big devil holmes

Chapter 197 Unshakable
Moran was still wearing a simple maid outfit at this time, which attracted the sideways glances of the passengers waiting for the bus from time to time, but it was not because of her attire, as maid outfits are quite common in this era, but because of her overly tall figure, and her only hand.

The metal texture exposed outside the cuffs, the sun shining on it, refracts a diffuse halo, it is really hard for people not to notice.

After seeing Moran, Sherlock and Watson immediately began to look around.

Because since Moran is here, then Moriarty's short-sighted eye must be here. Anyway, I don't know why. In the concept of these two people, this pair of men and women whose bodies are very different are bound together. .

"Master, he's not here." Moran said lightly.

"Oh~"

"He's on the airship"

"what??"

"The special airship of the Holy See is now parked in an open space three kilometers away, and the inheritance ceremony of the empire will begin in two months. It is too dangerous to take a steam train during this time period."

"Forehead"

The two of them didn't speak at all, they just uttered a somewhat irritating syllable at the end of each sentence of Moran's very tacitly.

Moran still maintained the maid's docile expression, but his hands were already clenched, the veins on one hand were bulging, and the other hand seemed to make the sound of a turbine turning.

"Oh, I don't know why His Royal Highness the Son came here for?" Sherlock quickly put on a serious expression and asked.

"Of course I have something urgent to do with you two, hurry up and follow me!"

"But we both bought tickets"

As if seeing two people with IQ problems, Moran was stunned for a few seconds, and then yelled angrily: "The financial department of the Holy See will compensate you two for your tickets! "

"Oh, that's okay, let's lead the way." Sherlock and Watson nodded reassuringly, and then got on the steam locomotive parked beside the platform.

In the middle of a forest farm on the edge of the School of Life Sciences, there is a large and relatively hidden open space. At this time, a not too big airship is docking in it. The steam locomotive slowly drives along the path in the forest, and finally stops at the airship. On the side, a flight attendant wearing a nun's costume had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Sherlock and Watson get off the car, she immediately went up to greet them, and then invited them into the airship.

The airship of the empire is not a common means of transportation, because it is far inferior to the steam train in terms of speed, but because it does not need to consider factors such as mountains or rivers, the route goes straight, so in some specific journeys, it is faster than the train. few.

Sherlock walked into the airship and saw the spacious seats, comfortable sofas, wine racks with ice cubes around them, and the gorgeous carpet with sunflower imprints under his feet.

Then, seeing Moriarty and Irene Adler sitting face to face at the table not far away, she felt slightly puzzled, but she walked over with Watson.

"You guys are a little slow." Moriarty's tone was so calm and cold, as if the snow on the top of a mountain was unattainable.

At this time, he was wearing a set of black and white robes, inlaid with thin golden silk threads at the junction of the colors. The whole person looked extraordinarily clean and holy. He was wearing a ring with the emblem of the Holy See on his finger holding the wine glass. , representing the terrible rights and status this person possesses.

If an ordinary person saw Moriarty like this, he would definitely not be able to hold back the trembling in his heart, kneel down in front of him with a plop, and bowed his head reverently, not daring to lift it up again.

But on this airship, he didn't seem to have this kind of treatment. Only Watson responded with a smile based on the basic principles of politeness: "There was a traffic jam on the road."

After speaking, she sat next to him.

Sherlock didn't know whether this guy was on purpose or not. Anyway, there was only the seat next to Irene left, so he had to sit next to Irene. Today, she seemed to be dressed not too much different from usual , Thinking that Irene should not have noble status or any official position, so she can sit in front of the Holy Son as a commoner, and she doesn't dress up specially, this woman's posture is really very high.

"Actually, when I came today, I didn't know that His Highness the Son of God had invited you, otherwise, I would have changed into the dress we met for the first time, and it matched my necklace better today." Irene looked at Xia Locke, even a little apologetic in his smile.

Moriarty took a sip of the wine in his glass and remained silent.

"You two know each other?" Sherlock asked bluntly, ignoring the confrontation between the lines.

"Of course, Ms. Irene Adler was Franklin's first investor. Speaking of which, we should be regarded as partners." Moriarty said lightly.

"Okay, so if I'm not mistaken... You asked us to come, it should also be related to that candidate?"

Moriarty nodded, and handed the two newspapers to Sherlock and Watson respectively.

"This morning's special issue, what you guys did yesterday has been compiled into no less than 30 versions. It is expected that at noon today, the entire empire will explode, and in the next three days, the number of versions will be doubled again. St. The newspaper will definitely not be able to withstand the pressure when the time comes, and choose at least three major sections to report on this incident." Moriarty said, his tone was steady, but his eyes were full of anger and majesty:

"You guys went a little too hard this time, trying the vice president of the School of Life Sciences in front of reporters from 11 newspapers?

In your ad hoc court?
Also killed him? ? ? "

Moriarty stared at Sherlock, as if he hadn't figured it out yet, how did this guy make things like this?

Irene looked at the angry expression on Moriarty's face. Instead of being afraid, she picked up the wine, poured a glass for Sherlock, and said with a smile: "Dear Your Highness, please don't worry, the memory of the people It is limited, think about the airship crash in London more than a month ago, almost 2 people died, and no one talks about it now."

"." Moriarty exhaled heavily: "In short, the content of the newspaper is still focusing on describing the frontline officer who killed Vice President Hulk. I will try to put your name on the newspaper as much as possible. Erase it, and replace it with a title like [a private detective] or [the person in charge of the case], so you don't have to worry about being seen as a monkey on the road.

But this method is only applicable to ordinary people. Not all imperial people are fools. Your reputation will soon spread in certain circles, even more viciously than that commander named Baskerville. "

Sherlock picked up the wine glass and made a gesture of toasting: "It doesn't sound easy to suppress, but thank you anyway, so why are you looking for me?"

As soon as he said this, Moriarty's expression gradually became serious:

"The report at the end of the third page of the newspaper, you should read it yourself."

Sherlock seemed to sense something was wrong from the other person's expression, and frowned slightly, then opened the newspaper in his hand and began to read.

And just looking at it like this, his eyebrows frowned more and more deeply, and finally he even smiled helplessly: "Oh, that old guy Augustine's methods are really beyond my expectation."

The content of the article on the third edition is very simple and does not take up too much space. The author is an editor-in-chief of this newspaper. The content is. He once interviewed an expert in demonology. [Wild Demon Manipulation Theory] is impossible to succeed.

For the specific reason, this expert gave a lot of arguments, but the academic taste is too strong, and ordinary imperial citizen readers can't understand it at all. Fortunately, the conclusion is very clear, that is Professor Darwin's experiment, it is a scam, it is a high-level government A disgraceful means of trying to increase taxes on the populace.

This report seems ordinary, but the details are very subtle. First of all, it does not represent the writer's own point of view, because he heard it from an old expert.

However, he did not point out who this 'old expert' was, because this touched the interests of the high-level society, so the other party did not dare to reveal his real name.

So to put it bluntly in this report, no one will be responsible for the above text. Even if they are responsible, at most the editor-in-chief will be scolded and a month's bonus will be deducted.

And the position of this report is very particular. Although it is the third edition, it is at the end of the report on the murder incident in the Academy of Life Sciences. Anyone who has read the previous report will be able to see it for the first time. , readers who want to see the end of the murder incident can also see it. Anyway, its reading probability is not much different from the front page.

In the end, it cleverly attributed this so-called conspiracy to [increasing taxes]
As we all know, the common people don't care about all the actions of the high-level empire. Even if it is the mayor of a certain city, Rigou, the people will just smile knowingly, because it has nothing to do with them whether Rigou is happy or not.

But once taxation is mentioned, it is a completely different concept, and even the word itself will arouse 90% of the public's disgust.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is just a preliminary warm-up. In the next half month, the forces under Emperor Augustine will confirm this groundless statement, and countless people will jump out , pointing out that Professor Darwin's experiment is a scam." Moriarty said calmly.

"And if Professor Darwin's experiment is really a hoax, then the production of the [Soul Visible Device] will also become a joke, and the application range of new electric energy will be greatly reduced. Then, along with it, Mr. Franklin's success rate in the Inheritance Ceremony It’s going to go downhill too.” Irene added:

"The final result of all this is that Augustine the Great will be re-elected as the Emperor of the Empire. At that time, the life extension experiment will not have any investment competitors. If I were Augustine the Great, during this period of time, I will be strong in life. The Academy of Sciences promotes a rising star in the scientific world, and then integrates all available forces, within five years, or even three years, to invest explosively in the experiments he wants.

In short, he will have rights, status, money, and the control of the Academy of Life Sciences. As long as he persists in staying alive for a few more years, he is likely to monopolize all the results of the life extension experiment in one fell swoop.

You never imagined that some nobles or politicians in this world are willing to pay a huge price in order to live a few more years.

At that time, Emperor Augustine will become an unshakable existence.

Even as long as the time is long enough, it is possible for him to surpass the Holy Light. After all, the Holy Light is only acting according to its own logic. It doesn't care about people's thoughts, and it is human beings who can really manipulate human society. "

(End of this chapter)