However, all the lights were on at this time and the door was closed.

The lights were dazzling, and it was like stepping out of the dark night and embracing the light, with only the sound of ticking clocks around.

Mingyue and Akai Shuichi protected Miyano Shiho behind them. The two of them observed the surroundings back to back, but did not find anyone.

"Let's go, it's not advisable to stay here for a long time." Akai Shuichi said, "Go to the lobby on the third floor and find a way to open the door of the machine."

Mingyue held the knife and looked at the skylight, "You guys find a place to hide for a while. I want to break the skylight."

"Didn't you say that was a fake window? We are on the sixth floor!" Akai Shuichi reminded, he did not want Mingyue to make too much noise.

The corner of Ming Yue's lips curled up, "Scotland's safe house is also on the top floor. You don't have confidence in your skills, do you?"

Akai Shuichi looked at the skylight and said, "This glass is very strong."

"The joints of the stained glass seem to be very tight, but in fact they are very fragile." Mingyue looked for an angle, "If someone comes suddenly, don't worry about me, you go first."

Miyano Shiho looked worried, "Do you want to face it alone again?"

"Sister Shiho, we have to get out." Mingyue sighed, "I'm looking forward to finding that person. As long as we catch him, we will know how to leave. Now the first and second floors are full of explosives, and the outside is full of explosives. People cannot attack by force, we can only find a way out by ourselves."

Akai Shuichi thought for a moment and said, "I will ambush nearby. If anyone comes, I will take action."

"Mr. Bodyguard, you just need to do your part." Ming Yue said seriously, "It is now known that two people are missing and there is a potential murderer. When you take action, if someone takes control of Sister Shiho What? I don’t want to see that kind of thing.”

Miyano Shiho turned his head to the side and said angrily: "Yes, I am not as powerful as the people in your action team, but I am not weak and can't take care of myself."

"That's not what I meant. I just wanted to give it a try without any worries." Mingyue looked at Miyano Shiho with sincerity in her eyes.

Miyano Shiho took a deep breath and pulled Akai Shuichi's sleeve, "Let's go, we'll hide it."

After Mingyue saw them hiding, she took out the knife and stabbed it into the gap in the stained glass of the skylight again and again.

Gin, who was far away in Mexico on the other side of the ocean, looked at his mobile phone as the sky gradually darkened.

De Lai came over and said, "Hey, who's positioning is it? I've been watching you these past few days whenever I have free time."

"You don't need to know." Gin put the phone back in his pocket, "How was the negotiation with those people?"

De Lai sighed and looked at Gin, "You are still so cold and boring. Oh, let's negotiate. If they don't agree, just fight until they agree. After all, we both took action, there is no reason to fail."

"Be careful with those men, don't get contaminated by those things. If anyone is contaminated, just kill them." Gin looked at the coca plants in the fields in the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.

Ryder tilted his head, looked at Gin for a long time, and suddenly smiled, "The mission will be over soon. Don't worry, everything is under control. I can tell the difference between medicine and poison."

Gin's face was frosty and he didn't say anything. He just looked at the afterglow of the setting sun in the distance and the stars and moon slowly emerging on the horizon.

In the "Future" clock tower, the sound of a knife hitting the glass echoed in the building. However, until a click was heard and the glass shattered all over the floor, no one came out.

Mingyue looked at the light tubes and walls behind the glass and sighed silently.

It seems that this is not the highest position in the bell tower, but how to get up? Are there any secret passages that have not been found? The explosives downstairs, including the mini bombs in the clock, did not have detonating devices, so there was only one possibility: artificial detonation.

Who could be this ignition device?

Kokoji Mikoto? Mitsue Terai? Or the one wearing the mask?

Or is it us?

Mingyue couldn't help but bite her back teeth when she thought of this.

In the mansion, the hour hand of the clock points to the number 10, and the minute hand points to 12. Butler Ibo took out a fruit plate from the kitchen and placed it on the table. The extremely delicately cut fruits were inserted with delicate silver forks. .

Ikumi Gunda looked at the clock tower in the distance, "I saw crows flying around the clock tower this morning. It seems like something good is about to happen. After all, crows are messengers of God in this country."

However, Ireland was uncharacteristically and ignored Gunda Ikumi. He just looked at those black crows, feeling increasingly uneasy.

"It's really a good sign. Miss Yong will definitely become a Buddha." The owner of the museum, Gu Ezhi, still had a gentle smile on his face.

In the "Future" clock tower, Akai Shuichi and Miyano Shiho came out.

"It seems that there is no way to escape from the skylight." Akai Shuichi looked at the concrete wall and felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. He suddenly thought of something and said, "If you find the weak point of the bell tower, there is a possibility of blasting it. How many?"

Miyano Shiho thought carefully, "I can try to calculate it, but we may have to search the entire floor again."

"The explosives on the first and second floors are connected in series, and one move can affect the whole body. The mini-bomb behind the clock is easy to dismantle, but the quantity we want is estimated to be quite large." Mingyue looked at the ticking clock on the wall.

Miyano Shiho frowned, "What if that person attacks us again?"

"I guess that person is not here at all." Shuichi Akai crossed his arms and continued to explain, "No one came over despite Ming Yue making such a big noise. There are only two possibilities, one is unable to come over, and the other does not want to come over."

Miyano Shiho looked confused.

Akai Shuichi continued: "If you can't come, you are either dead, restricted, or not here at all. If you don't want to come, you may be afraid, or you don't want to come due to certain circumstances."

"Yes, I really hope someone will come over." Mingyue was already defusing the bomb behind the clock.

Miyano Shiho took out a pen and paper and started to write and draw, calculating all the possibilities. After a while, he exhaled, "Where do you think the weak point of this bell tower is?"

"I can't figure it out." Akai Shuichi packed the detached bomb into a bag, only to find Ming Yue playing with a watch movement.

Mingyue put away the watch core and looked at Miyano Shiho, "The hall on the third floor, the secret space between the two corridors."

"Yes, that's right there." Miyano Shiho responded affirmatively, "Have you figured it out too?"

Mingyue shook her head and said with a smile: "You guessed it, after all, you can't leave from the highest point, and you can't escape from the lowest point, so just take the middle value."

Miyano Shiho looked at Mingyue with his half-moon eyes, "You are pretending to be stupid because you are smart, but I don't believe you can't figure it out."

"If you think about it this way, we can actually use explosives to destroy the door of the agency." Shuichi Akai made a suggestion.

Miyano Shiho shook his head, "What I'm afraid of is that being unable to destroy it will damage the mechanism inside, causing us to be locked up here. And we don't have many chances to explode. If we don't succeed, the mechanism will be misplaced..." There were no words. After saying that, he just let out a long sigh.

"Time is running out. Let's leave early. We still have a door to open." Mingyue took the lead and walked downstairs.

But Miyano Shiho said softly: "Mingyue, thank you for taking me out to participate in the summer festival and watch the fireworks."

Mingyue paused in her steps, turned to look at Miyano Shiho, and smiled brightly, "Oh, Shiho-san likes it. I'm really looking forward to how Shiho-san looks in a kimono?" She said with firm and confident eyes, "We will definitely I will get out, I still have a lot of things to finish so I don’t die here.”

Miyano Shiho followed Ming Yue's footsteps, but Akai Shuichi was very concerned about Ming Yue's last words.

In the hall on the third floor of the "Future" clock tower, the corpse lying in the center was still quiet. There was only the ticking sound of the clock in his ears. Mingyue took off the clocks on the wall and handed them to Akai Shuichi. Akai Shuichi removed the bomb behind the clock. .

The only thing left on the wall is a clock that cannot be removed. The hour hand of this clock points between the numbers 10 and 11, and the minute hand points to 7.

Mingyue put her ear against the wall, listening to the sound of gears turning, and her fingers quickly turned the dial.

Click!

The shape of a door slowly appeared on the wall, and the machine door slowly opened.

The moment she opened the door, Mingyue heard a slight breathing sound, and immediately took a step back, holding the knife in her hand.

Akai Shuichi stepped in front of the girl, but Ming Yue rolled his eyes.

I really have zero cooperation with this guy. Did you know that if he suddenly blocks in front of me, I might get hurt? Mingyue squeezed the knife in her hand, glad that she didn't throw it out just now.

However, at this moment, Mingyue heard the sound of gears turning again, and was startled. Did I open it in the wrong way? He looked around cautiously, protecting Miyanoshi in the middle.

"Ahahahaha!"

This was the laughter of Mikoto Kokoji, and this laughter echoed throughout the bell tower.

A man wearing black spiritual clothes and a mask ran past the circular corridor on the fourth floor. Mingyue's sharp eyes saw that the man's right sleeve was cut.

Could it be that Mikoto Kokoji did all this?

The door of the machine was opened, and a figure appeared inside. When the light shone on the man's face, everyone saw clearly that the person inside was the dying Mitsue Terai.

Akai Shuichi used a chair to fix the door of the machine and kept it open. The scary laughter still echoed in the clock tower, as well as the endless ticking sound.

Mingyue stared at the figure running endlessly in the circular corridor on the fourth floor, feeling a little weird.

Miyano Shiho came close to Mingyue, "It seems like he fell into a hallucination after being poisoned."

"Yes, it's weird. We don't have time to care about her now." Mingyue walked into the secret space sandwiched between two long corridors.

At this time, Mitsue Terai seemed to have just woken up. When he saw Mingyue and the others, he shrank and whispered: "Guangming Temple wants to kill me! She has a key on her body, and I saw her unlocking the door!"

Mingyue ignored Mitsue Terai and just rubbed his hand on the wall for a while, "There is no mechanism, just blow it up."

Akai Shuichi looked at Mikoto Kokoji who was running wildly on the fourth floor, "I'll catch her, you guys are here."

"There's no need. She won't live much longer." Mingyue thought for a while and explained, "She is deeply poisoned. Even if she is saved, she will be worse off than dead."

"The key may be on her body." Akai Shuichi said with sharp eyes.

Miyano Shiho put away the calculation paper and pen, "The required amount has been calculated, but by blasting this wall, we can only enter the corridor leading to the current bell tower, and we have not left the scope of the bell tower."

The corner of Ming Yue's lips curled up, "Then blow up the corridor as well."

Akai Shuichi frowned, but found that Mingyue was looking at Terai Mitsue.

However, Mitsue Terai looked panicked and looked at a small pile of explosives on the ground. His eyes were a little unclear and he said in a trembling voice: "The key really is with Guangming Temple, and I was locked up here by her. Besides, there is still half an hour to go." The door will open, we don’t need to blow up the wall..."

Guluuluulu...

Guangmingji Mikoto collapsed from exhaustion and rolled down from the fourth floor. She fell at the door of the hall. Her mask fell off, revealing a frightened face. Her chest was still rising and falling weakly, but her eyes had begun to blur.

Ding dong~

A key fell out of Mikoto Kokoji.

When everyone's attention was focused on Mikoto Kokoji, Mitsue Terai took out a sharp knife from nowhere and thrust it straight into Shuichi Akai's heart.

Shuichi Akai turned around and launched a flying kick.

Hey~

The sharp knife was nailed to the wall not far away, and the blade was still vibrating.

Miyano Shiho shuddered, looked at Mitsue Terai with a wary expression, and unconsciously leaned towards Mingyue.

Mingyue picked up the key next to Guangmingji Mikoto and took a look. It was just a very ordinary key. She threw the key in the air and chuckled, "Fake."

However, after a few breaths, Akai Shuichi had captured Terai Mitsue, and Miyano Shiho found an arc key on Terai Mitsue.

"This should be the key to the machine door." Miyano Shiho handed the key to Mingyue. The hour hand on the clock was gradually approaching the number 12, and the minute hand was pointing at 9.

Mingyue checked the key for a long time and frowned.

Akai Shuichi had already tied up Mitsue Terai and looked at Mingyue, "Is there any problem?"

"This is not only the key to open the door of the machine. Once it is twisted wrongly, it is also the ignition device of the gunpowder." Mingyue threw away the key in her hand and looked at the clock. There were still fifteen minutes, not even less time. "We press The original plan, after all, I don’t like to be manipulated.”

Mingyue fixed the mini bomb on the wall with tape and asked everyone to hide at a distance. She threw a knife with her left and right hands at the same time. The blade rubbed sparks in the air and ignited the bomb.

Bang!

Sitting in the mansion, Ireland heard a muffled sound and looked towards the bell tower anxiously.

The owner Gu Ezhi, who had always been smiling, lost his smile at this time, and hurriedly walked out together with Butler Yibo, with anxious looks on their faces.

boom!

Another loud noise!

Ireland saw that the long corridor connecting the "future" clock tower and the "present" clock tower was disconnected in the middle, and a rope hung down from the exploded part in the middle. A person seemed to be tied to the bottom end of the rope.

Everyone rushed over and found that the person was Mitsue Terai, and quickly released her.

Ireland looked up and saw Rye sliding down with Shirley on his back.

Duang ~

The twelve o'clock bell rang, and at this time everyone heard the sweet bells from the three bell towers. The bells were like the songs of the goddess.

Boom!

Boom!

Rumble!

Explosions occurred at the bottom of the three bell towers. After the violent explosion, the sky was filled with flames.

Akai Shuichi felt the rope in his hand tremble, secretly thinking something was wrong, and then a fire ignited at the other end of the rope and was burned. I could only grit my teeth, adjust my posture in the air, and fall to the ground. As a result, I inevitably broke my calf.

But luckily Ireland was by his side, and he quickly helped Rai up and quickly walked to safety.

"Mingyue! The bright moon hasn't come out yet!" Miyano Shiho looked at the clock tower that was constantly collapsing toward the center in the firelight, and tears couldn't stop flowing out.

Bang!Bang!

There were several explosions and even more fire.

Akai Shuichi gritted his teeth, lamely rushed inside, but was stopped by Ireland.

"Leave it to me." After Ireland finished speaking, he poured a bucket of water on himself and prepared to rush inside.

call out!

A knife was nailed to Ireland's feet, interrupting his rush inside.

At this time, everyone looked up at the sky dyed red by the firelight. More than a dozen black crows were walking through the firelight. There was a man who seemed to be stepping on the crows and jumping among the collapsing ruins.

The wide black spiritual clothes fluttered in the wind, like a pair of giant wings, and the light steps seemed to be dancing in the air.

After a few ups and downs, Mingyue fell in front of Miyano Shiho, put out the flames on the spiritual clothes, and said: "With such a big fire, the police will probably come here soon."

"I'm scared to death!" Miyano Shiho hugged Mingyue.

Mingyue was stunned for a moment, then quickly pushed Miyano Shiho away, "The flames on my body haven't been extinguished yet!"

A small flame broke out on the corner of Miyano Shiho's clothes, and Ireland quickly came over to help put it out.

"You're really going to scare us to death." Shuichi Akai leaned against the thick wall, listening to the sirens outside.

Mingyue glanced at Akai Shuichi's calf and said, "Oh, you are really embarrassed."

Gunda Ikumi walked over and looked at the two girls, "Mr. DeGrasse, they are the people you have been worrying about."

"Yeah, I won't hide it from you anymore." Ireland finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the sky. The crows had disappeared.

Ikumi Gunda shook her phone and said: "I have called the police, but it seems that someone was injured. I used to be a forensic doctor, and I am very good at dressing wounds. Eleven people went in, and it seems that only four of you came out. What happened inside?"

Seeing that the people behind him didn't reply, Ireland was about to say something. But I saw Gunda Ikumi's eyes turning, looking at Akai Shuichi, and said softly: "Sir, let's do some emergency treatment first." Then he leaned down and looked at his injured calf.

Mingyue half-moon looked at Akai Shuichi, rolled her eyes, and fell lightly to Gunda Ikumi, and said pitifully: "Pretty sister, I seem to be injured."

"Eh?!" Gunda Ikumi was about to reach out to support Mingyue.

However, Mingyue was supported by Miyano Shiho. Miyano Shiho looked nervously around Mingyue, "Where is it injured?"

Akai Shuichi couldn't help laughing.

Ireland's expression did not change, but his eyes glanced back and forth between Rai and Mingyue, full of suspicion.

The afternoon sun was dazzling, and Ming Yue sat at a stall at the summer festival, eating octopus balls in her hand. Detective Shigego Yokomori of the Investigation Section 1 of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters Criminal Division is investigating in the mansion.

The injury on Akai Shuichi's leg was actually not serious. Miyano Shiho had already fallen asleep on the bench tiredly.

Ireland handed Akai Shuichi a can of black coffee and said, "A lot of things happened to you there. Seven people died. Do you have any questions?"

Akai Shuichi took the black coffee and glanced at Ming Yue, who was eating happily beside him, "What do you think? DeGrasse."

"I have been worried and scared outside for several days." Ireland also looked at the bright moon.

Mingyue took out paper and pen from Miyano Shiho's pocket. The delicate handwriting on the paper was very neat. Mingyue read the record on the paper and added a few more items to the back.

In the clock tower, Shirley’s records (PS: red is the emphasis)

Mingyue handed the paper to Ireland. After reading it, Ireland frowned and took out another record:

Outside the clock tower, Ireland’s records (PS: red is the emphasis)

Akai Shuichi took it and looked at it for a long time, then asked in a low voice: "The person with the knife wound on his right arm?"

"Except for Mitsue Terai, Ipo and Furuoji are all here." Ireland sat next to Ley. "The police officer with the Chinese character doesn't seem to be ready to let us leave."

Akai Shuichi looked at the sturdy Yokomori Shigego with a triangular crew cut.

"How many times have I told you, there is no need for detectives here!" Yokomori Jugo said with a serious face and a very unfriendly tone, "And Miss Gunda, you are now a suspect! Please do not hinder the police's handling of the case!"

Gunda Ikumi sighed and sat next to Mingyue, "The police officer seems to be disgusted with the detective. Can you tell me what happened in the clock tower?"

Mingyue ate the last octopus ball and tilted her head to look at Yokomori Shigego. "There is a police officer who hates detectives. I'm very curious about him." She handed Miyano Shiho's record to Gunda Ikumi.

The sun was setting in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun dyed the earth with a layer of orange.

Miyano Shiho woke up slowly, rubbed his eyes, and looked at Mingyue, "Are you still feeling uncomfortable in your body?"

"Sister Shiho, I'm fine~" Mingyue gave Miyano Shiho a smile.

However, Miyano Shiho didn't seem to believe it. He put his fingers on Mingyue's wrist and looked at the stopwatch on his phone to record the heartbeat frequency, "Sixty beats a minute."

"Yes, the indicators are normal."

Miyano Shiho still looked at Mingyue suspiciously, and then said with a serious expression: "I was really angry about that incident. How could you not cherish yourself like this? I don't want to deal with you anymore." After that, he looked away. Don't look at the bright moon.

"Sister Shiho!" Ming Yue was a little panicked, but no matter how she called, Miyano Shiho ignored Ming Yue's words.

Akai Shuichi looked over and said, "Why did you mess with her?"

Mingyue looked at Miyano Shiho's back and sighed helplessly.

Gunda Ikumi came over, handed Mingyue a cup of milk tea, and looked at Akai Shuichi, "What do you think is the truth of the matter?"

"Although we suspect that the owner and housekeeper were involved in this premeditated crime,..." Shuichi Akai looked at Ireland who was chatting with the police in the distance and continued, "but they have a perfect alibi."

Gunda Ikumi nodded in agreement, "You and I are their witnesses. In terms of time, this is a perfect crime."

The corners of Ming Yue's lips curled up, "No, this is just a trick to take advantage of time."

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Preview of the next chapter: The mystery about time is about to be revealed!

(All clues about time have been given. Dear reader, have you found the answer yet?)

I hope you can experience the fun of reasoning~

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