Ke Xue: I picked up a bottle of sherry at the beginning.

Baiquanyi said: "Since they are unwilling to say, let's find time to ask Professor Harada."

Miwako Sato said, "Shall we go see Professor Harada now?"

Bai Quanyi said, "Tomorrow. It's too late today."

After the two left Yukimura's house, on the other side, the landline phone of the Harada family suddenly rang.

Harada Hiroki put his wrinkled palm close to hers. "Hello? Who is this?"

"I'm Yukimura Saki."

A competent female voice came from the phone: "My brother wants to know when you will plead guilty and go in. Have you made up your mind? If you change your mind, he will kill all your family members."

"If Mr. Yukimura Genichi wants to know so much, why doesn't he call me himself, Ms. Saki?"

"I'm his agent and his sister, so naturally I have to take full responsibility for all his external affairs so that he can focus on his upcoming magic show, Professor Harada."

"I've thought about it for a long time, and I still feel that I need a guarantee, Miss Saki."

"You have no room for bargaining, Professor."

Hearing the impatience in the other party's tone, Harada Koki finally gave up his last attempt: "It will take some time to arrange my funeral. I will definitely be sent to prison before your brother's magic show begins."

"Very good. Now go to locker number 6433 at Beihu Station and get your things. Inside is the peace of mind you seek. The locker key is on the handle of the dagger."

The capable woman on the other end of the phone was very satisfied with Harada Hiroki's answer. She informed him and then hung up the call.

Harada Hiroki frowned, pulled out the blood-stained weapon from the secret compartment again, and then held the dagger and examined it carefully.

After rubbing a switch that was so small that it couldn't be any smaller, the top of the dagger's handle suddenly popped open, and a key lay quietly in the internal space, fixed with tape.

"How is it? What did he say?"

Yukimura residence, first floor living room.

Genichi Yukimura, dressed in a suit and tie, looked at his sister who had just returned from the phone call and asked, twirling the pen in his hand.

"He's still worried, but I've already told him he can go to Beido Station now." Saki Yukimura, dressed in a gray women's suit, smoothed the bangs on her forehead and repeated the conversation.

Yukimura Genichi was very satisfied. He signed his name on the document and handed it to his sister: "I feel at ease only when you can do it."

"Who made you my brother?"

"Yeah, after all, I'm your brother." Yukimura Genichi repeated and murmured, smiling as he prepared to leave, but he was stopped by his sister as soon as he stood up.

"Go meet the eldest daughter of the Takasugi family?" Slender fingers smoothed out the slight wrinkles on the man's tie and shirt. Yukimura Saki raised her head, and her tone sounded quite jealous.

"Saki." Yukimura Genichi's face suddenly darkened when he heard his sister's question.

"I know, I know, you are my brother." Yukimura Saki quickly regained her capable demeanor and said with a disdainful curl of her lips, causing the man's fingers to press on both sides of her cheeks.

"She and I are just flirting. I need the Takasugi family's support. You will always be the one I love the most. Once I get her, she will be useless."

"I understand." Yukimura Saki nodded.

To this end, he even agreed to perform at the opening of her theater.

"Be good, it's time to work. You have to help me check those props again."

"Ah."

Watching her brother Yukimura Genichi's departing back, Yukimura Saki pursed her lips, and her heart beat faster and then slowly returned to normal.

That night, Sato Miwako and Shiraizumi Masu still did not return home and continued to stay in the hotel.

In the hotel bathroom, Miwako Sato and Masushi Shiraizumi were taking a bath in the hotel's large bathtub.

Sato Miwako was still brooding over what happened that afternoon: "The Yukimura siblings are suspicious... There must be something wrong."

Baiquanyi said: "Don't think about it, ask Professor Harada tomorrow."

"Okay." Sato Miwako changed the subject, "What costume are you going to prepare for me today?"

"JK uniform." Baiquan Yi said.

Coming out of the bathroom, Sato Miwako changed into the JK uniform that Shiraizumi Masushi specially prepared for her.

The thought of a policewoman wearing a JK uniform is very attractive.

Looking at it now, it is indeed the case.

Miwako Sato has a great figure and can handle any kind of clothes. She looks great in the JK uniform, just like a hot high school girl.

There is no need to say what to do when faced with such a beautiful Sato Miwako.

……

The next day, at the Metropolitan Police Department, Shiraizumi Masushi and Sato Miwako were about to go see Professor Harada again, when Sera Masumi arrived with new clues.

"Are you preparing to go out?" asked Masumi Sera.

"Yes, Inspector Shiro and I are going to find Professor Harada," said Miwako Sato.

"No need to look for him. He is missing now. I went to his house, but he was not there, and his cell phone was unreachable." said Masumi Sera.

Shiraizumi Masu asked, "Detective Sera, you came here not only to inform us of these things, but also for what else?"

"I think I know the truth!" said Sera Masumi.

Shiroizumi Masuo and Sato Miwako were shocked.

"I know, and I understand that the police can't be blamed. Because I don't think the murderer of these three cases is the same person at all." With his hands on the desk, Sera Masumi leaned forward, emphasizing his conclusion in a strong tone that made the four people pale.

"What did you say?"

"Twenty years ago, Harada Koki, Fujiwara Kihara, and Ito Hiyo, who were still faculty members at the University of Tokyo at the time, served as judges in a competition along with Harada professors from other universities. They attended the award ceremony after the competition as members of the organizing committee and academic seniors.

Regarding this point, when I was looking for clues at the University of Tokyo, I met a female professor from Waseda University. She can confirm what I said because she was also one of the judges back then.

Sera Masumi reached out her right hand and picked up a photo of many young men and women holding medals. She placed her index finger on the girl third from the left. "Can you please guess who this high school girl named Sasaki Sayuri is?"

Sato Miwako hesitated: "Yukimura Emi?"

"Congratulations, Officer Sato, you got it right." Sera Masumi dropped the photo and held up a document, speaking earnestly, "Because the University of Tokyo was one of the organizers of that competition, the original written records are still preserved in the archives. I followed the records in the files and verified them one by one, but only Sayuri Sasaki, who was only 16 years old at the time, has been completely lost.

The phone number she submitted has been cancelled, the address she provided has changed tenants several times in the past 20 years, and the director of the orphanage where she was raised has long since passed away. In other words, she has vanished.

Bai Quanyi, who was listening, blurted out subconsciously: "Changed his name and left Japan?"

"No, this is just a guess. What if she just got a scholarship to study abroad and then settled down abroad?" Sato Miwako thought of another possibility.

Twenty years is too long, long enough to erase a girl's footprints in a certain place, and it doesn't mean anything.

Sera Masumi smiled slightly and held up the third document—

"This is a clear record of donations from the Isaka Children's Welfare Home. It clearly records that since a year and a half ago, the welfare home has received a donation from the same person every month.

And this person is Yukimura Emi.

Coincidentally, this Isaka Children's Welfare Home is exactly where Sayuri Sasaki, who is currently missing and likely disappeared 20 years ago, grew up.

"If you say so, who is the second murderer?" Sato Miwako's heart was also shaken, and she asked with a frown.

"Fujiwara Kihara, Ito Hyoha."

Sera Masumi smiled, uttered two names, and said a conclusion that made the four people's faces change: "I told you, the murderer is not the same person. Because all three of them are the murderer."

"Three people...are all murderers?" Sato Miwako was shocked!

"Think carefully, which of these three cases happened first?" Sera Masumi spread his hands, put all the documents in place, sat down on the chair that had been placed behind him, crossed his legs and smiled.

"¨" Yukimura Emi was killed at the airport."

Sato Miwako reacted and looked down, rubbing her chin with her fingers in thought: "You mean, Fujiwara Kihara and Ito Hyouha teamed up to kill Yukimura Emi at the airport, and then Harada Koki killed them both?"

Sera Masumi snapped his fingers in satisfaction: "That's right."

Sato Miwako asked, "But why did Harada Koki kill Ito Hyouha and Fujiwara Kihara?"

"Because he believed that these two people wanted to frame his son for the crime."

"what?"

"Take a look at this information."

Facing Sato Miwako's doubts, Sera Masumi was extremely confident and laid out his deduced timeline: "Twenty years ago, a 15-year-old high school girl named Sasaki Sayuri, with aspirations for academics, participated in a competition jointly organized by renowned Japanese universities such as the University of Tokyo, Waseda University, and Kyoto University, and achieved quite outstanding results.

After the competition, she was invited to a banquet, where she met three judges who had admired her greatly during the competition - Fujiwara Kihara, Ito Hiroha, and Harada Hiroki.

For some unknown reason, she had relationships with these three people in succession and became pregnant.

The girl was devastated when she learned she was pregnant. She wanted to ask the three men for an explanation and a good name. However, at that time, all three had already started families, and if this matter were exposed, it would be a fatal blow to their future.

After discussion, they sent the girl to the United States through some means and changed her name to Yukimura Emi.

In order to survive, Yukimura Emi, who was unfamiliar with the place, had no choice but to marry a local Japanese man and gave birth to twins in her womb, naming them Yukimura Genichi and Yukimura Saki.

After that, (Qian Qian Zhao) she lived in the United States for nearly 20 years. After losing her husband of nearly 20 years, Yukimura Emi met a man named Harada Jun a year ago and started a secret relationship with him..."

A bizarre, absurd, but surprisingly self-consistent story unfolds in front of Shira Masushi and Sato Miwako like a picture scroll, accompanied by Sera Masumi's narration.

What happened after the secret love affair began was the cause of the three murders.

After discovering that his son's extramarital affair was with Yukimura Emi, whom he and his accomplices had sent abroad 20 years ago, Harada Hiroki immediately contacted Fujiwara Kihara and Ito Hiyo to discuss countermeasures.

He attempted to negotiate with Yukimura Emi, but after several rounds of negotiations, they saw no progress. Furious, Fujiwara Kihara and Ito Hyouha rushed to the airport without his knowledge and killed Emi as she arrived in Japan. This resulted in Harada Jun, Emi's boyfriend, being blamed.

An enraged Harada Hiroki harshly questioned the two, but was irritated by their indifferent attitude. Because in the minds of Ito Hyouha and Fujiwara Kihara, Harada Jun was innocent, and the case would at best become another unsolved mystery in the Metropolitan Police Department's files.

But for Harada Hiroki, this case would ruin his son's life: his reputation, his family, and even his career.

So he secretly harbored murderous intentions... I wanted to persuade Harada Koki to surrender, but I couldn't find him."

After saying this, Sera Masumi looked at Shiraizumi Masu, who had remained silent the entire time. "Well, Inspector Shiro, is my reasoning correct?"

Shiraizumi nodded, generally agreeing with Sera Masumi's reasoning. However, he felt that the matter was not over yet.

284. The law of nature is reincarnation, and retribution is inevitable.

Shiraizumi Masu said to Sato Miwako, "Issue a warrant for the arrest of Harada Hiroki."

Sato Miwako said: "Yes!"

After Sato Miwako left, Sera Masumi noticed that Shiraizumi Masu was still lost in thought, seemingly doubting her reasoning. She asked, "Officer Shirai, you seem to still have doubts. If you still don't understand, I'll help you figure it out."

Bai Quanyi said: "I'm afraid that the real mastermind is not Harada Koki. It is very likely that Harada Koki was instructed to commit the murder!"

Sera Masumi asked, "Officer Bai, why do you say that?"

Baiquanyi said: "Before and after Fujiwara Kihara and Ito Hyouha were killed, Harada Hiroki had frequent phone calls with Yukimura Saki!"

Sera Masumi said: "You mean... Harada Koki was instructed by Yukimura Saki! But why did she do this?!"

Bai Quanyi said: "Revenge!"

Just then, Sato Miwako ran over in a panic.

Shiraizumi asked, "Miwako, I asked you to issue a wanted order, why are you so flustered?"

Miwako Sato said, "I've issued a wanted order. A new victim has appeared!"

Sera Masumi's eyes narrowed, his expression even more excited than Shiraizumi Masu's: "Officer Sato, who died again?"

Miwako Sato said, "I just received news that someone reported that the famous Asian magician Genichi Yukimura died during a rehearsal."

Bai Quanyi said, "What's the address? Let's get going quickly."

Miwako Sato: "No. 29002, Jubanchi, Yoneka-machi."

Shiraizumi Masushi and Sato Miwako, along with other police officers, immediately went out to the scene. Seeing this, Sera Masumi hurried to follow.

Crime scene.

"The deceased was named Yukimura Genichi, 20 years old, American nationality, English name Kevin, and was an internationally renowned Asian magician.

The reason he appeared in Tokyo was because he was invited by Ms. Maeko Takasugi, the director of the Takasugi Group, to perform magic shows for her newly built theater.

According to the information we have so far, the deceased died at 10:43 this morning during a magic rehearsal when a prop slipped and fell off.

Beika Takasugi Theater, backstage on the first floor lobby.

Shiraizumi Mashi, Sera Masumi, who hurriedly drove to the scene, listened to the report from the on-site security personnel, set up a cordon, and walked onto the rehearsal theater stage.

The two large black boxes were covered by two curtains, and Yukimura Genichi's body was lying in the box on the left.

His eyes were wide open and his pupils were dilated, clearly indicating that he had been extremely frightened before his death.