Chapter 124: Searching
Although Dr. Asasa was forced to stop his words in the middle of his sentence, and the children were scared half to death by the sudden collapse of the bridge, this episode did not hinder everyone's confidence in solving the case, because Conan proposed a name that almost meant victory - Sherlock Holmes.
Now that Officer Lestrade has appeared, then Sherlock Holmes must also exist, and in this world, reality and fiction are mixed together, which is the consensus reached after everyone's thinking.
Now that we know that there is such a god-level figure, then the next thing is simple. Find Sherlock Holmes and ask for help from Holmes to capture Jack the Ripper with the help of Sherlock Holmes. The context of the matter seemed to be clear all at once, and it seemed unusually simple. Under the blind worship of the great detective Sherlock Holmes, who has admired the name for a long time, everyone is full of confidence in the characters of this game.
Probably because I saved Kikukawa, Zhuxing and the other two children, Emori and Takizawa, seem to be slightly less hostile to us, but it's just not salty or light, although it's not a big achievement, but in this situation, it's a good phenomenon that our own people can unite.
Go to 221 Baker Street and find Sherlock Holmes! No one disputed this, but at the moment my mind was completely out of it.
I'm no longer Yuichi Kudo, I'm no longer reincarnated, I can't even be Lucifer, in this absurd world, I can only be Edogawa Akiki, a six-year-old child, a child who is powerless and can be killed by anyone at will. There are no guns, no computers, no sharp weapons, and even the last bit of reliance - skills, no longer exists. So, what can I do? As a child who doesn't have any physical skills to rely on, what else can I do to help Conan?
No matter how much I want to break my mind, I can't think of any way to help Conan and protect everyone! In other words, I am an out-and-out waste.
What an irony! Obviously, when I first came to this world, I still felt that my spirit was unprecedentedly uplifted, and I felt that I could settle all events like a superman, but the reality, oh no, it should be said that this intelligent computer called Noah's Ark, laughed at me fiercely! The ridiculous self-confidence just now was nothing but an illusory illusion.
"Are you alright?" said Xiao Ai whispered beside me as I walked down the street.
β......β
"Seeing that your face seems to be very bad, is there anything uncomfortable?" Seeing that I didn't react, Xiao Wai frowned and continued to ask.
No one noticed that there was something wrong with that moment just now, and no one knew that I couldn't do anything now.
β......β
"Minghui! Minghui!" shook violently.
β...... Ahh
"What were you just thinking?"
β...... Ahh "My mind was in a mess, and my mouth was responding inexplicably and meaningfully, but I couldn't react at all.
"What a mess! I ask you what you're thinking!" Although Xiao Ai had tried to keep her voice as low as possible, the faint anger had unmistakably reached my heart.
β...... I'm sorry, Xiao Ai, my head hurts a little, can you let me be quiet for a while?" I whispered, covering my head and trying to make my voice sound as steady as possible. It was the first time I had been in such a situation where I had no support at all, and I thought I needed some time to calm down and rethink where I am.
"Yes. Xiao Wai replied lightly and stopped talking.
"Hey, don't you think that clock is a little weird?" said as he was walking down the street, when the stars suddenly pointed to Big Ben in front of them.
Everyone looked in the direction the stars were pointing, and saw that the clock, which had been pointing to twelve fifty, suddenly receded one square backwards, and became twelve forty-nine, and then before everyone was surprised, the hour hand of the big clock receded again, and the time became twelve forty-eight.
"From fifty to forty-nine, and then forty-eight......" Conan first glanced at the stars in some surprise, then stared at the clock, muttered a little, and suddenly reacted, exclaiming: "I know! That's the number of children participating in the game!"
In this way, the people present naturally understood what Conan meant. In other words, the fifty children who participated in the game have now been eliminated by two and become forty-eight, and it has only been half an hour since the game began......
In ten minutes, the clock hand dropped again from forty-eight to forty-three......
When everyone is out, it's time to die. The heavy pressure made the children, who were still full of confidence, shut their mouths and stopped talking.
Because the doctor said that we can't be caught by the police, we walked all the way through the small road, carefully avoiding the police patrolling the street, and the distance from Whitechapel to Baker Street was not close, and we walked for about an hour before we finally arrived at the place described in Conan Doyle's novel - Baker Street.
Just as we were about to walk through the streets, an old man in tattered clothes walked past us with an accordion and sang as he went: "Watch out for Jack the Ripper~ He is waiting for you on the road at night~ If you don't want to die, what should you do~ You have to be covered in blood~~"
I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel that the person looked at us with a strange expression when he passed us. Is it trying to remind us of something? No, maybe I'm too careful. Glancing up at Conan, Conan was also pondering.
"Two hundred and twenty-one B, this is it, right?" After repeated confirmations, Xiaolan knocked on the door of the house.
"Does that Sherlock Holmes live here?" Motota said with some curiosity, looking at the unremarkable apartment on the side of the street.
"This is where Watson and Sherlock Holmes share a rental. Hearing Yuan Tai's words, Xiaolan turned her head and smiled.
"Who is it so late?" asked a woman dressed as a housekeeper in her fifties and sixties, opening the door and asking Xiaolan.
"W-That...... I, my name is Maorilan, "a person who has come into contact with this world for the first time, and it is a member of the famous Sherlock Holmes family, Xiaolan is obviously a little nervous: "I want to see Mr. Holmes......"
After some negotiations, we were surprised to learn that Holmes and Watson were not at home now, and after asking the date, we found out that, according to the book of Conan Doyle, the time we are in now happens to be when Holmes solved the "Baskerville Hound" incident, and both Holmes and Watson went to the country......
This is probably another ghost of Noah's Ark, deliberately transferring people who can help us.
Fortunately, after talking for a while, seeing that we were all children, the housekeeper confused us with the children of the "Baker Street Detective Squad" who helped Holmes with the case, and warmly welcomed us into the house, so that we were saved from the embarrassment of being rejected at the door. And we, in order to solve the case as soon as possible, can only mistakenly fake other people's names.
As written in Conan Doyle's book, the house consists of a comfortable bedroom and a spacious and airy living room, which is very comfortably furnished. Neat bookshelves, large desks, bottles and jars for experiments...... The little ones were amazed by everything and walked around looking curiously.
Conan sat silently in a wide chair, curled up his legs, put his hands together at his mouth, thinking about everyone's next course of action, I sat on another chair, put a Chinese-style purple sand teapot on the coffee table in the palm of my hand, and slowly rubbed it, in this era, Chinese tea is very popular in the West, and tea drinking is also common in Western families, although the book does not describe that Sherlock Holmes has the habit of drinking tea, but Dad has, this detail is probably added by Dad himself.
The small palm is open, rubbing over and over again on the body of the delicate and small teapot, I like to do this, the warm and delicate feel of the purple sand can relieve my anxiety and become comfortable and relaxed.
Xiaolan looked at Conan, then at me, and for a while, she was a little stunned.
"Oh, it's like Mr. Holmes!" The housekeeper burst out laughing when she saw Conan's movements, "He's always thinking about problems in this way!"
Hearing the housekeeper's words, Xiaolan's expression, which was still a little stunned just now, suddenly became relaxed, but she still glanced at me from time to time, but there was a confusion in the depths of her eyes.
"Hey, this picture looks like someone!"
"Ahh
"This is Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson!"
Yuan Tai and the others found the photo placed on the fireplace, and suddenly screamed in surprise. When I looked up, I couldn't help but laugh.
Where are Sherlock Holmes and Watson, it's clearly Dad and Dr. Asasa! I didn't think that Dad was also an expert in YY......
The housekeeper then went out to prepare snacks for us, and seeing that there was no one in the house, Conan immediately came up with an idea. Although it is not expected that Holmes will go out, we can't just come for nothing, as the leading private investigator in England, no, it should be said that the whole of Europe, and the person who knows all the horrors of the last century, it is impossible not to pay attention to Jack the Ripper, in this place where Holmes thinks about work, there must be something that can help us.
Conan shared his idea with everyone, and everyone began to split up. Although the books and materials in the room are all in English, it is probably because of the game setting, which can be understood by children, which should be said to be a great blessing in misfortune. Although the stars are no longer fighting with us in this situation, they are also not very motivated, and the stars inadvertently found an English football of this era, and threw it to the people behind him without interest, so that the children who were as unmotivated as him suddenly became excited because of the football of a hundred years ago.
The only thing that was a little surprising was that Kikukawa, who had always been on the wrong side of us, that is, the child I had saved before, now took the initiative to help, which has to be said to be a gratifying change.
Perhaps, this is what Noah's Ark called "purging...... I glanced at Kikukawa.
"Hey," Conan looked at me sitting on a chair holding a purple clay pot, suddenly stunned for a moment, looked at me with a somewhat complicated expression, and continued, "You are also here to help, what are you doing in a daze." β
"Oh, good. I answered, and immediately joined in the help. I sat and held the purple clay pot for a while, and my mood was really calm, although I still didn't know what I could do, but no matter what, I could only do my best to do it, and I would like to talk to Conan about my problems for a while, so as not to have problems when I get them.
Looking through the books full of English, I couldn't help but recall the scene when I told my brother a story in the English version of Sherlock Holmes. Now that I think about it, it really seems like it was yesterday, and my brother has grown into a character as reliable as Sherlock Holmes...... Thinking of this, I couldn't help but glance at the old brother not far away with relief.
"What's wrong? Did you find it?" Conan, sensing my gaze, asked as he looked up at me.
"Ah, no, I'm looking for ...... Huh, is this it? "An Investigation into Jack the Ripper". I handed the document to Conan.
"The last case that happened was ......" Conan immediately looked through the information I had found: "September 8! The second victim was Hani Charlister, living alone, forty-one years old, female, the body was found in a vacant lot next to St. Mary's Church in the Whitechapel area, and two rings of different sizes were left at the crime scene......"
"Ring?" I frowned slightly, and glanced at the photo of the ring attached to Holmes's notes, I have seen the relevant records of Jack the Ripper, and I also analyzed it for him when I was teaching my brother detective knowledge, so I remember very well that in the relevant records of Jack the Ripper, Jack the Ripper never left anything at the scene.
It seems that this game does not ask us to find out the real Jack the Ripper in history, but Jack the Ripper in the game's script. Thinking about this, I can't help but relax a little, if we don't have to face the real Jack the Ripper, we will probably be a little more relaxed, right?
Suddenly, Conan's hand flipping through the record stopped.
"What's wrong, Conan, is it uncomfortable?" Seeing Conan stop moving, Xiaolan asked with concern.
"It's nothing," Conan stroked his forehead and smiled, "I suddenly remembered that someone had asked me something before. β
"What's the matter?" everyone looked at curiously.
"He asked me what I would do if one day I met someone like Jack the Ripper. β
"And how did you answer?"
The crowd became more curious.
"How's that answer?" tell him, of course, that I'm going to get to the bottom and bring that hateful culprit to justice!" Conan laughed.
"That's amazing!"
"It's Conan!"
"So handsome!"
Yuan Tai Ayumi and the others shouted one after another, with an expression of admiration on their faces, looking at Conan's eyes with a bright light. Even the true reason that has not been said in three sentences since entering here is full of worship in his eyes.
"I don't know if I'm alive or dead. Xiao Ai's faint cold words were like a basin of cold water poured down on his head, making the smile on the corner of Conan's mouth suddenly become bitter.
"yes, that's what he said at the time, I don't know if I'm alive or dead. Conan raised his head, as if recalling the scene at that time, and said softly: "At that time, he threw the book on the ground, pulled me by the collar, pulled me to the chest, stared at me viciously, and said, listen, the detective's task is to find the murderer, not to catch the murderer, that is what the police can do, you want to be a detective, I won't stop you, but you'd better recognize that you have a few pounds and a few taels, and when you see a dangerous person, you will hide away from me! β
"How do you ...... like this?"
"What a coward......"
"Cut, there are too many such people in society, and justice will gradually disappear......" The children voiced dissatisfaction.
"In my memory, this was the only time he was angry at me, that expression, it was really terrifying, and I still remember it clearly. He's right, but it's a pity that I didn't listen to him......" Conan glanced at his body with a gloomy look and sighed, what was he thinking, I think, only me and Xiao Ai would understand.
I also sighed deeply. Although I thought I had taught him a hard lesson, my brother still fell in love with GIN and became what he is now, and if he had listened to me and avoided GIN at that time, then he would not be where he is now. Of course, it's all futile to say now, and if he really listened to me and avoided GIN, then he wouldn't be Kudo Shinichi anymore. Until now, there was only regret in his tone, not regret, and even if he did it again, he would still rush forward.
When I came to this world, I desperately wanted to change the plot and the fate of the characters, but in the end, I didn't change anyone. Uncle Thief is dead, Sister Akemi is dead, Conan and Xiao Ai have become smaller, and the organization is still ghostly. It's as if there is a big hand in the dark that maintains order and resets the rhythm of the world that I disrupted, and this world is still moving forward slowly and methodically with the original plot.
"By that said, are you not going to pursue it further, but to listen to that man and avoid Jack the Ripper?" asked Conan with contempt.
Since it's an old brother, the answer should be undoubted.
Sure enoughβ
"No!" Conan's words were as firm as they were to me ten years ago! Conan's demeanor when he said this was as if he had overlapped with him ten years ago!
"Although it is very difficult, although there may be danger, but for the sake of social justice, I am willing to give everything I have, even my life!"
Proud self-confidence, dazzling brilliance, and, the unyielding sparkle in his eyes......
The scene suddenly became silent, and even the stars had a look of admiration in their eyes for the first time.
"Okay, that's all for gossip, time is running out, let's move on. Conan said with a smile. When the children heard this, they immediately began to move again. After this short episode, the estrangement between the children has decreased a lot.
"Thanks to your brother's character, you can still live until now. Although he said mean words in his mouth, Xiao Wai, who has always been unfamiliar with Conan, inadvertently put a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Ah, although there are all kinds of shortcomings, but it is enough to make me feel complacent. I laughed.
......
"Jack the Ripper, who plunged London into a great panic, is convinced of the unprecedented social unrest he has caused, with Professor Moriarty, the head of evil. Conan continued to look through the records, but when he saw this, even Conan couldn't help but be stunned.
"Professor Moriarty!" exclaimed.
"Professor Moriarty, is this guy even in the game!" Conan's face appeared solemnly for the first time. It's like trying to hunt down a wolf at first, but you end up encountering a tiger that catches you off guard.
"Who's that guy!"
"Don't talk to yourself! we don't understand!" " Emori and Takizawa, who didn't know much about Sherlock Holmes, shouted dissatisfied.
"He was Sherlock Holmes's old enemy, controlling the dark forces in London, and he is said to have had a great influence on all of Europe, Napoleon of the criminal world. Conan explained to them with a grim face.
The Napoleon of the criminal world. Just this sentence is enough to show how terrible Professor Moriarty is. I just thought that we would only feel a little relaxed in front of the virtual Jack the Ripper in the game, but I couldn't help but get nervous again.
That said, in order to catch Jack the Ripper, we had to go and contact Professor Moriarty to get a clue. Now that Holmes is gone, everything is on our own.
However, although Professor Moriarty is the real king of the London underground, in fact, Professor Moriarty is also a nobleman of the British upper class, not only elegant and polite to people, but also rarely shows up, has always been hidden behind the scenes, and it is not easy to find him.
But it doesn't bother us, or rather, Conan.
The big villain never does things himself, and naturally there is a group of small villains around him for him to drive, and Professor Moriarty is no exception, his biggest henchman, Colonel Sebastian Moran, although for this world, the identity is still secret, but for Conan, who is familiar with "Sherlock Holmes", there is nothing to hide, if Colonel Moran can be found, then Professor Moriarty will naturally surface. Moreover, the location of Colonel Moran is also easy to find, both in the novel and in the notes of Sherlock Holmes, it is clearly written - the bridge club in the city center.
"Wow~~ It's a real gun!" "We had just decided on our side about the next move, and there was a surprised voice from Yuan Tai on the other side, and I saw Yuan Tai take out a large revolver from the drawer, and his expression was extremely excited.
"Put it back!" Conan shouted at Yuanta!
"But, aren't we going to meet the dangerous guys?" said Yuan Tai with some hesitation. That gun looked very exquisite, and Yuan Tai was very reluctant.
"Put it back, Yuantai, you can't use that thing. I whispered.
Conan and I both know very well that carrying a weapon that we are not accustomed to with us is of no use except to hurt ourselves.
"Okay. Motota put the gun back in its place, his head hanging down, looking a little depressed.
"By the way," Conan said to me as if he suddenly remembered something, "that gun can't be used by children, but you can always use it, I remember that you have a power that doesn't belong to ordinary adults, right?"
"Uhhhh I was a little caught off guard.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Conan looked at me questionically, a little unsure of why I hesitated.
β...... Well, no, it should be said, just leave it to me. Although I wasn't sure, I gritted my teeth and nodded, and took the gun back from Motota. I think that although I have little strength, if I have two hands, I should be able to withstand the recoil of that gun, right? I will definitely be able to do it! I must be able to do my part for everyone.
As for my strength, Yuan Tai and the others all knew about it, so they didn't have any objections, and Zhuxing, after looking at me, stopped talking.
After taking the picture of the ring as a reference, Conan said hello, and we all walked out of the apartment and headed straight for the bridge club in the city center. Conan's expression looked relaxed, presumably with me as his trump card. If it was with my previous skills, even if it was a child's body, as long as there was a gun, coupled with a surprise attack, it was indeed not much risk, but now......
I looked at my hand and smiled wryly. Let's hope nothing goes wrong.
No, I can't have such unconfident thoughts, I sure can!