Killing Mary Sue [Comprehensive Anglo-American]

[I found that you are lazy recently]

The night is dark and the wind is high, the lonely man and the widow are alone in a room, the lights are dim, no one is around, handsome-handsome women and talented men, the atmosphere is especially good.

"Jane," Sherlock said without raising his head, "your shadow blocked my thoughts from diverging."

"..."

Jane glanced at him speechlessly, and took two steps back.

"Continue." Sherlock said naturally, "The farther the better."

With a half-smile, Jane simply exited the office, leaned against the wall at the door, and watched Mr. Detective's serious work from afar.

【Aren't you being lazy lately...】 Life No. [-] muttered, 【I left all the work to that curly hair...】

【I don't think I'm half as smart as him】Jane replied without shame,【The honor of 'hand in hand to solve the case' should be given to the heroine who has insight, sharp eyes, skill and increasing IQ. I won't take it upon myself】

The details that even Sherlock Holmes can't perceive, can be seen by them.The people who are helpless in human form and the British government can be defeated by their intelligence.Really admire, admire.

There are not many people in this world who can surpass Sherlock Holmes in terms of pure IQ.There are only a handful of people who can become their friends.Being able to get what they adore, even saved the Milky Way in their previous life.And the only one that can satisfy the above points, looking around, there is only one——

protagonist.

Jane is a smart person, but not so smart that she can stand shoulder to shoulder with Holmes.Her only advantage is the experience accumulated over time.The cruel thing is that there are indeed some people in this world who are born with the capital to stand at the top, and experience can't stop them at all. They have the talent to find pearls in the gravel.

To meet one of these people in a lifetime, and to witness them walk through the fog and follow the light of a lighthouse to find out the truth is a rare blessing.They are geniuses, destined to illuminate an entire era.

"'Dongfeng'," Sherlock, who was sitting on the sofa, looked at Jane who was leaning on the door, looking up at the ceiling, wondering what she was thinking, and said suddenly, "Another trouble you brought?"

Jane recovered, couldn't help raising her eyebrows, shook her head, and replied meaningfully, "No...Of course not. The fact is, it's just the opposite."

This is the "trouble" that belongs to the Holmes family.

Sherlock silently recorded the name in a small notebook in his thinking palace.He returned to the topic, recalling the sporadic clues he got from Angus Doe when he went to meet him——

That night, the trusted secretary sacrificed his personal time to work overtime in the office because he wanted to get familiar with the business quickly.Coincidentally, Angus forgot to bring a document that day. He came here from a nearby home, looked up and found a light in the room, and knew that it was the hard-working and motivated newcomer here. He just showed a relieved smile when he suddenly heard the secretary Let out a terrible scream.Before he had time to think about it, Angus rushed up immediately. Just as he opened the door of the office, he found that the floor lamp in the room had been pushed down, which was full of signs of struggle and fighting, and the young woman was lying on the carpet with her eyes closed, her life and death unknown.

Angus was shocked, and rushed forward immediately, wanting to check the situation, he had already taken out his mobile phone with one hand to make an emergency call.Unexpectedly, a long shadow suddenly appeared behind him, and before he could turn around and see who it was, he was hit hard on the forehead, his eyes darkened, and he passed out.

But when he woke up slowly, he was horrified to find that he was holding a broken photo frame in his hand, and the secretary was lying beside him, with disheveled hair and blood on his face, staring at him with frightened expression and canthus. Cracking, already out of breath.

What was even more unbelievable was that her clothes were in a mess, her whole body was covered with traces of being violated, and her nails were full of coagulated blood.Angus raised his hands tremblingly, but found that except for the broken photo frame containing the photo of him and Jane, his body was covered with scratches and bloodstains.He raised his hand and touched the back of his neck which was sore, there was actually a scar there, it was self-evident who it came from.

Angus's mind was confused, he couldn't understand the current situation at all, he subconsciously walked up to the secretary, knelt down tremblingly, and just wanted to touch her cheek to confirm whether everything was just a nightmare, but it might as well be the police at this time When he arrived, he saw signs of struggling and fighting all over the room, a man covered in wounds and frightened faces, and a woman whose clothes were messed up and breathless, and he couldn't help but arrest him.

What happened next was much the same as reported.At that time, no other people appeared on the camera, only the image of Angus hurried upstairs.After verification, the secretary's nails were covered with his flesh, and the scratches on Angus' body were also caused by the secretary's desperate struggle when he was dying, and DNA traces were all over his body.Combined with his appearance in this place at this time, the evidence is so conclusive, no matter how Angus argues, after the judicial review, he bears everyone's infamy and the media's "happy" reports, with "attempted rape" and He was sent to prison for two counts of "intentional murder".

Before that, though, during the time Angus was still a "suspect," there were two other men with criminal motives.

Rudy Smith, former deputy head of ITV, now the chief planner of the BBC. 49 years old, rich for three generations, his father used to be a big figure in the media industry. Although he has retired, his reputation still remains.This person is the female secretary's number one suitor. He met her at a reception and claimed that he "recovered the feeling of first love in her."But the secretary did not compromise under such a money offensive. She looked down on the other party's arrogance and philistinism, and flatly rejected him, causing Rudy Smith to hold a grudge. He blocked her without hesitation."Because of this experience, he was also put on the list of suspects.

And the second murder motive was Rudy Smith's wife—yes, the fact that he was still openly messing around with women despite having a wife was enough to show his character.What's interesting is that his wife was his first love, also a rich and famous lady in the upper class. They got married during their passionate love and had a son who later died in a car accident.From then on she became neurotic and hated all young women who tried to get close to her husband.Coupled with the fact that she had an unfriendly personality and harsh words, she lost her husband's love after growing old and stayed alone in the vacant room for half a year.After learning that Rudy Smith openly pursued a grade to be his daughter's secretary, she couldn't help being jealous and angry. She came to Angus's office many times to make a fuss, and everyone saw her as a joke. .It is rumored that she once said, "This slut will not get a penny", "She will die a terrible death".Such words full of hatred and attacks naturally made her included in the suspicion list.

However, it was later discovered during the investigation that the two also had enough alibi--Rudy Smith was fooling around in a high-end club on the night of the crime, and his neurotic wife invited three or five friends to a spa to vent her frustration.This allows them to clear the suspect.

Interestingly, shortly after the trial came out, Rudy Smith took advantage of the heat brought by public opinion and successfully switched from ITV to the BBC as the chief program planner of the third channel.Not only did he sweep away all the sewage, but he was also promoted and raised his salary to another pinnacle of life.

Sherlock recalled all the details ignored by everyone, screened, excluded, connected... Clues clearly emerged from his mind, placed where he wanted them to be, and finally, he really found them. a common denominator.

ITV.Full name, IndependentTelevision, British independent television station.

—The company where Joey Adams works today.

This internet celebrity female reporter became famous for her work "Angus Murder". Since then, she has jumped from an unknown errand to ITV's Channel [-] reporter.And Rudy Smith also switched from ITV to the enemy station BBC after that, opening a new chapter in his career.In terms of timing, it is really an interesting coincidence.

Sherlock recalled the identification of the deceased that he sneaked into the forensic department last night, and the writing on it clearly stated that the cause of death was a severe blow to the head, which resulted in intracranial hemorrhage and died without timely rescue.The murder weapon was the photo frame in Angus's hand.In the wounds and hair of the deceased, corresponding fine wood chips and glass shards can be found.

Sherlock raised his hand, and there were still a few dusty glass shards stuck to his fingertips.

After the case was judged, this floor was evacuated, and the new company would definitely clean it up thoroughly.He found the few surviving glass shards in the cracks of the floor in the corner, and upon careful inspection, he could still find faint bloodstains on them.The evidence of the murder is beyond doubt.

If Angus Doe was wronged, the murderer was someone else.It must have been after knocking him out, he picked up the photo frame on the table with his gloved hand, and smashed it hard on the head of the secretary who had just woken up. After confirming her death, he grabbed her finger and touched Angus After making scratches on his body, he used the same method to show signs of violence against the secretary, pressed the alarm button under the table, and then calmly cleaned up the scene, avoiding the camera and walking out from here. Angus woke up shortly after, The police who arrived caught him right away, and the evidence at the scene was overwhelming and irrefutable.

From the beginning to the end, the murderer's performance showed strong logic and calculation ability, clear thinking, clean and neat, leaving almost no trace.Using meticulous techniques to forge the scene of a murder—this is not something ordinary people can do. It requires a very strong psychological quality, and they must be familiar with the police's investigative techniques and know what decisive evidence is there.If it's not a hidden sophisticated serial killer, it's a potential sociopath who is extremely smart and criminally talented, and in a very short period of time, completes an elaborate murder.

Sherlock stared intently at the shard of glass, wiped off the dust on it, revealing the essence of blood oozing from behind.

But in this world, there has never been a perfect crime.

The murderer displayed everything perfectly, like a museum of art.But there is only one thing, one detail, one shortcoming, even if he is calm, cruel, cunning, and extremely intelligent, he cannot make up for it.

- His/her purpose for killing the victim.

The dead man's wound was on the back of the head.This proves that he was suddenly attacked when the secretary just woke up from a coma and before he could turn his head.

He didn't want her to see his face again before she died.Because he knew that she recognized him, and this face was definitely not the one she wanted to see.

In this world, there are three forces that can make people act impulsively against reason and principles: love, anger, and—guilt.

Being emotional has always been a physical defect of losers.

And this undoubtedly showed one thing: she knew the murderer.And it never occurred to him that it would be him.

Sherlock Holmes stood up, put his hands on the desk, stared at the face faintly reflected in the smooth surface, lost in thought.

What kind of person can come and go freely in the middle of the night, quietly, and is used by everyone?

Who can avoid all the cameras in this building, like a ghost, unaware of its existence?

And what kind of person can completely wipe away his own traces, as quickly and skillfully as he has done thousands of times?

An invisible man who goes unnoticed.A borderline man with a low sense of existence.A faceless person you pass by but can’t remember his face, a professional group that must exist in society but doesn’t receive any attention——

One……

"The cleaner." Sherlock raised his head suddenly, stared at Jane, and asked her, "Where is he?"

Jane saw some clues from his expression, she couldn't help straightening up, looked out the door, asked Life Number One to get a confirmed answer, and answered him, "Leaving... I don't even know when he is let's go."

"What else do you want him to look like?" Sherlock continued to ask.

Jane recalled for a few seconds, shaking her head, "He turned his back to me, I could only see him listening to the Walkman—"

Sherlock's eyes lit up, he immediately took out the phone, lowered his head and fiddled with it for a few seconds, then turned the screen to her face, and asked impatiently, "Does it look like this?"

Jane took a closer look and smiled in surprise, "How do you know?"

"Walkman, SONY's WM-109 model, produced in November 1986, the first Walkman with its own remote control. The deceased's cousin gave her an adult gift, and it was placed in the second drawer of her desk. ’” said Sherlock Holmes breathlessly with his murderous rapidity, “—pink. Made for ladies.”

Jane was taken aback.

She recalled the cold that she deliberately fabricated to test whether "Swan Ted" was really the front desk here. The other party walked to the desk very calmly and skillfully, opened the second drawer, took out the toilet paper and handed it to her .And before she left, she said the meaningful "otherwise it would be bad if someone came in to destroy the crime scene again".

This genius "Goddess of the East Wind", who only emerges once a century, must have guessed this point - she has always been a few steps ahead of Sherlock, from birth to now.

And the Walkman in the cleaner's pocket belonged to the female secretary.

—— Hans, I didn't realize that he was so nostalgic.

Nostalgic nostalgia is impossible to bring a women's pink Walkman.His salary is not enough to pay for such a high price gem.

——It’s an old man. I heard that I used to work here and often worked overtime until very late.

So he can come and go freely, be used to by people, and not attract any attention.

——Remember... close the door.

He knows everything here, where the cameras are, and naturally, he also has the keys to all the doors.

He has tools capable of cleaning traces.

He works late at night and doesn't arouse anyone's suspicions.

He passed by countless times on and off work, and he recognized the female secretary, but she would not remember his face.

Except for the yet-to-be-confirmed "smart" point.He fulfills all the essentials of a murderer.

"It is said that every sniper is good at finding the most dangerous targets." Sherlock Holmes looked over, all the cells in his body were trembling, shouting, screaming, the desire to catch the murderer made his voice uncontrollably high , eager to try——

"Miss Jane Doe."

"Are you ready to start a new adventure?"

The author has something to say: I find that every time I write about Sherlock...

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