With the assistance of the police, Hugo used the steel bars he picked up as a crowbar to open a crack in the floor directly below the display cabinet. Then the police elves dug up a whole piece of cement from the floor.
The excavated cement was a cubic device half as tall as a man. The detective unplugged the wires connected to the cube and showed the back to everyone——
"The stone inside this small hole is what we call the Founding Stone, and it is also the real target of the plasma group's robbery. The reason why it can project its own image upward is because the light source and mirror are set up in this square. When the museum is on display, the installation will project the pattern of the real founding stone onto the fake through a convex mirror."
"In other words, the person who madly attacked the booth at the end did not actually misplace the treasure, but mistook the direction of the projector?"
Bilan suddenly realized and knocked her hands and said: "That person dug out the projector used to project the commentary sign, so he thought he was being tricked. Who didn't know that there was actually a projector placed in the vertical direction at this location, and he was thinking about it. The dark stone is in there."
"That's right, the logic is very clear." Hugo nodded happily like he was praising a student who has performed well. "As the second principle of hiding says, to hide in the forest, if you want to hide a projector, of course At least two projectors are required.”
"It's really a wonderful anti-theft design." Ms. Aloe paced, circling around the remains of the display cabinet. "So, when we were cleaning up the Plasma Regiment's minions, it was these mysterious tricks that slowed down our strength. The most powerful ninja trio?"
Hugo's face darkened, with a gloomy look on his face: "No, even so, there were still omissions in my anti-theft design, and I almost got caught."
The assistant lady was the first to find it incredible: "How is this possible? No matter what kind of thief comes, it is impossible to break through such an anti-theft facility in one night!"
"There's one more fatal thing."
Hugo, who was dressed in blood and had messy hair, slowly pointed his index finger at himself: "That's me."
Everyone became confused. Only Bilan and Aloe remembered the embarrassed appearance of the detective when he appeared outside the window, and asked almost in unison -
"They want to grab you right away?"
"They want you to hand over the stone directly?"
"Isn't it ironic?" The detective shrugged, "I arranged for the deputy curator Muli who has no combat capability to evacuate in advance, but I didn't expect that I would become a target."
"But outsiders don't know about the anti-theft plan you designed for our museum! How could they target you?" Aloe stared at the detective. She vaguely had an answer in her heart, but she was unwilling and unable to believe it. .
"Alas." Hugo sighed. This should be the moment for the detective to unravel the truth regardless of the situation and consequences.
"At the beginning of the operation tonight, I was surrounded by a group calling themselves the Dark Iron Triangle in the curator's room. They are the top killers raised by the Plasma Group. This morning, it was they who defeated Ms. Aloe Vera and the Vietcong with fewer attacks. Orange King.”
"Although I finally managed to escape with all my means during that siege, I still have doubts about them being able to find me."
Hugo went through the story of his escape and asked crucial questions.
"I think the time of their invasion was too clever, and the other party rushed straight to the curator's room as if they knew all our arrangements. This is simply like..."
"It's like the enemy has planted an inside agent." After hearing the detective's statement, Junsha made a judgment without hesitation.
Hugo nodded, without any relaxed expression on his face, and asked everyone:
"Didn't you notice that there is one less person in tonight's operation?"
Bilan had already seen the truth that was about to come out of the detective's mouth.
Is that man who we had a chance encounter the Plasma Group's undercover agent? She suddenly felt that the night air was so cold, and the distance between everyone present was so far away.
"You mean, that person is... the person who was supposed to be... the last resort... Mr. Huckleberry?"
A dry questioning voice came from Ms. Aloe Vera's throat. For the first time in so many years after becoming the leader of the gym, she tasted cognitive collapse.
"When I broke out, I used the location of the Founding Stone as a threat and asked those people the same question as Ms. Aloe Vera."
Hugo's voice was as calm as ever, and it only made people shudder at this moment.
"The other party's answer is yes - this shows that King Cranberry betrayed us and leaked the museum's battle plan to the Plasma Group. As a gambler, he chose to place his chips opposite the United Alliance, which is Plasma. That side of the regiment.”
"Hugo, please at least don't make it public in front of so many people... ugh!"
Junsha wanted Hugo to hide the matter for the time being, but she finally gave up. Her words turned into a heavy sigh, because she had seen the faces of her colleagues around her looking at each other in confusion.
The damage is done and cannot be undone.
What's more, the evil king who has never seen the dragon has not shown up yet. He is using indifferent silence to confirm his betrayal, and his suspicion is growing every minute.
"Could Master Huckleberry really be... from over there?"
"I heard that he used to be an evil gambler... That's why he is good at getting along with evil Pokémon."
"I heard that what gamblers are best at is hedging their bets..."
——The police officers began to whisper among themselves.
The betrayal of a king trainer would be a fatal blow to the alliance's prestige, and the civil servants within the system were particularly keen on this. Hugo saw the policemen's anxiety at this moment, just like an insect-type Pokémon shivering before a typhoon due to its "danger sensing" characteristic.
"shut up!"
A clear girl's voice penetrated the discussion and resounded throughout the hall.
"Mr. Huckleberry is definitely not such a person. Detective Hugo, what you said is only true. Why should we believe you? Mr. Huckleberry must have been delayed at the museum due to other important matters. Maybe at this time, While the detective is talking about him, Mr. Huckleberry is still fighting the enemy. Why do you slander our king without any evidence? "
The girl who angrily scolded the detective was the high school girl Hugo had met on the train. The girl from Fukiyose High School joined the battle as a gym trainer at the Shippo Gym.
Apart from Hugo and Aloe, she was the only one who was an acquaintance of Huckleberry. On the train, Huckleberry seemed to have good intentions and played doubles with the little girl to earn travel expenses. If you ask anyone present who is least willing to believe that Huckleberry is a traitor, it must be her.
"Although I am a detective, I don't want to arrive at the scene only after the case occurs." Hugo looked into the girl's eyes and explained.
"All I know is that Mr. Huckleberry disappeared after we held a combat meeting, and then the enemy predicted our actions and told me that the king was a traitor - and there was no need for them to lie."
"I don't believe it!" the girl said loudly and firmly, "Mr. Cranberry is a good man, and there must be a reason for what he does..."
However, at this time, another girl's voice suddenly sounded: "Ibrahimovic, "Iron Tail"! "
The tail of Eevee, which was originally lying on Azure's shoulder, turned into a steel blade and hit the air above the detective's head.
There was a clang and an unpleasant sound of metal friction erupted. Ibrahimovic screamed and was knocked far away.
Only then did everyone see a Pokémon covered in armor and looking like a warrior falling from a large hole in the ceiling.
"It's Commander Bi Zhan. The Dark Triangle is back again." Aloe Vera, who had experience in fighting, immediately warned everyone and sent out the long-haired dog at the same time.
However, the gym leader immediately changed his mind: "No, that's not right, it's not that one, it's..."
Seeing the wavering of the master of Qibao Gym, Junsha immediately understood the meaning of the other party's words. She gritted her teeth, turned around and shouted at her subordinates: "That's the main elf of King Cranberry! He came to snatch the founding of the country in person. Shit! Hurry up and protect Hugo!"
Mr. Dark Knight started to act. Originally, there was no such link. He was really a man who liked to add drama... Hugo watched everything in front of him silently, letting the police surround him, still holding the instrument containing the founding of the country in his arms. Stone cube.
Opposite the detective, the girl who was a gym trainer looked at the commander of the attack who was showing off his ferocious power in a dazed manner, with a look of disillusionment and despair, and tears already filled the corners of her eyes.
Who came up with such an evil plan... Looking at the tearful girl, Hugo tried hard to appear happy, but unfortunately he still failed.
In the unknown darkness, the detective shouted to the police officers with a strange expression that looked like he was smiling but not crying——
"The huckleberry is on the ceiling. He has been hiding on the roof just now and eavesdropping on our conversation! Hurry up and separate a team to catch him!"
The first bucket of dirty water has been poured out, it just depends on how it will develop in the future.
