Sherlock put the book back on the shelf, put on his hat, and prepared to leave.

There was not a single figure in the empty hallway, as if the entire arena had closed, and Sherlock quickened his pace

—————

A light, unnoticeable sound came from overhead, emitted by the increased speed of the exhaust vent, and Sherlock's brow was already furrowed.

The entire history museum is not big, but it is not small, and the documentation area is located in the center of the entire venue, and it will take some time to get to the exit.

After a few more steps forward, Sherlock was helpless to find that he had turned a corner. After all, he was exposed.

For on the other side of the corridor, a group of soldiers with blast shields had blocked the door at the end, and two rows of spears had already been erected, aiming at themselves, or rather, at every inch of the narrow corridor.

At this moment, no one fired a shot, and Sherlock immediately stood in place, without any movement, a certain door behind him seemed to be pushed open, and some footsteps and weapons collided one after another, and then stopped about 15 meters away from Sherlock, and dozens of guns caught him in the middle.

Sherlock didn't have any weapons in his hands now, and the distance between the guards on both sides was delicate, and it took about a second or so for Sherlock to rush over, which was enough time for the well-trained soldiers to pour bullets on him.

There is no cover, no cover, there is not even a throwable at hand, and now Sherlock's physical condition, naturally there is no way to break through the wall The silence lasted for about a second or two, Sherlock shook his head helplessly, and then raised his hands, signaling that he did not want to resist.

"Come out, I know you're here." He said.

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a sound of high heels hitting the ground from the back of the crowd, and then Lilith came to the front of the crowd.

I haven't seen her for months, and the other party doesn't seem to have changed, except that her hair has been cut short, and she looks more capable, and at this moment, she is wearing a mask-like air filter, still wearing the white coat with her arms open, and her beautiful eyes are staring at Sherlock in front of her without blinking.

"How do you know I'm here?"

"Nonsense, who would be so cautious as to expel the people in the neighborhood first, and also pour gas into the building through the ventilation pipe." Sherlock clenched his fists, and from his somewhat confused consciousness and increasingly weak fingertips, he felt that there should be some kind of hypnotic potion in the air: "Of course, the most important point is that you didn't blow up this museum directly, if anyone else had used a lethal weapon to attack this building in the first place." ”

"There are a lot of precious manuscripts in this museum, and I don't want to destroy them all because of you." Lilith said calmly, "Of course, even if it's not for the literature here, I don't really want you to die like this

I've always felt that turning you into a corpse doesn't do much other than vent the anger of the people. ”

Hearing this, Sherlock smiled: "So, you still want me to be some kind of messenger to bring the situation of this world back to the other side of the gates of hell, and then let the people on the other side accept you?" ”

Although the relationship between the people of the two worlds has long been irreconcilable after so many years of hatred, Lilith has always had this thought, and she always hopes that this war of hatred that has lasted for several worlds can be resolved in a relatively peaceful way.

But at this moment, she shook her head: "Originally, I thought so, but since I was kidnapped by you last time, I have found that you are unlikely to do what I think, or rather, you are the kind of person who cannot be controlled." So even if I get the other people through and really put you back, then I can't judge what you're going to do, you're too selfish, too conceited, and too self-minded, it's impossible for you to be an emissary of both worlds. ”

"That makes sense, and I really don't think it's possible for me alone to resolve the contradictions that have accumulated over the centuries." Sherlock shrugged, "So, why haven't you killed me yet?" ”

"Because after you traveled through the rift of time and space, you haven't turned into a monster until now, I want to dissect you."

"Huh?"

"Don't worry, I won't let you die, I just think that your body should have been affected by the embryo that grew up, and there was some kind of change, and this change is worth studying, I have reached an agreement with the government, if you are willing to cooperate with me, I can guarantee that you can receive the most basic treatment as a human being in the time you are not an experiment."

"Hehe, listen to what you mean, it's a very tempting thing for me to have the most basic human rights." Sherlock said with a smirk, a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

However, Lilith didn't feel that this was a mockery at all: "Don't underestimate basic human rights, you must know that in the eyes of everyone, every breath of air you breathe in this world should be filled with guilt, and it is already the best I can to fight for your right to treat you as a human being." ”

"So, you're weird."

"I'm glad you recognize that." Lilith smiled.

"But, aren't you afraid that I'll run away again?"

"Oh, I forgot to say it." Lilith seemed to have just remembered something: "Before you can act as a test subject, you need to undergo a minor amputation to remove unnecessary organs such as limbs and teeth, so that you can ensure that you will not have the possibility of escaping again. Well, it sounds a little unacceptable, but believe me, I can guarantee your human rights, in fact, if you think about it rationally, this is already the best way for you to survive in this world. ”

Lilith's tone was extraordinarily sincere, and what was even more tragic was that what she said was really the truth.

Sherlock knows very well that since Lilith has found herself, then the periphery of this building should have been surrounded by the army, if she doesn't choose to cooperate, let alone not be able to survive in this world, even this corridor, she probably can't get out.

It was just after dinner, and the outskirts of the Union Museum, in the blood-red sun-lit square, had been surrounded by countless soldiers and armored fighting vehicles, and unnamed huge weapons were being transported in this direction along the wide or narrow streets, and the road was full of the rumbling of tracks running over the road.

The Survivor Alliance's troops didn't give any explanation to the citizens along the way, and didn't even bother to come up with a 'military exercise' or something to appease the populace, and the huge searchlights glowed a miserable white light over the building from all sides, leaving not even a shadow behind.

Farther away, the cordon has been raised, and the surrounding citizens have gathered on the periphery, one by one over the human wall pulled out by the soldiers, poking their heads out to try to see the scene inside, no one asks what happened, but everyone seems to know that the rebel who has been looking for more than half a year seems to have finally been found.

At the back of the crowd, a child who was too obese was pushing a wheelchair, struggling to squeeze into the crowd, but the child was only 9 years old after all, tired and sweaty, and still did not squeeze in further, so he could only pad his feet, look at the back of the usurped crowd in front of him, and listen to the discussion of the people around him with his ears pricked up.

The girl in the wheelchair seemed to have a problem with her eyes, and there was no brilliance in her pupils, only a gray layer, but even so, she could still feel that his eyes were full of worry and panic that could not be dissolved.

"Sister, it should be that traitor who has been caught, and it has nothing to do with us, otherwise. Let's go back. Miyler couldn't see the situation inside the cordon, hesitated for a moment, and said tentatively in a non-caring tone: "Uncle Hopkins will come back in a while, and see that the door of the detective agency is closed, and it is time to be anxious." ”

Melissa ignored the persuasion of her brother behind her, and naturally had no intention of going back, she couldn't see anything, but she still looked at the museum on the other side of the crowd worriedly, silent, anxious, he didn't know why, he just felt that his cheap employee was in the building dozens of meters away.

"So, you want me to have my arms and thighs chopped off, and then just keep being your test subject until I lose all my usefulness, and then wait to die like a tumbler?" Sherlock asked, standing in the middle of dozens of black holes, as if telling a joke.

"If you have to describe it that way, yes, that's it." Lilith also responded without mincing: "But at least you are still alive, and you can still eat, sleep, and even watch TV and so on in normal times."

You are a smart person, you should understand that you have no choice and we have been looking for you for half a year, and it has cost a lot of manpower and material resources, if you don't agree, I can also arrest you first, and then smash your nerve bundles, so that you can completely become a puddle of flesh that can only blink your eyes.

Trust me, it's a little easier for me. ”

Sherlock was silent, he thought for a moment, scratched his neatly groomed hair helplessly, and rubbed it messily again.

"By the way, how did you find me?" He doesn't seem to want to continue this conversation about 'guinea pigs',

"Exclusion." Lilith replied, "There isn't much room for you to survive in this world, and the biggest possibility is that you kidnapped a family, or simply killed them, and then hid in their house for half a year."

I followed this line of thought for a long time, but there were no clues, I really didn't expect that you would live so generously under my nose.

[The most dangerous place is the safest place], I always thought that this kind of rhetoric was used to deceive fools, but I didn't expect it to be really useful. ”

The frivolity between Sherlock's eyebrows seemed to disappear slightly, and from Lilith's words, of course he had already heard that the other party had found the [Old Miller Detective Agency] first, and then found his own.

Then, he naturally thought that in the past six months, the government propaganda slogans have constantly emphasized that harboring and harboring traitors will be regarded as crimes against humanity and will be punished with capital punishment, so he looked up unhappily and stared into Lilith's eyes.

"You should know that Melissa is blind and her brother is just a 9-year-old child, and they are not harboring, but I have been deceiving them."

"Huh." Lilith seemed a little surprised, then smiled, "It's hard to believe, are you defending those two people?"

From what I know about you, you should be the kind of guy who kills people without blinking, and now, even pleading for a disabled person? ”

"I didn't plead, I just felt that I couldn't accept that an innocent person was burdened with trumped-up charges because of me."

Lilith was silent, she looked at each other with a look that was not very understanding, and after a while:

"You've got a really weird personality, and I've always felt that you're a good person who thinks rationally.

And that blind girl, in terms of racial hatred, is she your enemy?

Is it because you lied to her, so you feel guilty? Or is it because she took you in for half a year, so you feel some kind of gratitude for her?

You shouldn't be this kind of emotional person, right. ”

Sherlock shrugged his shoulders: "You may not believe it, but I sometimes act out of feelings, almost three years ago, I killed the emperor of our world because of my bad temper. ”

There was a sudden silence in the hallway, and Sherlock seemed to see the muzzles of several men's guns flickering slightly.

And Lilith also frowned slightly, probably pondering the truth of the other party's words.

After a few seconds.

"Okay, I don't have the heart to discuss the past with you, you should know that there is no way to escape now, so I'll give you 10 seconds, either you agree to my request and I'll give you a chance to be a decent test subject, or you'll live the rest of your life in a cage in the lab.

10

9”

Without waiting for any feedback from Sherlock, Lilith counted down.

Every guard was in good spirits, they knew very well how terrible this guy was in front of them, those fingers were steady and quiet on the trigger, as long as the other party made the slightest movement out of line, everyone would not hesitate to fire.

“3……”

“2……”

Lilith's countdown did not ease in any way, and it was clear that as soon as the time came, Sherlock would not even have a chance to choose.

“1……”

The whole museum was pitch black......

(End of chapter)