Chapter 1396: Pets in the Pet Shop

Saturday, February 21, afternoon.

Conan came out of Miyano's house full of doubts, and returned to the Shirai Pet Shop without hesitation, and found that Officer Sato and the others had already arrived, so he quickly let go of his worries and ran over to listen, while asking Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi about the situation .

It turned out that Shirai died from an allergy to scorpion poison and was stung by the popular pet African emperor scorpion. It happened that there was such a big scorpion in the pet store, and now it has been sent to the animal research institution for testing.

The police officer in the mountain village of Gunma County believed that Shirai Minori's death was just an accident, but he couldn't say why the two unicorns turned into one. They just insisted that they ran away. After all, unicorns not only have legs, but also have wings.

Regarding this, Conan couldn't think of a rebuttal, and could only wait for new evidence to appear, which was the test results of Shirai Pet Shop and Shirai Miche. ...

More than half an hour later, the investigation of Shirai's car had preliminary results. No other people's fingerprints were found, but a pair of other people's footprints were found. After comparison, the dirt carried on the footprints was also found on Shirai's car tires.

The soil quality report has been handed over to relevant departments, and I believe there will be results soon.

At the same time, this footprint is the same as the one found in Shirai's pet shop.

In other words, Shirai Mino picked up a person on a certain land and brought him back to the store.

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

Before evening, when the four of Conan were about to go home, police officer Chiba found a new clue. A passerby who was running said that when he passed by in the morning, he saw a person coming out of Shirai Pet Shop.

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

media personality? One of the advertisements in Shirai Pet Shop said that Shirai Pet Shop had been published in a pet magazine, and the person who made the report was Takashi Ishida. ...

I found Takashi Ishida's contact information and address through the magazine where Takashi Ishida worked, but the contact failed, so I had to make a trip.

Out of curiosity, the four of Conan called home and said they would go back later, and then had to get into Officer Takagi's non-air-conditioned car again, not daring to get into Officer Sato's car. ...

Takashi Ishida's apartment.

The administrator opened the door to allow Officer Sato and others to enter, but found a person lying motionless on the ground, and a pile of pet boxes nearby.

Police officer Sato stepped forward to take a look, and found that the man was dead, and his face seemed to be poisoned.

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

Officer Sato was startled, and his body stiffened immediately.

The curator packed Jin Scorpion with an empty pet box, "It's all right now, Officer Sato, you'd better take everyone out, this room is not safe."

"Okay," Police Officer Sato wiped off his cold sweat, "but can we clean up after the photo is taken?"

"No, there are a lot of poisons here, we must count them out as soon as possible, otherwise it will be bad." The curator said.

Officer Sato asked: "Then can I ask curator Haruna to help you take some photos?"

"Okay," said the curator, "but get out quickly."

"Yes." Officer Sato hurriedly led the team out of the room, and then confirmed to the administrator that the deceased was Takashi Ishida. ...

After a while, the forensic personnel arrived, and Curator Haruna asked them to wait outside.

Not long after, Director Haruna packed up the pet boxes and walked out of the room, "Officer Sato, I checked and the numbers are correct."

"How do you know that?" asked the village police officer.

"Just look at the contents of the pet box.

Director Haruna laughed, "It's like counting a pair of bowls and chopsticks for each person." "

"So that's the case." The mountain village police officer said.

Curator Haruna said: "Officer Sato, I found a unicorn, which is one of the two unicorns Mr. Ishida took back last night."

Officer Takagi asked, "Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure, it was all cultivated by me, I would definitely have read it wrong." Curator Haruna said.

"Sorry." Officer Takagi was a little embarrassed.

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

"The toxicity of the African emperor scorpion is not strong, and it is not fatal, but if it happens to be allergic, it is very likely." Curator Haruna said, "Judging from Mr. Shirai's body, he definitely died of allergies."

The mountain village police officer said: "Can allergies kill people? I won't go to the doctor."

"Perhaps, after Mr. Shirai developed an allergy, there was no way to treat him." Police 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 Shirai Pet Shop this morning must be Mr. Ishida."

"Ah, then Mr. Ishida is the murderer who killed Mr. Shirai." Officer Yamamura asked, "But what is this for? For a unicorn?"

"I don't know why only one unicorn is taken." Curator Haruna said, "But I have a little guess about the motive of this incident."

"Curator Haruna, please tell me." Officer Sato said.

Director Haruna said: "Many of Mr. Ishida's pets are contraband. Mr. Shirai and Mr. Ishida probably used the pet shop to smuggle these prohibited pets into the country through relationships, and the other used the reporter's The identity seeks buyers for these prohibited pets to sell these pets, and then the two conflicted because of issues such as uneven distribution of spoils."

Officer Sato asked, "Are these pets valuable?"

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

"It makes sense." Officer Chiba said.

"Okay, thank you Director Haruna for your pointers." Officer Sato said, and then asked, "Excuse me, is Mr. Ishida's poisoned to death by a golden scorpion?"

Curator Haruna said: "It should be, I guess he accidentally dropped the pet box containing the golden scorpion on the ground, just opened the lid, and the frightened golden scorpion attacked him, and then kept hiding under his body Keep warm."

The mountain village police officer said: "It turns out to be like this."

Director Haruna said: "It's getting late, if there is nothing else, then I'll go back to Gunma County first."

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

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

"Don't worry, I will definitely call and tell you." Officer Takagi said first, wanting to take the opportunity to chat, but there is no way! ...

Police officer Yamamura and curator Haruna left, and the forensic personnel tremblingly entered the room and began to work.

Not long after, an account book appeared. Although the names and codes on it were unclear, it was undoubtedly an illegal pet trade.

It's not that, as curator Haruna said, the incident was caused by the uneven distribution of spoils. It depends on the books of Shirai Pet Store to find the right transaction.

Soon, the account books of Baijing Pet Shop were sent, and by comparing the transaction dates, they immediately found clues.

On the day of the transaction, the price of each pet traded in Shirai Pet Shop was higher than usual, and the sum of the two phases, one subtraction and the other was calculated, which was exactly the same as the transaction amount on Ishida Takashi's account book, that is to say, they had half the benefits for each of them before. ...