Conan took a deep breath, suppressed his excitement, stepped forward and knocked politely on the door.
Soon, the door creaked open, and an elderly lady appeared behind it.
...This should be Holmes's landlady, Mrs. Hudson.
As Conan thought, he secretly stood up on his tiptoes, glanced across Mrs. Hudson's skirt, and looked into the room, trying to catch a glimpse of his idol.
However it failed.
Beside him, Haiyuan Ai glanced at him with disgust as if he were looking at an idiot.
Then he raised his head reliably and looked at the landlady: "Hello, is Mr. Holmes at home?"
"You are looking for him?" Mrs. Hudson shook her head regretfully, held her chin gently with one hand, and sighed, "Holmes and Watson went on a business trip to Dartmoor."
"Dartmoor?!" Conan was startled, suddenly having a bad premonition in his heart. He withdrew his wandering eyes, looked at the landlady, and said seriously, "What day is today?"
"September 30th." The landlady rubbed her thin arms and opened the blocked door. "It's so cold. Come in quickly. I'll treat you to a cup of tea. I heard that you usually help him.
Be less busy."
"...Okay, thank you." Conan walked into the warm room, but his heart was already feeling cold.
——This date, coupled with the location of Holmes's business trip, coincides with the Hound of the Baskervilles incident.
In other words, it is very likely that Holmes will not come back until the end of the game.
"..." What about their "helpers"?
...It took a lot of effort to get some clues, but now it comes to an abrupt end?
The Holmes he wanted to see also...
Conan sadly condemned the random AI.
Then suddenly I realized something.
——Since Holmes is not in London, doesn’t it mean that the mysterious young man in the cafe just now is not Holmes?
...Then who is he?
Outside the door, "Hideki Morohoshi" suddenly sneezed, and his shoulders felt a little heavy.
Noah rubbed his nose in confusion and looked around. Finally, he decided to ignore it and continue to advance the plot.
He quickly spoke up and protested to Conan and the others who were meditating. In a dandy tone, he urged: "Don't block the door! Didn't the landlord let us into the house? Come in quickly! This damn weather is freezing.
Dead people."
"Well, okay." Conan came back to his senses and entered the room with complicated thoughts.
…
Although I didn't get to see Holmes.
However, because the landlady mistook them for "Baker Street guerrillas", they managed to sneak into Holmes's residence.
Life was at stake. While the landlady was making tea, a group of people rudely rummaged through the house.
After a while, they found a piece of information that looked very helpful, compiled by Holmes himself - "The Investigation of Jack the Ripper".
"The first case occurred on September 8. The deceased was Honey Charlest, a 41-year-old woman who lived alone. The body was located in an open space next to the Whitechapel area and St. Mary's Church. A pair of rings of different sizes were left at the scene.
.
"The second time...
"The third incident...
"In general, Jack the Ripper, who panicked London, brought unprecedented social unrest. From this point of view, it can be confirmed that he is related to the wise leader of the darkness, 'Professor Moriarty'
…”
Conan: "..." The wise leader in the darkness?
Although Holmes does admire Professor Moriarty in some aspects and thinks highly of him, he doesn't appreciate giving a praise word to his arch-rival in a private investigation report...
Conan was silent for a moment, and soon found an explanation: Most likely, there were some suspicious Moriarty fans among the staff responsible for filling in the text, so they didn't write too negative a review.
but……
After reading this, Conan's eyes paused for a moment, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he couldn't help but whisper:
"Even if I can't find Sherlock Holmes, why does this guy show up? And it seems that he is also with Jack the Ripper... Isn't the difficulty of this dungeon too high?"
——James Moriarty, known as the Napoleon of crime. He is Sherlock Holmes’s old enemy.
It is said that the entire dark part of London is controlled by him, and even the whole of Europe is under his influence.
…
"Except for this speculation about Professor Moriarty, the rest are all decent criminal files." Haibara Ai quickly read through the information while Conan was in a daze.
She thought deeply and said: "In other words, according to the general gameplay of the game... Next, we have to find a way to meet this 'professor' for a while."
Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but join in the conversation: "Although judging from the promotional animation just given by the customer service, 'Jack the Ripper' is the final boss of the game, and 'Professor Moriarty' is only used to find his clues.
.but……"
She touched her chin, mentally weighed the impressions the two had given her, and said hesitantly: "But I always feel that the more powerful and mysterious person is actually Moriarty - look for him everywhere when you have time.
Maybe we'll all catch Jack the Ripper."
"Moriarty's whereabouts are indeed difficult to track. The same goes for Jack the Ripper, but..." Conan's eyes lit up slightly as he thought about what to do next, "However, there is a man with Professor Moriarty.
'Relevant people must not be difficult to find."
"Sebastian Moran, also known as Colonel Moran." Conan said, "He is Professor Moriarty's most loyal confidant and the second most dangerous man in London. But in comparison, his whereabouts are easier to find.
Much more - it is said that he is very good at poker and often hangs out at the poker club in the city center!"
…
This clue sounds much more reliable than "finding Moriarty".
A group of people quickly reached a consensus and decided to go to the poker club in the city center to check out the situation - now, with Baker Street as a reference, other places are not as difficult to find as when they first entered the game.
Just now, two tomboys and two high school girls gathered together to study Sherlock Holmes' notes.
Beside, several real children listened with half-knowledge while wandering around in this museum-like room.
The second-generation small group usually likes to play football, and they were quickly attracted by the antique football in the house.
The young detective team skillfully rummaged through the boxes and cabinets.
While Conan and the others found the breakthrough point of "Colonel Moran".
Genta Kojima and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya looked at the drawer opened in front of them and said happily: "Look, there is a gun here!"
"Put it back." Conan stopped them from taking guns and said seriously, "This kind of old-style gun is very inconvenient to use. Not only may it be snatched away by the enemy, but it may also inspire people at the moment it is revealed.
The other party's murderous intention. Maybe they didn't intend to use a gun - in short, it's better not to bring an inappropriate weapon."
