Mycroft, the British government, and Sherlock Holmes took a fancy to Harold Lestrade's abilities, and Mycroft had seen many geniuses or self-proclaimed geniuses, just like any of his agents who would say how talented he was before. For example, his little brother Sherlock, his brain is not inferior to McCroft, but since Sherlock is not suitable for politics, McCroft also let him become a detective.

Mycroft has always wanted to find a successor for himself, and the peculiarity of this position cannot be explained clearly in a sentence or two, but only when he actually achieves this position. If there are two leaders in the two secret service organizations of the British Empire, it will inevitably affect the direction of the entire British Empire, which is why McCroft wants to cultivate a successor.

He was the successor found by the previous MI5 and MI6 gentlemen, and McCroft's successor not only accepted these two organizations perfectly, but also took the position to a new level, that is, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who seemed to be truly powerful, also wanted to pay his respects to him. Mycroft thought about the successor to his position, and Ancia was not suitable, not because of her gender, but because she thought that Anthea's means had always been immature, and she could be the most perfect chief secretary but not a real leader.

Ancia is also very aware of her shortcomings, but she has been stereotyped there, and no matter how much she changes, she can't become the person McCroft wants. So Mycroft had been looking for it, and he had an idea after he had broken up with the little Lestrades, to find one of the children of the righteous detective, and before that Harry was a good candidate, who would have thought that he was actually a little wizard. Although wizards and ordinary humans can come into contact, they do not participate in the direction of their politics in each other's worlds, in other words, they do not affect each other.

The reason why Harry is favored by Mycroft is very simple, he is righteous but has a black belly, as the eldest son in the family, Harry has a good command ability and can be a leader.

It's a pity that he's a wizard.

Later, McCroft also thought about Raven, but unfortunately Raven was too young, and even if she grew up, she probably wouldn't want to do it.

It was at this time that he saw Harold, a computer genius who had always been quiet and did not like to fight with anyone. Harold's vision is more long-term than anyone else's, which is very reflected in the game of chess, and his personality is also very suitable, so McCroft started Harold's idea, and another point is that according to Harold's own calmness, Lestrade is very likely to let it go.

"Which of the two of us do you think will win?"

Before the game was finished, Mycroft suddenly asked Harold, who dropped the pieces in his hand and looked at the current game and said, "The probability of me winning is about 20 percent, and if I am an amateur opponent, I can reverse it, but if my opponent is Mr. Mycroft, this probability will be reduced to about 10 percent." ”

Mycroft nodded, Harold was indeed much smarter than he thought, and he could calculate such a percentage, not to mention that he was quite sensitive to numbers.

"How about a tie?"

Even if McCroft wins against a small child, he will not be comfortable, and if it is a deliberate number, it is disrespectful to the opponent, so McCroft proposed a tie. Harold glanced at the chess game, there was still a variable in this game, but I thought Holmes must have seen it, so even if he went straight and kept playing, he probably lost a little bigger.

"Okay."

Harold didn't say yes.

"I'm looking forward to my next game with you, Harold."

Harold stood up and straightened his white shirt and nodded at him, Mycroft was a master, and playing chess with him gave Harold the feeling of meeting an opponent at last. This has to say that Mycroft is an all-rounder, and he will be proficient in everything.

That night, Mycroft stayed at Lestrade's house, as he had done the previous year, because there was only one night when Mycroft chose to stay on the couch, and this year he had a handgun/gun for Lestrade, which he believed would be a style that Lestrade would like. And Lestrade has a license to carry a gun, even if he has a gun on him, there is no problem.

The day of Christmas was not as easy as the Lestrades and the two Sherlock Holmes imagined, and I don't know who actually committed the crime during this rare holiday, and they had to go to the police, and it was said that the scene was more hideous, and the severity of the matter was no better than the previous case.

Reistrade was dancing with Mycroft when he got the call, and Raven had so much to learn this year, and I don't know if it was because Raven looked like a princess. In short, after the skirt ceremony, she wanted to learn to dance, that is, waltz. There are really few people who can waltz at home, and Lestrade looked at Sherlock at first sight, but Sherlock righteously rejected Lestrade, not for anything else, so that Sherlock should not make such a stupid move.

"Mycrof?"

"We're here to help."

Mycroft knew that he had no choice but to accept the offer from Lestrade. Mycroft first held out his hand and made an inviting gesture to Reestrade, and since Sherlock did not want to dance with Reestrade, he became the one who stood aside and played the violin. Lestrade was a little embarrassed to see Mycroft's outstretched hand picking at his cheek, but he finally put his hand into Mycroft's outstretched right hand, and McCroft took it.

"Ahem, thanks for the help."

Mycroft shook his head and asked, "So I'm a male step?" ”

Lestrade thought that he had already asked Mycroft to accompany him to waltz, and it might not be very rare to grab another male step, so Lestrade said indifferently: "Then I'll take a female step." ”

Sherlock himself wanted to see this "textbook" waltz, so there were no problems with the rhythm of the music and the selection of materials, and Mycroft took the first step of his own......

The degree of cooperation between the two people can be almost 100% defeated, and it is obviously a same-sex dance but has a special beauty/sense, as if outsiders can't get involved between the two of them.

This dance could have gone on forever, but who knew that something had happened.

The dance was interrupted by the ringing of Lestrade's mobile phone, and Lestrade took the phone out of the pocket of his pants, and when he saw the phone number on it, he had a bad feeling that it was the Scotland Yard duty room.

During the Christmas season, the duty room is light yì will not call, unless something urgent happens, or a serious case. Lestrade made a small gesture to the bears, and he rang the answer case, "Hello, this is Inspector Lestrade." ”

The phone calls came and went, and he understood the general situation, and found a man's body under a tree in a park, or a dismembered body with a missing part of his body. No one wants this to happen at Christmas, and Lestrade, the detective of the Scotland Yard Homicide Squad, can't give up the case just because it's Christmas, he put down the phone and stood in the living room with an embarrassed expression, but Harry has always been very caring.

"Dad is...... Case? ”

Lestrade nodded, "Yes, a case that could be tricky. ”

Hearing the tricky words, Sherlock put down his violin, and he looked interested, "Case? What crazy characters would commit crimes at Christmas. ”

Lestrade licked his lips and asked, "It's probably a big case, I haven't contacted Anderson yet, Donovan has already decided to go on vacation before, so I have to make a trip myself now." ”

Probably Sherlock's eyes were too hot, so Lestrade had to add, "Do you want to come with Sherlock?" ”

Go, how can you not go!

What is Christmas like, this is a big festival close to the New Year, for everyone has a different meaning in it, on this day everyone will have a holiday, if it is not for the hatred of Lestrade, I really can't figure out why someone would choose to commit a crime on this day.

Lestrade is going to go to the police, and Sherlock is going to be a temporary forensic/doctor, so this Christmas is supposed to be a very good Christmas left with Mycroft and little Lestrade, it's true to say that they are unhappy, but they can't stop Lestrade from punishing the criminals, he is indeed a father but also the detective of the Scotland Yard Homicide Squad.

"I'm sorry, if it wasn't for some urgent case, I would have come back sooner."

Just when Reestrade apologized, Sherlock had already passed his trench coat, Reistrade hugged no one, and when he arrived at Mycroft, he looked at Mycroft and said seriously: "McCroft, it's up to you." ”

Little Lestrade deserves a merry Christmas, but given that the incident happened so suddenly, this otherwise beautiful Christmas was ruined, and Lestrade asked the bears to McCroft, hoping that Mycroft could help them spend the Christmas together. McCroft gave Lestrade his gift, "Don't worry, I'll take care of them." ”

Mycroft began to wonder what he could do to give the bears a happy Christmas. After all, their Dad had just left because of work, and the mood of the bear children was generally not high. Hannibal had to coincide this with the "gift" that Jim Moriarty had said earlier, was this the "gift" from Moriarty? It's really not in line with his mind.

However, even if Hannibal was angry, he could not question Jim Moriarty, because he was afraid that his identity would be exposed because of his questioning, which would definitely affect Lestrade.

So Hannibal sat on his own exclusive sofa with a gloomy and frightening face, at this time Hannibal did not know that his "patient" dear Jim had been touching his bottom line, and unintentionally, whether it was the planned ogre incident or the future attack on Will Graham, this touched Hannibal's reverse scales.

"We can be a little happier, and we may be able to wait for dear Greg to come back, and our Christmas will go on."

In fact, McCroft himself didn't believe it when he said this, Lestrade had already smelled the smell of a big case, and only a real madman would do this to give a "gift" to Scotland Yard at Christmas.

No matter how much McCroft coaxed the bear children, the case here still needs to be continued.

Lestrade drove to his destination, which has been cordoned off, and there are very few people on the streets today, so it is conceivable that there are indeed some problems in one aspect of the crime that came out on Christmas.

Donovan had already been contacted, and Lestrade knew she would never return, but Anderson didn't know where the people had gone, and there were so many people who were supposed to travel for Christmas that few of the forensic teams at Scotland Yard could come. Lestrade looked at Sherlock who was standing aside and said, "Sherlock handed it over to you on the spot, can you give a satisfactory answer?" ”

"Of course."

Sherlock couldn't wait to get close to the corpse, because there was too much blood left on the body, and Sherlock was not sure what the murderer had taken from the man's body, and only after further examination could they draw a conclusion. Sherlock put on his gloves and circled the corpse twice, and at first glance it seemed that the murderer was missing internal organs, spleen, or kidneys, which could not be determined.

Sherlock picked up his magnifying glass and began to kneel on the ground to observe the victim, the male face was well maintained, tall, white-collar, because he was wearing a suit and leather shoes but there were corners on his clothes, and it looked like he was just about to go home from work, who knew that this happened.

Just as Sherlock began to examine the body in front of him, Lestrade's subordinates also sent over the information about the victim, the poor victim was named Leo Vogt, just like Sherlock said he was a white-collar worker, because he was single, he chose to work overtime on Christmas Eve, so that he could get a large extra bonus.

His company is said to be two blocks away.

"But what is the purpose of taking a man's internal organs?"

The imitator of the previous Jack the Ripper case also took the womb because of his hatred for prostitutes and the belief that they had no right to have children. But now Lestrade can't take the idea of the previous case into account, after all, there are many differences between Jack the Ripper's imitator and this murderer.

"What is missing is the liver, we are all wrong, and the liver is all removed."

Sherlock said to Lestrade after his initial autopsy.

The first victim was a man who was missing a liver.