Mr. Watson asked: "Who are you? Why are you asking about my wife?"

Holmes formally introduced himself, "I, Sherlock Holmes, am a detective."

"detective?"

"I am a detective who is interested in the case." Holmes paused, "Although it is inappropriate to say so, I am somewhat curious about your wife's death."

Mr. Watson understood what Holmes said, but he still wanted to ask. "Do you want to help solve the case? Or do you want to earn commission fees?"

Holmes looked at Mr. Watson who was dressed simply, "I just want to help solve the case, and I don't charge commission fees."

"Come in!" Mr. Watson stepped aside and invited Holmes and Leo into the living room.

The living room is a bit messy, but it's still clean, maybe it looks messy because it can't be summed up.

After Mr. Watson sat down, Holmes and Leo sat down opposite him.

Leo listened to Mr. Watson asking Holmes, "Just ask what you want!"

Holmes asked directly: "How is your relationship with your wife?"

Mr. Watson subconsciously said: "We have a good relationship."

Holmes continued: "What is your wife's character?"

"Except for a broken mouth, everything else is fine."

"How is her relation with the neighbourhood?" asked Holmes.

"She got along very well with the wife across the door and the wife downstairs," Mr Watson said.

"What was she planning to do on the night of the accident?"

"I just went to the supermarket to buy things as usual, and I never thought that I would never go back." Mr. Watson said this, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, when the police investigated, they found that she had quarreled with customers in the supermarket. , but later it was found that the other party had an alibi, so the investigation was not continued."

Holmes asked him some more questions before he rose to take his leave.

Seeing that Holmes had finished asking, Leo followed Holmes away from Mr. Watson's house and took the elevator to the downstairs neighbor's door.

After knocking on the door, Holmes asked the neighbor's wife some questions when she opened the door.

After asking the two families, Holmes led Leo down the elevator.

"What has Mr. Holmes discovered?"

Holmes asked Leo, "What have you found?"

Leo shook his head, "No, from Mr. Watson's words, I think Mrs. Watson is an ordinary housewife with good popularity, she doesn't look like she's making enemies with others."

"anything else?"

"And..." Leo couldn't figure it out.

Holmes said: "Since it's not a retaliatory murder, it can only be a temporary intention."

Leo asked him, "Shall we go to the supermarket to find the surveillance camera?"

Holmes said, "There's no rush. We'll be talking to the other two murdered people after we finish."

Because there was only one street away, Holmes and Leo directly followed the address to the community where the second victim lived.

Holmes and Leo took the elevator to the second victim's house.

After ringing the doorbell, not long after, a young girl of seventeen or eighteen opened the door.

"Who are you looking for?" The girl looked at Holmes and Leo warily.

Holmes said directly: "I am a detective, and Sherlock Holmes is my name. I am here to ask about Mrs. Carey's case."

"But I have no money, not even the tuition for the next semester."

Holmes quickly said, "I don't charge any fees."

The girl hesitated, "Then come in!"

Holmes and Leo walked into the room and saw that the living room was very clean.

"Sit," the girl poured ice water for the two of them, "Sorry, this is the only one at home."

"It does not matter," asked Holmes. "You are Mrs. Carey's daughter?"

The girl sat opposite Holmes and Leo, "Yes, I am Ann Carrey."

"What was your mother like?" asked Holmes.

"My mother is a strong person, and she has led me to live alone since she divorced my father," Ann Carrey said, her eyes were a little red, "Sometimes she is very annoying, she likes to nag and control me, but Now that she's gone, I miss her again."

Holmes picked up the tissue box on the coffee table and handed it to her.

Ann Carrey took the tissue box, took out a tissue and wiped her eyes, "I'm sorry."

Holmes waited for Ann Carey to stabilize before asking, "Can you tell me what Mrs. Carey was doing the night she was killed?"

"I was still in school at the time. According to the police investigation, my mother should have been off work that night and happened on the way home." Ann Kerry said suddenly: "By the way, the police also said that that night , My mother was almost hit by a car at the crossing, and she was so angry that she cursed and was captured by the traffic monitor, and that was the last video my mother left behind."

Holmes nodded and asked a few more questions before getting up and leaving with Leo.

The two took the elevator downstairs, left the community and went to the apartment building where the third victim lived.

When they arrived at the apartment building, Holmes and Leo came to the door of Mr. Vincent's house.

Holmes rang the bell several times, but no one answered.

The door of the next room opened and an old woman stepped out.

"Are you looking for Vincent?"

It turned out that the old apartment was not soundproof, and the old lady who heard the doorbell came out to ask.

"Yes, grandma, we're looking for Mr. Vincent," Leo said, looking at the door, "but he doesn't seem to be at home."

"Vincent has gone to work overtime. Although his wife has an accident and he is in a bad mood, he still has two children to support, so what can he do if he doesn't earn money?"

Following the old woman's words, Holmes asked, "What happened to Mrs. Vincent?"

The old woman told Holmes and Leo what she knew.

Holmes thanked the old woman, and took the elevator downstairs with Leo.

"Where are we going next? Mr. Holmes?" Leo asked Holmes.

"Go to the police station."

Holmes and Leo arrived at the police station by car.Holmes asked to see Officer Wilt by name.

"What are you doing here?" Officer Wilt looked at Holmes with a dark face.

Holmes said directly: "I have discovered something about that chain of events."

Officer Wilt frowned. Although he was a little reluctant, he still asked, "What did you find?"

"The murderer should live in the neighborhood near Momo University, Hyde Park, and Beliso Park."

Officer Wilt gave Holmes a blank look, "Our profiler also profiled this."

Holmes continued: "I still have a general understanding of the murderer. He is a male, not more than 170 centimeters tall, thin and cowardly, impetuous, fearful of his wife, without a car, and he kills the victim on a whim."

Upon hearing this, Officer Wilt couldn't help but ask, "How did you figure this out?"

"First of all, the victims were either determined by their family's words, or they were strong women. This is the only thing they have in common." Speaking of this, Holmes took a sip of instant coffee from the coffee cup handed over by Police Officer Elise, "The murderer After murdering them, they were buried in schools or parks, but they were buried hastily but not deeply. This shows that the murderer did it on a whim and was not fully prepared. .”

Hearing this, Officer Wilt felt that it made sense.but……

"How do you know that he is afraid of his wife and his wife?" Officer Wilt asked curiously.

Holmes said: "I have visited several victims' homes to investigate, and according to their family members and neighbors, they have no enemies." His voice paused, "In that case, the murderer's sudden intention to kill them must be due to a certain trait in them. It stimulated the murderer's sensitive nerves and caused the murderer to start a machine."

Officer Wilt couldn't help but ask, "What is the quality?"

Holmes took another sip of coffee, put down his cup and said, "It should be their strong and unreasonable qualities that stimulated the murderer."

"And the reason why the murderer is stimulated is also an overreaction of being suppressed by powerful people for a long time."

Officer Wilt suddenly realized, "That's why you said that the murderer fears guilt."

Holmes nodded, "That's right."

Leo was taken aback when he heard this, and felt that Mr. Holmes' brains were really good.

Officer Wilt frowned, "But the person who clashed with the victim has an alibi, and they are not the same person."

"It doesn't necessarily mean that the victim clashed with the murderer," Holmes reminded, "It may also be that the victim clashed with others, and the murderer was stimulated nearby. After all, the murderer has been suppressed for a long time and is on the verge of collapse at any time."

"The murderer was near the place where the victim was arguing with others?" Officer Wilt slapped the table and called Officer Elise's name. "Elise, find the surveillance video of Mrs. Watson and the others before the murder."

"Yes, Officer Wilt."

Ten minutes later, Police Officer Elise found out from the computer the surveillance videos of the victims before they were alive and showed them to Officer Wilt.He also took a notebook for Holmes and shared the video with him.

Holmes and Officer Elise said a few polite words and checked the surveillance video on the computer.

Leo also went to Holmes to watch the surveillance video. Anyone who felt suspicious asked Holmes if there was anything wrong with this person.

Until the third surveillance video was changed, Leo looked at the surveillance video. Although the light was a little dark, there was a familiar person in it. He suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute, Mr. Holmes, look at this person standing at the entrance of the alley. , Is it the same person as the person standing at the crossing to watch the excitement just now, and he is also the person standing by the shelf in the supermarket to pick up ham for lunch!"

"You have also noticed," said Holmes, of course, "that it is true that these three people are indeed the same person."

It is a coincidence that the same person appears in two surveillance videos, but it is a bit abnormal to appear in three surveillance videos.

And the stature and timid appearance were exactly the same as Mr. Holmes said.

Officer Wilt heard the movement and hurriedly got up to look at the laptop. "You found it?"

Holmes pointed to the middle-aged man on the laptop, "I found it, it should be this person."

Officer Wilt took a serious look, and saw that the middle-aged man was indeed included in the three surveillance videos.

"Elise," Officer Wilt picked up the car keys, "Go and call someone, and immediately bring the suspect back for interrogation."

"Yes, Officer Wilt." Elise responded and ran out of the office.

"If the case is solved, I'll treat you to dinner." Officer Wilt finished speaking to Holmes and Leo, and walked out of the office.

"Just leave." Leo glanced at Officer Wilt's back, turned to Holmes and asked, "Should we go?"

"No," said Holmes, rising. "Let's go to lunch."

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