In Tangcao Town, Hugo and Bilan walked happily as if on an outing.
When the case is successfully solved, it is the happiest moment for the detective and his assistant. Especially this time Bilan saw through the prisoner's trick on her own, which made this happiness even higher.
However, the detective next to the assistant was suddenly disturbed by the ringing of the phone.
The ringtone was as harsh as metal friction, and it also had a somewhat mysterious and illusory feeling, like the roar of some unknown creature, but no matter how you associated it, it couldn't be called pleasant, and I don't know why the detective thought of this strange sound. incoming call.
Seeing the caller's note, Hugo asked Bilan to stay away, so the assistant could only watch the detective whispering to the other end of the phone from a distance.
When the detective returned from the call, Bilan suddenly discovered that the detective's aura at this time was completely different from before. He looked as if he was facing a formidable enemy, as powerful as a mosquito-repellent frog after using only its "abdominal drum".
Hugo looked serious, stared into the girl's eyes and said: "The Qibao City Museum was robbed, and a large number of ancient cultural relics were missing. It was obviously the work of Plasma Group. For various reasons, I have to rush to Qibao City immediately to assist the local police. ——”
"I want to go with you! Don't worry, I won't hold you back." Bilan immediately raised her arms and volunteered, "Do you need a Pokémon that can fly?" I can ask someone to send it over right away. "
When the overly enthusiastic assistant mentioned the "flying technique", the detective's serious face trembled, and then he decisively refused: "No, it will be faster if the train goes directly, and you can also take a little rest in the car."
Before boarding the train with a black ticket, Hugo bought a newspaper at the station. Since it was a morning newspaper, most of it contained yesterday's news.
Hugo quickly turned to the cultural section of the newspaper and immediately found the information he needed. A striking headline took up a large amount of space - "First Exhibition in Twenty Years!" The founding stone of United States! 》.
"Is the national treasure mentioned in the newspaper the cultural relic that was stolen this time?" Bi Lan asked the detective as she sat down on the train.
The founding stone in the newspaper was dark and strangely shaped, barely round, and did not have much mythical flavor. It gave the impression that it was just an ordinary spherical stone.
"To be precise, it is one of the stolen cultural relics. Also stolen were many fossils of ancient Pokémon, some ancient stone slabs whose meanings have not yet been identified, and a stone given to the Seven Treasures Museum by the Hoenn Alliance as a gift. Alien meteorites...the value of each of these items is no less than the national jewel."
Hugo rubbed his forehead, as if he had a severe headache.
"The newspaper said that the stone was the remains left behind after the death of Zekrom, the black dragon who founded the country. Could it be an item that can summon legendary Pokémon?"
Bilan asked, pointing to the article in the morning newspaper. From her tone, it seemed that she was not surprised that such a terrible incident might happen.
"That prop is irrelevant." Hugo said without hesitation, "Because I felt that the stone might become a target of the plasma group, and I had dealt with it safely with the relevant people."
"Safe disposal?"
"It's the anti-theft system. I think according to the anti-theft plan I provided to the Qibao Museum, the stone should be absolutely safe. But I can't guarantee the other exhibits."
"So." The girl then asked: "Is it the person from the Plasma Group who robbed the Qibao City Museum this time? But museums usually have security guards. How did they do it?"
"I was not told the details on the phone. The details will be discussed at the scene, but I always have the feeling that the case will be very difficult to end."
"How to say?"
"The Qibao City Museum at that time had at least one gym trainer and one Unova King stationed there, but it was still robbed."
"Huh?" Bi Lan was stunned, "You're not joking, are you?"
Hugo shook his head with a serious expression, not joking at all.
"You may not know the details when you first come to the Hezhong area. In fact, the leader of the Qibao City Gym, Aloe Vera, is also the director of the local museum, so the Qibao City Museum and the Qibao Gym are connected to each other. During the period when this kind of precious cultural relics are on display , Aloe Vera must be stationed there.”
The detective pointed to the photo of the owner of the Qibao Pavilion in the newspaper to support his statement.
"The gym leader has an almost constant supply of reserve spirits in the gym. It's like having an exclusive arsenal. It's definitely no small feat to defeat Aloe's opponent in that kind of place."
"Then what happened to that king?" Bilan looked at the detective in confusion, "How did you know that there was a trainer of the king level in Qibao City at that time?"
Hugo thought for a moment and decided to reveal part of the truth to his assistant——
"When Douzi and I took the train to Tangcao Town, we met the evil king of Hezhong, Yueju, in the first-class carriage. At that time, he seemed to be going to perform some mission, and his destination was Qibao City, where this case took place - ah Ah, I should have thought of it earlier, he was going to be the guard of those ancient cultural relics at that time."
"So the Plasma Team has the combat power to rival a King-level trainer?" the assistant made a natural inference.
A somewhat embarrassed look appeared on Hugo's face for a moment: "No, for some reason, that king is temporarily unable to take action with all his strength. In fact, the call just now was made by Yueju, who called me for help. He hoped to have some help. A detective acts as a police facilitator to recover cultural relics."
After all, that person is trying to infiltrate the enemy as an undercover agent. If the robbers of the Plasma Group are given a hard lesson at this time, it will be a bit difficult for the subsequent plan to unfold.
However, he couldn't just let the plasma group do whatever he wanted. In desperation, Huckleberry remembered the business card he had put in his pocket earlier. Written on it was the contact information of the Hugo Detective Agency.
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There are only two short stops between Tangcao Town and Qibao City, and the time spent traveling is indeed about the same as the "Flying Technique".
Hugo got off the car and went straight to the Qibao Museum. As expected, he saw a large group of police officers milling around like ants on a hot pot.
The detective found Miss Junsha, who was the leader in the crowd, and took the initiative to step forward and identify herself: "Excuse me, I am Hugo from Feiyun City. I am a detective invited by the deputy director Mr. Mu Li. Please let me enter the library to see you. As soon as I meet the client.”
The police officer in front of me was almost exactly the same as Junsha from Feiyun City, but she seemed to be older. She showed a surprised expression: "Hugo... I seem to have heard of you, but do you have anything to prove your identity? ?”
"This is a photo of the detective agency's business license, and this is the alliance ID card... In addition, you can also call Mr. Muli or Junsha in Feiyun City. But time is urgent now. Can you let me enter the museum first?"
As an amateur detective, Hugo seemed to be very self-aware, and he expertly listed various documents to prove his identity, as if he had repeated this action countless times.
"By the way, this is my assistant Bilan. I can vouch for her identity, and please let her go with me."
Junsha was intimidated by Hugo's professionalism. After a brief briefing with the other end of the intercom, she let the two of them into the museum.
"Do you have those documents with you at all times?" Bi Lan couldn't help but asked curiously.
"It doesn't take up much space if you keep it in a folder, so I usually take a set of copies with me when I go out. Oh, by the way, what I just said was actually a lie." Hugo still looked calm and indifferent, but put The assistant lady was very frightened.
"Although I know Deputy Director Mu Li, he hasn't entrusted me with it yet. He just told nonsense for the sake of convenience. But this little lie can be corrected soon."
The detective went straight to the curator's room of the museum, opened the door, and saw a middle-aged man sitting on pins and needles. He wore glasses and had a dangerously high hairline. Compared with the researchers at the Yew Research Institute, this scholar was The temperament is stronger.
However, the scholar looked uneasy at this time. When he saw the detective opening the door, he immediately showed an expression as if he had seen a savior.
"Detective Hugo, it's you! It's great to see you again at this time!"
Seeing the detective, the middle-aged man was startled, then jumped up from his chair happily, and immediately strode forward to hold Hugo's hand——
"You must have seen today's robbery! It was so terrible today. Aloe Vera was attacked by a sudden stranger, the museum's warehouse was looted, and the gymnasium was smashed... I don't know what to do. Okay, now I feel a little relieved when I see you coming. Please be sure to save the collections that were stolen by the robbers! Those are important cultural relics!"
Hugo patted the man on the back, tried his best to calm him down, and introduced to Bilan: "This is Mr. Muli, the deputy director of the Qibao Museum and the husband of the gym leader Aloe. Mr. Muli, this is my assistant. Blue. Forget about these things, is the authentic founding stone still there?"
Muli raised his glasses and rubbed the corners of his eyes to wipe away tears, and said: "Still, still, after listening to your advice, I replaced the stones on display with highly imitated fakes. Although I feel sorry for the tourists who came to visit, But it really came in handy this time. Damn, I should have been more cautious, otherwise this wouldn’t have happened.”
"You have done a good job. All we need to do next is to recover the stolen cultural relics. Please let me meet the curator and Mr. Huckleberry."
The detective said, rolling up the sleeves of his white coat, seemingly ready for a big fight.
