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

When Mingyue learned that she could go back, she wanted to say goodbye and leave. But seeing that it was almost noon, Yukiko invited Mingyue to stay for dinner, and she also invited Megure Thirteen.

Officer Megure said sheepishly: "Why is this so embarrassing?"

"It doesn't matter, we are friends." Yusaku Kudo looked at the information brought by Officer Megure and said, "Besides, this case is very helpful for my writing."

Officer Megure pondered for a moment and said: "Yusaku, I heard you talk about the disappearance of the teenager before. I contacted my colleagues from the Special Crime Investigation Department. Someone did report the case last night, but the missing person was a Japanese teenager, and about There are not many cases of missing foreigners.”

"Dad, it stands to reason that DNA testing cannot confirm the country of origin, but the report here says that he is suspected of being an American?" Kudo Shinichi asked.

Yusaku looked at Shinichi with a smile and said: "That is indeed the case, but there are also special situations, such as regional races. These people are in marginal areas, have serious geographical barriers, and have small populations. Regional races often have genetic characteristics. A stable and special population.”

Kudo Shinichi's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "Is there such a kind of person?"

"We also have such an ethnic group in Japan, called the Ainu, but now due to intermarriage and assimilation with the Yamato clan, the pure Ainu have basically disappeared." Yusaku explained to Shinichi.

Officer Megure said: "The bodies found in the car are the American ethnic minority who call themselves Kanakas. We generally call them Hawaiians. They are generally found in the Hawaiian Islands in the northeastern Pacific Ocean."

"Wouldn't that be easier to investigate?" Kudo Shinichi said excitedly.

"It's easy to check. There are no records at all. It's like it appeared out of thin air." After saying this, Officer Megure leaned back on his chair like a deflated rubber ball.

Kudo Yusaku looked thoughtful, and the entire living room was silent.

Yukiko frowned, stood up and walked into the kitchen, Mingyue also followed to help.

Kudo Shinichi looked at the photos on the desktop, trying to find some clues, but couldn't find anything.

In the kitchen, Yukiko saw that Mingyue was very skillful in cutting things and the cuts were regular in size, so she said, "Mingyue, have you ever practiced your knife skills?"

"I haven't practiced before, maybe practice makes perfect, haha..." Mingyue smiled.

Yukiko asked curiously: "Mingyue, do you like cooking?"

"I prefer to eat all kinds of delicious food. Aunt Yukiko's cooking is delicious. I like it very much. Can Aunt Yukiko teach me how to cook it?" Mingyue looked at Yukiko.

Yukiko said happily: "Of course, then do I have a little helper?"

Compared to the happy words of the two people in the kitchen, the atmosphere in the living room was extremely dull, and this atmosphere also spread to the dining table.

After the meal, Officer Memu said goodbye and left.

Ming Yue helped Yukiko clear the dining table, and Ming Yue felt a little embarrassed when Yukiko looked at her with motherly love. Kudo and his son discussed the case in the restaurant.

"Dad, do you think the president killed the Hawaiian and ran away? But there was no need for him to soak the body in formalin and then burn it. Let us find out what this was for. ?" Kudo Shinichi looked at Kudo Yusaku who was calm and composed.

Yuzuo smiled and said to Shinichi: "Actually, you should think carefully about the topic Mingyue gave you. It's a bit complicated for you to think about real cases now, and there are many clues that the police are also investigating, right?"

However, Kudo Shinichi immediately retorted: "But the case that happened in front of us in reality is more challenging! Dad, I really suspect that the president committed murder."

"Husband, Mingyue is ready to go back." Yukiko interrupted the conversation between father and son.

After the Kudo family sent Ming Yue away, Yukiko looked at the kitchen that Ming Yue helped clean up and hummed in a good mood.

Kudo Shinichi said to Kudo Yusaku: "Mom doesn't really want to take Mingyue as her daughter. Although Mingyue has lost her parents, she still has her brother and grandfather."

Yusaku smiled helplessly, thinking about what Megure Thirteen said when he went to see Megure Thirteen last night:

"The child is in your home now. Her life experience is quite pitiful. She was an orphan since she was a child. After she was adopted, her adoptive parents also died due to an accident, and now she has become an orphan again. Fortunately, there are people to support her."

Kudo Yusaku sighed, looked at Shinichi and said, "Won't Xiaolan come to see you today?"

"I'll probably come over in the afternoon and introduce Mingyue to her then. I'm going to another school next semester, and I don't know if I can still be in the same class as Xiaolan." When Mao Lilan was mentioned, Kudo Shinichi's thoughts were pulled away.

Kudo Yusaku looked at his son like this and said with a smile: "When there is an entrance exam, students will be divided into classes according to their grades."

"Dad, I know."

Kudo Shinichi thought: According to Xiaolan’s grades, she will probably be assigned to Class B. Then I will find a way to get into Class B. Yuanzi will probably be in Class B, after all, her grades are always about the same as Xiaolan's. In which class will Mingyue's grades be? If she gets into Class A, I can go and play with her often.

There was a sudden "bang", which startled Xinyi. He quickly ran to the window and looked out. It turned out that the broken door of Mingyue's house had been torn down.

Kudo Yusaku and Shinichi stood by the window on the second floor, watching Mingyue chatting with the maintenance workers at the gate.

Yukiko was also curious about what the two people were looking at, so she walked over and saw the petite figure of Ming Yue as expected. She glanced sideways at Yuzu and said coquettishly: "Honey, what are you looking at?"

Kudo Yusaku replied calmly: "Look at the bright moon, this door is made of good material."

Yukiko laughed when she heard Yusaku's calm tone, and said happily: "Mingyue is going to learn cooking from me, so Mingyue will come to our house often." After that, she turned around and went to the study, and tried to Find suitable recipe teaching among a bunch of mystery novels.

Kudo Shinhanzuki looked at the direction Yukiko left, but Yusaku had a smile on his face.

"Dad, do you think Mingyue and Xiaolan will become good friends?" Kudo Shinichi looked at Yusaku.

Yusaku looked at Shinichi in confusion and said, "Why do you ask that?"

"Because Xiaolan doesn't understand the fun of reasoning, even though his father is also a detective. Mingyue also likes reasoning, and can also ask questions, but Mingyue is much weaker than Xiaolan, like a rabbit, a little frightened He would be trembling."

Yuzuo smiled and said, "Interests and hobbies can be cultivated slowly."

"Dad, I haven't figured out the topic for Mingyue yet~" Kudo Shinichi scratched his head.

Yusaku said: "Maybe the question is just a question? After all, it is not a real case. There may be more than one answer, but Shinichi, you really have to think from the perspective of the prisoner, not from the perspective of the detective."

"Do you want me to introduce the prisoner's thoughts?" Kudo Shinichi fell into deep thought.

Kudo Yusaku nodded and said, "Well, Mingyue also wants to tell you this. If you think about the problem from the prisoner's perspective, sometimes you may be one step closer to the truth."

At this time, Monáe Mingyue was supervising the work of repairing the door. Kudo Shinichi came over and asked: "How is it inside?"

"Even if I reject you, you will still find a way to come in and take a look." Monáe Mingyue looked at Kudo Shinichi.

Kudo Shinichi, whose idea was guessed, smiled coquettishly.

"Come on, Mr. Detective."

Monáe Mingyue walked in with Kudo Shinichi.

The car that was originally stuck at the iron gate had already been towed away, along with the debris generated by the explosion. But traces of the accident still remain.

A large piece of ground in front of Monáe's house was black and scorched. When I stepped on it, I found that the ground was a bit brittle, and the surrounding flowers and plants had dried up and died.

Mingyue squatted down and poked the dry leaves with her fingers, looking a little lonely.

Life is so fragile.

From the outside, I could see that the walls had been blackened by smoke, and the balcony protruding from the second floor was particularly badly burnt. There were even cracks in several places caused by the flames.

"This fire is really big. The ground needs to be repaired." Kudo Shinichi stepped on the ground.

"It seems so, but I don't want to repair it until the case is solved. I just removed the broken iron door and replaced it with a new one, and put the old one aside first. After all, these can be considered evidence."

The two walked into the entrance hall on the first floor. The fire burned the shoe rack in the entrance hall, and every shoe in the shoe rack was turned into black charcoal. Kudo Shinichi opened the shoe cabinet built into the wall, and a puff of black smoke came to his face as he opened the door.

"The quality of your furniture is good. It seems to be usable after cleaning it." Kudo Shinichi looked at the empty shoe cabinet inside, closed it, and stirred up a lot of smoke.

Mingyue handed Kudo Shinichi a tissue and asked him to wipe his hands, saying, "Most of the furniture is made of fireproof materials, otherwise the house would probably be set on fire."

The two walked into the hall. Many furniture in the hall were affected by the explosion flames and were scorched black.

The curtain was burned, leaving only a few unburned fragments to prove its existence. Compared to the entrance and entrance, this place is pretty good.

"Fortunately, you haven't moved in, but can you move in today? Why don't you go to my house and bring a few sets of clothes? We can read novels together in the evening and discuss cases together."

Shinichi's face felt slightly hot when he thought of Mingyue wearing his pajamas, and he glanced to the side unnaturally.

"The rooms on the second floor are good, and the door should be repaired today. I've looked at the hall and entrance, and there's only smoke and dust. I've contacted housekeeping to come and clean it." Besides, I have something to do at night, Mingyue cursed in her heart.

The two went up to the second floor. The room was basically not affected by the fire, except for a little smoke and dust. Mingyue also took Shinichi to visit the underground wine cellar. On the first floor of the basement, the shelves for storing wine had been installed, but there was not a bottle of wine on it.

"Wow, I didn't expect this wine cellar to be so big." Shinichi exclaimed.

The two returned to the ground to watch workers install the gate.

Shinichi hesitated in front of the door, glanced at Mingyue and said, "I've been thinking about the question you gave me for a long time. Is the information you gave me complete?"

Mingyue thought for a moment and said, "That's all. All the information is given."

"Did any of them lie?"

Mingyue Banyue looked at Shinichi and said, "Will everyone tell the truth in the cases you come into contact with?"

Kudo Shinichi thought about it seriously and said, "Indeed, many people lied about the suicide case where you were also at the scene before. Who lied about the question you asked?"

"Mr. Detective, you have to tell which ones are lies and which ones are the truth yourself, instead of asking me."

Kudo Shinichi noticed that Ming Yue's attention had been attracted to him from the other side of the door. He grinned and started his own reasoning.

"Actually, the wife gave three motives, but I think the third one is not valid. A six-year-old child cannot push down a man who is about 1.8 meters tall, and even if he is drunk, he will not be pushed down so easily. From a motivation point of view, I think the first one is the most similar, after all, divorce always has the biggest impact on women."

"But the first statement is also contradictory, Mr. Detective."

Kudo Shinichi rubbed his chin, looked into the distance without focusing, and expressed his own analysis.

"If the subordinate lied, but the wife said she hit her husband's head directly with the toy car, but due to the height of the wife and husband, she could not hit the back of the husband's head, and it was still close to the top of the head."

"Why doesn't the husband sit down and talk to his wife?" Mingyue objected with a smile.

Kudo Shinichi rolled his eyes at Ming Yue and thought to himself, you are playing with text loopholes, do you think I am not clear? How could I have been fooled by you.

"Because after the beating, the husband staggered out, so he probably didn't sit down. And the two statements after that both said words like squatting down, or pushing. And when talking about divorce, he should Let's meet for an interview, then the chances of getting hit in the back of the head are very low."

Mingyue nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Detective, your analysis is correct."

Shinichi looked away from Mingyue and continued his analysis: "But if the subordinate did not lie, and there is no relationship between the subordinate and the husband, then the wife lied, but why would she fabricate such a motive?"

Kudo Shinichi took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, and said: "I haven't thought of this yet. Let's analyze the second theory first. The husband handed the toy car to his wife and asked her to hit him. Then there should be a husband on the car. Why did the wife wipe off the fingerprints? Then there is only one possibility that the car was not taken by the husband, so the second theory is also wrong."

Mingyue saw that Kudo Shinichi frowned and didn't speak for a long time, so she said, "Then we went back to the statement you overturned first."

Shinichi grabbed his hair irritably.

Mingyue smiled and gave a hint: "Mr. Detective, why do you think the wife admitted the crime? If it was said from the beginning that it was the child who did it, the 6-year-old child would not be held accountable. As a mother, she must protect her like this Child?"

"No, it's really not right." Shinichi stopped grabbing his hair.

Mingyue continued to remind: "Mr. Detective, if you were that wife now, and you had an alcoholic husband, a tricky mother-in-law, and a son who was only six years old, what kind of situation would you encounter? In that hypothetical situation, what would you do? How did you choose?"

Kudo Shinichi thought seriously for a while and said seriously: "At least one thing is certain, I will not kill people. If there are difficulties, I will find a way to solve them. I will always think of a solution. Killing people is not advisable."

Kudo Shinichi looked at Mingyue, their eyes met. Mingyue saw confidence and perseverance in Kudo Shinichi's eyes.

Mingyue sighed and said, "Not all justice will be served." Then she walked towards the big iron gate to do the final debugging work.

Kudo Shinichi stood there, and he seemed to see endless sadness from Mingyue.

In the alley behind the two of them, a woman saw Kudo Shinichi's back, her eyes widened, and she stumbled over.

Mingyue heard the footsteps and turned around to look over. The woman had already arrived behind Kudo Shinichi, but Kudo Shinichi did not notice the movement behind him.

Until a pair of hands firmly grasped Kudo Shinichi's shoulders...

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Preview of the next chapter: Who is the visitor? What will happen between Shinichi and Mingyue?