Chapter 178 - The Poker Club
"Is that time okay?" When everyone reached the range where they could see the big bench, Zhu Xinghongshu suddenly pointed at the big bench and said. "The time on the big bench."
On the big Ben, the time at 1:13:00 is extremely conspicuous.
"???" Conan looked at his watch and looked at Big Ben in surprise. "It's almost five o'clock now" (The distance from Whitechapel to 221b of Baker Street is about 7 kilometers, while the distance from Baker Street to London is about 3 kilometers. The above distance comes from Google Maps and a ruler.)
At this moment, in front of them, Big Ben's time actually retreated for 2 minutes and became one point eleven!
"Is this big clock not an indication of time, but a count of people?" Conan felt enlightened. "Is it 11 o'clock now that there are 71 people still alive..."
Outside the main entrance of the Poker Club, two guards were leaning against the railings on both sides of the door, chatting.
"Do you know?" said a guard. "One of them has been raped by Jack the Ripper."
"Didn't you say once when you have a midnight snack?" another guard reminded.
"The one who died at the Workers' Club at that time," the guard spread his hands. "But now someone has been killed on the Bishop's Square."
"May the Lord receive the helpless souls of these poor women." The guard drew a cross on his chest.
"Is there a back door here?" Qian Yu smacked his lips. "I don't think we can break in from these professional policemen."
"It's usually there," Conan said. "After all, that's the place to do shameful things."
...
Conan and Chiao walked into the poker club from the back door together and hid behind a handrail about 1.5 meters high and three meters long at the back door. The height that the lower half of the handrail can completely block is about 1 meter, so Conan and Chiao can hide completely behind and monitor safely.
"I'll call!" said a vicious voice, obviously already furious.
In front of a table, two people were playing bridge, one of them was the owner of the angry voice, and the other was a very strong old man...
"Did you see that old man?" Conan whispered. "That's Colonel Moran, he is 59 years old, but he is still very strong."
"What is your card?" Moran asked with a smile on his card.
"It should be enough to kill you," the other man said unhappy. "Let's show your cards! Shunzi!"
Shunzi...This guy is very lucky, but...
Qian Yu glanced at Colonel Moran's card and sighed.
"Tsk," Colonel Moran showed a smile that was sure to win and spread his cards out. "Flue!"
"What?" The other man was shocked and looked at the card that Colonel Moran had spread out with a suspicion. "This!"
"It seems that I'm lucky today!" Colonel Moran proudly received the chips from the betting area to his own side.
"I think this is probably preset by the system on purpose..." Qian Yu's brow twitched. "The probability of 16 in a million is too difficult..."
"Eight out of millions," Conan corrected. "Or it is possible."
Sixteenth of millions is the chance of a straight and a flush appearing on the field. (4th of a thousandth of a straight and 2th of a thousandth of a flush, multiplying by c1/2)
And eight out of millions is the chance that Colonel Moran will produce the flush, and the loser will produce the straight.
But that one is...
"What does it mean?" Qian Yu asked with a frown.
"There is something wrong with that monkey," Conan signaled to a monkey on the cabinet behind the loser. "When the loser was looking at the cards just now, the monkey grabbed the red beans with his right hand and ate them, right?"
"I didn't pay attention..." Qian Yu was ashamed.
"Anyway, I saw it..." Conan's mouth twitched. "But, you can look at it now."
"?" Qian Yu glanced at the monkey and then found suspicion. "!?"
Because, now the monkey is grabbing beans with his left hand to eat.
This is very strange - because monkeys are also divided into left and right handed, there is no reason for this monkey to grab beans with both hands without being disturbed.
Unless...unless that's not just eating beans...
"The loser's card is indicated by the color and quantity of the left and right hands and the beans he eats, so as to provide information to Moran. This is probably the main reason why there are so many chips in front of him." Conan shrugged.
"So that's it..." Behind the two, Zhu Xinghongshu said with a sudden enlightenment.
"!!!???" Qian Yu was startled by Zhu Xinghongshu who suddenly appeared, accidentally fell to the ground, and made a sound.
"Who is it?" Colonel Moran had heard the sound here and said fiercely.
"Damn..." Conan frowned, and in desperation, he could only walk out from behind the railing. "Hello Colonel Moran, hello, I am--"
"Col. Sebastian Moran," Zhu Xinghongshu put his hands in his pockets and slowly walked to Conan in a surprised gaze of Conan and Qianyu. "Where is Professor Moriarty?"
"What!?" Moran was stunned for a moment, then became angry. "How could you know his name?"
After saying that, Colonel Moran walked towards Zhu Xinghongshu with great momentum.
"Don't come over!" Zhu Xinghongshu actually took out a pistol from his right pocket! "Otherwise I'll shoot!"
"!!!" Conan and Qianyu were both surprised that Zhu Xinghongshu had a gun.
"What?" Colonel Moran was obviously surprised, but his steps did not stop due to the brief blankness of his brain caused by surprise.
"Bang!" Zhu Xinghongshu had a gun, but did not have the psychological quality that a gun holder should have. He was frightened by Colonel Moran, who was pressing step by step, and directly fired the gun. The bullet brushed over Colonel Moran's shoulder and failed to hurt him.
"Tsk!" Qian Yu complained in a low voice - the distance between the two people is up to 5 meters, and Zhu Xinghongshu can even beat the wrong...
"Drink!" Colonel Moran made a big blow, scaring Zhu Xinghongshu to the ground!
"Damn!" Qian Yu was shocked and rushed out quickly, trying to get the gun back. If Colonel Moran got the gun, I'm afraid it would be more than himself, Conan and Zhu Xinghongshu, Moran would definitely be able to kill a few more people.
"Catch them!" Moran stopped his steps at this time and shouted to several people who were watching in the club. "You guys get on!"
Seven or eight strong men surrounded them.
Qian Yu was about to pick up the gun, but the first strong man who came up fell to the ground with an extraordinary response and flew the revolver aside from Qian Yu's face.
Chapter completed!