"Ladies, please don't get hung up on the minutiae so early."
Seeing the surrounding companions facing the unsolvable double secret room problem, they all showed expressions of frustration. Hugo decided to publish some of his current investigation progress in advance, hoping to boost morale.
"Any kind of secret room in the world can be solved. People leave their voices and traces. As long as the secret room is created, there must be a way to explain the secret room."
Hugo continued his lecture on the Chamber of Secrets, and even began to question the rationality of the existence of the Chamber of Secrets -
"The crime of a locked room itself is a paradox. In reality, people who wish to commit murder do not need to go to great lengths to create a closed space. Unless the criminal wants to disguise the deceased as committing suicide in a locked room, the existence of a locked room is not necessary. It is useless to the murderer. It is obvious that Mr. Greta, who was stabbed in the abdomen by a stone, did not die by suicide."
Finally, Hugo pointed to the room where the crime occurred and said a concluding sentence: "At this time, I can boldly assert that the creation of any secret room, including this secret room case, is the result of the criminal having to report to the crime scene. The product of a compromise of certain qualifications.”
As if she was used to it, Miss Junsha extracted the key words from the detective's eloquent speech: "You mean the murderer had to keep the secret room closed for some reason?"
"It's natural." Hugo nodded. "Even the police didn't know about the existence of cameras downstairs at the beginning, so we won't talk about the outermost secret room for now. The key lies in the secret room in front of us. ——”
The detective took a step to the side and fully displayed the door of the apartment in front of everyone: "Whether the murderer is a human or a Pokémon, he can open the door openly after killing the victim, and then let the entire building The humans and Pokémon in the building became suspects. But the murderer couldn't do that."
"Is it because the murderer wanted to deliberately blame the six hand-held elves of the deceased?" Following the detective's train of thought, Bilan asked her own question.
"This cannot be the reason for building a secret room." Hugo shook his head, "Because even if the door is opened, the six elves who have learned rock skills can still become the prime suspects."
Junsha scratched her dark green hair, and then made some conjecture: "Maybe because the victim was still able to move when he was stabbed by a stone, the murderer deliberately locked the door in order to lock Mr. Greta in the room. "
"Senior, the crime scene is locked from the inside. The criminal who ran out cannot lock the door from the outside..." Sierra reminded carefully.
"Sorry, I didn't think well." The police officer also realized this and admitted her mistake frankly.
At this time, the detective lowered his voice, as if to avoid eavesdropping through the wall, and said to everyone in a slow and deep voice: "Actually, I have a guess."
Then, Hugo gently led everyone to the corner of the corridor away from the door of the crime scene, and then whispered to everyone: "I think the murderer is still hiding in the crime scene, but the hiding method is clever, and the police have not discovered it yet. .”
Junsha, Bilan, and Sera all changed their expressions at the same time, and cold sweat quietly broke out from their backs.
"This is the reason why I have been lingering at the door of the crime scene for a long time. I searched through all kinds of conspiracies about secret room crimes in my brain, but I still can't rule out this most terrifying possibility."
"Senior and I also entered the crime scene in the morning. Was the murderer next to us at that time..." Sera asked the detective gently, but Senior Junsha, whom she respected, was frightened by these words. .
"I'm sorry, but I can't rule it out."
"Then where is the criminal?" Junsha, who had calmed down a little, asked with a frown, "The police have completely investigated the crime scene, and there is no room to hide people."
"What about Pokémon? Is it possible for Pokémon that are small or skilled in mimicry to continue to hide inside the room?"
It was assistant Bi Lan who asked the question, and the detective's reasoning completely opened her mind: "If it is a variety monster in the Kanto area, it can even disguise itself as a vase and hide in the room."
"But the Variety Monster can't use its skills without a target. Where did the rock cone it used to commit crimes come from?" Junsha responded, "At that time, all Greta's elves were in the elf ball, and there was no imitation at the scene. If it's a target, the Variety Monster can't use its skills."
Bilan was speechless, because what Junsha said was absolutely correct. This female police officer who often goes off-line can become the "super detective" of the Criminal Division, not all because of Hugo's help.
Hugo suddenly interjected: "Similarly, Pokémon such as Porygon and Rotom that can escape from the scene through electronic equipment are also unlikely to be murderers because they cannot use rock skills."
"Is there a Pokémon that can use rock skills and is small and easy to hide?" The assistant lady thought to herself, and she suddenly thought of a good idea.
I saw Bilan put the Elf Illustration that she carried with her into silent mode, then opened the Illustration and entered the filtering conditions - "can use rock skills", "height is..."
She suddenly looked towards Officer Junsha and asked, "How small should a Pokémon be that can be hidden at a crime scene without being discovered?"
"Well..." The police officer made a gesture with her hand in the shape of a steamed bun. "If there is such a big Pokémon hidden in an upside-down tea bowl, the forensics department may indeed ignore it. But if it is bigger, It will be very conspicuous.”
"20 centimeters? Then set the filter condition to less than 30 centimeters." Bilan continued to look at the Elf Guide, entered the information, and then clicked the filter button.
The four of them held their breath, waiting for the search results. Even the detective watched the show in front of him with interest.
"Eligible Pokémon include: Gopher, Alolan Gopher, Togepi, Squid, Nudibranch, Screw Gopher, Stone-dwelling Crab, Iron Ant, Tiny Diamond, Small and Ordinary-sized pumpkin spirits, little meteors, and little charcoal boys." Bi Lan read softly.
"Is that all?"
"Are there so many?"
As soon as they finished reading, Miss Junsha and Miss Sera asked completely opposite questions.
"Are the Little Fist Stone and Little Magnemite not on the list?" Junsha asked in confusion.
Bilan answered patiently: "The smallest fist stone is 40 centimeters, and the little magnet can't learn rock skills."
"What kind of rock skills does the pumpkin spirit have?" The question was asked by Sera. The deputy lady stared at the blue eyes curiously.
Bilan glanced at the illustrated book and replied: "It's "rock avalanches". They can be learned through the skill training machine. "
"In addition, the rock-type moves mastered by Togepi and Noplysia on the list are "primitive power", which is inconsistent with the circumstances of the case and can be roughly ruled out. "The assistant lady continued rigorously, "Furthermore, the illustrated book counts "Secret Rock" as a field skill, but not a rock skill. Do I need to search it again? "
"No need." It was Detective Hugo who spoke. "The on-site investigation showed that there is no special mechanism. Under these conditions, the "Secret Rock" cannot cause so much damage. "
Then the detective returned to the door of the secret room, bowed, and apologized to everyone.
"I'm very sorry, but my hesitation has wasted everyone's time. Now it seems that such an unfounded discussion is worse than going directly into the secret room to inspect the relics at the scene. So, please be prepared and remember the elf just now From the list retrieved from the illustrated book, that type of Pokémon is our main suspect. If there are traces of these Pokémon appearing at the scene, please prepare for battle immediately."
Then, without waiting for anyone to respond, the detective took the lead and opened the door to the secret room.
