After Sherlock finished speaking, his narrow room fell into complete silence for a moment. The only sound left was the slow rhythmic sound of Edward chewing his sandwich.
After a few seconds of pause, Sherlock smiled and said, "Of course, this is impossible."
"Because if the professor was the mastermind behind the scenes, he would not be able to use such a simple and satisfactory method. It's a flawed method. He was already familiar with Minister Drost and had various connections in the kingdom. He has every way to achieve this goal without even showing up. "
Speaking of this, under Edward's silent gaze, Sherlock took out a box of matches and a cigar, and began to rotate the cigar to heat it evenly.
He lowered his head while While handling the cigar, he said nonchalantly, “As for the person who is doing this now, her motives are incomplete.
"The plan itself is also very sophisticated. First assassinate Secretary Raff, and then attack Her Royal Highness the Princess. Through this move, it is very natural to reveal that Minister Drost may be closely related to the smuggling of alchemy products. And will The social impact of this incident has increased to the greatest extent, and even the old Drost cannot use his connections to suppress it.
“But on the other hand, if she can lay out such a plan, why not use more direct means. It seems that her purpose has never been to bring down Drost, nor to cause trouble for the Drost family; she is not to steal information, nor to prevent smuggling; she is not to plunge Avalon into chaos, nor to Support justice and safeguard truth.
"It's as if that person's purpose itself is to expose Minister Drost's behavior, and that's the end of what she has to do. She can make such a plan and have such a degree of action, but her purpose is like this Conservative. So I concluded that the person who implemented this plan must be obeying the orders of someone and that person has a very poor influence in the upper class of Avalon, so he needs to use public opinion to achieve his goals.
< p>"For example, spies from other countries. Considering the hostile relationship between Iris and Star Antimony, I thought maybe it was a spy sent by Iris. "Sherlock said, holding the smoking cigar in his mouth and exhaling deeply.
He raised his head and looked at Edward's clear eyes. "Since you just He didn't attack me, so I guessed it right."
Edward remained silent, chewing the food slowly and remaining silent.
"You've already chewed this bite of the sandwich. It’s almost a minute, dear friend. "
Sherlock said lazily, crossing his legs.
He puffed out a puff of smoke in Edward's face proudly, with no fear in his eyes. "It seems that I have The guess is correct. The Moriarty family's business doesn't seem very serious. "
"You'd better not continue the investigation, Sherlock. "
The food in his mouth was swallowed silently. Edward, who had been silent for a long time, had a dull expression on his face, "Just think of this as my request to you. "
"I'm glad, Edward. You consider me a true friend."
The corners of Sherlock's mouth rose, and the smoke slowly enveloped him. "Based on my trust in you, I will temporarily give up the investigation of Moriarty. All the results of my investigations so far are placed in the folders on your left bookshelf beginning with "." There was a blue envelope with Moriarty written on it. "
Listening to Sherlock's words, Edward stood up without hesitation and walked to the bookshelf, reached out and found the envelope from the folder.
"Do you have a copy, Sherlock?" Edward asked said.
“You know I never keep things like that, dear friend. But I urge you not to destroy it directly, it's better to open it now and take a look. ”
Sherlock said leisurely, “Aren’t you curious about when I started to be suspicious of the professor and why I dared to say these words to you here?”
Edward did not Not an idiot.
His tough face with a bit of edge was now as silent as steel.
"Is it because my father suddenly left the glass island? "
"Part of it. But mainly because of the warehouse explosion incident. "
Sherlock replied, "You were too focused on that case that day. But after that, you did not continue to investigate the case. You didn’t report it to the media or even say another word to me. I think you are afraid that I will pay too much attention to this. But it was precisely because you didn't say anything that I noticed the abnormality.
"I can easily find out that you took the opportunity to take Aiwass to school the next day and went to the university to find Dr. William Wayne Westcott. He happened to be The tester of the composition of fire essence in this case"
"What does this mean?"
Edward asked, "Or is it what Dr. Westcott said to you?"
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He did not sit down, but stood directly next to the bookshelf and slowly opened the blue envelope.
Edward was surprised to find that there was only a piece of white paper inside the blue envelope.
"Yes, I have no evidence. But your reaction tells me that I am right."
Sherlock got up from the rocking chair and poured himself a glass of cold water.
With a cigar in his left hand and a cup in his right hand, he drank the cold water in one gulp. It was obvious that Sherlock was somewhat nervous just now.
"Actually, it was because I found that I couldn't find any evidence to prove that Professor Moriarty was related to the crime that I vaguely realized that something was wrong.
"A man in the royal capital Is it really possible for the founding family, the center of the social circle, to be so clean without a single flaw after all these years? I don’t believe it. Both you and Aiwass and Yulia have such clean adoption records.
"As for Professor, he has no relatives, no wife, and no record of his parents. As you just said, you are also married. You are still urging me to get married as soon as possible. So , has no one urged Professor James?
"Only adopted children and friends, but there is no closer social relationship than this. None at all, not even a death record to be found. "
Sherlock breathed out, picked up the cigar again and said calmly, "Don't be nervous, dear friend. None of this mattered when I discovered that Aiwass genuinely wanted to protect Princess Isabel.
"Your Majesty saved my father's life, and I want to repay her. That's why I work for Mr. Kent. I don't work for Avalon, nor do I submit to the Round Table. I only work for the royal family. In other words, I am only loyal to Queen Sophia.
"I am not a pedantic person, Edward. You know me. What I am pursuing is not justice or order, I am just curious about the truth. As long as it's not something unethical, I can even help you. So what do you have to hide in your heart that you can’t tell me?"
"I don’t tell you for your own good. "
Edward was silent for a long time, then shook his head and said sincerely, "What I can tell you is that my father is not hostile to the royal family. This is already the limit, you really shouldn’t investigate any further. "
Sherlock still asked, "So we are not opposites."
"This is not a warning, Sherlock. This is an exhortation. "
Still wearing the black suit that looked like mourning clothes, Edward stood upright and said in a low and magnetic voice, "Moths will be caught by spiders. The best thing you can do is to stay away from the cobwebs. The less you know, the safer you are. ”
“Okay. I believe in you, dear friend. I will not proactively investigate this matter again without your permission. "
Sherlock shook his head and sighed.
He still couldn't ask what his old friend was worried about.
But After all, there are some results.
At least now the two sides have made a preliminary showdown and compromise.
In this risky confrontation, their friendship has not been destroyed but has become vague. Stronger.
Sherlock was a little relieved, but also a little regretful, "I originally thought that you were also one of the manipulated ones. Just like Aiwass, you want to break free from the shackles of your adoptive father. It turns out now that you are on the other side. "
"Wait a minute, Aiwass" Edward was stunned for a moment and repeated in a low voice.
"Yes, he was spotted by Master Yanis before. Chosen as Princess Isabel's companion. But this time he saved the princess, and Her Majesty the Queen may have to summon him personally. This should be what he planned, the way to break free from the shackles of fate. If according to you, Professor, he has no hostility to the royal family, then he should not care about Aiwass anymore. "
Sherlock shook his head, "If my previous judgment was correct and the murderer was related to Iris' spy, I think the murderer was not going to attack Princess Isabel. Because to the Iris people, Isabel is the best ruler of Avalon. There was no way they were trying to kill her.
"Extrapolating from this point, the assassin would enter the shadow of Her Highness the Princess, obviously to avoid Director Gordon's perception. And she heard what Director Gordon said and knew that you were about to arrive. In the presence of many high-level extraordinary beings, extraordinary beings who are adapted to the path will definitely tend to hide or escape.
"And she is obviously very proficient in her shadow sneaking skills, so she will choose the person with the most stable shadow among the people who will definitely leave the venue."
That is to sit down Aiwass in a wheelchair. This is why Aiwass's first shot hit his own shadow.
Although for some reason, Aiwass understands the knowledge of shadow stealth, there is no problem with his position. You can tell just from that second shot.
"Aiwass fired twice because he actually did not know where the prisoner was. Firing a second bullet at Princess Isabel's shadow was a very dangerous move. If this shot had not , and then Princess Isabel encounters an accident, then Aiwass will most likely be responsible for it.
“A person with ulterior motives should try every means to maintain his innocence, and should not resort to meaningless but meaningful measures. risky behavior. Especially if he is a smart person and has not been exposed to anyone's spotlight before.
"From this shot, I judged that Aiwass really wanted to protect Isabel.
"Further reasoning, we can conclude that Aiwass asked Director Gordon to Before you arrive, take people to the second floor to search carefully, just to force the murderer back to the first floor where there are no other high-level transcendent people so far. The space on the second floor of the club is too big. If no high-ranking extraordinary person goes up to search carefully, the supervisors will probably not notice her presence.
"At that time, you will be there soon. When you arrive at the scene, there will be people on the first floor, and she will not be able to move. She must have heard this sentence.
"So from that moment on, she had to make an immediate decision whether to abandon the second floor, which might be intensively searched, and move to the first floor, where the defense force was relatively loose and safe.
"The time left for her to think is very limited, and Director Gordon's slow search will continue to put pressure on her.
"As long as the assassin comes down from the second floor, she The places you can hide are extremely limited. The first possibility is under Aiwass, and the second possibility is Isabel beside him. Only the two of them would never run, and no one would interrogate them.
"The reasoning mentioned in the newspaper is all nonsense. In other words, Aiwass did not reason at all. To be precise, what he carried out was fraud. He did not reason out the truth of the past, but He is guiding the future with his own hands.
“He doesn’t know where the assassin is at all, but is like a spider spinning a web, invisibly manipulating the ignorant assassin, letting her step into the place he has been preparing for. Good trap.
"I think this should be the whole truth."
Aiwass todayHe was only nineteen years old and had never been exposed to these things before and had no record of using this skill.
No matter how smart he is, he cannot comprehend this knowledge out of thin air. Where did he learn this skill?
It can only be from the professor.
"The only time he was not in the public eye was from the time after he graduated from high school until mid-November. I think it was probably during this period that Aiwass After learning the professor’s skills, understanding the professor’s plans, and beginning to oppose his ideas, in a sense, Aiwass may be closer to the professor than you.”
Xia. Locke still has some feelings for the professor. Therefore, he did not want to use the word "conspiracy", but chose "plot".
He said with certainty, "Because of this, I am sure that Aiwass is intelligent, reliable and innocent, and that there is something wrong with the professor."
"That's why I will tell you now. You confess, before I really start investigating. Just as I concluded that Professor Moriarty did not do this because he was too simple. If Aiwass is also involved, the truth of the case cannot be easily seen by me. Because of this, I concluded that Aiwass must be contrary to the professor's position.
"If you have something that is not convenient for you to tell me or your father, then you might as well talk to your brother Aiwass. Aiwass is far better than you think. Much smarter.
“In other words, he is far smarter than you. ”
Sherlock gave ruthless but friendly advice.
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