Fortunately, although they encountered a more thrilling scene on the way, they finally arrived safely in the imperial capital of Britannia.

As soon as he landed, Sherlock returned to 221B Baker Street in the base car.

Pushing the door open, he frowned slightly.

Some of the messy tables were neatly tidied up, and the bottles and jars used for chemical experiments were neatly placed in one corner.

The scattered laundry had been picked up, and some of the scattered newspapers had been folded and placed aside.

The air is no longer the smell of a chemical, but a faint fragrance.

Watson sat in his room, holding a newspaper and reading it carefully.

Seeing that Sherlock was back, he immediately put down the newspaper and said happily.

"You're finally back, there's been no news of you from Mycroft, I thought something had happened to you?"

"What's going on?" Sherlock frowned and said, "How can there be an uncomfortably tidy here?" ”

"Don't you like it?" Watson looked around, "I think it's okay." Mrs. Hudson cleaned up. ”

He looked at Sherlock curiously, "Did you find anything in Europe?" ”

"You'll regret not coming with me." Sherlock said, raising the corners of his mouth.

"From the first day I wasn't at home, I regretted it." Watson said, "You would never imagine how boring I am at home. Gregerson has come to see you a few times, and he probably wants your help with quite a few cases. ”

Sherlock nodded with satisfaction, "Good news, there will be a case to check as soon as it lands." The police in Pendragon are as rubbish as ever. ”

"There were a lot of deaths in the police station that night, and they were very short of manpower." Watson said.

After a pause, "Do you want to rest for a while?" ”

"I have a lot of energy right now." Sherlock raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "You would never have imagined that I had gotten something good. ”

He couldn't wait to see what Hawkeye could surprise him.

He looked at Watson, "Do you want to rest?" ”

Without any hesitation, Watson picked up one side of his coat and put it on himself, "I think I've rested enough." ”

In this way, Sherlock didn't even stay long in 221b before he couldn't wait to take Watson to Gregson.

His trip to Egypt needed to be carefully planned, and until then, he had a lot of time to spare.

Sherlock didn't drive, but just took Watson along the streets of the imperial capital.

It had just rained last night and the streets were wet. I don't know if it's because the Quetzalcoatl God has returned to the place where she used to stay, and the recent rain in the imperial capital has been increasing.

This is why Mrs. Hudson would help Watson clean up the room, because it was so damp that if the room was not cleaned carefully, a lot of things would get moldy.

They crossed a street, and Watson soon spotted that they were heading in the direction of the office where they had been looking for the mysterious girl named Sissi.

"You're looking for the girl named Akasya?" Watson asked.

"Did she show up?" Sherlock said.

Watson shook his head, "I've actually been looking for her, and her villa, but I've never seen her." ”

Sherlock touched his chin, "That person appeared because of her, and there are so many magicians, he only took one of her, there must be a reason." ”

"What did you find in Europe?" Watson asked curiously.

"Something, something that sounds creepy." Sherlock said with a solemn face, "John, if one day, you find that behind all the historical events you are familiar with, there are actually a pair of invisible hands manipulating, what will you think?" ”

Watson opened his eyes slightly, he knew that Sherlock would not ask such a question for no reason, he frowned, "The big hands you are talking about, who is that?" ”

"So far, there is no particularly clear evidence. But there is a great possibility. ”

"The three Mercerist revolutions in Britannia, Germany, and Tsarist Russia, and the establishment of the Great Egyptian Empire, the birth of King Arthur." Sherlock muttered softly, "Even the tsunami-like rise of Beichen, I wonder if it's because he's behind it. ”

Watson's pupils constricted slightly, he obviously didn't expect so many things to be related to that person, but he thought about it carefully.

"If you think about it this way, the Great Beichen Empire was indeed outrageously strong back then. At its peak, it even fought from the Far East to Germany, purging the local papacy and directly integrating the scattered Germany at that time, in other words, the weakness of the papacy at that time and the establishment of the current German Empire are mostly due to Beichen. ”

"Straddling the Eurasian continent, bordered by the North Pole to the north and the South Pole to the south, if such countries still exist today, then it is not impossible for them to rule the world. Such a country is simply outrageous, completely beyond the limits of what a normal country can achieve. Sherlock sighed.

"But it still disintegrated."

Sherlock nodded, "In those days, it was very difficult to hold on to such a large territory. ”

"If you think so, isn't the Duke of Britain just as outrageous?" Watson said, "It wasn't just the Britannica forces that colonized the land, but he defeated the colonists. This is different from Tsarist Russia, where there are basically no people in the east of the country, and you can occupy the land directly there. But Britannia is a fertile land, and it's a miracle that it has the size it has today. ”

"The Britannica's daughter also has a strong wrist." "At that time, there was also a northern state that was competing with Britannia for land, and she chose to promote reconciliation and union between the two countries through marriage. The rudiments of the Great Britannian Empire were established directly on this land. ”

Watson nodded, and he shivered slightly, "If all this has anything to do with that person"

Sherlock didn't speak, he took a deep breath, not knowing how to speak.

"What is his purpose?" Watson said with some puzzlement.

"Mycroft and I have always had this kind of doubt, and even discussed it all the way." Sherlock picked up.

"For him, wealth, power, in fact, are not important, and according to the information we have so far, he has absolute power, has a long lifespan, and everything we can imagine that human beings desire, he has at his fingertips.

Look at what he did, although it was accompanied by turmoil, it was silently advancing the process of human civilization."

After a pause, Sherlock added, "Tesla has seen him before, too. ”

Watson opened his eyes, "The mecha technology also appeared because of him?" ”

"No evidence, just speculation." "But Tesla is a genius, there's no doubt about it." ”

"All of this doesn't seem to bring him any benefit?" Sherlock touched his chin thoughtfully and said, "That's the weirdest thing. However, Mycroft and I have a more tentative speculation. ”

"What?" Watson asked curiously.

"There are a lot of people in this world who don't really need a reason to do things. Of the many serial killers I've met, many don't even know their victims and kill just for fun.

Perhaps, this world is the same for him. ”

Sherlock looked up, an unknown glow flashing in his eyes, "Just because it's funny." ”

"Interesting?" Watson's brow furrowed deeply.

"I don't know if you ever played a game when you were a kid." "A completely enclosed glass box filled with dirt and an ant colony was placed in it. Watching these ant colonies gradually build up huge underground palaces in the dirt and grow the colony is very rewarding for me. ”

"What do you mean?"

For him, it may be an "ant game". Sherlock said.

Once again, the streets fell silent, and Watson gasped.

"I have to say, you really want to think about it."

At this moment, the voice from his side made Sherlock and Watson, who were already having goosebumps, both lightly startled.

They turned their heads sharply, and saw two men standing behind them at some point.

Lisa was still dressed as a maid and carrying a large suitcase.

And Sissi also changed into a very beautiful autumn dress, but with her beauty, no matter what clothes she wears, she will look good.

Sherlock opened his eyes sharply, he obviously didn't expect to meet Sissi here.

In other words, when Char took Sissi away, Sherlock was actually ready not to see this person again.

"Aren't you being taken away by that man?" Watson couldn't help but say.

"It's like I've been kidnapped by some bad guy." Sissi said helplessly, "Can't I come back if I'm taken away?" ”

After a pause, she looked at the suitcase that Lisa was carrying. "I went back to the villa to take my things."

Although it looks like it's just a suitcase.

But the case was filled with a Space Expansion Charm, and she had placed almost all of her mechs and her treasured weapons inside.

In the future, this leather case can be carried at any time, so you don't have to worry about what you can't take away, or if it is destroyed by some demon who doesn't have long eyes.

"You've got so many people near my house." Sissi clasped her hands in front of her chest and said helplessly, "Isn't it too much for you to peek into the lives of two beautiful single women like this?" ”

"It's none of my business." Sherlock raised his head and said, "You can go to Mycroft and scold him." ”

He added, "I'm also a victim, and I've been spied on much earlier than you. ”

"I can testify to that." Watson raised his hand.

Sissi looked around and nodded nondeniably.

"Can you tell me about it?" Sherlock asked curiously, "Where did you get taken by him?" ”

"Went for a meal." Sissi said.

Sherlock frowned, "Eat?" ”

"Isn't that weird?" Sissi raised her hand and stroked her hair, "A beauty like me, I don't know how many people want to invite me to dinner." ”

Sherlock stared at Sissi quietly, and although her expression didn't look like she was lying, her intuition told him that the woman in front of him must be hiding something.

"What did you eat?"

"Grilled fish, and tall whitefish." Sissi licked her lips with her tongue, "That fish is so tender. ”

"You know him?" Sherlock narrowed his eyes slightly.

Sissi's eyelids twitched, and the corners of her mouth curled into a meaningless smile, "Are you curious?" ”

There was a hint of interest in her words, as if she had found some fun toy.

"Will you tell me?" Sherlock said.

Sissi raised her hand and pointed to the number of her office, "That's what I do." But I'm not going to do anything free to buy and sell, and you're going to have this question."

The smile on her face became thicker and thicker, "It's expensive~"

"I don't have any money." "But there's one guy who has money," Sherlock said. ”

He looked at Sissi, "Are you still going to open an office here?" ”

Sissi raised her head and looked at the office, thought for a moment, and said, "Recently, I inherited a tavern, and the office may be opened there, but it is still in the imperial capital." ”

Hearing this, Sherlock's eyes instantly froze.

Because the mysterious tavern that Tesla and the gentleman who overthrew Tsarist Russia had gone to suddenly came to his mind.

"Where?"

"212B Berry Street." Sissi's eyelids closed, "If you want to come and drink, I can give you a free order." ”

Sherlock raised an eyebrow and said, "Then I'm not welcome." ”

"I'm saying polite things." Sissi said.

Sherlock curled the corners of his mouth and said, "I knew you wouldn't be so generous." ”

He didn't ask any more, and Sissi bowed to him and turned away with Lisa

Sherlock watched Sissi's departing back, their pace unhurried, like an ordinary pair of servants in the city, nothing special except that the two women had a unique body shape and temperament.

The streets of the Imperial City, which had just rained, were foggy, and they drifted away and soon disappeared from his sight.

"Did you find anything?" Watson noticed Sherlock's strangeness.

"Tesla, and the gentleman who overthrew Tsarist Russia, had been to a tavern, and was the man he met in that tavern." Sherlock said directly.

Watson seemed to realize something, and turned his head sharply to look in the direction of Sissi's departure.

"What do you mean?"

"I told you a long time ago that I memorized the map of the entire imperial capital, even details such as house numbers."

Sherlock turned his head to look at Watson.

"And Berry Street, there's no 212B at all."

"You mean she's lying to you?" Watson said suspiciously.

"No, theoretically there should be." Sherlock touched his chin and said, "On that street, there are 212A and 212C, but there is no 212B, don't you think it's weird?" ”

Watson nodded, "It seems to be a little." ”

Sherlock's eyes flashed with an unknown light.

"You say, now that we're over, will we see 212B?" (End of chapter)