Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

unacceptable!

Chu Ming hid to the side and chuckled, but when he saw Conan staring at him with a cold glint in his eyes, he tried his best to suppress his laughter and put on a serious face.

Then he reached out and patted Conan's head: "Conan, you can't ignore your illness, don't be afraid, Brother Chu Ming will be there for you later... Pfft, hahaha..."

Amidst laughter and cheerful conversation, the car stopped at Jimian Mountain.

Conan immediately opened the door and tried to slip away, and Chu Ming, who had come specifically for this purpose, also got out of the car.

Numabuchi Kiichiro was just a useless experimental subject, and Chu Ming planned to kill him directly to prevent him from revealing Porter's current experimental base after being captured.

The last upgrade of the suona used up all the points, and the magnetic field has been low these past few days, so I'm barely getting by on the emotional points of Conan and Gin.

Chu Ming rummaged through his system inventory. This time, he decided to save some money and simply use the poison he had scavenged from Potter.

For example, APTX-5981, which is also an experimental byproduct.

Unlike 4869, which induces programmed cell death, 5981 was developed by Porter earlier. It allows the poisoned person to die after the toxin is transmitted throughout the body via the bloodstream. However, the toxin will evaporate through the pores after death, and no abnormalities will be detected. The best data for the experimental subjects from poisoning to death is currently seven minutes and thirteen seconds. Vigorous exercise will accelerate the death.

Chu Ming's fingertips silently pinched a disintegration needle, the tip of which glowed with a faint black light.

Chapter 173 APTX-5981

"Huh? It seems like this leads upstairs?" Conan asked, holding the attic door panel in his hand, looking 'surprised'.

Chu Ming also rushed up: "I'll go take a look, you wait here for me."

Conan, knowing his own fighting prowess, obediently stepped aside.

Officer Otaki shouted anxiously from below, "You two, don't be impulsive! Leave the rest to us."

Chu Ming leaned his upper body into the attic. With his enhanced eyes, he could clearly see that on the right side of the attic, Numabuchi Kiichiro was weakly handcuffed to a pillar.

With a barely audible sound, the needle swiftly pierced Numabuchi Kiichiro's neck.

At the same time, Chu Ming turned on his flashlight and shouted down, "Officer Otaki, Numabuchi Kiichiro is here! But it looks like one of his hands is tied up."

Five minutes later, Officer Otaki came down with Kiichiro Numabuchi. Chu Ming followed behind them, while Conan was being held back by Ran, who was nagging him about sneaking off the bus again.

Numabuchi Kiichiro looked around at his surroundings until his eyes settled on a pile of miscellaneous items.

He glanced at the police officers escorting him, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he deliberately staggered twice and fell face-first onto the debris.

Chu Ming followed behind and saw Numabuchi Kiichiro collapse. He calculated the time and realized that six minutes had passed. Numabuchi Kiichiro had been trapped here for a long time, and his physical condition had deteriorated. It was likely that the poison had taken effect.

To his surprise, Numabuchi Kiichiro suddenly got up, and now he had a dagger in his hand.

He brandished a dagger, scaring away two policemen, and then ran towards the door.

Conan and Ran were right at the door. Chu Ming didn't want to move at all. It's like he had a road to heaven but didn't take it. Why did he run to Ran? Wasn't he just delivering himself to the enemy?

Ran was stunned, perhaps because she was frightened by Numabuchi Kiichiro's appearance.

Just as the knife was about to stab Ran, Conan's eyes widened in fury, and he stepped in front of Ran without hesitation.

Looking at Numabuchi Kiichiro, who was still full of energy and even preparing to kill, Chu Ming cursed Potter in his heart.

Knock on it! You bastard! What kind of garbage medicine did you make?! Can't you even use it?!

Chu Ming looked around, grabbed the flashlight from Officer Otaki's hand, aimed it at Numabuchi's wrist, and threw it.

Just a second before the knife was about to stab Conan, it was knocked away from his hand. Ran also came to her senses at this moment, grabbed Numabuchi Kiichiro's hand and pinned him to the ground.

Chu Ming quickly ran over: "Conan, are you alright?"

Ran also picked up Conan with concern.

Conan shook his head, lifted his clothes, and there wasn't a single red mark on his body.

"Inspector, something terrible has happened! Numabuchi is dead!!"

"What??"

The officers rushed over to check on him. He had just been re-detained by the police when he suddenly collapsed. The officers initially thought it was a prank, but after a while, they realized he was really dead.

"It was probably due to not eating for a long time, coupled with sudden strenuous running, that caused cardiac arrest."

After examining the body of Kiichiro Numabuchi, the accompanying forensic pathologist reached the following conclusion.

Chu Ming casually sent a message to Potter.

“沼渊己一郎已死，APTX-5981、历时7分38秒死亡，5分12秒静坐，1分07秒慢走，1分19秒跑动。你可以刷新你的实验数据了。——格兰伯奇”

"I wonder how Hattori is doing." Conan was still thinking about the case he hadn't been able to solve.

"Don't worry about him, let's think about what to eat later. This is Hattori's home turf..."

Officer Otaki suddenly received a phone call: "What? Heiji was shot??"

"Eh???"

Kazuha rushed over: "What? You were shot? Where is Heiji? Officer Otaki, please take me there!"

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In the ambulance, Hattori's face was ashen—pale, and he was struggling to breathe.

"How is Heiji's injury?" Kazuha asked the doctor in the ambulance anxiously.

"It's still unclear, but we need to remove the bullet as soon as possible." The doctor frowned.

"The bullet... was it Sakata who fired it?" Kazuha's eyes were full of heartache, and she was almost in tears.

"No, I was shot accidentally when I tried to stop him from committing suicide." Hattori gasped for breath, sweat rolling down his forehead.

Why would you do something so dangerous?!

Hattori's expression suddenly softened: "I remember an idiot once told me that if you use reasoning to drive a criminal to a dead end and force them to commit suicide, what's the difference between you and a murderer..."

Seeing Hattori utter those words with all his might, and then looking at Conan, who was deeply moved, Chu Ming would have loved to chime in on Kazuha's behalf, had the circumstances allowed—"So there really is someone named Kudo who's that important to you, remembering even a single sentence so clearly..."

"I'm so sleepy—let me sleep for a while—" Hattori's voice grew softer and softer until he finally lost consciousness.

"Heiji...Heiji!!!" Kazuha's eyes filled with tears as she threw herself into Hattori's arms, sobbing uncontrollably.

Conan and Ran also looked grief-stricken.

Chu Ming was completely bewildered. "He's not dead, is he? There's no magnetic field at all, so why are they all so heartbroken?"

Suddenly, Hattori sat bolt upright: "It's so noisy! You said you'd let me sleep for a bit!! What's with all this noise, you idiot!!! -- Ouch, ouch, ouch..."

As expected, this incredibly straight man reserved his only tenderness for his brother...

The doctor couldn't help but chuckle: "Seeing how energetic he is, he's probably fine—"

Hattori yawned and lay back down: "Ugh, I stayed up all night working on the strategy last night, I'm so sleepy... so stop making annoying noises in my ear, you idiot."

Chu Ming shook his head. "Welcome to Hattori's Straight Man Class! We'll teach you a single-single tip every day!"

Kazuha gave him a kind smile after being teased: "Okay, I'm really sorry..."

After saying that, she lay down on him and braced her elbow against his wound.

"Ouch! Where are you pressing, you idiot! I'm a patient!!!"

Chapter 174 A Narrow Path (Bonus Chapter)

"Ah~ beautiful and elegant Ms. Yoko~ your beauty~ is truly a sin~" Kogoro Mouri, holding a bouquet of bright red roses, stood in the café, completely captivated. "Look at this beautiful bouquet of red roses, each one of them is mesmerized by waiting for you~"

"How long has this uncle had this disease? If it keeps dragging on, it'll definitely be incurable..." Chu Ming complained while drinking his juice.

"Tch, what do you kids know about romance!" Kogoro continued to smell his roses.

"Uncle seems to be in a good mood today."

Xiaolan nodded: "Yes, after all, he was invited by Ms. Yangzi to attend her concert."

Chu Ming checked the time: "It's getting late, we can go now, otherwise we'll have to wait in line."

Kogoro Mouri grinned smugly: "Hehe~ As long as we show this ticket with Yoko's autograph to the staff, we can go straight in through the back door!"

As he spoke, he reached into his pocket and rummaged around, preparing to take out the ticket and show it off.

No matter how he tried, he couldn't find the ticket in his inner pocket; instead, his hand reached out from under the pocket.

"Ah—" Kogoro Mori let out a terrified scream, melodious and high-pitched, with a lingering echo.

"what happened?"

Kogoro Mouri cried out in anguish, "A hole!! There's a hole in my pocket!!!"

He squatted on the ground, searching everywhere for any trace of the ticket, but found nothing.

"Hic"

A single, mournful cry could move anyone to tears.

Xiao Lan stepped forward to comfort him: "It's okay, we can just explain it to the staff."

"How can I say such a shameful thing while I'm holding a bouquet of flowers! It would be such a loss of face for me, Kogoro Mouri!"

Kogoro Mouri suddenly looked at Ran: "I remember, you have exams coming up, right?"

Xiaolan was taken aback by the question: "Yes, next week."

"Hehe~" Kogoro Mouri held out his hand, "Well then, you have an exam coming up, why don't you go back and study hard, and give me your ticket—"

Ran slapped Kogoro Mouri's hand away: "I don't want to."