Sherlock Holmes

"Actually, it's okay. It's just that these guys standing in the yard are a bit annoying." Sherlock didn't seem surprised or surprised by Watson's arrival, he just said it naturally.

"That's it." Watson smiled and nodded, then walked towards the military police captain and looked at him very politely.

"Well, sir, didn't you hear what my friend said? He said you are a little annoying."

The gendarmerie captain didn't recognize the man opposite him at all. He just thought he was a little too beautiful. Feeling the other man's eyes staring at him, he panicked inexplicably.

He didn't know why he was panicking. He had experienced life and death on the front line. As a professional soldier, he should no longer be afraid of threats such as death. But why was his whole body movements stiff when facing this man? .

It was as if if it fell into his hands, something more terrifying than death would happen.

The gendarmerie captain swallowed. At the same time, he glanced sideways slightly at the steam locomotive bearing the symbol of the distinguished Holy See on the roadside, and finally realized that he seemed like he shouldn't stay here any longer.

So, he forced out an apologetic smile.

Although he was extremely unwilling to do so, he had to smile apologetically, whether it was the fear in this man's smile or the pressure on his status caused by the steam locomotive in his mind:

"I'm really sorry for disturbing everyone. There must be some misunderstanding here. Anyway, let's leave now."

After saying that, he immediately turned around and trotted out of the yard, without even making a retreat gesture to the group of military police behind him. However, the group of people under him were not stupid either, and immediately followed the captain. opened.

It wasn't until the group of people completely disappeared from sight that Watson finally felt that there weren't so many eyesores anymore. He looked at Catherine on the steps solemnly, and then bowed with great grace.

He has always been very particular about etiquette when it comes to ladies:

"Hello, beautiful Miss Catherine, John Watson greets you."

In the study, the warmth generated by the fire surrounded the brass pipes, making the entire space extremely comfortable. Watson, Catherine, and Sherlock were sitting on the sofa, looking at each other.

Catherine had never met Watson. Maybe she had a brief interaction with him on the Day of Holy Love, but she was probably only surprised by his appearance, and had no understanding of the rest.

So she was really shocked by Watson's identity.

The car he was riding in should only be equipped by the pope, or even senior members of the Holy See above the bishop level. If she was still a clergyman, the people in the car would be enough for her to come forward to greet her, and Treat him with the utmost respect.

But this Mr. John Watson entered the Academy of Sciences as an accompanying doctor.

How could there be an accompanying doctor reporting in the Vatican’s exclusive vehicle?

What surprised Catherine even more was that Sherlock seemed to have a very good relationship with this man, like a roommate who had lived together for many years.

Looking back on the interaction between Shylock and the Son on the Day of Holy Love, Catherine actually felt at that time that Shylock's identity was similar to that of a security guard assisting the Son. After all, he was affiliated with the London security management agency at that time. .

But now it seems that the relationship between this guy and the Holy Son is by no means that simple! !

Could it be that he is one of the unknown secret deadliest men under the Holy Son?

No, he was clearly a civilian more than half a year ago.

Oh, and he's a civilian now, too.

Actually, what she is thinking about now is of little use, and it doesn't matter who is sitting in the car.

What's important is that this car drove in from the edge of the Academy of Life Sciences and passed through countless long streets. I don't know how many scientific researchers looked down from the sides of the buildings. I don't know how many people looked at the engraved sign. The sunflower logo spans half of the Academy of Sciences, which is enough.

This car is not only given as a gift, but also to express an attitude.

Of course, unlike the so-called 'scientific advisory groups' who forcibly entered the Academy of Sciences, this car did not disturb anyone. Although the golden sunflower logo was too dazzling, it could be called a big show, without concealment, but at the same time it was extremely It was so quiet that there was not even a whistle blown along the way. This is undoubtedly a sign of respect for those scientific researchers who work hard.

Most scientific researchers care about this kind of respect.

"So, that Moriarty guy has found a legitimate reason to interfere?"

"Yes, in fact, he knows everything that happened in the past few days. He even quietly contributed to it." Watson said with a smile: "In order to make the people on the advisory group appear more powerful and unnecessary. Be brave, to be honest, I think that guy is more sinister than you in some aspects."

"Needless to say, I have always thought that I am quite decent, so as for the rest, he can't really just get you in."

Listening to Sherlock's tone, Watson complained a little: "What you say is always so hurtful. So what if you only got me in? I'm not useless. But he did ask me to pass this on to you." If anything, he said, you don’t need to tie yourself up. If something goes wrong, he will take care of it. And the bigger the trouble, the more support he can give you.”

Such a simple sentence made Sherlock raise his eyebrows.

"Oh, that guy is so pretentious all the time. He spent so much effort to get a group of dozens of people in. Does he want to use this to prove to me that his methods are powerful?"

His Royal Highness, the Holy Son of the Holy See, wants to prove his strength with a civilian detective. This sounds ridiculous no matter how you sound.

But Watson still smiled and nodded: "I think that's what he meant."

On the top floor of the building in the main experimental area of ​​the School of Life Sciences, there is a dome made of high-strength glass. This area can easily absorb the sun's light and heat, allowing the green plants under the dome to greedily bathe in the sun, and then unscrupulously growing.

In the spacious top-floor office, there is a large wooden desk. Although it looks very elegant, it is obviously old. The wooden texture on it has been left unmaintained for a long time, resulting in tiny cracks.

This is Dean Darwin's office.

Originally, this should be the place with the highest authority, administrative authority, and resource mobilization authority for the entire Academy of Life Sciences. Every document issued from here is likely to affect the development direction of the entire Academy of Life Sciences.

However, almost no one has been to this office in the past 30 years. It stands at the top of the entire Academy of Sciences, but it is empty. It is like a gem that is coveted by everyone, but the one who owns it person, but threw it on the ground with disdain.

Deputy Dean Holk stood in the sun, feeling that his body was warmed by the sun. He looked at the empty old desk in front of him. There was no special emotion in his eyes, but he just kept looking at it. With.

He is 55 years old this year, but because he pays special attention to taking care of his body, he appears to be in good health. However, recalling that Professor Darwin had already started to stoop at his age.

"That machine must be found within three days!"

He took his eyes away from the desk, then turned his head and looked at the gendarmerie captain standing next to him and said coldly.

At this time, the military police captain looked serious, even with a hint of nervousness in his seriousness.

Sherlock once said before: 'It is not up to them to decide who is placed in the scientific adviser's accompanying team. ’

Therefore, this military police captain is definitely not just a military police captain, and the more than 30 military policemen under him cannot really be just ordinary military police holding guns to maintain the internal security of the empire.

They all come from the rear defense force of Redeker Strait and have the most professional military qualities. There are 7 second-order contractors and 11 first-order contractors in the team.

Just such a team, placed on the front line of Hell Gate, is enough to carry out a small military mission.

That's why he was so angry when he found out that such a big machine disappeared before his eyes!

"In the morning, I went to Dean Darwin's old house. In fact, I was basically sure that it was the detective named Sherlock who did it. But I don't know how he did it, and that guy did it very well. It’s clean and there’s no flaw left. If you just blindly search everywhere, you’re unlikely to find it.”

Hearing the captain's words, Vice President Holk seemed a little confused: "Why do you have to go looking for it blindly? Now that the matter is over, you can rush in and tie up the detective. I have seen the files of him participating in the screening for half a year. No matter how powerful the canonization ceremony that I just participated in is, can it still compare with you soldiers who are soaking in the blood pool every day?"

Having said this, the deputy dean's face darkened, and his tone became colder, but also more determined: "As for that girl Catherine, as long as you don't do anything to her, I can suppress all the rest!

After all, I have the final say here. If that girl hadn't clung to the news of her father's death, I would have been the official dean! "

While saying this, his eyes again looked at the desk next to him intentionally or unintentionally.

In fact, Dean Darwin is just a scholar. He doesn’t understand politics and management at all. After becoming the dean, he still stays in the laboratory all day and rarely even comes to the office; and over the years, the operation of the entire School of Life Sciences and The flow of funds is the hard work of the deputy dean, and even the cooperation and conflicts between various experimental bases are reconciled by him. In his eyes, he has contributed at least 80% of the effort to make the School of Life Sciences what it is today.

However, all the scientific researchers seemed to have the highest respect for the old dean, which made him increasingly unwilling and unhappy!

When it came to this, the gendarmerie captain did not respond immediately. Instead, he pondered for a long time before finally speaking tentatively:

"But you should know that this morning, a steam locomotive from the Holy See parked in front of Professor Darwin's old house. I was at the scene at the time. That car had very high specifications."

"Of course I know!" the vice-president said coldly: "But don't worry, I asked some friends in the Holy See. No one with the position of Pope or above has come this way in the past few days, so that car is the Holy See." Driving here to scare people.

Your group is stationed in the Academy of Sciences, so the Vatican can't keep an eye on it, but they can't find a reason to come in, so they can only send a car to wander around. "

After finishing speaking, he looked at the captain angrily: "If something like this happens in the future, use your brain to think about it. If a big shot really comes, how could there be no accompanying team following him?"

The captain of the military police was very unhappy after being lectured, but he did not dare to refute. You can imagine how high the vice president of the Academy of Sciences is in the entire empire, and almost all his actions here have been approved by him. Yes, I can say it bluntly. If he says the word 'get out', his team will not be able to stay here for even an hour.

Moreover, the machine was indeed thrown away under his own care, and it was indeed a loss.

But when he thought of the man who looked like a woman who got off the car in the morning, he always felt terrified from the bottom of his heart.

It was as if there was a reason in his heart that was enough to make him collapse to the ground in fear, but he didn't think of it for a moment.

But I have been on the front line for almost 10 years, and that good-looking man does not look like someone who has been on the front line, so I have no reason to be afraid.

"So. I'll go there again later, tie up the detective, and then find a place to find out the whereabouts of the machine?" The captain suppressed the strangeness in his heart and just regarded it as the palpitations caused by not sleeping for two days. .

Vice President Holk frowned, as if to say again: You soldiers, apart from obeying orders, why don't you have any ideas of your own?

"That is Darwin's old house after all, and that girl Catherine is a clergyman. It would be foolish to force a conflict with her.

The best way now is to intercept the detective on the road after he leaves the old house alone.

With your strength, you should be able to subdue him quickly. Whether you can ask anything after that depends on your methods."

The captain of the military police thought for a moment, and he knew that this was indeed safer, so he nodded and left the office.

As a result, Vice Dean Holk was the only one left in the entire office.

He watched the gendarmerie captain leave and stood there quietly waiting for a long time. Suddenly, he took a few steps to the door and locked it.

Hearing the 'click' sound of the door lock, he seemed to feel a little relieved, then turned around and walked behind the old desk, and slowly sat down on the same old office chair.

Then, he closed his eyes, seeming to enjoy something.

A full 10 minutes passed like this. Finally, he opened his eyes again, then picked up the phone on the table and dialed a number that was obviously much longer than a normal call.

This phone was privately configured for the old dean. Granbell Company has guaranteed that this phone has its own line and will not be eavesdropped or inquired about call records, allowing the dean to negotiate work with more peace of mind. matters above.

This is undoubtedly a very cutting-edge technology, but who would have thought that the old dean has never used it a few times.

"Du~du~"

As the phone got busy, Vice President Holk's stern expression gradually softened. There was no one around him, but he began to become calmer, and then he began to smile. Finally, there was even a hint of humility in his expression. .

Finally, the phone was picked up.

"Hello."

It was a very beautiful woman's voice, but with just these two words, there were no other polite phone greetings.

The vice-president smiled and said with an easy-going attitude that he had never shown to others: "Hello, I am Joseph Holker, the vice-president of the School of Life Sciences. Mr. Augustine said that I can do it at 3 this afternoon. Call him between 0 and 3:15.”