Sherlock Holmes

"Ling~Ling~Ling~"

The wind chime was hit by the opened door and made a crisp sound.

The owner of this bar is called Irene Adler. Sherlock has never had any contact with her. He only glanced at each other from a distance across a dining table a few days ago, but he can tell that this woman is a weirdo.

If not a weirdo, who would put a string of wind chimes behind the door of the bar? Only small shops would hang such things behind the door. In such a big bar, even if there are few customers, it is impossible to hear this. Wind chimes.

Moreover, so much money has been spent to decorate the interior so luxuriously and elegantly, but the storefront is very small, and there is not even a sign. If you want to tell the coachman your destination, you have to tell the name of the store next to it.

And when I think of this, I have to think of the glass of wine a few days ago.

Who would have thought that a certain glass of wine in this world could actually buy half of Baker Street. Sherlock has lived in London for thirty years, and he deeply knows that in that foggy city, he wants to have a room of his own. These are very difficult things, let alone an entire apartment, an apartment building, or even half a street.

And these are actually worth a glass of wine? ? ?

Well, he really felt that poverty can indeed limit a person's imagination.

But it was also true that because of that glass of wine, he remembered the woman named Irene deeply in his heart.

Passing through the marble-paved doorway, the gorgeous gas lamp above illuminated the entire hall, but miraculously did not make much sound. In a corner of the bar, the remaining four people had been waiting for a long time.

Sherlock walked over, and in the process, several eyes naturally fell on him. It wasn't until he walked to the table and sat down, then took off his hat apologetically, that his eyes finally calmed down.

"I've been waiting for a long time, everyone. It's a long way to go."

The few people here can stand out from the many elites. Naturally, they are not ordinary people. Facing Sherlock, a guy who shined even more in the test, they can't help but be a little curious.

"After the last exam, I went to the office of the approval team and asked about your results. You cracked 47 cases at that time. The accuracy rate was 100%. Please forgive me for being a bit direct, but you are so fucking awesome. What a monster!"

The person who spoke was a man named Tobias Gregson, captain of the ninth detachment of the Imperial Royal Investigation Corps. When the approved list was read out, he was ranked third.

And his personality seems to be the same as his body type. He is the most old-school tough guy type police detective. Otherwise, it would be impossible to destroy the terrorist's lair alone. He is about two meters tall, with broad shoulders, thick eyebrows and thick lips. , wearing the common denim clothing in Demeiana Administrative State. It can be imagined that Director Lestrade must have had this kind of virtue when he was young.

Oh, the detective in front of me definitely doesn't wear a thong.

"It's not as real as you think, because I didn't write down the reasoning process, so in terms of effective time, I have a lot more time than you, and to a certain extent, I cheated a bit. "Sherlock rarely showed a little humility.

"Being able to cheat in that situation is also a manifestation of ability. Hey, I wish I had been more courageous at that time." Another person next to me, a short-haired woman, answered. She was the only woman among the candidates, and He looked very young, with obvious regret and cynicism in his tone: "Actually, I didn't want to write those tedious reasoning processes at the time. I had already figured it out in my mind. Why do I have to explain it to the reviewer again? It's such a waste. time."

Several other people present also nodded with regret.

But the matter has passed, and they just expressed their emotions a little, thinking that they could perform better in the exam. Of course, after the judge named Hopkins told them that Sherlock had used an exhaustive and elimination method to list nearly 400 safe passwords, these people knew that no matter how hard they tried, they would probably be unable to do so. We can only compete for second place.

Therefore, I have even more admiration for this private detective from London. Even if judging from the files, he is just a novice contractor who has undergone the canonization ceremony for half a year, and has not undergone military training, but in terms of reasoning ability alone , he is undoubtedly the most powerful among these people.

It is natural to have due respect for the strong, and soon everyone stopped complaining and greeting each other and went straight to the topic.

During the subsequent exchange of clues, Sherlock could say that it was the most unforgettable and enjoyable chat in his life.

Although you can also feel this way when chatting with Watson and Moriarty, Watson has some psychological problems, and he still insists on pretending to be a normal person; Moriarty What's more, even though he was not tall, he still had to act condescending, which gave Sherlock a headache.

Compared with his two friends, the four people in front of him can be regarded as very normal people, and in the final analysis, their jobs can be attributed to the ranks of detectives, which led to the order of this conversation. It is extremely clear, there is no nonsense at all, and the communication between each other does not require too much explanation, and you can follow the train of thought. You don't have to keep speaking at a slow speed, you are completely open, and you even have some kind of wonderful smoothness. pleasure.

"You said he had a cat?"

"I was also scared at the time. And he only started going to church on the 27th, which was February!"

"February!! Damn it, what did I say? At that time, I found out that his neighbor bought a steam locomotive, but no one in his family knew how to drive it!"

"So the nanny looking after the kids is the same person?!"

"It's obvious."

Anyway, the people at this table started an intense but harmonious discussion at a speed and speaking style that only people of their kind can adapt to. They were open and generous, and they were not afraid of others overhearing, and everyone walked around. All the attendants who passed by couldn't help but cast strange glances. They even thought that the people at this table were having some kind of patient exchange meeting?

After a while, Sherlock also compiled some extremely useful information.

First: Dean Darwin’s experiment did not start 32 years ago. In fact, he had proposed the idea as early as 40 years ago, before the second demonic invasion; but at that time, he was not the president of the Academy of Sciences. The Academy of Life Sciences is not completely self-sufficient in funding, and his concept is too unbelievable, so it was not approved.

It was not until many years later, when the second demonic invasion began and humans tenaciously survived in the darkness, that the Academy of Life Sciences finally bloomed with dazzling brilliance, and Dean Darwin's demonological research also became the most cutting-edge and practical. Subject.

As a result, he was promoted to the dean of the Academy of Life Sciences. It was also at this time that he finally officially started the research on soul visualization devices.

Second: Dean Darwin recruited a demon from the Demon Breeding Farm five years ago, which was the [Hound of Baskerville], but five years ago, Baskerville was not the Chief of Staff. At that time, he He is just a contracted legion soldier who kills enemies on the front line, and he is so murderous that he was even given the title of "Butcher".

During a certain mission, he and his team were accidentally surrounded by a group of wild demons. The battle was very fierce and almost the entire army was wiped out. Only he managed to break out of the siege. After that, he was promoted to The chief of staff of the First Covenant Corps, directly subordinate to General Patton.

After he was appointed chief of staff, his [Hound] was sent to the giant island of Odilia for some reason. In September of the same year, he was recruited by the Academy of Life Sciences and became a test subject for Dean Darwin's experimental results.

Third: Dean Darwin is also a contractor, and he is also a second-level one. Everyone knows this. In other words, he also has a contract demon, but according to rumors, it seems that he has been using himself as an experiment since then. After trying to control the wild demon named [Crimson], his original contracted demon had some strange changes.

The specific changes have not been mentioned in any report, nor are they written in Dean Darwin's diary. However, it can be deduced from some information obtained by Hopkins seeking help from the Inquisition. This demon seems to have gradually separated from its relationship with the Inquisition. The connection with hell makes it impossible to tear open the cracks in the void, and it and Dean Darwin have gradually broken away from the contractual relationship, and they cannot even produce a backlash effect on each other.

Fourth: In the early stages of the experiment, Dean Darwin did not directly use himself as the experimental subject. He also recruited a lot of volunteers. A total of 36 names were recorded in the experiment records.

However, if we look at the order of the original experiment dates, there should be a 37th person.

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This clue was found out by Tobias, and after he finished speaking, the other four people at the table continued to remain silent.

After about 30 seconds, the noisy female investigator finally looked over in confusion: "No more?"

"No more."

"What about the extra person?"

"Not found"

"No clues found?" The investigator was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Detective Tobias with even more confusion, as if to say, 'You can't find any clues, so why are you messing around at our table? ’

Fortunately, Hopkins came out to explain to the other party:

"Actually, I can't blame him. I also followed up on this clue, but in the end, there was still no sign."

This time, several people around him fell into silence for a longer period of time.

In the chat just now, they almost all understood each other's abilities. Among them, Judge Hopkins is undoubtedly the one with the most connections. If he can't be found out, then no matter who is replaced, he should be the one with the most connections. There will be no better outcome.

Even the young female investigator thought of a very ridiculous possibility. Could it be that in the experimental process, there was a day that was vacant because Dean Darwin suddenly became lazy and did nothing on that day? ,rest?

But judging from Dean Darwin's frantic work passion, this idea seems even more unreliable.

And just when everyone was at a loss.

"Click~click~"

The sound of high heels tapping the ground came closer and closer.

The sound was actually not loud, but it wonderfully interrupted the thoughts of the people at the table, and they all looked in that direction in unison.

Then, he saw a woman with a graceful figure walking towards this side.