Junsha used the walkie-talkie to contact her subordinates and inform them that they were here to hand over the trash can for follow-up investigation.
Meanwhile, the detective begins to lay out his reasoning.
"You have two misunderstandings about this case."
Hugo seemed to be in a good mood. He threw away the empty gasoline bottle as an important evidence in his hand and talked to the police officer... Such dangerous behavior made Junsha's eyelids jump.
"First of all, there is no doubt that the deceased at the sewer exit was deliberately murdered. From the fact that the other party prepared gasoline for burning the body in advance, it can be known that the prisoner had already anticipated the death of the victim. As for gasoline, in fact, there was residue on the corpse at the scene There is a faint smell of gasoline, and the burning caused by Pokémon moves generally does not have a peculiar smell. The only explanation for this is that the trainer brought his own gasoline as fuel."
Junsha then remembered the scene when Hugo was lying on the ground face to face with the deceased. It turned out that he was trying to confirm the smell on the burnt corpse.
"But why do you think that the deceased did not die in the Pokémon battle? The trainer died in a battle accident, and then the opponent bought gasoline to destroy the body and eliminate traces. There is still a possibility. Other moves of the pig, such as "Push" Powerful moves such as "Slam", "Vicious Pursuit" or "Double-edged Head Hammer" may also be the cause of death of the victimized gangster. "
"This involves a key question, and it is also the second misunderstanding you have entered - why did the murderer burn the body?"
"We initially thought that an accident during the battle caused the Chao Chao Pig to go berserk..." Junsha recalled, "but this inference has been overturned by new evidence. The burning of the corpse was actually the work of the escaped trainer... Could it be that he was doing it for To eliminate the traces left behind and extend the escape time, did you prepare the gasoline?"
"There is a contradiction in this explanation," Hugo said. "If the murderer wanted to hide himself by erasing information from the dead, he wouldn't have burned the body with flames because that would have drawn the police's attention directly to the person who owned the fire Pokémon. Sorry for that. This is very unwise for a pig trainer."
The detective pointed his hand in the direction of the crime scene: "The corpse burning site is at the entrance of the sewer. If the murderer really wanted to disrupt the search, he could have thrown the corpse that was injured and died from the Pokémon battle into the sewer where it would never see the light of day. In this way, Come, when the body is discovered and fished out, the police will face a body with an unknown time of death, and the cause of death is an attack that any Pokémon can use. In this case, the image of the murderer will be even more difficult to confirm."
"There is such a contradiction before us - why did the murderer burn the corpse to hide himself and at the same time reveal that he was holding a fire Pokémon?" Hugo raised the gasoline bottle and asked the question.
"Could this be the prisoner's negligence? Maybe he simply believed that burning corpses would be beneficial to him, and he didn't think about these complicated reasons?" Jun Sha asked casually.
"A good guess. There are stupidities and accidents in any crime." The detective praised and then shook his head, "But this kind of stupidity is unlikely to occur in the preparation stage of the crime."
Hugo finally put away the gasoline bottle, spread his hands, and explained like a criminology lecturer in a police school:
"In the vast majority of murder cases, there are only two ultimate goals for criminals - to commit a crime and to escape from guilt. The former is the breakdown of rationality. The murderer has lost something that supports his humanity and commits murder driven by murderous intent. It is a serious crime; the latter is the return of rationality. The murderer hopes to escape the crime and once again put on the appearance of civilization and return to daily life——
"If a murderer begins to plan his escape while conceiving how to commit a crime, it shows that he is planning the murder in a relatively rational state. Therefore, in cases of deliberate murder, at least in the preparation stage of the crime, the criminal's All actions have a specific purpose and reason.”
"So what is his real purpose?" Junsha looked forward to the detective's answer.
"Reconstruct the scene! The murderer completely disrupted all the evidence left at the crime scene to mislead the police in their investigation."
The detective's tone was extremely certain.
"Please think back to the calls you received to report the crime. Anonymous calls, witnesses by chance, being able to accurately determine the spirits and identities of the two combatants while watching remotely, calling the police using public emergency telephones that are almost extinct in this era without using mobile phones... these With all the strange factors combined, do you really think this is a simple call to the police?"
Junsha exclaimed: "You mean, that call to the police was actually made by the murderer himself?"
"That's obvious." The detective nodded.
"A well-intentioned passerby who had nothing to do with the case would never make a call to the police in that way. And the only person at the crime scene who had the ability to make such a call was the murderer."
Ignoring Junsha's surprised expression, Hugo continued to express his opinion——
"Your previous understanding of the case was completely based on the lies of the real murderer. Therefore, now, the identity of the deceased, the Pokémon held, and the conditions at the scene should all be overturned and re-based on conclusive evidence. to reason.”
"Speaking of conclusive evidence, what we have found so far is an unknown charred corpse, traces of battle at the scene, empty gasoline bottles, and a Poké Ball containing a comatose pig..." The police officer thought hard, "By the way, there are also... Send Cool Leopard to the hospital!”
"Don't forget, there is also the police call made by the murderer himself. Lies also contain truth." Hugo reminded.
"Well..." Junsha took out the notebook she carried with her from the pocket of her police uniform and began to draw a schematic diagram like a bible.
The police officer struck a dark stick figure with a pen and said hesitantly——
"It can be seen from the condition of the body that the murderer prepared gasoline in advance and burned the body after the victim died. But this was not to delay his own escape, but to disguise the scene as a battle accident... By the way, Hugo, Do you think that in addition to this, did the murderer have a secondary purpose, such as to hide the true identity of the deceased? I previously identified the deceased as a gangster because the identity of both parties was stated in the call to the police, so I haven’t responded to this yet. Directional thinking.”
"Very good, you have completely gotten rid of the misunderstanding in your thinking. If you can achieve this step, the police officer is already qualified for the position of the criminal department." Hugo praised from the bottom of his heart.
"It's such a pity that you are not the chief of the police department, otherwise I would have been transferred to the criminal department where overtime is the most serious."
Junsha put aside the detective's approval perfunctorily and made a big circle on the "identity of the deceased" marked next to the stick figure.
"And since you already know everything, don't be pretentious here and answer it quickly! I didn't invite you, a detective, to teach me a lesson."
Hugo scratched his black hair with some embarrassment: "My reasoning here is still a step behind. Although I can talk about some detective industry slang such as tactics, motives, and tricks at length, it will not be of much help in arresting the criminal. Now it turns out that it is a waste of time. . If Miss Junsha can summarize some of the situation at the scene, maybe she can give me some inspiration."
Junsha glanced at the ineffective detective with disdain, and then continued to sort out the information——
"Then the second clue is that there are traces of battle at the scene. In addition to the charred parts of the body, there are still several traces of flames. We can assume that this is caused by the action of the fried pig. And the paw prints that also appeared must also be It was caused by Ku Bao, because we checked Ku Bao’s nails before he was sent away, and there was dirt from the ground inside, and there were also flame scars on his skin..."
"The inspection of the scene has been completed. The two elves have undoubtedly fought against each other." Hugo nodded.
"Empty gasoline bottle. You have already said this. Its existence shows that the murderer has long had the idea of killing people and burning their bodies. We will not discuss it again...Then the fourth item is the stir-fried pig in the trash can. Why is it unconscious? It will be thrown into the trash can by the murderer - it is clearly the murderer himself who harbors murderous intentions, why would he abandon his accomplices in the crime?"
At the fourth clue, Junsha's reasoning has reached an impasse.
"There must be a reason why the murderer had to throw it away. Moreover, the existence of this elf ball also served as a distraction. Just now you almost looked at the elf ball and missed the gasoline bottle, right?" the detective interjected.
Junsha was speechless for a moment and wrote down the entry "had to be discarded" in her notebook.
"Then there is the unconscious Ku Bao. According to the murderer, this Ku Bao belongs to a gangster. But now all the information on the phone is untrustworthy. We can only assume that Ku Bao belongs to the murderer or one of the dead. side."
"A pretty solid inference." The detective nodded.
"Now the only clue left is the police call. What information does this phone call full of lies contain? Does the real criminal hope that the police will rush to the scene of the crime as soon as possible?"
"Correct!" The detective snapped his fingers: "He is indeed the future chief of the Criminal Division."
"Don't give me a promotion in your fantasies!"
"Your notebook has already recorded all the information needed to solve this case. Now we only need to connect all the clues together, and we will be able to find the truth of the case..."
When Hugo said this, his tone paused as if he thought of something.
The clues are all there.
"What's wrong?" Junsha, who was pondering over her notes, raised her head and asked.
Why were the bodies burned? Why did the murderer call the police? What do the abandoned elves represent? Suddenly, the detective found that the truth was laid out in front of him.
Although the murderer's actions are chaotic and contradictory, if this explanation is followed...
"I think of where the murderer is most likely to go now!"
The murderer is on the run, so Hugo does not elaborate on his reasoning but simply announces the conclusion.
"He's not hiding! He has to go to that place! Hurry, go to the elf center that treats Cool Leopard!"
