Mycroft once said that he thought Sherlock was an idiot until he knew the other children.

Including Sherlock himself thinks so.

Yes, it was Josie that Mycroft meant by other children.

What kind of existence is Josie to Sherlock?

Neighbors, or people who can listen to him, or Sherlock's friends, as Mrs. Holmes said.

Sherlock had never thought about what kind of relationship he had with Josie, and he would spend more time thinking about this relationship on issues of interest to him, until after Josie's accident, he Just started to think about it.

He once had a dog named Redbeard, and he devoted all his emotions to Redbeard. For Sherlock, who had no friends when he was young, this dog called Redbeard was his only friend. , was his only consolation.

Until Josie appeared, more precisely until Josie learned to speak and Redbeard died, Sherlock gradually transferred his emotional dependence on Redbeard to Josie.

Josie had always been patient with him, and she seemed to take everything about him, good and bad.

Sherlock is also used to Josie following him, just like the red beard who used to always follow his footsteps.

Yet habit is a terrible thing.

So when Sherlock saw Josie lying on the ground for the first time, the only thing on his mind was to make sure she was still alive.

What should he do if she is not alive?

This was the worst possible outcome, and Sherlock didn't want to think about it.

He had already lost the red beard, so he didn't want to lose Josie again.

He ran to Josie's side, calmly completed every step of the first aid, and even reminded Alan to call the emergency number under Alan's surprised and anxious eyes.

When Josie was carried into the ambulance, Sherlock didn't follow her into the car, but stood aside and watched the medical staff hurriedly close the door and leave. He knew that no matter what happened next, it would be out of his control up.

When Carly called, Sherlock had already returned home with her parents. Mrs. Holmes answered the call. Sherlock knew that Josie was out of danger just by hearing his mother's voice.

The inexplicably depressed mood since he learned that Josie had an accident disappeared in an instant. He even had the urge to go to the hospital now, and then he heard the voice of Mrs. Holmes walking towards his room after hanging up the phone.

"Sherlock," Mrs. Holmes said as she entered the room, "Josie is out of danger, but she is still in a coma. I want to visit her tomorrow. Do you want to go with me?"

Sherlock played with the Rubik's Cube in his hand, didn't look up, but just answered yes.

Mrs. Holmes looked at the silent Sherlock for a few seconds, then went to a chair beside him and sat down.

"The doctor said that because of the severe head injury, Josie may lose some memory for a period of time, but this is only temporary." Hearing what Mrs. Holmes said, Sherlock stopped his hands and raised his head. "Give her some memory tomorrow." Bring some brushes and notebooks, and she can draw when she wakes up, doesn’t Josie love to draw? The boring hospital time is always spent by doing something fun.”

"..." Sherlock nodded, "I see."

"That's it, don't play Rubik's Cube too late, go to bed early, good night, Sherlock."

"Good night."

It was drizzling in London outside the window, and the neon lights that could not be blocked by the night shone through the glass windows on the hospital bed. Carly and Allen were sleeping on the sofa in the ward, and outside the door was the ward round nurse who had just left.

The inpatient building of the hospital was eerily quiet, as if only Carly and Allen's exhausted breathing after falling asleep and the sound of medicine dripping from the bottle were left. In the night, no one noticed that Josie, who was lying quietly on the bed, frowned wrinkled.

No. 13 hours after coma, Josie began to regain consciousness.

She felt that she was in the darkness, her body was light and floating, as if she had lost all weight, she couldn't see anything, she couldn't touch anything, in a panic she wanted to call for help, to shout loudly, but no matter what she No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make a sound.

The unknown environment made her extremely uneasy, and she felt unprecedented fear and bewilderment. She tried to escape from here, so she kept running forward without looking back.

After running for an unknown amount of time, maybe a second, maybe an hour, or maybe ten hours, Josie finally saw a glimmer of light ahead. She seemed to see hope, so she tried to catch up.

"Are you ready?"

Who is speaking?

A sudden sound interrupted Josie's running forward. She stopped and looked around.

There was still darkness around her, and she couldn't see anyone, only the faint light in front of her.

"Are you ready?"

The voice sounded again.

"What am I... going to do to prepare?"

Josie's voice trembled a little, maybe it was because she was still out of breath after running hastily just now, or the anxiety in her heart became more obvious.

Intuition told her that the faint light was not only her hope, but also her nightmare.

"Sufficiently strong heart."

The unknown voice replied.

"for what?"

"For yourself."

The originally faint light in front of her gradually became clear. Josie stood still, watching the darkness around her fade away little by little with a blank face. The anxiety and confusion just now disappeared completely. She felt something in her mind that she couldn't The controlling factor, and she didn't know what that was yet.

The darkness faded faster and faster, followed by glare that blinded people.

No. 30 hours after coma, Josie woke up.

The moment she opened her eyes, what she saw was the anxious face of her mother, Carly, and her father, Alan, who kept ringing the call bell beside her. Josie felt an unspeakable weirdness. What was it?

"God, Josie, my dear child, can you hear mother's voice?" Carly held Josie's left hand tightly, trying to convey the reassuring power from her mother to Josie.

Josie seemed to be able to hear all of Carly's thoughts, and felt all of Carly's anxiety and fear in less than a second.

It was a fear of losing a loved one, strong and burning.

Just as Josie was about to nod her head in response to Carly's question, she suddenly heard a voice from outside the door. It was the voice of a strange woman.

【267 That little girl named Josie woke up really fast, she thought she was going to be in a coma for three days, now Dr. Cassens was wrong. 】Who is this?

Josie withdrew her gaze from the door, and was about to ask Carly who was talking outside, but found that Carly continued to stare at her anxiously as if she hadn't heard any sound from the door at all.

"Josie, answer mom, or nod, do you hear mom's voice?"

Josie nodded. The long-term deep coma made her throat extremely dry, but she still insisted on answering: "I can hear you, Mom, don't worry."

"Oh, my God," Carly couldn't hold back her tears when she heard Josie's answer, she bent down and hugged Josie carefully, "It's okay, it's okay, my baby..."

Josie stretched out her left hand and tried to hug Carly back, wanting to comfort her mother who had been terrified of her for so long. Before her palm touched Carly's back, she heard the sound of the door of the ward being opened.

【Well... This little girl named Josie seems to be recovering well. After falling from such a high place, I thought she would be in a coma for at least three days. ] What Josie heard this time was a man's voice. She subconsciously looked up to find the source of the voice, but found that only a female nurse and a male doctor entered the ward, and neither of them spoke.

Where did the sound come from?Why does it look like neither mom nor dad heard?Am I the only one who heard it?Or is this the sequelae after the head was dropped?

"Doctor Cassens, my daughter is awake, please check her quickly." As soon as Alan saw the doctor come in, he hurriedly asked the doctor to check Josie.

There was a reason for Allen's worry, because just [-] hours ago, when Josie was still in a coma, the doctor told them that there was a high possibility that Josie would have short-term amnesia after waking up.

After a brief look at Josie, Dr. Cousins ​​began to ask her some routine examination questions.

"Does your head still hurt?"

"A little bit on the back of the head."

"Don't worry. After all, you fell from two meters and hit the back of your head. It's normal to still feel pain. If you really can't take it anymore, tell me and I can give you some painkillers." Dr. Cassens said comfortingly.

[It is better for such a young child to take less painkillers. ] This time it was the female voice that was heard at the beginning. Josie looked in the direction of the female nurse almost subconsciously. She was very sure that it was the female nurse who was speaking.

"Do you still feel dizzy when you wake up? Or do you feel nauseous?"

"……No."

"Do you feel like you forgot something? For example, do you remember how you fell from the tree?"

"...I remember, I stepped on the air at that time."

[This child recovered really well, and there is no clinical manifestation of a concussion. ] It was the female voice again, and this time it was accompanied by Dr. Cassens' unfinished questioning.

"If you feel any discomfort, please tell me and I will..."

"Are you talking?" Josie couldn't help it, so she asked, "Uh...Miss Nurse?"

The sudden question stunned everyone present.

"Little girl, I'm the one talking." Dr. Cousins ​​pretended to be angry.

【After waking up after falling so badly, he was still in a mischievous mood. This kid is really full of energy. 】Dr. Cassens obviously misunderstood Josie.

"I'm not joking, I'm serious about asking questions, and I heard the nurse talking."

Dr. Cassens disagreed, "I think this should be a sequela, you may have some auditory hallucinations, little girl, but it's okay, you'll be fine after a few days of rest." Then he turned to Allen and said, "In Stay in the hospital for a few more days, take a good rest, and you'll be fine after a while, and Qiao Qian's recovery is still pretty good."

After Allen thanked Dr. Cassens and the female nurse, they left the ward, and repeatedly reminded Josie to take more rest, and the sequelae of auditory hallucinations would soon disappear.

"I don't have auditory hallucinations..." Josie looked at the closed door, and a clear answer gradually emerged in her heart.

She seems to have a supernatural ability.

An ability to hear all the thoughts of another person.

She's so sure because...

Josie looked at her mother, who was preparing food for her in the ward, and her father, who was texting Mrs. Holmes that she had woken up.

...Obviously none of them spoke, but she could clearly hear all the thoughts in their hearts.

[During this time, it’s better to give baby oatmeal for a few days, adding some milk will be more nutritious...] [Josie has woken up, Carly and I are still taking care of her in the hospital, please express my respect to Mr. Holmes Josie's greeting expresses gratitude...] Such a clear feeling made Josie's heart beat faster, and she could even hear the voices of other people outside the ward.

All kinds of inner thoughts poured into Josie's brain from various people through unknown channels, and she heard everyone's heart clearly.

Why is this happening?

Josie looked at her palm, she always felt that she had forgotten something important, about...

a rock.

She remembers holding a stone that glowed blue before falling off the tree.

"Mom, have you seen my rock?"

Carly, who was pouring milk into the oatmeal, paused when she heard her daughter's question, "Is it a small black stone? Did you hold it tightly when you were unconscious, or did your dad pick it out of your hand?" It came out, and it was placed on your bedside, what's the matter? Does this stone have any special meaning?"

Josie turned her head when she heard that, but what she saw was a small shiny black stone placed on the bedside table, which did not emit the faint blue light as before.

She reached out to pick up the small stone and looked at it carefully, but she couldn't see anything.

"Dad, can you do me a favor?"

Allen put down his phone when he heard his daughter asking for help, "Of course, my dear."

"Can you help me take this stone and test it? I want to know what element this stone contains."

Will emit a faint blue glow in sunlight.

It will also allow her to gain incredible superpowers after waking up from a deep coma.

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