After communicating on the phone, Okuno Taiji, Hidakaji and Nanabaru Takeshi arrived at the Shochiku Drum Museum almost at the same time. On the way, they also went to Matsuuchi's house and took a book from Matsuuchi Yuuto's study.
The purpose was unclear, so it was put into an evidence bag and is now in the hands of Takeshi Nanahara.
"Thank you." Nanabahara Takeda thanked him and took it. After checking that the title of the book was correct, he turned to Eri Nakano and said sternly, "Ms. Nakano, we can end this case."
Nakano Eri glanced at him. She had just asked Nanabaru Takeshi what he had found, but Nanabahara Takeshi said that the props and characters were not complete now, and it was too laborious to talk about it. She kept saying wait, which made her want to fight with Qingmi Ruri.
However, after getting in touch with each other in the past two or three days, everyone's trust was somewhat established, so she didn't say anything more and went to the art museum first.
This time it was a formal arrest. As long as the facts of the crime were confirmed and the arrest warrant was filed, Tatsuo Uchii could be sent to a detention center until she went to court. Her aura was obviously much sharper, and the domineering power of the state violence machine to crush everything was revealed.
Undoubtedly, leading the team all the way in frightened everyone in the museum staff to retreat.
"What happened?!" Tatsuo Uchii came out quickly, accompanied by bank representatives.
Nakano Eri adjusted her glasses, and a sharp white light flashed on the lenses, signaling Okuno to torture the person, and said calmly: "Naii-san, you are under arrest. Now please cooperate with the police and don't do anything unnecessary."
Takeshi Nanabahara stood behind her, close to his stab-proof jacket, and reminded softly: "There is also the "Okinoshima Four Scrolls", which need to be taken away too."
Uchii Tatsuo's expression remained calm, but it was the bank representative who couldn't accept it at first. He blocked Okuno Taiji and said excitedly: "Wait a minute, what is your reason? Are you crazy? The auction will be held in three days.
Now you want to take away the "Okinoshima Four Scrolls"? Do you know how much damage this will cause us? Or is it because of that reporter? What evidence do you have?"
Takeshi Nanahara stood behind Eri Nakano and said with a smile: "Representative, please don't get excited. Your heart is not very good. I'm afraid you will die suddenly. If you want to say it here, you can take out the "Okinoshima Four Scrolls"
, I will prove it to you, and I guarantee that you will not care whether we take away the four paintings or not, otherwise you can complain to us any way you want later."
The bank representative was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of some possibility. His expression instantly turned pale, and he couldn't help but immediately turned to look at Tatsuo Uchii. Tatsuo Uchii calmly turned around and walked towards the basement, saying calmly: "Then please
bring it on!"
People like him knew that they had to die. The safe was quickly opened, and the "Four Volumes of Okinoshima" was unfolded and spread out on the table again. Takeshi Nanabahara leaned over again to take a closer look, and sincerely praised: "Actually,
It’s really remarkable, almost perfect. Even if Nori Ichinose comes back to life, when he sees this painting, he will have to recall whether he painted it himself.”
The bank representative became more and more convinced of that possibility. His lips began to tremble and turned a little purple. He asked in a trembling voice, "Is this a fake? What's the evidence?"
As he spoke, he subconsciously curled his fingers, as if he wanted to hold something and stab Takeshi Nanabahara to death, so that he wouldn't say what he said next. The bank he worked for was just a local private bank in Hirano, and it had just suffered from the bursting of the bubble.
There are a lot of bad debts. If the 170 million yen just loaned out, plus the additional 40 million yen in cash from the investment auction, cannot be recovered...
The consequences were extremely serious, and even made depositors who were already extremely uneasy due to the continuous bank failures in various places panic again. They completely lost confidence in the banks and transferred their funds to flee. It is not an exaggeration to say that the consequences were fatal.
The bank representative was almost scared to death. Takeshi Nanahara didn't care about the life or death of the bank, and the bank didn't give him a yen. He took out an antenna pen, swung it into a pointer, pointed at Qiu Zhijuan and said with a smile: "Everyone
Please look here. This section records the scene of Okinoshima residents fishing overnight for cherry blossom shrimp during the traditional shrimp fishing season in November. It is very realistic and vivid. It is a beautiful poem about the sweat of ancient working people. But this is not the point. The point is
It is the brilliant starry sky displayed on the vast sea.
Please see, this is the constellation Serpens. Intersecting with Serpents is the constellation Ophiuchus. It is large and wide as a whole and is very conspicuous in the night sky in November. After all, it corresponds to the "heavy snow" in the solar term. Therefore,
The painter used the 'pen-on' line drawing technique to show all the main stars, which is almost exactly the same as the Ophiuchus that we can see with the naked eye now.
Of course, there is nothing strange about this. Nearly four hundred years is a long time for humans, but it is only a blink of an eye for stars. It should only change if there is no change. If there is an error, it can be directly determined to be a fake, so I didn’t notice it at first.
Flawed, until I was... well, until I was eating lamb ribs and had an idea for one of the books in Yuuto Matsuuchi's collection."
Having said this, Takeshi Nanahara took out the evidence bag and showed the title of the book in the bag to everyone, "Please see, this is the book "The New Star at the Foot of Ophiuchus" by the German astronomer Kepler. The content is from the book
The name tells you something. Kepler observed this supernova explosion that suddenly emitted huge light under the constellation Ophiuchus in October 1604..."
"etc!"
Qingjian Liuli knew that the overall situation should be the most important thing, but she couldn't help it anymore, and now she really understood why some people would be unkind and would wantonly deprive others of their lives, because now she wanted to stab the bastard Takeshi Nanabahara.
——The bullshit mutton ribs are all my credit. This black-hearted bitch stole my credit and then shows off here!
With a dark face, she asked through gritted teeth: "Didn't you say that supernovae are difficult to observe with the naked eye? What's going on now!"
"That's a good question!" Takeshi Nanahara glanced at her appreciatively and said with a smile, "There are indeed only a handful of supernova explosions that can be observed with the naked eye in human history. The most recent one that can be observed with the naked eye is the 1987A supernova explosion.
The light is so weak that ordinary people would be blinded trying to find it. It is not a problem if the artist does not include it in the painting. However, Kepler Supernova SN1604 or 1604A is completely different. It is in the Milky Way.
The explosion was very close to the earth, only about 13,000 light-years away - for celestial bodies in the universe, it is really very close.
It ranks among the top three in brightness among the supernova explosions recorded by humans. It is stronger than it, such as 1006 Lupus 1006A. According to Chinese historical records, it is said to be 'shaped like a half-moon, with horns, and it is so bright that it can be used to identify objects.', which roughly means
That is, you can even read a book at night using the light of this supernova explosion.
Then the question arises. Tokugawa Ieyasu conquered the world and established the shogunate in the eighth year of Taisho, that is, 1603. At the same time, through a large number of notes written by Ichinose Nori's friends, we can clearly know that "Okinoshima Four Scrolls" was written by Ichinose
Fan spent two years creating the Four Seasons Pictures in the ninth and tenth years of Taisho, that is, 1604 and 1605. He also died in the winter of 1605. When he was writing "The Four Scrolls of Okinoshima", Kepler
The supernova is hanging in the night sky, and it is very bright, even brighter than the constellation Ophiuchus itself. Why didn't Nori Ichinose include it in the painting? In the painting in front of me, even Beta Ophiuchus is not very bright.
I have circled it several times.”
Except for Uchii Tatsuo who looked at the painting and remained silent, it took the others a long time to digest this series of information. However, they all looked at the painting speechless and couldn't find anything to refute.
This is really not a flaw. It makes no logical sense at all. Unless the person who painted the painting in front of me, even if he went to Okinoshima for a careful inspection, could roughly figure out the original painting from the handwritten notes of Ichinose Noritomo.
What content did it contain, and even strictly researched the lives of common people in Japan's Warring States Period, but I did not see the same starry sky as Ichinose Nori. The Kepler supernova 1604A explosion only lasted for more than two years. The forger was born too late.
, didn’t look at it.
The forger has been as perfect as possible. He did not make the same mistakes as the author of mystery novels. He did not draw any more stars. He just failed to learn the science class well. He forgot that there is such a thing as a supernova and did not check it out.
The book, as a result, missed the most conspicuous celestial phenomena in the night sky of 1604 and 1605, leaving only a few minor imperfections.
Not only did the bank representative's lips tremble, but his whole body began to tremble. His attendant hurriedly went out to find a phone, planning to find an astronomer to ask if there really was a supernova explosion in 1604, and it was particularly conspicuous.
The possibility that this painting is a fake is infinitely higher. Let alone 400 million yen, there are two questions as to whether it can be sold for 4 million yen.
The bank was screwed this time!
Takeya Nanahara finally turned to the murderer, Tatsuo Uchii, who still looked calm, waved the "New Star at the Foot of Ophiuchus" in his hand, shook his head and said: "It has been proved that the painting is a fake, even if it is only suspected of being a fake, next
There’s not much to say. The appearance of the "Okinoshima Four Scrolls" missing for 121 years in Hirano is a big event for the art world. As a reporter for the art column, Matsuuchi Yuuto went to interview you and talked with you about it.
Huan, I started working on the manuscript as soon as I got back, and he was, as you said, as motivated as a mountain whale. He was very eager to achieve something, so he immediately started to look up the life of Norin Ichinose in detail, and wanted to write it.
Write a perfect manuscript.
But unfortunately, his hobby is reading, and he reads a lot of miscellaneous books on weekdays. From the Tokugawa shogunate's recruitment of Ichinose Nori, which led to his sudden death from overexcitement and many notebooks recording the creation process of "Okinoshima Four Scrolls"
Notes, I think of the time of 1604, and also think of this book "The New Star at the Foot of Ophiuchus" that I should have just read. Maybe I want to use it as a good example to praise Ichinose Nori for depicting reality, and to show off his erudition.
I just randomly compared it with the pictures on the scroll and discovered this small flaw, so I told you specifically, and I even believe that he blackmailed you... Is that so, Uchii-san?"
Tatsuo Uchii looked at him, his eyes twitching slightly, but he still kept his face calm and said nothing.
Takeshi Nanahara didn't care whether he spoke or not, and continued: "You should satisfy him once, because he was very happy and apologized to his wife when he got home. At that time, the couple had been in the cold war, but "Okinoshima Four Branches"
"Volume" is really too important to you. This is a turning point in your career. It is an opportunity that you risk all your property and reputation to win. You cannot accept that he is as greedy as a mountain whale and will regret it soon.
He blackmails you for the second time because you have no money, so it becomes your only choice to shut him up forever.
You are also a person in the art circle, and you can figure out the working process of the magazine without saying a word. On the night of the magazine's layout meeting, you made an appointment with Heitate-san in advance, asked him to go drinking with you, and then suggested that we go out together.
Take a bath to relax, and while you were depositing and withdrawing your valuables, you dialed his watch and slightly set the time forward by ten minutes and a half, then pretended to be drunk and tricked him into your home, letting him continue drinking, or even more.
Taking less sleeping pills made him drunk faster and fell asleep more deeply.
Hiratate-san thought he went to bed a little after ten o'clock, but in fact he closed his eyes in the guest room around nine-thirty. And you used this short time to follow the route you had observed before and quickly rushed to the Matsunai family courtyard to ambush you.
Okay, launch a sudden attack, quickly kill Yuuto Matsunai, then go home and set Hiratate-san's watch back to the accurate time, and completely feel at ease.
Of course, it doesn't matter even if you fail that night, as long as you have the patience to look for opportunities, Matsuuchi Yuuto is almost certain to die.
Your wife is also your accomplice. When Hirakate-san came, he just pretended to call and order takeout. It was also fake to order takeout. Even according to your personality, you prepared audio tapes in advance, simulated knocking on the door, and the takeout clerk
The conversation with my wife was actually about food. Before you went home, your wife had just heated up the takeout the day before. It was only after nine o'clock. She called Yang Wanwu again and ordered it again. She stayed early.
Got it directly at the door.
Well, the Yang Wanwu restaurant is okay. The main emphasis of mutton dishes is tenderness and freshness, but Hiratate-san said it was salty and fresh. Maybe the mutton is a bit old and your wife heated it a little too long."
When Takeshi Nanahara said this, he looked at the expression on Uchii Tatsuo's face and said: "Of course, I also know that you can do it more perfectly. You chose such a simple and direct alibi just because you have confidence.
It will not be the main target of police suspicion. After all, the flaws in the painting are really small. I have been looking for it for more than a day. You need an alibi just because you don’t want the police to interfere with your preparations for the auction. After all, if the auction fails, you
You will go bankrupt, which is no different than being arrested.
And at this moment, you really should be arrested. Before he died, Yuuto Matsunai pointed to the sky, intending to point to the constellation Ophiuchus. At that time, his throat was cut, he could not speak any words, his consciousness was also blurred, and he could not think of any other way.
I want to identify you, but I really want to identify you. I can only hope that someone can use this clue to find his collection of books, and then find you and the "Okinoshima Four Scrolls" that he has just come into contact with, and then lock your suspicion, that is
The time was wrong, so everyone looked at the starry sky and became confused, thinking of monsters."
At this point, Takeshi Nanahara had finished speaking. He paused for a while and reminded softly: "Okay, Uchii-san, it's your turn to speak. I don't think you need me to discuss boring things like evidence with you. That's right."
It really doesn't matter to you, just admit defeat happily, you almost won, but you didn't, it was me who won."
The basement was silent for a long time. Uchii Tatsuo slowly walked towards "Okinoshima Four Scrolls", stretched out his hand to touch it, and said calmly: "Five million yen."
Takeshi Nanahara did not answer, but Qingjian Liuli was stunned for a moment and asked strangely: "5 million yen... what does it mean?"
Tatsuo Uchii didn't even look at Ruri clearly, he just carefully stroked the "Okinoshima Four Scrolls", feeling the wonderful touch of the carefully crafted work, and said in a calm tone: "This is the first time I paid Matsuuchi Yu
The number of people, that was all the cash I could squeeze out at that time, and he also promised to help me keep the secret, but it only lasted for one day, and he put forward new conditions. He wanted 25% of the auction price of these four paintings."
At this point, Uchii Tatsuo laughed softly, "He was very tolerant and said that if he could sell more than 400 million yen, he would only need 100 million yen of it, and he would never ask for more.
This secret was taken to the grave, so I also showed him my kindness, looked into his eyes, comforted him, and passed away without causing him much pain."
He continued to stroke the long scroll, with a reluctance in his eyes, as if he was recalling the difficult process of starting a business from scratch, "And I also defeated my fear, insisted on finishing the public exhibition, and continued my original plan, with only a little difference.
...I succeeded just a little bit. I didn’t expect to meet you by surprise, but it’s too early for you to say I won!”
The person he resents the most right now is Takeshi Nanabahara, followed by the counterfeiter, and Yuuto Matsunai can only be ranked third.
It proved that "Okinoshima Four Scrolls" was a fake. It was indeed as Takeshi Nanahara said. He was finished. His beautiful life, beautiful house, half-life-long career, and his wife who trusted him wholeheartedly were all finished. In theory, it shouldn't be
Someone can think of so many things at the same time, no one should be able to find such an inconspicuous flaw in such a short period of time, but a high school student appears out of nowhere, as if God wants him to die.
At this point, no matter how determined he was, he still couldn't believe that he still had the possibility of making a comeback. His life was indeed ruined and he became the prey of a high school student. As he spoke, he suddenly pounced to the side. That was
The position that Takeshi Nanahara made so eloquently about just now - even if he becomes the prey, he will leave a few scars on the hunter's body and leave an unforgettable impression on him.
But beyond his expectation, he was stunned for a moment when he jumped out. Takeshi Nanabahara had shrunk to the door without knowing when he saw something wrong. When he saw something was wrong, he turned around and was about to get out of the door. At this time, Qingmi
Liuli was the first to react, and without thinking, she pounced on Uchii Tatsuo and kneed him on the waist, making it impossible for him to pursue that bitch Takeshi Nanaihara.
After she had finished beating the man, she realized that Uchii Tatsuo was trying to fight a trapped beast. She subconsciously pressed down with her small hand, three points of force was better than ten points of force. She suppressed Uchii Tatsuo's instinct to fight back and rushed directly into his inner circle.
The fingers punched heavily on his chest and abdomen diaphragm, forcing him to stop breathing for a moment and unable to gather his strength. Then, relying on the fleshy pads at the bottom of his palms, he directly launched the decisive move. His beautiful big eyes were as bright as cold stars, and they were all full of energy.
He went forward without hesitation, exhaled and said the word "death", which made the basement buzz. Then he hit Uchii Tatsuo with all his strength from bottom to top on the chin, knocking him upside down and almost causing a concussion to his brain.
coma.
Well, Uchii Tatsuo's physical fitness is not weak, but he is too unlucky. He only has Takeshi Nanabahara in his eyes. He is completely unprepared for Qingmi Ruri, a high school girl who looks delicate and weak. She is attacked from the side at the first moment.
He got the upper hand and was beaten so hard that he couldn't fight back and just knelt down.
"asshole!"
At this time, Okuno Taiji and Hidakaji also rushed up, yelling and shouting, they knocked Uchii Tatsuo down, took out the handcuffs and handcuffed him, successfully arresting the murderer of the "Bonga Murder Incident".
At the same time, the bank representative's face turned pale, he covered his heart and fell limply to the ground, leaving a lot of chicken feathers on the ground. I don't know if he will pursue Qingmi Ruri afterward. Qingmi Ruri's scream scared him to the point of having a heart attack.