Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

So Chu Ming got up early, planning to take the humanoid Grim Reaper to the mall, hoping to find a wild magnetic field.

As soon as they arrived at the Mori family's house, Ran sadly told Chu Ming that Conan had just been picked up by his mother that morning.

After saying goodbye to Xiaolan, Chu Ming recalled the two figures he had inadvertently seen entering Professor Agasa's house on the second floor the night before, and something dawned on him.

Yesterday I thought it was Professor Agasa's friends in the scientific community, but now it seems it must be Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko Kudo. It's true that children are born to be played with; these two tease Conan even more than I do.

Conan flew away, the magnetic field flew away, and Chu Ming's heart flew away with him. Why didn't Professor Agasa invite him this time? It wasn't for the sake of emotional points, but mainly to help Conan realize the consequences of recklessness.

Having just crossed a traffic light, Chu Ming was halfway across the street when he decided to go to the breakfast shop on the other side to get something to eat.

A car that had just stopped suddenly started moving and sped off. Chu Ming was so startled that he took several steps back. Sure enough, the world of science fiction was fraught with danger. Who was this guy trying to murder? Was there a magnetic field?

"—Stop that child!" A voice suddenly rang out, the tone going from rough to soft. Chu Ming saw the small figure running into the distance, then looked at the terrified old woman in the car.

This must be Yukiko Kudo; even her real voice is scared out of its wits. Conan really knows how to mess with his mom; what if he hits someone or his mom gets hurt? Tsk tsk.

Chu Ming didn't even want to eat anymore. He turned around and went straight home. This was such a fun thing, why not take him along?

After arriving home, Chu Ming went to the room on the far side of the second floor and secretly observed from behind a corner of the curtain.

Before long, Conan's furtive voice came from the alleyway where Professor Agasa lived. He kept peeking out to see if Professor Agasa had returned home. Just as he saw Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara carrying groceries home, he excitedly peeked out, ready to shout, completely unaware that a figure was gradually approaching him from behind.

A towel soaked in ether was pulled out from behind and placed directly over his mouth. Conan hurriedly tried to pull it away, but the difference in strength was too great, and he eventually fell to the ground.

Yukiko Kudo, in a dramatic display, picked up Conan and let out a string of villainous laughs, when suddenly someone pressed a knife against her back.

"Let go of the child in your arms."

Yukiko Kudo paused in her laughter, put down Conan, and quickly reached for the gun at her waist, pointing it behind her.

"Someone in the way? Who are you?"

Chu Ming didn't say anything. He slashed at Kudo Yukiko's hand holding the gun, knocking the gun away. He rolled over and quickly dragged Conan and the gun off the ground. He rushed out of the alley, pointed the gun at Kudo Yukiko, and shouted to Professor Agasa at the door, asking him to call the police.

Seeing this plot twist, Dr. Agasa quickly stepped forward and waved his hand, saying, "Wait, wait, Chu Ming, we're all on the same side, don't do anything."

"One of our own?" Chu Ming feigned doubt.

"Actually, she's Shinichi's mother—"

"...Isn't Shinichi's mother the famous actress Yukiko Kudo? Is she... just middle-aged and has gained weight?"

Chapter 74 Count Me In

"What the hell?! How can you talk like that?! What do you mean by 'middle-aged and overweight'?!" Yukiko Kudo, who had been silent until now, suddenly exploded, "You're so rude! How can you say that a beautiful young woman has gained weight in middle age?!"

As she spoke, she lifted her disguise.

Looking at that young and beautiful face, Chu Ming awkwardly handed the gun back to her.

When it came to age and appearance, Chu Ming rationally refrained from arguing with her. He changed the subject: "So what are you doing? Why are you lying to Conan?"

"It's all for this kid. We want him to know that everything he's doing is extremely dangerous, and it would be best if he obediently came to America with us."

Chu Ming nodded, beaming with interest: "Count me in! I want to participate too!"

"Hmph, I would never bring such a rude brat into my script! Especially since this brat is extremely, extremely, extremely blind!!" Kudo Yukiko turned her head and refused Chu Ming.

Chu Ming blinked: "Sister, count me in~ I was wrong just now. Now that I see how beautiful you are, I know what I said was ridiculous. After all, no words can describe even a fraction of your beauty..."

Yukiko Kudo was overjoyed by the praise and immediately turned around to pat Chu Ming on the shoulder: "Good lad, you have good taste! I agree to let you participate in the film! Come on, let's go discuss the script for adding more people."

Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara stared dumbfounded at the backs of the two as they scrambled into the car, then looked at Conan, who had been carelessly tossed into the vehicle, and shook their heads.

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Conan woke up from his coma and vaguely heard some conversations outside. He moved his hands and feet and found that his hands were tightly bound with rope, and only his feet could move.

He quietly stood up, peered through the hole in the room, and as he moved closer to the wall, his voice suddenly grew louder.

Three people stood in the hall outside: two men and one woman. The man closest to the wall, seen from behind, had long, flowing silver hair and a tall, slender figure. Even from behind, he seemed to exude a murderous aura. Could it be—!

—Is this the man who gave him the medicine?!

Conan's eyes widened in fright, and he even slowed his breathing, afraid of attracting the attention of the people outside.

Chu Ming heard a faint noise inside and knew that Conan had woken up and must have discovered the hole they had deliberately left. He winked at Kudo Yusaku and Yukiko.

Yusaku Kudo understood and said, "Mary, why didn't you just kill that brat? Why did you bring him back?"

"Exactly, that kid looks like he's up to no good. It would be so much easier to just kill him. We still have a mission to do tomorrow."

“Vodka, Rum, this guy narrowly escaped the organization’s poison. I was instructed by my superiors to bring him back to the lab for thorough research.” Yukiko Kudo called out the two men’s pseudonyms.

Thanks to Chu Ming for telling them some information that Conan knew, the scene looked more realistic.

Conan held his breath, barely daring to exhale. Sure enough, this was the organization! The silver-haired man was Vodka! The other man was codenamed Rum, and the woman was Mary.

Why do I make this judgment? Because the two organization members I met on the Shinkansen last time, the fat man mentioned Rum's information, and it's obvious that Rum wasn't one of the two people who were present at the time!

Therefore, we can deduce that the masked man was Rum, and the silver-haired man who fed him the drug was Vodka!

It turned out they wanted to investigate the abnormality happening to him, and this time they didn't kill him.

Chu Ming secretly brushed aside his bangs. This was a disguise that Kudo Yukiko had given him based on Chu Ming's description. Some subtle details were not quite right, so Chu Ming used his bangs to cover most of his face. As long as his demeanor was right, Conan wouldn't be able to tell.

He fixed his hair, leaving one eye sticking out, and walked towards the cave entrance: "Why do I hear noises inside? Has that little devil woken up?"

Conan had just scrambled back to his original spot and lay down when his heart started pounding.

Chu Ming suppressed a laugh as he looked at the system notification that his score had increased by 1298. He then glanced at Conan, who was pretending to be calm and asleep, and exchanged a look with Yusaku Kudo behind him. Both of them grinned wildly.

"are you awake?"

"No. It seems the drug is still working. But is that child inside really Shinichi Kudo, the high school detective I gave him the drug before?"

Only Yukiko Kudo, true to her acting skills, continued to perform with a straight face even though Conan couldn't see her: "I still can't believe it, but on the day Shinichi Kudo went missing, this child also appeared at the Mouri Detective Agency, and from that day on, Kogoro Mouri, who was previously unknown to the outside world, began to become famous. This child also became active at crime scenes under the guise of Kogoro Mouri's assistant. I think it's very likely that the organization developed some new drug that shrunk his body."

"I see. So, it's very likely that Sherry also escaped the lab after taking this drug? After our mission tomorrow, we'll interrogate this kid thoroughly. Maybe he's the one who hid Sherry. Ah~ Sherry, you can't escape my grasp~"

Yukiko Kudo stared speechlessly at Chu Ming as he suddenly launched into an aria, her face clearly saying, "You're out of character! Don't suddenly turn from a terrorist into a pervert!"

Chu Ming glanced at the two of them. Sigh, the pain of having no one to pick up on a joke. Who knows if he's actually out of character at all?

Chapter 75 Scared Conan to Death

Yusaku Kudo, fearing that Conan would notice Chu Ming's sudden outburst, quickly chimed in.

"Hmph, we'll find out if this medicine works or not after we try it."

"Try?"

“We’re going on a mission tomorrow, right? I brought some of that medicine the organization developed with me when I left.” Kudo Yusaku pulled a box of pills from his coat pocket, revealing six neatly arranged pills inside.

—Amoxicillin?

Chu Ming's lips twitched. This high-quality replica... is amazing.

"Once we give this drug to tomorrow's trading partner, we'll know if it can shrink people. After all, the organization also instructed us to eliminate the trading partner immediately after the transaction, so it's a good way to make use of them."

"Now that you know this drug can shrink people, what are your plans? We can't kill this brat yet; we need to take him back to the lab."

Chu Ming continued to struggle with his bangs; how could Gin's bangs not get hot every day with such thick hair?

Kudo Yusaku paused for a moment, but before Chu Ming could finish his line, he had no choice but to go on stage himself.

He pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Yukiko: "You talk too much nonsense. Anyone who knows the organization's secrets will not live. I have made my decision. Just do as I say, or you will become a corpse too."

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Chu Ming finally fixed his bangs, successfully making them look exactly like Gin's: "Has anyone gone to inform that man of tomorrow's transaction location?"

"Same old method, trade at 1 pm tomorrow, let's rest for now."

They exchanged glances, and the three adults with a wicked sense of humor each found a place to lie down, creating an opportunity for Conan in the room.

Conan successfully discovered the props they left in the room. He used the carpet to wrap the bottle and smashed it. He then used the shards to cut the rope. He originally intended to hide in the refrigerator, but he 'accidentally' discovered a storage cabinet under the carpet, just big enough for him to squeeze into.

Hearing the rustling sounds inside, Chu Ming sighed leisurely. "Hide well, famous detective. There's a big show waiting for you tomorrow."

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"What? That brat is gone?"

"Yes, when I went to check on him this morning, he was no longer in the room. He must have jumped from the second floor to escape! Let's go after him!"

Yusaku Kudo tried to push up his glasses, but instead pushed up his mask with one hand: "No, that brat is definitely still hiding in the room, waiting for us to leave. Let me see if that brat is hiding here!"

He laughed loudly, pulled out a gun from his pocket, and flung open the refrigerator door—it was empty.

Chu Ming listened carefully to the breathing sounds around him, pointed to his feet, and leaned closer to listen. He could almost hear Conan's pounding heartbeat.

Yukiko gave an OK sign: "What's going on? I think you guessed wrong. Let's hurry up and chase after them."

Yusaku Kudo calmly put away his gun: "That brat has nowhere to go. We'll go find him after today's transaction is over."

Just as Conan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Chu Ming unleashed a powerful move: "I see some gasoline downstairs. Let's set this place on fire later. It'll cover our tracks and destroy all the evidence. If that brat is still hiding here, the fire will take him down with it—"

A cold smile, typical of Gin's style, curled at the corner of his mouth as he relentlessly eroded Conan's emotional value.

"Waiting for the fire to start is too slow, let's not cause any unnecessary trouble." Kudo Yusaku, taking advantage of Conan's inability to see, couldn't hide the smile on his face even through his mask.

Conan let out a soft breath, slowly relaxing his stiff body. Thank goodness, otherwise he would have been finished.

Suddenly he heard a conversation outside, and his face turned deathly pale with fright.

“I still have the bombs I got from the organization. Why don’t we plant them, and then blow this place up once we’re far away?”