A Survival Manual for the World of Science

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Conan paused and stopped, and Xiaolan, who was walking, also stopped and looked in the direction Conan was looking.

“Hey, it’s the gentleman who was on the plane last time!” Xiaolan obviously has a good memory, “It was you and Mr. Shinjo who saved the day and saved all of us. Last time, I didn’t even have time to thank you because you left first.”

Conan twitched his lips. It was obviously him and Kid who turned the tide. Shinjo was pretending to be Kid, and the foreigner in front of him was just there to cause trouble.

He just occupied the spot and didn’t do anything the whole time.

He sat in the co-pilot seat and refused to move, leaving Kidd, the person who actually assisted him in flying the plane, standing all the way…

Sonoko was originally walking inside with a few people, but as she walked, she found that the only person following her was Mouri Kogoro, so she hurried back to find Xiaolan and Conan.

“Xiao Lan, why are you and this brat falling behind-hiss~”

Yuanzi gasped as she looked at Chu Ming’s face, her eyes sparkling. She shook Xiao Lan’s arm and whispered to her like a fangirl: “Such a superb handsome guy! Why didn’t I notice him last time! Ahhhh, what on earth did I miss!!!”

Xiaolan was a little embarrassed, and tugged at Yuanzi to signal her to be more normal: “Sir, I don’t know your name yet…”

“Lucifer.” Chu Ming casually gave the name, which made Xiaolan and Sonoko look at each other in bewilderment.

There’s nothing else to it, this name is just a bit childish.

Conan’s first reaction was that this person gave a fake name, but then he remembered that when Kidd met this man on the plane before, he shouted “Lu, Lu, Lu” for a long time, so was this person’s name really Lucifer?

When she learned that he was also here to see Kidd, Sonoko warmly invited Chu Ming to go upstairs with them and wait for Kidd’s arrival in the VIP seats.

Chu Ming did not refuse. Standing downstairs and waiting was the same as waiting, and following the rich woman upstairs and sitting there drinking tea and waiting was also the same as waiting, so why not choose the more comfortable option?

After reaching the top floor, a very sci-fi wind blew away Xiaolan’s hat. When Conan went to pick up the hat, he found traces left by Kid on the top floor.

After Conan’s reminder, everyone gathered around the two scratches. Sonoko also called the security guard of another building to check whether there were similar marks in the same location on the building.

Based on these two traces, several people began to speculate what kind of technology Kidd used to achieve the air walk yesterday.

Was it suspended in mid-air with ropes? Or was it using virtual reality technology? There were all kinds of speculations, but all were rejected by Maori Kogoro.

Maori Kogoro put one hand in his pocket and walked by the railing. He was so busy pretending that he completely forgot that he was afraid of heights. He looked up with confidence, “Humans are such arrogant creatures. We all have a problem. Once we believe that something cannot possibly exist, even if it really exists, our preconceived notions will prevent us from seeing it.”

Xiaolan listened to her father’s words and seemed to have solved the mystery of the high altitude, so she asked, “Then what method do you think Kid used, Dad?”

“Of course it is…” Maori Kogoro stretched out his voice. Except for Chu Ming, everyone else stared at him expectantly, which greatly satisfied his self-esteem. “Of course it is a super-large glass. These two marks must be left by him when he set up the glass. With such a super-large glass set up between the two buildings, Kidd could easily achieve the so-called air walking by stepping on the glass. The reason why Officer Nakamori didn’t see it is because he didn’t think about it at all.”

“…”

“…”

Sonoko and Xiaolan, who were originally full of expectations, started to complain about Kogoro Mouri.

“That’s impossible. How could no one see it with such a large glass?”

“That’s right. Besides, it would take Kidd a long time to clean up such a large piece of glass. Just think about it, it’s impossible.”

……

Mouri Kogoro’s faint sophistry was drowned out by the words of Xiaolan and Sonoko. Instead, Conan suddenly realized after hearing what Mouri Kogoro had just said.

Chu Ming looked at him with confidence and thought that he knew what method Kidd used.

Tsk, this is the Son of the World. Once he can’t figure something out, the whole world will send him clues.

Downstairs, the focus representing Kidd was approaching this side rapidly from a distance. Chu Ming stuck his head out and happened to see Suzuki Jirokichi riding a bicycle towards this side.

Wow, he’s dressed up as Suzuki Jirokichi again this time?

Do I catch myself?

I have to say, Kidd really knows how to have fun sometimes.

Chapter 432: Kipo Selling Melons

Conan jumped off Xiaolan and said, “Sister Xiaolan, I’m a little bored, so I’ll go down and play for a while.”

After saying that, he turned around and left.

But after taking two steps, he thought that if he left this strange foreigner here, he would not be able to stop him if he did anything to Xiaolan and the others, so he turned around and slapped Chu Ming’s thigh, then raised his head and asked cutely: “Big brother, do you want to go downstairs with me to play? Uncle Jiroji has a lot of surveillance cameras, let’s go and take a look together?”

Sonoko glared at Conan: “What’s wrong with you, little brat? You finally got a handsome guy to accompany you, but you still want to ask him to leave? I heard that you have a good relationship with that bastard Kudo? Are you helping him keep an eye on Xiaolan?”

Conan’s eyes instantly turned dead. He was clearly concerned about their safety, but why did the gossip of Sonoko change his mind?

Chu Ming did not refuse. He stood up slowly, gestured to a few people, and walked downstairs with Conan.

Yuanzi looked at Chu Ming and Conan walking away from her, and shook Xiaolan excitedly, “Ah, Xiaolan, this, this, this is so handsome, this temperament is really attractive, cold yet indifferent, seemingly evil but actually gentle, ah, ah, I unilaterally declare that this is my male god!!”

“…” Xiaolan pulled Sonoko, who couldn’t contain her excitement, and whispered to her, “Keep your voice down, have you forgotten Mr. Kyogoku…”

“It’s different. Ah Zhen is my boyfriend, but this one is my male god. There is no conflict.” Sonoko held her face, her eyes full of stars.

From a distance, Chu Ming heard the conversation between the two people behind him and chuckled: “Your friends are really interesting.”

Conan ignored him and pursed his lips: “What exactly did you mean by the collection you mentioned before? Is Kidd your subordinate? Did you send him to steal gems everywhere?”

??? Is this understandable? ?

“That’s fine if you want to understand it.” Chu Ming didn’t refute, because he really didn’t feel comfortable making another chuunibah statement to Conan. If he disrupted Conan’s worldview, the will of the world would probably directly destroy his character.

“The last time Kidd saw you, he was obviously surprised. If you were just his accomplice or subordinate, he would never have that expression, unless you were his boss or someone he couldn’t afford to offend.” Conan walked while stating his reasoning with a serious face, which made Chu Ming himself feel that it sounded very reasonable.

“What exactly do you want to say?” Chu Ming looked at Conan’s small body beside him. Conan’s mind was indeed very sharp, and he could notice many details that ordinary people could not see. Sometimes Chu Ming really admired him, and even thought, if there was no world will, it would be interesting to pull Conan to the black side?

“Kid always returns the gems he steals, which means he doesn’t need the priceless gems at all, but is looking for something. And what he is looking for is hidden in the gems, right? As Kid’s boss, what leverage do you have over him that allows you to use Kid for your benefit? What gem do you need?”

Looking at Conan’s bright eyes, Chu Ming smiled and said, “Then how can you be sure that I will tell you?”

Conan was speechless. He seemed to be used to the buff who answered every question. It was a rare occasion that he met someone who didn’t answer questions, so he was stunned for a moment.

“You have questions for me, and I want to ask you one too. Why do you insist on arresting Kidd?”

Chu Ming has always felt very strange. Although Kid likes to steal gems, he always returns them after stealing them. Even without Conan following him, the gems will still return to the owner. The police think that he disturbs the social order, so it is normal to catch him. But why does Conan, as a detective, want to track Kid? Is it because he dreams of catching criminals like Kaito Kid, who many detectives are helpless, like Hakuba Detective?

“…” Of course, it was because he wanted to prove it to Kidd.

Conan did not say this out loud. After he became small, he tracked Kid to the rooftop and heard Kid arrogantly say to him: If the Phantom Thief is an artist with superb skills, stealing treasures and being creative, then the detective is a person who can only follow the Phantom Thief and nitpick, and is at best just a critic.

This is tantamount to a slap in the face of the detective identity that Conan reveres. A thief stands in front of you and tells you that you will never catch him, and you can only chase after him and witness his art through the clues he keeps giving you. What a shame for a detective.

However, Conan would not explain all this to the man in front of him. What happened between him and Kid could be described as a mutual admiration, or a similarity in purpose despite different goals. In short, it was the kind of contradictory relationship where although they loved and hated each other, they could still help each other when encountering problems.

He felt even more uncomfortable when he found out that Kidd was most likely threatened by the man in front of him to commit the theft.

The two of them came to Suzuki Jirokichi together. The moment Suzuki Jirokichi saw Conan and Chu Ming together, his eyes shrank slightly, and then returned to normal in an instant.

The time had come and Kidd appeared in the sky again, but instead of posing and greeting his fans like he did yesterday, he walked straight towards the statue of the goddess on the roof of the museum.

It suddenly started raining, and even the image on helicopter number seven disappeared in an instant.

Just as Officer Nakamori was staring at Kid’s image on the surveillance camera with a frown on his face, Suzuki Jirokichi announced that the statue of the goddess would be put into the museum and requested that all the lights inside be turned off.

Officer Nakamori felt that this was not a good idea. If all the lights were turned off, wouldn’t that be exactly what Kidd wanted?

Suzuki Jirokichi pointed at Kidd and asked him, “Tell me, officer, other than this, how can you stop the thief who walks in the air like a fairy and steals my gems?”

Like a god? A thief?

My goodness, isn’t this obviously telling Conan that there is something wrong with you?

Douzi is good at bragging.

The thief instantly turns into a big thief, you are the one selling melons like Wang Po, right?

No, it’s not Wang Po, it’s Ji Po←_←

Chapter 433 Why is the Prime Minister laughing?

Chu Ming just watched as Kidd, disguised as Suzuki Jirokichi, tricked Officer Nakamori into a loop, and in the end he boasted that he had thought hard last night and came up with a brilliant idea.

And this idea—

Chu Ming watched Conan casually put on the hat in the car and retreat into the bag under the seat of Suzuki Jirokichi’s car. Suzuki Jirokichi, disguised as Kid, carried the goddess statue in his bag, put it in the car and drove away, without noticing that there was a little tail on his car.

Kidd was driving the car, Conan was huddled under the seat next to him, and Chu Ming was flapping his wings and following from a distance in the sky. The three of them left the Suzuki Museum just like that.

On the way, Kidd couldn’t help laughing when he saw the goddess statue that he easily took from him.

Just as he was feeling happy, the cloth bag under the seat next to him began to move. At the same time, Chu Ming also landed lightly on the car, exerted a little force with his feet, and popped out the mechanism on his shoes, which were firmly stuck in the gap of the car. In this way, even if he had no protection, he would not fall off the car.

Chu Ming opened his mouth and spoke in sync with Conan’s voice.

“Why is the Prime Minister laughing?”

“What’s so funny, Strange, Thief, Kidd?”

Kidd was startled by the surround sound coming from behind and around him and looked around.

He noticed that on his left, Conan was struggling to free himself from the bag beside him, revealing a hooded head with an anesthetic watch on his hand facing him; behind him, Lucifer was tapping his toes lightly on the wall of the car. Although the car was going very fast, he was still standing steadily, his long windbreaker rustling in the wind, and he was staring at him teasingly.

“…”

Kidd paused for a moment and decided to face the identity issue first. He looked at Conan innocently: “What are you talking about? Why do you call me Kaito Kidd? The reason I laughed is because I am sure that the thief can’t steal my gems, I…”

“Come on, when you first arrived here today I was already sure you were Kidd. After all, how could a person wearing contact lenses ride a motorcycle without goggles? You had too many chances to knock down someone as rich as Mr. Suzuki who didn’t have bodyguards around. As for the dog named Lupin, you must have knocked him out and left him under a tree in the park. I…”

Conan spoke of his reasoning confidently and in high spirits. Kidd looked at the hat on his head and thought for a long time before saying, “Although I knocked the dog unconscious, at least I didn’t steal its hat, unlike you…”

Conan was stunned for a moment, then he pulled off his hat, pretended to be calm and ignored it, and continued to talk about the tricks Kid performed yesterday. Finally, he concluded: “The Unit 7 driven by your accomplice should have been surrounded by the police by now. I will send you to see him immediately.”

After hearing Conan’s exposure of all his tricks, Kid tore off the disguise on his face and said, “Don’t worry. The police should have been confused by several Unit-7s by now, and my companions can also take the opportunity to escape. This mid-air escape performance can also be called a blue miracle.”

“You are wrong. The blue of this blue miracle refers to the blue of the sea.” Conan retorted without thinking.

“Isn’t it different? The blue of the sea reflects the blue of the sky. The same goes for detectives and thieves. We are all playing with the key of curiosity. We are birds of a feather.” Kidd looked at Conan beside him and raised a smile.

Chu Ming, who was standing behind him and taking advantage of the fact that no one was looking at him, rolled his eyes openly. “That’s not what you said before. What about artists and critics? How come thieves and detectives are the same now?”

Unfortunately, Conan failed to understand the change in Kidd’s words and clenched the anesthesia watch on his hand: “Don’t be silly, the blue of the sky and the sea, one is scattering and the other is reflection, the two are completely different principles in nature, don’t generalize, the water on the ground is not blue is the best proof.”

Beautiful, he talks to you about analogies and you talk to him about physics.

So cool.

Of these two people, Kidd is a typical sentimental person with a flamboyant, romantic and imaginative personality; while Conan pursues evidence and the truth, and is the representative of rationality, and his only emotional intelligence is placed on Xiaolan.

This collision of emotion and rationality left him, an outsider, speechless.

He was in such a handsome pose, but the two of them ignored him and just kept arguing with each other. How hateful.