Mycroft walked out of the villa.

Rob's car had already stopped at the door in advance.

But just as he was about to get into the car, he was stopped.

Mycroft stopped where he was, and slowly turned around.

Sherlock stood in the doorway, watching him silently.

He walked over slowly, "You're going to investigate that person next, right?" ”

Mycroft raised his head.

Sherlock looked at his right hand in his pocket, "Is it easy to use as a novice?" ”

"It's okay." Mycroft looked at his right hand and replied, "It will take some time, but it's much better than I used to, and I can even tear through the armor of a mech with my bare hands." ”

"It's really become a super McCroft." Sherlock teased.

"Don't call it that, Sherlock." McCroft said helplessly.

Sherlock shrugged, "I think it sounds good." ”

He looked at the pendant that Mycroft was holding in his hand and continued, "Since this matter is related to the Monique family, as a member of the Monique family, I should be qualified to investigate this matter together, right?" ”

McCroft smiled, and he raised his head towards the back seat of the car, "Get in the car, you know you must be interested in this kind of thing." ”

Sherlock raised an eyebrow, and he looked at Watson, "Let's go, get in the car." ”

"Can I come along?" Watson asked.

Mycroft pursed his lips and looked at Sherlock, "Even if I don't agree, it doesn't seem to be of much use." ”

Sherlock didn't talk nonsense, just opened the car door on one side and walked up, and seeing that Watson was still standing in place, he said directly.

"Still stunned what to do, hurry up and get in the car!"

Seeing this, Watson could only obediently climb into the car.

"A mysterious magician who has been hidden in this world for many years, enough to deal with a monarch of hell, a mysterious organization that was, or probably still is, parasitic in the nations of Europe"

Sherlock put his hands on the wings of his nose and whispered.

Anyone could see his excitement at the moment.

"I'm getting goosebumps now, Watson." Sherlock said excitedly.

In fact, it wasn't just him, Watson's heart began to stir slightly at this moment.

"Don't be too happy." Mycroft played with the pendant in his hand, "I don't know if we can investigate this brotherhood." After all, Europe is also a sovereign state, and their intelligence services are not weak. It is still more difficult for Britannia's forces to intervene. ”

Watson nodded as well, "Indeed." ”

But Sherlock rolled his eyes, "Come on, others don't know about your third agency, don't I know yet?" Don't pretend to be righteous for me here. ”

"All the actions of the Third Organ are for Britannia."

Mycroft said calmly.

They drove all the way out of the imperial capital to the outskirts, all the way to the mountains, looking at the woods and shrubs that gradually passed around them.

Watson asked curiously, "Where do we go next?" ”

"You'll find out later." Mycroft looked ahead and said in a low voice.

Although the roads along the way are all jungles, the amazing thing is that the roads are unexpectedly good, and they are all paved with cement. So even the sedan is very smooth on this road.

Soon, he saw a base on a hillside on a plain surrounded by a metal fence covered with barbed wire and even faintly dancing arcs.

On the fence, there were several sentinel posts, and even machine guns.

In the plains below the slopes of the mountains are many signs that read, "Danger of Mine Areas." ”

It looks like a military powerhouse, and maybe even if the hellish army wants to rush into such a place last night, it is estimated that it will have to pay a lot of price.

"Dada~"

The wings of a heavy gyroplane flapped the air and flew low above them, then slowly descended into the base.

"Is this the Seventh District?" Watson asked, as if he had thought of something.

"That's right." McCroft said.

After a pause, he emphasized, "But there are no aliens in here. ”

McCroft's words directly blocked all Watson's next questions, and he smiled and sat back down.

This is where Britannia was used to secretly carry out the development and testing of new air force vehicles.

This place is also famous because many people believe that it is related to numerous UFO conspiracy theories.

"It's also the headquarters of the Third Branch." Mycroft stared at the military base in front of him and muttered softly.

Soon, the car drove to the gate of the base, and the soldiers with loaded guns on the sentry came over.

Mycroft lowered the window and made eye contact with the sentry.

Without even showing identification, the soldier straightened up, gave a military salute to Mycroft, and then motioned for another sentry to let him go.

The heavy steel gate slowly opened towards each other, making a sound of branches.

"Your protection here is a little poor." Sherlock scoffed, "I don't even check my papers." I have at least six ways to infiltrate your base. ”

"Documents are just a smokescreen." "It's the rest of the things that really prove your identity." ”

Sherlock raised an eyebrow, "What?" ”

McCroft hooked the corners of his mouth, "Why should I tell you?" ”

"It's like I want to know." Sherlock turned his head indifferently and began to look around.

There were a lot of heavily armed soldiers patrolling it, and there were even soldiers wearing the covered exoskeleton armor that had appeared on the battlefield of the Imperial Capital before. Heavy armor rubbed on the ground with a rumbling sound.

The Sword of Stone, which had previously appeared in the Imperial Capital, also docked here for some simple renovations.

The space here is quite large, even if it is a warship.

The car stopped in a parking space, and all the armored cars were parked here, and other than that, there were mechas, so the car was parked here quite abruptly.

They got out of the car, and Mycroft straightened his sleeves a little before walking slowly towards an entrance in the center of the base.

Sherlock and the others followed, and some of the soldiers around him saluted in unison when they saw Mycroft.

Mycroft nodded at them, and continued toward the entrance.

Entering the entrance, Sherlock and the others found themselves standing in an elevator.

Robla got into the elevator door, then took out a key from his body, stuck it in the control panel, and pressed the button that pressed the 7th floor.

The elevator clicked, then quickly descended, and they felt a palpable sense of weightlessness, but not very strong.

With a bang, the elevator quickly reached its destination.

Rob opened the elevator door again, and they walked out.

It's an underground promenade with some illumination, and a light bar on it provides some lighting. All the structures of the corridor were made of steel, many pipes passed over their heads, and the sound of gas gushing could be faintly heard in their ears.

There are exhaust fans at intervals, so it doesn't look dull and even has a smooth air circulation.

"This is one of the civil air defense facilities in Britannia." "Ten meters of soil, and six meters of reinforced concrete, could theoretically defend against a nuclear bomb," McCroft explained. It is also the headquarters of the Third Authority. ”

He continued along the corridor with Sherlock and the others, then turned a few corners, and then pushed open a door at the end of the corridor with Rob. Behind the door is a conference hall.

The conference hall is not very large, about 20 people can stand, and on one side is a huge glass of glass, but the back of the glass is pitch black, so that people can't see what is inside.

In the middle of the conference hall is an oval table that can seat more than a dozen people.

Rob turned on the light on one side, making the room very bright. There's even a wool carpet on the floor, and the walls are warm-toned, making it look less oppressive than the hallway outside.

Mycroft sat down on the throne and spoke to Rob.

"Go and get the person in charge of the European region."

Rob bowed to Mycroft and slowly retreated.

"It's a gesture, right?" Sherlock said suddenly.

Mycroft raised an eyebrow. Watson was also slightly stunned.

"The way you first came in." Sherlock said, "I see some changes in your gestures. ”

Watson came back to his senses and knew that Sherlock was talking about the time he had just entered the base.

He complained, "Didn't you say you didn't care? ”

"No way, my brain is always working involuntarily." Sherlock said.

Mycroft smiled, "Yes, but it's not. We have our own secret language, and every day the entry code is generated by the computer. ”

Sherlock nodded, "It's not bad. ”

Soon, the door was pushed open again, and Rob walked in with a middle-aged man in a suit.

He had red hair and looked like he was in his thirties and forties, but he had a long scar at the corner of his eye, which went straight to his face.

"He's Lori." Rob said, "The head of the European zone. ”

Lowry nodded at Mycroft, "Sir." ”

McCroft nodded in return.

"What do you want to ask?" Lowry said.

"All things are false, all things are allowed." Mycroft said something like this.

But he didn't explain, just observed Lori's micro-expression with the corner of his eye.

I saw that the middle-aged man called Lori first frowned slightly, and then looked at Mycroft suspiciously.

"I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand what you mean."

Mycroft retracted his gaze, and then said calmly, "This is the creed of a mysterious organization that has been entrenched in Europe for hundreds of years. The name of this organization is called the Brotherhood."

He looked at Lori, "Have you heard of them?" ”

Lowry thought for a moment and said, "I've reported before that Europeans especially like to have small groups. ”

"It's not just Europeans, Britanans like it." "Or rather," McCroft scoffed, "or rather, people are social animals, and some people, having some rights, like to gather into small groups to distinguish themselves from ordinary people." We've cleaned up so much this year. ”

After a pause, he continued, "Wilhelm II signed the instrument of surrender and had all the troops and officials give up their resistance and pledge allegiance to the new government. At the time, everyone thought that this was a benevolent choice made by Wilhelm II in order not to allow further turmoil in the country and to avoid unnecessary sacrifices. ”

He smiled disdainfully, "All the armies and officials belong to the feudal empire, is this country a Mercerist country, or is it just a German Empire with a different name?" ”

Watson seemed to realize something, and opened his eyes slightly.

Charlotte's eyes glistened, "This emperor also played a Trojan horse at the end. ”

"A revolution can never be said to have succeeded without a purge from the bottom up." "Britannia still has a lot of problems, but at least it's been really cleansed. The nobles who landed on the ground laid enough foundation for the prosperity of the people of Britannia. ”

"Doesn't that Fermien know all this?" Watson said.

"Clear, it doesn't mean it can be done," Mycroft muttered in a low voice.

"That polar bear doesn't have that problem." Sherlock began, "They're in a better situation, though. I reckon that the cleansing will come soon. ”

McCroft didn't continue the topic, just looked at Lori, "And then?" ”

Lori came back to his senses and continued, "They have a lot of secret organizations within them, some of them are religious, and some of the rest are new, but I haven't seen the kind of huge organization you mentioned. Perhaps, they are hiding deeply. ”

"What if you change your name and turn into a lot of small organizations?" McCroft said.

Lori seemed to have thought of something, and with a thoughtful look on his face, he continued.

"Please give me a moment."

"Take me there." Sherlock slowly stood up and said, "I guess I can help some." ”

Lori looked at Mycroft with some confusion.

"He's my brother." McCroft explained.

He looked at Lori and said with his head slightly raised.

"He could help a lot more than you think"

Lori turned his head to stare at Sherlock, who was silent and speechless.

Sherlock leaves the base with Lori.

Watson, however, remained at the base, and he was only a military doctor, not an intelligence officer.

The century-old power entrenched in Europe that they are going to investigate next is not a simple matter.

He won't be of much help if he goes, but may cause some unnecessary trouble.

Watson himself is clear about this.

They reached the surface, and Mycroft watched silently as the jeep Sherlock and Lori were riding in faded away.

"Are you worried?" Watson suddenly spoke behind him.

Mycroft raised an eyebrow and looked behind him.

"I mean, the organization he's going to investigate is going to be tough to deal with." Watson said, "Listen to your father say that what they do best is assassination. ”

Mycroft nodded, "If you want to say that you don't worry, it must be fake, after all, that's my own brother." ”

"Still." Mycroft slowly turned his head to look into the distance, "I also know I can't stop him from doing anything. Even if I didn't agree, he would have chosen to go to Europe to investigate all this. ”

Watson nodded approvingly, "That's right." And he'll take me with him. ”

"Besides, I believe in his abilities." There was a twinkle in McCroft's eyes, "As long as they don't have special abilities like those magicians, then he'll be able to handle it." ”

"How do you know they don't?" Watson said.

"Because those magicians have the power to rule the whole world." Mycroft turned his head to look at Watson, "Before those fraternities existed, humans didn't even have mechas. With their ability to modify memories at will and change the world. It couldn't be easier to change the regime, but is there any need for assassinations, for such superfluous actions as funding the revolutionary forces? ”

Watson thought about it for a moment, and it seemed that this was indeed the truth.

"It's not a magical organization." Mycroft affirmed.

He whispered thoughtfully, "But at least, it should have something to do with that being." (End of chapter)