marvelous rosaline

11

"What did the professor say?"

"He asked me to convey my thanks to you." Moran responded coldly: "Thank you for giving him a copy of the master code."

"Then... about Oedipus, didn't he respond?"

"No."

lie.

No reasoning or deduction, no need to observe facial expressions, Rosalin can be sure that Sebastian Moran is lying just by logical relationship——James Moriarty has tracked Oedipus for more than [-] years, and now the clues are in the In front of him, how could the professor not respond?

Don't say anything, Rosalin didn't expect Moran to be completely honest with each other.

The topic ended violently, and Thiago temporarily put down the phone: "Rosalin, Mrs. Aurora has something to ask for you."

"okay."

After getting the master copy of the code, I must tell Mrs. Aurora.

However, when she answered the phone, Mrs. Aurora spoke on another topic: "Are you investigating Bill Brothers Investment Company recently?"

Rosalin blinked: "No, ma'am."

Mrs. Aurora on the other end of the phone was confused: "That's weird..."

Rosalind: "What?"

Mrs. Aurora: "The Bill Brothers company was stolen last night, and there was a lot of trouble. It is said that someone stole their account books directly."

Steal the account book?

Of course, it couldn't be Rosalin's doing. Last night they were still fighting the enemy with the mule in the underground bar.

Bill Brothers Stolen...

Rosalin suddenly came to her senses.

"I may know who did it." Rosalinn responded honestly: "Please rest assured, it's my own."

Who else could it be?

They are in charge of investigating the manuscript, and Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who has been missing for a long time, has been looking for fascist tells.

It's just that Moran is at the detective agency right now, and Mr. Holmes may not come to the door directly.

"I'll let you know when I confirm the situation, ma'am."

Perhaps he will send someone else, Rosalind thought.

…………

……

However, Rosalin never expected that the other person Mr. Holmes sent was Jay Gatsby.

In the afternoon, the well-dressed Mr. Gatsby walked into the detective office with a pace that was incompatible with the Brooklyn industrial area, and put the thick ledger on Rosalind's desk straightforwardly: "Bill The account books of the brother company."

Rosalin looked at him.

Gatsby: "What's the problem?"

Rosalind: "I don't know yet..."

You actually got in touch with Mr. Holmes.

But Rosalin couldn't say these words in front of Moran, her expression flickered, her mind turned wildly, and she wanted to find a tactful way to ask the truth.

But in fact, Gatsby understood without her asking, just by seeing Rosalin's tangled expression.

He couldn't help laughing secretly: Rosalin said what Rosalin said in the past, and she didn't care about other people's thoughts and perceptions at all.Now I have made some progress, knowing what to say and what not to say.

But even though she knew she shouldn't say it, she still wanted to say it, and she didn't know how to express it in other ways.

Seeing the tangles written on her delicate face, Gatsby even felt a little cute.

"I was just entrusted by others." He took the initiative to answer: "Stop by to see you."

Rosalinn breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that Mr. Holmes found Gatsby.

"Thank you!" She raised a bright smile.

Questions answered, Rosalind picked up the ledger contentedly.

Mr. Holmes is extremely efficient, and he took a risk and took out what Frank Kutch didn't get until his death.

Rosalin was not very worried about Mr. Detective's safety.Come on, he's Sherlock Holmes!If you are not fully sure, how can you make a move so easily?

The ledger is indeed the key.

She opened the ledger, and just like Times Theater, Bill Bros.'s accounts were very clear, and the account ownership was clearly indicated for every movement of funds.Rosalin looked at ten lines at a glance, and then——

Rosalin's gaze suddenly paused.

Then she quickly closed the ledger.

"Is there key information?" Gatsby asked.

"A lot of the big names in New York are on it," Rosalind said. "Some of the numbers are not normal."

Eighty percent of the large fixed payments to officials are bribes; there are also many records with unclear origins and unreliable records, which may lead to illegal activities if traced; some clear payments are inexplicably unreasonable, Probably money laundering.

Rosalin quickly sorted out several general directions of investigation in her mind.

Every one of them is enough to completely collapse Bill Brothers and uproot the forces behind it.

"This ledger is very useful." Rosalin concluded, "And it's best to give it to Mrs. Aurora directly."

Call the police?Who knows if there are people who take bribes in the police station.

It's okay to hand it over to Professor Moriarty, but once the Bill Brothers company collapses and they lose their common enemy, the professor may not turn the blame on himself.

So this matter really has to be handed over to the gang.

After all, the fascist government behind Bill Brothers chose to assist Mrs. Aurora's rivals, and she and Rosalind were on the same front in the true sense.

But Gatsby did not let go of the subject.

"What else did you find?" He frowned.

Rosalin hesitated uncommonly.

She didn't know how to explain it to Jay Gatsby.

In the account books of Bill Brothers Company, it is stated that many famous high-ranking officials and veteran nobles in New York have dealt with them.Rosalin just flipped through and saw a man named Tom Buchanan.

It's not a very fancy name.

But it is a coincidence that in the original "The Great Gatsby", the man Gatsby's sweetheart Daisy married was named Tom Buchanan.

If this Mr. Buchanan is Daisy's husband, it means that he is also involved in the activities of the fascist government behind the scenes.

Once the Bill Brothers company is overthrown, his family is bound to be affected.

Maybe this is good news for Gatsby.

Didn't he just want to marry Daisy?If her husband loses power, maybe Daisy can divorce directly and marry Gatsby logically.

——The above is the result deduced by Rosalind's logic.

But besides rational logic, there was an inexplicable consciousness telling Rosalin that the result might not be so satisfactory.

Because Daisy is not her, she may not choose the most suitable result.

Even Gatsby can make irrational judgments.

So Rosalin couldn't help being tangled.

Also wondering how things have been going since Nick moved to Long Island?It was rare for Rosalin to be curious about the plot of the original work: "Have you...have a good life recently?"

Gatsby:"……"

Roseline: "Are you still busy at work? Are the weekend banquets still going on as scheduled?"

Gatsby:"…………"

The tall and straight man in front of him raised his eyebrows, and a touch of helplessness appeared in his blue eyes.

"Rosalind." Gatsby said sincerely, "Thank you very much for caring about my feelings, but I would rather you choose to speak out. Now you are far from being able to greet politely."

What level? She's not a robot.

Rosalin murmured in her heart.

"I do not know how to say it."

I don't know, so I just won't say it.Rosalin handed the ledger directly to Gatsby: "No. 20, page [-], line [-], read it yourself."

Gatsby took the ledger with some doubts and turned the pages.

Immediately afterwards, his face changed abruptly.

Rosalind: "You can't stop it."

Gatsby: "I—"

He raised his head, his light-colored eyes showed some alertness: "What do you know?"

Theoretically speaking, Roseline does not know Tom Buchanan, and it is impossible to know his past with Daisy.

But Rosalind wasn't going to play dumb.

"My name is Poirot." She said calmly: "You have not concealed your past. Do you think I can find out nothing?"

"..."

A bit of surprise appeared on Gatsby's expression.

Rosalind thought he would be angry, but he didn't.The man just looked up at her as if he didn't know her, and then said in surprise: "Have you investigated me?"

Roseline: "Suddenly a person rushed out and told me that it was my mother's old friend who wanted to protect me. Do you think I will do nothing?"

Gatsby accepted this statement: "I thought you wouldn't be distracted by people and things that didn't interest you."

This is true.

But Rosalin felt that Jay Gatsby could not be listed in this "outside".At least she liked his smile.

He doesn't think too highly of himself.

"Don't ask me what I have investigated?" Rosalin said.

Gatsby said nothing.

Today's Gatsby wears an ocher suit with a blue tie.The broad shoulders and tall figure make this dull color look imposing.It's just that the tailoring style that should have been retro and precipitated still shows an almost aggressive military spirit on him, which is not at all like the "old aristocratic" style he wants to show.

At first Rosalin felt that Gatsby's attire was out of place, but now she felt that it had become a unique medal for him.

Gatsby's blue eyes glanced at the others in the agency.

He didn't want others to know about it, so he just said vaguely, "Maybe I can introduce you to Tom Buchanan and his family."

Ah, that's what it means to have met Daisy.

Rosalin turned her head to the side: "In fact, I have always had a doubt."

Gatsby: "Please."

Rosalind: "Are you chasing love, or the unreachable dreamy green light across the river?"

Gatsby was taken aback: "What?"

It's nothing.

It's just that Rosalin feels that the love in the original book is sincere but illusory. After so many years, why are you sure that the people in the past will not change?

Unless she's dead, like Mom.

"Then meet Mr. Tom Buchanan." Rosalind said, "Maybe we can find out some clues."

More importantly, Rosalin wanted to see what the beauties stamped in the novel looked like.