The singeress watched as the pale-skinned man on the bed walked towards her.

The latter's eyes shone with excitement, like a child who had discovered a novelty toy, and as if with some kind of distorted attachment, the sickly smile on his face was reflected on the scalpel in his left hand.

Erin Adler closed her eyes in despair.

But the next moment, there was a rumbling sound above the trio's heads, the sound of the entrance to the secret room being opened.

However, when Zhang Heng and Holmes rushed down with revolvers, they were stunned.

They never imagined that they would see such a bizarre scene.

Seeing that the singer was still tied hand and foot, unable to move, Father Jacob stood there with a blank expression, while a strange middle-aged man at his feet fell in a pool of blood.

The latter's pale face had a look of disbelief on his face, as if he had seen the most incredible thing in the world, and his eyes were wide open as he looked at Father Jacob, as if to ask why.

When Father Jacob saw Zhang Heng and Sherlock Holmes, he threw away the bloody knife in his hand and said calmly, "You came just in time, I killed the people." ”

Sherlock Holmes squatted on the ground, checked the middle-aged man, saw the wound on the back of his head, and shook his head at Zhang Heng, "It's hopeless." ”

Zhang Heng stepped over the corpse, came to the female singer, untied the ropes on her hands and feet, and removed the rag from her mouth, and Erin Adler spat on the ground as soon as she was free, as if she wanted to spit out the strange taste in her mouth.

Zhang Heng was actually ready to use the [Wall of Evil Thoughts] for one last chance to use it, but fortunately, Holmes found the entrance within three minutes.

When both men rushed in, they thought they would encounter a situation where the murderer was taking hostages, but the result surprised everyone.

The next moment, Zhang Heng's ears heard a hint of the completion of the main task, although he still had a lot of doubts in his heart, but now was not the time to dwell on this kind of thing, he and Holmes first tied up Father Jacob with the rope that he untied from the female singer, and then notified the nearby patrol police.

Sherlock Holmes stayed where he was, guarding Father Jacob while waiting for the police to send more manpower, while Zhang Heng sent the singer home first.

Zhang Heng stayed at Erin's residence until 6 a.m. before returning to 221B Baker Street, when Holmes had already returned from the police station.

He looked satisfied, and completely ignored the protests of the landlord, Mrs. Hudson, and took out his violin and played it, the melodious sound echoing through the room, not knowing if the awakened neighbor in the next building would also want to rush over and kill.

"Looks like you've figured it all out." Zhang Hengdao.

"It seems that you will be able to go to the theater for free in the future." Sherlock Holmes also said.

“…………”

"It's probably not the most complicated case I've ever had, but it's certainly the most interesting." Holmes put down his violin, and finally turned the conversation back to the case.

"Father Jacob made a mistake when he was younger, and he was left with an illegitimate child with a servant girl, although I don't think it was his child, but it doesn't matter, the important thing is that it is a knot in his heart all along, and he is willing to treat that child as his own flesh and blood, or rather, he is using this method to punish himself and atone for the mistakes he has made."

Zhang Heng had actually learned about these things from Erin Adler, so he was not surprised, and motioned for Holmes to continue.

"The birth of this child is a mistake, he is the crystallization of an impulse between a priest and a maid, there is not even love between the two of them, he was abandoned by his mother since he was a child, and his father had to send him to an orphanage for the sake of his reputation, growing up in such an environment, his personality will inevitably become withdrawn and gloomy, Father Jacob says that he has the seeds of evil buried in his body, but in fact I have a different opinion on this."

Sherlock Holmes lit his pipe, "Both the police and Father Jacob himself believe that Jack the Ripper murdered those girls out of revenge for his mother's hasty birth and abandonment of him, but I think he is more like a ritual to find the origin of his life, and of course, like many serial killers, he craves the world's attention, as the letter to the newspaper is the best illustration." ”

"Womb?" Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, I think the uterus in this case is a very important symbol, it is related to reproduction, and it is also the place where the embryo is conceived, Jack the Ripper takes the victim's uterus, which means that he hopes to find his home, just like the target he chooses is a servant girl who has given birth to children, alcoholism and cohabitation, through these qualities, he connects these victims with his biological mother, and when he commits the crime, he can indeed feel the connection between himself and the target again, just like finding his mother, And it's amazing, isn't it, Emma gives him life, and he takes it away from those substitutes, like a complete reincarnation. ”

Holmes blinked, "Of course, the rest is just a speculation on my part, Jack the Ripper is dead, and I guess this speculation of mine will probably never be confirmed...... Speaking of Jack the Ripper, and then going back to Father Jacob, we have to admit that his role in this case was beyond my expectations, remember our earlier speculations? ”

"Huh?"

"We both agreed at the time that there was no complicity in this case, so I did have a brief moment of confusion when you finally reconnected Father Jacob and Jack the Ripper through Mark Cohen, and it turned out that Father Jacob was not an accomplice to Jack the Ripper."

Sherlock Holmes continued, "Jack the Ripper lived silently in the secret room under the confessional chamber of the Church of the Sacred Heart, which made him hear a lot of secrets that should not have been known by a third person, and when he committed the crime for the first time, Father Jacob really didn't know that he did the case, until he himself confessed to Father Jacob, and Father Jacob was in a dilemma, of course he didn't want Jack the Ripper to kill, but on the other hand, the latter was his and Emma's child, Out of the psychology of making up for the previous debt, he has a reason to protect this child.

So he made another wrong choice, he decided to hide it, and at the same time hoped that he could control the beast, and at the same time he made another preparation, and began to consciously guide Mark Cohen, who is also mentally ill, to use the latter as a bait to mislead the police investigation, which is a reasonable choice from his father's position.

But he obviously overestimated his own abilities, and also underestimated the long-suppressed pathological psychology of Jack the Ripper, so there was a second and third murder, and things were sliding in a way that was out of control, and it was at this time that Father Jacob began to realize that he had no ability to stop Jack the Ripper from committing the crime, and it was at this time that Miss Adler came to the door, and the traits she displayed perfectly matched the goal that Jack the Ripper had been looking for, so Father Jacob kidnapped her, But not to treat her as a sacrifice to the devil, but as a test question for Jack the Ripper.

He wanted to see for himself whether his son had really overcome the devil in his heart and would not commit another crime, as he had repeatedly promised, but he was disappointed...... From Jack the Ripper's reaction, he knew that as long as the latter was still alive in this world, there would be another victim, and an innocent soul would die, so in the end, he could only choose to kill this demon he created with his own hands. ”