0058 Chapter 2 Part 1: The Shadow of Death (Section 14)
The photo on top was seen by Zhen Cheng. It was a full-length photo of the bankrupt wealthy businessman who had been murdered standing in the study room where the crime occurred. When the photo was taken, the guy seemed to have just acquired a piece of jewelry that had been broken into pieces at the crime scene.
A chest-high porcelain vase, so I took a photo to commemorate this.
However, the purpose of Inspector Shengbei's display of this photo was obviously neither the deceased person nor the collection that later became fragments, but a sculpture circled in red pen and half-hidden on the shelf behind the wealthy businessman.
It was a strange collection that resembled a triangle, with unknown material and meaning. The bottom surface was an unusually smooth and angular geometric shape, but the triangle at the top had pitted and uneven fractures like broken ceramics.
It was not clear in the photo and part of it was blocked by the wealthy businessman, but Zhen Cheng knew the specific information about this thing very well.
Because this is the only thing besides cash that should have been present at the crime scene but disappeared. That is what Zhen Cheng personally deduced as the murderer's true purpose.
It was naturally clear how much Zhen Cheng knew about Inspector Shengbian. Seeing Zhen Cheng's slightly frowning expression, he smiled proudly and showed the second photo in his hand.
This photo should have been taken in a jewelry store or exhibition hall. The glass showcase and lighting look very professional. A few lines of English instructions can barely be read below the showcase:
"The middle reaches of the Minnesota River, unearthed in 1964, dated 12,000 BC. The shape is suspected to be fragments of classical Sioux crafts, and the material is suspected to be meteorite. There is no generally accepted conclusion."
This thing looks similar to the collection in the house of a bankrupt wealthy businessman. At first glance, it looks like a black iron lump. That ugly appearance is indeed very similar to the definition of "broken cultural relics" in ordinary people's minds.
Its bottom surface is connected to six smooth planes with not very sharp angles. The two ends form regular sharp angles of nearly 60 degrees, while the upward part has uneven fractures like the collection that disappeared from the wealthy businessman's home.
Seeing this, Zhen Cheng already understood what Inspector Shengbian meant. He imagined in his mind that if the two things could be put together, they would probably form two-thirds of a regular octahedron.
But if this is true, it would be thought-provoking that things from 12,000 BC would appear in the four islands and North America at the same time.
"I did relevant research, interviewed several acquaintances of scholars, and even personally called the Metropolitan Museum to contact the most authoritative researchers on this object. Among them, the opinions of those who knew something about this collection were unexpected.
Unite:
The material of this thing is defined as meteorite because it cannot be identified and synthesized yet. And here comes the interesting part. In the Mohs hardness test, it can actually leave scratches on diamonds.
Those scientists have tried to use laser, high temperature, electrolysis and other means to align the melting and destruction, but all failed. In other words, with today's technology, it is absolutely impossible to shape this unknown material into regular geometric shapes, let alone
Imagine that the Tungus or ancient Indians could make such 'crafts'.
In the same way, how did something like this, which cannot even be cut by diamonds and cannot be melted by the temperature of the earth's core, break into pieces more than 10,000 years ago?
Of course, this is not a problem that I, a young police officer, have the ability to study and solve. All I can intervene is the relationship between this thing and the homicide in my jurisdiction. So when I contacted the Metropolitan Museum again this morning, you
Guess what happened?”
"Stolen?" Zhen Cheng asked, thinking about the time of Luo Gensi's departure and Inspector Shengbian's intention.
Unexpectedly, Inspector Shengbian shook his head, and then showed that smiling face that always made people feel a little malicious: "No, it was rented out for academic research. It should be at the headquarters of Thetis Enterprise at the moment.
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"The shooting at the Zhengmen Tavern in which Logans was involved..." Zhen Cheng muttered to herself. Then she suddenly blinked and asked curiously:
"What I want to know more now is why an Academy City police officer who is theoretically loyal to Zhen would spend so much time and energy contacting overseas experts and scholars for a collection far away in Metropolis?"
Her voiceover was very clear. Even if it was confirmed that the murderer of the bankrupt wealthy businessman was the Songhai Heart Killer in the metropolis, then the North American police should be responsible for arresting her. Not to mention whether they would take action against this person is essentially a question.
It's up to the Scarry family to decide.
Regardless of the credit or benefit, it has nothing to do with Inspector Shengbian, a young detective. Not only is it impossible to get any benefits by forcefully participating in it, but it is also very likely to cause trouble that one cannot afford.
Hearing this, the uncomfortable smile on Inspector Shengbian's fat face seemed to become more ferocious, and he asked an unexpected question: "Why did Miss Zhen, who has enough capital to become the powerful head of one-third of the world, waste her time?"
What about wasting it on a series of boring cold cases in a small local police station?”
The answer he hinted at was simple - interest.
The reason why Zhen Cheng was willing to chat with this guy for a while after checking the time was mainly because she thought that this time "reincarnation" did not trigger the falling incident of the Ivory Tower billboard, thus saving a lot of writing time. In this way, she arrived
There will even be plenty of time for the next planned location.
After all, Detective Shengbian couldn't tell from Zhen Cheng that the reason why she cared about Logensi was because she purchased the service of Songhai Heart. So after several rounds of verbal exchanges with guns and sticks, he finally had no choice but to
Watched Zhen Cheng leave the police station.
It's just that Zhen Cheng didn't go to the city center station to wait for a mentally retarded young man to do something like the previous "reincarnation". Instead, he contacted Zhi Shi and took a taxi towards the port.
At the same time, a man who covered half of his face with the shadow of a peaked cap placed a "cleaning in progress" sign at the door of a men's toilet at the city center station.
He bent down and scanned the spaces under the cubicles with his eyes one after another, and finally knocked on the door of the only occupied cubicle.
dong dong dong
"Get out, there's someone there!" An angry voice came from the toilet cubicle.
dong dong dong
"Who is it? He's sick! Just wait and don't run away!" An indiscriminate voice rang out from inside. It was obviously a young man who was used to being domineering.
The peaked hat didn't say anything, but just took a step back silently. Soon he saw someone lowering his head and looking out from under the gap in the compartment door, and then a cursing guy walked out fiercely with his pants lifted.
As a result, before the young man could make any move, the peaked cap suddenly flew up and kicked him back to the toilet. Then he grabbed the young man's collar, lifted him up, and pushed him down in the public toilet.
Clean tile floor.
"Who are you? What are you going to do?!" the young man screamed, but because of difficulty breathing, he could only utter breathless accusations.
"It's nothing," the peaked cap said expressionlessly: "I want you to kill someone. It's very simple, just push him off the crowded platform, and no one will notice. We only trust you to teach you this matter. How about, let's go