When the magic flower blooms

"Lou Minqiu? You mean, it's Lou Minqiu who used ATMs to withdraw money these two days?"

Sun Jin couldn't help laughing, "But isn't he dead? In the sewage pool, he died completely?!"

He Tiansi also put forward his own hypothesis: "Could it be that the DNA test made a mistake, or the time of death was different, or could it be that Lou Minqiu had other brothers and sisters?"

"DNA will not say, and Lou Minqiu has no brothers. The time of death has been repeatedly verified by several different methods, and there is no possibility of too much deviation."

Ming Ruoxing rebutted one by one, and then threw out the last remaining possibility: "It is true that Lou Minqiu died three days ago, and he returned to Jujingtang Pharmaceutical Factory with his subordinates after that, and He is not the one who has been withdrawing money these days."

"Who could it be?" He Tiansi's eyes lit up.

"It is a very special kind of demihuman. A high-level existence that can change its appearance at will and imitate the words and deeds of others."

"You mean, there really are shapeshifters?!" Sun Jin yelled again, "But I thought it was just an urban legend to scare children!"

"It should have been an urban legend."

Ming Ruoxing nodded and said: "After all, according to the existing statistical data, there are only a very limited number of demihumans who can imitate others and change their appearance to a certain extent. Such as cuttlefish, octopus, chameleon and snake fish, etc. .These populations are inherently rare in number, and most of the gene levels are below B level. Therefore, although demihumans carrying these genes can change the appearance of some parts, very few can completely change themselves into another person Ability. Therefore, the so-called shapeshifter does not exist in theory.”

"But according to your analysis just now, we have encountered one now."

He Tiansi clicked his tongue: "So what we are facing now is a monster from an urban legend?"

"Although I don't like the term monster, the fact that the other party has been able to deceive Lou Minqiu's subordinates and family members shows that his camouflage skills are indeed very advanced." Ming Ruoxing analyzed, "If we only use his ability After analyzing it, I think this shapeshifter should at least be the dominant species, and even reach the level of the umbrella species."

"Umbrella protector, ah, isn't that the same as me?" He Tiansi quickly seized the opportunity to show off.

It's a pity that Sun Jin on the side was already immersed in the world of reasoning, and he didn't cooperate to show the slightest expression of admiration.

"Speaking of this, don't you think it's strange? If Lou Minqiu is really just a builder, he doesn't have the ability to completely transform into an animal. And if he can't become a big bird, he won't be able to be stuffed into it. Sedimentation pond."

"That's right. That's another point worth noting."

Ming Ruoxing applauded his deduction, "Lou Minqiu's complete transformation into a bird is an abnormal behavior beyond his own level. The appearance of a shapeshifter is also an abnormal behavior beyond his level. I am afraid there is something between the two." It is an inevitable connection. It is a very important breakthrough."

"Could it have something to do with that Jujingtang pharmaceutical factory?" He Tiansi suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Isn't Lou Minqiu from that scientific research institute? Could it have something to do with some new drug they developed?"

Although so far, there is no evidence to prove this, but considering that He Tiansi's intuition has always been extremely accurate, Ming Ruoxing feels that this direction may be the top priority if further investigation is needed.

-

This afternoon, an emergency desilting operation was carried out in the sewage sedimentation tank of the airport.After the dirt deposited on the bottom was completely removed, the surrounding bird activities quickly returned to normal.

The purpose of the airport has been achieved, and Sun Jindai conveyed the meaning of the boss, expressing that the entrustment ends here.

The agreed remuneration has already been deposited into Ming Ruoxing's account.Correspondingly, the boss also tactfully proposed that they leave as soon as possible to avoid the airport being involved in unnecessary case disputes.

"It's really realistic. When the matter is resolved, people are driven away. There is not even a table for a thank-you banquet."

Throwing the luggage into the trunk, He Tiansi muttered, obviously feeling unfinished about this wonderful trip to the airport.

Ming Ruoxing has always been open-minded: "The next case is actually none of our business. The money is already in hand, find a place to eat, and then go back to the village."

"..."

He Tiansi sat in the driver's seat, held the steering wheel, but did not start the car, just turned his head to look at Ming Ruoxing.There was even a little pitiful look in his eyes.

Ming Ruoxing couldn't stand the puppy-like eyes: "What do you want to say, just say it!"

"I want to continue the investigation."

"What are you planning?"

"Have a good time! You were lying on the sofa watching a movie, and when you were getting better, bang, someone cut the electricity. You think you can bear it? Don't you want to continue watching this movie?"

"It's not lying on the couch, I think I can still smell the car now."

"That's 5D movies, how good it is, more realistic and exciting."

"..."

I have to admit that He Tiansi is really good at instigating people's hearts.Ming Ruoxing sighed and nodded.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense and drive quickly. Let's wash the car first, and then harass Lao Lin."

"Why don't you continue to go to your Yaan Bureau to find someone?"

"Nonsense, it's okay to go once in a while. Do you want my brother to know that we are doing something similar to private detectives?"

-

Looking at the two uninvited guests in front of him, Kunming dog police detective Lin Dejing showed a very complicated expression.

"I have always been the one who has been looking for jobs for you. I never thought that you would return gifts... If I had a choice, I don't particularly want to accept this gift from you."

"Hey, Lao Lin, I know you are busy with work. But you are wrong to think so. Only with a better job will you have more opportunities to jump out of the fire pit!"

He Tiansi was eloquent, "Besides, you don't need to do this job. You just help us lead the way, build a bridge, and give us a little technical support. When the results come out, all the credit will belong to you ! We just want an answer, we all get what we need.”

If you think about it carefully, it is indeed the case.After repeatedly emphasizing that internal information cannot be leaked to a third party, Lin Dejing reluctantly agreed to their request for cooperation.

"Then how are you going to investigate?"

Ming Ruoxing and He Tiansi looked at each other: "We want to start the investigation from Jujingtang Pharmaceutical Factory."

-

Although there is no special research on medical technology, both Ming Ruoxing and He Tiansi are no strangers to the well-known golden signboard of "Jujingtang Pharmaceutical".

This large-scale pharmaceutical factory has branch factories in many places.Among them, the pharmaceutical factory and R&D center in S City only produce drugs exclusively for demihumans.

In fact, many internal and external medicines that He Tiansi used in the past three years were all produced by Jujingtang Pharmaceutical Factory.

Because it serves two different groups of people at the same time, the internal organizations of Jujingtang are all divided into two and operate independently of each other.Only the entire board of directors is composed of all demihumans.From this point of view, this can be regarded as a subhuman company that can be ranked among the top ten in China.

The Science Research Center of S City where the deceased Lou Minqiu was located is the core institution of Jujingtang in the research and development of drugs for subhumans.It is said that more than a dozen new drugs are launched every year, many of which are world-leading.

Lou Minqiu has worked in the organization for 13 years, and it is said that he has always been stable in his life.He didn't make any major mistakes at work, and he didn't have any obvious interpersonal conflicts, so he could be regarded as a harmonious and harmless person.

But what caused his death if not his job?

"If I remember correctly, after Lou Minqiu disappeared, his family members reported the case to the police station inside the factory, right? Check other records of the police station, maybe there may be some clues."

According to Ming Ruoxing's reminder, He Tiansi quickly found the daily records of the police station.

Since Jujingtang's factory area includes the factory headquarters, family living quarters, and some surrounding ancillary facilities, there are quite a lot of daily police operations.He flipped through it roughly, and suddenly made an important discovery.

"This is interesting... Just after Lou Minqiu disappeared, another department manager named Shen Hao also disappeared in the research institute. And before he disappeared, he had some very strange behaviors."

Ming Ruoxing hurried over to watch the record with him.

According to the text on the transcript, Shen Hao was suspected to be missing by his family and reported to the police a day ago.But his weird behavior can be traced back to a whole week ago.

At that time, Shen Hao also returned to City S from another place on a business trip. As soon as he returned home, he suddenly asked for annual leave. After that, he left home and never showed up again.

Unlike Lou Minqiu, during the few days away from home, Shen Hao kept in touch with his family on the Internet and sent back some photos from time to time.Therefore, the family did not express much doubt.

However, in the past three days, Shen Hao gradually cut off contact with his family.Afterwards, Lou Minqiu disappeared.Shen Hao's family members rushed to the police station to report the case.

"This Shen Hao's bank card has also been emptied."

He Tiansi called out the police investigation files.It shows that Shen Hao has withdrawn money from ATMs in multiple places in the past seven days, and left video records on the surveillance cameras—exactly the same as Lou Minqiu did.

"Basically, it can be determined that the same person committed the crime."

Ming Ruoxing took a deep breath, "It does seem to be a murder case against Jujingtang."

He Tiansi twirled the ballpoint pen in his hand: "This Shen Hao also took a plane before he disappeared. Do you think his body is also in the sedimentation tank at the airport?"

"Very likely, do you have his flight number?"

"Yes, domestic flights, at another airport in the south of City S... I said, do we have to dig out the shit again?"

"do you want to go?"

"forget about it."

"Then let Lao Lin go. Anyway, the bigger the case, the bigger his glory."

-

They don't know whether Lin Dejing personally went to the airport to experience the spectacular sight of the underground sedimentation tank.However, the demihuman police did go there, and they found something that was expected.

"Shen Hao's body was found in the sedimentation tank. It was broken into pieces and shaped like a rabbit."

Ming Ruoxing passed on the results obtained from Lin Dejing to He Tiansi, "Rabbit mantle is a northern creature, and it is completely extinct in today's cities, so there is no such exaggerated scene as when Lou Min begged to die."

"The two methods are exactly the same, so the murderer did have a premeditated plan."

He Tiansi was thoughtful, "Put the corpse into a strictly sealed sedimentation tank and hide it underground. Even if someone approaches the sedimentation tank, they are fully armed and wearing gas masks. In this way, the possibility of the corpse being found is very small." It's minuscule."

"Besides, don't you think this method of death is a great insult to the deceased?"

Ming Ruoxing added his opinion, "The murderer's character should be very cruel and extreme, and there are great contradictions and differences between him and the deceased."