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

Miyano Shiho looked at Mingyue and asked: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I just suddenly heard all the clocks ringing at the same time and was a little scared." Mingyue smiled at Miyano Shiho.

Akai Shuichi stood behind the two girls and stared at the slowly opening door ahead. Although he did not think there was any danger, he still included them in his territory.

The short-haired woman seemed to be frightened by the sound of the bell. She huddled next to Akai Shuichi and followed the large group into the corridor with trepidation.

Miyano Shiho stared at Ming Yue. Although he said nothing, Ming Yue realized that Miyano Shiho should have discovered something, but due to the current situation, he did not speak.

Behind the machine door is a dark corridor. There is no clock in the corridor, but the sound of the bells comes from the corridor, which is a bit unreal.

As everyone walked in the corridor heading to the "past" bell tower, the original ticking sound of the clock gradually faded away. Mingyue slowly exhaled and showed a bright smile to Miyano Shiho, but Miyano Shiho looked worried.

The sound of people's footsteps echoed in the corridor. Akai Shuichi noticed that there were no windows in the corridor. The dim light shone on the wall. The wall seemed to be full of cracks. When he reached out and touched it, it was smooth.

Mingyue looked at the end of the corridor. The door of the machine in the distance had been opened. She could see many clocks in the "past" clock tower, and the familiar ticking sound in her ears came back.

Miyano Shiho held Mingyue's hand. The dim corridor and the closed space made her feel like she was back in the laboratory for a moment. Although she didn't smell the pungent potion, it was still uncomfortable.

Destiny? Always so similar.

As Shuichi Akai stepped into the "past" clock tower for the last time, the machine door clicked shut. The "past" clock tower and the "modern" clock tower give people a very similar feeling. Akai Shuichi looked around. There were several narrow windows near the ceiling. The thick stained glass blocked the sunlight. The interior was very cool, and there were The cool breeze blows, making people unable to feel the heat of summer.

Mingyue checked the door. There was a small circular hole in the door. Through the hole, the complex gear structure inside could be seen. Unless a bomb was used to break it violently, or a key was used, there was really no other way to open the door quickly. It is not impossible to crack the mechanism, but it will take a long time. Instead of working hard, it is better to wait for the right opportunity.

Akai Shuichi knocked on the machine door, and the machine door made a slight muffled sound, solid and heavy.

Mingyue and Akai Hide glanced at each other, and they basically confirmed that this passage cannot be cracked by violence.

The maid wearing an apron told everyone that her name was Mitsue Terai, and that this bell tower named "Past" was where Mrs. Time lived during her lifetime.

The bell tower has five floors in total. The first and second floors are used as warehouses. The fifth floor is the living room of Mrs. Times. However, since the death of Mrs. Lundian, Mr. Lundian has locked the fifth floor. The current location is the lobby on the third floor. The maid Mitsue Terai pointed to another door and said, "That door leads to the 'future' bell tower. When all the clocks ring at six o'clock tomorrow evening, that door will The door will open."

"Will this door open again at 12 noon tomorrow?" The man wearing thick-soled glasses asked, pointing to the recently closed door of the agency.

The maid Mitsue Terai shook her head, "No, this door will be opened in seventy-two hours, which is twelve o'clock noon the day after tomorrow." After that, the maid opened the door of the hall and led everyone to visit the bell tower.

What comes into view is the spiral staircase. Each floor is connected through the spiral staircase in the middle of the building. When everyone stands in the circular corridor, they can see light shining down from the gap in the middle of the spiral staircase.

This is probably the only place where you can feel the sunshine. Everyone was speculating in their hearts.

The third floor is the kitchen, dining room, hall and study room. Mrs. Times would sit on the third floor and read when she was alive. The study room is brighter than other places.

The spiritual medium Mikoto Kokoji closed her eyes again and said mysteriously: "Madam's breath remains here, and I feel Miss Forever's soul." Then she suddenly opened her eyes and scanned the people around her, "At seven o'clock in the evening Half, let’s hold the first séance here.”

Maid Mitsue Terai led everyone to the fourth floor. In the circular corridor on the fourth floor, you can see the walls of the rooms on the fifth floor. There are many clocks on the walls.

There are twelve rooms on the fourth floor, numbered from Roman letters 1 to 12. The previous housekeeper and maid lived here to take care of his wife, and the Gu'e family's personal doctors and nurses also often stayed here.

Maid Mitsue Terai told everyone that the room had been cleaned the last time it was opened, and the bed linens had been changed. You can choose the room number you like to stay in.

The twelve rooms are fully furnished, and each room has its own bathroom. However, the room size is not large. If two people live in it, it will be very crowded. It may be just suitable for one person to live in.

"Past" bell tower floor plan (PS: That's probably it. Is it more intuitive to express it in pictures?)

The short-haired woman followed Akai Shuichi in fear and whispered, "Is there really a ghost?"

Mingyue looked over. The short-haired woman clenched her hands in front of her chest and glanced around. The ticking of the clock hands seemed to startle her.

Ah? Why are you so scared to come here? But Akai Shuichi didn't react at all and allowed this woman to follow him.

"Haha!" the man said with a sneer, "Locking his wife and daughter in this dark tower, I really don't know what Gu'erundian was thinking." He secretly held the miniature camera in his hand and quietly pressed the shutter. Several photos were taken, but this move was discovered by the maid Mitsue Terai.

The same men's little actions did not escape the eyes of Akai Shuichi and Mingyue.

The maid Mitsue Terai just frowned, "Mr. Utsumi, please pay attention to your wording. Although you were invited by our owner, please don't slander our previous owner. Mr. Tonori and Mrs. Time are in love with each other." Yes, they have a very good relationship."

The man named Utsumi sneered: "I understand the imprisonment in the name of love, I understand everything."

"Mr. Utsumi!" The maid Mitsue Terai still wanted to argue.

But Utsumi interrupted the maid, "It's okay for me to go shopping alone, and I choose room three, so everyone shouldn't object."

The maid Mitsue Terai grabbed her apron with both hands, gritted her teeth and uttered three words, "Please do as you please."

"What an annoying guy." The man wearing thick-soled glasses sighed as he looked at Utsumi's leaving figure.

The man in the peaked hat also echoed: "He has always been a loner, so let him be."

The psychic Mikoto Kokoji glanced at the man in the cap, and the man in the cap nodded slightly.

The man wearing thick-soled glasses pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said with a smile, "Director Heyuan, why did they invite you here?"

"I have wanted to come here for a long time. When they invited me, I came right away. Speaking of our last goodbye, we haven't seen each other for several years. I heard that you are now working as an editor at a magazine, Kobayakawa-kun. Do you want to jump ship and join me? I've been planning a horror movie recently." He Yuan, a man in a peaked hat, and Kobayakawa, a man with thick-soled glasses, leaned against the fence of the circular corridor and chatted.

"Guangjiang, I'm so sleepy." The gray-haired fortune teller looked tired.

The maid Mitsue Terai opened the door of Room 6 closest to the fortune teller and helped the fortune teller in. "Mr. Nonomiya, I will make your bed in a while. Can you sit down for a while?"

After the man in the peaked hat saw it, he said, "Let's arrange for the elderly to rest first. It doesn't matter if the rest of us can wander around casually."

Maid Mitsue Terai bowed quickly, "Please do as you please. I'm sorry for the poor hospitality."

The fortune teller Nonomiya lived in room No. 6, and the maid Mitsue Terai lived in room No. 5 for the convenience of taking care of the fortune teller.

The man with small eyes stared at Akai Shuichi, his eyes full of provocation.

Akai Shuichi looked at the man with small eyes, "What's the matter?"

The small-eyed man glanced at Mingyue and Miyano Shiho with malicious eyes, "What is your relationship with those two girls? You are not like brother and sister."

"I am their sister's boyfriend. If her sister has something to do, I will bring them here." This set of words was discussed before.

The man with small eyes squinted at Mingyue, "Isn't that girl the assistant of the woman from Guangming Temple? I thought you were the concubine of Guangming Temple, the pretty boy kept by her."

The spiritual medium Mikoto Kokoji came over, looked at Akai Shuichi and said, "You look good. If you are willing, I can indeed support you."

Akai Shuichi said with a cold face, "Their sisters and I truly love each other."

Mingyue's original expression of watching a show now turned into a speechless expression. Ley, I don't believe this at all. He turned around to say something to Miyano Shiho, but found Miyano Shiho looking at Akai Shuichi with bright eyes.

Mingyue half-moon looked at Miyano Shiho and cursed in her heart: Sister Shiho, why did you believe it?

The small-eyed man said to the psychic Mikoto Kokoji: "No one likes you except me. I hope you can recognize the reality and come back to me."

"Get out!" The psychic medium Mikoto Kokoji was very angry.

"Hmph!" The man with small eyes raised his head and walked into Room 12.

Mingyue walked up to the psychic medium Mikoto Guangji, "As a partner, who is that man?"

"Tch, his name is Fukunishi Ryota, a conceited novelist. The ghost novels he wrote are so bad that not many people like to read them. He is my ex-boyfriend. I didn't expect him to be here too." The psychic medium Mikoto Shiguangji rubbed her temples and continued, "It's true, I have a headache just seeing him. Stay in good condition and don't drop your chain at 7:30 in the evening."

Mingyue looked at the distance in the distance. He Yuan, a man in a peaked hat, walked into Room 1. Kobayakawa, a man with thick-soled glasses, walked into Room 2. "Don't worry, we will cooperate with you. What is your relationship with that director?"

"You have so many questions, but it doesn't matter if I tell you. He and I know each other, and he is going to make this theme in his next movie, and I will be the heroine. But to be honest, if your sister breaks up, you can introduce me Give it to me." The psychic medium Mikoto Komitsuji looked at Akai Shuichi.

Ming Yue looked at Akai Shuichi with half-moon eyes, "Oh? What do you like about him?"

"You are still young and don't understand the charm of men."

"Ah, a man who attracts bees and butterflies."

The spiritual medium Mikoto Kokoji said that she would go to the study on the third floor to decorate it alone, and asked the maid Mitsue Terai to inform everyone that they were not allowed to enter the study before the seance.

Mingyue and others were about to choose a room, and the short-haired woman followed, "I'm scared to be alone. Can I be with you? My name is Xiao Shimizu Noriko, and I am a reporter."

"I, Morohoshi, are their sister's boyfriend. How about we go to a restaurant? Have something to drink by the way." Akai Shuichi looked at the two girls beside him. Miyano Shiho glanced at Ming Yue and saw that Ming Yue's expression was as usual, so he agreed.

Sitting in the restaurant, through the indoor window, I saw the maid Mitsue Terai in the kitchen sorting things.

Mingyue brought a pot of freshly brewed black tea from the kitchen, poured a cup for everyone, and looked at the short-haired female reporter Noriko Koshimizu, "You are so scared, why are you still here?"

Noriko Koshimizu held the black tea and stared at the deep red tea in her hand, "The director asked me to come. He said that I was the one invited by the host, although I don't know the reason." Suddenly she raised her head and looked at Akai Shuichi, He said expectantly, "You were invited here too, right?"

Before Akai Shuichi could speak, Mingyue spoke first: "Miss Guangmingji needs help from me and my sister, so we followed here."

Short-haired female reporter Noriko Koshimizu looked at Mingyue, "Then you must have seen ghosts, right? Can ghosts harm people?"

"Well...actually we are just here as assistants. We have never seen any ghosts."

Short-haired female reporter Noriko Koshimizu looked surprised, "Then you're here? I heard that ghosts can eat people."

Mingyue half-moon looked at the short-haired female reporter Noriko Koshimizu, "I don't know whether ghosts can eat people. Miss Forever is a mixed-race girl, and my sister and I are also mixed-race. Miss Guangmingji said that similar souls will gradually get closer, so we are her The assistant is here."

"But that fortune teller can't tell your fate, and it's said that everything he predicts will come true. I'm so scared."

Mingyue cursed in her heart: Well, you are actually afraid of death.

"Pretending to be mysterious." Akai Shuichi said coldly.

Short-haired female reporter Noriko Koshimizu's eyes lit up, "It's really like this, right? It must be like this, but I feel much more at ease when I'm around you. It almost scares me to death. As soon as I relax, I actually feel a little sleepy." "

"Do you know everyone else?" Miyano Shiho looked at the short-haired female reporter.

Female reporter Noriko Koshimizu nodded, "I can't say that we all know each other. Jun Kawahara who lives in room 1 is a director, and the person who lives in room 2 is named Shigero Kobayakawa. He is now a magazine editor and entered room 12. The person in the room is Fukunishi Ryota, a famous novelist. The novels he writes are all ghost novels, which I have never read. I am not familiar with the other people, and the fortune teller is so scary."

"Miss Qingshui, it stands to reason that you should be closer to them." Akai Shuichi asked.

Short-haired female reporter Noriko Koshimizu yawned, "Actually, I haven't met them for several years. Although we were classmates in high school, we never got close. Maybe time will really change a lot, just like before. We were friends who talked about everything, but now we just say hello when we meet."

Miyano Shiho seemed to be infected and also yawned. When Akai Shuichi saw it, Akai Shuichi said, "Let's rest first."

Several people went to the fourth floor together.

"Which room number do you want to choose? I want to live near you." Short-haired female reporter Noriko Koshimizu looked at Akai Shuichi with a red face.

Mingyue looked at the two of them with half-moon eyes, ah? What's happening here?

Current occupancy status of rooms on the fourth floor:

Room 1: The Man in the Peaked Hat, Jun Kawamoto, director.

Room No. 2: The man wearing thick-soled glasses, Shigero Kobayakawa, magazine editor.

Room No. 3: Atsushi Utsumi, a man taking secret photos everywhere with a miniature camera.

Room 4: No one.

Room No. 5: The maid in an apron, Mitsue Terai, is currently preparing dinner in the kitchen.

Room No. 6: The fortune teller with cloudy eyes and gray hair, Taichi Nonomiya.

Rooms 7-9: No one.

Room No. 10: The young and beautiful psychic, Mikoto of Guangming Temple, is the temporary partner of Mingyue and his party.

Room 11: No one.

Room 12: Small-eyed man, ghost novelist Ryota Fukunishi.

Mingyue wanted to choose room 4, but was pulled into room 8 by Miyano Shiho. Shuichi Akai chose room 9 next to her, and the short-haired female reporter Noriko Koshimizu chose room 7.

Pushing open the door of Room 8, what comes into view is a glazed clock on the wall. The pendulum is constantly swinging, like a pocket watch in the hand of a hypnotist.

This is a small living room with a bed, desk, and lockers. There is a small bathroom in the room, and there is a small bathtub in the bathroom. There are clocks on desks and lockers, but they don't make that annoying ticking sound.

Interior floor plan of Room 8 (PS: The furniture proportions may be a little out of proportion)

Akai Shuichi entered this small room with the two girls and closed the door, shutting out the ticking of the clock.

"The sound insulation effect is good." Akai Shuichi sighed with emotion, and then checked around the room, but found no monitors or bugs.

Miyano Shiho pulled Mingyue to the bed, and the two sat down on the bed. Shiho put his hand on Mingyue's pulse. After a moment, he said, "Seventy times a minute, you have taken the medicine."

Mingyue had a sweet look on her face, "Sister Shiho, you checked yesterday, and now is not the time to discuss this."

"Are you really okay?" Miyano Shiho looked worried.

Mingyue smiled and said, "Of course, you have to believe me."

"Your indicators are abnormal."

Mingyue looked around. This room was not a regular square. The walls had curves. "Instead of discussing me, don't you think this clock tower is weird?"

"Glass that cannot be penetrated by sunlight, clocks everywhere, doors that will only open after a certain time, and there are very few windows. There are only a few on the third floor, and they are still very high. There are no windows in the rooms on the upper floor." Miyano Shiho yawned, "The dark environment makes people want to sleep."

Mingyue stood up and stood in front of the glass clock, "Then you can sleep for a while~"

"Why don't you go out to investigate together? You don't want to act alone again." Miyano Shiho took Mingyue's hand.

"There is plenty of time to investigate," Ming Yue looked around, "Sister Shiho, don't you think this place is very similar to a prison cell?"

After Miyano Shiho heard those three words, he felt no sleepiness at all, "It's very similar, if the surrounding decoration wasn't so cozy. Do you mean who is actually imprisoned here?"

"Well, I have some doubts, but there are no traces of imprisoning people here. On the contrary, it makes me feel very comfortable to live here. The soft bed, the wide activity space, the edges and corners of all the furniture have been carefully polished, and even the displays are beautiful. Very attentive." Mingyue lay on the bed and touched the bedside table beside the bed with her hands. The corners of the cabinet formed an arc shape.

Akai Shuichi added: "The ventilation system here is good, the bathroom is very clean, in addition to the food and drinking water we just brought in, there is also a lot of drinking water and food that have been stored in the kitchen, and the dates are very close. I I suspect someone has been living here.”

Miyano Shiho was a little depressed, "Mingyue, the people who live here should also long for freedom. Although everything here is carefully designed and every part reflects good intentions, no matter how you look at it, it is just a golden building." The cage restrains us.”

"Sister Shiho, after the mission is over, let's go to the Summer Festival for another day. I'm looking forward to how you look in your kimono."

Akai Shuichi's dark green eyes narrowed slightly, "What are we going to do at the séance?"

Mingyue held Miyano Shiho's hand, "Sister Shiho, do you believe in ghosts?"

Miyano Shiho rolled his eyes at Ming Yue, "How could there be such a thing? Do we need to make several mechanisms?"

"No, Guangmingji Mikoto will do it. In fact, I suspected during lunch that they might all know each other. I didn't expect that they really do." Mingyue looked at the glazed clock. The colorful glass formed beautiful patterns, and her fingers Take a ride on your own pulse.

Miyano Shiho yawned quietly.

Akai Shuichi pinched the bridge of his nose, stood up and said to Mingyue: "I'm going out to see if there is any black coffee. You guys lock the door to your room. I'll be here soon."

The hour hand of the glass clock points between 2 and 3, and the minute hand points to 6. Mingyue looked at it for a long time, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, so that's it.

The groggy interior made people want to sleep. In an environment where no ticking could be heard, Miyano Shiho curled up on the bed and fell asleep.

Akai Shuichi went to the fifth floor first. There are two doors on the fifth floor. The doors are both locked, but they are not mechanical locks. They can be opened quickly with some skills.

Then I went down to the third floor. The kitchen door and dining room door were open. Through the kitchen door, I saw the maid Mitsue Terai still busy.

The door to the study room was closed. I went over and knocked on the door. Mikoto Kokoji opened the door, but her originally angry face turned into a smiling face because she saw Akai Shuichi, "What do you want from me?"

"Do you need help?" Akai Shuichi asked.

Mikoto Mikoto rolled her eyes, "I don't need it now. Are you free after twelve o'clock in the evening?"

"I have to take care of my girlfriend's two younger sisters." Shuichi Akai replied coldly.

Mikoto Kokoji sighed, "Oh~ Then please don't disturb my arrangement, Lord Zhuxing, and please tell others." After saying that, she winked at Shuichi Akai.

"Okay." Akai Shuichi turned around and left, going downstairs to the second floor. When walking up the stairs, he felt that the roof of the second floor was a bit high compared to the floors above. The same was true for the first floor, and there was an extra kind of humidity. feel.

The first and second floors were filled with various cardboard boxes. I looked around and most of them were daily necessities, clothes and bedding, as well as some alcohol and shelf-stable food.

Shuichi Akai asked the maid Mitsue Terai in the kitchen if she could provide black coffee. The maid Mitsue Terai ground black coffee and prepared juice for the girls. Shuichi Akai rubbed his temples and returned to the fourth floor, knocking on the door of Room 8.

Mingyue opened the door and whispered to Akai Shuichi, "Shiho-san is asleep."

Akai Shuichi asked: "Is it convenient for me to go in?"

"Of course, you have to protect Shiho-san."

Akai Shuichi handed the freshly squeezed juice to Mingyue, and he drank black coffee, but after a while, Akai Shuichi's eyelids began to fight.

Mingyue drank juice and sat at the desk with a book in her hand. "How about you make a bed on the floor and sleep for a while? In your current state, I doubt whether you can complete the task." She said with a slightly teasing tone. The tone said, "Mr. Bodyguard is about to fall asleep."

Akai Shuichi rubbed the bridge of his nose, "There is a problem with lunch."

Mingyue continued to drink juice, "Well, did you finally notice it?"

Akai Shuichi walked to the open space of the room, "Confusing time through sleep, and the names of these clock towers are also misleading."

"It would be nice if it was really that simple. I'm afraid someone is plotting something like this."

Akai Shuichi moved his body and looked at Mingyue, "Aren't you sleepy? If you don't sleep first, I can still hold on for a while."

"You are the one with the problem, don't forget, I am an experimental subject, and this dose will not affect me." Mingyue put down the book, looked at Akai Shuichi, and raised the corner of her mouth, "You don't seem to have done any drug resistance tests. Let’s experiment, are you interested?”

Akai Shuichi frowned, "Drug resistance experiment?"

"We can continue this topic after the mission is over. Just take a nap and let the effects of the medicine wear off quickly."

"I can drink more water, exercise, metabolize the medication, or I can induce vomiting."

Mingyue smiled, "Water? The food here may be safe, but the water is not necessarily safe. This includes the inedible water in the pipes." Mingyue tilted her head and looked at Akai Shuichi, "Can you go without drinking water for three days? Even if it's not safe. Yes, can you protect Shirley in that state? Moreover, such an abnormal behavior as not drinking water will attract others' attention. Our actions should be as low-key as possible, Rai."

Akai Shuichi thought carefully and said, "I will consider your opinion."

"Go to sleep, I'll wake you up if there's a problem."

The pendulum of the glazed clock swings regularly.

Mingyue sat at the desk, looking at the books in her hands. The lamp on the desk gave off a dim light. On the bed, Miyano Shiho slept very peacefully, and on the floor, Akai Shuichi also fell into a deep sleep.

Ireland will get the job done seriously. Mingyue closed the book she had finished reading and closed her eyes to listen to the sounds around her.

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Preview of the next chapter: There is another detective appearing at the door of the mansion with Ireland? Will the ghost of Miss Forever really appear at the séance? The clock stained with blood, is it murder or a prank?