Maybe it's time to buy a pair of sunglasses.

Donald has been thinking about this since he activated his psionic ability for the first time, his ability has an obvious factor, it is not easy to use casually, and a pair of sunglasses has a barrier to cover, so there is room to maneuver.

From the first step into the ratcatcher's shop, Donald quietly sprinkled some tracer powder on the ground without letting the other two people see it.

Hearing is false, seeing is believing.

This sentence cannot be said to be absolutely correct, after all, sometimes what the eyes see may also be an illusion, but at the moment Donald still trusts his new ability and this tracking powder, he wants to see if there is any trace of rat activity on the ground in this rat catcher's house.

The conclusion is...... Yes, but not much!

As Sherlock walked out, Donald's gaze wandered over the ground sprinkled with tracer powder, and rat footprints were indeed there, coming and going, zigzag, but there were only a few horizontal and vertical lines, not so much the traces of rat activity as the visit of foreign rats in the dead of night.

Judging from this clue alone, the rat catcher should not be suspicious, after all, if he really controlled a large number of rats, there was no reason for this to be the case.

"It's best not to go out for the last two days, we may have to come to you, of course, I'll prepare a gratuity next time I come. ”

Sherlock, who had learned the important information, had the plumber's address in his hand, believing that the case would soon turn around, Donald finally withdrew his gaze and turned to close the door of the shop.

The footsteps faded away, and the ratcatcher's hunched body lifted up and sat down on the wooden chair behind him.

"I didn't come when I should have come, but two people didn't come...... It doesn't matter, these two ordinary people can come this far, proving that the previous hands and tails are still not clean enough, and those guys are probably more difficult to deal with, so they should change places. ”

Curled his fingers and tapped on the tabletop, took out a piccolo from the drawer under the workbench and put it in his mouth, blowing gently, and there was no noise from dozens of iron cages in front of him.

This time, seeing is also imaginary!

**

"The plumber had laid out his own plan in Able's house under the pretext of repairing the pipes, and it must have been so, he first found out the condition of the pipes in Able's house, and then arranged for the rats under his control to come in and steal through the rat holes, so that the front door was useless with a hundred locks. ”

Out of Bonley, Sherlock shared his thoughts, Donald touched his belly, and the hands on his pocket watch showed 3:30 p.m.

Lifting the curtain next to the carriage, the sun outside was still blazing, but it also had a tendency to flourish and decline, and dusk was about to fall soon.

"I haven't eaten lunch yet, do I need to find a place to buy some?"

"Wait until the prisoner is caught, eat a big meal, and now keep your stomach for now. ”

Donald was a little hungry, but Sherlock didn't have the idea of stopping.

The plumber's place of residence was a short distance from the district of Bonley, and it took nearly twenty minutes to stop on his street.

Ordinary houses, this time it was Sherlock who went up and knocked on the door first, and did not wait long, and soon a little girl came out to open the door.

"Is Mr. Searle at home?"

"Yes, my parents are at home. ”

The little girl's answer confirmed the plumber's position, which was Searle.

"We have something to look for your father, it's work, can you help us talk to him and let him come out?"

In any case, the little girl is not guilty, and if she calls Searle outside, even if something bad happens, it will not leave a shadow on the child.

"Donald, do you sense something is wrong?"

When the little girl re-entered the door, Sherlock suddenly asked without looking back.

"Well, it's the smell of barbecue!"

The family was preparing dinner, and the smell of meat was a sensitive thing for Donald, who had eaten bread for two days.

Of course, this is just a little bit of humor, and Donald knows what Sherlock is trying to say, if this is the plumber's home, then where is he, as a potential suspected thief, controlling the rats?

Undoubtedly, rats are creatures no less ferocious to women and children than some ferocious beasts, allowing a flock of rats to pass by in front of their daughters and wives with a pile of jewels?

The scream will probably lift the roof, and there will be nothing to hide.

If he was in control of a secret location out there, it would be a bit of a problem, catching him doesn't mean they can ask where the treasure is hidden, and as long as they don't have clear evidence that Searle is controlling the rats, the latter just needs to deny everything, and they will take him seriously.

No stolen goods, no evidence, they are not police stations can apply for a search warrant to take back for slow interrogation, private detectives have no right to arrest others, their role can only be to find the murderer, arrest or kill under the premise of conclusive evidence.

Attention premise: the evidence is conclusive!

"Two gentlemen, do you have a job looking for me?"

Serge appeared in the doorway, and the first time he saw him, Donald's gaze froze.

The plumber in front of him was wearing his work clothes that he hadn't had time to take off, and he had some stains on his hands and cheeks.

With honest faces, the two of them smiled a little embarrassedly when they saw the clean and tidy people, and hid their dirty hands behind them.

Is this a thief who controls a horde of rats to steal jewels from most of Abel's warehouse?

"Mr. Searle, we are private investigators and have recently been tracking down Mr. Ebel's home...... The theft of a watch, we noticed that you entered Mr. Abletian's house the other day, what did you do in his house?"

Sherlock spoke quickly, and it was clear that he was aware of something.

"I didn't steal, the pipe in Mr. Elb's kitchen was blocked that day and I was asked to fix it, I promise I just repaired the water pipe!"

Searle was a little nervous, and the order of the words did not match.

"And then? On the plumbing side, did you widen the pipeline? ”

"Yes, I did widen the sewer in Mr. Ebel's house. ”

Admit it so easily......

Sherlock's face is not very good-looking, the widening of the pipe is the key point of the case, it is the passage through which the rats sneak in, and Serge admits so easily, it is very likely that he does not know the meaning of this matter at all!

"Who asked you to widen the pipe at that time, didn't you clean the blockage, why do you want to do more?"

"It was a rat catcher, I remember very well, at that time I found a dead rat in the sewage pipe, which was the pipe it was blocking, and I was going to clean it out and leave, but the rat catcher told Mr. Able that if the pipe was not expanded, maybe there would be rats in it and block it, and then Mr. Able asked me to expand the pipe, and it took me three pipes to complete. ”

Oops, scammed!

The plumber is simply a smoke bomb thrown at them by the rat catcher, deliberately using words to guide them to think in this direction.

It is true that the rats have entered by the plumber's expanded sewage pipe, but it is the rat catchers who make it happen!

"What was the ratcatcher doing when you were fixing the pipes?"

"He's carrying some tools and setting up iron cages all around the house....... I really just unblocked and widened the pipes, and when I was done, I left, and the theft of things had nothing to do with me. ”

Serge still cares a lot about being treated as a thief, and keeps repeating and clarifying himself.

"Got it, thanks for your cooperation, Donald, let's go. ”

At this time, there is no time to explain anything, the capture of the criminal is the most important thing, the rat catcher deliberately conceals his actions, and from this alone, it is almost possible to determine his identity.

"Damn, the first time I handled the case, I let the criminals deceive me...... Now that I think about it, he didn't answer my question before but asked back directly, which is to seize the initiative of the discourse, let us follow the rhythm of his conversation, and unconsciously be led to the pipeline problem, this is miserable, the two of us just acted in a hurry, he deceived us, and when the two of us leave, we will definitely transfer immediately, and now we can only hope to catch up...... Sir, can you go any faster, it's about Mr. Ebel's jewels!"

"This is your first time on a commission?"

Staring at Sherlock's mature and capable face, Donald only felt a toothache and began to wonder if there was something wrong with his eyesight.

The vicissitudes of life, the embarrassing scum, and the lean temperament...... With such a face, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a well-tested veteran detective, but he is actually a newcomer.

This is good, one is a rookie detective, and the other is a "memory loss" who has only just crossed over, and is half-aware of the customs and customs of this world.

The brave hasn't even beaten the slime yet, so he went straight to the Demon King's Castle......

"Sherlock, I don't think it's too sad, don't you think that although our case process is a bit tortuous, isn't it also smooth to identify the thief now? ”

Annoyance is annoyance, you still have to blow it, otherwise your boss is afraid that she will die of shame, after all, he swore in the car just now that he had found the murderer.

In fact, what Donald said is not wrong, this case should be handled by normal police, not to mention anything else, just the fact that rats steal jewelry, Donald dares to pack tickets, ordinary police officers will never think of it.

It's not a smart thing, it's a mindset, like we never think about the water glass and talking or the cat jumping up and punching itself (there are still two scratches).

The rat catcher also didn't expect that the two stunned people who came to fight with him would be stunned, and by mistake, they just caught the key, that is, the fact that the rat stole the jewelry.

Coincidentally, Donald happened to have psychic abilities and Sherlock also had tracking powder on him, otherwise it would be unrealistic to track down this point so quickly.