big devil holmes

Chapter 175 The Disappeared Experimenter No. 37

"Bell~Bell~Bell~"

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

The owner of this bar is Irene Adler. Sherlock has never had any contact with her, but just looked 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 it weren't for a weird person, who would put a string of wind chimes behind the door of the bar? Only a small shop would hang this thing behind the door. For such a big bar, even if there are few customers, it is impossible to hear this. wind chime.

Moreover, after spending so much money to decorate the interior so luxuriously and elegantly, the facade is very small, without even a sign. If you want to tell the coachman the destination, you have to say the name of the shop next to it.

And thinking of these, 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 buy half of Baker Street. Sherlock has lived in London for 30 years, and he knows that in that foggy city, it is very difficult to have a room of his own. It is not easy, let alone an entire apartment, an apartment building, or even half a street.
And these are worth a glass of wine? ? ?

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

However, because of that glass of wine, he deeply remembered the woman named Irene in his heart.

Passing through the marble-paved porch, the gorgeous gas lamps overhead illuminated the entire hall, but miraculously, there were not many sounds. In a corner of the bar, the remaining four people had already been waiting for a long time.

Sherlock walked over. During this process, several eyes naturally fell on him. It was not until he walked to the table and sat down, and then took off his hat apologetically, that his gaze finally converged.

"I've been waiting for a long time, everyone, the journey is a bit far."

The few people here who can stand out from the many elites are naturally not ordinary people, but facing Sherlock, a guy who shines even more in the test, they can't help being a little curious.

"After the last exam, I went to the office of the examination and approval team and asked about your grades. You cracked 47 cases at that time. The correct rate is 100%. Please forgive me for speaking directly, but you are really fucking A monster!"

The person who spoke was a man named Tobias Gregson, the captain of the ninth squadron of the Imperial Royal Investigation Team. He was ranked third when the approval list was announced.

And his personality looks the same as his body shape, he is the most old-fashioned tough guy 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 denim clothing that is common in the administrative state of Dimeana, one can imagine that Director Lestrade should have this kind of virtue when he was young.

Oh, the detective in front of me is definitely not wearing a thong.

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

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

Several other people present also nodded regretfully.

But the matter has passed, and they just express their emotions a little bit, thinking that they can perform better in the exam.Of course, after the judge named Hopkins told them that Sherlock had listed nearly 400 safe codes by means of exhaustive enumeration and exclusion, these few people knew that no matter how hard they tried, they probably would not Can only compete for second place.

Therefore, I admire this private detective from London even more, even if judging from the files, he is just a novice contractor who has withstood the canonization ceremony for half a year, and has no military experience, but only in terms of reasoning ability , he is undoubtedly the most powerful among these people.

For the strong, it is natural to have due respect, and soon everyone saved each other's complaints and pleasantries, and went straight to the point.
In the following process of getting clues and communicating, Sherlock can say that it was the most memorable and enjoyable chat in this life.

Although I can also feel this way when chatting with Watson and Moriarty, that guy Watson has some psychological problems, so he insists on pretending to be a normal person; Moriarty What's more, Sherlock was very troubled by his condescending demeanor even though he was obviously not tall.

Compared with my two friends, these four people in front of me can be regarded as very normal people, and after all, their work can also be attributed to the ranks of detectives, which led to the orderliness 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 they can keep up with the train of thought. pleasure.

"You said he had a cat?"

"I was also scared at the time. And he didn't start going to church until the 27th, which was February!"

"February!! Damn, what did I say, I found out that his neighbor bought a steam locomotive, but no one in his family can drive it!"

"So the babysitter is the same person?!"

"Obvious."

Anyway, the people at this table started a heated but harmonious discussion with a speed and a way of speaking that only people of their kind could adapt to. All the attendants who passed by couldn't help but cast strange glances, and even thought that the people at this table were having some kind of patient exchange meeting?
After a while, Sherlock also gathered several pieces of extremely useful information.

First: Dean Darwin's experiment did not start 32 years ago. In fact, he had already proposed the idea as early as 40 years ago, before the second demon invasion; but he was not a member of the Academy of Sciences at that time. Long, the School of Life Sciences has not achieved complete self-sufficiency in funds, and his idea is a bit too incredible, so it has not been approved.

It was not until many years later that the second demonic invasion began and human beings survived tenaciously in the dark, that the Academy of Life Sciences finally showed its dazzling brilliance, and Dean Darwin's demonology research became the most cutting-edge and practical Subject.

As a result, he was promoted to be the dean of the School of Life Sciences, and it was at this time that he finally officially started the research on the soul visualization device.

Second: Dean Darwin recruited a demon from the demon farm five years ago, that is, [The Hound of Baskerville]. But five years ago, Baskerville was not the chief of staff. At that time, he He was just a soldier of the Covenant Legion who killed the enemy on the front line, and he was so bloodthirsty that he was even dubbed a "butcher".

During a certain mission, he and his team were accidentally surrounded by a group of wild demons. The battle was so tragic that almost the entire army was wiped out. Chief of Staff of the First Covenant Legion, directly under General Patton.

And since he was named chief of staff, his [Hound Dog] was sent to the giant island of Odlia 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 a second-level contractor, which everyone knows, that is to say, he also has a contract demon, but according to rumors, it seems that since he started to treat himself as an experiment Ontology, after trying to control the wild demon named [Crimson], his original contract demon had some strange changes.

The specific changes have not been mentioned in any reports, nor have they been written in Dean Darwin's diary, but it can be deduced from some information obtained by Hopkins from the trial court. This demon seems to be gradually separated from the The connection of hell has made it impossible to tear open the void crack, and it has gradually broken away from the contract with Dean Darwin, and they can't even have a backlash effect.

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

However, according to the original experiment date, there should be a 37th person.

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

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

"It's gone."

"What about the extra person?"

"not found"

"Didn't find it?" The investigator was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Inspector Tobias with even more doubts, as if to say, 'You can't find any clues, how dare you hang out at our table? '

Fortunately, Hopkins came out and explained for the other party:
"Actually, I can't blame him for this. I have also followed up on this clue, but in the end, there is still no sign of it."

This time, the surrounding people fell into a longer silence.

During the chat just now, they almost all understood each other's abilities. Among them, Judge Hopkins is undoubtedly the one with the most connections. Nothing could have been better.

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

But judging by Dean Darwin's frenzied passion for work, this idea seems even more unreliable.

And when everyone is at a loss.
"Click~click~"

There was a sound of high heels tapping the ground from far away.

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

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

(End of this chapter)