"The last time I came to Feiyun City was a few years ago. It feels like there are more high-rise buildings."
Sinnoh champion Zhulan arranged her long golden hair that was messed up by the wind, steadily stepped off Togekis as a flying mount, and looked at the modern city beside her with some emotion.
The elf ecology in the Hezhu region is completely different from that in his hometown of Sinnoh. The local bean pigeons and kapok balls soar in the sky. Walking alongside humans on the streets are Pokémon such as Yorkie and Shika, which are rare to see in Sinnoh.
The person the Bamboo Orchid Champion is talking to is named Hugo, a private detective.
Detective Hugo was obviously surprised when he saw the Sinnoh champion swooping down from the sky and making his debut.
However, this surprise did not last long. Mr. Detective blocked the cart he was pushing behind him and responded with a polite smile while saying hello.
"Hey, long time no see, Zhulan."
The young detective had messy black hair like an artist, and his appearance was not bad, but the wrinkled white suit jacket he wore was too shabby, giving people a casual and lazy impression.
He apologized to the Sinnoh champion who suddenly appeared: "I have urgent matters at the moment... If you have a commission, can you move to my office and wait for a while?"
"Is it the villa in the city called Yu Qi Di? I've already been there. It seems that you are living well in Hezhong?"
Recalling the courtyard house that looked out of place in the city center and the huge signboard of "Hugo Detective Agency" hanging on the second floor, Zhulan smoothed her blond hair.
She looked at the detective in front of her suspiciously, as if she felt that he was a little guilty?
"The gardener lady named Reina at the door told me that at this time every week, you would sneak into a certain deep alley in the city, so I came here to take a look, but I didn't expect to meet you on the road. Are you busy with some detective work? ?"
"Uh... I guess. The firm's business is still booming. After all, there are many rich people here, and the private detective industry is still a blue ocean."
Intimidated by the champion's aura, Hugo unconsciously took a step back, but bumped into the trolley hidden behind him.
The things wrapped in white cloth in the cart rolled and hit the iron frame, making a dull sound.
Zhulan's eyes became sharp: "Hugo, can you let me see what's covered under the white cloth in the cart?"
Hugo wanted to shake his head, but Zhulan glared at him.
"How about this, let's make a deal." The detective said in a hurry, "I can show you what's inside. In exchange, you have to listen to my explanation patiently."
The Sinnoh champion stared at the uneasy detective for a moment, then finally nodded.
If Hugo was granted amnesty, he looked around and found a green bush with good hiding effect, so he pushed the cart in.
Following the detective, the Bamboo Orchid Champion held down the Poké Ball on his waist and put his finger on the switch.
She had already vaguely guessed what was wrapped in the white cloth, because as the cart swayed, a faint smell began to emit from the frame—the smell of blood.
"Please don't be too surprised, this is just a corpse."
With Zhulan's personal promise, the detective is no longer cautious. Like a magician, he lifted up the white cloth and revealed what was underneath.
But the only audience couldn't be happy at all.
An unrecognizable corpse of a sentry rat was displayed in front of Zhulan. Its back was covered with bloody whip marks. The bloody smell was released all of a sudden and spread hopelessly around.
Just when the atmosphere was getting extremely bad, an inappropriate electronic sound suddenly sounded, and a cell phone Rotom flew out from Zhulan's black coat, reporting the information of the Pokémon in front of it like an old-fashioned Pokémon illustration——
"Sentinel Rat, the evolved form of Exploration Rat, is a common creature in the Unova area. Sentry Rat is cautious and can see its surroundings clearly even in the dark. It is a veritable alert Pokémon... Oh my God, Lotto. !What’s wrong with this sentry rat! Rotom can’t understand the situation in front of him!”
Obviously, the alert Pokémon in front of him had become a corpse, lying on the cart without warning.
The remains cannot be considered peaceful and peaceful, they can only be described as horrific.
"Rotom, lower your voice and listen to this man's excuses first."
The Sinnoh champion still had his finger on the button of the Poke Ball and continued to wait for Hugo's explanation.
"Zhulan, you actually came at the right time. This is the moment to witness history."
The detective young man looked like he was not ashamed but proud, and raised his hand next to the corpse——
"Identification of the time of death has always been a difficult problem in the field of autopsy. The key is to determine the time of death by analyzing the differences before and after the death of the creature. Unfortunately, in the presumption of death of Pokémon, the body temperatures of different Pokémon vary greatly, and the moves they drive will also It greatly disrupts the process of body changes after death - so for a long time, it has been difficult to make such inferences accurately to the hour."
"Rotom, is he telling the truth?"
Zhulan's voice was cold, and she did not turn to Rotom when asking questions. She just stared at Hugo, ready to bring the errant detective to justice at any time.
"The forensic information is accurate Lotto, what the hell is going on..."
"I can solve problems that cannot be solved by existing theories!" The detective loudly interrupted Rotom's inquiry and continued to talk about his research——
"I thought of a wonderful theory to solve the problem of death time estimation, and that is attribute resistance!"
"Attribute resistance? Rotom can't understand." The red mobile phone flew in the air, and it circled Hugo, as if trying to find the answer to the question from the detective, but it still failed.
Hugo was like a teacher, explaining in detail——
"The power of fire-type moves attacking water-type Pokémon will be halved - this is resistance. The latest research shows that the resistance phenomenon will be greatly weakened on the corpse of the Pokémon after death, until it approaches a certain level. a tiny ratio.
"Based on the experimental research done by previous people, we can get a rule: after the death of a Pokémon, the resistance will be lost on the corpse - the trauma caused by the same strength of the attack will become greater and greater. If the corpse is removed every time After calculating the resistance in each period, we will see a function curve that first decreases sharply and then levels off, approaching zero more and more.
"This phenomenon is valid for all corpses. Whether it is a flaming horse wrapped in flame fur or an ice ghost guard made of ice, we can determine the moment of their death by measuring the resistance left behind!
"If this method is used in the field of autopsy, as long as the police forensics department can conduct a resistance test on the Pokémon remains left at the scene, the death moment of the strange Pokémon can be estimated accurately to the second! This will be an absence of evidence. A revolutionary breakthrough in the field of proof presumption!”
Talking about his research results, Hugo couldn't help but raise his arms proudly.
Rotom on the side seemed to have forgotten the situation in front of him, and his mouth made of data opened wide: "The theory is completely feasible! There is no similar research in the existing information database! It is indeed a great discovery of Rotom!"
Only the champion still looked cold - the research mentioned by the detective obviously had no connection with the corpse of the sentry rat in front of him.
The detective had no choice but to clear his throat and continued: "Unfortunately, my research is still missing an important piece of the puzzle. Because general attributes do not have any attribute resistance. We can use the insect type to measure the flying type, and the poison type to measure the flying type. To measure the ghost element, use the ice element to measure the ice element itself - but there is no way to measure the resistance of the general element, because this attribute has no resistance at all.
"A question worth pondering arises: As we all know, human force is often ineffective against Pokémon. So, will attacks that do not contain Pokémon's power be resisted by the resistance in Pokémon's body? ? So, I started testing whether the effectiveness of the whip would be reduced when it came into contact with the sentry rat carcass, and that's how you saw it."
Zhulan nodded slightly, indicating that she understood the theory, and then looked into Hugo's eyes and asked calmly -
"So you murdered a sentry rat for the sake of scientific advancement in the field of autopsy?"
Only then did the detective notice the expression of the tall blond woman in front of him - she kept a stiff smile on her lips and her eyebrows were knitted together. It was obvious that her tolerance had almost reached its limit.
The roar of a dragon biting a land shark vaguely echoed in my ears...
"Don't forget the promise you just made! Please let me explain clearly!" Hugo quickly lowered his head and begged.
