Sherlock Holmes

The person who rushed in did not look like a staff member of the Academy of Life Sciences, because he was not wearing a work uniform, but an extremely simple waiter's clothing. He was also a bit old, probably sixty years old, but fortunately he was in good shape. He was straight, his hair, sleeves, and tie were all taken care of meticulously, making him look very hale and hearty.

At this moment, most people in the venue were still puzzled by the last name of the private detective, and they were even more puzzled when they saw the old man running in.

Is this a housekeeper?

But why did a butler come to the stage?

Also, why is this guy looking for that private investigator?

Of course, some people who were taking the assessment with Sherlock were thinking about another more likely development, that is, did this guy cheat or bribe some insiders, and now the matter is exposed?

"Mr. Sander, what's wrong?"

Ms. Clairson, who was the manager of a department, saw the housekeeper running up to her. She was not displeased with his behavior as expected, nor did she scold him. Instead, she seemed extremely respectful, and even saw the housekeeper's hurried gesture. She also looked a little panicked.

At this moment, several people in the crowd seemed to suddenly think of something, and their mouths opened in surprise.

Because they finally remembered who the old man was on the stage.

Although this person is not a staff member of the School of Life Sciences, he has appeared in many scientific magazines and even appeared on the cover. Because he is the housekeeper of the dean of the School of Life Sciences, and Professor Darwin has great trust in this housekeeper, and even once It was mentioned in a certain newspaper that the other party once saved his life. In the past few decades, the two of them had long since broken away from the master-servant relationship. They should have been more of an old friend.

at this time

"it's me."

In the crowd, a not too loud voice sounded, and then a person stood up.

All of a sudden, almost all eyes were attracted, including Mr. Sander. He didn't say anything. He almost immediately came to Sherlock at a trot and put a hand on his shoulder. In front of him, he bowed very politely:

"Hello Mr. Holmes, my name is Sander, and I am Mr. Charles Darwin's housekeeper. Could you please come with me?"

"Of course, but"

But before he could ask what he was doing, Mr. Sander immediately made an invitation gesture, bowed slightly and said, "Miss, I want to see you."

After such an extremely simple conversation, the two people quickly left the venue, leaving only a group of stunned people who had no idea what was going on.

Why did you leave halfway?

Who is the lady? Could it be...?

Waves of confusion and shock made everyone around him confused.

Oh, by the way, when leaving the venue, Butler Sander seemed to signal something to Ms. Clairson on the stage.

Anyway, after the two left, the discussion in the room gradually became louder, until one person suddenly remembered that the meeting seemed not to be over yet. He stood up immediately, introduced himself politely and asked:

"Didn't I say before this assessment that a special candidate would be selected? Excuse me...?"

Ms. Clairson looked at the man

Slowly move closer to the microphone

"Obviously, it's Mr. Sherlock Holmes."

The discussion below suddenly stopped at this moment, but the next second, it immediately started up again and became even more noisy.

In fact, if you think about all the things that happened just now, the answer is indeed "obvious", but the shock it gave everyone was really difficult to digest.

Just like the group of people in the trial court, none of them knew what kind of expressions to put on. They could only look at each other, looking confused and frightened.

"Damn, I explained the test rules to him yesterday."

"But who would have thought that that guy would be such a powerful person?"

"Yes, why would such a person become a private detective and come to the trial court to sign up? A lot of people are rushing to get it, right?"

As soon as he said this, suddenly, everyone's eyes were focused on Hopkins. They found that at this moment, he did not show any surprise, but smiled slightly, as if he had already accepted it. All this.

It was only then that the people around him finally realized why he showed kindness to that person yesterday and had always maintained a very high opinion of him.

It turned out that at that time, he had already seen how extraordinary that person was.

With his thoughts at this point, he couldn't help but admire, Mr. Hopkins is indeed a rare genius in the Adjudication Division.

In the corridor, Butler Sander and Sherlock walked quickly.

As he walked forward, he glanced sideways more than once at the man beside him who didn't look special.

He is dressed simply and doesn't seem to pay much attention to his own image. He has not received professional training and does not hold any position in the Holy See. He is neither a government official nor a private detective.

And it was such a person who actually solved the code!

This really agrees with the comment on the phone.

Incredible!

In fact, at the beginning, Maude did not think that adding the safe password to the temporary test was a feasible solution.

But I couldn't stand the young lady's insistence.

The old dean only had one daughter, and since her death, this eldest daughter, who was usually domineering and stubborn and would run away from home from time to time, became extremely stubborn and insisted that someone deliberately planned the old dean's death.

When her only relative dies, the young lady will fall into extreme sadness. This is human nature, and Housekeeper Maud is not willing to believe that the old professor really died like this. The most powerful founder of biology in the entire empire, the founder of life. The dean of the Academy of Sciences died in front of him so easily and hastily.

But at that time, nearly a hundred people witnessed all this with their own eyes, and the old professor died in an accident.

Well, it's useless to say more, because the young lady doesn't seem to believe this fact. She seems to be trapped in some kind of obsession, and she wants to find out who killed her father.

They even did not hesitate to use their huge human resources to select the best people throughout the empire to investigate this 'non-existent murder case'.

To outsiders, this seems more or less nonsense, but nevertheless, her words must be taken seriously.

Due to the sudden death of the old dean, there was no time to make a will. This resulted in some of the resources he held during his lifetime being naturally passed on to his next generation, including 51% ownership of the School of Life Sciences. .

Of course, his daughter is not a scientific researcher, so if some secret methods are used, she can be quietly ignored, or even forced to divide her ownership rights, but there are too many people in the Academy of Life Sciences. They are the older generation of researchers. They have worked hard with the old dean for decades and finally achieved the current glory of the Academy of Life Sciences. Therefore, this group of people almost stubbornly believes that if the highest say of the Academy of Sciences falls into the hands of 'outsiders' , it feels like a wife and children are separated.

This makes it very difficult to ignore that girl.

The most important thing is that because of Professor Darwin's sudden death, many important documents he held are missing. The only one who knows where these things are is his only daughter.

In short, in the entire Academy of Sciences, a woman under thirty years old really has the right to speak. Fortunately, she knows that she is not good at scientific research or management, so she does not get involved in any matters within the Academy of Sciences.

The only thing she insists on is to catch her father's murderer!

Finally, after leaving the No. 7 Administration Building, the old housekeeper took Sherlock on a steam locomotive. This kind of transportation that is not very common in normal urban areas is quite popular in the School of Life Sciences. After all, in Here, time is money.

After another ten minutes of driving, the car finally stopped in front of a two-story villa that didn't look too big, and even a little old.

The butler took Sherlock out of the car

"This is the home of Professor Charles Darwin, the dean of the School of Life Sciences." He said calmly: "Now, I want to tell you something that may surprise you. This happened three days ago. Months ago, but it has not yet been announced to the outside world.”

After speaking, the old butler paused for a moment, as if giving the detective in front of him some time to mentally build up.

Then he slowly said:

"Professor Darwin is dead."

"What.?"

If there is anyone in the world who knows this news, then Sherlock is one of them, but he still has to pretend to be very surprised, because as a private detective, if he knows such a thing, then It’s too unreasonable.

"I know this is shocking, but it is true." The old housekeeper said: "And the current owner of this villa is Professor Darwin's daughter. She is inside at the moment. As for why you were called here and this test I think you would be more willing to hear her tell you the reasons."

After saying that, old housekeeper Maud pushed open the door of the villa and motioned for Sherlock to follow him.

Next, under his leadership, Sherlock came to the second floor, and then stopped in front of a study room, waiting for the housekeeper to knock on the door:

"Miss, Mr. Sherlock is already here."

"Come in."

a voice sounded.

The old housekeeper opened the door and made an inviting gesture.

So Sherlock walked into the study, looked at the familiar figure on the chair, and said calmly:

"Long time no see, oh, it doesn't seem like that long."

"You don't seem surprised."

"Yes." Sherlock walked over and sat on another chair: "So let's skip the self-introduction and polite steps and go straight to the topic."