"Madam, these are several affair investigation reports you commissioned. I am glad that there is no real cheating in them. The indecent photos that blackmailed the wife's husband have been confirmed to be forged by computers. There are two parts in the photos. There are obvious traces of splicing; the rumor that the lady's fiancé had a lover is not true. During the time when the two were rumored to be hanging out, he had a definite alibi in the company; and the gentleman and the lady were just socializing normally. Contact, this scanned document can prove that they only have business contacts, the gentleman stayed up all night, and the lady had already taken a plane to other towns..."
In Luzi Town, Douzi's home, Douzi, the daughter, was left alone, while the detective and his wife were whispering suspiciously.
"...and the person you care about in particular, I guarantee with my career that he has never done anything sorry to you while he is away from home. This is his recent timetable and the list of women he has been in contact with... You can rest assured that all these evidences were obtained legally and it is impossible for anyone to discover them during the investigation..."
"Mr. Detective is really reliable. When Douzi just spent a lot of money to buy the mansion in Yuqi Mansion, I thought she had acquired some bad assets. But since the capable Mr. Detective chose that place as the location for his office, I You don’t have to worry about not being able to collect the rent anymore.” Douzi’s mother happily covered her mouth and smiled.
The daughter complained loudly and unhappily: "Mom, when did you get on such a good terms with Hugo? Did you secretly entrust him to investigate some shady matter again? Hey! Don't blatantly spend money in front of me. The settlement entrustment fee is included!”
Ever since Douzi made a lot of money from competitions, her mother naturally entered the social circle of ladies in the Hezhong area. As a young girl, she had been a good dancer in the group of Pokémon trainers, and she soon became a member of the upper class of the rich. A lot of connections have been accumulated in the society.
Since meeting Hugo, this lady has taken on the role of the emotional know-it-all in the social circle on her own initiative. Her catchphrase is "Leave this matter to me, I know a very good detective." As a result, it brought a lot of commissions.
As the middleman, of course the wife herself also gets a generous commission.
In the living room of Douzi's house, Hugo counted the banknotes with satisfaction, and did not shy away from Douzi, boasting: "If there are any similar cheating investigations, leave them all to me. Some people say that women in love are the best detectives, but intuition After all, speculation cannot compare to solid evidence. Finding a professional detective to investigate is definitely the best way to reassure the ladies. And I am the best detective in the Hezhong area, so please feel free to trust me! Hugo The detective agency can definitely investigate the truth of the cheating within the legal scope as quickly as possible, accurately and without leaving any traces."
"Please don't be too proud of your tracking and eavesdropping skills." Douzi reminded angrily, "I remember that you are going to the Yew Research Institute early tomorrow morning to investigate. If you go to our house early, it will be difficult to open and live in it. Rest in the guest room.”
Douzi's mother suddenly became interested, blinked and added: "Dr. Yew is my mother's old friend. I also know everything about the surroundings of Luzi Town. What do you want to investigate? Maybe I can help. help."
Hugo and Douzi looked at each other, and the latter sighed helplessly, and had no choice but to tell his mother about the strange fact that sixty consecutive trainers in the institute chose water otters as their initial partners.
"I think this is quite normal." Douzi's mother didn't realize the weirdness of the matter at all, but said surprisingly, "Look at how cute the water otter is. I really like the self-righteous and clumsy look of the water otter."
"But that's more than 60 people in a row! Hugo and I both think it's probably not a matter of preference, there's definitely someone behind it!"
"That's right, but if it's not a coincidence, my mother can't think of any way to make people choose the otter." The mother shook her head regretfully.
The detective suddenly said: "Madam, do you know all the staff at the Yew Research Institute?"
Douzi's ears perked up. Could it be that Hugo had narrowed down the scope of suspects to internal members of the institute?
"We know each other. In addition to her, Dr. Yew's research institute also has three permanent graduate assistants and another scholar who studies elf ecology. Almost everyone living in Luzi Town knows them."
"Do you have any deep impression on the four of them?"
"Let me think about it...the scholar uncle is a bit reclusive and I don't meet him very often, but I am quite familiar with the other three student assistants."
She probably felt that she was useful in the investigation, Douzi's mother said happily.
"These three students are all boys. One of them is named Matsubara. He is the second son of a wealthy family. He seems to regard the work of the institute as a hobby and is a bit cynical. One of them is named Yamashita and he is an assistant. The most cheerful one among them is very good at cultivating elves; there is also one named Furuya, who is the weakest person in the research institute and is often scolded by Yew for being careless, but he doesn’t seem like someone who will do bad things.”
"So madam, if the water otters are collected by trainers in large quantities, is it possible for any of these four people to make a profit?" Hugo asked while taking notes.
The lady shook her head subconsciously, and felt that this seemed to be a disgrace to the detective, so she had to rack her brains for a while, and then she said: "Let's talk about it. The Matsubara family seems to be running a certain water conservancy project, and maybe there happen to be water otters there. The habitat is so large that you can come into contact with a lot of otters, right? Could it be that Matsubara deliberately gave the otters to the trainers to help his family’s business?”
Hugo listened carefully to the information provided by Douzi's mother, nodding his head like a pheasant pecking at rice, but there was already a huge question mark on this guess in his heart.
As the second son of a family, Matsubara is not the direct heir to the family business. In his case, he should not have the ambition to risk developing the water otter market.
"This person Yamashita may also be the murderer who committed this strange case." Douzi, who was listening while eating snacks at home, suddenly interjected, "He should like to cultivate Pokémon very much, right? He must be unwilling to cultivate the initial ones he cultivated. Pokémon were handed over to rookie trainers with unknown origins, so they used some kind of trick to make all the newcomers choose water otters.”
"Isn't this right? Didn't he also cultivate the water otter? Why was he willing to let the otter leave with people?" the detective immediately choked.
Dou Zi was at a loss for words, while her mother continued to analyze the possibility that Furuya was the final winner——
"Furuya must have resonated with the otter on this point of carelessness, so he became a loyal believer in the otter. He may often promote the benefits of the otter to every trainer who comes. In the impact of this behavior Naturally, people who come to this city to receive Pokémon will tend to receive Otters, right?"
"Uh..." Hugo asked awkwardly, "You just said that Furuya often promotes the benefits of water otters to trainers, right? But those novice trainers don't have obvious identity marks. He should tell everyone who has never seen it before It's better to talk to a new face. So have you ever witnessed such a scene?"
"Never." Douzi and her mother replied in unison.
Hugo looked at the mother and daughter with a headache as they made wild guesses. The mother and daughter are really alike in every sense of the word.
