Chapter 104 - Ten Dice, Ten Faces of Life 03
"Have you ever thought that when the day comes when we are no longer bothered by diseases, no longer worry about accidents and disasters, every part of us can be replaced by the technology that makes your life easier. It's not science fiction, I mean, it's real www.biquge.info - the new artificial organs invested by the "Scar" company have been put into production, and people who have lost a part of their bodies due to accidents, disasters, and diseases no longer have to worry about the discriminatory eyes of others, and only need a few hundred pounds to assemble a new part of the prosthesis at the Skar company, which is cheaper than the price of artificial biological organs. ”
"Do you remember the genius scientist Dr. Yuru Chapek, who lost his left hand in an accident? Are you still bothered by disease? With current science, we can achieve a world without disease!
"SKAR" also provides general organ replacement services for general users, and you have the right to choose a better you. Telephone..."
In an ordinary four-seater car, Watson, who was driving in the front, turned off the radio, and the two girls sitting in the back did not fall silent after listening to this advertising slogan. Long before they knew anything, the "future Eve" had already been completed, and now even the services were available to ordinary people.
"I've read a quote in a book," Dior looked angry, "that detectives are just critics who will follow the criminals and find faults." ”
"It's a pity that the criminals who can't hide from the detectives are not qualified to comment on the detectives," Sherlock looked at Dior's side face, "In other words, only the winner can stand at the top and mercilessly laugh at the failure to win against his own men, and all rhetoric is powerless at that time." That means that behind the scenes, when you close your eyes, you will see the tragic situation of the victims, and when you open your eyes, you will feel that the endless tired days are meaningless. Hard work is no excuse, dear Dior, it is nothing more than a rhetoric for teenagers to justify their youth - just a good experience, nothing else. ”
"It seems that the kind of person you would approve of throwing them into the barracks after graduation," Dior sighed, "tried, tried, funny excuses, but meaningless." For me, it doesn't matter who Jack the Ripper really is right now. We missed the best of times..."
After Dior was saying this, the communicator she was carrying suddenly rang, it was a busy day, she pressed the communicator.
"This is Dio Connor, please. ”
"Oh, is it Dior?" said the little azure girl's voice, "I'm at the London Zoo now, actually... And nothing. The staff here told me that if I told the gorilla a number, it would connect me. So..."
“......”
"Ah, there are owls. They look so silly, can I touch them?"
On the other side of the phone, it seemed that it was still on the phone, and after a noisy sound, the phone seemed to be back in the hands of the owner, and there was a little girl's excited voice over there.
"It feels like a chicken, Dior, and its wingspan can be more than a meter. ”
“... As long as it wants to fly, it has to have a wingspan of more than one meter. ”
"The eyes are like the starry sky. ”
"It's just reflective. ”
“... It has three claws!"
"Isn't that an eight-foot bird?"
"It looks a lot like an eagle. ”
"The Latin name is "Strigiformes", and in Chinese it is called "Xiao", which is called a mourning bird by the folks, but it is not actually related to the eagle. Folklore says that this animal may have something to do with a magical envoy, and you can try to ask it if it can make you a magical girl. Of course, it doesn't have to be an owl that will turn you into a magical girl, but also a red-eyed creature that looks like a rabbit. ”
“... Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, old York is back in London, and he's getting lost... Daddy doesn't seem to have been back to England in decades, can Dio pick him up?"
Pick up the old man? Dio could already imagine the dead old man staring at himself for a few seconds when he saw himself dressed for this, and then began to laugh. No kidding, Dior is 'very busy' right now, and he's busy teasing Yuru or something. She cleared her throat and said on the phone:
"Yuru, listen to me. ”
"What's wrong?" came the little girl's bewildered voice.
"I love you. ”
She hung up the phone as soon as she said that, and Dio made a Buddhist prayer gesture with his palm up, imagining the girl's chaotic cuteness and mourning in silence.
"I love you. ”
Suddenly there were affectionate words beside him, Dio was stunned for a moment, but saw that Sherlock next to him was showing a strange smile, she had been staring at Dio without saying a word, and a cold sentence made Dio tremble.
“... You're disgusting," Dior said unappreciatively, "It's rude to eavesdrop on someone's phone, and it's best if I call again next time you pop your eardrum." ”
"Is it interesting for you to watch the adolescent girl Huaichun?" Sherlock seemed to be holding back a smile, even though she seemed very happy now, "You always have a smile on your face when you talk to that child, I think she must be important to you." ”
Dio shook her head noncommittally, she looked at the changing scenery outside the window, and said in a cold voice:
"Maybe her relationship with me isn't 'ordinary', but I guess her relationship is a strange longing at best. If you are just saved next time, there will be 'love', and that noodle is too cheap. Do you know the "drawbridge effect"?"
"What's that?" Sherlock, of course, was unaware of the famous psychological effect of later generations.
"When people are in dangerous situations, they involuntarily experience rapid heartbeats and shortness of breath, which leads to a corresponding sense of fear. Although trained to deal with the effects of fear to some extent, humans subconsciously seek an appropriate explanation for their physical performance. When two people have no one else to rely on and are in danger at the same time, it makes them look for a reasonable explanation for their emotional fluctuations, as I said above. And for intellectual creatures, the easiest point to explain is the vague feelings. ”
"Are you saying that after you saved her, she took her emotional turmoil as admiration and longing for you? Interesting, I've seen similar cases too," Sherlock frowned, "In another hostage-taking jewelry robbery, the police and the prisoner confronted each other inside and outside the store for nearly 20 hours. The end result was laughable, and the abducted women helped the prisoners avoid the police. In the end, although the prisoner was caught, he refused to admit that the woman had helped her. The women who were held hostage said they had heard the prisoner's story and sympathized with him, which is why they did it. ”
"That's another story... No, did you think of anything?" Dior frowned, and it suddenly occurred to her that what Sherlock said might have something to do with the case.
"Do you mean to talk about the Jack the Ripper incident?" Sherlock thought along.
When the prisoner is in the same situation as the victim and is under some kind of threat, the prisoner is regarded as a dependent...
"Wait, Sherlock, have you seen the bodies of the victims? Dio suddenly asked.
"Of course, I did, I did the autopsy myself, what's wrong?" Sherlock wondered.
"Have you investigated who they met the other day? before they died... It doesn't have to be the other day, it may be more before that, more than that. I have a hunch that those prostitutes are now 'living' in another form. ”
Yes, Craigvin is even able to input his knowledge and memories into certain machines, causing them to record everything he does and create his own 'substitutes'. He must have wanted to continue his research in a different way, she created robots that were indistinguishable from humans, and even created entirely new species, creating "monsters". With some of his research materials, it is only natural that the research of "Future Eve" wants some "volunteers"... The corpses may have been just 'shells', and no one had died from them.
"Listen, Sherlock, this may be different from the world you've known so far, but... If it's Craigwen, it can be done. He was able to transfer information from the human brain to certain information carriers, use that thing to create a substitute for the human brain, and make it act like a human... In other words, this is what John calls "the future Eve." Those prostitutes may not be dead now, and they are unlikely to defend the truth we seek. ”
“... It doesn't make sense, and if that's the case, then why deliberately let us find the body?" Sherlock frowned.
"Because John, he wanted us to go to the wrong place... We've been tracking down the killer, and maybe it doesn't even exist. The corpses are just a trick to attract the public's attention in order to draw the attention of certain people... Damn, I should have thought that back in the time of the "Avar Incident", this plan might have been put together with test subjects. The only reason why they find those prostitutes is because they are bound to "strive for a better version of themselves". If they could, they wouldn't want to stay in a hellish place like the White Parish! they don't have family, they don't have friends, so they won't miss it after the makeover..."
"So our trip is in ruins?" Sherlock pursed.
"No, certainly not," Dior narrowed his eyes, "since he's trying to find something for us, then we're sure we'll find what we're looking for on this trip." I'm sure you've noticed that the evidence and clues are like they've been sent to your door... We're still being led by the nose. ”
Even the letter from their trip was sent by 'Jack the Ripper', which is really hot... However, it will be one of the most favorable evidence for their search for the truth.