socalfunplaces Chapter 9 A Net of Heaven and Earth, Waiting for the Rabbit to Run into the Tree Stump
Chapter 9 A Net of Heaven and Earth, Waiting for the Rabbit to Run into the Tree Stump
The most urgent task is to immediately confirm the suspect's current location.
Officer Jenny didn't hesitate to give the command: "Thunder Zebra, use 'Plasma Bath'."
The magnificent black and white zebra snorted, and pale blue arcs of electricity emanated from its fur.
As a senior officer in the Public Security Division of the Feiyun City Police Department, Officer Jenny specially trained her electric zebra to perform a unique skill to search for criminals in crowds, in order to deal with the crowded situations that are common in Feiyun City.
"Plasma Bath" is a skill that spreads out charged particles, causing normal-type moves to become electric-type moves in Zephyr's next attack.
This skill was originally only available to high-level Thunder Zebras, but the Officer Jenny family, being a family of police officers, bred zebras that inherited this skill from birth.
"Then, use a 'piercing sound'!"
The policewoman swung her arm forward with a confident and stylish air.
At the same time, the Thunder Zebra, bred from the Zebra, raised its hooves, held its head high, almost stood upright, and opened its mouth wide as if it were neighing loudly, but no one present could hear a sound.
"Remember that cool leopard we saw when we first arrived at the crime scene? Find it!"
The original effect of "Screech" was to lower the defense of the enemy Pokémon. After the move was converted to the Electric type, the originally sharp tone completely entered the ultrasonic range. The current spreads into the surrounding area along with the sound waves, and transmits spatial information within a radius of 100 meters to Zephyr, thereby gaining knowledge of the area.
By using electromagnetic signals to simulate radar effects, it can detect complex situations in three-dimensional space, with a search range even wider than the "ultrasonic waves" of the Ultrasonic Bat!
Right now, a bright yellow flash spread out with the roar of the Thunder Zebra, disappearing in the air like a wisp of mist. The black and white Thunder Pokémon stood quietly beside Officer Jenny, its eyes closed, fully absorbing the information coming from all directions.
Suddenly, the lightning zebra opened its eyes and let out a long neigh. Officer Jenny immediately understood, leaped onto the horse, and let her partner carry her in a certain direction.
With a few strides, the horse and rider had made their way through the crowded streets and arrived at a narrow, little-known street behind the hospital.
it's here!
Officer Jenny caught a glimpse of a purple, sickle-shaped tail flashing past the street corner—it was the Cool Panther!
"Back street of the hospital, at the end of the alley heading east, the suspect is fleeing!" Officer Jenny said into the walkie-talkie while leaning over to hug her horse's back. "Electric Zebra, use 'Lightning Bolt' to accelerate!"
Not far away, the officers who had split up with Officer Jenny had already assembled. The officers who remained at the hospital, the subordinates who rushed to the hospital following Officer Jenny's instructions, and the police along the route who had been mobilized—all these police forces were put into the operation to capture the murderer.
The police have laid a tight net, and the suspect has nowhere to escape.
Unless she wasn't online to begin with.
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"Oh dear, this is quite a big fuss."
Under the already dark sky, in front of the hospital's main entrance, on a bench next to a vending machine, Detective Hugo leisurely leaned back and handed a can of soda he had just bought from the vending machine to a woman sitting at the other end of the bench.
The woman wore sunglasses, had long, bright red hair, carried a trendy tote bag, and wore high heels. Her clothing was revealing and slightly ahead of its time, displaying an excessive rebelliousness. Upon closer inspection, she also had a dense array of earrings. Judging from her appearance alone, she could be described as a thoroughly delinquent teenager.
"Ma'am, are you waiting for someone? You're sweating profusely, it seems you're facing a serious situation. Would you like some juice?"
This seemingly unapproachable female gang leader refused the detective's offer and instead gave him a sidelong glance.
Hugo didn't mind at all. On the contrary, he seemed a little relieved as he opened the pull tab of the can and started drinking. His bold drinking style made the girl next to him feel a little regretful—was it really that good?
"Ha—finally resurrected." The detective put down the empty can with satisfaction.
"That's why I say Pokémon are just unreliable creatures. They run around the streets like madmen, and any move they make can kill someone. You even need a license to buy a gun. You can just go to any hospital and adopt an unclaimed Pokémon. After that, whether you use that kid to kill or commit arson depends entirely on the adopter's mood. Do you think that's reasonable?"
The detective chatted casually and familiarly, reminiscing about his nightmarish and thrilling experience on horseback while giving the delinquent young woman beside him a meaningful look.
Sure enough, the woman next to him trembled almost imperceptibly at the mention of "adoption".
Seeing this, Hugo smiled even more, his eyes narrowing with amusement, and he persisted in his nagging.
"Speaking of which, miss, do you know that when a woman wants to conceal her identity, she is most likely to use two methods?"
Damn it, who is this man who's so clingy, like a jellyfish, and so noisy, like a chattering bird?!
"A more common strategy is to change into an outfit that is completely incompatible with one's own temperament, cover oneself up from head to toe, add a little bit of bad makeup and a wig, and a beautiful 20-year-old girl can look like a decrepit old lady."
Upon hearing the word "wig," the woman's gaze involuntarily drifted to the large handbag in her hand, before she hurriedly averted her eyes—the detective chuckled inwardly, thinking what a clumsy criminal she was.
"But the easiest trick to pull off is still a woman disguised as a man," Hugo sighed dramatically.
"Although comics often feature cross-dressing scenes that insult human intelligence, such as 'drawing a woman but insisting she's a man,' in reality, if a woman really decided to disguise herself as a man, it would be very convenient for her to deceive others... By the way, how did you manage to disguise your voice as a man in the emergency call?"
The woman felt extremely uncomfortable when she saw the man beside her grinning wickedly and scanning her from head to toe. She wanted to get up and leave the bench.
As she stood up, the detective's gaze fell on the other side of her bulging jeans pocket, where a corner of her smartphone was sticking out. He shook his head in disappointment.
"Using a voice changer app on your phone, huh? What a cliché tool. So you really are the owner of the Leopard Pokémon. Doesn't your conscience bother you if you kill and burn bodies for Pokémon?"
"So annoying! So annoying! So annoying! Stop looking down on me, just go to hell!"
Hugo clearly underestimated the prisoners' resistance. Faced with the exposure of their identities, the female gang leader neither admitted defeat nor ran away, but decided to strike first.
"Hey, hey, don't do anything reckless! Continuing to commit violence at this point will only worsen your punishment!" Hugo shouted. "Confessing and turning yourself in is the only way out!"
The detective's warnings were to no avail. The delinquent woman's face was now filled with ferocity, and she was holding a sharp dagger in her hand, about to stab Hugo in the abdomen.
A clanging sound rang out, like metal rubbing against metal.
The sensation of piercing, transmitted to the woman's hand, was not the feeling of piercing flesh.
The delinquent girl looked at the daggers she had thrust out with both hands in surprise, but froze on the spot.
It turned out that Hugo had used the soda can in his hand to block the stabbing.
Like turning a doorknob, the detective twisted the can left and right, and the woman holding the dagger suddenly felt her hand slip, and the can and the dagger stuck in it returned to Hugo's hand.
The detective held the dagger up to his eyes, examining it casually, while gripping the can.
"There's still blood on the hilt, ma'am. Haven't you found a suitable place to abandon the murder weapon yet? Or are you planning to take Cool Leopard and run away to another place to live a life on the run?"
The suspect did not answer, and kicked Hugo in the stomach.
The detective chose to lie flat, rolling onto the ground without any regard for his image, awkwardly dodging the attack from the high heels, his white suit jacket covered in a large patch of dust.
Seeing that the detective was difficult to deal with, the leader clicked her tongue in anger and had no choice but to abandon her plan to silence him. She turned and fled in the opposite direction from Hugo, but at the moment she turned, she couldn't help but pause for a moment—
Because she was confronted by Miss Officer Jenny, who was furious because of her failed attempt to apprehend the suspect.
In the dim twilight, Officer Jenny, still savoring the moment, swung the unused handcuffs at her as she slowly walked toward the bench.
Behind the policewoman were groups of officers, and behind the officers was a bound and surrounded by Zebra and other Pokémon of the police force.
"Excuse me, I'm sitting here waiting for someone."
Behind him, the detective, who had somehow ended up sitting cross-legged on the ground, spoke up tactlessly.
"You came to the hospital to retrieve Cool Leopard. Unexpectedly, the police saw through your intentions so early, so you had to separate from Cool Leopard and escape. During the police manhunt, running away rashly would attract a lot of attention, so you had no choice but to go to this bench closest to the exit, observe the surrounding situation, and wait for an opportunity to leave."
The detective seized the opportunity to fulfill his long-cherished wish of explaining the case to the suspect.
“Now that the police have seen and remembered your appearance, and I am here as an irrefutable key witness, whether you choose to turn around and run away or not, going to jail will be a foregone conclusion for you.”
In front of him were police officers eager to fight and the already arrested Cool Leopard; behind him was a detective who toyed with the criminal like a devil. The suspect's legs suddenly went weak, and like Hugo, he collapsed to the ground.
Miss Officer Jenny approached the two people sitting on the ground, completely bewildered.
"Um... Hugo, who is this girl? Is she your friend?"
The detective finally showed a relieved expression, jumped up from the ground, and shouted at Officer Jenny.
"Quick! Tie this woman up! She's the suspect you're looking for! And if you want to become detectives, don't believe a single line from a detective story, especially the parts involving confrontations with criminals!"
Officer Jenny was completely bewildered, and even the slumped-down prisoner was dumbfounded; the true nature of the devilish detective seemed to be somewhat different from what she had seen...
"What are you all standing there for! The one sitting on the ground is the suspect you missed! I just happened to run into her!"
“But…” Perhaps because the suspect in front of her was in such a depressed state, Officer Jenny hesitated for a rare moment, looking at the stylishly dressed girl in front of her, and did not give the order for a long time.
Seeing the police hesitate, Hugo couldn't help but shout again: "Evidence! The victim's cell phone is very likely in her handbag!"
The gang leader instinctively tried to hide her handbag, a move that seemed like a clear attempt to cover up her mistake. This finally brought Officer Jenny to her senses, and after giving an order, the real culprit was caught!