[Comprehensive] Sherlock Holmes

040.

—Time narrows the field.

Oxfordshire is not too big, how many fully enclosed rooms are there?Which rooms can have good enough soundproofing - which furniture is almost new - recent large purchases of furniture, new tenants, where the furniture was ordered - the company that delivered the goods -

A large amount of information flashed through his mind like a fright, Sherlock took the special mobile phone and quickly searched for what he wanted——

His gray eyes, which were usually silent, showed a little floating glimmer at this moment.The drunk is lying at his feet, but the whole world is at his feet.

That is the all-encompassing context of the world, and it only appears at this moment to find one person.

His fingers stopped, and in the huge memory palace, after zooming in countless times, he finally found the most critical door.

"found it."

……

Jian Ruo tilted her neck.

My cervical spine is a little sore, and so are my eyes—extremely dry.She raised her head, looked at the ceiling, and blinked hard.

In the quiet room, there was only the slightly slow sound of the violin, and she seemed to be able to imagine how the strings of the violin were tensed and trembling.Jane Ruo was a little tired, her head was heavy and heavy, as if a big stone was pressing on her head, only the slightly sharp sound of the violin reminded her to stay awake again and again.

She heard quick footsteps.

Is Jiu back?

If so, that's too bad.

She couldn't make any effort, stood up from the chair, took two steps forward, and bent down to touch the gun on the simple-minded Mr. Killer——

He fell asleep faintly, as if drunk.The effect is really good - Jian Ruo didn't expect that her subconscious experiment would be so successful.Obviously the memory of those studies has gradually become blurred, but...

—Maybe I have a gift for hypnosis?

She picked up the gun, but at the same time, the door was opened-

She subconsciously pointed the gun at the door, squinted her eyes, in a standard shooting posture—then looked at the other party in surprise, and slowly lowered her arms.

"Hey..." She greeted dryly, "What a coincidence, it's a big night, huh? Sherlock?"

Sherlock Holmes ignored her very rationally and calmly, but cautiously looked around the room, confirming that there was no other threat except the "corpse" under Jane Ruo's feet—obviously, there was no more.Except for the symphony that is still not disturbed by external objects in the room, it still reverberates in the slightly empty room.

—Obviously, there is nothing out of the ordinary.

The calmness makes people suspect that there must be something wrong.Sherlock paused, and finally looked at Jian Ruo who was aside.

Jian Ruo grinned and shook the gun in her hand: "Don't worry, there is nothing wrong here. Obviously this group of people are extremely conceited-but it's normal to think about it. How can it be possible for people who dare to oppose the 'god' to be too much?" Arrogance?"

She shrugged her shoulders, looked at the speaker over there, turned her fingers unconsciously, and the gun turned a circle with the movement of her fingers, the barrel of the gun was held by Jian Ruo just right, and she naturally put it into the coat pocket .

Sherlock's eyes shrank subconsciously, examining her with some unknown meaning.

Jane didn't notice it, she didn't even notice her actions, she just did it subconsciously.

She walked over there and pressed the switch.The passionate and dramatic music came to an abrupt end, Jian Ruo breathed a sigh of relief, leaned against the table, and looked at Sherlock with a smile, "To be honest, this is the first time I've listened to so much classical music—"

"Oh, then you are really grateful to those kidnappers who captured you, without them, you would not have had this opportunity." Sherlock said lukewarmly.

——Sherlock's cold tone...is there something wrong?

Jian Ruo was a little puzzled, but still had no clue. ... Subconsciously, she felt a little guilty, touched her nose embarrassingly, and said weakly, "...Please——Sherlock, I didn't say that." She didn't realize that she had encountered extreme danger. The experience over time had dulled her senses.

Jian Ruo didn't feel scared at all, but for some reason, she was a little excited.

——This is obviously not the reaction that normal people should have when facing this kind of kidnapping, but considering that Jian Ruo came from a criminal family... no.

"Jane," Sherlock brushed the dust off the shoulders of his coat casually, "——you can hypnotize?" He lowered his eyes to look at the killer who fell on the ground——it was obviously the killer. cocoon--

"..." Jian Ruo opened her mouth, then closed it again, "... I learned it before." She was a little vague.

——...Past life, can it be regarded as the past?

Sherlock remained calm: "Oh, really? When you were still in China?"

"That's right." Jian Ruo's answer was much smoother this time: "—Of course it was when I was in China."

Honestly - this question makes no sense.Sherlock paused. "Oh, when did that happen? You obviously don't just 'can' hypnotize, given that you've just successfully hypnotized a—" He stopped.

Jian Ruo put her hands on her waist, raised the corners of her mouth, and stared at Sherlock with a smile in her eyes - this smile was not pleasant, happy and satisfied: "What?"

Sherlock raised his jaw and turned his head: "...Oh, we should go. Shouldn't we go? I don't want to be here with a group of lunatics with malicious intentions..." He obviously thought of the present Delicate moment, "breakfast."

Jane Ruo lowered her arms, she seemed to have returned to a relaxed state, she spread her hands indifferently: "—Of course you can go. But wait—" She looked around, trying to find the bag she brought when she went out. Things like... like her cell phone and her gun...

gun?

——Why did she go out with a gun?

She woke up suddenly, and turned to look at Sherlock suddenly, but suddenly remembered that she was not completely safe yet—she had to find something to evacuate here, and then settle the score with Sherlock.

With this purpose in mind, Jian Ruo's movements became more active, she hurriedly flipped through the room, drawers and cabinets, and even sofa cushions——

"If you're looking for your cell phone." Sherlock paced slowly, following Jian Ruo unhurriedly, "—obviously it's unnecessary, that cell phone should be the one that hijacked you." On someone, I assume it's a woman?"

Jian Ruo was still holding the sofa cushion.

"There's still a gun." She said calmly, "The one you stuffed under the sofa."

Sherlock: "..." The gun under the sofa - under the sofa - the notebook kicked in in a hurry - was found? ——

Sherlock glanced at Jian Ruo inscrutablely, and the two looked at each other for a while.Out of a mentality that could not be admitted, neither Jian Ruo nor Sherlock took the lead to look away. After a while, Jian Ruo's eyes were a little sour, and she retreated. The sofa cushions were put back and patted.

—…It seems that he has discovered it.Oops!

Sherlock still maintained a strange calm on his face, but he began to think of all conceivable countermeasures in his mind——

"Let's go?" Jian Ruo had already gone to the door, put her hands in her pockets and glanced at Sherlock who was standing there motionless: "Have you been pressed the pause button?"

Sherlock: "..." He followed Jian Ruo out as if nothing had happened.

—Forget it, just pretend you don’t know anything.

......

When encountering such a situation of "actually I didn't do anything but the pet is inexplicably angry, it must be the other party's fault, but forget it, I will reluctantly let her get better", the general solution is of course [preemptive strike method] .

"It's obvious that no one with a normal IQ will travel alone at midnight like this." Sherlock said suddenly, looking at Jian Ruo at the side.

Jane Ruo: ... Huh? ? excuse me? ? ?

She glanced at Sherlock: "...Hehe, yes. Actually, I think so too. Not only do I think so, but I also think that the first person to take the lead should be blamed especially."

"..." oh**!Too eager to preemptively strike and forgot to say this, Sherlock cleared his throat, calmly, "—so how old did you start to get in touch with hypnosis? 13? 15? Oh, Jane, it can't be any older, Although there are indeed people who can quickly learn an advanced technology, but considering your usual learning progress—”

Jane Ruo: "Considering my 'usual' study progress? Sherlock, are you paying too much attention to me? I'm your roommate, not your date! Speaking of this, I just remembered, guess what I'm going to do today? What was found in 'Charlie's Treasure Chest'?"

"'Charlie's treasure chest?'" Sherlock repeated this inexplicable word with a strange expression.

Jian Ruo raised her eyebrows: "Oh, do you need me to explain? It's the space under the sofa where you stuff everything you have. There are a lot of things in it - I guess you can't Forgot what was in there?"

—No, of course he remembered what he put.But won't it conflict with the original purpose of fooling the past if you admit it at this time?

"Oh, you can't wrong me like that, Jane." Sherlock pursed his lips, "You know, the cat next door—it always likes to come to our house. Put the things that were on the side Pull it to the other side, that's what cats are good at." He didn't change his face, "Honestly, you should really take care of it—Jane, I've seen that cat take the fish from our kitchen several times gone."

"—I said what——! Wait, did you see it? Why didn't you stop it?!" Jian Ruo was completely distracted, her eyes widened, and she looked at Sherlock with some surprise.

"Why did I stop - oh, Jane, you weren't home at the time, it was just me - I was thinking, I couldn't stop for a moment, obviously - I was very busy." Sherlock scowled.

"..." So busy that you can watch a cat take a fish and turn a blind eye?

Jian Ruo didn't comment on his words, but showed an unusually kind smile.