Over the course of the next hour, Sherlock got up three more times.

The longest one was half an hour, and the shortest one was only 7 minutes

During this period, only Hopkins completed a case file and then walked over to get the next one, and everyone else was still working the first copy in his hand.

In fact, this is the normal rhythm, because the case files collected by the life science institute cannot be the kind of petty theft, they must be extremely difficult types, and when the initial investigation is made, it must have gone through a long time, and countless clues converged to extract a little bit of useful information.

In short, even if you read it, it will take a lot of time, let alone detect.

Therefore, it only took Hopkins an hour and a half to complete a case, which can already be called a genius among geniuses.

As for the private investigator from London

To be honest, 99% of the people present were skeptical that this guy didn't understand the exam rules.

Finally, after another half an hour, when Sherlock got up again to get another one, one of them couldn't stand it anymore, and came over with a frown and whispered:

"Hello, I think I should remind you, if you feel that the case file you are taking is not suitable for you, then please put the copy in your hand back and then take another copy, after all, the type of case you are not good at solving does not mean that others are not good at it."

His tone was polite, but there was also a hint of displeasure, because in his eyes, Sherlock's behavior had affected the normal course of the exam.

But Sherlock only cast a slightly puzzled look:

"I've solved it."

"Huh?"

"I've solved all those copies, aren't there still a lot of them here, it should be enough for you to share, don't worry." He smiled politely, and then felt very public that he always stood up and walked back and forth like this, which was indeed a little disturbing to other people's thinking, so he was very qualified, and directly picked up the half stack of dossiers together, walked back to his seat, and then he crossed Erlang's legs and leaned back on the sofa chair. Then spread out a case file and read it as if it were a morning newspaper.

Seeing this, the person who reminded him exhaled a few deep breaths, suppressed the anger in his heart and walked back, and then forcibly shifted his attention back to the case.

In fact, he didn't know why he was angry.

The behavior of that London private detective is obviously extremely ridiculous, and with such a huge number of cases, even if he is allowed to take a few copies and not return them, it will not affect anything, and the final outcome can only be that guy being kicked out of the ranks of candidates in disgrace.

Forget it, you shouldn't be distracted by this kind of grandstanding. So, he shook his head and stopped talking to Sherlock.

The rest of the time, because there was no Sherlock walking around, the whole lounge finally entered the normal rhythm of assessment, some people finally got the first case file, and some people finally admitted that they were not good at the type, and adopted the method of changing the case file.

Hopkins, as the person who has attracted much attention, is naturally the fastest-paced one, almost the longest can be completed in two hours, and every time he gets up, he will usher in a lot of side glances.

On the other hand, Sherlock, because he came back with a stack of case files, caused him to not get up again for a long time, just sat next to him and read by himself, as time went by, people's attention was gradually drowned in the tense atmosphere of the exam, and naturally no one paid attention to him anymore.

Until the time came to 11:30 p.m

Suddenly, the door to the lounge was pushed open.

The people in the room were a little stunned, looked at the clock, and found that the time had not yet arrived, so they looked at the door with a little peace of mind.

Immediately, I saw a man walk in with a wad of papers, and the man walked straight to the staff in the corner of the room, whispered something in his ear, and then handed the paper in his hand and walked out of the room.

The staff member looked at the few pieces of paper in his hand, and he didn't know what kind of mood he was holding, but he frowned, and then he came to the middle of the lounge and said apologetically:

"I'm sorry guys, but there is still half an hour left before the original screening deadline, but according to the committee's provisional decision, the time has been extended to 2 a.m., and"

As he spoke, he raised the wad of paper in his hand: "And add another question." ”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the people in the lounge also changed, probably thinking of a lot of possibilities that would be beneficial or disadvantageous to themselves, but the staff member immediately added:

"Please rest assured, the original test content will still end at midnight, and from 0:00 to 2 o'clock in the morning, only the additional test part will be conducted, and even those who do not want to take the additional test can leave at any time, and those who are tired in the middle can also go to the prepared hotel at any time to rest As for those who took the test a few days ago, we will conduct the same additional test tomorrow morning, and there will be no unfair review.

The final review will be announced at noon tomorrow. ”

As he spoke, the man sent the additional test questions in his hand to the hands of everyone present.

And the people who got the extra test questions also frowned, and some even couldn't understand it, so they turned the paper over and looked at the back to see if there were any annotations.

However, there is nothing, the so-called additional test questions, which are actually just a photo printed on paper.

The photo shows a safe sitting quietly on the floor, and the rest is nothing.

"Well, I want to ask, what is the question of this additional test?"

One hesitated and asked in a whisper.

"The picture is a safe, please find the password to the safe." The staff member said.

"Oh," the subject still wondered, "Isn't there any hint?" ”

"No, for some reason we can't provide more clues, only this photo of the safe. There is no comment on who it belongs to, where it is kept, what is inside, and so on.

Then, please pay attention to the assessment time, and I won't bother. ”

After saying that, the man went back to the corner of the lounge as a statue, leaving only a room of people who didn't know the situation at all, you look at me, I look at you, no one seems to understand why such a strange additional test question was suddenly made.

Only Sherlock was frowning slightly, looking at the safe in the photo and silent, and gradually, a smile seemed to appear on the corner of his mouth.

"Hehe, it's finally a bit interesting."

Because in front of his eyes, a line of information has clearly emerged.

This line of information includes the model number, date of manufacture, and the name of the person who owns the safe

[Charles Darwin]

[Dean of the Academy of Life Sciences, founder of the controllable theory of wild demons; Contractor, the founder of the autonomous evolution system; Member of the Devil's Breeding Ground Board of Directors. 】

[Status: Dead]

(End of chapter)