Sherlock got some new evidence, according to the footprints left by the murderer, Sherlock knows what he has been to recently, where he has been, it is actually difficult to determine these five things alone, but the overlap of these five things has a specific environment, that is, the murderer also lives in the East End, and the previous video deletions are all to cover up people's eyes and ears and confuse the public.

However, Sherlock is a little puzzled about perfume, why is the sole of the murderer's shoes stained with perfume?

"Maybe you can ask the forensic doctor to see if the victim has spilled the perfume."

If it's a homicide that happens in the middle of a room, there's a good chance that something will break, and it's very likely that the perfume will be mixed with blood and rubbed on it.

Sherlock couldn't wait to go to Scotland Yard, but before that he had to deal with the little Lestrades, who had called the people and had to know how they got back.

"So what are you going to do?"

"With Mr. Holmes's skin, it doesn't look like it's a problem for us to get out."

Hannibal smiled, even if there was a slight misunderstanding during the period, but the small misunderstanding that could spare no effort to discredit Mr. Mycrof Holmes was nothing. It would be even better if the news that Mycroft Holmes had an illegitimate child reached Lestrade's ears, but it was useless to seduce Dad no matter how Mycroft wanted to seduce them, how could the upright Lestrade be with Mycroft, who had three illegitimate children.

Sherlock affirmed Hannibal's statement, "It's true that you can use the Dead Fat Man's card to get into all the places, and you've really chosen the right person." ”

When Sherlock said this, he looked at Raven twice, and he once again regretted why Hannibal would follow Raven's side, Hannibal grabbed Raven, who wanted to pounce on Sherlock, and his smile softened even more, only to hear him say to Sherlock: "Sherlock, maybe Greg is waiting for you." ”

At this moment, Sherlock was very glad that Hannibal pulled Raven, you must know that Raven was carrying the skin of Mycroft, and Raven pounced on it In Sherlock's opinion, there was no big difference between being pounced on by Mycroft, he shook his head and thought about it, it was terrifying, brother and brother Gong were not suitable for Sherlock Holmes.

"Well, maybe you can give me a reasonable explanation for what happened to Raven then."

"I promise you, Sherlock."

Harold glanced at Hannibal, who made a verbal agreement with Sherlock, Raven's little secret? Actually, they don't know very well, do they, and then they will be able to see Sherlock's disappointed expression, who is called Raven and the brothers have different abilities.

Here Raven and the others are going home and Sherlock is going to Scotland Yard, and he also wants to catch the murderer immediately, not because of his cruel methods, but because it is a challenge, and as a high-functioning sociopath, Sherlock will not care what kind of impact the murderer will have next.

"By the way, it is said that the murderer deleted all the surveillance video materials."

Sherlock said this thoughtlessly before parting with the bear child, and Hannibal and Tony both looked at Harold, which Sherlock obviously said to Harold on purpose.

Just after Sherlock and Raven's version of Mycroft left Butts Hospital, and Real Mycroft Holmes happened to pass by Butz Hospital, and remembering what Lestrade had told him about the previous night, he told the driver to stop the car to see if his little brother had earned a place at Butz Hospital. Mycroft didn't know about his discredit, and there had been a little turmoil at work recently, and he had transferred all the people who were spying on Sherlock back to fill in the work elsewhere, so it was a coincidence that he didn't know about Raven yet.

Just now Raven and Hannibal also went around the hospital in a big circle, so many people had a relationship with them, and at this time, when they saw the real Mycroft, they thought he had something else, so no one came up to ask him anything. Mycroft searched around but couldn't find Sherlock's shadow, he frowned slightly and said that Sherlock wouldn't be kicked out, Ancia whispered in his ear at this time: "Mr. Boss Sherlock Holmes Jr. has just arrived at Scotland Yard. ”

Mycroft removed Sherlock's surveillance, but the people on Lestrade's side did not decrease at all, there was no way to call that Lestrade had been arrested under the noses of his men before, and considering the peculiarity of his work, Mycroft did not transfer the personnel there. When he heard his brother go to Lestrade, he smiled, as if talking to himself, "It looks like Sherlock was involved in the case." ”

"I think so."

Since no one had seen him, and there were councillors waiting to see him, McCroft did not make any pause and did not hear the gossip behind him.

"That's what the dean said."

"Yes, how did I hear that he came to do a paternity test, was it ...... with him just now? First wife? ”

Well, Mycrof Holmes not only had an illegitimate child, but now even a wife, among the rumors.

Sherlock rushed into Lestrade's office, Donovan wanted to stop him, but Sherlock was fast and she didn't have time to get up from the stool, Sherlock had already entered, Lestrade heard the footsteps and looked up and saw Sherlock who was very close, he was frightened and looked at Sherlock and said, "Sherlock?!" What the hell are you doing! ”

"We now need to find a place where asphalt, brick dust, white paint and plants are stored."

"What? You can be clear. ”

Lestrade couldn't keep up with Sherlock's leap-and-jump thinking, what were the four things he had just said. Just as Lestrade asked for an explanation, Sherlock looked at him with a look that you weren't stupid or not, and he exhaled and explained as fast as he could: "Detective, you're becoming more and more like a goldfish, and you've found these things in the footprints left by the murderer, because it's certain that the killer is someone who lives nearby, and he must come into contact with these things on the way he walks." ”

Well, this time Lestrade understood, Shylock was using the clues on the soles of guò to determine the route taken by the murderer, and then to determine the location of the murderer.

"Asphalt? Turning dust? White paint? Plant? Reistrid beckoned to Donovan outside and asked her to come and listen, after all, the most useful detective under Reistrid was Donovan, a very capable lady.

"The dust must be a construction site, there is only one construction site in the East Side near where the body of the first victim was found, that is, next to the church, and the white paint, behind the church is an ungoverned area, young people like to paint there, I think the paint comes from there, the lawn is equal to the plant, there are two lawns that can be stepped on nearby, the church and the park."

Sherlock raised an eyebrow, well, he took back what he had just said, Lestrade's mind was still a little higher than that of a goldfish, at least he still had some idea of the nearby buildings in his mind.

"Asphalt?"

"Apparently you didn't notice that the road in front of the church is being renovated."

Sherlock was triumphant, and as he passed by in Lestrade's car in the morning, Sherlock noticed that the new road had not yet been painted with a zebra crossing, and that it had recently been completed.

Donovan took one look at Sherlock and then at Lestrade and said, "It seems that all the evidence points to the vicinity of the church." ”

Sherlock heard the word church and began to circle around the office, church, church, church?!

"Maybe we can look into the vicinity of the church, Inspector, I think that Mr. Tommy Andrew should have made you a rough portrait of the suspect."

Donovan pulled out a piece of paper from the text folder, it was the appearance of a man, and it was only the back and clothes.

"Our agents have already gone to ask if anyone knows this back, so now that the results will be available soon, I will ask them to increase their investigation near the church."

Donovan doesn't like Sherlock Holmes very much, and Donovan is also opposed to Reestrade letting this unrelated person join their case, not to mention Donovan, even Reestrade's other subordinates also have voices of discussion, after all, not everyone can put their dignity under the case like Reestrade, and the repeated participation of a non-police officer is actually a disguised denial of them.

"You're ostracizing me, you don't think I should have been involved in the case of Scotland Yard."

Just now Donovan spoke to Sherlock with a smell of rejection, which was heard by Sherlock, and he looked into Donovan's eyes and said.

Donovan tried to retort but was preempted by Sherlock, "You even think it's a mistake for the Inspector to include me in the case." ”

"Boss, I didn't ......"

Lestrade made a stop gesture to Donovan, then stood up and stepped forward to pull Sherlock back and press hard into the chair, "Donovan is okay, you can go out first, don't care what the little bastard says." And Sherlock, since you're here, sit here obediently and wait for news, and I'll have my agents check the clues you find. ”

Donovan had to leave the office as Lestrade had said, he glanced at the man who was educating Sherlock over there and sighed, maybe some words would not be explained clearly for a while, and she didn't really want to question Lestrade's decision.

Lestrade closed the door to his office, he stood in front of Sherlock and patted him on the head and said helplessly, "Sherlock, sometimes there are things that can be said without saying. ”

Lestrade is not stupid, of course he can see that his subordinates do not support his participation in the case, but he doesn't want to make too many explanations, he will choose to let Sherlock intervene because their team is helpless about this case, and if it continues, it will probably be possible to solve the case, but the time will drag on indefinitely, and there is no telling how many victims will appear at that time.

Reistrade could not afford it.

So he is willing to let others criticize him.

"You're making a fool of yourself."

Restrade rubbed the little bastard's curly hair and said with a smile, "I just care about the case, as long as there are no more victims, they can say whatever they want." ”

"Damn good old man." Sherlock muttered.

“What？”

When Lestrade tried to hear what Sherlock was saying, the man had already turned his head away from him, and Lestrade shrugged helplessly and thought Sherlock was making trouble. Anyway, Sherlock was already involved in this case, and some of the previous information was not hidden from him, and Lestrade threw the text clip on his desk on Sherlock and said, "This is information you haven't read before." ”

While there may not be any new discoveries, there is a glimmer of hope in Lestrade.

However, the previous case analysis Sherlock also knew about it from Lestrade's mouth, and there was nothing to check about these materials, so he casually looked through the diary of the first victim, hoping to find any clues from it.

"Detective, you didn't notice that the first victim, Paula Wells, had a habit of praying at night."

Sherlock held up one of the pieces of paper, a photocopy from the victim's diary, which at the end said about Paula Wells secretly praying at night, and that she considered herself the embodiment of sin and unworthy of stepping into church.

Lestrade glanced at it, and it was indeed written what Sherlock had said.

It was at this time that Donovan opened his door.

"Boss, some people say that they know this back." Donovan was a little embarrassed, as if the suspect wasn't very articulate, "The informant said that the dress looked a lot like Father Carl's. ”

"Priest?!"

That's where Donovan is in a quandary, priesthood is a very sacred profession, so ......

"The church is the center of all clues, the priest serves God the most disgusted is darkness, prostitutes/women are the embodiment of lust/lust in the eyes of the priest, if a priest who worships God to the extreme, he will really do such a thing, sweep away all sins. Since Miss Paula Wells had a habit of praying in the evenings, it was perhaps not the guests who brought her into the back of the church, for a more devout believer would not defile the last holiness of his heart. ”

Sherlock spread his hands, and whether it was this Father Karl or not, Lestrade applied to the above, asking for a search of the church and Father Karl's home, so that there would be no more possibility of a victim being liked, and they could not let it go.

"Dispatch—"

Father Karl didn't know what was going on, he was praying, and recently this area didn't know if it was cursed with a series of murders, and one life died like this, although their identities were a little unbearable, but they were all God's people, and he hoped that the souls of the three girls could be cleansed of their sins and go to heaven.

But the door of the church was opened, and the police officer of Scotland Yard, whom he had seen from afar, strode in, looked at Lestrade suspiciously, and asked, "Is there anything I can do to help you?" ”

"I'm sorry Father, we need to check the church, this is a search warrant, I will guarantee that my men will not destroy anything, and you are considered a suspect, we have verified with your neighbors that they did not see your shadow of your activities in the house at the time of the three homicides, and judging by the materials we found in the footprints collected by Miss Alice Senior, they are all concentrated around the church, so we have to be suspicious of you, please cooperate with our investigation."

In fact, Lestrade didn't really believe that the priest in front of him was the murderer, but just now he carefully looked at Father Carl's back, whether it was tall or fat and thin, it was indeed similar to what Dr. Andrew described, and there were clues that were connected together, and it seemed that the evidence pointed to the man in front of him.

Lestrade was still very careful when he spoke, and the priest politely stepped out of the way although he was shocked, thinking that he was not afraid of shadows, and that he would be willing to be inspected if he could really help the case after inspecting the church.

"Detective, I want all the priest's shoes."

Another strange request from Sherlock.

"Chief, there's a discovery."

They found the same clothes as Dr. Andrew had seen in the cupboard in the church, which looked clean but could be seen to be freshly washed.

"Is this your clothes?"

Karl nodded suspiciously, it was indeed his, and the priest didn't live in the church every night, they had their own house, so they would change into their usual clothes and go back at night.

"Then please go back with us and do a survey."

Although the clothes are identical and there is no blood on them, whether they are the one worn by the murderer needs to be further examined, and it is necessary for the suspected suspect, Father Karl, to return to Scotland Yard with them for investigation.

Father Karl held out his hands, but Lestrade shook his head, "Father, I believe in you. ”

After so many years as a police officer, Lestrade still has his own judgment, and this Father Carl only looked surprised and puzzled, he didn't look like a murderer at all, and how could a murderer ask to take the initiative to let them be handcuffed.

Sherlock left the army when Lestrade was not looking, the church has a back door, and it is locked at eye level, of course, today is no exception, Sherlock does not believe that the good-faced priest is the murderer, he suspects that it is a misfortune, but the only possible back door is also closed, how did the murderer steal things out and put them in.

Lestrade took Father Karl under the guise of asking for help, and he didn't have many people with him, so no one doubted it. After all, a priest is a very sacred profession, and if Father Karl is not a murderer, taking him away this time may leave him with some stain.

Just when Lestrade took Father Carl to do further investigation, the bear child also made a move, Sherlock said to Harold when he was separated from Raven, although Lestrade knew Harold's ability, but in his thoughts, no matter how powerful his own treasure was, it was better for them not to touch this dark adult world.

But Sherlock went against Lestrade's wishes.

Harold actually didn't even do the ideological struggle, they really wanted to help Reestrade, but Reistrade didn't want Harold to pretend not to know these things, but now it's different, even if Harold helps out, he has a top pot, and when the time comes, it's good to push all the qiē to Sherlock.

It's easy to get into the surveillance system, but it's rare to find the destroyed number from behind a large number of jù, and Harold also found a helper to help him, and that is Tony. Both Tony and Harold are geniuses in computer code and mechanics, with Tony leaning towards the latter and Harold being the former.

But this did not affect Tony's help, among the countless 1s and 0s, it took them two hours to find the deleted video images, and it took time to restore the destroyed code through the code similar to the virus, and the whole process took about four hours, until it was already slowly dark, and the deleted images were partially restored, but this part was enough.

When the person taken from the surveillance camera is magnified and clearly compared, they see the true face of that person.

Harold hacked into the government system, found the basic information of London's resident population, and sifted through the people in this picture......

It is certain that the clothes were worn by the murderer when he committed the crime, and although the blood stains on it seem to have been washed off, the traces can still be seen after examination. But Sherlock hadn't said a seemingly unimportant clue before, and that was that there was a suspected perfume ingredient in the sole.

The reason why Sherlock asked all of Father Karl's shoes was to check this, all the shoes were made of relevant substances, and one pair of shoes was indeed stained with blood and other identical substances, but the only thing that was similar to perfume was missing.

Sherlock immediately became even more suspicious that this was a frame-up, and he called Lestrade to inquire about something.

"Are there any broken perfume bottles in Alice Senior's room?"

"Perfume bottles?" Lestrade quickly looked through the information on the scene, and indeed found the perfume bottle in the trash can in the bathroom, "There is, in the bathroom." ”

"Our murderer is not Father Karl, he was framed, and although the substance of the sole of the priest's shoe matches the other four, he lacks perfume or something similar to perfume that can be fused with solvents."

Sherlock paused here, if the perfume was in the bathroom, it was possible that it would have been broken before the crime, and the murderer probably didn't know about the perfume on the soles of his shoes, so he had a loophole.

He remembered that Alice Seniore had put all her cosmetics on the bedside table, and if he had guessed the perfume, it should have been there, but he remembered that there was still ...... on the bedside table at the scene of the crime Drugs.

Could he have imagined that Alice Seniore broke the perfume when he was putting the medicine, and the murderer accidentally stepped on it while helping to clean it without knowing it......

So the murderer......

Sherlock's phone rang at this time, and he took it out to see that it was Harold's number, and Sherlock hooked the corners of his mouth and said that it looked like Harold Lestrade also had news.

"Sherlock, we've found the killer."

Come straight to the point.

"I also found a suspicious one."

"According to the restored surveillance video, the murderer who appeared at the scene of the crime was ......"