Dimensional Moon System

"They?" Jekyll frowned.

Holmes nodded: "Yes, [Jack the Ripper] is made up of the grievances of babies, which aggregated into the image of a little girl, so this is why I think it's best not to alert the police."

Jekyll frowned: "That is to say..."

"Yes, [Jack the Ripper] is a little girl who looks less than ten years old, and she is also a little girl made up of resentful spirits, which in itself is beyond the imagination of the police and ordinary people [another The World] incident, is it necessary to let the newspapers publish-Scotland Yard police officers have shown their bravery and arrested a ten-year-old girl [Jack the Ripper] and declared that she is a criminal composed of resentful spirits?"

Yue Chen said helplessly: "Indeed, let's not talk about what the public and the newspaper society think, even the police can't believe it."

Holmes nodded, smoking his pipe and said, "That's exactly why I decided to resolve this incident without authorization. Since it is an uncommon incident, people in the world of common sense should not be allowed to know the truth."

Jekyll laughed: "Well, then I will help a little too, Mr. Holmes, although I don't think I can do anything, but..."

"No, I'm very happy that you can help me, and I really need you to spare some time and help me temporarily as my assistant." Holmes stood up with a smile, "I have an intuition that I I feel that this incident may not be as simple as [Jack the Ripper], but something more serious will happen."

"A more serious situation..." Jekyll nodded and said, "I understand, so what can I do for you? Mr. Holmes."

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On the second day, the Whitechapel area in London was discovered, and several murders occurred last night.

The dead were all women without exception, and the police found from the victim's autopsy that all means pointed to a murderer—Jack the Ripper.

However, there are several doubts. In previous cases, Jack the Ripper did not kill multiple people in one night, and the biggest problem is that the hunting of [Jack the Ripper] this time is more brutal than before. The frantic massacre seems to have become more artistic...

Although the police have always felt that Jack has a sense of disobedience, because the modus operandi is still the same as before, the police have to confirm that the murderer this time is still Jack the Ripper.

Holmes lay on the sofa dedicated to Jekyll, put his feet on the soft stool in front of him, frowned as he looked at the urgently published daily newspaper in his hand while drinking coffee.

"I just went to Scotland Yard to inquire about it." Jekyll walked in from the dusty door, looked at Holmes who was sitting comfortably on his special sofa, and said, "The Scotland Yard police are also helpless this time. The body and the scene are now under strict security."

Holmes nodded, looked at Yue Chen who was half asleep sitting next to him, and Jack who had already fallen asleep lying on Yue Chen, and smiled helplessly.

"Speaking of which, that child is a so-called servant, a servant who is often summoned in the Holy Grail War." Jekyll also has a certain understanding of magic, so he has heard of such things as the Holy Grail War, so For a little girl like Jack who exudes magic power far beyond what ordinary familiars can possess, he also had to make this kind of inference.

"It is indeed a servant, but it is not summoned by the Holy Grail." Holmes took a sip of coffee and said, "Perhaps this child has some special magic ritual, so that he can summon a servant without using the Holy Grail."

[Indeed, Mr. Yue Chen does have a magic ritual different from the Holy Grail War. 】The projection of Babbage suddenly appeared in the room, and he said to Holmes and Jekyll, 【Mr. One of the servants of the envoy. 】

"The famous Charles Babbage? He tried to use steam technology to create an instrument for precise mathematical calculations?" Holmes laughed. "The scientist who died because he couldn't realize his dream? After becoming a follower Is it just turning yourself into a big man of steel?"

"Mr. Holmes, even I can't just sit idly by." Jekyll frowned and said angrily.

As a scholar, Jekyll has naturally heard of the famous Charles Babbage. Even though Babbage did not fulfill his dream in the end, he is still a great scientist and scholar worthy of respect. He could not bear Holmes's almost mocking remarks.

[Nothing, Mr. Jekyll, I am indeed just a wreck called a dream. This body exists here because of the obsession with the past, that's all. In a sense, Mr. Holmes is not wrong, I It is true that I am obsessed with the ladder mechanism and cannot give up my sad dream. ] Babbage shook his head, expressing that he was not angry because of Holmes' words.

Sherlock Holmes didn't seem to want to retract what he just said, but just looked at Babbage calmly: "Then the magic ceremony possessed by Mr. Yue Chen does seem to belong to a super-high-standard existence. That Leonardo da Vinci last night Miss, they are actually the famous three masters of the Renaissance in history."

[Exactly, in fact, the magic ritual used by Mr. Yue Chen has never been understood even by us. Even the top magician can hardly do it. 】

"It means that the one who can accomplish this kind of thing is far beyond the top magician, and even completely surpasses it?" Holmes said calmly, with a pipe in his mouth, "ah, but it is not the case now. When I say that, it looks like we need to make a trip, Jekyll."

"Oh? Where are you going?" Jekyll asked, looking at Holmes.

Holmes laughed: "Of course I want to go and see the long-lost crime scene and the deceased, my dear Mr. Jekyll."

"Hmm... is it already dawn?" Yue Chen opened his eyes, looking at the surrounding environment in confusion, "Oh...we stayed at Mr. Jekyll's house last night—"

"Good morning, Mr. Yue, I woke up just right, we plan to go to the scene of last night's crime now to see what happened to [Jack the Ripper] this time, so that her hunting can be done overnight. become so frequent."

"Frequently?" Yue Chen, who was still in a daze, suddenly came to his senses, looked at Holmes and asked, "What's going on, Mr. Holmes, do you mean that Jack didn't just kill someone last night?"

Holmes handed the newspaper to Yue Chen, and Yue Chen read the report on it. His expression became worse and worse. Without thinking, he put away the newspaper and stood up: "We must act now, That child must have someone bewitching her behind her back."

"Oh? I'm sure, why do you think so?" Holmes smiled.

Yue Chen didn't answer right away, but looked at Jack who just woke up next to him: "Because I believe in her, even if she committed an unforgivable act, she still treats me as a mother no matter what... The child who needs help the most, I cannot let her go, and I will not allow someone to use her to commit such a crime."

"Even if she is already a hopeless murderer?" Holmes said looking at Yue Chen.

"Yes, even if she is hopeless, I can't just leave her alone." Yue Chen and Holmes looked at each other and said.

Holmes nodded, then put on the overcoat and high hat that he had placed beside him, and showed a kind smile to Yue Chen: "So that's it, I understand, then let's take action and find out who is using you behind the scenes." Lovely [daughter], commit such a crime, Mr. Yue."

Chapter 11 Sherlock Holmes

"Did you find anything? Mr. Holmes." In the morgue where the corpse was parked last night, Holmes, Yue Chen and several police officers looked at the tragic corpse in front of them. The man who looked like a police officer frowned and looked at the female corpse in front of him. No matter how many times I watch it, I still feel terrible... If you look at the modus operandi, it should be Jack the Ripper..."

"It's not supposed to be, but it must be." Holmes lowered his head and carefully examined the wounds on the corpse in front of him. "The deceased was opened in an instant by an extremely sharp knife. This kind of work, coupled with the lack of some organs, do you think these characteristics can not prove the murderer?"

Yue Chen didn't interrupt all the time, just quietly looked at the corpse in front of him, frowned involuntarily, and clenched his fists unconsciously.

"However, if it is really Jack the Ripper, there are too many crimes committed last night." The police officer frowned and looked at the other corpses in the room, "He killed more than a dozen women in one night, And many of them are even burglaries, which can't be found in any of the previous cases of Jack the Ripper."

"This is what worries me the most..." Holmes lowered his head, looked at Yue Chen and said, "Mr. Yue Chen, you guessed the same as I did."

"Speaking of which, Mr. Holmes, I wanted to ask just now, who is this man from Japan? Where is that Dr. Watson who was by your side all the time?" The police officer looked at Yue Chen and said to Holmes.

Holmes raised his head and laughed immediately: "Hahahaha, because my intuition told me that this case would be very dangerous, I didn't let Watson come. It happened that Mr. Yue Chen was also looking for the whereabouts of [Jack the Ripper], so I Let him be my assistant for the time being."

"Is that so?" said the inspector.

"I'm back, Mr. Holmes." At this moment, Jekyll walked in from the outside, looked at Yue Chen and Holmes and said, "The results of the on-site investigation have come out."

"How is it?" Yue Chen asked.

Jekyll shook his head, took out a report form and said: "The police did not find any clues at the scene, but they have obtained permission to enter the scene."

"Well done, that's enough, Mr. Jekyll." Holmes smiled and took the form in Jekyll's hand, put on his hat and looked at Yue Chen, "Then, Mr. Yue Chen, it seems that we It is necessary to continue on the road, this time there may be a lot of places, so I will be very tired."

Yue Chen looked at Jack, smiled and said, "Ah, don't worry, I've already gotten used to being tired."

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"so tired……"

"Yeah, mom..."

In the evening, Yue Chen and Jack both sighed, and sat weakly at the entrance of an alley.

"For the convenience of investigation, we didn't clean up the surrounding environment. It seems that we rushed in time." Holmes said, looking around the environment, "Jekyll, be careful, those idiot policemen have already damaged the scene seriously enough. , if you continue to destroy the scene, the difficulty will rise in a straight line."

"I know, Mr. Holmes." Jekyll nodded, and couldn't help frowning when he saw the tragic situation at the scene, "However, it's still the same bloody scene."

A large amount of blood splattered around, the walls, floors, and even the alleys were splattered with blood, making people wonder if the amount of bleeding in the human body can really reach this level?

"Mr. Holmes, did the investigation find anything?" Yue Chen looked at Holmes and said.

However, Holmes didn't speak. He just stood in the middle of the alley with his cane and looked at the dried blood on the ground. Yue Chen just wanted to walk over, but the next action of the big detective in front of him made him speechless—— —Holmes lightly tapped his stick on the ground. In an instant, several branches protruded from the stick, and a tool like a magnifying glass was installed on it.

"Ah, I'm sorry to scare you?" Holmes laughed, "Because of various cases, I have modified my cane a little, and I have modified the tools I usually use into the cane. "

Yue Chen looked at Holmes' cane, and said with shame: "It's...it's really a convenient thing... No, it's a product that has outlived the technology of the times!"

"Oh? Mr. Yue Chen, were you just talking about technology beyond the times!?" Da Vinci's voice suddenly came from the phone.

"Da Vinci, shut up."

Holmes smoked a pipe, calmly looked at the bloodstains on the ground, and said with a smile, "All in all, that's it. Fortunately, there are a lot of bloodstains left at the scene. I should thank that child for that."

"What do you mean?" Yue Chen also stood up curiously.

"Look." Holmes pointed to the messy footprints on the ground that were stained with blood. "These footprints can actually tell us the answer."

Jekyll also squatted down curiously, looking at the footprints that Holmes pointed at. However, in his eyes, these footprints were completely random and uniform, and there was no abnormality at all.

"The truth is hidden in it just because there is no abnormality." Holmes said with a smile, "In fact, the abnormality can be seen from the footprints alone. You see, this footprint is the sole of a police boot. It can be confirmed by finding a police officer for on-site comparison.”

Holmes pointed to the place in front of him that seemed to be covered by the messy footprints trampled by the police: "But what I want to say is this, there are such footprints in the footprints written by the police officer, Mr. Yue Chen, take a look, this footprint Is it too small compared to a police officer? It is not so much a police officer as it is a child's footprints, to be more specific, it should be a small shoe print that only a ten-year-old girl can have."

"indeed."

Yue Chen frowned. After being pointed out by Holmes, he finally found the pair of small girl's footprints hidden under the police officer's footprints - these were obviously the traces of Jack!Even the soles are probably the same.

"And it's not just here, I have found such footprints at other crime scenes. As for why I can conclude that this is the child's footprints—" Holmes stood up and smoked lightly, "Only her The footprints standing here were not completely covered with blood, and when the police discovered that the corpse entered the scene, the scene was obviously already covered with blood, so they stepped on the blood that was already drying up and would leave traces directly under the blood."

"But if it's the person who killed the victim and was still standing there when the blood flowed...the blood will not flow in completely because of the obstruction, is that what you mean?" Jekyll pushed his glasses, frowning Said.

"Exactly, so the serial killings this time must be the work of the child Jack the Ripper, which is unmistakable." Holmes nodded. He has changed his method of crime, this must be clarified no matter what.”

"That...Mr. Holmes, I think that according to what you said, I think the pair of footprints here are also worthy of attention..." At this moment, Yue Chen's voice suddenly came, and Holmes and Jekyll couldn't help but look at it. past.

"This is——" Holmes did see a pair of footprints at a place not far from the entrance of the alley pointed by Yue Chen, but the moment he saw those footprints, Holmes' expression became serious—— If it was a pair of footprints, it would be more appropriate to say that it was a pair of prints on the soles of the forefoot, because the blood stopped flowing behind the person's forefoot, and then changed into the current posture.

"It's not the police's footprints, and it's definitely not the child's footprints, and the footprints are not completely covered in blood... That's right, when [Jack the Ripper] committed crimes here, there was another person there... Others There are no such footprints in the place, did he not follow? Or did he not enter the scene of the crime but instructed Jack behind the scenes..."

Holmes carefully observed the very inconspicuous shoe sole prints, and muttered in a low voice: "From the forefoot part, this person's feet are relatively broad, so it can be inferred that my height is about five to six feet. , the shoe prints are quite exquisite, it should belong to the kind of expensive boots, and the standing posture of this person can also be seen that he has received a good education, it is unmistakable, he is a person with great power."

"But...why is such a person here?" Jekyll asked suspiciously.

Holmes and Yue Chen looked at each other, and both seemed to understand the meaning in each other's eyes. Yue Chen frowned and said, "The most worrying thing has really happened..."

"Yes...Mr. Yue Chen, although I already know it in my heart, but even so, I still want to ask you one last time. I'm afraid it will not be as simple as imagined tonight... What we are facing will not only be open Hand Jack, such a heinous criminal--it is the dark side of the crime in the whole of London, even the whole of Britain, even so, do you want to insist?"

Yue Chen clenched his fists and said, "Ah, no matter who it is, using that child to commit crimes, I absolutely cannot tolerate such things."

"Mom! Jack will never be afraid!" Jack grabbed Yue Chen's arm and said firmly.

Holmes looked at Jekyll and Yue Chen, put his hat lightly on his head, and said with a smile: "Then please make the final preparations, Mr. Jekyll, Mr. Yue Chen, tonight, the storm will It's coming—"

Chapter 12 This is the ultimate formation of the Grand Master!

As night fell again, Yue Chen and Holmes stood at the corner of the street that had gradually become dark.

"How do you feel? Mr. Yue Chen." Holmes smoked his pipe lightly, making the faint flame of the pipe the only light in the dark night.

"It feels terrible." Yue Chen frowned and said, "That child is being used by others, even though she committed an act that is absolutely unforgivable in the eyes of others, but I know... no, maybe the only person in this world I can understand what kind of sadness and pain she was holding to kill a person when she committed the crime, only I can understand..."

Holmes glanced at Yue Chen and said calmly: "Sorry, Mr. Yue Chen, if you know me well, you should know that I am the kind of person who always dismisses such sentimental and ambiguous words, so although I admit [Jack the Ripper] is being used by someone more cunning, but still unable to cover up the crimes she committed, what do you mean, you want to cover her mother?"

"No, I don't want to cover her up." However, Yue Chen shook his head and said, "I know her behavior cannot be forgiven, but I at least hope that I can personally..."

"Here we come." Holmes stopped holding the pipe, his eyes locked on the end of the block like a falcon - there stood a petite girl, looking at Yue Chen with an inexplicable smile.

"[We] are here, Mom—"

Yue Chen couldn't help clenching his fists, looking at Jack's eyes with a complicated expression: "Jack..."

[Jack the Ripper] approached Yue Chen with a smile, and murmured softly: "Mom, do you like today's gift? [We] personally prepared a gift for you—for this gift, last night, [We] Keep repeating, keep repeating, repeating, the process of cutting, cutting, cutting, eating, entering, and exiting, keep practicing, practicing, practicing how to make you accept [us] more happily , let [us] be born with more peace of mind."

[Jack]'s eyes flashed with obsession, and he raised his hands and walked slowly towards Yue Chen, and the knife in his hand also appeared on her hands: "So, can you let [us] come? Mom, let [We] now, at this very moment, present to you the most exquisite gift that [we] personally made for you!"

The moment the voice fell, [Jack]'s body appeared in front of Yue Chen, and the dagger in his hand swung down fiercely at his [Mother]. Only this blow may make Yue Chen feel painless towards the world of bliss.

However, will she be so happy?

"Dark Fog City!"

Just when [Jack]'s dagger was about to touch Yue Chen's body, another identical voice suddenly came from behind Yue Chen. In an instant, a thick black fog enveloped Yue Chen, Jack and Holmes in the blink of an eye. , At the same time, a girl with the same shape as [Jack] suddenly rushed out of the fog, and fiercely cut off the scalpel in his hand at [Jack].

Sparks splashed all over in an instant, and [Jack]'s seemingly delicate body seemed to be completely blown away by a powerful force, and shot towards the back.

However, the moment 【Jack】 stepped back, the person who attacked her did not let her go easily. His body was like a sharp sword, easily cutting through the misty mist, revealing the person with 【Jack】 ] With exactly the same face, he rushed towards Jack like a tiger!

"Is it [you] again? The other me—" [Jack] suddenly started laughing, and the laughter seemed to be very sad, "Ah... ah, sure enough, it hurts so much, [we] hurt so much, since The urge to kill someone so much - what does it feel like? Is it anger? Is it jealousy? Ahh! Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes! [We] are jealous, [ We] are angry, [we] are crazy, [we] can't bear it, why another [us] can be so lucky to be loved by mother, why is [us] crawling like a sad mouse at this moment Looking up at the happiness of others in the abyss of despair!?"

[Jack] Tilted her head, at this moment, the expression on her face has completely lost the innocence and innocence of the past, and some are just madness caused by jealousy, anger, love and hatred: "So... to kill you, as long as Kill you, [we] can get happiness! Yes, as long as you kill—"

"I won't be killed by you! Jack... won't be killed by you!"

In an instant, Jack roared, and the words of the "alive" Jack in front of her completely angered her, making her magic power soar in an instant, and she rushed towards herself in front of her fiercely, and the two Jacks were separated in an instant. Then they scuffled together again, continuing the last contest that hadn't been decided yet!

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"Okay, then let's try to guess the puzzle for a while, shall we?" Holmes put on his hat—after Jack opened his treasure, he left the place through her mist and walked away. In another alley, "Although I have already guessed who is behind the scenes this time, I should play a little bit, right?"

There was a rare look of excitement in Holmes' eyes, which seemed to be a happy feeling from the bottom of his heart because he found a comparable opponent.

"Although you probably won't appear here... After all, your character is the kind of old fox who is extremely cunning. When facing the public, you use exaggerated and hypocritical etiquette and clichés to cover up the real evil in your heart, and stand in the dark. The moment you face it, you will completely shed that layer of hypocrisy and become a leading figure in the criminal world, the British crime Napoleon [king of crime]—James Moriarty."

Holmes laughed: "But, just because you are such a cunning fellow, I am sure that you are nearby, because since you will use Jack the Ripper, you will naturally know her true identity, but you I also know the uncertainty she has as a vengeful spirit, so in order to prevent one of your goals from being miscalculated, you must keep an eye on that child so that all plans will not completely escape your control. Wrong."

With the sound of Sherlock Holmes' voice falling, crisp applause came softly, and a smiling middle-aged man walked out from a dark corner, looked at the famous private detective in front of him and said: "It is indeed the legend that surpasses people. You are such a smart detective, with such terrifying analytical ability, one has to wonder if you just came back from the future."

"Thank you." Holmes also kept a smile on his face, but neither Holmes nor Moriarty knew that the smiles on the faces of both parties were just a hypocritical surface. There is only one sharp blade that is enough to kill with one blow.

Moriarty laughed: "It seems that it is a very correct choice to regard you as the biggest obstacle to my plan. If I don't find an opportunity to completely get rid of you, it will also have a great impact on my [plan]." Serious hindrance."

"A plan?" Holmes frowned. "So using Jack the Ripper this time is also part of your so-called plan?"

"Hahahahaha, of course it's not completely like this. If I tell you that whether I use Jack the Ripper to achieve the ultimate goal of this operation is actually irrelevant?" Moriarty suddenly laughed heartily.

"Isn't it important...?" Holmes' expression didn't change at all, he just stared closely at this man who was more evil and dangerous than any criminal in the world and said, "I really didn't think of that, maybe That is to say, for you, the reason why you use Jack the Ripper is actually just to satisfy your extremely weak and wicked taste?"