Ming Ke: When the villain accidentally mixes into the protagonist group

Miller pointed at the bright moon, his well-manicured fingertips reflecting the dazzling sunlight.

The Mediterranean Police glanced at Mingyue, and then glanced at everyone, mentally dividing the suspects into groups. One group was Rika Tachibana, Kari Uchida, and Koizumi Kasahara who originally lived here; the other group was those who came unexpectedly, Mitarai Kana and Glass; there is another group that was invited, Miller, Midorikawa Yui, Monáe Mingyue.

Among the people invited, Monáe Mingyue and Midorikawa Yui happened to meet Rika Tachibana and were invited here. The probability of them being the murderers is relatively low. Instead, Miller, who was invited by the deceased with a suicide note, was slightly more suspicious. Mediterranean Police looked at Miller.

Miller sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, looked at the video on the monitor, and frowned.

Glass pursed his thick lips and pushed up his glasses.

Midorikawa Yui, who was beside Ming Yue, frowned and seemed to be thinking about who the murderer was.

"Is it really possible that ghosts are causing trouble?" Mitarashi Kana was glared at by the Mediterranean police officer, shrank to Uchida Kari, and said cautiously, "Maybe Mr. Tachibana committed suicide?"

Everyone looked at Mitarashi Kana, who continued: "We all saw smoke appearing in the video surveillance. Logically speaking, Mr. Tachibana shouldn't be able to see it, unless it was caused by Mr. Tachibana. There is also this white light, and there is It may have been caused by Mr. Tachibana adjusting the surveillance camera. This may have been a suicide..."

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at the laboratory thoughtfully, seeming to consider the possibility that the deceased committed suicide, but why did Tachibana Toru commit suicide? The Mediterranean Police Department was puzzled.

"It is impossible for my husband to commit suicide. Maybe many people will commit suicide, but he will not. I heard that his research seems to have made a big breakthrough. According to his character, he has not completed all the experiments. How can he commit suicide?" Tachibana Rika retorted, "This must be murder!"

Kasahara Koizumi had a gloomy face and glanced at Tachibana Rika.

The Mediterranean Police Department pressed his temple, adjusted the surveillance video to the earliest time, and pressed the play button.

The time in the upper right corner of the video shows last night. In the living room, Kasahara Koizumi seemed to be arguing with Tachibana Toru about something. Because the surveillance camera was posted outside the house, the quarrels inside the house were not recorded. Only the veins on Kasahara Koizumi's neck were bulging and his face was flushed, while Toru Tachibana was calmly drinking something.

Immediately afterwards, Kasahara Koizumi reached out and pushed Tachibuki Toru, pushed the elderly scholar to the ground, turned around and left, disappearing from the screen.

Tachibana Toru slowly got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and held an object like a remote control in his hand. Then he saw the curtains slowly closed, and everything in the institute was blocked by the curtains.

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at Kasahara Koizumi, "What happened between you and the deceased?"

Kasahara Koizumi seemed a little nervous, his eyes were wandering, but he said: "It's nothing, just some academic discussions. There were some differences between Mr. Tachibana and I, so I debated with him."

"The debate is still started? You'd better explain it early." The Mediterranean Police Department stared at Kasahara Koizumi.

Kasahara Koizumi did not dare to look at the Mediterranean Police Department. He just moved his eyes to the side, pursed his mouth in a straight line, and said nothing.

Uchida Kari glanced at Kasahara Koizumi, rolled her eyes, and moved her lips a few times, as if she wanted to say something, but lowered her head and said nothing.

Then the time of the surveillance video came to this morning. The curtains in the kitchen were slowly opened, and Rika Tachibana's figure appeared in the screen, with her back to the camera. Then she seemed to hear something and turned around to look over.

Everyone noticed in the video that Rika Tachibana looked a little panicked at this time. She was holding a glass in her hand and stirring the colorless and transparent liquid in the glass with a spoon.

Kasahara Koizumi glanced at Rika Tachibana beside him, "Madam, what did you put in Mr. Tachibana's glass?"

The Mediterranean Police Department asked: "Mrs. Tachibana, you don't need to stir the drinking water with a spoon, right? What did you put in the water?"

Tachibana Rika spread her hands, "I'm just used to stirring the water in the cup."

"But your own water is not stirred." The Mediterranean Police Department pointed to the surveillance video. In the video, Tachibana Rika was drinking water from a mug, but her eyes were always focused on the lounge on the first floor.

The Mediterranean Police Department said to the police officer beside him: "The glass of water should still be there, take it for testing quickly."

Mrs. Li Mu lowered her head and remained silent.

Then Uchida Kaori appeared in the surveillance video. Uchida Kaori seemed to have a conversation with Tachibana Rika, and then the two went out together.

Later, the Mediterranean Police Department saw the figures of Mingyue and Midorikawa Yui appearing on the glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the surveillance video, and felt that these two people suddenly appeared here with an ulterior motive.

"Why did you appear near the research institute?" Mediterranean Police looked at Mingyue with suspicion.

"I thought this building was very strange. It was trapezoidal and completely different from other buildings, so I took a closer look."

"Are you really just curious?" The Mediterranean Police Department didn't seem to believe what Mingyue said.

Midorikawa Yui looked at the Mediterranean Police Department, "Officer, don't you think this building is strange?"

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at the girl wearing a peaked cap and the young man who claimed to be her brother next to him, with some suspicion in his eyes.

Mingyue pulled Uchida Kari's sleeves and asked curiously: "Sister Uchida, why is the research institute built in a trapezoid shape? And it also uses large floor-to-ceiling windows. Isn't it hot in summer? I feel that the temperature indoors is higher than that outdoors. It’s much higher.”

Mitarai Kana and Glass looked at Uchida Kari together.

Uchida Kari squatted down and was at eye level with Mingyue, "This research institute is simulating the earth 100 million years ago. The average temperature at that time was five to ten degrees higher than today. Most of the earth was ocean, and life was It was born from the ocean. It was built in a trapezoid shape to increase the area illuminated by the sun. Many experimental data rely on sunlight."

"Brother Kasahara, are you also doing research on the origin of life?" Mingyue looked at the man with the bird's nest head.

Kasahara Koizumi looked around the crowd and spoke slowly, "My topic is the metabolism of substances in glacial liquids 100 million years ago. It is related to the origin of life, but it is not exactly the same. There are many things in the liquids obtained from the interior of the glaciers that we still have There are no organisms that have been discovered and named. Those viruses from ancient times seem to have promoted the emergence of life. My research..." Kasahara Koizumi suddenly stopped talking.

"Wow, it's so magical." Mingyue acted out the innocence of a girl, looking at the liquids in the test tubes in the laboratory.

Uchida Kaori stood up, "These may be too profound for you. You probably haven't learned this yet. You must study hard so that you can come into contact with more secrets about life."

"Well, I will study hard." Mingyue smiled and narrowed her eyes.

Midorikawa Yui glanced at everyone and found that Miller, who was sitting not far away, was writing something on his mobile phone. It seemed that he had encountered something urgent, and his fingers were moving very quickly on the keyboard.

Glass walked up to Miller and wanted to see the content on his phone, but Miller dodged it easily.

Miller shook his finger at Glass, smiled and said, "It's a bad habit to peek at messages."

Glass's eyes still stayed on Miller's phone, "You seem to be very busy."

"Of course, many people ask me about legal issues every day. If there hadn't been a murder, I might have been at my next client's home." Miller clicked on his phone several times quickly and sighed. , looked at Glass and continued, "It's really unlucky to say that we encountered a murder. Ms. Programmer, aren't you busy?"

"I came here specifically to study, so I'm not busy today. But I don't want to waste time here, but if we want to leave now, the police officer probably won't let us go." Glass said with helplessness in his tone.

"After all, you are a suspect." Miller spread his hands and showed the lock screen of his phone in front of Glass.

Glass glanced at the phone screen, a little surprised, then grinned and said provocatively: "Aren't you a suspect?"

"You are more suspicious. After all, you are in the research institute and I am outside the research institute." Miller put his mobile phone into the bag he carried with him and looked at his carefully manicured fingertips with something in his eyes. Unknown emotions.

Glass was very displeased and glanced at Mingyue.

Seeing that Glass and Miller seemed to be continuing to bicker, Mitarashi Kana quickly stood between the two of them, "Don't argue. To be honest, I want to leave too. I'm scared here. If Mr. Tachibana wasn't He committed suicide and was not killed by a monster, so the murderer must be among the few of us." Mitarashi Kana hugged herself in fear and said with a trembling voice, "Just thinking about it makes me feel terrible, murder. The criminal is actually with us."

Glass glanced at Mitarashi Kana and looked at Miller, "Miss Lawyer, if we leave by force now..."

"Miss Programmer, I suggest you not to do this~" Miller winked at Glass.

Outside the institute, Bourbon was looking for traces of a woman with long dark brown hair nearby, but he met Rai who was leaning against the wall and smoking a cigarette.

"Why are you here?"

Rai blew out a puff of smoke and asked instead, "Scotland told you to come here?"

Bourbon had a gloomy face. He didn't believe that Hiro would call this troublesome guy over. Then he thought, could it be Ming Yue who called him over? Did Hiro get exposed because of the encounter with Zhu Fu Gaoming on the train?

"Rye, do you see a woman with long dark brown hair?"

Rai became alert, "Woman?"

Two bottles of whiskey were in the alley, exchanging information they had.

In the research institute, Midorikawa Yui looked at the three ladies who suddenly arrived and made a guess in her mind: There must be an Ouroboros among them. Maybe they are all Ouroboros and they are just acting to confuse everyone.

At present, only the exposed skin can be observed, and no tattoo of the Ouroboros can be seen. If the other party deliberately conceals it, it will be more difficult to discover. After all, Midorikawa Yui knows several ways to cover up tattoos, not to mention that there are members of Ouroboros who are good at disguise.

Who is it? Moreover, Mrs. Tachibana’s behavior is also very strange. Could it be that Ouroboros is disguised as Mrs. Tachibana? Midorikawa Yui glanced at Tachibana Rika, who looked a little nervous.

As for Uchida Kari, Midorikawa Yui feels that after Ouroboros has dressed up once, it may not continue to dress up, because the possibility of being exposed is very high.

The Mediterranean Police Department carefully checked the surveillance video. In the video, Kana Mitarai and Glass appeared at the entrance of the institute one after another. They were chatting and laughing at the door, and seemed to have a very pleasant conversation.

"It's really suspicious that you paid a sudden visit without making an appointment in advance." The Mediterranean Police Department glanced at Kana Mitarai.

Mitarashi Kana almost cried, stumbling and not knowing how to explain, "I..."

Glass said: "Officer, if we are the murderers, how could we be exposed to the camera? The courtyard wall is not very high. We can completely avoid the surveillance of the camera and enter the institute without standing there stupidly. Let’s wait for someone to open the door for us.”

Tachibana Rika glanced at Glass and said calmly: "If you really climb over the courtyard wall, the infrared alarm will be triggered."

"Is that so? I don't know." Glass blinked, sighed, and said with emotion, "Security is indeed very strict. It would be great if I could learn this procedure."

The surveillance video showed Toru Tachibana standing in the laboratory.

Kasahara Koizumi looked at the monitor and said: "Teacher Tachibana is dressed very formally today. In the past, he would drink a glass of water first and then go to the laboratory. There is something unusual today. He did not go to the kitchen and went straight to the laboratory."

"You're wearing such a formal dress, you can't be meeting someone." Tachibana Rika looked at Miller, feeling a little jealous in her heart, "Could it be you? Miss Miller."

"Mrs. Tachibana, the time agreed upon by Mr. Tachibana and I is indeed today." Miller looked directly at Rika Tachibana and said with a smile, "Unfortunately, I came a little late. It would have been better if I had come earlier."

Tachibana Rika lowered her eyes, wondering what she was thinking.

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at the clothes on the deceased in their hands, and then looked at the clothes on Toru Tachibana on the monitor. After comparison, they found that they were the same set of clothes, which meant that there was no possibility of someone pretending to be a corpse or replacing the body, which also means that this At that time, Tachibuki Toru was still alive.

"Grandpa Li Mu seemed to want to wear a lab coat, but his hands touched the lab coat and he didn't wear it." Mingyue tilted her head and looked at the monitor.

Uchida Kaori frowned, "Teacher Tachigi is a very rigid person. He usually changes into lab clothes when entering the laboratory. This time it's really strange..."

"Did something happen to him? Or is there something wrong with the lab coat?" The Mediterranean Police Department frowned and arranged for police officers to investigate.

Tachibana Rika shook her head, "My wife is not usually like this. I don't know the specific reason. Maybe it has something to do with the group of people who wanted to break into the laboratory."

The video continues to play, and the strange smoke appears again.

Uchida Kaori didn't know what she had discovered. She suddenly shuddered and slowly turned her head to look at the laboratory full of glass particles and various solutions, with a strange look on her face.

Ming Yue followed Uchida Kaori's gaze and said, "I see signs of wear and tear on the carpet. Doesn't Mrs. Tachigi find someone to maintain it?"

"My husband is very rigid in doing things. He likes to do things in an orderly manner. He walks the same route every day. These wear and tear are left over the years." Tachibana Rika glanced at the marks on the floor, with a slight sadness on her face, " He planned his time very clearly, when to do things, and when to be there, every day..."

Mingyue pointed at Toru Tachibana on the monitor and continued to ask: "Does Grandpa Tachibana often stand here checking test tubes?"

"Yes, he would open the curtains at this time every day, stand here, observe the experiment, and record the data." Tachibana Rika seemed to be lost in memories, with an extremely sad expression.

"Then the murderer can use Grandpa Limu's habit to create a mechanism to complete the murder." Mingyue glanced at everyone, but the expected expression did not appear.

The Mediterranean Police Department glanced at Uchida Kari, Tachibana Rika and Kasahara Koizumi, and said solemnly: "If this is the case, you should be the only three people who know that Tachibana Toru has this habit."

Kasahara Koizumi looked at the laboratory, "All three of us know it, but if someone deliberately observes, these rigid habits of Mr. Tachibana can actually be easily discovered." After that, he looked at Mitarashi Kana and Glass.

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at the bullet casing in the evidence bag and thought: This should be the bullet casing that hit Tachibana Toru's chest, but what kind of mechanism did the murderer use to fire the bullet?

"Are these curtains opened and closed with a remote control device?" the Mediterranean Police Department asked, pointing in the direction of the window.

Kasahara Koizumi nodded, "Yes, after all, there are so many curtains, it would be too tiring to use human power."

The Mediterranean Police Department reviewed the surveillance footage and found that before the bullet was fired, there was a scene where the curtains were opened at a constant speed.

If one end of the fishing line is tied to the curtain and the other end is tied to the trigger of the pistol, using Toru Tachibana's stereotyped habits, he can shoot and kill. If this was the case, then the pistol must have remained at the scene.

"Didn't you find a pistol at the scene?" Mediterranean Police Department looked at the police officer beside them.

"Report to the police department. No pistol was found at the scene."

The Mediterranean Police Department glanced at everyone, "Isn't the pistol hidden by one of you?"

"Officer, if someone hides a pistol, it will definitely be caught on surveillance." Miller looked at Uchida Kari.

Uchida Kari felt that more and more eyes were looking at her, so she said: "I am indeed the first to enter the laboratory and the first to come to Teacher Tachibana, but do you see how I can hide a pistol on my body? .”

The tight-fitting uniform exposed Uchida Kari's figure in front of everyone, and the pockets were tight to the body. A female police officer checked all the pockets and found only a handkerchief in the pocket.

The Mediterranean Police Department asked officers to search all rooms in the institute, and a pistol and three bullets were found in Tachibana Rika's room.

"Report, two bullets are missing from the pistol magazine."

"The reports indicate that the shell casings found at the scene match the model of the pistol, and the ballistics are being compared."

Tachibana Rika glanced at the pistol in the evidence bag, "I didn't buy the pistol because strange people always broke into the institute some time ago. That group of people even sneaked in in the middle of the night, although they were guarded by security every time. The system found out, but I was still scared and I just wanted to protect myself.”

"Why are there two bullets missing?"

Tachibana Rika shook her head, "I really don't know. When I checked yesterday, there were still five bullets. Who knows how it became three today."

The Mediterranean Police Department continued to ask, "Who else knows about this gun?"

"Everyone in the institute knows, after all, everyone needs to be notified of this kind of thing," Tachibana Rika looked at Uchida Kari and Kasahara Koizumi with a somewhat unkind tone, "What if those movements were caused by one of them? "

Tachibana Rika looked at Miller, "When will my husband's will be announced?"

Mediterranean police also looked at Miller.

Miller had a professional smile on his face, "Mr. Tachibana said that if he died of murder, he would only let me announce the will after the police identified the murderer. Before the will is announced, all his properties would be kept by me. "

"Why you?!" Mrs. Li Mu looked shocked and in disbelief.

Everyone looked at Miller, but Miller calmly took out a document from his bag, "This is the custody agreement for the estate, and Mr. Tachibana has already signed it. He hopes that the research can continue. , but it must be in the direction he thinks is right."

Glass glanced at Miller lightly, the corners of his mouth sank, and he took out his mobile phone and tapped his fingers quickly on the keyboard.

Mingyue glanced at Miller, is the research in the right direction? He glanced at the broken glass shards on the ground and fell into deep thought. Is research on the origin of life the right direction?

Midorikawa Yui observed Glass calmly. If Miller was using his mobile phone just now to handle work, then there is a high probability that Glass was transmitting information at this time.

The target of Ouroboros is this research institute, so naturally they want to acquire the heritage of the research institute, and the heritage may contain the information they want.

After listening to Miller's explanation, Tachibana Rika was very angry and said through gritted teeth: "That old guy must want to leave all his inheritance to that illegitimate son!"

"illegitimate child?!"

Everyone was shocked, this was another big news.

Tachibana Rika glanced at Uchida Kari and Kasahara Koizumi, "That illegitimate child must be one of you."

"Master's wife, haven't you already found out my life experience? Why do you still doubt me?" Uchida Kaori didn't understand, and her voice was aggrieved.

Kasahara Koizumi looked at Tachibana Rika, "There is no way I am Tachibana-sensei's illegitimate son."

A young police officer ran over and said, "Report, police department! We found pills containing thallium in Kasahara Koizumi's room, and a high concentration of nifedipine was detected in the glass of water found in the kitchen."

Everyone looked at Tachibana Rika, who had a fierce look in her eyes.

Miller smiled and said: "Mrs. Tachibana, your suspicion is even greater."

"My husband has a heart disease, I am preparing medicine for him." Tachibana Rika tried to defend.

Mingyue suddenly said: "Nifedipine is an antihypertensive drug, used to treat high blood pressure. If Grandpa Limu feels uncomfortable after drinking that glass of water and thinks he is having a heart attack, and then takes nitroglycerin, it may cause More serious heart problems may lead to death."

Everyone looked at Mingyue, who tilted her head and said with a smile: "I have a brother who is a detective, and he told me all this."

Then everyone looked at Midorikawa Yui, who looked at Mingyue with some helplessness and nodded, "Yes, my brother told her."

Mingyue raised her head and looked at Midorikawa Yui, with a bright smile on her face, but she was cursing in her heart, how did that black guy from Bourbon become your brother? How will this lie be fulfilled then?

Midorikawa Yui glanced at the alley outside the window, raised the corners of her mouth, and thought: Zero, Mingyue is very skilled in this trick. But how would Mingyue introduce me to outsiders? He wouldn’t be a brother who is good at making cakes...

Toru Amuro, who was on guard and searching nearby, sneezed twice in succession.

Rai glanced at him and said, "Tsk, you caught a cold just by blowing a little wind? You're so weak."

"Let's split up." Bourbon put his hands in his trouser pockets and chose a direction at the fork in the road with a dark face.

Rai shrugged and said it didn't matter. He looked up at the roof and saw a wild cat walking across the eaves without making any sound.

In the research institute, the Mediterranean Police Department said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Tachibana, please explain."

"I have nothing to explain. The person I want to explain is Kasahara Koizumi. Pills containing thallium were found in his room. Thallium is the main ingredient in making rat poison. People will die if they eat it."

"Kasahara-kun, Mr. Tachigi is so kind to you, why do you do this?" Uchida Kari looked at Kasahara Koizumi very puzzled.

Kasahara Koizumi snorted coldly, "Do you treat me well? Take the results I made as your own, conduct new experiments on this basis, and then ask me to do some research on the origin of life in this institute? Really? I don’t know how you have been able to carry on with this ridiculous research for so long.”

"Teacher Tachigi has already got some results..."

Kasahara Koizumi became even more angry. He directly interrupted Uchida Kari and shouted loudly: "Those results are based on my research data. What are the results? If I were his son, I would not recognize such a father!"

"Teacher Tachigi..." Uchida Kaori opened her mouth, but finally swallowed some words.

"The so-called illegitimate child probably doesn't want to come back. I can't stand such a rigid, stern, and dogmatic person. I have already proposed to transfer to a research institute. I really don't want to stay in this place at all, but Tachibana Toru I was not allowed to transfer to another institute at all.”

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at Kasahara Koizumi, "So you killed Tachibana Toru? What method did you use this time?"

Kasahara Koizumi looked indifferent, "Didn't you find it? Thallium. But he was already dead before I poisoned him."

"Don't admit that you did it?"

"I haven't done anything to admit it, but I'm probably not the only one who wants to kill Toru Tachibana. Uchida-san, you want it more than me." Kasahara Koizumi looked at Uchida Kari.

Uchida Kaori shook her head desperately, "No, no, no, I didn't, how is this possible? I love Mr. Tachibana so much, how could I kill Mr. Tachibana?"

Kasahara Koizumi crossed his arms and looked directly at Uchida Kari, "Don't lie, I heard you say more than once that you can only survive if you kill Mr. Tachibana, otherwise you will become an experiment in Mr. Tachibana's hands, and I have seen Tachibanaru forcing you to take some strange drugs more than once."

The one who reacted the most was Tachibana Rika. She asked nervously: "Strange medicine?! What does it look like?"

"Don't Mrs. Tachigi know?" Kasahara Koizumi looked at Tachibana Rika.

Tachibana Rika frowned and did not answer.

Mitarashi Kana looked at Uchida Kari and asked with a worried look: "Are you okay? What kind of medicine did he give you? This is illegal human experimentation. Tell me and I will help you get justice."

Uchida Kaori pursed her lips and showed a wry smile.

Miller and Glass looked at each other, and Midorikawa Yui frowned.

Mingyue's eyes swept over Uchida Kaori and Tachibana Rika, but did not find anything special about these two people.

The Mediterranean Police Department, which was already worried about this secret room murder, is now even more worried. They never expected that this case actually involved human experimentation.

When it comes to human experiments, the most recent and most serious impact was probably twenty years ago.

Mingyue looked at the crime scene. The glass that fell to the ground reflected the sunlight, and the stars were dotted, like starlight, like broken hope.

I scanned the windows around me, but I didn't find the circles of patterns I saw before. Could it be that I was dazzled at the time?

Mingyue looked at the pistol and bullets in the evidence bag, as well as the complete shell casing found next to the deceased, and fell into deep thought.

A bullet is composed of four parts, namely the warhead, the cartridge case, the propellant and the primer.

Generally, bullets are fired by striking the primer in the pistol. The primer ignites the propellant and launches the warhead.

The primer of this cartridge case in the evidence bag has traces of impact, so there must be a mechanism similar to a firing pin at the scene. However, Mingyue looked around the laboratory and found nothing.

Except for the shelves in the laboratory, which are made of metal, everything else is made of glass. Even the partitions of the shelves are made of glass. But how could something like glass hit the primer and ignite the propellant?

If glass is really used to hit the primer, it is likely that the glass will break first, and the primer may not be ignited.

Also, what exactly is the smoke in the surveillance video? How did the murderer kill Toru Tachibana? And what exactly is Toru Tachibana's action...

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Preview of the next chapter: The suspect’s motive and the items used by the murderer have been given. Who killed Toru Tachibana?