At first glance, Mr. Greta's apartment looks a little too spacious for a bachelor pad.
Of course, it wasn't Hugo's turn to express his feelings. However, anyone who has observed the traces in the room in front of them can tell that this trainer who is good at sandstorm tactics is not a person who is keen on a refined life.
Compared with the high-end decoration in the apartment, the color tone of furniture such as tables, chairs, and sofas does not match at all. Its main feature is that it is sturdy and durable. When placed in a living room paved with elegant stone floors, it is like a pile of colorful building blocks placed on a high-end dining table.
The windows of the room were closed for some reason. As Junsha once introduced, the window is firmly locked by the window latch from the inside. There's no way a person or elf could escape through the window because then they wouldn't be able to lock the window from the outside.
What is strange is that there is not much dust accumulation in such a room that is neither refined nor ventilated. The residents of the room seem to clean the room frequently. There are also tools for daily cleaning placed in the corner of the living room. It seems that they use them very diligently. .
There seemed to be several rows of books on the shelves on one side of the living room, with other miscellaneous items behind them. From a distance, one can see that there is at least one set of paper versions of the National Elf Illustrated Edition in hard shells on the bookshelf, as well as a large stack of battle-related magazines with monthly subscriptions. Others are filled with a few books of unknown content. However, the location on the bookshelf is very lonely.
The room directly opposite the door is open. It can be seen that the door of the room has been specially widened to allow larger Pokémon to enter and exit freely. The healing equipment used to store Greta's hand-held Pokémon at the time of the incident was placed there. In that room, the quality of the treatment equipment was considered good by household standards.
Hugo wanted to continue reading about the room in front of him, but unfortunately due to the limitations of the viewing angle and indoor layout, he could not see more content for the time being.
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However, contrary to what the detective saw and thought, what was displayed in front of the assistant lady who entered the room was a red room composed of large areas of blood stains.
The floor was covered with unsightly dark red lumps. She already had some knowledge of anatomy and knew that these represented blood that had been left for a certain period of time.
Even though Bilan had gone through the test of the hospital morgue, facing the tragic situation in front of her and the smell of rust and blood lingering on the tip of her nose, the girl's face was still as pale as paper.
"This is the scene of the crime. The stone cone did not hit the area that would cause immediate death, so the victim was still struggling to move after being stabbed through the abdomen, which resulted in such a large area of blood marks."
Officer Junsha's explanatory voice rang in everyone's ears. The two police officers who were still taking notes in the room looked at the group of four people who came in with some surprise. After seeing the detective lady with her deputy, they wisely put down what they were doing. work, leaving the crime scene to the experts in investigation.
Seeing the police officers leaving the secret room closing the door, Detective Hugo couldn't wait to walk towards the depths of the room, while talking to himself——
"I noticed that the deceased's bloody fingerprints were all distributed under the furniture, which shows that the victim was unable to stand up at that time. Junsha, was the deceased's mobile phone found at the crime scene?"
"Yes, there are missed calls from his partner on that table." Junsha replied cooperatively.
"Oh." The detective exhaled from the nose behind the mask, looking like he finally understood: "This explains why the victim struggled for ten minutes but did not try to call the emergency call or call the police - because of the severe pain and From the blood loss, he could no longer reach anything on the table.”
The struggle of a dying person is eminently sympathetic, but there is no point in continuing to imagine such scenes. Hugo stepped on his shoe covers and carefully avoided the bloodstains as he entered the living room and headed straight towards the direction with the most bloodstains.
Bilan raised her white-gloved hand and asked, "I'm very surprised about one thing. Why didn't Mr. Greta leave any traces to suggest the identity of the murderer?"
"Various explanations are possible." Hugo explained without looking back. "Maybe he forgot for a moment due to the severe pain; maybe he was too busy trying to save himself or looking for a mobile phone to make an emergency call, and forgot to identify the person. The murderer; it may also be because he knew the murderer who stabbed the stone cone, but wanted to protect it..."
Without even looking at the human figure surrounded by white lines - that is, the fixed line marking the area where the deceased died - Hugo just followed the movement of the blood stains on the ground and continued -
"But if you go by the conjecture I made before, the most likely explanation is that the deceased himself didn't know how the stone cone appeared. He just stayed at his home and was stabbed in the abdomen inexplicably. He had no clue as to how the incident happened or why he died."
Hugo's footsteps stopped, and he was standing in front of the largest pool of blood in the room.
But the detective then shook his head and muttered to himself while pointing to the pool of blood in front of him.
"This is not the place where the deceased was attacked. The stone awl was not sharp. If you want to stab the deceased, you must push him back a certain distance. In the process, the victim may change direction. This is just the place where he was hit by the stone awl. The place where you get your upper body up for the first time after being knocked to the ground.”
The detective then started looking around again, looking for the spot where the victim had been standing when he was stabbed.
At that time, something was placed in front of Mr. Greta, which launched a deadly and silent attack on him.
The detective's eyes scanned the surrounding objects in turn - a simple computer desk, a kitchen with a dishwasher, a cabinet storing all the certificates, trophies and medals obtained by the trainer, a bookshelf with potted succulents and books, a dining room The square dining table...
Suddenly, the detective had a look of realization on his face and his eyes shone.
"it's here!"
Hugo, who saw something, immediately shouted, ignoring the blood on the ground, and strode straight to the cabinet next to the bookshelf where the trainer's trophies were placed.
"Hey, Hugo -" Seeing the detective trampling on the traces of the scene, Junsha was about to say something to stop him, but she immediately stopped herself. Because she also saw Hugo's gesture behind his back with his index finger and thumb - a full C.
Junsha, Bilan, and Sera looked at each other, and at the same time recalled the guess Hugo had made in front of the door just now, and immediately understood the meaning of the detective's gesture - there are elves ahead, prepare the elf balls!
The ladies held onto the Poké Balls containing their partners without leaving any trace.
It seems that the detective has discovered traces of the Pokémon hidden in the secret room. The murderous Pokémon, which is about 20 to 30 centimeters tall, is currently hiding in the window full of trophies. Hugo, on the other hand, planned to use himself as bait to lure the other party out.
One step, two steps. Hugo came to the cabinet in a blink of an eye and slowly opened the glass in front of the trophy.
The trophies in the cabinet recorded all the honors the deceased had achieved in the battle field during his lifetime, including certificates symbolizing senior trainers, tickets to participate in a certain alliance conference, and brocade boxes containing collected gym badges. , there is also a gold medal representing the winner of the doubles competition...
Among them, the highest award and the heaviest weight is the star trainer trophy certified by the United League versus the Development Zone. The trophy is made of sterling silver, has a classic cup shape, and is the size of a human head.
Hugo grabbed the bottom of this extremely valuable trophy and held it up.
"This trophy has been inspected..."
Before Junsha finished speaking, she saw the detective in a white coat suddenly move like a thug, holding the silver trophy in both hands, like swinging a baseball bat, twisting around and hitting something on the bookshelf behind him - the bookshelf behind the basin of succulents!
However, the detective's sneak attack failed - because a thick rock pillar appeared out of thin air, blocking the waving trophy.
Bang!
There was a sound of rocks being smashed, and the trophy slipped from the detective's hand and fell to the ground with a heavy sound.
Hugo did not pick up the trophy, nor did he continue to confront the flower pot. Instead, he covered his head and ran behind the three ladies.
"In the illustrated guide, some ghost-type Pokémon are calculated based on their spirit size. In certain states, they can shrink into an inconspicuous form, and their size is about the same as an ordinary stone. When they enter camouflage After entering the state of suspended animation, even highly capable psychics may not be able to discover their whereabouts."
The detective spoke at a very high speed behind the people who were in a state of combat readiness.
"In the Ghost type, there are two types of Pokémon that can learn both rock-type skills and the ability to play dead. They are the Flower Rock Monster, which is a specialty of the Sinnoh region, and the Galar-shaped Sun Coral. From the size Judging, since it can be hidden in such a flowerpot, I tend to think it is the latter..."
As the detective explained anxiously, the succulent pot that had survived the onslaught of trophies began to spontaneously collapse.
One after another, transparent coral-like horns penetrated the wall of the basin. The soil slowly emerged from the basin, gradually revealing a smooth and round stone. There were many large holes in the stone, from which the transparent horns extended.
The smooth stone opened its eyes. The deep black eyes seemed empty, and there seemed to be a faint red light flickering in and out of the empty eyes.
A stone less than 20 centimeters high suddenly turned into a clump of 50 centimeters high transparent coral, exuding an eerie ghostly aura.
On the ladies side, Little Eevee and Thunder Zebra appear one after another.
Sera sent out a winter-looking budding deer. The unique white fur extended from the abdomen to the shoulders like a breastplate, and the bare white antlers reflected the cold light.
"Quickly defeat it, that guy will also use "self-destruct"! "The detective reminded loudly.
