"I don't know..." Emily told the truth this time. "The most dangerous person I know is Moriarty. If it's not about him, I can't think of a reason." In addition to this European criminal mastermind, Emily has contact with capable The only people left with such things are the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. "If all these abnormal behaviors of Linda have nothing to do with Moriarty, then I really have no clue." Emily couldn't figure out, could her best friend Linda really have something to do with what happened?

There was a knock on the door outside, followed by the sound of "dong dong dong" someone running up the stairs.Scotland Yard Inspector Lestrade, who had been separated for less than two hours, reappeared.

"Hey, Sherlock, why don't you answer the phone!" Lestrade called the big detective four or five times, but no one answered, and he didn't reply to the text messages, so he had to come to Baker Street to find someone in person, "Just received According to the news, a new victim has been discovered in New York. The higher-ups informed that this case will be investigated together with the FBI in the United States, and the information will be shared.”

"It has nothing to do with me." Sherlock had no interest in who Scotland Yard wanted to work with, "I'm just your advisor."

A crisp music sounded.

"Hello?" Emily gestured to the three people in the room, and then went to the window to pick up the phone, "I'm Emily, who are you?" The calling number is not in Emily's phone address book .

"Hey, hello Emily, I'm Jennifer Garou, an agent from BFI, do you remember me?" The person on the other end of the phone turned out to be jj from BAU.

"Yes, I remember." After a few months, Emily heard from BAU again, "Do you have any questions?" Could it be that BAU is responsible for investigating this fanatic murder case on the FBI side?

"Hey, Emily, how are you doing in London?" JJ is the most communicative person in BAU.At this time, she tried to appease Emily's emotions so as to tell her the next bad news.

"It's all good", Emily has confirmed that BAU must have taken over this case, "Are you calling to tell me about Linda's disappearance?" Since the great detective Sherlock said that Linda hid himself , then Emily will not doubt the other party.If Moriarty is a master criminal in this world, then detective Sherlock Holmes is a master solver, "I already know." Because she was inclined to believe that Linda is still safe for the time being, Emily's tone was relaxed Some.

"Yes", JJ didn't expect Emily to already know the news. "Emily, we have always suspected that the cult case in September last year had slipped through the net. The murders of fanatic fans in New York and London have been investigated and have some connection with that case. Previously in that case Among the rescued victims, you are the only one who is still safe and sound." Everyone in the BAU is not without self-blame for this result, "We now hope that you can stay in London temporarily and not go back to New York. We will fight well with the London police. Say hello, they will send someone to protect you."

"I'm safe now." Emily could hear the concern of the gentle BAU agent on the other end of the phone, "I'm safe now, you can rest assured." If Sherlock is the guardian of London, then BAU Why isn't everyone here protecting everyone? "I hope you can catch the murderer as soon as possible." Emily said nothing about Linda.

After hanging up the phone, Emily turned around and greeted Lestrade, "Good evening, Mr. Detective, have you had dinner yet? There are still some things at home. If you don't mind me, I'll warm them up for you." Emily tried to brush Swipe Lestrade's favorability.This is what she thought, as the unlucky person at the center of the incident, she could save her own life someday by brushing up the favorability of Lestrade, who is the inspector of Scotland Yard?

"Hmph." Naturally, Sherlock saw through Emily's little thoughts at a glance, and he snorted contemptuously.

Ignoring the naive big detective, Emily got up and went directly to the kitchen, planning to take the leftovers from the morning in the microwave and heat them up for the detective to eat - Mrs. Hudson said in the morning when the three of Emily hurried out Will help them put food in the refrigerator.

After a busy day, Lestrade was woken up by a phone call from his bed in the early morning. It was already close to [-] o'clock in the evening, and he really didn't eat anything all day except the mud coffee provided by Scotland Yard for free.I didn't feel anything at first, but now I feel hungry when I hear Emily mentioning it.

"Then I will trouble you." Lestrade, who was tired and hungry at the moment, was quite happy to receive such good treatment in Baker Street.

"what!"

The moment the refrigerator door opened, Emily felt that her three views collapsed.

"Oh, God!" I was originally immersed in #新来美妹的小女孩奥米丽必威了这个奇迹的经典# and #This world has no one except Mycroft who can match Sherlock’s brainwaves# Surprised, Watson finally remembered the problem he had overlooked.

"Emily, don't be afraid, those are just... specimens." Watson actually forgot that there was a human head in his refrigerator that Sherlock put in to test the speed of saliva coagulation.

Emily, who was frightened one after another, almost knelt on the ground clutching her chest.

"There is...there is a...human head." Breathing desperately, Emily couldn't even finish her sentence, "The human head...is...in the...ice...refrigerator."

"Don't be so exaggerated, it's just a scientific experiment!" Sherlock yelled while sitting on the sofa without looking up.

"What? Human head?" Even though Lestrade knew some of Sherlock's minor problems, he would turn a blind eye sometimes, but he was the only police officer present after all.In the presence of Emily, a foreigner, he still has to exercise the powers and obligations of Scotland Yard inspector.

"Sherlock, you put a human head in the refrigerator?" Lestrade had seen eyeballs in the microwave oven of [-]B before, a severed finger in the dinner plate, and a human skull on the coffee table, but—"A Human head, you put it in the refrigerator?" Was it seen by the little girl? !

"Don't play Lestrade, you've found more than one human specimen with me." It's true that Lestrade wanted to exercise his power as the detective of Scotland Yard, but the great detective Sherlock didn't think so at all. do not cooperate. "How long are you going to squat there?" Sherlock watched Emily squatting in front of the refrigerator and refused to get up, so he simply walked over to pull her up.

Emily has three fears in her life—one is afraid of ghosts, the other is afraid of blood, and the third is afraid of corpses.Originally, these three things were ranked in no particular order, but now recalling the horrific scene just now, Emily felt that the horror of the corpse could be ranked ahead of the other two things. "No... um", Emily couldn't stand up at all, her legs were weak.

Sherlock, who was impatient, bent down and hugged Emily who was squatting on the ground like a mushroom, "John, get her some hot cocoa." The big detective was tall and long-legged, and returned to the sofa in a few steps , put Emily down.

If it wasn't because of hunger, imminent murder, or fear of Sherlock's poisonous tongue, Lestrade would have taken out his mobile phone to take a picture and send it to Mycroft, the "British Government"—Look, big boss!I dug into Sherlock's privacy!Ask for a raise!

Maybe it was because Lestrade's eyes were too wide and the great detective Sherlock saw something, and the big detective immediately chased people away, "Lestrade, you can go."

"Come on." Watson was about to stuff hot cocoa into Emily's hand, "Take a sip, Emily, don't be afraid."

Emily, with trembling hands, couldn't hold the glass at all.

"Give it to me." Sherlock took the cup directly and brought it to Emily's mouth.

The characteristic sweetness of hot cocoa eased Emily's nervousness. "That head is in the refrigerator!" Emily felt that she would never be able to look directly at the food in the refrigerator from now on.

"A corpse is just the body left after people die. It is not much different from us living people. You don't need to be so afraid, Emily." Watson, a military doctor, has been out of school for many years.He had long forgotten the fear of facing corpses in his first dissection class.He tried to alleviate Emily's fear of corpses from a scientific level, "Actually, corpses are essentially..."

"Okay, John." Sherlock interrupted Watson's attempt to explain Emily's teaching, "Why haven't you left yet?" The detective looked up at Lestrade, who was still on the sofa. .

"Ah? Ah...I..." Lestrade wanted to leave at first, but because he saw with his own eyes that Sherlock, who has always been unkind, not only hugged the little girl back to the sofa, but also fed it to her. The act of drinking was so stimulated that his brain froze for a while. "I... let's go now." Although he couldn't make a living, Lestrade was extremely excited at this moment—the great detective Sherlock Holmes actually liked that type of girl!If this news is reported to Mycroft, I don't know how much salary will be increased!How many opportunities for promotion!What?Sherlock didn't agree to cooperate with the FBI in this case?It doesn't matter, with Mycroft here, I won't be punished even if the case is not solved!

Not to mention the secretly excited Lestrade, Emily finally recovered after a big cup of hot cocoa.

"Stupid." Detective Sherlock took care of Emily, but that doesn't mean he doesn't despise Emily's timidity, "But a human head is so frightened, isn't Iron Man so demanding when recruiting assistants?" Have you been recruited without any?"

Emily, who had just recovered, didn't have the energy to argue with the childish big detective. She put the cup back on the coffee table, thanked Watson before replying, "At least Mr. Stark didn't put the head on A hobby in a refrigerator full of food!" If it weren't for reading the original book and the BBC TV series, Emily felt that she would have almost suspected that the big detective was a cannibal!

Wait, cannibals?

"What did you think of?" The flashing look on Emily's face could not be hidden from the eyes of the great detective Sherlock Holmes.

"I..." Emily did think of something, but she couldn't make up her mind whether to say it or not.

"Could it be that you have some secret friend who likes to put people in the refrigerator?" Detective Sherlock's voice was deep and pleasant, and his British pronunciation had an innate sense of gentleman.Emily originally liked the sound.But at this moment, she, who was once again uttered out of her mind, felt that the voice was simply frightening.

"No, how is it possible." After hesitating in her heart, Emily decided it was better not to say it. "Except for you, I haven't seen anyone put a dead body in the refrigerator." Emily played a word game.Since lying in front of the great detective Sherlock will definitely be exposed, wouldn't it be fine if she didn't lie?Not seeing it "with my own eyes" is a small trap in Emily's words.

It is naturally impossible for the great detective Sherlock not to notice Emily's little thoughts.He looked at the sly look of the girl in front of him, disapproving of her cleverness, "Youare aterribleliar (you are really not suitable for lying)."

Emily, who was debunked by the detective again, said: "Being bullied or something, just get used to it."As the saying goes, thick-skinned, meaty!

"What I thought of shouldn't have anything to do with this case." Emily did think of something important, but she also didn't think that matter would have anything to do with what happened now.

Emily's phone rang again.

"Hello?" This time the caller didn't hesitate to display the number, Emily was a little strange, "I'm Emily, may I ask who you are?" Could it be another person who wanted to see his boss, Iron Man, who called the phone here by myself?

"Emily?"

The voice on the other end of the phone made Emily nervous, "Linda?!" It was Linda's voice.

"Emily, listen, my time is limited! You stay in London and don't come back, don't come back!" Linda's voice on the other end of the phone was panicked, and she couldn't hide her fear, "Go find that man! The one before you Professor! Find him to help you! Don’t come back before this! It has something to do with that doctor! You don’t come back! Beep beep.” Emily had no time to speak, and the other party hung up the phone.

Originally because of the words of the great detective Sherlock, Emily thought that Linda should be hiding in a safe place at this moment.But this phone call completely changed her mind.

"Hello? Hello?" Emily, who was so frightened by the phone call, wanted to call back but found that she couldn't do it at all.

"Emily?" Linda's voice on the other end of the phone was panicked and sharp, and Watson and Sherlock could hear it even if they were sitting on the side. "Is it Linda White?"

There was no time to answer, Emily directly started a program on the phone.

"Good evening, Miss Emily. Are you enjoying your trip in London?" A pleasant male voice came from Emily's mobile phone, "Sir is still busy, do you need me to call him?"

There is a built-in program on the mobile phone Stark gave to Emily. After activation, the mobile phone can directly access the main program of Jarvis in the Avengers Building.

"Good evening, Jarvis." Emily is not in the mood to chat with the cute AI right now, "You don't need to call Mr. Stark. Please help me find out the location of this recent call." In case of emergency, Emily is convinced that Jarvis is the best choice.

"Please wait a moment." Since Emily has sufficient permissions, Jarvis directly started the program for her, "The last place where the signal disappeared was in the No.15 block of Manhattan, New York. You do not have permission to use the Satellites activated, I can't pinpoint your location."

"I see, thank you, Jarvis." That's enough for Emily to know.

"Well, it seems that Mr. Stark's employee benefits are really good." Sherlock looked at Emily's black transparent phone, "He actually allowed you to use his AI housekeeper? It seems that your authority is not low. "The great detective's voice was a little subtle.

Emily is not in the mood to worry about these things now, "Linda is still in Manhattan. Didn't you say she hid by herself? Why did she call me? Is she in danger?" Linda's phone call made Amy Li felt nervous again.At this time, the great detective Sherlock was the only person around her who could ask questions. She couldn't help asking, hoping that the other party would give her an answer that would make her feel at ease.

But unfortunately, Sherlock was going to let her down.

"...If she hadn't called you, you might still be safe." The big detective rarely paused for a second before speaking, "But since you can find out where she is, I'm afraid the people behind the scenes can also find her."

"What..." Emily absolutely did not doubt Sherlock's judgment.But it was precisely because of this that she felt even more frightened.

"How could this be..." At this moment, all doubts about Linda were thrown away, and Emily only had worry in her heart.She wished Linda hadn't made the call.

"No, I have to find a way." Emily's first reaction was to call BAU immediately.

"You want someone from the FBI to protect her?" Sherlock saw Emily's plan and immediately interrupted, "This is not a good idea."

"Why?" Emily is full of confidence in BAU who saved her. "Have you heard of BAU? They are very powerful. If they go to Linda..."

"Calm down." Sherlock could see that Emily was in a mess at the moment, so he made this decision. "If you can't calm down now, you will only kill her."

"How can I be calm!" Emily bit her lips tightly, "Linda she..." If Linda was killed because of warning herself, Emily felt that she would never forgive herself for the rest of her life. "I'm now..." Taking a deep breath, Emily could only ask Sherlock in front of her for help, "Sherlock, what should I do?"

"We still need to find people, but we can't ask people from the FBI to intervene." Sherlock's thinking is clear, "From the few known cases, no matter who is behind the scenes, the other party knows the police very well The intelligence of the agency is also well known. If you ask the FBI to find Linda White, I guarantee that they will lead the murderer directly to the other party. At that time, Linda White will not even have a chance of survival."

It's not that Emily doesn't know this, but—"Who else can I turn to for help except the FBI and NYPD?" If I don't turn to law enforcement agencies, who else can rescue Linda?

"You can directly use Iron Man's AI butler, and you have a good relationship with the Avengers. Can't you find someone reliable to save people?" Sherlock is not without contacts in New York, but at this moment he can act immediately and Someone capable enough to ensure Linda White's absolute safety, Sherlock wasn't sure his connections would be more reliable than Emily, New York's local snake.

"I..." Emily finally calmed down after being reminded by the big detective, "Let me think about it..." Someone who can act immediately and rush to Linda's location immediately, has no connection with law enforcement agencies, and has enough force—— Peter?

Even though Little Spider had just joined the Avengers for a few days, Emily was about the same age as him and also liked to play around. The two of them got along very happily—Emily was also taken by Peter to experience it in a high-rise in New York What about the feeling of gliding, "Is Spider-Man okay?" The only problem is that Peter is too young, and Emily is not sure whether to involve him in such a dangerous thing.

"Wow." After witnessing the magic of Jarvis just now, and now hearing the name of another superhero who joined the Avengers from Emily, Watson really envied Emily—this Work is so cool.

"Are you sure he has enough ability to hide his whereabouts and hide your friends?" In front of the great detective Sherlock Holmes, the identity of the little spider Peter is not a secret at all. "You want to ask a high school student to save someone?"

This candidate is not good.

Emily regretted it immediately after she said it, "No, he can't."

Watson doesn't understand how Spider-Man has become a high school student, but he won't ask now, "Emily, why don't you ask the rest of the Avengers? Don't you know Captain America? And the history of Iron Man?" Can't Mr. Tucker do it too?" There was obviously a more reliable candidate, but Watson didn't understand what Emily was struggling with.

"No." Even if Tony Stark didn't say anything before, Emily could see that the other party had something to hide from her.The Avengers is an open superhero organization, and Iron Man is an open superhero. I'm afraid they are busy with something serious right now, so they don't have the skills to do it all. Only Peter may be excluded because of his young age.

Not to mention that Jarvis explicitly asked Emily "Do you need me to call him?" before.Jarvis's character was modeled after Tony Stark's, and Emily swears by her own recent knowledge of the idol that there must be something going on that Mr. Stark doesn't wish he knew.Otherwise, Jarvis wouldn't have asked that question at all.

"Don't you have any other candidates?" Sherlock naturally knows what the Avengers are busy with, and he also tends to be unable to help the Avengers at this time, "Think again." If Emily really has no one, Sherlock You can only use your own contacts.

If the Avengers are busy, so is S.H.I.E.L.D.Emily carefully screened the candidates in her mind, "I'm not sure, there is one more." The most reliable Avengers couldn't help, and Emily found that the only person she could think of at this time could only be thick-skinned I begged, "I'll make a call."

Linda's life was in danger, and Emily couldn't care about whether her phone call was abrupt at the moment, "Hello, hello, I'm Emily, Emily Lee. I'm looking for Mr. Wayne."

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