Chapter 071 - Settlement - Conflict of Interests

"But the idea of killing and the act of killing are completely different things, how can people decide to kill so easily?"

Unable to understand her, she loudly questioned the detective's reasoning.

"The residents downstairs have a myriad of ways to solve the problem, such as visiting the house, complaining to the caretaker, or moving on their own...... Why do they choose to kill people? ”

"I later got some information from the apartment manager, and in the process of collecting information, I gradually completed the image of the young people."

The detective didn't immediately respond to Bilan's questioning, and continued to tell without hurry—

"The six tenants downstairs are a group of full social idleness. They rented the apartment through a second-hand landlord rather than an informal channel, so the apartment manager would not help them protect their interests; In addition, they also made a lot of noise in the process of living there, and during Mr. Greta's travels, some residents on the lower floor complained about them, and as a result, those people directly took out Poké Balls and started a group fight, until they made the other party move out of the apartment building on their own initiative. ”

After filling in the information, the detective asked Bilan rhetorically-

"Do you think that a scoundrel like them would think of using formal means to solve their own problems? Please don't forget, such people are the most bullying and afraid of the hard, and Greta is also a well-known star trainer, even if the residents downstairs use all the Pokémon, they will definitely not be able to defeat a full Sandstorm team. ”

"In that case, why didn't they move out on their own initiative?"

The assistant lady has some trouble solving the puzzle, so she simply breaks the casserole and asks the detective persistently.

"Well, there are many reasons why a person doesn't want to move out of an apartment, and sometimes it can be just because of laziness."

Hugo sat on the armrest of the sofa opposite, looking around the hall of his apartment—

"And there were six people living in the downstairs of Greta's house, and if one of them had been more willing to kill once and for all than to move with the pain, and had convinced all the other companions, it would have been reasonable that such a murder would take place now."

Listening to the detective's slightly perfunctory explanation, Bilan just doubted it, and then she asked another question-

"Even if your previous inferences are correct, I still have a question: why would Mr. Greta choose to live in such a high-altitude apartment after so many years of being a trainer for the Sandstorm team? As a star trainer who uses the Sandstorm team, he should have realized that his elves would bring a lot of noise downstairs, right? ”

"Very sharp." Hugo complimented, "This should go back more than a month." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Faced with a full month time span, Bilan was just confused.

"I remember when you and Douzi won the Sandstorm pair in a doubles match. And Douzi told me at the time that the reason why the battle was won was almost entirely due to the blue you alone. ”

"Although Douzi is a bit exaggerated, my performance at that time was really conspicuous." Bilan thought back to the battle game a month ago, and had a strange feeling like a world away-

At that time, King Yanwu of Douzi was taken out of the ring by the opponent with the tactics of the opponent, leaving Xiao Ibu and Bankiras still on the field. In the end, it was Ibrahim, who relied on his speed and agility to hit the same key point of Bankiras with "Iron Tail" many times, and defeated the opponent with difficulty. By the way, the trainer who used Bankiras at that time was Greta. ”

"Is it difficult? But when you returned to the Feather Mansion that day and released Eevee, it didn't seem to have a single obvious scar on its body, huh? The detective leisurely pointed out a crucial question.

"That's because he avoided most of his moves, so Ibu was basically unharmed except for the damage he took when he fended off the sandstorm."

"That's kind of weird." The detective sighed knowingly-

"An elf like Bankirath should be far superior to Eevee who hasn't evolved yet, both in terms of attack power and durability, and the hit rate of the "Iron Tail" skill is not high. I want to ask you, what does it mean that Ibrahimovic was able to dodge the opposing attack and hit the key point with incredible accuracy several times? ”

When it came to the field of combat, Blue immediately understood what the detective meant, and quickly replied: "This shows that Bankiras is not very proficient in using skills, and his movements are clumsy and slow than when he was in his heyday. ”

"So, what do you think is slowing down Bankiras?"

Seeing that Bilan was about to start thinking for a long time, the detective took the initiative to uncover the mystery -

"I think it has something to do with the state of that bankiras." Hugo cocked his legs and said very incomprehensibly, "That bankiras may have just evolved before the game, so it doesn't adapt to its new posture and looks a little clumsy on the playing field." ”

"I see!"

Miss Blue sat up straight, clapped her hands, and suddenly realized—"Mr. Greta must have honed his strength during his travels, and many elves have evolved while traveling. And Greta's knowledge of the weight of his elves is still in their pre-evolutionary state. Originally, the running of these small Pokémon did not bring noise downstairs, but after the evolution, the Bankiras and Pang Rock Monsters doubled in weight, and finally began to bother the residents downstairs. ”

"Just because I didn't notice the weight change after the Pokémon evolved, I was murdered." The detective sighed and sighed.

"But what do you mean by 'benefit' in the prompt?" Blue's questions are one after another, "killing people because they can't stand the noise", which is not a conflict of interests.

"Speaking of which, Blu, don't you think the living conditions of those six young people are a little strange?"

"There's nothing unremarkable in this case, okay?"

The girl couldn't help but complain: "The dead body in the secret room, the elf in the flower pot, the suspicious administrator, the troublesome sandstorm team...... Now, six more jobless vagrants living together is not a big deal. ”

"I think these six guys must be doing some shady thing in that apartment."

Hugo continued with a playful expression: "As we investigated the first piece of information, the apartment building is a ridiculously expensive high-end residential building, such a house, even if the rent is divided into six parts, for the unemployed, it is a large expense, what do they rely on to pay the rent? ”

"The unemployed and cocooned at home should have very limited means to make profits, right?" Bilan pondered for a while, and honestly raised the white flag to the detective, "Hugo, I can't think of it. ”

The detective shook his finger and gave a further hint: "These six homeless people have also been complained by neighbors because of the noise. Later, when the complaint failed, the residents even moved because of the noise. ”

What does that mean? Group life is usually noisy, right? ”

"There's also a profit-making activity that immediately makes the apartment noisy."

Hugo reached into his pocket and pulled out the cell phone he had retrieved from the duty room at the end of the incident.

The detective pressed the button on the touch screen, and the dialing sound rang one after another along the scale, and then while the phone was not connected, he said to Bilan in a loud voice to answer the phone-

"When six people are on the phone in the apartment at the same time, the noise is enough to make the downstairs occupants move overnight."

"Calling?" The assistant didn't reflect for a while, "How can these people make a profit by making phone calls?" Could it be that after dialing the phone, people will come and send money? ”

Hugo couldn't help laughing: "There really is such a thing in the world." ”

At the same time, the detective's call was connected, and the person who answered the phone was Officer Junsha, and she shouted "Hey" in a high tone, which should have made a breakthrough in interrogation.

"Yes, I would like to know how the suspect explained his motives." Hugo turned the call to the outside and asked the police officer.

"You're asking the right question, Hugo, you can't guess what those guys are doing in the apartment all day." Junsha's tone was very proud, and she wanted to take this rare opportunity to hang the detective's appetite.

Hugo held up his mobile phone and held back a smile, and sighed deliberately: "Please tell me, Bilan and I are waiting." ”

"I really can't help you." An even more smug voice came from the other end of the microphone, "Since I am so sincere in asking for advice, then I will be merciful to tell you-"

"Those people are a gang of phone scammers who can extract personal information, including phone numbers, from the registration office of the nearby Genie Center, and then hide in their apartments all day to dial the numbers in the phone book, falsely claiming various identities to trick the people who answer the phone into sending money to their bank card accounts!"

The detective put his hand on his forehead and winked at his assistant triumphantly.

Bilan was completely stunned, and it took a long time to ask Junsha on the other end of the phone, "That...... Then Miss Junsha, the reason why these people killed Mr. Greta is because ......"

"They hated the upstairs dwellers who let the elves ping-pong around their homes every day, and the constant noise from the upstairs made their so-called work completely untenable, so they ordered potted plants with galel sun coral from the United Dark Web and sent them to the deceased's home as kind neighbors."

The officer's summary was clear and smooth, and Bilan felt that the whole incident was connected at once.

"In addition, they moved to this apartment because they had heard that the occupancy rate of high-end buildings in the western part of Feiyun City is generally low, and renting here to commit crimes is less likely to be suspected. And in the vicinity is a well-known rich area, where there are always rich people, and the phone numbers of the rich are even more fraudulent. ”

"Full of conflicting interests......" Blue murmured as she recalled the last hint provided by the detective.

Hugo also sighed: "Mr. Greta is really unlucky......"

"Hey? Why did the atmosphere suddenly become so heavy? Hugo, do you already know the truth of the matter? ”

In the silent Yuqi Mansion, only Miss Junsha's call with electronic noise kept echoing.