Holmes stood up from the recliner and gently tapped the burnt tobacco into the potted plant: "One more thing. Baron Bill behaved very strangely tonight. He kept peeking at his wife's chest. He seemed to be hiding something."
"I noticed it too."
Ma Wei opened the balcony door, paused, and said, "I hope he won't be too smart."
"I hope so."
Back in the master bedroom, there were only the last three minutes left before the time on the notice. The room was filled with a solemn and depressing atmosphere. No one spoke, they stood in place, guarding their respective positions, and their eyes were uncontrollably glancing.
Marvey did not go to the center of the master bedroom, but stood beside the door, leaning against the wall, observing Baron Bill, MacMillan and others with interest.
Everyone's expressions were so wonderful. Baron Bill's face was pale, trembling with fear, and he glanced at his wife's chest with thief-like eyes one after another, breaking out in cold sweat from nervousness.
Macmillan kept staring at his pocket watch, intently, as if he was performing a mental activity like counting down the time.
And Baron Bill's wife
She huddled among the crowd, bit her lower lip, and patted her neck gently with her palms, as if to relieve her nervousness. She felt uneasy and glanced at her husband from time to time.
There are 2 minutes left.
Lightning flashed and thundered outside the house, blue-white lightning entered the room through the gaps between the wooden boards, and the roaring thunder struck everyone's heart. The rain knocked on the glass, like a pair of small hands protruding from hell.
Ring your door.
1 minute left.
Time has entered the countdown, and the second hand is clicking and jumping. Every step forward means the passing of the sands of time. A policeman can't stand this huge pressure. He hugged the vase in the corner and made a "wow" sound.
When he vomited it out, the fishy yellow-black vomit emitted a strong and strange smell.
No one blamed him, Baron Bill was not even angry because the precious enamel glass bottle was stained.
The last 10 seconds.
Junia grabbed Mavey's hand, Holmes cast his gaze, Macmillan raised his head, Baron Bill held his breath, lying on the hidden compartment of the safe like a toad, ears pricked up, alert
looked around.
time up.
Click!
The gas lamp on the roof suddenly lost its light, and the whole room was instantly plunged into thick and unbreakable darkness. Screams suddenly sounded, and then, the window was violently broken, and in the flash of lightning, a figure appeared
He appeared at the edge of the window sill, a huge black cloak dancing behind him, a white dove perched on his shoulder, and his top hat held low. No one could see his true face, but everyone knew it.
That's the Rose Phantom Thief!
Putting his black-gloved palm into his arms, he took out a red gem with a smile on his lips.
"Tonight, I will take away the blood rose as promised."
After saying that, he opened his arms, fell backwards, his hunting cloak wrapped around his body, and fell off the window sill in an instant.
The policeman rushed to the window and looked at each other, completely unaware of when he stole the blood rose.
Even Baron Bill, who was lying on the safe, was stunned.
"What are you still doing?"
MacMillan shouted in the darkness: "The Rose Phantom Thief has escaped, go and catch him!!!"
"Yes Yes!"
The police rushed out of the master bedroom in a hurry, waving their revolvers and rushing downstairs.
"ah!!!"
Mrs. Beale, who was standing in the crowd, was hit and sat down on the ground, letting out a cry of pain.
Immediately, a pair of strong arms lifted her up.
"Are you okay?"
Macmillan's concerned voice came.
“It’s okay”
Mrs. Beale quickly touched her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
In the blink of an eye, Macmillan, Holmes, Marvey and Baron and Mrs. Bill were the only ones left in the room.
show
just began.
"Baron Bill, was the gem really stolen?"
Turning on the kerosene lamp, MacMillan asked nervously: "Open the safe and check it out!"
"Oh oh oh"
Baron Bill glanced at his wife, took off the key from her chest, and opened the safe.
The blood rose lay intact inside, still shining with dazzling light.
"What's going on?"
MacMillan's eyes widened and he waved to Ma Wei and Holmes: "Come and see, the Blood Rose is still here!"
"Oh, this is really strange."
Holmes echoed: "It seems that the Rose Phantom Thief did not steal the real gems, it was just his plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain."
"That's right! He may come back at any time!" MacMillan nodded heavily: "Baron Bill, please lock up the gems quickly to prevent any accidents. I'll call everyone back!"
After saying that, MacMillan walked quickly towards the door and passed by Ma Wei.
Suddenly someone grabbed my arm.
"Father?" He turned around in confusion: "Why are you arresting me?"
"Mrs. Bill, please check the blood rose hidden on your chest." Ma Wei said slowly.
Before Mrs. Bill could react, Baron Bill jumped up, threw away the blood rose in his hand, rushed to his wife, and said in a hurry: "Take it out quickly!"
At his urging, Mrs. Beale took off the necklace from her neck. At the end of the necklace, there was a red gem hanging, which looked the same as the blood rose in the safe.
but.
"This is fake!!!"
After just one glance, Baron Bill became furious: "Didn't I tell you to take good care of it? This is our family's heirloom!!!"
"Don't get excited, Baron Bill."
Ma Wei said calmly: "The real blood rose is still in this room."
"Where?!"
"He's in Macmillan. Oh no, he should be called the Rose Phantom Thief now." Ma Wei looked at the figure aside.
The confusion gradually faded away. Macmillan, who was eager to leave, straightened up, smiled slightly, and asked in a calm voice: "How did you find out?"
"secret."
"Why don't you satisfy my curiosity?"
"no."
"Oh, okay."
MacMillan sighed helplessly, closed his eyes, and began to mobilize the power in his body.
However.
An even greater and violent force poured into his body from his arms.
He opened his eyes suddenly, looked at Ma Wei in disbelief, and his face changed: "You, you. How could you do this?"
Although Mavi doesn't know how to use Yunia's power, he knows one thing.
Fire and water are incompatible.
Can the power of gifts from different gods be fused?
After practice, Ma Wei came up with the answer:
cannot!
"let me go!!!"
The Rose Phantom Thief roared and tried his best to break free from Ma Wei's clutches, but Ma Wei was also a lieutenant in the Royal Navy at that time, and his skills and strength were far superior to ordinary people.
Obviously, the Rose Phantom Thief is not good at close combat.
Boom!
A cane came from behind and hit the Rose Phantom Thief firmly on the back of the head. He rolled his eyes and passed out on the spot.
Ma Wei grinned and couldn't help but said: "What a cruel attack."
"When dealing with people like this, of course we have to be on the safe side."
Holmes put away his cane expressionlessly, squatted in front of the Rose Phantom Thief, rummaged through him, and found the real blood rose.
After finding the blood rose, Ma Wei let go of the rose thief. Seeing this scene, Holmes was stunned for a moment. Just as he was about to give a warning, he met Ma Wei's eyes.
From the eyes of the other party, Gujing Wubo, he seemed to understand something.
“The duck we finally got”
Shaking his head, Holmes smiled brightly and returned the blood rose wrapped in the handkerchief to Baron Bill: "Return it to its original owner."
“You guys are so awesome!!!”
Baron Bill was overjoyed when the family heirloom was recovered. He was so excited that he couldn't express his excitement: "I, I, I, I really don't know how to thank you! The Rose Phantom Thief is awake!"
When the Rose Phantom Thief woke up, his eyes lit up when he saw that Ma Wei had let go of him. He snapped his fingers without hesitation and his body disappeared instantly.
"This, this, this" Baron Bill was shocked: "He, he, he"
