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Chapter 70 Why is it Christmas?
Chu Ming took some time to climb over the rocks from the other side of the canyon. While Conan and the others fell into the water and were roasting a fire, he ran to the cave first, stuffed the big bag full of gems into the system backpack, then restored the scene a little and secretly went back.
When the children came back covered in dust, it was already dark and Chu Ming had been cooking the fish soup on the fire for a while.
In fact, Chu Ming’s previous cooking skills were only barely enough to cook the meal and prevent himself from starving to death while operating in the wild.
But I can't cook like this for the children. The children are afraid of me. If eating the food I cook is like taking poison, they will be even more reluctant to take me out.
It just so happened that he had a lot of points recently, so he spent 6000 points to upgrade his cooking skills from C- (lv5) to B- (lv35) [Chef of an ordinary small restaurant]. At least when the children came back hungry, they praised Chu Ming's cooking skills again and again, and unexpectedly became closer to him.
The children were tired after a whole day of crossing bridges and climbing mountains. After eating, they fell asleep in the tent. Only Conan was not sleepy. He came out with a yellowed paper and a file bag.
Chu Ming was sitting outside playing with his phone when he heard a noise behind him: "Conan, why aren't you asleep so late?"
"Brother Chu Ming, look, this is what we found at the treasure hiding place today."
Chu Ming took it and said, "A stack of manuscripts? Kudo Yusaku, eh, this isn't——"
"It's my father's old manuscript. I don't know why it's here."
"Then you should go back and ask Dr. Agasa, isn't this the treasure hiding spot he arranged?"
"Well, Brother Chu Ming..." Conan held the manuscript and was about to say something. After thinking about it, he turned and stared at Chu Ming with a complicated and conflicted look on his face.
Chu Ming blinked in confusion: "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me?"
"Brother Chu Ming, did you follow us into the mountains? And--" Conan sat on the ground with his hands on his knees.
Chu Ming quickly glanced at Conan's expression and accurately captured the confusion in his eyes, but there was no deeper emotion. It was probably just curiosity that he discovered something.
He quickly went over the excuses he had come up with in his mind and spoke.
"Hey, did you see me following you? I thought I was following you pretty stealthily. How did you find me?"
It really shouldn't be like this. Logically speaking, his tracking skills shouldn't be so bad. Although he didn't hide intentionally, how could Conan see him so easily from such a long distance?
Conan took out something from his pocket that Chu Ming was very familiar with.
--telescope.
………Conan really carries this thing with him…
"After all, this is a desolate mountain. Do you think I can trust you kids to go into the mountain alone? Even if you are not a real kid, you are weak and alone. If something happens, who can you save?"
Conan touched his nose a little embarrassedly: "But later, you——"
"I saw that Yuantai had a snake crawling onto his hand, causing you all to fall down the slope. So I went to the front to scout while you were warming yourself by the fire and helped you deal with any poisonous snakes or areas that are easily scratched."
Conan suddenly realized and said that he always felt something was wrong. They should be the only visitors during this period, but why did he always feel like someone had come earlier? It turned out that Brother Chu Ming was worried about them and went to explore the route in advance.
He thought that...
He then put aside his suspicion and smiled at Chu Ming: "Brother Chu Ming, good night, go to bed early, I'm going to rest first~"
After watching him enter the tent, Chu Ming turned on his phone and continued to reply to Gin's messages.
"The treasure has been obtained and will be returned tomorrow. I will deal with the woman on the way back to Tokyo. - Granburch."
"Yes. After finishing this, I will return to the base. There is a new mission. - Gin"
Alas, the weather has not been as hot as the past few days, it has been a little cooler, and the organization has more tasks. Why does he feel that Gin is not so busy recently, and he has become the busy one?
"Okay, brother. - Granburch"
The next day, Chu Ming drove to take the children home, but along the way he found that the streets were decorated with red and green decorations, reindeers, bells, Christmas trees... the whole street was filled with a festive atmosphere.
What happened? I was fine when I left yesterday afternoon! I didn’t feel cold even though I was wearing a short-sleeved shirt when I was in the suburbs!
"Is it... Christmas?" Chu Ming was a little shocked.
"Yes, Brother Chu Ming, today is Christmas! Have you forgotten?" Conan raised his head in surprise.
"But..." Chu Ming pointed at the short-sleeved shirts they were wearing with his eyes, "...We still wear short-sleeved shirts in winter?"
Conan was even more confused: "Brother Chu Ming, what's wrong with you today? Didn't you sleep well last night? Yesterday was summer, so of course we wore short sleeves. Today is Christmas, and we didn't bring any clothes with us. We'll change when we get home."
Okay, you are the center of the world and you have the final say. Yesterday was summer and today is winter... It is worthy of being the world of science.
"That's right, Brother Chu Ming, on Sunday night Sister Xiaolan and her bestie Yuanzi are going to attend the celebration party of the recently popular rock band Rex. Brother Chu Ming, do you want to join them?"
Conan saw that Chu Ming was always keen on going out to play, and this time Sonoko dragged Xiaolan to listen to the rock music of the Wooden Village. It just so happened that his body was not in good condition, so if there was any "unexpected situation", he could ask Brother Chu Ming to stop them!
"Celebration party? Where is it?"
“It seems to be in a karaoke bar.”
Chu Ming felt that there was another magnetic field beckoning to him, and he readily agreed to Conan's invitation.
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Chu Ming was hiding on the rooftop of the Beika Building with a sniper rifle. According to the address given by Gin, he originally wanted to sneak into Minamiura Eiko's house directly and kill her in the dark and windy night. However, with his keen observation, he found that the police were lying in ambush around here!
Bourbon should also know about the mission given by Rum. Could this be a trap set by him?
To be on the safe side, Chu Ming did not rush in to kill her. Instead, he hacked into the surveillance cameras near Nanpu Yingzi's home and, based on her recent travel patterns, concluded that Sunday was the day she went to the mall to shop.
So he changed his face in advance and hid on the roof of a building near the Mihua Shopping Mall, ready to shoot her in the head as soon as she appeared.
After waiting for a while, Minamiura Eiko got out of the taxi, carefully looked around, and was about to enter the mall.
There was a gunshot and blood splattered everywhere.
People on the street were so scared that they pushed and shoved each other and ran indoors. Chu Ming hid in a corner and took off his black suit. He stuffed his sniper rifle and clothes into his backpack, changed his face, walked out of the building empty-handed, and passed by several police officers.
Chapter 71 If You Don’t Die, Who Will?
"The target has been killed. There are police ambushes around. The news has been leaked. There are undercover agents. - Granburch"
After sending the message to Gin, Chu Ming stood at the entrance of the mall, leaning against the wall, waiting for Xiaolan and others to arrive.
"Ah! Xiaolan, when did you meet such a handsome guy? How come I didn't know? Why didn't you tell me? Are you finally planning to dump that arrogant detective?"
The two tall and one short figures not far away are Xiaolan, Sonoko and Conan.
Xiaolan blushed a little: "What are you talking about? Chu Ming brother is a friend I met before, and what's the matter with you? Shinichi and I have nothing to do with each other."
Yuanzi approached with some ill intentions: "Oh? Really? It doesn't matter..."
"Okay, Sonoko, stop talking! Brother Chu Ming, let me introduce you to my good friend, Suzuki Sonoko, the second daughter of the Suzuki Group."
"Hello, Ms. Suzuki, I'm Fujino Tsumeaki. Nice to meet you."
Yuanzi came forward and said with a smile: "Just call me Yuanzi. I will call you Brother Chu Ming just like Xiaolan. Brother Chu Ming, you are so handsome. Do you have a girlfriend? If you don't, do you mind having one? If you do, do you mind changing one? If you don't want to change, do you mind having another one?"
"..."
"..."
The three of them were stunned by her words, and Conan was speechless.
Hey, what's wrong with this guy Sonoko...
Xiaolan looked reluctant to read it, and reached out to tear off Yuanzi who was about to stick to Chu Ming: "I'm sorry, brother Chu Ming, Yuanzi is sometimes a bit jumpy, please don't mind it."
"It's okay, let's go in."
Chu Ming walked into the gate quickly as if his butt was on fire. When he saw Yuanzi, he thought of his boyfriend, the humanoid mecha who could catch bullets with his bare hands and pull out Roman columns, and who was considered the ceiling of combat power in the world of science.
Can't be bothered.
Yuanzi stole a glance at Chu Ming's back again, pulled Xiaolan and chased after him, keeping pace with Chu Ming.
"Let me lead the way. This rock band has become very popular recently, especially Kimura Tatsuya, who is a very popular singer recently. There is a celebration party after their concert today. I can celebrate with them thanks to my father's relationship~"
A few people walked into the box while chatting. There was a U-shaped sofa surrounding a coffee table, and some singing speakers were placed opposite.
There were already four people sitting inside, sitting around the coffee table and pouring beer.
After the lively introductions to each other, the band's manager began to invite Xiaolan and the others to sing. After all, how could one liven up the KTV atmosphere without singing?
Xiaolan and Yuanzi came forward and sang a song. Yuanzi ran to Chu Ming and handed him the microphone: "Brother Chu Ming, do you want to sing a song?"
Chu Ming smiled slightly: "I can't sing, but it's quite interesting to listen to you sing."
Seeing that Sonoko wanted to say something, Chu Ming looked around and pulled Conan, who was sitting nearby eating snacks, over to block in front of him.
"Why don't we let Conan sing a song? He was very familiar with music scores when he was on Moon Shadow Island. He should have absolute pitch."
Conan was holding the cake with a confused look on his face. What was going on? Singing? Someone actually wanted to hear him sing?
Chu Ming knew that Conan's singing was bad when he watched the show, but he was still very curious. Besides, it sounded just averagely bad on TV, but after all, he came to the world of Conan, and who wouldn't want to listen to Conan singing a live version? He could also record it and laugh at Conan later.
Seeing that Conan was interested, Chu Ming took the microphone from Sonoko and put it into Conan's hand.
"Here, don't be afraid, kids should be braver, don't be shy, go ahead."
Chu Ming coaxed Conan onto the stage, staring at him expectantly with his eyes sparkling, and started recording.
Come on, let me hear how bad it sounds.
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Don't say anything, we are one family.
Chu Ming huddled in the corner of the sofa farthest away from the impact, covering his ears tightly. The other people in the box also had blank expressions on their faces.
I was careless. Is this the bonus of the scientific world? After the bonus, the unpleasant singing voice is like a sonic weapon, drilling into the ear through the ear cracks, as if to crush all the rationality of the person.
When the song ended, Conan felt a little unsatisfied. He glanced at the jukebox, as if he wanted to listen to another song.
Chu Ming shook his head to make himself sober, blocked Conan's intention to go to the jukebox, and pulled him back to the sofa.
"Stop singing. The next song is not what we ordered. You must be tired. Take a rest."
Without waiting for Conan to speak, Chu Ming stuffed a glass of milk into Conan's hand.
Sonoko and Xiaolan, who had reacted, also tried to stop Conan. Sonoko picked up a rice ball and stuffed it into Conan's mouth: "That's right, kid, don't go up there again. Others sing for money, but you sing for your life."