It's been two months since Baker Street made big news that shook the whole of London, the whole of Britain and even the whole of Europe.

However, the people of London were still enthusiastic, not only contributing to the sales of newspapers in the news industry during this time, but even beginning to pursue all kinds of heresy and voodoo witchcraft.

- If it were still in the Middle Ages, I am afraid that not the whole city would have been denounced as heresy by the Church, severely punished by the Inquisition, burned at the stake, or stoned to death.

All in all, people feel indescribable fear and anxiety about the sensational, yet clear, and proven witchcraft crimes that took place on Baker Street, and on the other hand, they can't help but feel fascination and curiosity in their hearts.

Baker Street has been welcoming a flock of tourists for the past two months, the ruined streets have been cordoned off, and various experts and scholars are sampling and studying every day, and although the remains of the clay golem have been removed, it still attracts the admiration of countless curiosity seekers.

One can only vaguely imagine the horror that pervades the darkness and shadows, because it is not known whether hell and the devil lurk in the dark corners of the city, which makes it difficult for citizens to feel safe even in their own homes or on the streets.

The church is useless, and even in the past, the crime rate in the streets around the church was high. Since God cannot shed his mercy and power on the earth, he can only resort to heretical sorcery, or at least the latter seems to have been proven to be a real mystical power.

Therefore, citizens have begun to pursue the invisible and hidden powers, and the "knowledge" of how to master them.

And this is true even for ordinary citizens, not to mention the deranged criminals.

After all, no matter what era the human world is, there has never been a shortage of crazy people, who are whimsical, full of anti-human and anti-social ideas, but they are still super powerful......

Think about it, when some people with ulterior motives found out that the "Baker Street Demon" was once just an ordinary lawyer, although he was not the kind of person who ate dead wages, and the combined income of various assets also belonged to the high level of the middle class, but he was just an ordinary person who mixed well before.

But after he transformed, tortured dozens of people to death mercilessly and ferociously with cruel and bloody horror methods, and with demonic games beyond the imagination of people of this era, he suddenly mastered the real evil power......

- How is it possible that such a thing is not unprovoked?

Many of the most vicious criminals have also begun to imitate the Chainsaw Horror routine, believing that it is actually an evil sacrificial ritual that can be used to deprive the victim of his life and soul in exchange for a powerful evil power.

Therefore, in the past two months, London's nightlife has come to a near standstill, and neither those who come out to consume nor those who come out to provide services are too willing to risk their lives and souls by the "devil".

The demons mentioned here are not necessarily real demons, but more to those crazy criminals who are crazy in pursuit of evil power.

It can be said that the whole of London has now fallen into a morbid frenzy, and pagan traditions and cruel worship have dragged the whole city into the abyss of sin.

Fortunately, the matter of the "Baker Street Demon" was so big that the queen personally intervened, so Scotland Yard has also received a lot of funds and personnel in the past two months, and has formed a larger and more complete team of official enforcers.

Although the police force is still insufficient, it has greatly alleviated the previous situation, and the army is also on standby at all times, which has shared the pressure of the police force to a certain extent, so London has not completely degenerated into a sin city.

But because of this, in the process of exhausting the police in Scotland Yard, a certain prospering detective and his good friend, a legendary detective, are horrified to discover the clues of a hidden organization, and there are already an unknown number of elites who have fallen.

This organization is bearing fruit, gradually infiltrating from the big merchants and big industrialists to the aristocracy and government departments, and although it is low-key and hidden, it cannot change the behavior that they are seeking to justify the group little by little.

This is even more terrifying than the criminal empire that a certain professor has built in London, because this organization is not just developing the criminal class, but involves all levels of society.

Especially those who are famous and upper-class, often one person can influence the fate of thousands of people. When an organisation has a large number of such members, they can influence the whole of the UK, the whole of Europe, and even the whole world.

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Before you know it, the season has entered the period of autumn and winter.

The cold wind whistling in the subway especially makes people feel that winter is not far away, and the sparse people have subconsciously accelerated their pace.

Probably because it was getting late, the London Underground was still running, but not many people were using it, which is also one of the changes in the city of London as the center of the world empire in recent times.

Once it was nightfall, there were no people on the streets.

Despite the presence of soldiers at the entrances and exits of the subway station and the frequent patrols of the police, it did not ease people's fears of hell and the devil, which they felt could not be fought against by muskets. After all, if the soldiers and police had been useful, they wouldn't have spent a full night defeating the "Baker Street Demon" in the first place.

Not everyone knows what happened, and the versions they hear are often based on false rumors, and after a hundred or ten of them, even the parties themselves cannot recognize the distorted statements.

Anyway, it is said that Scotland Yard is incompetent, the demons are rampant, the army is dispatched, and then there is a vigorous battle, the smoothbore gun duel witchcraft, the bullets expel the demons, and the gunfire at that time is said to have sounded all night, and the cannon was fired......

In the end, he reluctantly drove away the "Baker Street Demon", but it only drove away, and did not fundamentally solve the problem.

Therefore, this not only did not improve the situation and improve the morale of the people, but also made London, which has 16,000 "criminal classes", start a feast of criminal carnival - the "Baker Street Demon" has not been heard from for two months, but the criminals who imitate the bloody game of "Baker Street Demon" and are eager to obtain evil power through those cruel heretical rituals are becoming more and more frenzied day by day.

"Sherlock, I still don't think you should ......"

Sitting in the empty and spacious first-class carriage, Dr. Watson, who had been silent, frowned, as if in doubt, and suddenly said this after a while.

"Watson, you know I should do this...... And they're already on the subway, don't you think it's too late to say this now? ”

Holmes said a little impatiently, stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, and then took out the letter with a serious face, held it to the window, and studied it very carefully by the light, and began to ponder it with full concentration.

"But it's too late for us to go back now, and we're just losing a dozen shillings of ticket money."

Dr. Watson sighed, he had been persuading Holmes since he received the letter yesterday, but the great detective was not going to give up just like that.

In the words of the other party, trying to find clues about that secret organization in this chaotic metropolis of millions of people is the equivalent of looking for a needle in a haystack, enough to make anyone desperate.

Therefore, any clues that hope to catch the tail of this organization and reveal the truth must not be let go.

Because that organization is really too dangerous, and if it is left unchecked, it will definitely steal the power of this vast empire and turn everything upside down...... In fact, it is already approaching its goal.

Moreover, Sherlock Holmes judged from some details that the demon may be behind this organization, otherwise it is difficult to explain the growth of this secret organization.

- What is there that makes the rich elite unable to resist the temptation?

However, it is precisely because of this that Dr. Watson is worried that his friend is playing with fire, and such a thing is very implicated, and it should definitely not be the domain of private investigators. They only need to report what they find, rather than going into danger to investigate, even for the sake of Britain and the Queen.

Feeling the slight trembling of the carriage and knowing that the subway was moving on, Dr. Watson always felt that at the end of the tunnel, waiting for the two of them was a fierce and ruthless beast, which was opening its unfathomable dark jaw.

"You're wrong to think so, my dear fellow." Holmes habitually held his pipe, but when he saw that the gas lamp hanging overhead illuminated the entire carriage, he finally reacted in time and put down his pipe again.

He calmly pointed out: "The letter was written by Reestrade, I have checked it and can confirm that it is okay...... And you and I both know that he suddenly disappeared three days ago when he was in the West End, and the police officers who were with him didn't know what had happened. ”

Dr. Watson frowned, "...... Are you suspicious of Scotland Yard? ”

"I can't help but suspect that we don't even know the name of that organization, and that their influence extends into all walks of life, business, politics, academia...... Who can ensure that there are no of them in the police force and in the army? ”

Sherlock Holmes said such alarmist words, but his face was not at all silent, and he appeared quite calm and composed.

Although there is no cruelty in his fetishes, he has undoubtedly become apathetic due to his chronic overexcitement. However, perhaps because his feelings had become indifferent, his intellect and insight had become extremely acute.

Dr. Watson's eyebrows furrowed, he had actually thought that Inspector Lestrade must have discovered something, and might even have foreseen that he would be in danger, so he made certain arrangements.

But even so, Lestrade chose to trust Sherlock Holmes over Scotland Yard, which speaks volumes.

"It seems like it's already ......" Holmes smiled as he felt the moving train slow down.

After stepping out of the carriage, what appeared in the eyes of the two of them was an empty underground platform.

"According to the Inspector, the secret is hidden in this site, and he discovers that many people have not left the site, and eventually strangely disappear......"

The detective looked around, his gaze as sharp as an eagle's.

"And the last area where he disappeared was near this site, so I think this clue should still be credible."

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At the same time, in the middle of a huge underground space, Inspector Lestrade looked around tiredly, and the more he looked, the more terrified he became.

He was caught, knocked down, hooded, and taken into this place where he was held for two days, but he was not subjected to any ill-treatment, and no one came to torture and beat him. But this kind of ignorance made the detective a little worried.

So that although he did not suffer anything, nor did he lack food and water, after two days, he still seemed a little sluggish, and he was all cranky and scared himself.

Until tonight, he was suddenly lifted out of his cell, and along the way he was still thinking about whether the other party was finally going to do something to him.

The previous deliberate placement and ignorance may just be to weaken his will and attack his spiritual beliefs. After all, the will is always the weakest in the face of self-torture.

However, the other party did not take him to meet the mastermind alone, but took him to a strange venue.

It's a strangely large underground space, built under the city at some point, and it's filled with a ceremonial style, like an underground hall surrounded by people.

They were all dressed in black burqas, sorcerer-like peaked hats, and covered their faces with strange masks, all of which at first glance looked like cultists.

The careful detective also observed that the people present seemed to be vaguely divided into different class levels, not only the area where they stood, but also the silk edges of their black robes, some purple, some blue, some green, and some white.

It seems to be a sign to distinguish different statuses, and the material of the mask is also the same, the detective roughly found that some people are wearing gold masks, some people are wearing silver masks, and there are also lower-level iron masks, wooden masks, etc.

And above the wall at the end of this hall, a huge metal ring is inlaid with it, like a giant snake biting its own tail.

On the stage, the only man in a pure black robe, without other color embellishments, and a pointed hat, was giving a missionary speech with his hands raised in the air, and his voice was low and full of emotion:

“…… He is all, He is all! He is the Serpent of Eternity! ”

“…… He is the archetype of all things, the origin of the mystery, and He is the King of Magic! ”

“…… Unleash the ultimate truth before our eyes and give us a deep wisdom that surpasses human intelligence! ”