming didn't know that he was the one making all the deductions for the uncle, now that he knew Chu Ming's identity, knowing this would at most shatter his illusions about the uncle. He couldn't care less about anything else. Hmm? Where is Brother Chu Ming?

You want me to be your tool? No way! Chu Ming quietly sipped his coffee in the back kitchen, concealing his true intentions.

Conan glanced at Hattori, who was beaming with smugness. "Damn it, if that's how it is, then don't blame me for being ruthless. Just wait and see if I don't stab you and you're done for."

"I need to go to the bathroom..." Conan glanced at Hattori out of the corner of his eye, turned around to leave, and quickly hid behind the door as he went out the door.

Sure enough, Hattori followed, but Conan was nowhere to be seen when they went outside.

"Huh? What about people?"

Chu Ming estimated that it was about time, so he came out of the kitchen and just happened to see Hattori staggering in from the doorway and sitting down on the ground.

"I already know who the murderer is! It's you! Mr. Kento Toba!!"

The strange Kansai accent almost made Chu Ming laugh. Does being a detective require learning accents from different regions? Did he learn this in Hawaii?

"How could it be me? I just explained. I stayed in my room all day yesterday and didn't go out. I was with you guys after dinner, didn't I? Besides, we were all in the lobby when Ayako died. There's no timer in the garage. I can't be in two places at once. How could I have killed Ayako in the garage when I was in the lobby?"

Uncle Mori charged aggressively at Hattori and delivered a powerful punch, finally giving him a chance to beat up the kid.

Chu Ming noticed Hattori's fingers twitch and, upon hearing his voice behind him, a subtle, almost imperceptible smile appeared on his lips.

I've found you, Shinichi Kudo.

Is Chapter 66 the final word?

After Conan identified the culprit, he walked out from behind Heiji Hattori, looking refreshed.

The murderer decided to kill someone simply because the owner of Jingu published a book called "Irene Yadra's Laughter," which he felt did not conform to the original work.

Chu Ming will always be shocked by the bizarre motivations for killing in the world of Detective Conan. Isn't this a bloodbath caused by writing fanfiction that went out of character?

[The author's horror]

Hattori had been so stiff from maintaining the same posture that he had subtly shifted several times, but Conan, that little fool, was so engrossed in deducing the truth that he didn't notice anything.

Finally, the reasoning was over. He stretched, feeling exhausted, even more so than when he was doing the reasoning himself.

Ran was also a little surprised. This high school student who always looked down on his father was actually quite amazing: "You're so amazing, Hattori! No wonder you're a famous detective!"

Conan panicked: Oh no, I mustn't let it slip.

Unexpectedly, Hattori didn't expose him at all, and brazenly took the blame: "Of course, this kind of case is a piece of cake for me!"

Seeing Conan let out a long sigh of relief, Chu Ming chuckled and said, "You're celebrating too soon."

Sure enough, when Conan darted out from behind him, Hattori grabbed Conan and pulled on the voice changer in his chest bow tie: "You used this to imitate my voice?"

Conan jumped in fright, and his affected, childlike voice came out again: "Hattori-nii-what are you saying... I don't understand, I'm just a little kid, this is a toy that Professor Agasa gave me, hahaha..." He pretended to be stupid while trying to break free from Hattori's hand.

"Stop pretending, I heard everything, and I saw you using that bow!!"

"When did you—" Conan was caught off guard and inwardly pounded his chest in regret.

"I woke up when that confused old man punched me. Although my accent is still strange, my reasoning is exactly the same as Shinichi Kudo's. I've read many of your previous reports, so don't try to deny it!"

Conan was determined to deny it to the end: "Hahaha, how could that be? I'm just a kid..."

"Alright, forget it then." Hattori stood up casually, and just as Conan was wondering why he gave up so easily, he suddenly walked towards Ran.

"Miss Mori, I have something to tell you, it's a very, very interesting little secret about that brat~ Actually—"

Conan was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. What's going on?! Can't you handle this?!

"Wait!!!" He took a few steps forward, grabbed Hattori, and pulled him back, the two of them hiding in a corner.

Chu Ming watched coldly as the two detectives from Kanto and Kansai officially met.

"You shrunk after taking the medicine. So, that kid who misled me before also knew your identity? So all that talk about elimination was just to lead me astray? Damn it, I almost fell for his trick!"

On the return train, Heiji Hattori was surprised, but he still remembered to keep his voice down.

"No, not really—Brother Chu Ming doesn't know that I was behind the uncle's reasoning; he genuinely believes that the uncle is just a wise fool..."

"...You're pretty clever, aren't you? Hiding at your childhood sweetheart's house, eating and living together, tsk tsk, you're the one who seizes the opportunity to sneak into the girl's house and get close to her..."

Conan blushed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I don't like that kind of troublesome girl."

Xiaolan peeked out from the back of the chair: "When did you two become so close? You even have secrets to share."

Chu Ming also peeked out from the front: "Yeah, when did we become so close? You used to always squeeze in with me, but today I specially saved a seat for you, and you're sitting with Hattori. Oh well, it's okay, I'm fine sitting alone, not lonely at all~"

Chu Ming spoke in a mournful tone, noticing that goosebumps had appeared on Conan's hands. "Hmph, you've always been the one to annoy me, but today I'll get my revenge."

Hattori added insult to injury: "Yeah, Conan always likes to sit right next to me now, probably because he was impressed by my deduction just now. What a realistic kid he is—"

"Hey, hey—" Conan was speechless. Why was everyone suddenly teasing him?

Hattori rolled his eyes, then turned to Ran and said, "Do you know how Shinichi Kudo described you to me last time?"

Conan's eyes widened, and he hurriedly reached out to grab Hattori's clothes, but he grabbed nothing.

At this moment, Hattori had already spoken: "He said you're troublesome, an unbearable girl."

Ran Mouri looked puzzled, her anger gradually rising: "This guy just disappeared without a word, and he dares to say I'm a nuisance?"

Chu Ming and Hattori exchanged a glance, and Chu Ming added, "So, Shinichi Kudo really does have another dog on the side, and he finds it troublesome to go back and forth between the two?"

Conan, who was getting anxious, quickly squeezed in: "Ran-neechan, don't listen to their nonsense! Shinichi-nii isn't like that at all! He usually..."