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

Also, what exactly is the smoke in the surveillance video? How did the murderer kill Toru Tachibana? And Toru Tachibana reached out and moved something on the shelf? What's the point of that action?

For a moment, Mingyue was in trouble. She only heard one gunshot, but why did two bullets disappear? Where did the other bullet go?

If it cannot be found indoors, then the missing bullet must be outdoors. In the muddy courtyard, before you can adjust the angle of the surveillance camera, maybe the truth is hidden there.

It's just that this group of people is not only Rum's people, but also members of Ouroboros.

The police officer who came was not Megure Thirteen, and the Kudo family was probably still in Hawaii. Detective Amuro Toru and Akai Shuichi are outside the institute. They cannot interfere with the cases inside the institute, and it is best not to interfere.

Although Mingyue really wants to enter the laboratory and investigate the solutions in those test tubes, this situation is probably difficult at the moment. There were police officers everywhere, collecting evidence, and the Mediterranean police officer had named everyone present as a suspect.

Two or three large black birds were hovering in the sky above the research institute. A dark brown woman with a suspicious appearance flashed past from a small alley. She traced her past, but she had long since disappeared.

Although Ley and Bourbon were operating separately, they were still transmitting information on their mobile phones.

The case at the institute is still under investigation.

In the laboratory, several pieces of charred curved glass were found among the glass fragments scattered on the ground. They were picked up by the Mediterranean Police Department wearing white gloves. They placed them in the palm of their hands and looked at them carefully. When they smelled a smell of gunpowder, they took them out. Go to the living room and ask everyone.

Kasahara Koizumi glanced at it and said, "Police Department, this kind of curved glass is most likely a broken test tube. Why does it turn black? I don't know this question."

Miller looked at the pieces of black glass, "This kind of charred blackness only appears on the concave side, not the convex side. If this glass is really a test tube, someone ignited something in the test tube."

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at Uchida Kari and Kasahara Koizumi, "Will you conduct such an experiment?"

Uchida Kaori shook her head slightly and lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking.

Mitarashi Kana looked at the burnt glass, then at Uchida Kari, and then looked around.

Kasahara Koizumi shook his head, "We rarely use open flames for heating. There is no alcohol lamp in the laboratory. Usually we use a constant temperature box or a constant temperature water bath."

A police officer came over and said, "Report, the smoke reaction inside the curved glass is positive."

"Then the bullet may have detonated inside the test tube, but what could have been used to detonate it?" The Mediterranean Police Department put the charred glass into the evidence bag and looked in the direction of the laboratory.

There are transparent floor-to-ceiling windows and shelves filled with glass instruments. There are no visual blind spots in the entire laboratory, and there are no secret doors or passages. So who could sneak into the laboratory and make these?

The Mediterranean Police Department suddenly remembered a long-standing case that the instructor told him when he was in the police academy, about a murder case involving a bullet ten years ago.

The case is bizarre, but it is what happened.

The owner of the house was shot and killed next to the fireplace. His neighbors heard the gunshot, but the doors and windows of the house were locked, just like the laboratory in front of him.

The difference was that in that case, after a rigorous search, the police found a cracked shell casing in the fireplace, but what was found in the laboratory was a complete shell casing.

Because it was a bullet that was embedded in a branch ten years ago. As the tree grew, the bullet became wrapped in the branches. When the tree was cut down, made into firewood, and then thrown into the fireplace, the bullet was burned by the flames, and the propellant inside was ignited. The warhead flew out, and coincidentally hit the owner of the house who was reading next to the fireplace. The Lord died on the spot.

After multiple investigations, it was discovered that the homeowner's youngest son had hidden a bullet in a tree ten years before the incident. No one expected that ten years later a bullet would be fired in the fireplace and hit the homeowner.

So the case was ultimately determined to be an accident, not a murder. After the homeowner's youngest son learned the truth about the incident, he was so sad that he eventually hanged himself in depression.

Could it be that this was also an accident?

No! The Mediterranean Police Department shook his head, looked at the intact shell casing in the evidence bag in his hand, and thought: This is definitely not an accident! And it was a well-planned murder.

But if the propellant is not detonated through a primer, then what method is used to detonate the propellant?

The Mediterranean Police Department scanned the laboratory. Indeed, no open flame device was found in the laboratory. Could it be that some chemical substances caused the flammable materials to be ignited and then detonated the bullets?

While the Mediterranean Police Department was thinking, I heard Mitarashi Kana wiping the sweat from her face and saying softly: "It feels so hot even sitting here. Mrs. Tachigi, you also live in this research institute during the hottest time in summer. In the place?"

Tachibana Rika nodded, "Well, I have been living in the research institute for these years, especially when the experiments have made progress. If I live in the winter, I actually feel very comfortable, but in the summer, it is simply torture. To be honest I’ve long wanted to move out of here.”

Mitarashi Kana looked at Uchida Kari, "Ms. Uchida may also want to move away from here, but was the earth really so hot 100 million years ago?"

Uchida Kaori slowly raised her head and looked around, "Actually, after staying for a long time, I no longer feel it. When I really start to do experiments seriously, I forget the surrounding environment."

Miller fanned the air with his hands, unbuttoned his chest, and looked at Kasahara Koizumi, "Kasahara-kun, what is the maximum temperature that the laboratory can reach?"

Kasahara Koizumi quickly looked away and looked in the direction of the floor-to-ceiling windows, "This summer the indoor temperature will be about forty degrees, but at that time we will go to the lounge and wait until night to conduct experiments. So..." Kasahara Koizumi secretly He glanced at Miller, only to find that Miller was looking at him with a smile, and quickly looked away.

Miller fanned his chest with his hands and said with emotion: "Forty degrees is beyond my imagination."

An idea suddenly flashed in the mind of the Mediterranean Police Department, "White phosphorus at 40 degrees Celsius can spontaneously ignite. Just put white phosphorus at the bottom of the test tube, and then put a bullet in it. When the room temperature reaches 40 degrees Celsius, the white phosphorus will spontaneously ignite, and then the bullet will The propellant will be ignited and the warhead will be launched!"

"Officer, I'm sorry, your reasoning is untenable, because there is no such thing as white phosphorus in the laboratory." Tachibana Rika interrupted the Mediterranean Police Department, "Although I don't understand the experiments conducted in the research institute, the equipment I do all the purchasing of medicines and medicines.”

Mediterranean Police looked at Tachibana Rika.

Kasahara Koizumi's ears were reddish and he nodded, "Since the room temperature of the entire institute will be higher than the outside temperature, there are no spontaneous combustion substances like white phosphorus in the entire institute. After all, we don't want to ignite the laboratory or ignite The whole institute.”

After thinking for a moment, the Mediterranean Police Department looked at Kasahara Koizumi and asked, "Is it possible that spontaneous combustion may occur after two or several substances are mixed?"

Kasahara Koizumi glanced at Miller secretly and found that Miller was looking at him with admiration. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said while combing his hair with his hands: "Officer, what you said is even more impossible. The most common ones here are glacial solutions and various culture media, which are generally stable compounds or polymers."

Mingyue thought that the white smoke she saw in the picture was indeed caused by something being lit. She glanced at the reagents in the laboratory. If the labels on the reagent bottles were correct, then these reagents were indeed used. to prepare the culture medium.

If the murderer really used a chemical reaction to detonate the bullet, how to control the time? Such a mechanism would probably leave some traces of chemicals used.

Whether it is the burned substance or the light and smoke during the burning process, it will attract others' attention.

Speaking of smoke, why didn’t Toru Tachibana pay attention to the white smoke captured by the surveillance camera?

Did he really commit suicide?

No, when I saw Toru Tachibana yesterday, he was still seriously thinking about how to transfer the "eggs". Before that, he had contacted the research institute in Tokyo to prepare to hatch the "eggs", so he really had no reason to commit suicide.

This case is definitely murder, but who is the murderer? Could it be that the Ouroboros group did it? How did they enter the research institute and create all this? Do they have any purpose in doing this?

Mingyue was puzzled and sighed in annoyance. She was obviously walking in the darkness, so why did she always have to get entangled with those who were in the light.

Midorikawa Yui saw the wilting Mingyue next to her, leaned down and asked, "Is it a little hot? Should we go to the door to get some fresh air?"

Mingyue was about to nod when she noticed Uchida Kari in the crowd. Did something happen when she appeared in front of the train yesterday? Where did Officer Megure find her?

The Mediterranean Police Department frowned, looking at the intact shell casing in the evidence bag, and thought: It seems that detonating it with chemical substances is not feasible. If the bullet was detonated, then why would the shell casing be intact?

Whether chemical substances or direct fire are used, marks will be left on the bullet casing, unless the bullet casing is used by the murderer to confuse the police.

After combining the two missing bullets, if nothing unexpected happens, one shell casing should be found, and that shell casing is likely to be on the murderer's body.

The Mediterranean Police Department quickly called for police officers to search all suspects present.

"Why do we have to be searched?!" Glass shouted in displeasure.

Miller glanced at Glass, raised the corner of his mouth, and said to the Mediterranean Police Department: "Forcing everyone to participate in on-site evidence collection requires mandatory investigation measures that require permission from the court. Officer, you should not have such a document in your hand, but for the purpose of laundering Clear the suspicion and I can cooperate with you."

Miller's remarks made Glass very dissatisfied.

Glass glanced at the bright moon in the distance, walked over, squatted down, and said with a smile: "Little sister, did you find anything?"

Before Mingyue could speak, Midorikawa Yui stood in front of Mingyue and said to Glass with a smile: "My roommate is young and doesn't understand anything. Instead of asking my roommate what she can find, it's better to hope that the police will solve the case quickly or cooperate with the police." Conduct a pat-down."

"Really? I think the little sister is very smart. Maybe she has already seen something." Glass did not move his eyes away from Mingyue.

Midorikawa Yui looked at Glass warily, still with a soft smile on her face, and quietly blocked the bright moon.

Glass looked at Yui Midorikawa with slight dissatisfaction, "You and she don't look alike. Are you really brother and sister?"

"Of course, please don't doubt it." Midorikawa Yui looked at Glass with a smile, but her eyes were cold. Is she ouroboros? Have you discovered the bright moon yet?

Miller walked up to Glass and joked with a smile: "Miss Programmer, do you also like this gentleman? Do you want to find a breakthrough from his sister?"

There was a sinister atmosphere in Glass's smile, "Miss Lawyer, do you want to rob me?"

The word "grab" made Midorikawa Yui's muscles tense up. Sure enough, the Ouroboros was between the two of them, or both of them were Ouroboros.

Miller ignored Glass and just took a step forward. His proud and plump part was almost pressed against Midorikawa Yui's body. However, behind Midorikawa Yui was the bright moon, and there was no way to retreat.

"Mr. Midorikawa, please date me. My figure is much better than the one next to me." After saying that, Miller glanced at Glass beside him, "If you have a girlfriend, I don't mind dating her either." Fair competition.”

Midorikawa Yui's back was like a light at this moment, how could she refuse? ! In the blink of an eye, a sentence seemed to blurt out without thinking, "I'm sorry about the two beauties, I like men."

Miller and Glass' smiles froze, and their beady eyes stared at Midorikawa Yui's handsome face. They couldn't say a word, swallowed silently, and turned around to leave in an awkward atmosphere.

But when Glass left, he looked back at Mingyue from time to time.

Mingyue Banyue looked at Midorikawa Yui with a somewhat complicated mood.

However, Midorikawa Yui looked at Miller and Glass nervously, took out her mobile phone, and sent the appearance characteristics of the two people to Toru Amuro.

After Toru Amuro read the text message outside the institute, he passed the information to Rai.

Hiding in the narrow alley, Akai Shuichi exhaled a puff of smoke, put away his cell phone, and stared at the research institute not far away. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, he saw the two people described in the text message, and also noticed Mingyue's gaze looking over.

Just as the Mediterranean Police Department began to arrange for police officers to search the suspect, "Report! Officer, we found a bullet casing in the courtyard."

"What does it look like?! Take me there quickly!"

The Mediterranean Police were taken to the place where the shell casing was found, which was near the entrance to the institute. The broken and deformed shell casing was found among the messy footprints. When it was discovered, it had been embedded in the soil, with only some metal exposed.

"There's no way to check fingerprints." The Mediterranean Police Department looked at the evidence bag in their hands. The bullet casing in the evidence bag was severely damaged and deformed, but it was still wrapped in soft mud.

"Yes, there is too much mud. To clean it off, the fingerprints on it will inevitably be destroyed." The police officer from the forensics department replied seriously.

"How do you think this kind of trace was formed?"

The police officer from the forensics department pointed to the shell, "First of all, the rolled metal exploded from the inside out. No other chemical substances that are not propellants have been detected so far. The part of the metal near the primer looks like it was It’s melted, but it doesn’t look like it’s been roasted by fire.”

The Mediterranean Police Department nodded and confirmed what the forensic officer said, "The murderer is more cunning than we thought."

Mingyue suddenly appeared behind the Mediterranean Police Department and said with a smile: "Officer, those glasses are so beautiful, like the stars in the sky, so bright."

The Forensic Officer squatted down and looked at Mingyue, "Little sister, that's not glowing, it's the glass reflecting sunlight."

"Reflection?" Mingyue looked slightly confused.

The forensic officer smiled and nodded, "Yes."

Mingyue tilted her head and asked in confusion: "How does the glass reflect sunlight? When I stand here or when I stand indoors, I see different places where they shine, just like stars blinking."

"That's because the test tube is curved, so the angle of the reflected light is different, and the bright spots you see are not necessarily the same." The police officer from the forensics department looked towards the direction of the laboratory.

Mingyue pointed to the ground in the distance with her finger, "Police officer, you are talking about the curved glass, but the light spots seen from each angle of the flat glass on the ground are also different."

"Eh?!" The Forensic Officer quickly took a few steps toward the laboratory and noticed the change in the light on the ground.

The Mediterranean Police Department also discovered this phenomenon, frowned, and said to the surrounding police officers: "Check every glass shard now!"

"Yes!" A group of police officers from the forensic department rushed into the laboratory.

Soon a young police officer came out, holding an evidence bag in his hand. In the evidence bag were several pieces of glass. "Report! The police department found that some glass was smooth on one side and patterned on the other."

Glass walked over curiously, but his eyes stayed on Mingyue.

Mingyue followed the Mediterranean Police Department, "Ah, this glass is so magical. It looks like there are teeth here, like saw teeth. It's like a magic mirror. It's weird to see things through the glass."

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at the strange glass in his hand and frowned.

"It turns out to be a Fresnel lens." Miller looked at the pieces of glass and raised the corners of his mouth, "I have solved all the mysteries in this case, but the murderer..."

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Preview of the next chapter: The case is about to be solved, what is the truth hidden in the fog? Who among the suspects is Ouroboros?