When a few people walked into the apartment, the first thing they saw was a short, narrow corridor, probably because of its age, it would squeak when stepping on the wooden floor, and it really made people feel creepy at night.

"Be careful." Holmes whispered to the others, "Don't disturb the landlord, Mrs. Hudson, she's on the third floor. If she found out that I entertained so many guests at once, I wonder if she would be angry again. ”

Several people also nodded, indicating that they would pay attention, and then followed Holmes up the stairs on the back side, directly to the second floor.

After pushing open the door of a room on the second floor, Sherlock Holmes lit a gas lamp, and everyone entered the legendary study together.

The study was small in size, the walls were dark red on all sides, giving it a gloomy and melancholy feel, and two chairs were placed in front of the fireplace on one side, on which were placed one of Holmes' deer-hunting hats and his cherished cherry wood pipe.

On the shelf of the fireplace lay a Persian slipper, stuffed with tobacco, and a number of letters stacked on top of each other, pierced by a folding knife, and in the corner lay a violin, which, judging by its use, must have disturbed many people's dreams at night.

A small desk was piled up with all kinds of flasks and medicines, and there were still a lot of blackboards left on the table, which may have been corroded by strong acids or other dangerous reagents, and a large number of open notebooks were spread out on the desk, and the scribbled handwriting of the note-bearer could be seen.

"Feel free, but there aren't any other seats in this room." Sherlock Holmes sat down in the chair by the fireplace, took the cherry wood pipe, took a handful of tobacco from his Persian slippers and filled it into the pipe, then struck a match and lit the tobacco, leaned back in the chair and inhaled deeply, and then exhaled a trace of white smoke.

"Sherlock!" Seeing Sherlock Holmes smoking, Watson frowned, "It's not good for your health to smoke so late." ”

"Don't worry, dear Dr. Watson." Holmes smiled and said, "Now that I've listened to your advice to quit cocaine, allow me to keep a little love." ”

Then Holmes turned to the rest of the team and asked, "Let me ask you a little question, have you ever heard of 'Ghosts'?" ”

"Ghosts?" Everyone was a little puzzled, and Ma Shuangcheng replied, "Are you talking about ghosts or something, Mr. Holmes?" ”

"Very well, at least it shows that a few of you are not lying, and it seems that we can move on to the topic of 'vampires'." After observing the expressions of several people and making sure that they had nothing to do with his so-called "ghost", Holmes began, "Then if my guess is correct, it is the Romanian Impaler that they are looking for now." ”

"How did you tell we were looking for Dracula?" Ma Shuangcheng was a little puzzled.

"Now the whole of London's underworld knows that the legendary great vampire has stepped into English soil." Sherlock Holmes smoked a cigarette as he looked at the fire in the fireplace next to him and said, "After leaving his legendary and terrifying castle, the mysterious forces of all Europe, whether it be witchers, churches or dark wizards, have their eyes on him, and they all regard the assassin's departure from his demon city as the best opportunity, when this legendary great vampire came to London alone, They couldn't help but take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of the nightmare that had enveloped the whole of Europe for 400 years. ”

Then Holmes looked at the few people in the team: "From your body, it is easy to see that you have some aura and characteristics other than mortals, and the extraordinary people who came to England at this time, will they have any other purpose than to come for that piercing man?" ”

“…… Yes, we're here for Dracula. Ma Shuangcheng nodded, which was indeed the reason for Holmes' excellent observation, "But I still want to ask if that Jack the Ripper has anything to do with Dracula?" ”

"I don't think there's much to do with each other, although they are both done by vampires, but vampires and vampires are very different." Holmes took another puff on his pipe, then said, "That's what the 'ghost' I mentioned earlier is for." ”

"'Ghost'...... It's a code name for an organization or an individual. Chu Yuan suddenly spoke at this time, as if to show that he still had some analytical ability.

"That's right...... In fact, compared to Dracula, those who follow Dracula are more troublesome for London. Sherlock Holmes exhaled a long puff of smoke, then gently slammed his pipe towards the fireplace, shaking out the ash inside, "For so many years, I've been chasing the biggest enemy of my life...... the head of the 'Ghost', Professor Moriarty. He was a genius, a man with real talent, but unfortunately he was naturally hungry for chaos and disaster, and his talent made his danger even more terrifying. In my exploration of him, I can tell that Dracula's power and danger are clearly appealing to him. Vampires are creatures...... Strictly speaking, it is the greatest curse of sin committed by the Antichrist, and vampires have no other means of reproduction than God's punishment and virgins who have suffered unjustified disasters. And Professor Moriarty ...... All the clues I have point to the terrible fact that he is creating a vampire...... A monster that is not God's punishment, but artificially created. In London, almost half of the crimes are related to the professor, and the crime of Jack the Ripper convinced me of this. The 'Ghost' is also looking for Dracula, and I am sure that Moriarty will not be satisfied with the current situation, and he will definitely want to create a truly perfect, powerful vampire, not the so-called immortal spirit, but the terrifying demon of the Antichrist. In order to do this, he must take Dracula into his own hands, thus deciphering what a truly perfect vampire should be. ”

"Can vampires still be artificially made?" Everyone was also surprised in their hearts, they didn't expect this at all.

"Count Dracula is not the only one in this world who is a vampire." Sherlock Holmes said, "This powerful undead creature that feeds on human blood has existed since the time of man's historical records, fears light, can be wounded by silver, and crosses incapacitate it." There are also countless witchers hunting these undead, and these witchers can fight those vampires with enough tools and training, such as the American Mr. Abraham Lincoln, and of course, I can be counted as one. But Count Dracula is different, not so much an immortal as an enemy of God, a monarch of hell, a great demon who really lives in this world. It is true that vampires like the former can be created by humans through various means, but the latter ...... I really doubt that humans can have that kind of power. But no one can imagine Professor Moriarty's madness......"

"Crazy...... Ma Shuangcheng and Linn's eyes couldn't help but turn to Zhu Jue on the side.

“…… Why are you looking at me? Zhu Jue, who began to fiddle with the potions on Holmes' desk as he spoke, couldn't help but complain, he was holding a bottle of potions in brown glass in his hand, and he tasted the potion with his mouth, and then frowned, "Tsk, it doesn't taste at all, what is this......"

"Your attention is good." Holmes nodded towards Zhu Jue, "This is a silver nitrate solution, and it is quite effective against ordinary vampires or ghouls. ”

"Beware of drinking you to death!" Linn couldn't help but complain.

"Then you're welcome." Zhu Jue directly put away the bottle of silver nitrate solution, and then he said to Sherlock Holmes, "Mr. Holmes, after all that, you don't seem to have talked about the most important thing." ”

"Looks like I'm a bit wordy." Sherlock Holmes chuckled a little, then said, "So about the connection between the two......

"Not this." Zhu Jue interrupted Holmes's words, and he pointed to the potions that he had turned over, "I said that you old poisonous insect is really...... Entertaining people to your house, and not even taking out your treasured cocaine to give everyone a high-rise, can we not be friends? Can we still have fun together? ”

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