With the roar of the whistle, the steam train slowly drove into the platform.

【Life Science Institute】.

Strange as it sounds, Sherlock was not riding the kind of rail car in the city, but a high-speed steam train that traveled between the major political districts, so the platforms he stopped at were usually named after the city, such as 'London Station'.

So why does an academy of sciences have a separate platform?

In addition to the naturally high social status here, the main reason is that the scale of this academy has reached the level of a city.

The School of Life Sciences is not a single building, and today's industrial power simply cannot encapsulate all its departments in one building, and it will not be possible for a long time to come, if nothing else. This is a huge building complex that occupies 700 square kilometers of the ground, with its own complex transportation, dense residential complexes, experimental fields, business areas, independent factories, offices or test areas between various departments, heating and water supply equipment is also divided into independent plates because of this huge area, and even the telephone between departments is written with a three-centimeter-thick number.

The weather in early winter did not let the cold and fog mix into a gloomy mud in the clouds like London, the sky here was still clear and a little wet, but for Sherlock, who had been in London for a long time, it could be said that it was quite comfortable, and he carried a simple suitcase. Oh, of course it's not the one who usually pretends to be a criminal, how can he be so abrupt when he comes to such a place full of cultured people.

Out of the station, there are only a few pedestrians on the wide and straight street, the life and rest time here is very uniform, when going to work, there are few people on the street, and after work, it will be very lively, living in other places, you can never experience the wonder here, and you can't think of a group of crazy people who are engaged in research all day together to get together, what moths can be played, according to legend, last week, there was a group of guys who said that they had developed a fire without temperature, and then came to a street with great interest, baked himself, and burned a pancake stand with him.

In short, the seriousness of science and the hunt for curiosity are perfectly intertwined here, and the solemnity of history and the fantasy of the future are only separated by one street, which is the Academy of Life Sciences and the largest treasure trove of knowledge in the Empire.

"Hello sir, where are you going?" A coachman saw Sherlock with his luggage and leaned over to do business.

"Administrative District Building No. 7." Sherlock laughed, and then entered the carriage.

The horses here are very strong, according to some rumors, a madman from the biology school forcibly crossed the horses with some kind of hellish demon a few decades ago, resulting in a large animal with an average height of two meters, of course, it may also be that the oxygen content in the air has become very rich due to the large-scale emission of a certain potion, which has caused the horse's skeletal development to be amazing, or it is the fodder for the pasture. Forehead. It doesn't matter, anyway, the carriage here is whizzing.

Soon, the administrative area of the Academy of Sciences arrived, about 3 kilometers, as long as it was very cheap; People here come from all parts of the empire, so it is only natural that the currency should be in the Empire, and cities like London, which are still arrogant in using native currency, are in the minority.

Leaving his suitcase on the first floor, Sherlock followed the letter's instructions all the way to the 'temporary reception office' on the 12th floor, and glanced at the sign above the door, and could tell that it was a new door number that had just been engraved recently, and that it was probably newly set up for the purpose of this investigation.

So he knocked on the door.

"Enter!"

A slightly tired voice spoke.

Sherlock pushed the door open and walked into the room, where he saw several people of various ages sitting behind a long table, and in the middle of the room was a chair.

One of the ladies in their forties stretched out her hand to signal Sherlock to sit down, without any special opening remarks or greetings, let alone self-introduction, just directly, even a little rudely asked, "Name?" ”

"Sherlock. Sherlock holmes. ”

A few people behind the table began to look through the files that had been prepared at hand, and after finding them, they just glanced at them, and their expressions changed slightly.

The lady in the middle looked at the file in her hand, looked up at Sherlock in front of her, and hesitated:

"I don't like to waste time doing things, so let's be blunt, we invited you this time to participate in a certain survey, but we definitely invited more than one candidate, that adhering to a rigorous attitude, we have to let you focus on your own advantages, or. Exhibit some qualities that make us happy and I hope you understand. ”

As she spoke, she looked at the clock on the wall: "Give you five minutes."

Sherlock nodded, feeling worthy of being a member of the Life Science Institute, who habitually maintained an efficient style in everything he did, and asked the visitor to show his advantages without saying anything as soon as he entered the door, and it was only five minutes.

Okay, who let his file be marked as a civilian detective, compared to a group of trial court professionals, no matter how eye-catching his resume is, this is people's inherent prejudice, so in the preliminary screening, it is understandable to be a little questioned.

"Alright, Ms. Clairson, could you please extend your right hand?"

"Absolutely. Uh, wait a minute, how do you know my name? She looked down at her chest and saw that she wasn't wearing a name tag.

But before the words fell, the man in front of him had already said quickly:

"47 years old this year, the current manager of the external personnel department of the Life Science Park, a native of Bonan, suffered a neck injury when he was a child, often stayed up late, smoked, has a 13-year-old daughter, last night went to a small town thirty kilometers west of the Academy of Sciences, your mother lives in that town, you went to attend her birthday, rushed back this morning, her husband is a researcher in the hospital, between 175 and 180 cm tall, life is rigorous, do not know much about fun, you are fellow villagers, engaged in your hometown, But because of money problems, the wedding was not officially held until 14 years ago, and a baby was born a year later, let me guess. What should she be called?"

He said, then paused abruptly, and pursed his lips,

Seems to be thinking.

In the small office, as if to cater to his thinking, the few people behind the desk all fell silent, in fact, the second after he spoke, some people were already stunned and did not say a word.

Fortunately, Ms. Clairson, who was the party concerned, was the first to reflect and slapped the table: "Enough!" ”

She stared at the man in front of her with inexplicable anger, and at this moment she really felt that this guy could say his daughter's name, and if he did say his daughter's name, it would definitely bring some bad luck, just like those evil wizards in bedtime stories.

"You investigated me?"

"Of course not, Ms. Clairson." Sherlock said politely, "It's been less than two minutes since you and I first met, and as for what I just said, uh, it may sound like a show-off, but as you just commanded, I showed you a little bit of my reasoning talent." ”

(End of chapter)