Saturday, February 21, afternoon.

Conan came out of the Miyano house with doubts, and returned to the outside of the Shirai pet store with reins, and found that Officer Sato had already come, so he hurriedly put down his mind and ran over to listen while asking Motota, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi about the situation.

It turned out that Shirai Minoru died of scorpion venom allergy and was stung by the popular pet African king scorpion, and it happened that there was such a big scorpion in the pet store, and now it has been sent to an animal research institute for testing, and the forensic doctor can't handle the big guy.

The police officer in the mountain village of Gunma Prefecture thought that Shirai's death was just an accident, but he couldn't say why one of the two unicorns had become one, but insisted that he had run away, after all, the unicorn had not only legs, but also wings.

In this regard, Conan couldn't think of a rebuttal, so he could only wait for new evidence to appear, that is, the test results of Shirai's pet shop and Shirai's car. ……

More than half an hour later, the investigation of Shirai's car had preliminary results, and no other people's fingerprints were found, but a pair of other people's footprints were found.

The soil report has been handed over to the relevant departments, and it is believed that the results will be available soon.

At the same time, this footprint is the same as the footprint found at the Shirai pet store.

In other words, Minoru Shirai picked up a person on a certain piece of land and took the person back to the shop.

Who this person is and whether it has anything to do with the incident remains to be investigated. ……

Before evening, just as the four of Conan were about to go home, Officer Chiba found a new clue, and a running passer-by said that when he passed by in the morning, he saw a man coming out of the Shirai pet store.

The man was wearing a hat and mask, and I don't know what he looked like, whether it was a man or a woman, but the man was holding a camera and looked like a media figure.

One of the advertisements in the Shirai Pet Store says that the Shirai Pet Store was once published in a pet magazine, and the person who did the report was called Takashi Ishida. ……

Through the magazine where Takashi Ishida worked, I found Takashi Ishida's contact information and residence, but the contact was unsuccessful, so I had to make a trip.

Conan was curious, called home and said that he would go back later, and then had to get into Officer Takagi's car without air conditioning again, and did not dare to get into Officer Sato's car. ……

Takashi Ishida's apartment.

The administrator opened the door to let Officer Sato and the others in, only to find a person lying motionless on the ground, with a pile of pet boxes nearby.

Officer Sato stepped forward to take a look and found that the man was dead, and his face looked like he had been poisoned.

Officer Sato was about to ask the administrator to recognize him, when the director of the Insect Museum suddenly shouted, "Officer Sato, don't move, you have a highly poisonous golden scorpion on you, don't move." ”

Officer Sato was startled, and his body immediately stiffened.

The curator packed the golden scorpion in an empty pet box, "Okay now, Officer Sato, you'd better take everyone out, this room is not safe." ”

"Okay," Officer Sato wiped a cold sweat, "but can you wait until the picture is taken?"

"No, there are a lot of poisons here, we must count them out as soon as possible, otherwise it will not be good if something goes wrong." The curator said.

Officer Sato asked, "Then can you ask Curator Haruna for your help in taking some pictures?"

"Yes. The curator said, "But get out of here." ”

"Yes, yes. Officer Sato hurriedly led the team out of the room, and then confirmed to the administrator that the deceased was none other than Takashi Ishida. ……

A moment later, the forensic staff arrived, and Curator Haruna told them to wait outside.

After a while, Curator Haruna packed up the pet boxes and walked out of the room, "Officer Sato, I counted them, and the numbers are all right." ”

"How do you know that?" asked Officer Yamamura.

"Just look at what's in the kennel. Curator Haruna smiled, "It's like counting one person and a pair of chopsticks." ”

"I see. Officer Yamamura said.

Director Haruna said, "Officer Sato, I found a one-horned fairy, one of the two one-horned fairies that Mr. Ishida took back last night. ”

Officer Takagi asked, "Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure, I raised it, and I would have been wrong. Haruna said.

"I'm sorry. Officer Takagi was a little embarrassed.

"That is to say, Mr. Ishida must have met Mr. Shirai last night and went back to the pet store with Mr. Shirai. Officer Sato asked, "Curator Haruna, is it possible that Mr. Ishida poisoned Mr. Shirai with a scorpion?"

"The African king scorpion is not very poisonous and not fatal, but if it happens to be allergic, then it is very likely. Haruna said, "As far as Mr. Shirai's body is concerned, it was definitely due to allergies. ”

The Yamamura police officer said, "Do allergies kill people? ”

"Perhaps, after Mr. Shirai developed allergies, there was no way to treat them. Officer Takagi said, "Mr. Ishida must have imprisoned him so that he could not seek medical treatment." ”

Officer Chiba said, "So, the person who came out of the Shirai pet store this morning must be Mr. Ishida." ”

"Ah, then this Mr. Ishida is the murderer of Mr. Shirai. The village officer asked, "But what is this for? For a unicorn?"

"I don't know why I only took one unicorn. Haruna said, "But I have a little guess about the motive for this incident. ”

"Curator Haruna, please speak. Officer Sato said.

Haruna said: "Many of Mr. Ishida's pets are contraband, and it is likely that Mr. Shirai and Mr. Ishida used their relationship to smuggle these prohibited pets into China, and the other used the identity of a journalist to find buyers for these prohibited pets to sell these pets, and then the two had a conflict because of issues such as uneven distribution of stolen goods. ”

Officer Sato asked, "Are these pets valuable?"

Director Haruna said, "For ordinary people, they don't want to give it to them, but for those who like it, it's different, just like a figure." ”

"Makes sense. Officer Chiba said.

"Okay, thank you for your advice. Officer Sato said, then asked, "Excuse me, was Mr. Ishida poisoned by the golden scorpion?"

Haruna Curator said: "It should be, I guess he accidentally dropped the pet box containing the golden scorpion on the ground, and just opened the lid, the frightened golden scorpion attacked him, and then he has been hiding under his body to keep the temperature." ”

Officer Yamamura said, "I see. ”

Director Haruna said, "It's not too early, if there is nothing else, then I'll go back to Gunma Prefecture first." ”

"Okay, thank you very much, Curator Haruna. Officer Sato said, "Officer Yamamura, please help us send Haruna Curator back." ”

"Okay, then I'll go back to Gunma first," Officer Yamamura said with a smile, "and please remember Officer Sato and call me about the end of the incident." ”

"Don't worry, I'll be sure to call and let you know. Officer Takagi said first, wanting to take the opportunity to chat, but there was no way......

Officer Yamamura and Curator Haruna left, and the forensic staff entered the room tremblingly and began to work.

Soon after, an account book appeared, and although the name code on it was not easy to read, it was indeed an illegal pet trade.

And is it not like Haruna Curator said, the incident is because of the uneven distribution of spoils, which has to look at the account books of Shirai Pet Store to find out the right deal.

Soon, the account books of the Shirai pet store were delivered, and the clues were immediately discovered by comparing them with the date of the transaction.

On the day of the transaction, the price of each pet traded at Shirai Pet Shop was higher than usual, and the sum of the two phases was exactly the same as the transaction amount on Takashi Ishida's account book, that is, they were previously half of the interests of one person. ……