Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

"And what about Bozi?"

"Namiko? Namiko is my wife... I'm married..."

Just as Amuro Namiko was no longer so tense and showed a slight sense of relaxation, Akai Mugiko's incoherent words struck her heart like a thunderbolt.

"But I love Kotoko so much. I fell in love with her the first time I saw her. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone to find Namiko and become a Japanese citizen. I just wanted to be closer to Kotoko... I even went to Kotoko's family's brewery and worked there. Finally, Kotoko came back to Japan. I could see her every day from then on..."

"So... you're using Bozi, is that right?"

"Hmm? Hmm..." Akai Mugiko felt a buzzing in her ears and couldn't hear anything clearly. She responded casually a few times and then fell into a deep sleep.

Namiko Amuro was left alone, touching her stomach and crying silently…

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The phone vibrated on the bed for a long time before Chu Ming, who was engrossed in the story, finally realized what was happening and ran over to answer it.

"..."

"..."

Chu Ming looked at his phone in confusion. Why was no one speaking? Hmm, was it Gin who made the call?

"Big brother...?" Chu Ming called out hesitantly.

"I had Vodka call you three times, but you didn't answer." A cold voice came through.

"Uh..." Chu Ming looked at his phone with a bitter face. Sure enough, there were three missed calls.

"But it was always my older brother who contacted me before, why did Vodka have to do it this time? Aren't I my older brother's most important little brother? Oh well, my older brother is so busy, it's my fault, I shouldn't have been so demanding QAQ—"

Chu Ming tried to make a joke to let the matter pass.

"I told you to come back to base to receive a new mission after you finished this one, why didn't you come?"

Accustomed to Chu Ming's witty remarks, Qin Jiu remained unmoved and instead directly asked a question in return.

"This..." Chu Ming then remembered the text message his older brother had sent him, telling him to come back after the mission was over, as there would be a new mission.

Could he say he was having too much fun teasing Conan and forgot about it? Besides, the organization's text messages are basically deleted after being read; he probably forgot, so Gin probably won't be too angry—right? Maybe…

QAQ How could this be? Oh no...

"Big brother, I was wrong! What kind of mission is it? Tell me, I'll go right now!"

It seems I can't linger in Tokyo for a while. I'll avoid going back to base if possible and just seamlessly transition to new missions and wander around outside.

Chapter 81 Did Gin secretly stab me with a voodoo doll?

Without wasting time exchanging pleasantries with Chu Ming, Gin assigned the task with the intention of settling scores later.

"The assassination of Professor Oyama of the Faculty of Medicine at Tokyo University? Is he a member of the organization?"

"Not really. He was just a candidate the organization had previously traded with, but lately he seems to be acting a bit dishonestly to protect his reputation. He's trying to use the organization's intelligence to climb the ladder of advancement. Hmph, killing him would be too easy for him."

"Do we need to capture him alive and bring him to the lab? Potter has been saying that the lab is short of test subjects. When Sherry was there, he refused to use test subjects, so our action group didn't have to worry about this kind of thing. Now that Sherry has defected and Potter has been promoted from deputy to head of the lab, they've finally become the head of the lab. They've been using up too many test subjects lately."

"Never mind those useless people. They've used up a lot of test subjects, but their drug research has made almost no progress. They don't deserve to ask us to find test subjects for them."

"Okay, I'll go do the mission now! Bye, bro~~"

"One more thing."

"Uh, brother, you tell me."

"I have a few more missions here, I'm sending them to you together. Since you don't want to go back to base, then do more missions outside. Remember, you're the one doing them yourself."

Gin emphasized the word "himself" slightly.

? ? ? ?

Big brother, you've changed. You've become so ruthless and cold-hearted. You're no longer the big brother who silently did tasks by himself. You've started dumping tasks on me! And you won't even let me bring in any help!

Gin hung up the phone decisively after speaking, giving Chu Ming no chance to react.

Gin only provided an address for this mission, without any other information. Since Gin emphasized that Chu Ming should complete the mission on his own, he had no choice but to find the information himself.

Chu Ming sneaked into Da Shan Jiang's house, only to find it empty. Frustrated, he climbed back up from the wall, disguised himself, and went to ask his neighbor.

"You mean Professor Oyama? It seems he and his students made plans to go skiing. Let me think, they probably went to Professor Oyama's villa in the suburbs."

"A villa in the suburbs? Excuse me, could you please tell me its exact location? I've come to visit Professor Dashan because I'm about to take the postgraduate entrance exam and would like to become his student. Please help me!"

"Haha, ever since Professor Dashan's paper was published a while ago, a lot of people have been coming to visit him. His villa is near the newly opened ski resort in the suburbs. It's his only detached villa there, so it's easy to find."

After thanking his neighbors, Chu Ming thought for a moment and went directly to the ski resort.

There have been quite a few people skiing at the resort lately; Chu Ming waited in line for ages before it was his turn.

"Hello sir. Welcome to our ski resort! We have a promotion going on: two days and one night of skiing includes a free stay in one of our villas. We also have a night ski slope and many other recreational facilities, all of which are free with your ticket!"

Chu Ming readily paid a large sum of money, showing no sign of heartache. Since Gin was heartless, he wouldn't be so ruthless in return.

Sorry Gin, but before we start the mission, let me have a little fun with the money you worked so hard to earn!

As for the mission, after he's skied for two days, we'll just cause a car accident on the road or something, so that the person won't be considered someone he killed himself. I wonder if the magnetic field will increase as a result. If so, then future assassination missions can all involve indirect killing.

Humming a little tune, Chu Ming first took a walk around the ski area, tentatively stepping on the middle of the field. The snow was quite deep; one step could reach above the calf.

Chu Ming, in high spirits, swung his keys, planning to first settle into the villa area, then rent some ski equipment to ski, and finally build a snowman in the children's area in the afternoon.

"Ah—get out of the way!!"

This voice sounds familiar, like Uncle Mori.

Chu Ming glanced back and saw that the person rushing towards him at high speed was none other than Kogoro Mouri.

Just as they were about to collide, Chu Ming tried to dart out of the field, but the snow under his feet was too thick, hindering his movement. In addition, he had suddenly jumped in from outside the field to play in the snow, and Kogoro Mouri didn't have time to turn around.

'Duang~'

Kogoro Mori crashed directly into Chu Ming, and the two of them slid a long way across the snow, leaving a long trail behind them.

"Dad, are you alright? And this gentleman—wait, Brother Chu Ming?"

"Sister Xiaolan, Uncle—oh wait, Brother Chuming, what are you doing here?"

Seeing their synchronized movements and identical tilted heads in confusion, Chu Ming said weakly, "Stop 'ah-ah'ing, quickly help the uncle up..."

Ran and Conan then realized that Kogoro Mouri, along with his sled, had fallen on top of Chu Ming, and they hurriedly helped him up.

With the heavy burden lifted from his shoulders, Chu Ming finally let out a sigh of relief: it almost crushed him...

Is this retribution for his embezzlement of public funds? Or is Gin secretly casting a dart at him to curse him?

Chapter 82: Luring 'Nan' into the house

"Look what you've done! Now look what's happened, the keys are gone!" Kogoro Mouri stood at the entrance of the villa area, hands on his hips. Ran and Conan lowered their heads in unison, looking at each other without saying a word.

After that collision, Chu Ming's keys had flown off somewhere. Kogoro Mouri patted his chest and invited Chu Ming to stay at their villa for the night. Chu Ming, feeling at ease, used Uncle Mouri's sled to go skiing with Conan and the others.

When they had finished playing and it was getting late, they arrived at the door only to find out...

—It seems that Kogoro Mouri's key was knocked away just now.

"Should we call the villa manager now?" Chu Ming started to think of ideas.

There aren't any phone booths around here...

Chu Ming pulled out his phone: "I brought my phone, but I don't know the administrator's number. The receptionist who came in told me that the administrator's phone number is kept in the villa's entrance hall, and I can call anytime if there are any problems. I haven't had a chance to go in yet..."

Kogoro Mouri was also stumped; he hadn't memorized the number either.

Xiaolan looked around and said, "The rental villas here aren't finished yet; only a few are currently in use. The ski shuttle bus should be out of service now..."

"My car is still parked outside the resort. I came by the shuttle bus inside the resort... I have to think of another way."

Conan pointed to a villa not far away: "There's a villa over there, shall we go over there...?"

Chu Ming glanced at the villa, then at Conan.

That must be Daisan's house. Quick, Death, go knock on the door and film an episode at his house, then I won't have to do any more missions.

Everyone was ready to go, but Kogoro Mouri was not willing.

He looked at the house on the mountain, a hint of resentment in his eyes: "I would never ask those nouveau riche for help, absolutely not!"

Then he took out his sled pole and raised it in a golf-playing stance.

"There's no other way, we have to force our way in!"

Chu Ming rushed up to stop him. What a joke! If Kogoro Mouri really broke down the door, how would they find lodging on the mountain?

He just stole the key for nothing, didn't he?

Chu Ming looked at the two keys in his system inventory and tightened his grip on Kogoro Mouri's hand.

Chu Ming had this idea when he saw Conan; he couldn't let himself be bumped into for nothing.

"Uncle, don't be impulsive! You'll have to pay for the damaged door. Think about it, all the villas in this resort are newly renovated, so the doors must be very expensive!"

Ran and Conan rushed over, with Conan immediately clinging to Kogoro Mouri's lap, crying out, "Uncle, no! Calm down!"

I feel like Conan's skill at clinging to powerful figures is getting better and better these days.

Just as the group was arguing and pulling at each other at the villa entrance, Chu Ming was secretly considering whether to elbow Kogoro Mouri to knock him unconscious and take him up the mountain.

A hesitant voice suddenly came from behind: "You wouldn't happen to be... that... famous..."