I'm really speechless...

 Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mashu looked at each other, and there was a glimmer of doubt and suspicion in each other's eyes that flashed with incredible accuracy.

 "Seriously? You?"

 Cadoc's lips twitched as he looked at Moriarty, who was so sincere. Even Vee, who was teetering on the verge of disappearing behind him, showed a rare expression.

 "He seems serious—what do you want to do, Sieg? If you don't agree, I'll chop his head off right now, okay?"

 "You killed our business consultant, Sherlock Holmes. Do you think we will let you go?"

 Facing the question raised by Goldruff in the communication, Moriarty showed an intriguing smile.

 "Ah—that's hard to say. After all, I'm asking for help from my most beloved Sieg-senpai. If she agrees, then unfortunately, I really can be let go by you."

 "So Sieg—"

 Looking at Goldruf's gnashing teeth, the girl sighed helplessly and reached out to interrupt Mashu and Fujimaru Ritsuka's words.

 "The dice have been rolled, the trigger has been pulled. As for which side will emerge and where the bullet will fly, those are just momentary predictions, not the real future. Do you understand me?"

 "Ah, of course. This is the root cause of my failure. In my attempt to deceive the world and transcend fate, I deceived myself and made myself my own weakness."

 The girl nodded slightly as she listened to Moriarty's words, then tossed the coin again.

 James Moriarty knew what this meant.

 "Then choose, positive or negative, which side do you choose?"

 The coin kept spinning in the air.

 “If you want to transcend your destiny, the first thing you need to do is not to transcend it, but to break free from the constraints of the rules and become your true self.”

 Moriarty spoke slowly, staring intently at the falling coin while reaching out to brush the dust off his clothes.

 "This is a test, a test that allows me to overcome my past. Only after overcoming the immature past can a person grow."

 "In the past, I was always bound. I ignored the variable of my own constraint and made calculations, completely forgetting that the world itself is a game. Everyone is a piece on the board, and everyone is bound by the rules."

 His eyes gradually became sharper. Even though the magic power leaking out of his body had reached an extremely terrifying level, even to the point where it was enough to make him disappear, there was still no sign of tension on Moriarty's face.

 "Senior Sieg, you broke free from the rules and descended upon the chessboard in your own right. Unbound by the rules, you are truly free. That's why you can transcend fate and escape everything. But I, and all of us, exist under the rules."

 The coin kept bouncing on the ground and then falling, and the increasingly frequent collision sounds seemed like a countdown to the end.

 "I will not be a slave to the rules."

 "Ding--"

 A crisp sound reached everyone's ears as Moriarty finished speaking. The coin representing the "present" side stood still, stuck in the gap between the stone slabs.

 "...Okay, I agree."

 Looking at the coin between the gaps, the girl sighed helplessly, then released healing and binding magic towards Moriarty.

 "No, wait! Miss Zieger! He's the murderer of Mr. Holmes! He's an alien apostle!"

 "No, no, no, please allow me to refute a few words."

 Looking at the coin standing quietly in the gap, Moriarty couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

 From the moment he threw the coin, it became impossible to observe mathematically and mathematically, and it was impossible to tell whether it landed heads or tails.

 But now, if I had really let the other party lead the conversation and guessed the pros and cons, I would probably have completely turned into a spirit particle that dissipated with the wind.

 I was really taught a lesson...

 Feeling his physical strength and magic power gradually recovering and hearing the voice in his ears, Moriarty slowly turned his head.

 "Don't you think that the murder was self-defense? Besides, I didn't kill anyone directly. Sherlock Holmes jumped from the waterfall himself."

 "Self-defense!?"

 Mashu opened her eyes wide in disbelief, repeating Moriarty's words loudly, and then seemed to suddenly realize something and became speechless.

 "Hahaha, as expected of Mash Kyrielight, I

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 "what happened?"

 "9亦焐7我留棋俴Lingmaxiu?"

 Ritsuka Fujimaru looked at his junior in confusion.

 "Well... this brings us back to the events of his life. Mr. Holmes and Professor Moriarty fell into the Reichenbach Falls together. Although both were considered dead, Mr. Holmes returned to life shortly afterwards. This, on the other hand, also hinted at Professor Moriarty's complete death."

 "That is?"

 Mashu listened to Fujimaru Ritsuka's words and closed her eyes slightly, a helpless look on her face, and then continued:

 "That is to say... well... if we include his life..."

 "That's right!"

 Moriarty suddenly interrupted Mash's words loudly, startling the girl who was currently being treated and almost crushing the spirit core that was being stitched.

 "I was killed by him! And then I killed him! Now it's one to one. Don't you think this is fair?"

 "No, no, no, no, this doesn't make sense... doesn't make sense?"

 Charlemagne had obviously been successfully led into a ditch by Moriarty's words.

 "You're Moriarty, so stop advocating for such absurd theories! Apologize to Archer in Shinjuku!"

 "You're asking me how to apologize to my old self. I'm just stating the facts, right, Sieg-senpai?"

 "If you interrupt my treatment again, I'm going to throw you out of here and set a timer to see who comes up first, you or Holmes."

 The girl smiled, and ominous lines flashed across her snow-white skin in Moriarty's sight.

 The gentlest tone, the most touching smile, and then the most horrifying words.

 "Sorry, I was wrong."

 "Hey, hey, hey, your attitude of admitting your mistake is too sincere, isn't it?"

 "Um, Miss Zieger, what did you mean just now?"

 The girl finished her treatment on Moriarty, then turned around and cast a spell on Charlemagne on the other side.

 The two people had the same symptoms, with their spiritual base half-destroyed and their magic power leaking out. The only difference might be that one activated it himself, while the other was beaten into this state.

 But it can still be saved.

 "Moriarty did not transcend fate, and what he rewrote was only his own and Holmes's fate. This time Moriarty did not fall, but Holmes did."

 "That is to say!"

 Mashu's eyes suddenly lit up, and a hint of hope began to grow in her eyes and heart.

 "Falling won't kill Holmes. He must have his own reasons for doing this. After all, he said he doesn't need me to interfere. Some things can only be handled by him personally. All you have to do is wait. Perhaps at some point, Holmes will appear before you as usual."

 "As expected of Senior Sieg, you see things very clearly."

 The girl sighed helplessly, then turned her head and looked at Moriarty again, her red dragon eyes flashing with brilliant light.

 "I will save you on certain conditions."

 "I understand, I understand. Of course I do. I have something incredibly important here that can confirm or disprove all your assumptions and influence your path forward."

 "Then lead the way, Moriarty."

 The girl smoothed her long hair, then slowly led Moriarty forward.

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 "Hey, there's nothing here?"

 After flying all the way, the white Albion gently landed in a wilderness.

 There was nothing to be seen around except the yellow sand swept up by the strong wind and some Gobi plants.

 All I see is desolation.

 "Is this really the destination, Mr. Moriarty?"

 "Of course, Senior Zieg didn't go the wrong way."

 Moriarty responded to Mash and Cadoc's words while jumping off the Albion Dragon.

 "There's nothing here."

 "Because this is a disguise I imposed, but the coordinates are right here."

 "Hmm... these coordinates, this location..."

 Da Vinci looked at the string of data in front of him and his brows slowly frowned.

 "Is this really your destination?"

 "It's a combination of unexpected things, but not entirely unexpected, right?"

 "I see... I was wondering if you were teasing us. If so, let Mashu hit you with her shield."

 "I definitely won't tease you now, especially when facing my most beloved senior, I definitely won't do that."

 Moriarty chuckled a few times, then took a step towards the open space ahead.

 The body of the Albion Dragon continued to shrink as Charlemagne jumped down holding Fujimaru Ritsuka.

 “It turns out that

 This, Dragon Rider

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 Is this what a knight feels like? It’s awesome—”

 "Dragon Knight?"

 The girl tilted her head in confusion as she looked at Charlemagne's delighted expression.

 "Well, I'd love to explain, but we have more important things to do right now."

 "You're right!"

 Moriarty spoke loudly, clapping his hands to attract everyone's attention.

 "Come on, everyone, shout out the secret code!"

 "signal?"

 Looking at the puzzled expressions of Fujimaru Ritsuka and the girl, Moriarty slowly explained.

 "Throughout history, both in China and abroad, people have always said that when they open a closed door, right?"

 "Is it really necessary to say it?"

 A drop of cold sweat slid down Kadoc's face.

 "If you don't tell me, I'll be disappointed and upset."

 "Then please feel free to be disappointed and upset, James Moriarty."

 There seemed to be no trace of mercy in Mashu's words, and she looked at Moriarty as if she was looking at a dead person.

 "Well, then, be prepared—"

 Without paying attention to Mashu's words and expressions, Moriarty started giving orders on his own.

 "Open sesame!"

 "Open it handsomely!"

 Two voices shouted loudly one after the other.

 "Um...open...open the door?"

 The girl held a thick notebook in her hand, constantly searching for the so-called words in it, and then spoke them out with some uncertainty.

 "Zig, we should yell 'Open Sesame' now."

 "Is that so?"

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