Mary's Nineteenth Century

No matter how perfect the bait character Mycroft has made up now, Mary will not give up easily, how can she easily quit the fishing and trapping operation.

"Mr. Holmes, it is really admirable that you set up an image of an embassy employee who attracts the murderer's attention in just one minute."

Mary quickly changed the subject, "We've known each other for less than a month, and after I proposed to be the bait, are you so painstaking, are you worried about my safety? This is really..."

"No."

Mycroft quickly and emphatically denied it.

How could it be possible to sacrifice oneself for others, let alone worry about Mr. Minton, who theoretically only knew him for half a month.

Mycroft stated sternly, "I just want to catch the murderer as soon as possible. The following words may offend you, but to be honest, as long as you take the initiative of entrapment in your own hands, you don't have to worry about what to do if your action fails. Let me clean up the mess."

Listen, this arrogant tone, as if everyone else is an idiot who can't be reused.

But Mary smiled, "So that's the case, you are an honest gentleman. Then I can say it straight, you think there will be mistakes in my bait, and I have the same concerns. Comparing your heart, I think you can understand this very well. mood."

not good!

Mycroft immediately had a premonition of foreboding.

Mary smiled and threw out a wonderful proposal, "Since we want to ensure that the murderer is caught, we should work together. I propose a double bait plan. Don't worry about the shortage of manpower. It's easy to solve this contradiction. I'll move here Just a few days."

Mycroft: ! ! !

Is God on vacation to Mars tonight?Otherwise, how could he have heard the proposal of "living together".

Mary didn't wait for Mycroft to refuse, and said quickly, "You have unparalleled accomplishments in designing decoy characters, and you can imagine a perfect story. For example, two investigators are tracking the disappearance of little Ralph. I was injured on the road, and I was in the same place to facilitate the doctor's consultation.

Whether it is Mr. Minton or Mr. Holmes, although they were injured during the investigation and have no other force to protect them, the tabloid reporter keenly found that they looked down on the murderer even though they were injured, thinking that they would be able to bring the murderer to justice soon. Take it according to law. "

"Do you think the murderer is stupid?"

Mycroft sneered without hesitation, "How could he deal with two

people! ”

"Why not?"

Mary immediately retorted, "When the murderer kidnapped little Ralph, there were six people accompanying him, which shows that the number of people is not a problem. Now that both decoys are injured, the murderer has no scruples."

Mary gave another reason, "Before, you said that the murderer was more interested in humiliating his members of the British embassy than the protagonist of the old newspaper news. I admit that you are right, but there may be two What about the crime? Kill Mr. Minton first, and then come to you.

Sorry, I can't hide my whereabouts.Because the day after tomorrow, the University of Berlin will hold a half-month European Mathematics Seminar, and I received an invitation letter, and this kind of seminar will be published in the newspapers the next day. "

In other words, it was impossible to hide Mr. Minton's studies in Berlin.

It had been suspected before that the murderer had a slight connection with the Berlin University society before throwing his body in the abandoned church, so he was likely to pay attention to such news.

Instead of spreading out the control, it is better to concentrate the manpower, and the two baits can also take care of each other.

Mary continued to reason, "This is the effect of 1+1>2. We all know that the murderer is evolving. After killing little Ralph, maybe he wants to challenge the murder of two people at the same time?

What else do you have to worry about?Don't think I'm picky about the accommodations.This three-storey house is quite empty, just give me a guest room at your fingertips. "

"You have said everything."

Mycroft could only smirk, "But I need to seriously consider it."

Mary didn't seem to force others at all, "Of course, this is a serious and professional trapping plan, so be careful. It's already 20:34, I won't disturb your rest, I hope to receive your reply before 17:[-] tomorrow evening good news."

Not pushy, not sloppy.

Mary stood up sharply.He put on his hat, said goodbye, turned around and left.

Mycroft politely said goodbye, and after a while, he heard the sound of footsteps going down the wooden stairs.

He came to the window.The kerosene street lamps were very dim, and a carriage could be seen parked along the street, but the person walking towards the carriage could not be seen clearly.

Between the blurred light and shadow, the man waved his hand towards the window.

Mycroft felt that Mr. Minton beside the carriage was smiling and waving, that kind of smile that was too sure and bright.

Must be an illusion.From an objective analysis, with such dim street lights, it is impossible to see the other party's expression clearly from a distance of ten meters.

horse

The car gradually moved away.

It was only then that Mycroft withdrew his distant gaze.Walking back to the desk, he didn't sit down immediately, but looked at the vase on the shelf.

A white porcelain vase holds a bouquet of flowers in full bloom.Blooming to the extreme means that the flowers will wither and wither, so one flower can be used for multiple purposes.

Take a blue rose that is about to wither so that he can make a prudent decision.

If the number of petals is even, agree to Mr. Minton's proposal; if the number of petals is odd, reject the double bait plan that will only increase troubles.

"one two Three……"

Mycroft counted the petals intently, as if deciphering an extremely complicated code. "25, 26, 27. 27, singular?"

Singular means rejecting the double bait plan, so you don't have to look up and down with Mr. Minton under the same roof.

Staring at the bare stalks, he glanced at the petals on the table to make sure he counted correctly.

After five seconds of silence, he turned and walked around the shelf where the vases were placed.Looking inside and out, up and down, and finally found a piece of fallen blue rose petals in the corner of the ground.

"28."

Mycroft picked up the petal.Look, he is rigorous in doing things, and will not miss any petals. "Well, it's God's will, it's even."

In this case, follow the will of the Lord, presumably that way the murderer will be caught very smoothly.

After Mycroft straightened out this logic, he did a very convenient thing.Throw the petals and stalks into the fireplace, and they will be reduced to ashes along with the firewood.

As long as there is no evidence, who dares to say that he has done such a childish thing as counting flower petals?He clearly weighed the pros and cons before making the decision that is most beneficial to trapping.

Now, he can sit down at the desk easily and calmly.Next, think about the specific entrapment plan, including how to spread the news and which newspapers to use.In addition, it is necessary to borrow some professional tracking personnel from Bismarck, because those detectives in the police station are really not professional enough.

For the next hour, planning was methodically drawn up with reference to a map of Berlin.

It seemed that all he wanted was to catch the black-feathered murderer as soon as possible, so that he could return to a peaceful life, and he would no longer have to listen to Counselor Ralph's mourning.

However, when the plan came out, a suspicion flashed in Mycroft's mind.Mr. Minton's so-called double bait proposal, could it be that the ulterior motives are not in the bar?

He hasn't forgotten the scene a few days ago

, Mr. Minton persistently wanted to know where the 'Mrs. Roman's fatal wound' was.This can't help but make people wonder, Mr. Minton will not take advantage of the opportunity of living in the same house to create an opportunity to check his old injuries?

Mycroft: He has long decided to keep his distance, and now he is compromising in order to solve the case. It seems that he has to be more careful.

After all, it was always strange to strip off the clothes for inspection by design, not to mention whether to reveal Mrs. Roman's identity.

**

December is here.

No one expected that a huge serial murder case would break out at the beginning of the Christmas month.

"Little Ralph was killed, the Crow Killer wanted to humiliate the Prime Minister!"

"Unidentified corpses were found in the basement of the bloody church. Those unknown missing people were actually killed by the crow killer!"

"The disabled crow killer is not as scary as you imagined. It is just around the corner to arrest him and bring him to justice."

"Just a defeated coward, Minton and Sherlock Holmes talking about the raven-killer. M;H vs. MH duel."

In the past ten days, major newspapers in Berlin have reported the crow killer case overwhelmingly.

From the graffiti in the basement to the murder of Ralph Jr., the characteristics of the murderer are revealed, and the citizens of Berlin are encouraged to provide clues.

There are two persons who are mainly in charge of the investigation of this case, one is the familiar Mr. Minton, and the other is Mr. Inholmes, and they are referred to as M;H.

Is it a coincidence?Or fate?

This is a tit-for-tat confrontation with the murderer's self-proclaimed messenger, the crow MH.

According to the tabloid, when the two investigators were tracking the disappearance of Ralph Jr., they were slightly injured after entering the forest. They are currently living together on Tulip Avenue for treatment.

However, the two firmly stated that even if they are injured, they will not have any fear in the face of a criminal murderer.For the kind of murderer who insults the prime minister of a country by insulting the corpse, his behavior is a complete failure, and there is nothing to fear.

'Kangdang——'

In a simply decorated rental house, a stack of newspapers was thrown on the ground, and then one hand smashed the teacups and dishes on the table to pieces.

The more the man read the news reports, the more angry his face became red.I saw that he was wearing a left hand glove even inside the house.

If you look closely, you will find that the index and middle fingers under the glove are very stiff.Because those were not fingers at all, but two small wooden sticks stuffed into the glove.The original finger position was empty, and the two fingers were completely cut off by the sharp weapon.

"Lucien, these nonsense newspapers don't deserve your anger."

A young woman came into the house and spoke confidently to the man regardless of the broken china on the floor.

"I have done everything you asked me to observe. It took me a week to finally determine the route home for those two damned people. After getting off work at 17:[-], Holmes will take a carriage and detour to the University of Berlin. After Minton finishes the seminar, he will go back together. Home. Tomorrow is the last day of the math seminar, so we can start."

"Amy Le, thank you for your hard work."

The man named Lucian forced a smile.He looked about 27 and [-], and he was handsome, but there was a lingering gloom between his brows.

Amy Le smiled and shook her head, "I don't work hard. I feel very happy if I can do something for you. You are not wrong, you are eliminating evil and war.

However, those self-important rats can't understand the will of God at all. When they humiliate you as an envoy of God, they are humiliating the Lord God Odin.Of course we can't tolerate it! "

Lucian nodded arrogantly. He didn't get up either, but raised his intact right hand and pointed to the ground. "Hurry up and clean up the ground."

Amy nodded hurriedly, as if she didn't feel tired at all.

She didn't care that she had to clean the floor just after rushing home from the outside, obviously she wasn't the one who smashed these broken pieces of porcelain, and she had to cook dinner immediately after cleaning up.

the other side of the city.

A carriage drives from the University of Berlin to Tulipstrasse.

In the carriage, Mycroft had a cast on his right hand and Mary had a cast on her left foot.

Injury, of course, is faking.Both of them acted alike, as if they were disabled after a fracture.

The coachman is the special commissioner for the case.

Behind the vehicle, several other carriages fell far away.A group of special commissioners lent by the German Prime Minister on friendship, these people are ready at any time, just waiting for the murderer to appear and capture him in one fell swoop.

"It's probably tomorrow. The murderer has been able to confirm our route in the past ten days, and the seminar ends tomorrow, so he can't wait any longer."

Mary's life has actually been quite peaceful these days, but it doesn't seem so to outsiders.Not to mention that the investigation resulted in a broken left ankle, but the mathematics seminar was also very lively.

"It might snow tomorrow. Maybe, we'll meet a miserable girl who fell in the snow."

Mycroft thought it would be tomorrow, too.The murderer's accomplice would take advantage of human sympathy to stop the two halfway and ask them to escort them for a ride.

This tactic was used when he caught little Ralph halfway.

Although the roles played by the murderer's accomplices may not be the same, the operation mode is expected to be the same, tricking people into the house to kill.

Whether the specific situation is consistent with expectations will be known when it actually happens.

Mycroft didn't let his guard down, but he didn't feel nervous either, and he could still enjoy the familiar scenery outside the car window.

These street scenes have just become familiar in recent days.Because apart from being at home on Sunday, the other nine days have been coming to pick up Mr. Minton and go back to the residence together, nominally to take care of each other with the injured.

The days of going in and out at the same time have passed ten days without knowing it.

There is no imagining that being under the same roof may cause any discomfort. Perhaps the bedroom is separated by a floor. Mr. Minton can be regarded as a guest who has no sense of existence.

Soon, when the crow killer was brought to justice, the so-called days of living together with the two of them will come to an end.

Mycroft thought, glancing sideways at the person sitting opposite him.Nothing unexpected happened these days, which surprised him a bit.

Mary felt the eyes falling on her, and looked up in confusion, "What's the matter?"

Mycroft replied solemnly, "It's nothing. I'm observing the road conditions on both sides and guessing which road the murderer might choose to strike."

"From the university to the residence, any distance is possible."

Mary also said seriously, "It's good to do more hypothetical routes, it's bound to be a hit. If we catch people early, we can remove the plaster earlier and return to normal life."

Although Mycroft didn't say anything, Mary also guessed that this man must be on guard.

Therefore, it was impossible for her to try to examine the man's old injuries on the first check-in.Once, twice, people are inevitably animals of habit, and they will always let their guard down.The process may be a bit long, but it is more exciting than catching the murderer, so it is worth waiting slowly.

Not urgent.

Mary also looked out the window.The moment she turned her head, she smiled vaguely.