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

"It turns out it's a Fresnel lens." Miller looked at the pieces of glass and raised the corner of his mouth, "I have solved all the mysteries in this case, but the murderer is of course one of us. .”

Mitarai Kana looked at Miller, "Miss Miller, do you already know who the murderer is?"

The Mediterranean Police Department carefully looked at the glass piece in their hands. The thickness of this glass piece is similar to ordinary glass, but it can magnify the picture like a convex lens, but it is not as thick as a convex lens. It is very magical.

Everyone looked at Miller, who raised his eyebrows and looked at the Mediterranean Police Department, "Isn't it the police's job to catch the murderer? I'm just a lawyer." After that, he glanced at Mingyue standing at the door of the laboratory. .

Glass saw that Miller seemed to be observing the laboratory, and said impatiently: "If you know, please tell me quickly. It will be good for everyone."

Midorikawa Yui had been paying attention to these two women since just now, and found that they would look at their phones from time to time, seemingly checking messages or sending intelligence. Midorikawa Yui followed Miller's gaze and found that Mingyue was far away from him, and she couldn't help but feel nervous.

Miller walked to Mingyue and looked at the laboratory in the cordon. "Programmer, don't worry. Although this method is not difficult, not everyone can complete it."

The Mediterranean Police Department walked up to Miller and looked squarely at the blonde, "Now that you've seen the modus operandi, Miller, please let us know."

These words seemed to be asking for advice, but they contained a lot of suspicion.

However, Miller just raised the corners of his mouth, pointed to the broken window, and spoke slowly.

"That window is not installed with flat glass, but with a Fresnel lens, a kind of glass that is as thick as ordinary glass but can focus light. If you calculate the angle well, you can use the tilted floor-to-ceiling windows of this institute to create a murder mechanism. .”

Miller glanced at Mingyue, who was taken away from the laboratory door by Yui Midorikawa after she attracted everyone's attention, and continued: "The sunlight shines on the Fresnel lens and condenses into a point after refraction. The temperature of that point can even be as high as More than 3,000 degrees Celsius is enough to melt the cartridge case, detonate the propellant in the bullet, and launch the warhead."

Glass thought for a moment and said: "The murderer took advantage of the deceased's habit. When the deceased opened the curtain, the device was activated. If the propellant is simply detonated, without the restraint of the barrel, the warhead may fly in any direction. You may not be able to hit the target.”

After hearing what Glass said, the Mediterranean Police Department thought for a moment, "Glass, you seem to know a lot about firearms? You were so resistant to the search before, you don't have some contraband on you, right?"

Midorikawa Yui stared at the thick-lipped Glass, feeling more and more that this woman was unusual.

There were a few drops of sweat on Glass's cheeks, and he waved his hands quickly and said, "How could I carry contraband? I just resist women touching my body. If the police officer came to search me, I would be willing to cooperate."

The Mediterranean Police Department grimaced, took a small step back, and kept a certain distance from Glass. The other male officers also silently moved away from Glass, and some even hid behind the female officers. If they were asked to search a woman, their career would be over.

Mingyue reached out and rubbed her temples. Midorikawa Yui squatted down and asked softly: "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"Maybe it's too hot." Mingyue's tone was full of helplessness.

Miller looked at Glass with half-moon eyes, crossed his arms, half leaned against the door, and brought the topic back, "If the bullet is placed in a glass tube like a test tube, the glass tube can be fixed with those semi-solid culture media In a suitable position, and the glass tube can be used as the barrel, the direction of the bullet firing can be controlled."

The Mediterranean Police Department thought of the charred curved glass and nodded, confirming the feasibility of the method, but then a question arose, "Who can complete this mechanism?"

"The murderer must meet several conditions. First, he must know the Fresnel lens, secondly, he must be familiar with the principles of firearms, and finally, he must be able to enter this laboratory to arrange all of this." Miller looked at Rika Tachibana and Kari Uchida. and Kasahara Koizumi.

Similarly, the Mediterranean Police Department feels that these people are highly suspected of committing the crime, but who among them is it?

Mitarashi Kana stood next to Uchida Kari and said cautiously: "I have heard of this kind of lens. It seems that photographers usually use it when taking pictures, and there is a Fennel lens in the camera." Mitarai Kana glanced at Tachibaki Rika , then quickly lowered his head, as if scared, "If I remember correctly, Mrs. Tachibana used to be a cameraman."

Tachibana Rika naturally noticed Mitarashi Kana's small movements, her face was gloomy, and her lips pursed into a straight line.

The Mediterranean Police Department said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Tachibana, can you explain?"

"I really don't know, and Miss Miller, you don't seem to understand the security procedures of this institute. If someone really replaced the laboratory glass, why didn't the alarm sound?" Tachibana Rika stretched out her right index finger and pointed. The glass fragments in the evidence bag, "It would be easy to find such glass, after all, the scene outside the window will be deformed by this lens."

Kasahara Koizumi saw Miller's frown and immediately stood up and said: "Actually, standing in that position, you should only notice the test tube in front of you. After all, the scene outside the window is just like that, so you won't pay too much attention to it. Neither does that position. You must be able to see that lens.”

Miller smiled and looked at Kasahara Koizumi. Kasahara Koizumi quickly looked away and wanted to reach out to grab the head of his bird's nest, but slowly stopped his hand.

"I don't understand the security procedures of this institute, but didn't someone hack into the surveillance system yesterday?" Miller looked at Tachibana Rika, the smile on his face not diminishing, "Maybe it wasn't you who were hacked, but you The insider must have turned off the monitoring or security program."

Tachibana Rika stared at Miller, "That might have been done by those who wanted to break into the institute!"

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at the young police officer beside him and asked, "Have you found any fingerprints on the glass, especially on glass like the Fresnel lens?"

"Report, no fingerprints were collected, and there is not only Fennel lens glass on the ground, but also flat glass, which is the same model as the glass on other windows." The young police officer looked at the broken glass. Window, "Police Department, I have a guess. In fact, the glass on the window has not been replaced, but someone just pasted a Fresnel lens on the floor-to-ceiling window."

Miller put away his phone and looked at Rika Tachibana, "Indeed, Mrs. Tachibana, the possibility you mentioned exists. If it was done by them, then the crime scene should be a damaged bullet casing, not a intact one. Shell casings.”

Rika Tachibana was puzzled, "What does this have to do with bullet casings?"

"It has a lot to do with it. This means that there was a murderer or an accomplice among the people at the scene. He didn't want to be discovered about the method of committing the crime, so he replaced the real bullet casing with another bullet casing." Miller glanced at Uchida Kari, Then he looked at Rika Tachibana.

Everyone looked at Miller, and the Mediterranean Police Department asked, "How did you know there was another bullet casing? You are not the murderer, so are you an accomplice in this group of people?"

Kaori Uchida suddenly said: "Yes, only the murderer knows such a detailed crime process, but we don't know it."

"Yeah, I don't believe that my husband would let you take care of his inheritance. You wouldn't have put a gun on his head and asked him to sign that contract." Tachibana Rika looked at Mitarai Kana with cold eyes. , "One of those two people who showed up uninvited must be your accomplice."

Mitarashi Kana seemed frightened by Tachibana Rika's gaze, and shook her head quickly, "I'm not, I don't, I don't know her."

"Miss Miller and I met for the first time today." Glass looked at Mingyue and raised the corner of his mouth, "It's just that we both became interested in someone at the same time. It's just a pity..."

Although the Mediterranean Police Department has been directing the investigation of the case, it is also quietly observing each suspect, so naturally it knows what happened between them.

Miller looked at the Mediterranean Police Department with a troubled expression on his face, "Officer, when you were preparing to search, didn't you receive the message and then hurriedly ran out? After adding the five bullets that were originally supposed to be fired, now There were only three rounds, excluding the shell casing found at the scene, which means there is still one bullet that has not been found."

The Mediterranean Police Department tentatively believed what Miller said. After thinking for a moment, he looked at Rika Tachibana and said, "If the inferences are normal, Mrs. Tachibana, you are the most suspect."

"Me?!" Tachibana Rika looked in disbelief, and a drop of cold sweat ran down her cheek, but she still said sternly, "Officer, why do you say that?"

The Mediterranean Police Department cleared its throat, knowing that the murderer would not plead guilty without solid evidence. However, at this stage, there was indeed no evidence, and the only way to do it was to make the murderer reveal himself.

"As a former photographer, you must know about the Fresnel lens, and you have a pistol yourself, so you naturally understand the principles of firearms. You and Toru Tachibana are husband and wife, and you are responsible for purchasing experimental supplies, so you must be able to enter and exit this laboratory. So the murderer is you, Mrs. Tachibana."

Uchida Kaori's eyes widened, "Is it really you? Master!"

Kasahara Koizumi looked at Tachibana Rika, with a look of astonishment on his face at first, "No way, the murderer is really you?" Then he laughed, "Hahahaha, Tachibana Toru, you are really a scum in the academic world, even the one who sleeps with you Your wife wants to kill you!"

Tachibana Rika's facial features were distorted at this time, her hands hanging on both sides were clenched into fists, and she looked directly into the eyes of the Mediterranean Police Department, "I didn't do those institutions. If I want to kill him, I definitely won't use this method." After that, he looked at Mingyue. , "Toru Tachibana has a heart disease. It would be great if he died of a heart attack yesterday."

Midorikawa suddenly felt something bad. He lowered his head to look at the bright moon, and a strand of gray hair slipped out of the hat.

Mingyue glanced at Yui Midorikawa beside her, and stuffed the broken hair around her ears into the hat, "Mrs. Tachibana, your plan should be related to that glass of water."

Tachibana Rika bit her lips and glanced at everyone, "Hmph, it would be nice if my husband drank that glass of water as usual in the morning. That concentration of nifedipine would make him uncomfortable, so he would take it with him. The nitroglycerin we carry." Rika Tachibana's eyes stayed on Ming Yue, "But I hope that the person who saved Tachibana Toru would give Tachibana Toru medicine with his own hands again, and watch Tachibana Toru die."

Mingyue heard full malice from Tachibana Rika's tone.

"Oh, it's the same kind of medicine. Sometimes it can make people live, and sometimes it can kill people." Tachibana Rika looked at the Mediterranean Police Department, "Although it was a complete coincidence that I met them, my method is no better than what I used." Is the lens simple? Besides, my husband already had a heart disease, so sudden death is not impossible."

The Mediterranean Police Department kept staring at Tachibana Rika. It could be seen from her subtle expression that the other party was not lying. She asked in a deep voice: "Why are you doing this?"

"The will, he wants to give this research institute to the illegitimate son he has never met. And I am in this research institute, serving him and his student assistants without any complaints, but what about him? He went out to mess around and even did something The illegitimate child is back." Tachibana Rika's eyes were filled with tears. She didn't know whether it was anger or grievance. "Oh, I don't know who killed him. I'm really curious."

The Mediterranean Police Department frowned, "Are you really not responsible for these agencies?"

"If this research institute is turned into a mess, how can I take action? If a murder occurs here, no one will want this piece of land." After finishing speaking, Tachibana Rika exhaled and looked at the place where Tachibana Toru fell. There was an unexplained emotion in his eyes, "Besides, everyone knows that I have a pistol. If I use bullets to kill people, I will be the first person to be suspected."

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at Uchida Kari, "Uchida Kari, why did you break that window?"

Uchida Kaori was suddenly called, her eyes suddenly widened, her pupils shrank rapidly, and then she narrowed her eyes slightly, "Eh? Officer, didn't I explain it before? I'm just a first aid teacher, so I used a garden shovel to smash the recent of glass.”

"Then you didn't find anything weird about that piece of glass?" The Mediterranean Police Department stared into Uchida Kari's eyes.

Uchida Kaori looked directly at the Mediterranean Police Department, and the two looked at each other, "I didn't notice any difference in the glass from before. At that time, my attention was all on Mr. Tachigi."

Such an open attitude dispelled the suspicion of the Mediterranean Police Department.

"Sister Uchida, where were you yesterday afternoon? I met someone pretending to be you on the train~" Mingyue tilted her head and looked at Uchida Kaori.

After the Mediterranean Police Department glanced at the bright moon, they continued to stare at Uchida Kari, wondering what they were thinking about.

Uchida Kaori took a deep breath, lowered her eyes, her eyes were wandering, and her expression was slightly frightened, "Yesterday I was kidnapped and locked in a basement, but a Tokyo police officer showed up and rescued me. It's so scary to think about it now, if the murderer is that I broke into the research institute at that time, invaded the security system, and then arranged everything in the laboratory. I came here this morning to replace the bullets..."

At this time, everyone's attention was focused on Mitarashi Kana and Glass who came uninvited.

The Mediterranean Police Department also feels that these two people are likely to be the murderers or accomplices. After all, their sudden appearance here is really suspicious.

Uchida Kaori whispered very slowly: "I also heard Mr. Tachibana say that those people had threatened him, but Mr. Tachibana did not want to change the direction of his research..."

Mitarashi Kana looked like she was about to cry, "I...it's really a coincidence that I came here!"

Glass frowned, pursed his thick lips, and his eyes stayed on Mingyue.

"Officer, can I ask you to test the smoke reaction on the handkerchief that Miss Uchida is carrying?" Miller, who was leaning against the door of the laboratory, suddenly spoke.

Now everyone's attention was focused on the blonde.

The Mediterranean Police Department glanced at Miller with a slightly puzzled look, but still arranged for personnel to do this.

Uchida Kaori subconsciously grasped the hem of her clothes. At this time, the originally straight hem of her uniform was wrinkled, like an unevenly ironed rag.

"Report! Police Department, positive!" A young police officer ran over excitedly.

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at Miller, "Can you explain it? Miss Miller."

Miller smiled slightly, "Miss Uchida, who was the first to enter the crime scene, picked up the broken bullet casing with a handkerchief and moved it to the courtyard. Because the courtyard was muddy, as long as someone stepped on it, the bullet casing would sink deep into the mud. In the past, the police officers tested the smoke reaction on us, but all of them were negative, so the murderer would not touch the hot bullet casing directly with his hands, but would wrap it in a handkerchief or something like that."

Uchida Kari looked at Miller, "Ms. Mitarai also has a handkerchief, why didn't you suspect her?"

"The reason is very simple. If a handkerchief contaminated with gunpowder comes close to your eyes, mouth, and nose, these sensitive organs will be more or less aware of it. So even if you cry, you will not take out the handkerchief to wipe it. You are afraid that other parts of your body will be contaminated with nitrocellulose smokeless gunpowder. This type of substance."

Uchida Kaori stared at Miller, her eyes were like poisonous snakes.

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at Uchida Kari and felt that the murderer was too calm. Maybe she was just an accomplice? Then he said in a deep voice: "Uchida Kaori, do you have anything to say?"

"Ha!" Uchida Kari sneered, "I'm just an accomplice. Isn't it you Miller who asked me to do this?"

Miller shrugged helplessly, "It's not impossible if you bite me back like this. But I think it's time to announce Mr. Tachibana's will."

Glass looked at Miller, full of doubts.

Tachibana Rika stared straight at Miller, her face expressionless.

The Mediterranean Police Department looked at Miller who took out a document from his carry-on bag and frowned.

Miller glanced at the Mediterranean Police Department, opened the document, and said with a smile: "It just so happens that the police officer is here too, so he can be a witness."

Mitarashi Kana looked at Miller suspiciously and frowned.

"First of all, Mr. Tachibuki has already had a premonition that he will be murdered. His murderer, Mr. Tachibuki thinks it is the three people around him." Miller looked at Tachibana Rika, Uchida Kari, and Kasahara Koizumi.

The Mediterranean Police Department frowned. He thought that if someone had realized that he was about to die, why not ask the police for help?

"Mr. Tachibana Toru made it clear in his will that he is willing to hand over all his money to his wife Tachibana Rika, just like all the income and expenses of the institute, Tachibana Rika will inherit it." Miller looked at Tachibana Rika. .

Tachibana Rika looked at the mess in the laboratory and said, "I deserve this."

Miller looked at Kasahara Koizumi, "Mr. Toru Tachibana asked me to transfer this document to you. He approves of the research you have done, but the data you studied will have data deviations after more experiments, because the data you studied He has done the subject very early.”

Kasahara Koizumi took the document and opened it quickly, suddenly realizing: "So that's it, that's why he talked to me last night, but I thought he was like other scholars..." Kasahara Koizumi held the document in his arms, "Actually, I shouldn't be so prejudiced..."

"Mr. Tachibashi knows that your previous academic work has been plagiarized, and he also knows that the experiments you are doing now are surprisingly similar to his previous data. He wanted to tell you several times, but you did not accept it." Miller added from He took out two documents from the bag he carried with him and handed them to Kasahara Koizumi, "He hopes you can continue on. These are the results of his research."

"Thank you." Kasahara Koizumi looked at the document in his hand and felt heavy.

Tachibana Rika looked sideways at Kasahara Koizumi, "You must be Tachibana Toru's illegitimate son."

"Mrs. Tachibana, Mr. Tachibana's child is not Kasahara Koizumi, but..." Miller looked at Uchida Kari, "It's you, Miss Uchida Kari."

Uchida Kaori's pupils trembled, "Me! How could it be me?!"

"It is indeed you, but you are not an illegitimate child, but the child of Mr. Tachibashi and his fiancée. Thirty years ago, your mother originally waited to marry Mr. Tachibana after giving birth to you, but unexpectedly she encountered an earthquake. She gave birth to you in the ruins, but because no one knew your life experience, you were sent to an orphanage and later adopted by the Uchida family..."

Uchida Kaori held her head and shook her head, "No, that's not the case!"

Miller continued: "Mr. Tachibana Toru has been looking for the whereabouts of you and your mother until he found you to no avail, and because of Rika Tachibana's meticulous care, he formed a new family."

"That's why my husband calls you Kaori-chan, even calling me not so affectionately." Rika Tachibana wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and looked at Uchida Kaori, "My husband doesn't know how to do human experiments, what do you think? Those medicines are all beauty and beauty products that he carefully brewed. I didn’t expect you to think that he was experimenting on you.”

Uchida Kaori shook her head and gasped, "No, Mr. Tachibana once wanted to transform me into the 'bitter' mother in the Koran. Although he didn't succeed in the end, if I didn't kill him, then I will be in hell forever.”

Tachibana Rika looked at Uchida Kari with a puzzled look, "The man who introduced the effects of those drugs all introduced me to me, and I purchased the raw materials. Although I don't know what he told you, those drugs are indeed harmful to the human body. There’s no harm.”

"No!" Uchida Kaori stretched out her hand and pulled her hair, "Those are all true. He wants to create God, he wants to create God!"

Mingyue looked at the nearly crazy Uchida Kari and couldn't help but frown. This state was very similar to being hypnotized, suddenly waking up, and then the entire worldview collapsed.

Miller also noticed something was wrong with Uchida Kari. He glanced at the words in the will and continued: "Mr. Tachibana Toru noticed that someone had sneaked into the research institute. Those people expected his research direction to be contrary to his ideas. If one day he If she died at the hands of her own daughter, then I hope the police can take her away and protect her."

The Mediterranean Police Department turned to look at Miller, wondering if it was possible that Mr. Toru knew that he would be killed by Uchida Kari?

"Although you have lost your freedom in prison, you can still live. Kari-chan, you have to live well! Don't go with them, those people have ulterior motives." Miller closed the will document, "This is what Mr. Tachibana Toru told me that I must A message conveyed to Uchida Kari.”

Uchida Kaori lowered her head, looked at her toes, and murmured: "Them?"

Miller handed the will to the Mediterranean Police Department, "These can be considered evidence to some extent."

The Mediterranean Police Department took it and opened it and looked at it. There were far more things explained in the will than Miller had announced to everyone. There were many detailed descriptions in it, "Have you known it for a long time?"

"It's not too early. Mr. Tachibana contacted me when he started arranging the transfer of the eggs." Miller glanced at the bright moon and found that the bright moon was looking at her with its half-moon eyes.

Glass pulled a face and seemed to be angry, "What's the matter with Tachibana Toru's strange movements and smoke?"

Mitarashi Kana hid in the corner, staring at Miller with a gloomy face.

Miller smiled slightly, "Maybe it's the light. After all, the season is changing, and the sun's position in the sky will shift. Although the installation of the lens has been rigorously calculated, there will still be errors in the even more rigorous calculations."

"You mean the bullet's position was actually moved by Tachibana Toru?" Glass couldn't understand what the other party was thinking.

Miller nodded slowly, "Probably so."

The case was solved and Uchida Kari was escorted into the police car. When the car door was closed, Miller walked to the police car and said softly: "Mr. Tachibana Toru originally planned for you to inherit his research institute. After all, you are also very talented in research."

However, Uchida Kaori in the car lowered her head and remained silent.

The police officers packed up the evidence and supplies and left the institute.

Tachibana Rika and Kasahara Koizumi were prosecuted for attempted murder and illegal carrying of firearms, and they are about to face legal sanctions.

Among the chaotic crowd, Midorikawa Yui found that Mingyue was missing...

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Preview of the next chapter: Who is the Ouroboros hiding in the darkness?