Sherlock Holmes

A horse-drawn carriage drove through the streets of Uptown.

Compared to the other side of the Thames River, the snow clearing work on the road here is obviously very good. Even the small roads that deviate from the main road do not have much snow. The carriage moves quickly and smoothly, and soon arrives at the Grove Grove. At the intersection three streets away from the Nahaus Hotel.

Watson and Sherlock got out of the car after paying and watched the carriage drive away.

"No matter why the Pope hasn't left yet, I think he will definitely put some spies around the hotel, so we'd better not let the carriage park directly at the door." Sherlock said.

Watson frowned: "Why do you say this?"

"Ah, I'm afraid you'll ask: Why did we get off the bus when we were so far away, so I'll explain it in advance."

"I won't ask such a stupid question." Watson responded with a sigh, and then walked towards the hotel.

Sherlock walked with him, lit a cigarette, and started smoking thoughtfully.

When passing a shop selling phonographs on the roadside, Watson turned to look at him: "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about how we should get that guy out. Logically speaking, a pope must have a large group of relatives around him, and there must be several powerful masters among them. If the two of us just go in like this, Wouldn’t it be a little bad to break in?”

Watson frowned: "Are you just thinking about this kind of question now?"

"I'm sorry, I have too much information in my head, and I was a little distracted on the road just now." Sherlock said sorry, but there was no apology in his tone.

"In that case, I would like to remind you that not only should we try to avoid fighting, it is best not to even show our face. Each pope has thousands of believers in his own diocese. If you If my identity is exposed, I will definitely be in big trouble."

"What should I do?" Sherlock muttered while blowing out smoke.

But the words just fell

Suddenly, several people walked out of the alley and blocked their way.

Immediately afterwards, another thin man with a scar on his face came out. This guy took out a bright knife from behind and made a gesture in front of Sherlock; then when he looked at Watson, he slightly After being stunned for a moment, I guess I noticed his pretty face, and immediately approached him with a sinister smile:

"Hehe, this fine-skinned young man, if you don't want his face to be scrapped, please hand over your wallet."

Watson looked stunned.

There wasn't even a preamble. It seemed that the robbers in the uptown area really valued efficiency more than the ones in the lower town.

Two streets away, all the lights in the Grosvenor House Hotel were on in the night, illuminating the roads surrounding the building.

This was requested by Pope Theodore, and as a devout believer, the hotel owner naturally did not dare to disobey his instructions. He even did not dare to turn off the lights during the day. Although he did not know why the Pope did this. Do.

And he couldn't understand even more why Pope Theodore suddenly stopped eating the meals provided by the hotel. Instead, he bought a bunch of packaged fast food, such as bread, canned jam, and even bottled water.

In addition, he also requires his family members to patrol each floor in turn. Doesn't he think this is very noisy?

Of course it's noisy.

The Pope already suffers from headaches, and he has so many people patrolling upstairs and downstairs continuously. No matter how careful these people are, they will always make some noise.

But although it was noisy, it could give him some sense of security.

At 1 a.m., the Pope's personal nun knocked on the door and entered the room after receiving permission.

"I just checked with the patrol officers and found nothing suspicious."

Pope Theodore looked a little sluggish. He had not slept well for several days, which made the dark circles under his eyes more serious: "Have you contacted the people from the London Sheriff's Department?"

"Contacted, they have sent 30 steam armors to implement 24-hour non-stop guarding outside the hotel. Moreover, 16 contractor guards dispatched from the parish have also arrived and are heading to the pre-arranged posts superior."

After hearing this, the Pope finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, even the accompanying nun who has been following him all year round doesn't know why the Pope is so anxious these days, but she doesn't dare to ask.

"Come here and accept the gift." Perhaps because the arrival of the guards made him feel more secure, the Pope leaned his fat body on the sofa and ordered the accompanying nuns to come over and relieve himself of the pressure. .

"Yes, Master." The nun said respectfully, then devoutly unbuttoned her collar and walked over.

But at this moment.

"boom!"

A loud noise came from a certain direction downstairs.

"What's going on?!" The Pope suddenly panicked!

"Report!" A family member's panicked voice came from outside the door: "The gas pipe exploded on the second floor!"

"What?!" The nun was also shocked. She didn't even have time to fasten the button. She immediately turned around and opened the door, glaring at the people outside. She was just a humble servant in front of the Pope, but in front of these family members, But it was a superior being: "What did you do?!"

"I'm sorry!" The man immediately lowered his head: "There may be a sudden leak in the gas pipe, but everyone has rushed over to put out the fire."

When Pope Theodore heard this, his expression became stern!

Maybe he was cautious, maybe he was suspicious, or maybe he was jealous of his life. Anyway, he felt that there was something wrong with the sudden gas leak at this juncture.

So I just screamed!

"Protect! Protect!!"

While shouting, he jumped up from the sofa chair with great safety awareness and threw himself on the ground, away from the window.

The next second after the shouting, several nearby Contractor guards rushed over and protected the Pope. In the next ten seconds, three more guards rushed into the room. , surrounded the Pope. As for those whose posts were farther away, they began to guard the stairwells or doors and windows.

But during this process, several more explosions were heard, and it seemed that several gas leaks had occurred in other parts of the building.

But this is not the end, because just listen to

"Kaka~kaka~"

The gas lamp overhead flickered a few times, and the surroundings suddenly fell into darkness! As darkness fell, some void cracks began to be torn open in various areas of the hotel. Demons of various sizes and shapes came out, and they didn't know where to spread out. The tentacles wrap up everyone they can and drag them to the corner.

In this way, the entire hotel ushered in sudden chaos.

Fortunately, the contractors trained by a pope are definitely not all waste. Some of them even have the ability to be elected clergy. Therefore, in the face of the sudden chaos, these people did not panic too much, but acted in an orderly manner. Sticking to their posts and cooperating with each other, they quickly took control of the situation again. They also forced the emerging demons to a desperate situation little by little, and then killed them.

At the same time, on the floor where Pope Theodore was, everything seemed extremely quiet, with six contractors firmly protecting him.

It went on like this for quite a while.

Finally, a family member ran up panting. Although he suffered some injuries, he was not in such a sorry state:

"Report to the Pope, the offensive below has been blocked!"

After hearing this man's words, the people around him finally breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, if you think about it, it is a bit impossible to assassinate a pope under the protection of so many contractors.

However, before everyone could exhale the tense breath in their chests, they suddenly discovered that the family members in front of them seemed to have seen something, and they were looking motionlessly at the other end of the corridor, their eyes full of fear.

Everyone immediately looked in that direction, and then they saw a person!

He was thin and wearing a long trench coat. The moonlight filtered in from the window, making his shadow grow long.

"What's below is a feint attack?!" A guard immediately realized something, but quickly calmed down, put on a fighting posture with great caution, and at the same time summoned his contracted creature.

But the summons didn't matter. Seven or eight void cracks appeared on the opposite side, and then messy demons came out and covered the entire corridor.

"Stop that guy quickly!"

Pope Theodore suppressed his panic and shouted, he is not a contractor, but he also knows the common sense that 'a contractor can only have one contract demon', so tonight's such a large-scale offensive, the other party will at least There is a contractor team of more than twenty people!

I didn't expect that the obliteration that I received would be so heart-wrenching.

He quickly grabbed the two guards: "Let's go, take me down!"

Naturally, Pope Theodore could not regard this hotel as a long-term stronghold. He had already prepared a retreat for himself, so he had arranged a car in advance in the stables on the side of the hotel.

Not a carriage, but a real steam locomotive wrapped in iron!

Although expensive, steam locomotives are much better than horse-drawn carriages in terms of speed and resistance to attacks! As long as nothing happens, he gets in the car, and then finds a few guards to stop the pursuer, even if it only lasts for three to five minutes, then he doesn't want anyone to catch up with him.

Following his order, several contracted guards in the corridor also cautiously surrounded the man on the other side. The remaining people quickly carried the Pope and ran down the stairs on the other side, or It can be said that the contractor's physical fitness is strong, and his speed will make him fly away.

Soon, several people arrived at the stables on the first floor.

The Grosvenor House Hotel is one of London's most luxurious hotels. Naturally, the stables cannot be just a few scattered horse troughs, but a large open space that can accommodate more than 50 carriages at the same time, and it is located in a position in the open space. , parked with a large steam locomotive made of bronze.

As I said before, although this kind of locomotive is not rare in London, it is definitely rare. Most of them are toys used by nobles to show off, but the fact that they can withstand the operation of huge steam pressure proves that this thing is definitely Strong enough.

The two contractors carried their master and came to the motorcycle, knocking on the lid: "Open the door! Quick!"

In order to be able to drive at any time, the motorcycle driver stayed inside all the time and almost fell asleep doing nothing. He was startled by such a knock and quickly woke up and opened the door.

"As expected, most of the people have stayed upstairs to take care of themselves. Now there are only a few of you left."

But at this moment, a lazy voice suddenly came from next to the stable.

In an instant, the two contractors became cautious. One of them stared at the man in the shadow, while the other was desperately trying to stuff the Pope into the motorcycle.

"Oh, don't bother. Since there are only a few of you, don't even think about running away."

The man in the shadow still said calmly.

The contractor guarding the motorcycle became even more cautious, because he seemed to feel that the person in the shadow was probably just an ordinary person, but his tone was so relaxed, without a trace of trembling, which proved that the other party had absolute of certainty.

So, he must have a pretty terrifying weapon in his hand, a machine gun?

Could it be that it is a hand cannon that only frontline military personnel can wear?

I am just a peak-level contractor. I may be able to survive the pistol bullets, but I cannot ignore the intensive attack speed of the machine gun and the attack power of the hand cannon.

The man in the shadow stood so quietly and unhurriedly. This calmness made him more and more panicked as he thought about it. But even so, the contractor did not flinch. As a guard of the Pope, it was natural for him to Be prepared to sacrifice for your master at any time.

Thoughts come to this

"Are you okay?" he shouted loudly.

And with this roar, another contractor behind him finally stuffed the Pope into the steam locomotive, then quickly closed the door, and also assumed a prepared posture.

It was too late, but it was too soon. In this situation, no one wanted to waste even a second, so the two of them summoned their contracted demons almost at the same time and rushed towards the shadow.

And at this moment, the motorcycle behind him also turned on its full power and rushed towards the road.

Listening to the sound of the wheels rapidly moving away, the two contractors were very relieved, because at this point, as long as they could stop each other for five minutes, no one could catch up with their master.

Moreover, without the master's concern, the two of them seemed not to be so afraid. Even if the other party did get a hand cannon, under a two-to-one offensive, he could only injure one at most, and then They will be killed on the spot.

Although the weapons are powerful, it is not that simple to bridge the gap between ordinary people and contractors!

etc.

At this moment, one of the contractors seemed to be suddenly stunned.

It seems like something is wrong.