"Missing?"

In the café across the theater, Sherlock and Tsukibai sat facing each other, and she said as she lit the first cigarette she didn't know how many cigarettes it was.

"Originally, we were here to investigate the "ghost of the opera", but she disappeared after entering the theater. Yuebai confirmed the rest of his money, looked at the prices on the menu, and then turned his face away from the seemingly tempting pictures.

"Is that so, what's her name?" Sherlock immediately took out his notes, "Describe her physical features and the like, as well as her recent actions, the more detailed the better." ”

"Uh... Well, I don't think it's a big deal," Yuebai said hesitantly, "It should have nothing to do with the case, I think she has enough ability to protect herself." ”

"Oh, so your friend is a woman," Sherlock recorded to himself, as if ignoring Moonwhite's movements, "You don't look like a normal person, but you have obvious indentations near your elbows, and it looks like you use a computer and a typewriter a lot? Dressed casually, you can say a little sloppy, you came from a distance to investigate the "ghost of the opera house", even then you still dressed casually, and the dark circles under your eyes are obvious, there are some bloodshot eyes, you often stay up late, your usual habits are terrible, right?"

"You don't look like a local. Judging by your skin color and hair color, you should be an immigrant from South America or the Ming Empire. Friends who are related to you... Yes, it could be the editor of the magazine, the co-worker of the company, the people who emigrated with you or the same immigrants, either way, I don't think they have the ability to protect themselves in a homicide case, as you say. Even so, are you still reluctant to tell me the truth?"

Sherlock crossed his legs with a confident smile on his face.

Being 'explained' by such a call, Yuebai was also shocked, although she had heard of Sherlock's name, but it was better to see it than to hear it, and she had a real understanding of the detective in front of her.

"That, it's not a secret," Yuebai scratched her head, "Actually, I'm a 'capable person'. ”

"Oh?" Sherlock furrowed, "And your missing friend..."

"You know, her name is Dio Connor. ”

At the sound of the name, a ripple appeared on Sherlock's calm face, the smile faded, and his brain immediately began to work.

"I know about her through this ability, I can find 'information' through some keywords, how to say, just like on the website," Yuebai explained, holding up her index finger, "For example, if I use 'Sherlock Holmes' as a keyword to search, then I can know what is recorded about your life and experience." If I want to use this ability to locate a person on an ongoing basis, then I need to keep a record of her life, and the more detailed the better. That's how I found Dior Connor, and when I found her, she was unconscious on the shore. ”

"It took a lot of work to convince her not to kill you. Sherlock said suddenly.

"That's right..."

Sure enough, Dio also came here. But... Why? She disappeared when she entered the theater? Was she going to use Christina, the actress who looked like her?

Is she really alive...

Sherlock looked at the bustling crowd and shook his head.

"Leaving aside the Dior Connor affair, what can I tell me about the ghost of the opera?" Sherlock pinched his coffee cup and looked at his haggard face in the cup.

"Yes, we've actually made some progress in our investigation..."

Yuebai told her what she had investigated, including letters sent by the ghost of the opera house, as well as her analysis of Dior.

With two days to go before the opera house scheduled to perform, and without the assistance of the police, there is very little information that can be obtained if we investigate the incident of six months ago.

The main thing is the affair of the opera house itself.

Very few people in the United States listen to opera, and most of them are British people who have left over from the British colonial period and who have recently taken refuge in the United Kingdom. Less than a year after the opening of the San Francisco Opera House, the famous actor who almost lost his life came to San Francisco from Paris to find his way. The biggest mystery of the incident is the stage worker, why did he die?

It's not Carlotta who competes with Christina for the protagonist's position. Nor is it Madame Gilly, the theater host who decides the actors, nor Raoult, Christina's manager.

If common sense is considered, the ghost of the opera house did not want to kill, but the stage worker knew something that he could not know, so he had to silence it.

It's also possible that he doesn't care who dies, but just gives a "warning".

So, why did Dior disappear from the theater?

The last time the ghost of the opera house appeared was half a year ago, and it can be ruled out that this incident was planned by Dior. With Dior's skills, even if she encounters any trouble, she will not disappear silently, and the biggest possibility is that she has something to do with this matter.

Or maybe the ghost of the opera house has something to do with Dior, or maybe she wants to borrow it.

And also... Those three little gangsters?

Sherlock frowned.

Someone asked them to come to Yuebai for trouble, but she wasn't the kind of person who would mess with anyone. From the way she dealt with a few gangsters, you can know that she is usually not bad, and she is quite good at handling this kind of thing, and it is hard to imagine that she has any enemies. If there is really an enemy who wants to trouble her, then needless to say, it is naturally Dior.

She knows a lot of things about Dior, and it is natural that Dior wants to kill her, maybe she persuaded Dio and didn't touch her for the time being, but it's just that Dio himself won't do it.

Dior borrowed a knife to kill people as much as he wanted.

“... Speaking of which, the opera house was built with British expense?" Sherlock asked.

"Yes, it is said that the Englishman also wrote some plays for the theatre. ”

Able to finance the construction of a theater, write plays, the British... The scope is still too wide.

"So, now show you what you're capable of," Sherlock narrowed his eyes, "I've met quite a few capable people too, and I happened to encounter this one, the work of gathering information... Can you do a good job?"

With that, Sherlock handed the notebook and pen to Moonwhite.

"Ahh It's no problem, but... What are the keywords?"

"Englishman, creation, "The ghost of the opera". ”

"No problem. ”

After Yuebai wrote down the key words three times in her notebook, she immediately closed her eyes, folded her hands, and made a prayer gesture. After that, she was like a statue, motionless, and Sherlock looked at his watch, and it was already 15:30 in the afternoon.

After about two minutes, Yuebai opened her eyes, she picked up the pen again, wrote something in the notebook, and said:

"The Phantom of the Opera... It's a French opera, but I don't know why there is no information about the author, the date of publication is... 1986 ???!"

"A script from the future?" Sherlock grinned.

"These events in San Francisco seem to be the content of the opera, but why?" Yuebai looked at himself in amazement as he unloaded the contents of his notebook, "Why do I see something that doesn't exist?"

"Because there are people in this world who know about this," Sherlock said, looking down at the events of the past, "and that person is undoubtedly none other than 'Dio Connor.'" ”

When Jack the Ripper appeared, Dio said that it was the story she told John Connor, a story that "has not yet appeared" in this world.

If anyone could commit such a 'crime', it would be only two people from the Connor family.

But... The reason?

Why kill a stage worker, why threaten a local opera house? It's not like they're going to do it.

There are more and more questions.