Qin Zhibo, Conan, Mao Lilan and other people who knew some of the plots of Sherlock Holmes had shocked expressions on their faces.
"Isn't this number 221B?"
Qin Zhibo looked up at the house number next to the copper doorbell again. It did read No. 221B.
Mrs. Hudson nodded and confirmed: "This is indeed No. 221B, but the gentlemen living here are Professor Moriarty and Colonel Moran."
After getting those two exact names from Mrs. Hudson's mouth, the expression on Conan's face became even more surprised.
Why Professor Moriarty and Colonel Moran?
Two of the biggest villains live in Sherlock Holmes' home. Could it be that
Conan quickly stepped forward and reminded: "Mrs. Hudson, if you are kidnapped, just blink!"
"Kidnapped?" Mrs. Hudson looked confused, "What is this child talking about?"
"Do you have anything going on? If not, please leave."
Being asked random questions by this group of strangely dressed players, Mrs. Hudson's patience as an NPC is gradually being exhausted.
Qin Zhibo quickly stretched out his hand to stop the door from closing, "Professor Moriarty, right? That's okay."
"Please take us to see Professor Moriarty."
Under the leadership of Mrs. Hudson, Qin Zhibo and others entered No. 221B.
The walls of the slightly narrow corridor are covered with elegant English-style arabesque wallpaper, and there is a faint scent of incense in the air.
Conan, who was walking in the second position, carefully observed his surroundings for fear of missing any details.
In his opinion, Sherlock Holmes should live in 221B.
If it is Moriarty inside, it is very likely that Holmes was defeated by Moriarty and a dove came to occupy the magpie's nest.
Regarding the two characters of Holmes and Moriarty, although Conan prefers Holmes, he can't say he hates Moriarty.
Although Moriarty is a thoroughly bad guy, a criminal master without any empathy, almost half of the crimes in London are related to him.
But after all, Moriarty is just a fictional character in a novel, and his opinion of him cannot rise to the level of right and wrong.
His evil deeds and misdeeds are more to highlight Holmes's peerless intelligence and sense of justice.
It can be said that Sherlock Holmes is incomplete without the existence of Moriarty.
But if the ending of the story becomes Moriarty defeating Holmes, then Conan's views will change somewhat.
Walking up the stairs to the second floor, Mrs. Hudson opened the half-open door, and a reception room with elegant furniture and elegant layout suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.
On two high-end leather sofas indoors, two men sat opposite each other, one was reading a book and the other was drinking black tea. There was a revolver on the black tea table.
Neither of them had names above their heads.
"Mr. Moran, it seems that Mrs. Hudson has brought us some late-night visitors in strange costumes."
A man spoke first, and everyone immediately locked onto his identity.
He is none other than the famous Professor James Moriarty.
Different from the descriptions and depictions in many books or picture albums, Professor Moriarty in the game is not an old man, he only looks about forty years old.
He has no beard and his nose has some hooks, but he is still within the scope of a normal person.
Sitting opposite him was Colonel Moran, who had a slightly scruffy beard and was slightly older than Moriarty. His eyes were sharp and wary as he looked at the visiting Qin Zhibo and others. His right hand gradually approached the person on the tea table.
Revolver.
Qin Zhibo took the initiative to take a step forward, ready to introduce his purpose.
"Please don't get me wrong. We don't have any ill intentions when we come to visit you. We just want to ask you for a favor."
"Are you helping to capture Jack the Ripper?"
Before Qin Zhibo could say anything, Moriarty directly said what Qin Zhibo was thinking.
Everyone present was a little shocked, including Qin Zhibo and Conan.
Professor Moriarty flipped through the pages of the book in his hand easily and leisurely, and said calmly: "Actually, it's not difficult to figure this out."
"All of you have a special kind of red mud on your shoes and trousers, and as far as I know, this special kind of mud is only found in Whitechapel and Abhorse Avenue in Shoreditch in the whole of London."
"Coupled with the smell of filth on your body that can be smelled through the door, there is reason to believe that you have passed by the Thames River, the largest sewage pipe in London."
"Only from the Whitechapel area in the East End to Baker Street in the West End is it necessary to cross the Thames."
"As for the case of Jack the Ripper, there has been a lot of buzz all over London recently. It is said that the killer only committed crimes in the Whitechapel area."
Moriarty showed off a little reasoning, which shocked Conan.
This kind of reasoning and style is basically the same as Sherlock Holmes, if not Moriarty.
But why Moriarty?
Is it a game innovation made by dad?
Qin Zhibo thinks it doesn't matter who the NPC is providing help, they are just tools anyway.
"Now that Professor Moriarty knows our purpose, please."
Before he could finish his words, Moriarty shook his head.
"Please allow me to refuse."
"My affairs have been quite busy recently, and everything is several times more important than catching a killer who only roams around the Whitechapel area."
Moridia closed the book in his hand, put his hands in front of him with his fingers facing each other, and made a thinking gesture.
"Because my book "Asteroid Mechanics" has recently been questioned by the scientific community, I will face the Miskatonic University debate team from afar."
"In addition to this battle of honor that is related to my personal career, I also have an important commission from an extremely powerful person with a special status."
"Given that I will continue to teach at the University of Brightchester in the future, I cannot refuse this commission unless a suitable person can complete it for me."
Moriarty was talking eloquently, but Qin Zhibo had already understood the meaning behind his words.
This is because he wants me to help him complete the commission.
what is this?
Side mission?
Conan's face was also a little surprised, because Moriarty's words actually revealed his job of teaching in a certain university.
In the original works of Sherlock Holmes, there is not much mention of Moriarty's professorial work.
It is only said that he has written a book called "Asteroid Mechanics" with extreme mathematical deductions and holds the position of professor of mathematics, which shows how intelligent this villain is.
After all, both then and now, the profession of professor is closely linked to intelligence.
But in which university he teaches, it may be that the author Conan Doyle did not want to place the big bad guy in either Oxford or Cambridge to affect the reputation of these two famous schools in reality, so he did not specify it.
But here, Professor Moriarty actually mentioned the name of a university.
University of Brightchester.
Is this a real university?
Conan had never heard of this university, but the Miskatonic University mentioned by Moriarty did exist, and he also made the matter to be debated clear.
Qin Zhibo understood Moriarty's hint, so he stopped pretending to be confused and confessed directly: "Since Professor Moriarty has something that he can't get out of, let us help solve it."
"As long as we solve the important commission of Mr. Professor, can he help us capture Jack the Ripper?"
Moriarty nodded gracefully, "Of course, if that's the case, I will be happy to help you."
Looking at the confident look on Moriarty's face, Qin Zhibo felt that arranging such an important NPC here should not be a false clue to deceive the players.
Just like to defeat the Demon King, a brave man must first go to the village elder to receive a side quest and obtain the Hero's Sword before he can defeat the Demon King.
The same is true for this game.
"So, may I ask Professor Moriarty, what is the content of this commission?" Qin Zhibo asked.
"It's very simple." Moriarty had a successful smile on his face.
"Prince Franz Drago from Bohemia was assassinated by an assassin while he was a guest in London."
"I was entrusted by Inspector Lestrade to catch this assassin and give an explanation to this magnificent era."
"This morning, I have already completed the investigation of the scene, and I have roughly deduced the entire case."
"The assassin's purpose in assassinating the prince was revenge. He used the prince's blood to write 'revenge' on the wall."
"Judging from the height at which he wrote the word 'revenge', he was a thin man over 6 feet tall, smoking an unknown blend of tobacco."
"In addition, the assassin also had an accomplice, who was lame judging from the footprints left at the scene."
"This lame man possesses extremely professional anatomy skills. The Bohemian prince was not cut cruelly, but rather like a doctor using a delicate scalpel to slice out important body tissues piece by piece."
"By the way, that prince is not a human being. He has the blood of a ruler flowing through him."
After Moriarty finished speaking, almost everyone in the audience looked shocked.
Conan looked shocked, and almost shouted with his slightly opened mouth.
Isn’t this talking about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson?
A tall, thin man who smoked mixed tobacco, and a lame man with excellent medical skills.
In the entire Sherlock Holmes series, apart from Holmes and Watson, can you think of a second combination of this configuration?
The murderers Moriarty mentioned were Holmes and Watson?
Will Holmes and Watson kill people?
Is this a script written by Yusaku Kudo?
After hearing this, Conan felt that his three views were about to be shattered.
Moriarty becomes a seemingly good guy and lives in Holmes' apartment.
Holmes and Watson turned into bad guys instead?
Conan's brain was buzzing, and he was so shocked that he obviously did not hear Moriarty's "inhuman evaluation" of the Bohemian prince.
Mao Lilan also vaguely noticed that the characters in Moriarty's mouth sounded like Sherlock Holmes and Watson that Kudo Shinichi had often mentioned to him.
Aren’t these two characters on the side of justice?
How did he become a bad guy?
At this time, Haiyuan Ai's expression was also a little surprised.
Originally, she planned to just settle down and be a paddler, until she heard about the medical part.
What does it mean to not be human?
And what is the bloodline of the Dominator?
As for other children, some have not even read Sherlock Holmes, and their ideas are not very good, so I need to go into details.
But among everyone, the most shocked was of course Qin Zhibo.
Qin Zhibo tried his best to keep the expression on his face steady, but he was already so surprised inside.
Isn't this "A Study of Green Letters"!
At first, Qin Zhibo thought that Moriarty's occupation of the Magpie's Nest was just a magical modification of the game.
But after listening to Moriarty's description, Qin Zhibo realized that this was basically the content of "A Study of the Green Letter".
In Neil Moonlight's book "A Study of the Green Letter", a strange and strange old London era is described.
In this book, Professor Moriarty and Colonel Moran become the party tracking the murderer.
The murderers are none other than Holmes and Watson.
This book is based on Sherlock Holmes's original work "A Study in Scarlet", but it writes an inverted and reversal story.
It is not until the end that the reader discovers that it is Moriarty who is tracking the murderer, and the murderers are Holmes and Watson.
The most legendary thing about this book is that it caused a lot of dissatisfaction among Fu fans at the time, and was criticized both verbally and in writing.
But later, even the original author Conan Doyle adopted the settings in this book and added Moriarty as a villain into his original work.
It turns out that the settings borrowed here are all from "A Study of Green Characters"!
With the doubts in his mind resolved, Qin Zhibo felt a little happier.
Professor Moriarty on the sofa looked at the different expressions on the faces of several visitors and asked, "Do you know these two people I'm talking about?"
Qin Zhibo quickly shook his head, "How is this possible? These clues alone are still too few."
The confusion in Moriarty's eyes was still not completely solved, but it still provided the next clue.
"If I were you, I would go to the palace first and get the prince's itinerary in the past few days. The assassin is most likely hiding in the places where the prince has been."
"You must also know that those inhuman adults, only inhumans can keep track of their whereabouts."
"You will be granted an audience with a certain important person in that big house."
"I can't reveal too much details, but I hope you will have good luck tomorrow."
After Moriarty explained the next clues, he left the reception room and joined Colonel Moran.
Both of them have their own bedrooms, and this reception room is more like an activity room.
After the two left, the few of them entered the time for free activities, without outsiders disturbing them.
Seeing that he could move freely, Conan immediately looked around alertly and quickly walked to the locker next to him to rummage around.
Conan wants to find clues. Moriarty lives here with Holmes, and Holmes becomes a prisoner in a certain case. This must be some kind of trick set by Noah's Ark.
Qin Zhibo went directly to the book Moriarty was reading, which was now placed on the small round table next to the sofa.
I picked it up and saw that it was "Asteroid Mechanics".
this
Qin Zhibo thought for a moment, and some of the words Moriarty mentioned just now made him a little concerned, so he looked through them.
The other children were so tired that they simply sat down on the sofa to rest.
Mao Lilan didn't know what to do at this time, so she could only look around like Conan.
Fat Sun, the bank president, who was sitting on the sofa, looked at the people in the room who were busy in their own affairs. He couldn't help but feel a little worried and asked Hideki Morohoshi next to him.
"Zhuxing, what should we do next?"
"Hideki Morohoshi" looked at Conan who was rummaging in the cabinet, and then at Qin Zhibo who was reading "Asteroid Mechanics".