Sherlock's assessment of the Emperor is not very pleasing to the eye

Augustine the Great is undoubtedly one of the greatest emperors in the entire Sacred Calendar, and indeed in the entire history of mankind, and during his more than 60 years of reign, he was rarely evaluated in this way.

And to be honest, it really doesn't matter if a detective looks at an emperor or not.

But it was such an evaluation, but it inexplicably made several people here feel a little more at ease.

The airship gradually lifted into the air, flying through the thin clouds towards London.

Sherlock had never been on an airship, and looking out the window at the wisps of clouds and the small mountains and rivers on the ground, his curiosity was satisfied to a certain extent, and at the same time, he really felt that the world was really big.

So if such a big world is always held in the hands of the same person, it will be too boring.

The easiest and most direct way to overthrow Augustine the Great is to make him unable to succeed him as emperor, and the most direct way to remove him from power is to prove to the world that Professor Darwin's experiment is real and feasible, and it is not a simple matter to prove that the experiment is real and feasible.

It doesn't just take a brain genius like Sherlock, it's not that he sits on that machine and proves that he can have a contractual relationship with a wild archdemon, and that's it; It also needs the support of countless scholars specializing in demonology, the joint efforts of countless scientific researchers, the rear support of countless academic resources, the need for space, the need for a team, and the need for money.

It takes so much because it is a completely new path, one might even say a revolution, and although Professor Darwin has laid the groundwork for the beginning of this path quite perfectly, he alone has left this world. Everything he left behind needs to be picked up again, the manufacture of the soul visual device, the theoretical basis, the production process, the energy substitution, whether it can be mass-produced, whether the training method can be endured by normal people, whether it needs to be improved, how much financial expenditure is needed for the empire to carry out this revolution, and how much time it takes to make this technology truly transformed into a war force, and many other links need to be re-planned, the machine that has been preserved does not represent the end of this experiment, and it is not even a development process, And that's just the beginning.

Fortunately, Sherlock doesn't need to think about this, he just needs to show these results to the world, and as for the other complicating factors, it is left to Moriarty, and the question of money. Erin said, just leave it to her.

Yes, Erin said, she is in charge of all the money.

For a moment, Sherlock even felt that he had misheard such a thing in front of the Holy Son of the Holy See, how much money does this woman Erin have?

What made him even more concerned was that Moriarty, a guy with eyes above the top, didn't dare to fight back.

Of course, there are many trade-offs in this regard, financial expenditures, the flow of funds from the Holy See, and many other factors, but Sherlock seems to be able to perceive that the dignified Holy See Son is facing Erin on the issue of [money]. Ms. Adler, a little intimidated.

The airship's propulsion comes from the huge steam turbine behind the airbag, so there is no loud sound in the cabin, and there is no obvious turbulence, when the clouds outside the airship window begin to thicken, looking down, the smoke swallowed by those steam giants soars into the sky, and when Sherlock knows that he is back.

London, the birthplace of steam technology, is one of the most industrially developed places in the world, one of the most foggy places, and one of the places with the highest incidence of tuberculosis.

The airship slowly descended in a lifting area under the jurisdiction of the Holy See, Sherlock and Watson got off the airship, and the surrounding staff saw His Highness the Holy Son coming down to the cockpit door, and they all knelt down and gave him the most pious courtesy.

Immediately afterward, the airship took off again

The inheritance is imminent, and Moriarty's busyness is difficult for a commoner in the lower city to imagine, but there is no need to imagine, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility, and of course the busier will be, although most of the high-ranking and powerful people ignore this truth, but Moriarty is the one with a more conscience.

A carriage had been waiting at the exit for a long time, and Sherlock and Watson got into it, and gradually disappeared into the mist under the respectful and terrified gazes behind them.

In fact, these staff members were very surprised, what kind of person could let His Highness the Holy Son personally see him off in an airship, but looking at the man with an extremely handsome face and extremely elegant face, I think it should be the son of a great nobleman, or a cronie of an archbishop in the Holy See. As for the guy who was wearing a long trench coat and didn't look very good, maybe it was the son's bodyguard.

Although I can't see anything powerful, I think it's a bit of a skill to be able to do things next to such a noble person.

As the carriage progressed, gradually into the city of London, walking through the familiar streets, watching the snow drifting between the alleys, the branches melting with the snow, the distant bells and the pale white of the church roof, Sherlock seemed to feel that the previous month-long trip to the School of Life Sciences was like a dream.

And when it comes to dreams, in fact, after the field of the Academy of Life Sciences and London bordered each other, the expansion of the Kuroshio was only carried out aimlessly, but just now on the airship, Sherlock directly let all the Kuroshio tentacles start to move in the direction of the ancient Roman law city.

He didn't really know why he did this, the ancient Roman city was far away from London, and even at the current rate of expansion of the Kuroshio, it might take more than two months to get there.

But with Augustine the Great there, Sherlock naturally felt that it would not be wrong to let his realm surround the administrative center of the empire first.

What if you can use it in the future?

At dusk, in front of a church at the end of a long street, Sherlock and Watson stepped out of the carriage.

This church is not famous, but it was built for the worship of nearby residents, so there are hardly any people who come to pray at this time.

And this is where Moriarty arranges for Sherlock to meet with the connector

As I said before, it is not a simple matter to confirm the feasibility of the wild demon's manipulation experiment, just to analyze and understand the unbelievably precise machine, it is already very difficult, and the equipment and manpower required are very large, and Sherlock, a civilian, naturally cannot mobilize so many manpower and material resources, and it will take a long time to give him a reasonable identity and complex permissions, so at this stage, find him a connector who already has a certain right to speak in the Holy See, It's the quickest way to do it.

Walking through the door, rows of wooden benches are neatly arranged on both sides of the hall, and the small remaining sunlight is dyed with different colors with huge painted mirrors made of stained glass. On the bulletin stand in front of the mirror, there is a copy of the Gospel of Light, and at this time, a man in a winter coat is kneeling on one knee, bowing his head slightly, praying reverently towards the gospel.

Hearing the sound of the church door being pushed open, the man turned his head, and at the same time slowly got up, smiled and looked at the two people who walked in:

"I left the School of Life Sciences early yesterday afternoon, and I took the train for almost a day and a night, but it doesn't seem to be long before you."

Sherlock looked at Hopkins and smiled, and couldn't help but feel that Moriarty's operation in some things was really quite reliable, as the presiding judge of the case of the vice president of the Life Science Academy, there was a vicious incident of murder in court during his trial, and this guy could still come out of the Life Science Academy without doing anything, and he didn't even have a temporary detention or call to make a record, which is really admirable.

"It's quite surprising to say, I thought it would be a fifty-something pope or something like that, but I didn't expect it to be you."

"I guess I'm the one who was surprised." Hopkins looked at Sherlock and smiled a little distressedly: "Originally, I just thought you were a very professional detective, but I didn't expect that later you would have some contact with the military at the front, and then you told me that you still know His Excellency Nightingale, and now. Phew, do you know who gave me the task to come to London?

The Holy See's Son personally made a telephone call to the Judges of the Inquisition.

Brother, I admit that my usual humility is pretended, but in fact I am a very conceited person in my bones, and I have always thought that I have the qualifications to be conceited.

But now, I'm even starting to wonder if I'm qualified to mess with you.

Do you know how big this gap is? ”

Sherlock spread his hands a little helplessly, he would certainly not be modest at such a time, that would only make people feel hypocritical:

"It's a bit of a big gap, but it's good if you get used to it."

This is the truth, Sherlock is really caring to give the other party time to adapt, because if he tells the whole of his messy network, then the other party may even have a hard time adapting.

"What's next, where do we start?" He brought the conversation back on track.

"I'll take you to take over the venue first," Hopkins said, "The personnel needed for the experiment have already been assembled last night, and His Highness the Holy Son has used some names to transfer a large number of scientific researchers who had mixed with Professor Darwin from the Academy of Life Sciences, and of course, Miss Catherine has also contributed to this."

In addition, the research department of the Holy See is also working intensively to send relevant talents to London, and within a week at most, we will have a team of more than 800 professionals.

As for the equipment, it is already on the way to transport, taking the special freight route of the Holy See, and it will arrive the day after tomorrow. ”

Sherlock looked at each other, savoring for a moment how many shocking details were contained in these words. A team of this magnitude was assembled in just a few days?

Moriarty's efficiency is really unexpectedly fast.

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"I'm not so worried about the operation in London, I'm more worried about the Life Science Institute." Hopkins's tone was a little worried: "After all, the [Soul Vision Device] hasn't been shipped yet, I haven't seen that machine, but it must be very sophisticated when I think about it, and the transportation process must be extremely careful, the Holy See's transport troops have passed, and it should arrive tonight, but I'm afraid. There will be danger. ”

This concern is quite normal, the delicate instrument is the heart of everything, although now Augustine the Great seems to have given up on the destruction of the machine in favor of a more general offensive, but if the distance and time of the transport of that thing is known, who knows what the mad old man can do.

However, Sherlock didn't seem to care about it: "Don't worry, the transportation of the machine will be left to me, it will be absolutely safe." ”

"Huh?" Hopkins was stunned for a moment: "Give it to you?" Do you have your own shipping routes? ”

"Well, sort of."

The confusion on Hopkins' face deepened, but he was not puzzled by Sherlock's words. Instead, he wondered why he was so relieved to hear Sherlock say that he was in charge of transporting the machine.

No matter how fast and concealed a human transportation method is, it cannot be compared with that of the Holy See!

Could he have a private airship?

Can he build a steam train track himself?

Well, Hopkins also has good reasoning skills, he dares to swear to the "Imperial Code", the private detective in front of him, he can't even pay for the meal at the last party, and in the process of exchanging clues, he looked at the price of the menu at least 20 times.

Yet, even so, Hopkins breathed a sigh of relief.

"Whew, I'm much more relieved."

(End of chapter)