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"Continue, continue your life! Xu Min! Your Eastern names are so hard to pronounce! I'll just call you Watson!"

A black line immediately appeared on Xu Ming's forehead, and a sarcastic remark slipped out.

"Then you might as well call me Hua Dian."

Eileen immediately echoed Xu Ming's words:

"Then it's decided! What a great idea!"

Seeing the smile in Eileen's eyes, Xu Ming knew perfectly well that he had fallen into a trap.

Before Xu Ming could object, Eileen immediately steered the conversation toward the case.

"If I remember correctly, the deceased was wearing pajamas."

She snapped her fingers and pointed at Xu Ming.

"Hua Dian, could you please show me the photo of the deceased?"

Xu Ming opened his mouth, but it wasn't appropriate to lash out at that moment, so he took out his phone and pulled up a photo of the deceased.

Although the clothes were rumpled and haphazardly draped over the deceased, and covered in mud, it was still possible to tell that the deceased was wearing pajamas.

"And this strand of hair was torn off!"

Eileen held up the hair as she spoke.

Xu Ming leaned closer and saw that there was a faint trace of blood at the roots of the hair, clearly indicating that the hair had been forcibly pulled off the scalp.

"Based on these clues, it can be inferred that the deceased returned home first and had already changed into his pajamas to rest, but was forcibly taken away from his home."

This room is the original crime scene!

Eileen's reasoning was so logical and well-founded that one couldn't help but applaud her.

"Even if we know the primary crime scene is here, what's the point?"

Xu Ming asked with some curiosity.

"Why would the killer risk being witnessed by others and deliberately bring the victim to the artificial river a kilometer away to commit the crime when they could have killed the victim right here?"

Eileen asked back with bright, piercing eyes.

Chapter 573 'Sherlock Holmes and Watson'

"If we could know the details, we might be able to deduce the perpetrator's modus operandi and then catch him!"

As Eileen spoke, she turned to look at Detective George.

"Have you asked the residents in the neighborhood, especially those in this building?"

Detective George looked troubled.

“It’s already underway, but the residents of this building all say they didn’t hear anything last night, and nearby residents haven’t found any eyewitnesses yet.”

A look of surprise appeared on Eileen's face.

"Didn't any of the residents in this building or the neighborhood notice anything unusual last night?"

The deceased clearly struggled violently before being abducted.

As Eileen spoke, she stomped her foot on the floor, not too hard, but immediately a string of curses came from downstairs, the sound penetrating the floor and carrying up.

It is evident that the building's soundproofing is so poor that even the slightest noise can be heard from all directions. If the deceased had struggled, it would have caused a huge disturbance.

Detective George shook his head.

“We have sent officers to question every household in this building, but their answers are all the same: they have not heard any screams or cries.”

Eileen couldn't help but put her index fingernail in her mouth and bite it lightly.

"This doesn't make sense! Did the murderer use a sleeping potion?"

Detective George gave a helpless look.

A hint of resentment appeared on Eileen's face.

"What about from this building to the artificial river? That distance is a full kilometer. The murderer was holding a person who is over 1.6 meters tall and weighs 50 kilograms. There must have been a single eyewitness!"

Detective George shook his head again.

“We have sent officers to inquire along the route, and so far no one has seen any suspicious persons.”

Eileen unconsciously bit her nails, a thoughtful expression on her face, and muttered to herself:

"Could it be that the deceased was drugged and then placed in a box or a carriage or something?"

Xu Ming's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

What is a problem for humans is no problem at all for vengeful spirits.

Maybe Jack, the little girl, has a way to easily transform a living person directly to the artificial river.

The investigation has once again reached a stalemate.

Eileen searched Rose's house thoroughly, but found no further important clues.

With noon approaching, Eileen had no choice but to announce that the investigation would be temporarily abandoned.

It was almost 1 a.m. when I got back to 221B Baker Street.

After lunch, Eileen went back into the study and began to carefully examine the clues and files, hoping to find new leads.

Xu Ming sat to the side, silently watching her busy herself.

After a while, just as Xu Ming was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard Eileen shout excitedly.

"I see! I understand now!"

Xu Ming was startled awake by her shout.

"What's wrong? Did you make a new discovery?"

"Of course!"

Eileen pointed excitedly at the London map pinned to the board.

"The answers are all in this map!"

Xu Ming immediately came closer out of curiosity.

"This is the first crime scene!"

As Eileen spoke, she placed a dot on the map with her pen and wrote the word 'gluttony' next to it.

"This is the second one."

This is the third one.

Eileen then marked two more locations on the map, labeling them 'Sloth' and 'Greed'.

Then she connected the three locations with lines, and a huge equilateral triangle appeared on the map.

"And what about the rest?"

At this moment, Xu Ming's curiosity was also piqued.

Eileen did not answer directly; instead, she continued to mark the 'jealousy' she had discovered that day on the map.

However, there are two points related to 'jealousy', corresponding to two different scenarios.

One of the points was located directly below the triangle. Xu Ming looked at the map and found that this point was located on the side of the artificial river.

Xu Ming still couldn't figure out the pattern, but Eileen drew two small circles at the same distance from the other two sides of the triangle, and put a question mark next to each one.

Then, the two small circles were connected to the points on the artificial riverbank, forming an equilateral triangle of the same size as the previous equilateral triangle, but in the opposite direction.

Two triangles, one upright and one inverted, are stacked together to form a giant six-pointed star shape.

Eileen's pen did not stop.

She simply connected all six locations together with a large circle.

"Isn't that a six-pointed star!?"

Xu Ming asked in surprise.

"That's right, it's a six-pointed star!"

This is why the murderer didn't choose to kill her directly at 'Jealousy's' residence, but instead took her to the artificial riverbank before making his move!

It's all to make the trajectory of this six-pointed star even more perfect!

The perpetrator wasn't killing randomly; there was a clear pattern to it!

Our opponent is a rational, cunning madman!

"Irene said with some excitement. She seemed to see this case as a huge challenge."

Xu Ming thought of something else and brought it up.

"But what we deduced before was the 'Seven Deadly Sins,' and we're still missing one..."

Before Xu Ming could finish speaking, Eileen picked up her pen and slammed it heavily into the center of the six-pointed star.

"The killer's final killing must have taken place here—Whitechapel!"

Xu Ming couldn't help but look at that spot.

The center of the six-pointed star corresponds exactly to the famous Whitechapel.

Ironically, this church, originally named St. Mary Matt Ferron, became famous in later generations because of Jack the Ripper, and many people have even forgotten its original name.

Unfortunately, this famous white church was destroyed by German bombing during World War II and was later demolished.

"The perpetrator's brutal killing of the victim shows that he is a villain who despises the law and God."

Based on the clues we found, he would definitely choose to take the last victim of the 'Seven Deadly Sins' hostage to Whitechapel before making his move.

This might give him a sense of blasphemous pleasure.

What we need to do now is to identify the other two selected victims beforehand, protect them, and then set a trap to capture this ruthless criminal!

Eileen's eyes gleamed with fierce fighting spirit and sparks of wisdom.

This was probably the first time she had encountered such a challenging opponent.

Just like her ancestor Sherlock Holmes and his old nemesis Professor Moriarty.