[Comprehensive British and American] The world is malicious

Under Mrs. Hudson's reminder, Sherlock remembered the room when he entered it before. There was obviously everything in it, including a talking antique portrait and a rabbit nestling on a cushion.

"Sorry, I hope I won't disturb you, Mrs. Hudson, someone asked me to bring something to Mr. Holmes." Avril Lavigne stood outside the door dragging a huge suitcase. She had just finished her vacation.

"It's a letter, Mr. Holmes." Avril Lavigne glanced at Sherlock hurriedly as she said, as if avoiding the other party's scrutiny, she quickly turned her face away, took out an envelope from her coat pocket and put it on the nearby table.

Oh Merlin!

Avril Lavigne looked up and saw Chloe sitting on the table, while Mrs. Hudson was feeding it.

"I'm so glad you're back, Miss Celine." Mrs. Hudson smiled, "I happened to bring some tea, let's have a taste together, but I have some sad news to tell you, Celine Miss."

Chloe flew from the table to Avril Lavigne, and landed on her shoulder affectionately, "Long time no see, Chloe, I brought a gift back."

Avril touched Chloe's furry head, and looked at Mrs. Hudson suspiciously. To be honest, she didn't think she would hear any unfortunate news.

"...Nina has been kidnapped." Mrs. Hudson said in a depressed voice with a depressed expression.

Avril frowned, and then quickly relaxed, "Don't worry, Mrs. Hudson, she will be fine,...maybe she will be back tomorrow."

Maybe they should be more worried about those kidnappers. Nina might have given those poor guys some messy potions, and she had escaped back from ancient times.

Avril really couldn't think of anything that could trap Nina when she wanted to come back, "Lovely Miss Chloe, you should go home, goodbye, Mrs. Hudson, and Mr. Holmes." Avril smiled and said Mrs. Hudson said goodbye.

"...Poor Nina, it's not just that she didn't come back for a day." Mrs. Hudson looked at Avril Lavigne's leaving figure, "Oh, Sherlock, you didn't say a word just now."

"Why? Negate her overly optimistic statement, and then get a series of meaningless, time-wasting inquiries." Sherlock walked to the table and picked up the envelope that Avril Lavigne had left there. "It will make more sense."

There was a ticket and a card in the envelope, and there were only four words written on the card—Bernardo.

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For Nina, the time has begun to become chaotic. The incandescent lamp on the ceiling is constantly on day and night, there is no wall clock, no natural light, let alone the normal rising and setting of the sun.

The only thing that can be determined is the time when they provide three meals, and the time when the guards in black outside are deduced from this.

The passage of time can gradually make people irritable and fearful, and small spaces can make people depressed and hopeless.Nina could feel almost all negative emotions coming in like a tide, becoming more and more intense and uncontrollable by will.

She began to think of when she was a child, her parents passed away unexpectedly, the fear of being hijacked by the bad guys with a knife, and the panic when she first arrived in the new family... It was like Pandora's box, with a small gap opened, and all kinds of things made people unable to stop. Crying things will come one after another.

Nina knew exactly what she was choosing, and she knew it well when she was kidnapped by Bernardo.It's just that she overestimated her own endurance, she thought that she would gradually adapt, just like before.

Nothing lasts forever, everything passes!This is an opportunity to get to know them and I can't keep avoiding it.

Nina curled up slowly, trying to comfort herself. She held the pendant on her chest with her hand and stroked it carefully.Luckily, the chains on her wrists allowed her to perform such simple movements.

Suddenly there was the sound of unlocking the door, and the heavy iron door creaked, low and hoarse.

Bernardo smiled, half-closed his eyes, walked in front of Nina, and squatted down, "It seems that you are very used to this place. Even if most people know that their lives are safe, they will break down loudly under the torture of time. Cry, little phoenix." Bernardo raised the corners of his mouth, and a playful smile flashed in his eyes.

"You want to see me cry out of fear?" Nina raised her head slightly, frowned, and looked at Bernardo who was smiling innocently.

She has always been surprised that a person who rarely puts human life at heart has such pure, impurity-free eyes.

"No, I don't like people crying, and I don't have such a special hobby." Bernardo raised his eyebrows, and stroked Nina's still very shiny blond hair with his hands, "I prefer to make people feel scared and trembling. His eyes gradually became lax and he trembled."

Bernardo used his fingers to pick up the pendant on Nina's neck. The water drop-shaped ornament shone under the light, and there was a small protrusion on the top of the water drop.

"There are always people who will use the inconspicuous jewelry on their body as the last life-saving talisman." Bernardo lowered his voice, like a master connoisseur, rubbing the lines on the pendant with his hands, "It's very beautiful."

"Thank you, my mother left it here." Nina twitched the corners of her lips, barely shifted her vigilant gaze away from the pendant, and looked outside the iron gate, "How long are we going to stay here? Maybe you can unlock the Chains, I can't go anywhere without that."

Nina raised her hand, and the iron chain made a clanging sound.

She couldn't let Bernardo keep staring at the pendant.

Bernardo let go of the hand holding the pendant, and tugged at the chain on the ground, "It will give you psychological pressure, make you feel like a prisoner, and you cannot escape, isn't it a good experience? ... I wanted to put It's used on another person."

Bernardo frowned suddenly, his dark green eyes were covered with a layer of haze, and like a child changing his face, it suddenly changed from cloudy to sunny, he bent his mouth and smiled at Nina.

"Want to play a game, Little Phoenix? If you win, I can help you do one thing, no matter what... including killing the mastermind behind this organization." Bernardo lowered his voice, like a sympathetic murmur murmur.

Nina's eyes widened in shock, and a coldness rushed from her back to the top of her head, making her shiver uncontrollably. If Bernardo was not joking, this man would be too scary.

"The name of the game 'Escape from Heaven', there is only one chance, little phoenix."

"It's hard for me to believe your words, Bernardo, why should I 'gamble' for an illusory promise?" Nina raised a mocking smile, which she had seen on Professor Wilson's face countless times His smile was extremely cold.

However, her interpretation is probably less than one ten-thousandth of that of the professor.

"Oh? You want me to prove it?" Bernardo slightly raised his eyebrows, half-closed his eyes, his face was still gentle.

"I just want to know if I'm worth taking this risk." Nina blinked, and secretly clenched her hands covered in cold sweat. Under the current situation, if she really just "escaped from the sky", she might as well The man with the best odds.

"Don't listen to the consequences of losing?"

"Maybe if I know, I won't be interested in it. I hope you won't involve unrelated people in it, Bernardo." Nina said pretending to be relaxed. In fact, she even felt like she was stealing the fairy's coins. .

"Of course, there will be no unrelated people, it's just a game between us." Bernardo tilted his head and said with a smile, "You can ask questions you want to know, there is only one, little Phoenix, I am happy to give you Two days to think about it."

"The ultimate purpose of your stay in London." Nina stopped Bernardo who was about to turn around and leave.

"Don't ask about the real identity of the mastermind behind the scenes or something else?" Bernardo retracted his steps and looked at Nina jokingly.

Nina shrugged and said frankly: "Compared with others, I care more about my homeland. Almost all my relatives and friends are here."

"Bored sympathy" Bernardo lowered his eyes boredly, walked up to Nina, and whispered into her ear, "...However, your worry is correct, because soon...the news of the death of the British Prime Minister It will be spread all over the streets.

I don't know what will happen in the subsequent state funeral ceremony? "

Nina was stunned in place, her mind was blank, and it took a long time before she came back to her senses, looking at Bernardo as if she was looking at a scourge.

"Are you kidding? Mr. Prime Minister is an upright man with no physical problems, and the possibility of shooting him from a long distance is extremely slim."

"You're talking to me, little Phoenix." Bernardo pursed his lips and laughed lowly, "It seems that it is very important to you, so our game will start now.

The ticket to the destination, I will leave you a small puzzle there, if you solve it, even if you win, don't violate the rules, little phoenix. "

"Goodluck, you'll like that place." Bernardo deepened his smile, turned around and walked to the iron gate, and suddenly waved to Nina.

"You know your responsibilities." Bernardo stopped in front of one of the guards and straightened his shirt tie, "She is very important, don't let her escape, prevent her from committing suicide, her life is your life, ...Andos should have warned you about this."

"Yes, sir." The guard's voice trembled, his body was stiff, his eyes fixed on the front, and he didn't even dare to lower his head to look at Bernardo's fingers.

But those hands were still fixing his tie like hell.

"Relax, I won't eat you again." Bernardo's voice carried a cheerful laugh, but his eyes looking at the guard were cold, and the dark green eyes faintly revealed a red light.

It was a long time after Bernardo left that the guard recovered from his fear, and the back of his clothes was already wet with cold sweat.

"...Looking at your timid look, you probably peed your pants in fright." Another guard gloated and laughed, and the tense facial muscles began to feel after Bernardo left. If Bernardo Standing in front of him, he couldn't help shivering.

"Get out, you will come next time! If he wasn't Bernardo, I couldn't help it..." The guard smiled obscenely, but when he thought of Bernardo's methods, he had no choice but to hold back his smile and put Take back the dirty thoughts in your head.

"It's time, you go get dinner, George and the others will come to change shifts in a few hours."

The other guard couldn't help cursing a few words before leaving. He saw Bernardo bring a boy back to the room a few days ago, and the boy died inside after a while, and was carried out with a white cloth.

The guard didn't dare to think about it, and hurried up the elevator. After a while, he came down with dinner. He opened the iron door, and brought a separate meal to Nina.

"He scared you a lot, but to you, he should be just a child." Nina looked up at the guard and said casually. She even picked up the soup bowl on the tray and took a sip.

The guard's face became ugly, and his facial muscles twitched slightly. He had always had a bad temper, especially when someone poked him in a sore spot.

The guard's face changed, "He was the same five years ago, miss, he hasn't changed at all, hell, I really don't know how he did it."

The guard said, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly froze in place, turned his head like a clockwork mechanism that had been wound up, and shouted to his companions: "Lille! Come here! Lille!"

The guard named Lear's expression changed, and he hurriedly pushed open the iron door and rushed in, "What's wrong with her?" Lear looked at Nina, who was lying on the ground and twitching non-stop. Rolling, he felt a chill go straight to his head.

"She just drank that thing, we need to send her to the hospital." The guard hurriedly picked Nina up from the ground, not knowing whether Nina was twitching all over her body, or his hands were shaking, and his hands were soon wet , Even the back is chilly.

"She may be pretending to be sick, Ben, calm down, you/fuck calm down!" Lille shouted loudly, this is just an abandoned factory, except for Bernardo who occasionally comes over, and people who come to deliver meals every day, They hardly see other people.

"Fake it! Are you blind, Lear? Look at the blood." Ben trembled, trying to wipe away the blood that kept dripping from Nina's mouth. "She's dead, and none of us can survive." .”

Nina could hear the fierce dispute between the two clearly. Her consciousness was still very clear, but she lost control of her body, her limbs were no longer controlled by consciousness, and her eyelids seemed to be heavy.

Except for Bernardo, no one would do such a thing.

The game has already started.