Chapter 088: Turbulence under the sidewalk
After repeated confirmation by the detectives, the Tree Fruit Cultivator Reina made a final decision to return this genuine Super Evolution Stone to its original owner.
"Doesn't she feel pity?" On the way to run the field, a blue in a cold-resistant autumn suit asked the detective puzzled.
Hugo, who was still dressed in a white coat, seemed to be contaminated with the manners and habits of the people, and I saw him exaggeratedly spread his hands and shrug his shoulders: "My old man, compared to the ill-gotten gains obtained from the sale of stolen goods, it is more reassuring to be paid directly by the owner of the lost property when it is returned." ”
"That's not what I'm talking about." Bilan, who was walking side by side with the detective, shook her head and denied, "Doesn't her almost doll like that super stone very much?" It would be very disappointing to return it like this, right? ”
"If the elf is very willful, this can indeed happen, but that doll is a reliable Pokémon, and it is said that he has worked in the Pokémon hospital in the past, and it is a first-class good in terms of medical skills and reputation. So it won't be bothered by this kind of thing. ”
"Pokémon Hospital? So how did it become Reina's partner? ”
"Hey, don't you even see that?" Hugo glanced at his assistant in surprise.
"What should I see?"
"That tentacle that's about as long as a stethoscope on a doll's ear. The length of its tentacles suggests that the doll is over fifty years old. This shows that it became Reina's elf after retiring from the hospital. ”
"But I remember Reina saying that the doll was her initial Pokémon?" Bilan was still puzzled.
"Probably our client lady is so unobtrusive that she almost took the initiative to take care of her so that she can always take care of her?" Hugo casually guessed a possibility, "Judging from the relationship between the pair of partners, it may not be clear who will accept whom." ”
"Speaking of which, the relationship between the two of them is indeed a bit like that between a parent and a ward."
Bilan nodded and thought to herself: Well, this is a testament to the definition of bonds that Hugo said last night......
The two of them talked ramblingly, and before they knew it, they had arrived at their destination.
"From this end of the street, to that uphill place, is that where Reina picked up almost the Doll Super Stone?" Blue glanced across the street and asked Hugo in confirmation.
The detective stood on a sewer manhole cover and nodded affirmatively: "Yes, that's right, you see, from this angle, you can see the road signs set up by the large supermarkets in the distance, and Rena mentions this feature in her story." ”
Hugo said as he held up the evidence bag in his hand, and under the transmission of the morning sun, almost the doll superstone exuded a beautiful pink.
In order to find the specific location of the super stone more quickly, Blue and Hugo reorganized the information provided by Reina-
It was early Monday morning, when Superstone was discovered, and Reina and her partner were walking down the familiar street, ready to go and tend the fruit in the courtyard of the client she had hired.
In Feiyun City, Reina has many customers, in addition to Hugo, she also has a commission from someone in the vicinity.
The family raised a cauliflower monkey that was a picky eater. In order to enrich the food of their beloved elves, the family used a similar method to Hugo, planting a fig tree on their rooftop.
On that day, Rena chose to take a long detour to pass under the building, just to watch the growth of this fig tree.
"I saw the fig tree that Rena mentioned, on the roof of this building. Speaking of which, the family's coconut monkey is really heavy, I remember that the figs are spicy. Bilan couldn't help but complain.
"Some Pokémon are good for this." The detective replied succinctly, but did not raise his head. It seems that he doesn't care about Reina's clientele.
It also makes sense that Reina is an ordinary person who has no understanding of the Super Stone, and the chance that her client will have anything to do with the case is almost zero.
Unlike the blue that wandered around aimlessly, browsing the street shops, Hugo kept bending down to examine what was on the ground, as if he wanted to find another superstone.
Looking at Hugo's inexplicable actions, Bilan quietly swelled up with a desire to find the lost owner of the Super Evolution Stone before the detective.
The girl said her reasoning to Eevee, who was lying on her shoulder—
"Hezhong does not specialize in Super Evolution Stones, so the only way to get Super Stones is to buy them or receive gifts. Anyone who can buy a super-stone of a doll must be a super-rich person. And the person who will receive the Super Stone as a gift must be a gifted Pokémon trainer, considering that the characteristics of the doll are not good at fighting, that trainer may be a medical doctor......"
Although Eevee yawned as she listened, the detective's assistant's analysis was methodical, and she locked the figure of the missing Super Evolution Stone on two types of people - the rich and the potential medical staff.
And want to find this kind of people who have recently passed through this neighborhood......
Blue's eyes were locked on a 24-hour convenience store on the opposite street, and coincidentally, the convenience store's anti-theft surveillance could just see all the pedestrians passing by this block!
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Ten minutes later, the detective and his assistant reunite.
"Hugo, look what I've got!" Blue proudly held up the chewing gum-shaped portable hard drive in her hand and displayed it in front of the detective's eyes.
"Uh, I guess it's illegal evidence......" Hugo watched speechlessly as a can rolled to Turquoise's feet, then turned into a puddle of plasticine and was sucked into the ball by the red light of the Poké Ball. It's not too convenient for the Changelings to do spy work.
"It's the surveillance record at the entrance of that convenience store! We can see pedestrians passing by this neighborhood all week recently, and there must be the owner of the Super Evolution Stone! Blue grinned proudly, with a look of "Praise me" written all over her face.
Hugo scratched his cheek in embarrassment: "That...... Turquoise, in fact, I just found out...... The real lost location of the Super Evolution Stone may not be in this neighborhood. ”
"What? Why! ”
Bilan, who just felt that she was very handsome and had a grand thief style, was a little broken, did she work in vain?
"It stands to reason that this sparkling jewel can't be left there for a long time without being picked up. Although this neighborhood is not a prosperous area of Feiyun City, there are many pedestrians who come and go on weekdays. Reina was able to pick up this super stone in the early morning on a street where there were almost no people, which means that when Reina just picked up this stone, the super stone had just appeared there. ”
Hugo paused, and then continued: "And between three and six o'clock in the morning, this time is obviously impossible for humans to go out for a walk normally, and it is impossible for someone to sneak here during this time, and then casually leave the Super Evolution Stone on the side of the road. ”
Bilan looked incredulous: "But if it's like you said, how did this super evolution stone appear?" Did it grow its own legs to walk? ”
"Of course there's something pushing it." Hugo picked up his phone and flipped out a table, "This is the tide record table along the coast of Feiyun City, please take a look at the latest high tide." ”
The girl took a serious look, and the time was five o'clock in the morning!
"You're saying that the tide pushed the Super Evolution Stone here? It's even more impossible. Not to mention that this is the inland center of Feiyun City, unless there is a flood, it is impossible for the sea water to enter the city. And if you look at the ground in this neighborhood, it's so dry that there's no trace of water stains! ”
"Blue, most of the underground waterways in Feiyun City are seawater." Hugo Nunu mouthed, pointed his toes to the sewer manhole cover on the ground, and then he walked a few more steps, came to the edge of the wide road, and led his assistant to bend down and lean over to watch—
"In addition to the manhole covers, there are countless hidden drainage channels hidden in the fault of the road surface on both sides of the road. At the edge of the city, muddy turbulence flows past the feet of pedestrians, and sometimes autumn leaves pile up, and the tide drives things that should have sunk into the abyss to roll out of such intersections. ”
Facing the bleak autumn wind. The detective looked up again at the uphill slope in the distance—
"Especially in a place with a huge difference in terrain."