Lu Yi carefully observed the fingerprint in front of him. It was a little blurry, as if it had been scraped on the surface of a garbage bag. One had to look very carefully to see the general outline.

This fingerprint is neither wide nor narrow, about the same thickness as Lu Yi's middle finger. There are some other marks around the lines, which look like the product of some sticky liquid drying up.

He stretched out his hand and gestured, quickly confirming that these were probably not the fingerprints of Da Hu and the other two.

Because men's fingers are generally thicker, and Da Hu and his two companions have been undertaking forest development work all year round, their fingers should be thicker than those of ordinary people.

Even if their index or middle finger matched the thickness of this fingerprint, Lu Yi couldn't imagine what posture they would use to leave this mark.

In contrast, this is more like a woman's thumb print, because the scratches left on the edge of the garbage bag are very consistent with people's bagging habits.

I think the operator puts the bag into the bin first, then presses one side with his thumb, places the base of his hand on the outer edge of the bin, and gently slides his palm to put the bag on.

Lu Yi stretched out his hand and measured it again, and finally felt that his idea was more practical.

So the question is, isn't this room cleaned by Gardevoir? As a Psychic Pokémon, it doesn't need to do anything to change the trash, and it's impossible for it to leave human fingerprints!

The garbage bag in front of you can only be replaced by Miss Qingzhi herself!

【Did she lie?】

Aledo noticed something and asked Lu Yi via telepathy.

[It's hard to be sure for now.] Lu Yi shook his head. [After all, we didn't ask so much before. This involves what the first scene of this private room was like when Ms. Qingzhi discovered that Gardevoir was missing.

After we finish looking at the other room, we will go and test her and see what she has to say. 】

Lu Yi gave his thoughts, then stood up and shone the flashlight around the room. Then, feeling that there was nothing more to observe, he went out to another room.

This was where the thin man had stayed in the morning. It was not far from the private room where Da Hu and his two companions were staying, about 5 meters diagonally opposite.

Lu Yi couldn't help but frown. He didn't expect the two rooms to be so close.

According to the time shown on the surveillance footage, when Gardevoir went to wake up Dahu and the other two, the thin man should have been receiving physical therapy in this room. If Gardevoir was attacked, would the Pokémon who was responsible for giving physical therapy to the thin man at the time not hear the fight or the cry for help?

At this time, the tropical dragon took the initiative to come forward, intending to help Lu Yi block the light from the gap in the door like before.

But the latter signaled it not to rush, and now it should first compare the environment and layout of the two rooms to see if it can find any suspicious places.

Lu Yi looked around carefully, but couldn't find anything suspicious.

The small dining table was clean and tidy, and the bed was wrinkle-free. If you really want to nitpick, you can't insist that the exposed parts of the patterns on the quilts in the two rooms are different, right?

In desperation, Lu Yi had to focus on the trash can. After a moment, he confirmed his idea through ultraviolet light.

"Sure enough, the garbage bag replaced with spiritual power has no traces at all."

Lu Yi muttered to himself, there was no fingerprint left on the trash can in this room, and he thought it might have been cleaned by the technician Pokémon after work.

[Then let's go ask Miss Haruji directly? ] Aledo said.

"Wait a moment." Lu Yi blinked, then turned his head to look at Wind Speed ​​Hound.

"Did you notice anything unusual over there?"

Arcanine shook his head. There was no lingering smell of Gardevoir in this room.

But Lu Yi seemed to be distracted and asked again from a different angle: "How do the aromas of the two rooms compare?"

Hearing this, Windspeed was stunned for a moment, then he moved his nose and sniffed.

"Ouch, ouch."

[It said there is no difference, the aroma and concentration are similar.] Aledo translated its answer.

But this statement immediately aroused Lu Yi's vigilance!

"No, it shouldn't be like this."

He frowned tightly, then collected his companions who were full of doubts, and walked quickly towards the two people in the hall.

"Detective Lu Yi, did you find anything?"

Miss Qingzhi came forward immediately, and her expression was very anxious, without any sign of pretense.

Lu Yi blinked, organized his words, and then asked Miss Xiang Qingzhi in a cryptic way.

"The room was quite normal, nothing suspicious. But what I didn't expect was that the air in the room where the three drunks stayed overnight was very fresh. I thought there would be a smell of alcohol or foot odor!"

Hearing Lu Yi's almost joking remarks, Miss Qingzhi curled her lips.

"You're right. When I went to call Gardevoir this morning, the room smelled heavily of alcohol, just as you said. It's mainly because our private rooms don't have windows, and the guests are afraid of catching a cold, so they didn't turn on the air conditioner in the middle of the night, so the smell can't get rid of it at all!"

When Lu Yi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up!

These are the details he wants to know!

"So, you mean that the fragrant smell in that room was created by you?"

"Yes!" Miss Qingzhi nodded.

"When I went to call Gardevoir, the customers had all left! The store was quite quiet and I had nothing to do, so I ate some fruit while watching the news.

But then I felt something was wrong. Gardevoir took too long to clean up, so I went over to check the situation.

I remember that my first reaction when I entered the private room was anger.

The room was stinking, filled with the smell of alcohol and tobacco. Although the floor, tabletop and bed were kept very tidy, the garbage and cigarette ashes were piled in the trash can.

It had been a long time since the three guests left the store, at least an hour. I wondered what Gardevoir was doing? How could it be so irresponsible!

So I hurried to the grocery room and found some garbage bags and air freshener. While I finished the cleaning for Gardevoir, I was thinking about communicating with it properly.

As a result, when I finished all these and called its name everywhere, I found that the situation was completely unexpected..."

When Miss Qingzhi said this, sadness and anxiety once again appeared in her eyes.

The details she just described were exactly what Lu Yi was eager to know.

"I understand your feelings very well. I will get to the bottom of this matter." Lu Yi comforted Miss Qingzhi, and then tried again in a joking tone: "I guess when you first misunderstood Gardevoir and cleaned it up, you didn't even bother to eat the fruit in your hand, right?"

"Yes!" Miss Qingzhi nodded.

"I thought it was just throwing a tantrum for no apparent reason, so I got a little angry and threw the fruit into the trash can and started working."

Hearing this, Lu Yi's eyes flickered, as if all his doubts were answered!

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