Baker Street Charterers

A strange guest came to 221b Baker Street that day.

He was tall and strong, about 40 to [-] years old, extremely obese, and leaned on a smooth and low-key crutch, but the strange thing was that he looked very healthy, without any disabilities.The visitor sat cross-legged on Holmes's usual sofa, his eyes were light gray, and he looked at everything here with brilliance.

When Nora came back, she saw Mrs. Hudson pouring tea for the stranger. She glanced at the clock. It was 05:30 in the afternoon. Sherlock Holmes should not be at home—if he was here at this time, he would definitely not let others sit on him. sofa.Nora hung up her coat and was vigilant, but with a smile on her face, "Sir, Sherlock Holmes is probably in the laboratory at this time. Why don't you go find him there, and I can give you the address."

"Well... Actually, the person I'm looking for is you." The other party said slowly with a unique London accent.

"Oh?" Nora sat down opposite him, interested, "All ears."

"I heard that in a recent case you solved, a very difficult mysterious person appeared." The other party put down his cup, his gray eyes seemed to be smiling, and his tone was a kind of lighthearted and cheerful that didn't match his age, " If I remember correctly, he called himself 'm'?"

Nora's heart immediately rang alarm bells. Unsurprisingly, only Sherlock Holmes, she and Gleason knew about M. Furthermore, it was Gleason's boss, and this person?He didn't look like a cop at all, how did he know that?

Nora stared at him carefully, and smiled at him without changing her expression, so she also smiled, calmly, "Ah, after you say that, I have an impression." After a pause, "But... I am very Out of curiosity, how did you know about this?"

"Well... sometimes it's like this, you just sit quietly in the room and read, and someone will deliver some important news to you. This kind of behavior that disturbs people's peace is actually quite disturbing. Isn't it?"

Nora had already looked at him while he was speaking—well-educated, rich in life experience, rich in family background, and extremely high in IQ, probably not inferior to Xiali. Judging from his tone of voice and information, he should be in a high position , a strong sense of excitement... Nora blinked her eyes, straightened her back slightly, "...Are you here for a routine questioning on behalf of the government, or as an unusual client?"

He showed a somewhat surprised and satisfied smile on the other side, "Ah... you are as capable and smart as the newspapers said, no wonder Sherlock would make such a move that surprised me—leave a lady behind Be around for so long."

"You know Sherlock?" Nora was surprised by his intimate tone.

The other party extended his hand in a friendly manner, "I forgot to introduce myself, please forgive my rudeness - Mycroft Holmes, good afternoon, Miss Sharp."

"..."

An hour later, the four sat at a table piled with dishes and ate together.

Compared to Mycroft's talkativeness and enthusiasm, Sherlock was quieter than usual.And his brother—who calls himself Mycroft Holmes, who is currently working for the British government, is talking loudly to Mrs. Hudson about the interesting things about Sherlock's childhood. He is obviously good at the ancient art of language, Mrs. Hudson She had been amused by him all the time, and she couldn't even take care of the etiquette that she usually pays the most attention to. Her heart and eyes were full of admiration and admiration for this gentleman.

Nora glanced at Sherlock calmly, but the other party just quietly lowered his head to eat, and he didn't seem excited to see his long-lost relatives.

Could it be... In fact, their relationship is not good?

It is well known that Sherlock does not like official people, and it happens that his only brother works in the government. Unsurprisingly, his department and position should be very important. Could it be for this reason that the two brothers have some Unknown gap?

"...oh yes, Sherlock was going to go to our public school when he was thirteen, but you know—our dear Charlie, he gave up the chance because he was afraid of the school's regular sports program, rugby, and went to A governess was hired—”

Holmes frowned.

"Hahahaha, do you guys know that? Xiali didn't like reading literature since he was a child. He thought that 'literary knowledge is equal to zero'. Up to now, I think Sherlock hasn't read that "Jane Eyre"..."

Holmes took a deep breath, and pursed his lips patiently, "...It's been a long time, Mike, you still like to tell the truth."

Nora believed that the term "revealing others' faults" must be some kind of forced embellishment, because Sherlock's expression at this moment truly reflected his heart—he was caught in some kind of deep depression and dissatisfaction.

"You see, Mrs. Hudson." Mycroft seized on the point at once, and teased himself, "I can never wish him to call me 'brother' formally."

Before Holmes could speak again, Nora quickly blocked some kind of Sherlock Holmes's exclusive poisonous tongue skill that was reading, "Mr. Holmes!"

"Since there are two Holmes here, you should still call me Mycroft." The other said in a friendly manner.

"Hmm... Mycroft," Nora said kindly, "Didn't you mention that mysterious man, Mr. M, maybe we can get more useful information from you?"

At the mention of this point, Mr. Holmes' expression finally turned serious. He put down his knife and fork, shifted his gaze to Holmes, pondered for a few seconds, and then said cautiously, "In fact, in this case of the 'pregnant woman on the train' We launched an investigation into him before, but unfortunately, we found nothing except some irrelevant information.”

Holmes looked up, as if interested, his eyes became focused unconsciously.

"You mean, he was also involved in other cases?" Nora was surprised.

"Other cases?" Mycroft laughed, "I think this is a very euphemistic evaluation for Mr. M. I can tell you clearly that this mysterious man's influence is almost all over London, and his criminal record No one can match. And the scary thing is that no one has ever caught him, and very few people know about him. From my experience, this Mr. M is not only cautious, sharp, and knowledgeable, but also He's also smart...very, smart."

"What does this have to do with me?" Holmes was very dissatisfied. He had been struggling to find out about M recently, but almost none of his efforts had been rewarded as he should have. M gave Holmes a big setback.

"That's why I'm here today." Mycroft wiped his mouth with a handkerchief gracefully and slowly, then folded it, and smiled politely at everyone, "Actually, apart from those boring dolls, mth Once I signed and sent a letter to a person, unfortunately, that person was my younger brother, so I had to pay more attention to it."

"A doll?" Nora seemed to have grasped the point.

"Well, just like that Miss Ida Swan, Mr. M is obviously good at manipulating people's hearts. He often does this, writing letters with those criminals with unpredictable identities, obtaining some important information, and then using it to Fooling the police, turning them around - the plot is familiar, isn't it?"

Holmes snorted coldly, "The group of policemen, anyone can play them around."

Nora paid attention to another point, "You said that Mr. M is very smart, I guess since people like you can give him such a high evaluation, then I think the truth should be almost the same. That is to say, very few people and things Could it be that the mysterious person was able to stump him, and the reason why he sent the letter to Sherlock was because... Xiali possessed abilities and knowledge comparable to his?"

The corners of Holmes' mouth rose slightly, as if being praised made him very happy.And Mycroft raised his glass to her in surprise, with admiration in his eyes, "Cheers to your intelligence—Charlie, where did you find this lady?"

Holmes was not at all proud of this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, "Your plan will not succeed - Nora is not interested in any government job, she will not be recruited by you, just like me."

"Ah, it doesn't matter if you said it." Mycroft shrugged and turned his head. "What do you think, Miss Sharp?"

Feeling Holmes' gaze, Nora smiled slightly and sighed helplessly, "I'm sorry, Mycroft, I promised Sherlock that I would be his loyal companion forever... Will the government pay you more? "

Holmes, "..."

Mycroft laughed loudly, "It's definitely much higher than what Sherlock gave you, would you consider it?"

Nora looked very tempted, but she thought about it again, and regretfully declined, "This is indeed an invitation that is hard to refuse...but I don't think it is suitable for me, it is hard to imagine that I will sit and clean up." It’s such a boring and painful scene to deal with hundreds of documents all day on a clean desk.”

"But Britain rose up in this kind of painful scene." Mycroft looked a little regretful, but he didn't take it seriously, and still maintained a friendly and friendly smile in the official way, but there was an extra bit of teasing and humor. Narrowly, "Sherlock, when should I introduce my mother to her?"

"I don't think you need to bother about this matter at all." Holmes retorted. "The energy required to poach people is enough for you to catch Mr. M, who is a headache for all the London police, isn't it?"

"Ha, that's right, it's not just the police who have headaches, Sherlock." Mycroft's face became serious, "This matter can no longer be solved by a joke organization like 'Baker Street Squad' Since Mr. M is more interested in you, naturally, we also need your help."

"'We'?" Holmes repeated the title once, and then laughed. "Is the omnipotent British Government unable to catch even a small criminal?"

Mycroft was a little helpless, because Holmes usually disdains the authorities, "This is very complicated, and it's not as easy to solve as you think...M is not only in collusion with some prominent criminals, I think his customers also include A lot of people we can't speak to publicly."

"Oh." Holmes nodded. "I am not at all surprised by that."

Nora immediately smoothed things over, "He means that not all government officials are as clean and honest as you, fighting crime."

Holmes squinted at her disapprovingly.

Mycroft was delighted by this statement, and he smiled, "You should have shown up earlier, Miss Sharp, so my brother probably won't be disliked by everyone who knows him—"

Nora replied sincerely, "In fact, most of the time, even I'm useless in this regard." The subtext is that even she can't save Sherlock's indiscriminate tongue.

Of course, most of the time they are half-assed, and they are in collusion.