Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

He carried a large hiking backpack filled with bricks he had collected from the island, and went to the base like a child returning from a spring outing.

"Big brother~ Big brother~ Look what good stuff I brought back~~" Chu Ming shouted as soon as he entered the base gate.

Although this base is small, it ranks relatively high, and generally, apart from people like Gin and Vermouth, few people have the authority to come here.

Vermouth came out first. After covering for Chu Ming, she returned to the base and was discussing important matters with Gin.

"Sisters! I brought you gifts~~" Chu Ming said with great enthusiasm.

The backpack was put down with a heavy thud.

Chu Ming unzipped his jacket, and Vodka peeked out from behind Gin, curious about what Chu Ming had brought.

"Bricks?" Vodka looked incredulous. "You call this a gift? Which construction site did you steal it from?"

Chu Ming picked up a brick from his bag and stared at Vodka's head with a sinister look.

Vodka stumbled back three large steps, stammering, "This...this gift is wonderful, it's exactly what I wanted. I've been needing a good melee weapon..."

Because Chu Ming tricked him and got beaten up by Gin, and Chu Ming also tormented him when he was drunk, Vodka is still a little scared when he sees Chu Ming now.

Gin noticed a fleeting glint of gold within the moss when Chu Ming was lifting the brick. He stepped forward and took the brick from Chu Ming's hand; it was quite heavy, definitely not the weight of a brick.

He pulled out a sharp knife from inside his trench coat and gently scraped the brick.

Sure enough, as the moss was scraped away, the gleaming gold bricks inside were gradually revealed.

Vodka stared in disbelief: "It's... a gold brick?"

"Yeah, I never expected Vodka to be the most extravagant person in our organization. He actually wants to use gold bars as weapons. Tsk tsk, quite the ambition!"

"Where did this come from?" Gin bent down and picked up another brick. Sure enough, it was also a gold brick.

"That Dragon God ship that's been all over the news lately~ So many people went treasure hunting and didn't find it, but I found it~ It's worth a billion gold bars. I took some with me. Later, my brother will find someone trustworthy to go to my rented warehouse and bring it back."

Vermouth asked, somewhat puzzled, "From which island? How did you bring back so many gold bars?"

Chu Ming shook his finger mysteriously.

"A secret makes a man man."

Chapter 165 Weren't those my lines?

Vermouth looked completely bewildered.

That sentence sounds so familiar...

Don't you dare change my lines for no reason!

Gin snorted unhappily and didn't press further: "Then tell me the warehouse address, and I'll have someone pick it up later."

Chu Ming rummaged in his pocket for a while and took out a key: "Warehouse No. 18 at Beihu Wharf, here, this is the key."

Gin took the key, turned around and said a few words to Vodka, then let him leave with the key.

"Hehe, big brother, those were handed over to the organization, consider these as gifts I brought for you! And you have to bring me gifts for my birthday next month too!"

Chu Ming blinked, trying to look cute.

This is called "You may make a lot of money, but I will never lose money".

Even if it's not his coming-of-age birthday, it's still his first birthday in this world. With him as a shining example, these people should have to bleed a little, right?

Seeing Gin scoff, clearly intending to refuse, Chu Ming immediately cut him off.

"If you have a mission that day, big brother, just send a gift if you can't be there in person~"

Before Gin could refuse, or rather, Chu Ming didn't give him a chance to speak at all.

"Alright, I've delivered everything, I have to go now. I'm going to Izu Beach tomorrow~ Ugh, I'm so annoyed. I really envy you, big brother, you still have to work. Goodbye, big brother! And goodbye, big sister too~"

Vermouth returned the gesture of goodbye, blew Gin a kiss, and said, "Then I'll leave the matter of arranging my identity to you, Gin~ I really envy you having so many things to do..."

Before he could finish speaking, seeing Gin's face turn incredibly dark and he looked like he was about to grab a gun, he promptly shut his mouth and went into the room.

Sigh, this cold, unresponsive blockhead is not as fun as Chu Ming. Should she go to Izu for a couple of trips?

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"Brother Chu Ming~ Get up and let's go into the water together~"

Chu Ming lay sprawled on a beach chair, sipping his drink, and waved lazily, "You guys have fun, I'm going to rest for a bit—"

Sonoko looked at Chu Ming's fair yet perfectly sculpted back, wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, and said, "What a pity, Brother Chu Ming isn't coming down to play. I wanted to see what he'd do after he went into the water..."

Conan, with his arms stuck in a small swimming ring, floated on the sea, looking disgusted.

After sighing for a while, Sonoko perked up again, her eyes shining as she looked at the handsome man in the sea.

"Sonoko, be a little more reserved—"

Sonoko leaned close to Ran with a serious expression: "Ran, do you know why we came to Izu to play?"

Having been best friends for so many years, Xiaolan clearly understands Sonoko very well: "To find a boy..."

"Yeah, when we came to Izu before, we always stayed in my family's villa or luxury hotels, so a lot of guys would think when they saw me—ah, she's an unattainable beauty~ So this time I specifically chose this run-down hotel! This is the 'Non-Heiress Operation' that I've rehearsed several times! I'm sure someone will try to chat me up this time!"

She felt frustrated again: "Sigh, even though Xiaolan is already taken, why are so many people still asking for your contact information? On the train, at yesterday's fireworks festival, it's such a waste of that arrogant detective's time!"

Conan splashed his legs in the seawater, secretly pouting behind Sonoko's back.

"Hmph, when your Shinichi comes back, I'll show him the picture I secretly took of you in your underwear yesterday, hehe~" Sonoko chuckled mischievously, then turned and ran away.

Ran, her face flushed, chased after Sonoko, saying, "If you do this, I will absolutely, absolutely never forgive you!!"

Sonoko covered her mouth, turned her head and burst into laughter: "Hahaha, I was just kidding! You're so cute, Ran—"

Chu Ming glanced at Conan sprawled on a swimming ring in the distance. It seemed the kid was destined for disappointment.

"Ladies, are you free now?" A tall man suddenly walked towards Sonoko and Ran. "Would you do me the honor of inviting you to dinner? Of course, it would be on me."

Sonoko looked at the man's rather handsome face and blushed: "Of course!"

Thinking about it again, he felt a little disappointed and looked at Xiaolan: "Your goal is probably her too, right? Never mind, you two go ahead... But I'm warning you, dinner is dinner, you better not get any funny ideas! Because she's already taken!"

The man scratched his head: "No, actually the person I wanted to invite was you."

Conan, who had already walked ashore with his swimming ring, stopped abruptly upon hearing this when the man appeared.

He squatted down next to Chu Ming, his face full of disbelief: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, how could anyone be interested in the garden? There must be something wrong with this!"

Chu Ming spat out his drink, coughing and looking at Conan speechlessly: "I mean, cough cough, you can't be serious, cough cough cough..."

Conan said earnestly, "Brother Chu Ming, think about it. Even with the Suzuki Group's reputation, no one pursued her. Now it's even less likely!"

Chu Ming got up and put on his shirt, then ruffled Conan's hair: "You're just resentful that she takes up Ran's time and doesn't have time for you, right?"

At this moment, Xiaolan was already waving goodbye to Yuanzi: "Then Chuming and I will stay here and wait for you—"

Sonoko, being half-pushed and half-forced by Dokyo Masahiko, was about to leave when she heard what Ran said and immediately panicked.

Although she seems to be a lecherous girl, she is ultimately just an innocent young girl; she's only bold in words.

This is the ultimate example of verbal sparring.

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【Chu mi】

Chapter 166 Thank you for the hospitality, Sea King (Bonus Chapter 1)

In the end, the date that Dokyo Masahiko had been hoping for did not happen.

The five people sat neatly around the table. With more familiar faces around, Sonoko was less nervous and began chatting with Dokyo Masahiko.

Conan whispered to Chu Ming, "She's the one who wants to find a man all the time, but she's all talk and no action. It's really something."

Chu Ming looked at Sonoko, whose voice had become gentler, and couldn't help but smile.

He didn't remember the general plot, but he did remember that it was here that Sonoko met her true love—that Super Saiyan, and that this Masahiko Dosaku seemed to be a murderer.

From this point on, the super (money-grubbing) power couple in the world of Detective Conan was born.

"Mr. Daoxie, why did you come to the beach?"

Dokyo Masahiko raised his head slightly and looked at the horizon at a 45-degree angle: "My girlfriend dumped me, so I came to the beach to look at the sky. Just when I was feeling down, I saw a beautiful angel."

His face was full of affection, and he winked playfully, pointing at Sonoko: "Miss Sonoko, if my feeling is not mistaken, you must be the goddess who can save me, right?"

Chu Ming couldn't help but look away. He was so oily, it was almost unbearable. Even the darkness of night couldn't hide his greasy face.

Sonoko blushed deeply at the sudden sweet words: "I...I can't possibly accept this..."

Chu Ming rolled his eyes and interrupted Yuanzi. Lately, he had become fond of the joy of verbal sparring.

"Mr. Daoxie, if you talk to your ex-girlfriend like this, I think I know why she left you. She probably got slicked by you. And while you might fool a naive girl like Sonoko with those kinds of words, nine out of ten scumbags start their conversations like that. What, you can't be a player without some heartbreak? Don't you have any other redeeming qualities? You use that as a talking point to elicit sympathy from girls? One second you get dumped, the next you find true love? Did your ex-girlfriend dump you at the perfect moment? And..."

Chu Ming's mouth chattered on and on like a machine gun, while the other four people at the table stared at him in disbelief.

Dao Xiezhengyan grew increasingly uneasy as he listened. For the sake of his own plan, he suppressed his anger, forcing a smile, and interrupted Chu Ming.

"Young man, do you have some misunderstanding about me? I'm really not the kind of person you're describing."

Conan leaned on the table, chin in hand, watching the spectacle. Ran and Sonoko looked somewhat worried; they, of course, trusted Chu Ming more and believed he wouldn't speak without reason.

Chu Ming scoffed: "Is that so?"