Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 85 Edward's Showdown
After Sherlock's words fell, his narrow room fell into complete silence for a moment.All that remains is the slow rhythmic sound of Edward chewing his sandwich.

After a pause for a few seconds, Sherlock smiled and said, "Of course, this is impossible.

"Because if the professor is behind the scenes, he can't use such a simple and full of loopholes. He is already familiar with Minister Droste, and he has various connections in the kingdom. He has a way to deal with it when he doesn't show up. Next, this goal will be achieved.”

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.

While lowering his head to handle the cigar, he said casually: "The people who do this now, her motivation is incomplete.

"The plan itself is also very subtle. First assassinate Secretary Raff, and then attack Her Royal Highness, and through this move, it is very natural to expose that Minister Droste may be closely related to the smuggling of alchemy products. And expand the social impact of this matter Increased to the maximum, even if the old Droste used his relationship, he would not be able to suppress it.

"But on the other hand, if she can arrange such a plan, why not use more direct means? It seems that her purpose has never been to overthrow Drost, nor to cause trouble for the Drost family; she is not to steal The information is not to prevent smuggling; she is not to plunge Avalon into chaos, nor is it to uphold justice and maintain the truth.

"It seems that the purpose of that person itself is to 'expose the behavior of Minister Droste', and that's all she has to do. She can formulate such a plan and have such a degree of action, but her purpose is so conservative. So I conclude Well, the person who implements this plan must obey someone's order—and that person's influence in the upper class of Avalon is very poor, so he needs to use public opinion to achieve his goals.

"—For example, spies from other countries. Considering the hostile relationship between Iris and Starbow, I think it may be a spy sent by Iris."

Sherlock said, holding the smoking cigar in his mouth, and exhaled deeply.

He raised his head and looked at Edward with clear eyes: "Since you didn't do anything to me just now... so I probably guessed right?"

Edward still didn't say a word, still chewed his food slowly and remained silent.

"You've been chewing this sandwich for almost a minute, dear friend."

Sherlock spoke lazily, crossing his legs.

He proudly exhaled a puff of smoke into Edward's face, without any fear in his eyes: "It seems that my previous speculation was correct. The business of the Moriarty family... doesn't seem very serious."

"—You'd better stop investigating, Sherlock."

The food in his mouth was swallowed silently, and Edward, who had been silent for a long time, had a dull expression: "Just take it as my request to you."

"...I'm glad, Edward. You consider me a true friend."

The corner of Sherlock's mouth raised, and the smoke slowly enveloped him: "Based on my trust in you, I will temporarily give up the investigation of 'Moriarty'. So far, all my investigation results have been placed on the shelf on your left. In the folder for M. There is a blue envelope with 'Moriarty' written on it."

Listening to Sherlock's words, Edward got up without hesitation and went to the bookshelf, reached out and found the envelope from the folder.

"Is there a copy, Sherlock?" Edward asked.

"You know I never keep anything like that, dear friend. But instead of destroying it, I urge you to open it now."

Sherlock said leisurely: "You are not curious, since when did I start to be suspicious of the professor? Why do I dare to say these things to you here?"

Edward is no idiot.

His tough face with a little edge and corners showed a color as silent as steel at this moment.

"...Is it because my father left Glass Island suddenly?"

"Partly. But mainly because of the warehouse explosion."

Sherlock replied: "You paid too much attention to that case that day. But after that, you didn't continue to investigate that case. You didn't report it to the media, and you didn't even mention a word to me. I think you are I'm afraid I'm paying too much attention to this. But it's because you didn't tell me that I noticed the anomaly.

"I can easily find out that you took the opportunity of sending Aiwass to school the next day, and went to the university to find Dr. William Wayne Westcott. He happened to be the 'fire' in this case. Assayer of essence' components..."

"What does this mean?"

Edward asked back: "Or what did Dr. Westcott say to you?"

He didn't sit down, but just stood directly beside the bookshelf, and slowly opened the blue envelope.

As a result, Edward was surprised to find that there was only a blank sheet of paper inside the blue envelope.

"Yes, I have no evidence whatsoever. But your reaction tells me...I'm 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, he drank the cold water in one gulp.Obviously Sherlock was somewhat nervous just now.

"Actually, it was because I found that I couldn't find any evidence proving that Professor Moriarty was involved in the crime... that's why I vaguely realized something was wrong.

"Is it really possible for a country founder family at the center of the royal capital's social circle to be clean and free of any flaws after so many years? I don't really believe it. Whether it's you, or Aiwass and Yulia... Your adoption records are so clean.

"And the professor has no relatives, no wife, no record of his parents—as you yourself just said, you were married. You're still urging me to get married. So, no one Has Professor James been urged?

"Adopted children and friends, but no closer social ties. None, not even death records."

Sherlock breathed a sigh of relief, picked up his cigar again and said in a low voice: "Don't be nervous, my best friend. When I found out that Aiwass wanted to protect Princess Isabel from the bottom of his heart, these things were nothing.

"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, and I don't obey the Round Table Hall. I only serve the royal family-or rather, I only Loyalty to Queen Sophia.

"I'm not a pedantic person, Edward. You know me. What I'm after is not justice or order. I'm just curious about the truth. As long as it's not something that hurts the world, I can even help you. So what do you have? What words must be hidden in your heart and cannot be told to me?"

"...I don't tell you, it's for your own good."

Edward was silent for a long time, then shook his head and said sincerely: "All I can tell you is that my father is not hostile to the royal family. This is already the limit, you really don't want to investigate any further."

Sherlock still asked: "So we are not opposite..."

"—this is not a warning, Sherlock. This is exhortation."

Still wearing the black suit that looked like a mourning suit, Edward, who was standing straight, said in a low and magnetic voice: "Moths will be caught by spiders, and the best choice you can make is to stay away from the spider web. The less you know, the less you know." The safer it is."

"...Okay. I trust you, dear friend. I will not take the initiative to investigate this matter again without your permission."

Sherlock shook his head and sighed.

He still couldn't find out what his old friend was worried about.

But there are still some results.

At least now the two sides have had a preliminary showdown and compromise.

In this risky confrontation, not only was their friendship not destroyed...but it became faintly stronger.

Sherlock was a little relieved, but also a little regretful: "I originally thought that you were also one of the people being manipulated. Just like Aiwass... wanting to break free from the shackles of your adoptive father. Now it seems that you are standing on the other side on one side."

"Wait... you said, Aiwass?" Edward was stunned for a moment, and repeated in a low voice.

"Yes, he was favored by Master Yanis before, and he was chosen as Princess Isabel's companion. But this time he saved the princess, and I am afraid that His Majesty the Queen will summon him in person. This should be his plan, to break free from fate The way of restraint... If according to what you said, the professor is not hostile 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' spies, I don't think the murderer is going to attack Princess Isabel. Because for the Iris people, Isabel is the best ruler of Avalon. ...they couldn't have tried to kill her.

"Deduced from this point, the assassin will enter the shadow of Her Royal Highness, obviously to avoid the perception of Director Gordon. And she heard what Director Gordon said, and knows that you are coming soon... After many high-level extraordinary people Under such circumstances, transcendents who adapt to the path will definitely tend to hide or run away.

"And she is obviously very proficient in her shadow stealth skills, so she will choose a person with the most stable shadow among the 'people who will definitely leave the venue'."

That's Aiwass in a wheelchair—that's why Aiwass shot his own shadow first.

Although that was somehow, Aiwass knew about shadow stealth...but his position was not in question.Just from that second shot.

"Aiwass fired two shots in a row because he didn't know where the prisoner was. It was very dangerous to shoot a second bullet at the shadow of Princess Isabel. If this shot missed, and Princess Isabel suffered Unexpectedly, then there is a high probability that Aiwass will be responsible for it.

"A person with ulterior motives should try to maintain his innocence, and should not take meaningless but risky behavior. Especially under the premise that he is a smart person and has not been exposed to anyone's focus before.

"—From this shot, I judged that Aiwass really wanted to protect Isabel.

"Further reasoning, it can be concluded that Aiwass asked Director Gordon to take people to the second floor to search carefully before you arrived, in order to 'drive the murderer back to the first floor where there are no other high-level extraordinary people so far' One purpose. The space on the second floor of the club is too large. If there were no high-ranking transcendents to go up and search carefully, those supervisors would probably not notice her existence.

"And 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 then on, she had to make a decision immediately—whether she should give up the second floor, which might be intensively searched, and move to the first floor, where the garrison is relatively loose and safe.

"The time left for her to think is very limited, and the slow search by Commissioner Gordon will constantly put pressure on her.

"As long as the assassin comes down from the second floor, the places she can hide are extremely limited. The first possibility is under Aiwass, and the second possibility is Isabel next to him. Only the two of them will never run, And no one will interrogate them.

"The 'inferences' mentioned in the newspapers are all nonsense. In other words, Aiwass did not reason at all-to be precise, what he did was fraud. He did not reason out the truth of the past, but he did it with his own hands. guide the future.

"He didn't know where the assassin was at all, but like a spider spinning a web, he invisible manipulated the ignorant assassin, letting her step by step into the trap he had prepared long ago.

"—I think this should be the whole truth."

Aiwass is only 19 years old this year, and has never been exposed to these things before, and has never been recorded using this technique.

No matter how clever he is, it is impossible for him to comprehend this kind of knowledge out of thin air.Where did he learn this skill?

That can only be from the professor.

"The only time he was out of the public eye was from the time he graduated from high school until mid-November. I think it was during this time that Aiwass learned the art of teaching, understanding Aiwass may be closer to the professor than you in a certain sense."

Sherlock still has some affection for the professor.So he didn't want to use the word "conspiracy", but chose "conspiracy".

He said affirmatively: "Because of this, I have determined that Aiwass' intelligence, reliability and innocence, as well as the professor, are problematic.

"That's why I'm confessing to you now, before I actually start investigating. Just as I concluded that Professor Moriarty was not responsible for this matter because he was too simple. If Aiwass was also involved , the truth of the case cannot be easily discovered by me. Because of this, I concluded that Aiwass must run counter to the professor's position.

"If there's anything you can't tell me, or your father, talk to your brother Aiwass. Aiwass is much smarter than you think.

"Or, he is far smarter than you."

Sherlock offers ruthless but friendly advice.

　More than 7000 words!Asking for tickets at the end of the month, I feel like I have the opportunity to enter the top [-] monthly tickets in the first month of being on the shelves!
　　
　
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