Chapter 1850: The Key in the Turtle Belly

Monday, February 12, morning.

Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko were delighted to see people from the animal management department catching big snapping turtles, but Hui Principle had no interest at all, so he decided to retreat, and Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko followed suit. .

After leaving Central Park, I met Nihonmatsu carrying two large storage boxes. It turned out that he went shopping in the nearby store.

However, Huiyuan wondered if it would be too hasty to pretend to be a snapping turtle, but he felt relieved when he thought it was just a temporary setup.

Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko enthusiastically went up to help, and Nihonmatsu had to let them take a large storage box and send it with him.

Huiyuan was very helpless, so he could only follow, thinking in his heart, it would be great if Conan was here, then she wouldn't have to be the nanny.

The people from the animal management department asked Nihonmatsu to sign an adoption document and agreed on the time for animal quarantine.

Two big snapping turtles were placed in a large storage box, and then Er Bensong found that he couldn't carry it.

"I think it's better for us to send it back for you."

"No, no, no, I won't bother you."

Nihonsong declined the kindness of the animal management department and left again.

This time, it goes without saying that I bought a large storage box.

Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko followed, Haibara was not interested at all, but had to follow.

In the store, Nihonmatsu bought two more large storage boxes with a heartbroken expression. Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko volunteered to help him take them. The empty boxes are not heavy.

On the way back to the park, Huiyuan asked him to get the car.

Nihonmatsu looked ugly, "Car? Ah, no, I'll just take it back to the apartment later."

Huiyuan blinked, something is wrong, this guy, a snapping turtle weighs tens of kilograms, moving them back to the apartment one by one?

Mitsuhiko was touched and said: "You are really saving, it must be for the food expenses of the four snapping turtles."

Yuan Tai said: "Then let's help too."

"I, I'd better cheer you up." Ayumi still didn't dare to move, even if it was across the box.

Four boxes containing snapping turtles, Er Bensong carried one box for a while, put the box down, and then went back to help the other.

Yuantai and Mitsuhiko said they wanted to help, but when they actually did it, they were still scared when they heard the sound of claws rubbing against the box and the vibration of the grains in the box, and they changed jobs together as cheerleaders.

On the way, I ran into a duo of debt collectors, and they looked for Er Bensong.

"Hey, boy, what are you busy with, when can you pay back the money?"

"That, plus interest, is a total of one million yen. In fact, I have already prepared the money, but because of some unexpected circumstances..."

"A sudden situation, isn't it just an excuse?"

"No, no, I will definitely pay off the debt today."

"That would be the best."

In Nihonsong's cold sweat, the debt collection duo and Yuantai four greeted each other and left, and they were known by Zhenzhong Daijiro.

Nihonsong couldn't help asking, "You guys actually know each other?"

Yuan Tai said proudly: "That's right, we have a lot of friends, right?"

Ayumi smiled and said, "Well, last time they met Mr. Zhenzhong Daijiro to collect debts."

Guangyan smiled and said: "They just look more vicious, so they are in the debt collection business. In fact, they are not bad."

"Yes, is it?" Nihonmatsu couldn't believe it.

Haibara asked: "Hey, are you really going to raise these four snapping turtles?"

"Of course." Nihonmatsu continued to move things.

Ayumi asked, "Xiao Ai, why do you ask that?"

Haibara said: "You also heard that he owes one million yen."

Yuan Tai was puzzled, "So what happened?"

"I see," Ayumi smiled, "He seems to be worrying about money,

So it doesn't look like I have extra money to buy feed for the four snapping turtles. "

Yuan Tai asked: "Since he can't afford to keep them, why does he need four big tortoises?"

Ayumi smiled and said, "I must have sold them to pay off the debt."

Haibara shook his head and said, "Impossible, the market price of snapping turtles is less than 10,000 yen, which is far from it."

"Ah, that means there is a treasure." Yuan Tai said dreamily, "It's on the turtle's back."

Mitsuhiko asked angrily: "Yuantai, who would draw that kind of map when and for what!"

Mrs. Yuan couldn't answer with a dry smile. She looked around and found an old woman using a locker on the side of the road. She immediately went up to help.

"Ah, grandma, let me help you."

Mitsuhiko said weakly: "The transfer is very clever, Yuantai."

Ayumi asked: "Xiao Ai, why are you talking about it?"

Huiyuan spread his hands, "I don't know, there must be another purpose anyway."

Ayumi regretted: "Really, it would be great if Conan was here."

"Even if Conan is not here, we will find out." Mitsuhiko's fighting spirit was high.

"That's right, if it's really impossible, you can inform Uncle Mori and Brother Yamazaki." Genta came back, "If Uncle is happy, maybe he will invite us to lunch."

Mitsuhiko said weakly: "Forget it, uncle will buy ramen for about 1,000 yen."

Ayumi said weakly: "Brother Yamazaki will probably ask us to pay the bill ourselves."

At this time, Er Bensong came back to carry the box again, and the four of them shut up quickly. ...

Before noon, the pet hospital.

To the surprise of Yuantai and the others, Erbensong did not go home. Instead, he moved the four snapping turtles to the pet hospital. After seeing the doctor, he was going to line up in the X-ray room, but the hospital had a lunch break and had to wait until the afternoon.

Haibara, Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko looked at each other and smiled, and they all understood for a moment that going to the X-ray room was of course an X-ray, and there must be something in the tortoise's belly.

Mitsuhiko said excitedly: "I see, you can see that his bandaged finger must have been bitten by a snapping turtle when he was holding something, and then the thing in his hand was swallowed by the snapping turtle It's in my stomach."

Yuan Tai asked: "But what's the use of knowing this?"

"Of course it works," Mitsuhiko said excitedly, "The big snapping turtle appeared in Central Park, so he must have been bitten in Central Park."

Huiyuan asked: "The place is here, what about the time?"

"Yesterday, no, last night." Mitsuhiko said excitedly, "The big sister said she just threw away the snapping turtle yesterday."

"It cannot be explained that it is the same one." Haibara said, "And there is another problem. Although the weather is warmer now, the temperature is higher during the day, but the temperature at night is lower, so the snapping turtle should actually be in hibernation. The reason no one sees snapping turtles in Central Park."

"Ah?" Mitsuhiko scratched his head, unable to answer.

Ayumi suggested: "Let's go to Central Park again, maybe there are some new clues."...

central Park.

Haibara, Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko were wandering around, and found that a staff member was trimming a piece of burnt vegetation.

The four of them went up to inquire, and learned that it was burnt last night. Fortunately, it rained last night and no major disaster was caused.

The cause of the fire is unknown, but a burnt hat and a pair of gloves were found, most likely someone set the fire on purpose.

"Ah, Officer Takagi mentioned it this morning, the thief last night wore gloves and this kind of hat." Mitsuhiko said excitedly, "If he can pay back the money, he must be the thief, and the three million yen must be He stole it."

Ayumi asked: "But if he is a criminal, since he has already received three million yen, why doesn't he pay back the money? Instead, he cares about the four turtles. What does this have to do with the four turtles?"

"Ah, I already understand." Yuan Tai said confidently with her fingers up, "Listen, anyway, after he stole the money last night, he fled here, he took off his mask and gloves, I planned to burn the evidence here, but at that time, my finger was bitten by a turtle that suddenly appeared, and even my face was seen by it, but there are four big snapping turtles in this pond, because I don’t know who the turtle that saw him was Which one, so we can only destroy them all."

Haibara, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko raised their triangular eyes together and looked at Genta viciously.

"That," Yuan Tai said with a dry smile, "It seems that turtles don't recognize people." Then he asked, "Then tell me, what happened here last night?"

Huiyuan said: "You are right about some things. He burned the evidence here, and then he was attacked by the big snapping turtle that appeared. The reason why the big snapping turtle appeared must be hibernating here. Look at the four small pits."

Ayumi smiled and said: "So that's how it was. A fire made the tortoise think that the temperature was rising, so it woke up from hibernation."

Haibara said: "He was looking for the snapping turtle because something was swallowed by the snapping turtle, and this thing is related to three million yen."

"Let's go, let's go back to the pet hospital." Mitsuhiko said, "Call Officer Takagi."...

pet hospital.

Before the lunch break was over, Nihonmatsu was still waiting, and Officer Takagi walked up to show him his police ID card.

"Hello, I am……"

"Police, police?"

Before Officer Takagi finished speaking, Nihonmatsu's expression changed drastically, and he ran away, but at the door he saw Haibara, Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko waiting for him there.

"Step aside."

Er Bensong kept walking to try to knock them away, but he was caught by two hands. The policemen ambushing on both sides of the gate grabbed him from left to right.

Officer Takagi said: "Mr. Nihonmatsu, do you have anything to say? Active cooperation can reduce the sentence."

"I," Nihonmatsu said dejectedly, "yes, I was the one who went to Mr. Fukuokoji's house last night and took away three million yen."

Mitsuhiko asked: "What's the matter with the tortoise? Is there something in its stomach?"

Nihonmatsu sighed: "It's the key to the locker. I was desperate because I owed money to others, so I sneaked into Uncle Daikoji's house last night and stole three million yen."

"I ran into a patrolman on the way back, so I put the bag of money in the locker, and then went to Central Park to burn the evidence."

"I didn't expect to meet a big snapping turtle. I was taken aback. I dropped the key. I didn't expect it to swallow it in one gulp."

"I wanted to grab it, but it bit me on my finger. I couldn't shake it off, so I had to put it in the water, so it let go."

"I went to the emergency department at the hospital and called animal control this morning to have them come and catch the snapping turtle."

"I wanted to pretend to be the owner, but I didn't expect there were four snapping turtles, so I had to adopt them."

"That's it."

Mitsuhiko couldn't help asking: "You said you raised a little green turtle, and you said you wanted to make amends..."

Erben Song apologized: "I'm sorry, I lied to you, I never raised a little green turtle."

"Ah." Mitsuhiko was disappointed.

Yuan Tai smiled and said: "I found you are stupid. If you lose the key, just call and someone will come to help you open the box."

"Genta," Ayumi said with a smile, "That's not allowed, even if he said that, but after the other party helped him open the box, he had to confirm the lost property with him, the owner of the deposit."

"That's right." Yuan Tai scratched his head embarrassedly, "If it is found that there are three million yen in it, it will definitely be connected with the theft case last night."

Nihonsong complained: "Oh, I am unlucky. Those who raise them, since they have raised them, don't throw them away. What's more, they leave this dangerous animal in the park that belongs to everyone."

Officer Takagi said: "That's what you say, but you have no right to accuse them."

"It's really unlucky for you," Huiyuan said with a smile, "It's not good to set fire anywhere, it must be where they hibernate."

"Winter, hibernation?" Er Bensong was dumbfounded.

"That's right, the tortoises are hibernating at this time." Ayumi smiled, "They were sleeping soundly, but you woke them up with a fire."

"I'm speechless." Nihonsong was very depressed. ...

Later, the four snapping turtles were adopted, and the unlucky Erbensong was sentenced to twelve years in prison for robbery and arson. ...