After waking up, Emily huddled on the sofa and drank the hot drink brought by the housekeeper, Mr. Alfred. No, change your mind and start a new life” repentant attitude.Trying to get leniency and forgiveness from the two men in front of her.

But the great detective Sherlock Holmes and Iron Man Tony Stark standing in front of her didn't buy it at all.It seems that in the one-sided speech given by the teacher to train the primary school students, one of them has a standard British pronunciation, an Oxford accent, and the speed between words and sentences is extremely fast, which is so standard that it can be used as a morning reading textbook and published; the other is idiomatic In American English, the tone change is greater than that of the former, but the speaking speed is not too slow.The two male voices are both very nice, and they belong to the kind that people comment on the Internet that if you listen to them, you will get pregnant.But the problem is that no matter how nice the two people's voices are, the sentences they say don't combine so harmoniously—all of them are blaming the little girl for her carelessness.

Emily couldn't help being a little distracted after listening to Sherlock's non-repetitive sarcasm and the boss's different education with her head shrunk for a few minutes.Staring at the beautifully colored tea in the cup, she listened and thought, if she took the IELTS listening test with her current English listening level, she might get a full score in each subject.

"Emily, you've lost your mind." The perceptive Mr. Detective noticed the change in Emily's eyes the moment Emily slipped away.

"Absent? Do you still dare to be distracted?" Iron Man Tony Stark also noticed that his assistant was absent-minded. "Do you know what you did wrong?" It was rare for him to show his face to his little assistant.

Sneakers were found.Emily, who was besieged by Sherlock Holmes, the London-talking detective, and Tony Stark, the iron man who played the role of Avengers, bit her cup, trying to change the subject and divert the fire. "That...Robert hasn't been found yet..." Should we discuss the plan to save people now, and then start the criticism meeting?

"Don't change the subject." How could her little trick fool the two men. "I'm talking about you now."

Batman Bruce Wayne watched the entire process from the time Emily's symptoms were identified until the little girl woke up for 15 minutes.Now sitting on the single sofa beside him, although Bruce didn't make a sound, he could understand the anxiety of the other two, and agreed with their criticism of the little girl—the girl was too unsuspecting.

Emily, who failed to change the topic, turned her attention to the only person present who had not made a sound since she woke up, hoping to be rescued.

Batman, who was sitting upright in a sculptural shape, saw Emily's eyes calling for help.Although I feel that the little girl should be taught a lesson, but saving lives is the most important thing now. "Mr. Holmes, Anthony." He signaled the two men to pause first.

"Mr. Stark, Sherlock, you are tired from standing. Sit down first." Emily held the teapot and poured tea for the two men flatteringly, "Drink some water." Finally liberated, "I know I was wrong , don’t be angry.” The power of the combination of two big-mouthed gunmen is so powerful that the ordinary Emily said that she couldn’t bear it.

"Huh." Stark snorted hard while his assistant was pouring tea, expressing his dissatisfaction.

"Miss Emily, you just said that someone put this business card on your car, so have you seen what that person looks like?" Bruce Wayne asked first.It happened in Gotham after all, and Batman felt obligated to ask.

"Well... see clearly." Emily licked her lips, and wanted to bite her hand again.But looking down at the hands that had been wiped, she shrank her neck and felt bitter.

Definitely have to be scolded for the second round.

Just 15 minutes before, Emily suddenly felt drowsy, and within seconds she collapsed on the couch as if summoned by the god of sleep.The three men who were frightened by this sudden situation hurried forward to check, only to find that the little girl was just asleep and there was no other abnormality in her body.Later, the great detective Sherlock found the black business card that had fallen on the sofa. After careful inspection, several people found that the reason why Emily fell asleep suddenly was because of the business card.

There was nothing else on the black business card except a phone number.The printing quality of the card is good, and the number design of bronzing is beautiful and generous.The three well-informed men could tell at a glance that the business card had an unusual origin.Later, the observant detective Sherlock discovered the mystery of the business card.

The faintly scented business card is made of paper pulp soaked in a special chemical.The potion is colorless, odorless and powerful, but it takes a long time to take effect and does not cause any special harm, it just makes the person who takes the potion fall asleep.

After knowing the secret of the business card, Sherlock checked Emily's hands and found that there were drug residues on the little girl's hands.The measurement is very small, and it should have been contaminated when touching the business card, but because the mouth directly touched the finger that was contaminated with the medicine, the medicine was swallowed unknowingly, and this secret was not discovered until the onset of symptoms.

#On the dangers of biting fingers#

After the diagnosis, the right medicine was prescribed, and Emily woke up after being poured a cup of hot drink that she didn't know what it was.When asked about the origin of the business card, she was a little dizzy and said that it was stuffed on the car window.Now, the big detective and Iron Man immediately began to educate her, saying that she was too careless in doing things, and dared to accept business cards from strangers casually in Gotham, where the law and order was chaotic.

Emily lowered her head and dared not look at her idol and the great detective.Just saying that the business card was put on the car window was scolded so badly. If Irene was the one who gave the business card later, I don’t know how long it would be scolded.

"You know the person who gave you your business card?" Bruce Wayne didn't miss the flash of remorse on Emily's face.

"It's considered acquaintance..." After all, I met once in Baker Street. "I only know one name, but I'm not sure if it's my real name." After all, the other party is under the "British Government" Mycroft, so it's normal to be mysterious. "Sherlock also knows." Emily decided to find a foreign aid for herself, "It's Irene, the Irene who appeared on Baker Street." She tried to remind the big detective that the other party was brought down by a woman in the past.

If you still dare to talk about me, I will tell about it-Emily's eyes are naked threats.

"Mycroft's men?" Sherlock naturally saw Emily's threat clearly, but now the new name was more important. "Are you sure the woman you saw today is the same person you saw on Baker Street?" There was no reason for Mycroft's men to come to Gotham.

"Is that the spy who came to where you lived to inquire about intelligence?" Stark also had an impression of this name. "Are you sure it's her?" After the molesting and anti-molesting incident on Baker Street that day, Mycroft, the "British Government", made a special call to Iron Man to apologize for his stupidity.The gist of the original words is-"The newly recruited agents have done stupid things, I hope this will not affect the good relationship between the British government and the Avengers."At that time, Stark also asked SHIELD to investigate the whole story and confirm the authenticity of Mycroft's words.

"I saw the face at the time. It was really her. I have a deep impression on her, and I will not admit it." The other party brought down the big detective Sherlock Holmes in the BBC TV series and staged a love scene with the other party. An important role in the drama of love and hatred.Emily quietly and carefully looked at the female agent on Baker Street that day with curiosity.

"Congratulations." Sherlock had been fiddling with his phone between Iron Man and Emily's conversation, and now he finally raised his head, cracking the corners of his mouth with a half-smile, "You just experienced a fantastic scene—seeing A dead man."

"What did you say?" Emily didn't understand what the detective meant. "What dead people?" Even in the BBC drama, Queen Irene, even though she annoyed Moriarty and "Government" Mycroft, was still alive and well in the end.Now the other party has turned into Mycroft's subordinates, employees of the British government, how could they be dead? "Who's dead?" The female agent happily stuffed a business card into her car window and waved to her.

"Irene Adler." Sherlock held his phone up to Emily. "She disappeared three days ago while carrying out an MI6 mission, and her body was found a day ago, and she has been confirmed dead." On the detective's mobile phone, a file with the name of Irene Adler was clearly printed on it indicating that The red mark of death.

She must have cheated her death.

This was Emily's first reaction.Queen Irene in the TV series also played this trick.

"I saw her on the main road not far from that coffee shop." Emily turned her head to Batman, "There should be surveillance cameras on that street, right?" It's impossible for such a big living person It disappeared out of thin air in the surveillance video.Even if Irene Adler can hide from the British government's intelligence agencies, she can't completely hide her whereabouts-this is Gotham, the site of Batman Bruce Wayne.

But Emily guessed wrong. After Bruce Wayne checked all the surveillance videos of the nearby road at that time, he still found nothing.

Irene Adler literally disappeared out of thin air.

"I really saw her. I swear she gave me the business card." Emily felt dizzy looking at the bustling crowd in the surveillance video, and finally gave up looking. "I was thinking of telling you when I got back, but I didn't expect so many things to happen." She turned to Iron Man.

"You know that woman is abnormal and dare to take her business card." Stark has asked Jarvis to search for Irene Adler's whereabouts. If she is really alive and hiding somewhere in Gotham, find her Just a matter of time. "How courageous are you? When I get back, I will ask Coulson to find an agent and give you a special training." The little assistant is usually very smart in doing things, why is he so stupid sometimes?

Listening to her idol's softened tone, Emily knew that this test was finally over. "I won't in the future. Besides, where would I have thought that there is something wrong with the paper of the business card, and I'm not making a movie." There are too many routines for the protagonists and supporting roles in this world, and Emily feels a little tired. "Leave her alone, now we have to rescue Robert quickly." No matter whether Irene Adler is alive or dead, and no matter why she drugged herself, the most important issue right now is the innocent captured Robert.

Because of Emily's unexpected situation, 25 minutes have passed since the three-hour time limit.

"There is only one general direction at the moment." During these 25 minutes, Batman Bruce Wayne was not idle. "According to the traffic conditions at the incident site and the time when the kidnappers contacted us, Robert's current location is approximately within this range." A huge map of Gotham appeared on the computer screen, and the red circle circled All areas where Robert could be hidden. "But this area is the most chaotic, and it is almost impossible to rely on human search to find hostages." The circled area included the most chaotic area in Gotham.Drug dealers, villains, gamblers, murderers, almost all the worst people in Gotham gather there.

"The room shown in the video is a basement with good sound insulation. The candles used are only sold in Gotham. You can exclude some buildings first." Detective Sherlock suggested.

"Even then, the Gotham police still don't have enough time to search for hostages." As Batman, Bruce Wayne has complicated feelings about Gotham.He loves this city deeply and wants to rely on his own strength to protect her and the people of Gotham.But sometimes he felt that he was so small, so insignificant.

"Emily, do you have any clues about what the suspect gave you just now?" Although Stark didn't want Emily to be involved in this kind of thing, he didn't want to see the little girl possibly die because of an innocent person being implicated. The silly boy blamed himself. "Bird (bird), detective (detective), check (cheque), pineapple pie (pineapple pie)...these are all nouns, do they have any special meaning?" Jarvis was already analyzing the words.

"I...don't know." Emily really didn't understand the meaning of these words. "I really can't think of what these words can represent." When it was her turn, Emily knew how powerful the great detective Sherlock was who could find out the truth with just a few clues. "What do those words mean..." Emily regretted thinking about the bruised and bruised Robert before.If she knew that this kind of thing would happen, she should have rejected the other party earlier.Compared to losing his life, Robert would not care about his face.

"Is there any overlap between the areas where hostages may exist and the words that appear?" Compared with Emily who didn't know where to start, the other three men present were obviously more reliable. "Factories, hospitals, private companies, abandoned buildings, are there any locations that overlap with the words above?" Stark asked first.

"This area is called the Birdcage in Gotham." Bruce Wayne pointed to the red grid block that has been circled on the map, "This is one of the worst areas in Gotham, where almost all the villains will gather Here. People who enter here will no longer be accepted by the citizens of Gotham." Walking there voluntarily means degenerate voluntarily. "The Gotham police will closely monitor anyone who comes out of there. That's why it's called a birdcage, which means that once you go in, you can't come out again."

"So 'bird' refers to a location?" Emily wondered.This prompt is too simple and rude, it doesn't fit the previous criminals at all. "Will it be that simple?" Shouldn't those prompt words be some special password or password, which needs to be solved after many calculations or reasoning?

"How high do you think their IQs will be?" Although Sherlock didn't think things would be so simple, saving people is the most important thing at this stage.The last thing that can happen now is to make Emily mess up. "How intelligent do you think a bunch of idiots who worship fictional characters are? How deep are they able to come up with codes?"

Emily, who deeply admired a certain fictional character in her previous life, was shot in the knee with an arrow.

"What about 'detective'?" Interrupted by Sherlock, Emily was suddenly full of confidence in rescuing Robert.With Sherlock Holmes the detective, Tony Stark the Iron Man, and Bruce Wayne the Batman, what problem can't be solved? "What would that mean? Is there a detective agency in that place?" It seemed unlikely, either.

"It's a place where villains gather. Besides bars and casinos, there are fighting arenas and..." Bruce Wayne swallowed the word brothel. "In short, there won't be any organization related to law enforcement agencies there. If there is any large-scale organization there, I'm afraid it's a murder group." A group of mobs gathered together.

"...What is this?" Emily looked carefully at the electronic map, but found a small digital mark in the corner.Like latitude and longitude markings on a globe.

"That's what the Gotham Police Department did to divide the city." In all fairness, for Gotham's law and order, under the leadership of Commissioner Gordon, the Gotham government has done everything it can. "In order to facilitate management, the police station divides the city into various regions, and allocates police force according to the designated areas. When dispatching police, the nearest police officers will be dispatched to the scene according to the region's priority." This is something that every city's police station will do. .But Bruce Wayne assures that, at least in the United States, there is absolutely no police station in any city that divides the city in such a detailed manner and has such a tight police force arrangement like the Gotham Police Department. "According to this line, it is a region vertically and vertically." He gave Emily an example. "Look, the number of the police station corresponding to the police dispatched in this area is written here." He pointed to the small print next to the map.

"Then... is there a number like 221B?" Emily asked Batman, but her eyes unconsciously turned to Sherlock who was sitting on the side.

"... Yes." Bruce Wayne reached out and clicked on the keyboard a few times, and the area corresponding to the small police station numbered 221B happened to be within the area that was circled by the red line before.

"Detective...means Sherlock?" Emily felt a chill down her spine.

"Don't worry, it might be a coincidence." Stark glanced at his assistant reassuringly.But when he cast his eyes on the other two, all three saw seriousness in each other's eyes.

If things are really consistent with Emily's guess, I'm afraid it will be more complicated.

"What about 'check'? What does it represent?" Emily pointed to the area under the jurisdiction of the police station numbered 221B. "Is there a bank here?" God bless, if I guess wrong.

"Stark Industries had invested in Gotham during World War II, and it was in cooperation with the Wayne Group." Because this matter has passed for too long, and it is a matter of the previous generation. If Emily hadn't mentioned it today, Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark are barely remembered. "It was a joint venture bank at the time... There used to be a bank here 30 years ago." Bruce Wayne called up a map of Gotham 30 years ago. "It's in this area." Although the cooperation at that time did not last long, the old location of the bank has been preserved.

"A soundproof basement...the bank's underground vault?" Emily asked uncertainly while looking at the electronic map.

"I'll ask Gordon to take someone to investigate immediately." Already having the specific address, Batman immediately picked up the phone and notified the Gotham police to rescue him.Tony Stark, the Iron Man, and Sherlock Holmes, the great detective, are also going.

Seeing the posture of the three men about to leave immediately, Emily felt flustered. "Are you going now? I don't want to stay here alone." From the appearance of Irene Adler to the death of Lillian Granger, to Robert's kidnapping, and then the bizarre drugging, Emily Today's experience can be described as ups and downs.But at this moment, after she found out where Robert was, it was the most frightening and frightening moment in the events she had experienced all day today.

"Emily, be obedient. Wayne Manor will be safe." Stark gave her the watch that Emily had returned before, "We will come back when we find that Frank." Things have reached this point, and it is already a case of avoidance. There is no avoiding it.

"You...do you think the same as me?" Emily looked up at the three men in front of her, ignoring the men's watch worn by her boss. "Robert was kidnapped this time...'bird' has something to do with Gotham, it's got to do with Mr. Wayne, 'detective' means Sherlock, 'check' has something to do with Mr. Stark There is a connection... This kidnapping case... the target is not Robert or me, but you..."

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