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

Kudo Shinban looked at Mingyue with half-mooned eyes, complaining in his heart. Mingyue was thinking from the perspective of the criminal. But it was really strange to put such evidence into the amulet. Why would Mr. Shirakawa do this?

"Do you have a photo of that amulet? Can I see it?" Yuuki Saiki looked at Inspector Megure. Her shrine maiden costume in white clothes and red hakama stood out among a group of students in school uniforms.

Officer Megure pulled up the photo on his phone and handed the phone to Yuuki Saiki.

Miss Miko frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" Kudo Shinichi looked at the amulet in the photo, "Did you find anything?"

Yuuki Saiki shook her head. "I thought the murderer would switch the amulets so that the police could re-investigate the case from two years ago. But from the photo, this amulet is the one that Mr. Shirakawa has been carrying with him all the time."

Kudo Shinichi looked at Yuuki Saiki and said, "Have you seen this amulet?"

"Well, on Saturday, I saw him holding this amulet tightly in his hand." Yuuki Saiki sighed.

Officer Megure took the phone back. "We have verified this amulet with Shirakawa Miki. It is indeed carried by Shirakawa Teruji. Moreover, Shirakawa Teruji never lets anyone touch this amulet."

Kudo Yusaku frowned. Just as Mingyue said, there was no reason for Shirakawa Teruji to keep such a thing until now, unless the item inside the amulet was put in by the murderer. As for the purpose of making the police re-investigate the case two years ago? Maybe the truth is not simple.

"Except for Yoshiaki Yuichi, who else hopes to investigate the truth of the jumping incident two years ago?" Kudo Yusaku looked at Inspector Megure.

Inspector Megure frowned, "There was an officer who believed there was something else going on in this case, but unfortunately he died in the line of duty a month later. After that, this case of jumping off a building was rarely mentioned."

Yuno Xingyao's pupils suddenly shrank. It was his brother! So did the murderer of this case also know who killed his brother? !

"Officer Megure, who are the other suspects in this case?" Uno Seiya's breathing was a little rapid.

Mingyue glanced at the numbers jumping on her phone, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

Officer Megure sighed, and looked at Yuno Seiya with eyes full of care, "I know you want to investigate the cause of Yuno Yota's death, but these two cases may not be related."

"Please tell me, I really want to know. Even if it has nothing to do with my brother, it would be good to find the murderer of Teacher Shirakawa. Wasn't it because of us that the criminals in the previous cases were exposed?" Yuno Xingyao looked at Inspector Megure, his eyes full of expectation.

Suzuki Sonoko looked at Yuno Seiya and said with a smile, "Yes, if there weren't so many toilets prepared, the evidence wouldn't have been preserved so well."

"Alas, there's nothing we can do about you. In addition to the deceased's wife Shirakawa Miki and Yoshiaki Yuichi who was related to the case two years ago, there are two other suspects. One is Kazuo Yagami, who had a bond dispute with the victim, and the other is the izakaya proprietress Masahide Yamamoto, who had a physical conflict with the victim two nights ago." Officer Megure looked at Kudo Yusaku and told him the suspect's information.

After listening to Inspector Megure's story, Mao Lilan said with a puzzled look: "Teacher Yagami asked Teacher Shirakawa to give him a few days' grace. Teacher Shirakawa should agree."

Officer Megure glanced at Mao Lilan, thought for a moment, sighed, and slowly said: "We heard another story from a colleague who was very close to Shirakawa Teruji. The reason why Shirakawa Teruji lent the money was because he couldn't think of a reason to refuse. After lending the money, Shirakawa Teruji began to regret it. He swore to get the money back, otherwise he would let Yagami give him the house."

Kudo Shinichi frowned, "But today, Mr. Yagami didn't return the money to Mr. Shirakawa. According to the terms of the IOU, the house will belong to Mr. Shirakawa. So Mr. Yagami has a strong motive to kill. After all, as long as Mr. Shirakawa dies, the IOU will not count."

Officer Megure nodded. "We also inferred this from the fact that all the valuables in the victim's wallet were missing. We visited Kazuo Yagami's neighbors, and they said that although they didn't see Kazuo Yagami on the day of the incident, they could hear him doing housework at home."

"If it's just sound, it can be forged as long as there is a device that plays music." Yuno Xingyao had a serious face, but his palms were full of sweat. If he was a teacher at Teitan Junior High School, he must know about what happened two years ago.

Suzuki Sonoko said hesitantly: "Teacher Yagami is suspected of committing the crime, but the owner of the izakaya should not kill Teacher Shirakawa. It's just breaking a few cups and small plates. No one would kill for such a thing."

"What if the broken glass was the only wine glass left to her by her deceased mother?" Officer Megure frowned. "According to the store clerk, Yamamoto Masahide wanted to kill Shirakawa Teruji right away, but was persuaded by several store clerks. The next morning, Yamamoto Masahide went to Shirakawa's house at nine o'clock and found bruises on Shirakawa Miki's upper arm."

Mao Lilan tilted her head, "Bruise?"

Yuuki Naiki glanced at Mao Lilan and said, "Those are the marks left by domestic violence."

Ran Mouri looked at Yuuki Saiki with disbelief.

Kudo Yusaku nodded thoughtfully, "Yamamoto Masahide does have a motive, but if she is the murderer, how did she move the body to the campus? It is not an easy task to move the body of an adult male."

"If there was an accomplice who helped Yamamoto Masahide move the body." Officer Megure paused for a moment and then continued, "Yamamoto Izakaya is not far from where Shirakawa Teruji is imprisoned. It only takes about ten minutes to walk. Although Maori Kogoro and Takei Takada both said that Yamamoto Masahide had been in the izakaya and only left for more than half an hour around four in the afternoon, they had already drunk a lot of alcohol by then."

Mao Lilan pouted, "Sure enough, Dad went out drinking again yesterday!"

Mingyue suddenly said: "If it is an independent investigation, Yoshiaki Yuichi and Yagami Kazuo are both possible, but if there are accomplices, Aunt Shirakawa and Boss Yamamoto are also possible murderers."

"When Mr. Shirakawa died, Aunt Miki was with us the whole time!" Mao Lilan glared at Mingyue, "Aunt Miki can't be the murderer. She also promised me that she would teach me how to make bento!"

Suzuki Sonoko put her hand on Mao Lilan's shoulder, "Ran, Mingyue just said it's possible, not certain."

"Inspector Megure, have you found the murder weapon? The murderer might have made some kind of timed mechanism that can cause the death of Mr. Shirakawa even if the person is not there." Kudo Shinichi's eyes were shining and his face was full of excitement.

"There is no mechanism." Inspector Megure shook his head. "We have found the murder weapon. It is a golf club. There are no fingerprints on it. It should have been wiped off by the murderer, or the murderer was wearing gloves when committing the crime."

Kudo Shinichi continued to ask: "So when did Mr. Shirakawa's body appear on campus? Were there any footprints, or anything left behind by the murderer?"

Inspector Megure sighed and shook his head.

"The murderer handled the matter very cleanly without leaving any clues?" Kudo Yusaku looked at Megure Jusan.

Officer Megure nodded slightly. "Generally, the knot can reveal some information about the murderer. Unfortunately, the two teachers who found the body destroyed it. After being too frightened, they could not remember how the knot was tied. What we can confirm now is that the body was moved to the football field between 11:00 yesterday and 1:00 this morning."

"Do they have an alibi for this time period?" Yuno Xingyao looked at Inspector Megure nervously, but after a little thought, he realized that something was wrong. If they had an alibi at that time, would it be too deliberate? Would the murderer make such a low-level mistake?

"Miki Shirakawa and Chinatsu Takagaki chatted until 11pm before they separated. The staff testified that Yamamoto Masahide was in the izakaya drinking with customers. Yoshiaki Yuichi said that he was sleeping in the hotel. Kazuo Yagami said that he was at home making supper for his pregnant wife at that time." Inspector Megure closed the police manual in his hand and looked at Kudo Yusaku, hoping that Kudo Yusaku could discover something from it.

Kudo Yusaku held his chin with a frown on his face, his expression serious, as if he had encountered some difficulties.

Kudo Shinichi came close to Mingyue and asked quietly: "Mingyue, what do you think about this?"

When Yuno Xingyao heard Kudo Shinichi's voice, he immediately turned to look at Mingyue. He clenched his fists, his breathing was a little rapid, and his eyes were full of expectation.

Mingyue glanced at Kudo Yusaku who was also looking at her, shrugged, smiled at the classmates around her and said, "What can I think? But then again, even though there is an accident today and you can't go to school, aren't you going home?"

"You don't want to investigate behind our backs, do you?" Suzuki Sonoko looked at Mingyue with a half-mooned look and shook her phone. "I've already told my family that I want to be with you today. Don't try to get rid of me."

Yuno Xingyao put his phone back into his pocket and said, "I just sent a text message, and my brother and father are probably busy now."

Suddenly, the phone in Yuno Xingyao's pocket dinged.

A text message appeared on Yuno Xingyao's phone: [Where are you? - Shuugo]

"Heh." Mao Lilan sneered and closed her flip phone expressionlessly. "My father wants to find an alibi for Mrs. Yamamoto, the boss, so he's not in the office right now. He asked me to go home alone, and he also said that I don't need to leave him lunch at noon."

Everyone looked at Yuuki Saiki who was wearing a shrine maiden costume.

"It is my responsibility to send the ghosts wandering in this world to where they should go."

Kudo Shinichi's mouth twitched, and then he looked at Mingyue with a smirk, "We have uncovered your plan, tell us your plan."

Ming Yue looked at Kudo Shinichi with a half-mooned look, "What plan can I have? Mr. Detective."

Kudo Shinichi still had a smirk on his face and said, "I guess you definitely want to go to the homes of those suspects and investigate them."

"Mr. Detective, you are not saying your own thoughts, are you?" Mingyue looked at Kudo Shinichi speechlessly, "Breaking into a private house is illegal, but it shouldn't be difficult to find another reason to get in."

Kudo Shinichi scratched the back of his head sheepishly and smiled brightly.

"Really, Shinichi, this is a real case, not your detective game!" Mao Lilan looked at Kudo Shinichi with dissatisfaction.

Kudo Shinichi smiled confidently and looked at Inspector Megure and Kudo Yusaku, "Even Sherlock Holmes needs the Baker Street Squad. Sometimes, in places that the police cannot reach, our group of students may be able to find important clues!"

"The criminal will relax his vigilance because we are students, thus revealing some details." Yuno Xingyao took a deep breath, looked at Meng Na Ming Yue and Kudo Shinichi, and said seriously, "Please tell me what I should do."

Mingyue looked at Yuno Xingyao who had a serious face and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Then do I become Sherlock Holmes?" Inspector Megure said, pointing at his nose.

Kudo Shinban looked at Inspector Megure with a crescent-shaped eye, "You are at most Watson. Dad is Sherlock Holmes, and the six of us are the Baker Street Squad."

Kudo Yusaku and Megure Jusan smiled at each other.

After thinking for a moment, Officer Megure looked at Kudo Shinichi with a serious face, "Do you want me to send a police officer to accompany you? After all, you may be facing the murderer."

"Brother is ready to act with us!" Yuno Xingyao said excitedly while looking at the text message on his mobile phone.

Inspector Megure's eyes lit up, "Really? That's great!"

Suzuki Sonoko, with a smirk on her face, came up to Mingyue and whispered, "Do you want to call your brother over?"

Yuno Xingyao looked at Mingyue with anticipation.

"He, I guess he's busy." Mingyue replied with a smile, thinking that Amuro Toru might be working there now, collecting all kinds of information while working. Seeing Suzuki Sonoko's disappointed expression, Mingyue thought for a moment and added, "Too many adults will alert the criminal."

Suzuki Sonoko nodded and said thoughtfully: "You are right."

Mingyue saw a hint of disappointment in Yuno Xingyao's eyes, and the corners of her mouth curled up in a beautiful arc.

"Then let's go!" Kudo Shinichi looked excited and thought it was great to have like-minded friends around him. Xiaolan will definitely like reasoning.

Yukiko smiled at the children and said, "It's getting late. Let's have lunch before leaving."

"Mom, we brought lunch boxes with us. It will be wasted if we don't eat them." Kudo Shinichi took the lunch box and prepared to go out.

"Thank you for the hospitality, Auntie. Now I want to know who the criminal is. And my brother is already nearby!"

"Thank you, Auntie, but ghosts, they are waiting for my salvation."

"Thanks for the hospitality."

ding dong~

The doorbell rang and a young man in casual clothes appeared at the door of Kudo's house.

After a few pleasantries, Yukiko and Yusaku stood at the door and watched a group of students follow the young man and slowly walk away.

Megure Jusan looked at the group of people who were gradually walking away and slowly said, "He is the youngest police inspector in the Metropolitan Police Department now. The children will be fine if they follow him."

Yukiko's gaze rested on Uno Shuugo.

Yusaku glanced at his wife and coughed lightly twice.

Officer Megure smiled and got into the police car. He leaned his head out and said to Yusaku, "If you find anything, tell me immediately!"

Kudo Yusaku nodded and looked at the children who were walking away. "They should be able to discover something."

The police car slowly drove away from Beika-cho 2-chome.

The midday sun was very dazzling, and a few large black birds flew across the blue sky.

Suzuki Sonoko looked at Uno Shugo with pink hearts in her eyes, and moved closer to Uno Xingyao, whispering, "Your brother is so handsome!"

Uno Shugo looked at Suzuki Sonoko with a smile, "You are the second daughter of the Suzuki family, right?"

"Hello, I didn't expect you knew me." Suzuki Sonoko was a little nervous.

Uno Shuugo nodded and smiled gently, "It seems that the kidnapping incident did not leave any shadow on you. That's great."

Suzuki Sonoko looked at Mingyue and said, "Because I have reliable partners around me."

Yuno Xingyao quickly introduced his brother's classmates to him.

"So you are Yumena Mingyue." Uno Shuugo looked at Mingyue, his eyes narrowed into a thin line with a smile.

Mingyue smiled sweetly at Uno Shuugo, but a layer of fine sweat appeared on her back. The police officer in front of her, who looked like the big brother next door, made Mingyue feel unusually oppressive.

Mingyue's intuition told her that the police inspector in front of her was not someone as easily fooled as Inspector Megure.

Uno Shugo looked at Mingyue, with a gentle smile on his thin lips, and said in a very soft voice, "Mingyue-san, what do you think..."

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