Chapter Thirty-Nine: Sherlock Holmes, the Vampire Slayer
"Vampires?" The entire team was also shocked, and they all thought in their hearts whether this Jack the Ripper really had anything to do with Dracula.
"Is the famous Mr. Holmes going to blame some inexplicable vampire for this murder?" The white-haired officer's face was also quite unsightly, and he naturally wouldn't believe that there would be something inexplicable like a vampire.
"John, what time is it?" Holmes didn't reply to the white-haired officer's words, and he turned to Watson to ask.
Watson hurriedly took out a silver pocket watch from his pocket, and after looking at the time, he replied, "It's almost half past seven, it's already night, what's the matter, Sherlock?" β
"This ...... How long have you been dead, Ms. Eldos? Holmes continued to ask Watson.
Watson put away his pocket watch, and then replied, "Although there are no corpse spots on the corpse, judging by the stiffness and signs of decay, it should not take more than twenty hours." β
"It's almost time." Holmes nodded, then said to the white-haired officer, "Mr. Officer, I think you should finally disperse all the ordinary citizens who are watching outside." β
"Why is that?" The white-haired police officer was also a little puzzled, although it was indeed very troublesome for those citizens to watch, and even sometimes hindered the investigation, but it was not so easy to expel them.
"It's for the sake of safety, and by the way, I think it's better for ordinary citizens to live in their own world." Sherlock Holmes's eyes flashed sharply when he looked at the white-haired officer, and ordinary people might not help but palpitate if they didn't pay attention to it, "If you don't want to be blamed by the big guys above for your negligence, you'd better do what I say, it's also for your own good." β
Intimidated by the sharp eyes of Sherlock Holmes, although there was still some reluctance in his heart, the white-haired officer still unconsciously ordered the surrounding police: "Go, you all disperse those onlookers, don't let them approach this alley!" β
Hearing the order of their superiors, about a dozen policemen blew their whistles and waved batons to signal the onlookers to disperse quickly. Most of the onlookers, with the exception of a few idle homeless people, were homeless warblers and visiting prostitutes who lived in cheap hotels in the Whitechapel district, and their fear of the police outweighed their curiosity about the murder, and they were all dispersed from the alley after a few minutes. Of course, there are still many people who continue to look at the situation in the alley at a slightly farther distance, but at that distance and Cheng DΓΉ, it is completely impossible to see how it is in the alley when the sky is already dark.
"Mr. Holmes, I've listened to you, but if I don't have a convincing explanation......" The white-haired officer tried to question, but was immediately interrupted by Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes snapped his fingers, then pointed to Catherine's body on the ground: "I don't think you need my explanation, you can just see for yourself." β
Then everyone present noticed that the corpse lying on the ground in a miserable posture suddenly seemed to move, and just when everyone was still thinking that they were dazzled, the corpse suddenly writhed violently.
Even though her throat had been slapped open and her stomach had been disemboweled, the corpse still gave the impression that she was coming back to life.
The skin on Catherine's body began to peel off in pieces, and then the nails on her hands began to grow rapidly, both hands turned into sharp and terrifying claws, and her open mouth began to grow a row of sharp and vicious fangs.
"I knew it." Zhu Jue looked at the scene in front of him, turned his head and said to his teammates beside him, "Missing a waist doesn't affect a person's life, you see, she is alive again!" β
"I don't think she's alive like this......" Linn was a little helpless to complain.
"My God...... What a monster this is! All the policemen present couldn't believe what they were seeing, and the white-haired officer couldn't help but scratch a cross on his chest, "Fu...... Mr. Holmes, this is ...... Legend has it that after being sucked by a vampire, he transforms into a new vampire? At this point, he completely abandoned his old beliefs and instead believed what Holmes had said earlier.
"No, it's not a vampire." Sherlock Holmes was also looking at the corpse that was writhing and trying to rise on the ground, "The non-virgins have been sucked out of blood, and they will only become such filthy and vile undead creatures...... Ghoul. β
"Damn it!" The white-haired officer, who seemed to have trouble accepting the supernatural scene in front of him, pulled out the revolver he was holding at his waist and raised it tremblingly, intending to shoot at the warbler named Catherine Edaus, but now it was a ghoul with a hideous face.
"It's useless." Sherlock Holmes reached out and pressed a hand against the white-haired officer's arm, "Unblessed or silver-plated bullets won't do much damage to ghouls, unless you're holding a Winchester shotgun and aiming it at the head." β
"That'...... So what should we do? The white-haired officer's voice, who never dreamed that he would face such a monster, couldn't help but tremble.
"Leave it to me." Holmes let go of the hand that grabbed his arm, then patted the white-haired officer on the shoulder, and he walked straight to the ghoul, who had already gotten up, making strange noises with his torn vocal cords.
I said...... Isn't Sherlock Holmes a detective......" Ma Shuangcheng looked at the scene in front of him in a daze, and then couldn't help but say, "What is he going to do?" β
"Sure enough, this place is really rampant with cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods." Li Wuxian didn't care about this supernatural scene, and the only thought in his heart was probably only one thing, that is, it was all the fault of all evil feudalism and capitalism.
"Don't worry." Chu Yuan also had a calm face, as if he was usually used to playing the biochemical mode in CF, and he was still not surprised to see this kind of scene when he came to the mission world for the first time, "I remember that Sherlock Holmes was a keyboard and mouse...... Master of swordsmanship. β
Sherlock Holmes walked up to the ghoul, who also noticed the target in front of him, and ignored its severed throat and slit belly, the only thought in the undead monster's mind was to eat a living creature in front of him.
Then the ghoul slammed down on Sherlock Holmes, its speed was astonishingly fast, although it was just an ordinary woman when it was alive, but after transforming into a ghoul, its speed and strength increased several times, and it was not a monster that ordinary people could deal with.
However, at the moment when the ghoul rushed in front of Holmes, the legendary detective suddenly drew a thin sword from his staff, and then a flash of silver light, the ghoul's head flew out, and the body that lost its head fell directly to Holmes's feet.
A dark green flame erupted from the skull that separated it from its body, and after just a few seconds, the entire ghoul was reduced to a cloud of black ashes.
Sherlock Holmes took out a handkerchief, carefully wiped the dirt from the cane, and then took it back and restored it to a normal gentleman's staff.
"Looks like there's nothing going on with me here, Mr. Officer." "But you and your men had better report to Scotland Yard first, and don't give out any news that would upset the common people." β
"This ...... What the hell is this......" The white-haired officer also looked at Holmes and the ashes under his feet in disbelief," ...... The victims at the scene of the previous murders have not changed much...... Why ...... this time"
"Because London is now shrouded in an ominous thing." Holmes's sharp eyes still shone with an inexplicable brilliance, "Mr. Officer, take good care of the general public, this is your most important duty...... And the big guys above are probably already anxious at the moment. β
Then Holmes walked up to the group again: "Okay, friends, will you come with me to Baker Street?" β
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