I weave fate in parallel time and space

Fortunately, although they encountered a rather thrilling scene on the way, they finally reached the royal capital of Britannia safely.

As soon as he landed, Sherlock took the base car back to 221b Baker Street.

He opened the door and frowned slightly.

Some messy tables were tidied up, and the bottles and jars used for chemical experiments were neatly placed in a corner.

The scattered clothes were packed away and some scattered newspapers were folded and placed to one side.

The air no longer smells like chemicals, but has a light fragrance.

Watson was sitting in the room, holding a newspaper and reading it carefully.

Seeing Sherlock back, he immediately put down the newspaper and said happily.

"You are finally back. There has been no news about you from Mycroft. I thought something happened to you?"

"What's going on?" Sherlock frowned and said, "Why is there an uncomfortable neatness here?"

"Don't you like it?" Watson looked around, "I think it's okay. Mrs. Hudson took care of it."

He looked at Sherlock curiously, "Did you discover anything when you went to Europe?"

"You will regret not coming with me." Sherlock raised the corner of his mouth.

"I've regretted it since the first day I was away from home," Watson said. "You'd never imagine how bored I was at home. Gregson has come to see you several times. He probably has a lot of cases he wants your help with." .”

Sherlock nodded with satisfaction, "That's good news. There will be cases to investigate as soon as we land. Pendragon's police are really useless as always."

"A lot of people died in the police department that night, and they were short of manpower," Watson said.

After a pause, "Do you want to rest for a while?"

"I have a lot of energy right now." Sherlock raised his lips slightly, "You will never imagine what good things I got."

He couldn't wait to try out what surprises Hawkeye could bring him.

He looked at Watson, "Do you want to rest?"

Without any hesitation, Watson picked up the coat on one side and put it on himself, "I think I've had enough rest."

In this way, Sherlock didn't even stay in 221b for long before he couldn't wait to take Watson to find Gregson.

His trip to Egypt required careful planning, and before then he had a lot of time on his hands.

Sherlock didn't drive, but just took Watson along the streets of the imperial capital.

It rained just last night and the streets were very wet. I don’t know if it’s because Quetzalcoatl has returned to the place where she used to stay, but the rain in the imperial capital has been increasing recently.

This is also the reason why Mrs. Hudson helped Watson clean up the room, because it was too damp, and if the room was not cleaned carefully, many things would become moldy.

They crossed a street, and Watson soon discovered that they were heading in the direction of the office where they had been looking for the mysterious girl named Sissi.

"You want to find the girl named Akasha?" Watson asked.

"Has she appeared?" said Sherlock.

Watson shook his head, "I actually looked for her and her villa, but I never saw her."

Sherlock touched his chin, "That person appeared because of her, and there must be a reason why he only took her away from so many magicians."

"What did you find when you went to Europe?" Watson asked curiously.

"Some things that will make your ears tremble." Sherlock said solemnly, "John, if one day you discover that behind all the historical events you are familiar with, there is actually a pair of invisible hands manipulating them. , what would you think?"

Watson opened his eyes slightly. He knew that Sherlock would not ask such questions for no reason. He frowned and said, "Who are these big hands you are talking about?"

"So far, there's no clear evidence. But there's a strong possibility."

"The three Messerist revolutions that took place in Britannia, Germany, and Tsarist Russia were preceded by the establishment of the Great Egyptian Empire and the birth of King Arthur." Sherlock murmured in a low voice, "Even Beichen is like The rise like a tsunami, I wonder if it’s because he is behind it.”

Watson's pupils shrank slightly. He obviously didn't expect that so many things were related to that person, but he thought about it carefully.

"If you think about it this way, the Great Beichen Empire was indeed ridiculously strong back then. When it was at its strongest, it even fought from the Far East to Germany, purged the local Holy See forces, and directly integrated the scattered Germany at the time. In other words, the Holy See at that time was weak. As well as the establishment of the current German Empire, most of the reasons are attributed to Beichen."

"Straddling the Eurasian continent, bordering the North Pole in the north and the Antarctic in the south, if such a country still exists today, then it is not impossible for them to rule the world. Such a country is really outrageous, completely beyond the scope of a normal country. The limit that can be reached." Sherlock sighed with emotion.

"But it still fell apart."

Sherlock nodded, "In that era, it was very difficult to hold on to such a large territory."

"Then if you think so, isn't Duke Britain just as outrageous?" Watson said. "At that time, Duke Britain was not the only force that colonized this land, but he defeated all the colonists. This is not the same as Tsarist Russia. Likewise, that country is basically cold to the east and there are no people there, so you can just go there and occupy the land. But Britannia is fertile soil, and it is a miracle that it can have the current land area. "

"The daughter of the British Duke is also very clever." Sherlock said, "At that time, there was a Northern Kingdom competing with Britannia for land. She chose to promote reconciliation and union between the two countries through marriage. Directly. The prototype of the Great Brittanian Empire was established on this land."

Watson nodded and shuddered slightly, "If these are related to that person"

Sherlock was speechless. He took a deep breath, not knowing how to speak.

"What is his purpose?" Watson said with some confusion.

"Mycroft and I have always had this doubt, and we even discussed it all the way." Sherlock took over.

"For him, wealth and power are actually not important. Judging from the information we have received so far, he has absolute power, a long lifespan, and everything we can imagine that humans desire. He has it all at his fingertips.

Look at what he did, although it was accompanied by turmoil, it was silently advancing the process of human civilization."

After a pause, Sherlock added, "Tesla has met him before."

Watson opened his eyes, "Did mecha technology appear because of him?"

"There is no evidence, just speculation." Sherlock said, "But Tesla is a genius, there is no doubt about it."

"None of this seems to have brought him any benefit?" Sherlock touched his chin thoughtfully and said, "This is the strangest point. However, Mycroft and I have a relatively tentative guess. "

"What?" Watson asked curiously.

"There are a lot of people in this world who don't really need a reason to do what they do. Of the many serial killers I've met, many don't even know their victims and just kill because it's fun.

Perhaps this world is the same for him. "

Sherlock raised his head, an unknown light flashing in his eyes, "Just because it's interesting."

"Interesting?" Watson frowned deeply.

"I don't know if you have ever played a game when you were a child." Sherlock said, "A completely closed glass box is filled with soil, and then an ant colony is put in. Watch these ant colonies gradually build up in the soil. With the huge underground palace and the gradual growth of the tribe, it will be a great sense of accomplishment for me."

"What do you mean?" "For him, this may be an 'ant game'." Sherlock said.

The street fell into silence again, and Watson took a breath of cold air.

"I have to say, you guys are really thoughtful."

At this time, the voice coming from the side made Sherlock and Watson, who were already having goosebumps, slightly tremble.

They turned their heads sharply and saw two people standing behind them.

Lisa was still wearing her maid uniform and carrying a large suitcase.

Sissi also changed into a very beautiful autumn dress, but with her beauty, she will look good no matter what she wears.

Sherlock opened his eyes suddenly. He obviously did not expect to meet Sissi here.

In other words, when Char took Sissi away, Sherlock was actually prepared not to see this person again.

"Weren't you taken away by that person?" Watson couldn't help but ask.

"It sounds like I was kidnapped by some bad guy." Sissi said helplessly, "Can't I come back if I'm taken away?"

After a pause, she looked at the suitcase that Lisa was carrying. "I went back to the villa to take away my things."

Although it looks like just a suitcase.

But the suitcase had a space expansion spell inside it, and she put almost all the mechas and her treasured weapons in it.

This leather box can be carried at any time in the future, and there is no need to worry about anything that cannot be taken away, or that it is destroyed by some blind devil.

"The number of people you planted near my house is ridiculous." Sissi crossed her arms on her chest and said helplessly, "Isn't it a little too much for you to peek into the lives of two beautiful single women like this?"

"This is none of my business." Sherlock raised his head and said, "You can go to Mycroft and scold him."

He added, "I am also a victim. I was spied on much earlier than you."

"I can attest to this." Watson raised his hand.

Sissi looked around and nodded in disbelief.

"Can you tell me?" Sherlock asked curiously, "Where were you taken by him?"

"Let's go have a meal." Sissi said.

Sherlock frowned, "Eating?"

"Is it weird?" Sissi raised her hand and waved her hair, "For a beauty like me, I don't know how many people want to treat me to dinner."

Sherlock stared at Sissi quietly. Although her expression did not look like she was lying, his intuition told him that the woman in front of him must be hiding something.

"What did you eat?"

"Grilled fish, and whitefish." Sissi licked her lips with her tongue, "The fish meat is really tender and smooth."

"Do you know him?" Sherlock narrowed his eyes slightly.

Sissi's eyelids closed, and an unknown smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, "Are you curious?"

There was a hint of interest in her words, as if she had found some interesting toy.

"Will you tell me?" said Sherlock.

Sissi raised her hand and pointed to the door number of her office, "That's what I do. But I won't do any free business, and you have this problem..."

The smile on her face grew stronger, "It's expensive~"

"I have no money," said Shylock, "but there is one man who does."

He looked at Sissi and said, "Will you still open an office here?"

Sissi raised her head and looked at the office, thought for a while and said, "I recently inherited a tavern. The office may be opened there, but it is still in the imperial capital."

Upon hearing this, Sherlock's eyes froze instantly.

Because his mind immediately recalled the mysterious tavern where Tesla and the gentleman who overthrew Tsarist Russia had gone together.

"where?"

"212B Berry Street." Sissi closed her eyelids, "If you want to come and drink, I can give you a free order."

Sherlock raised his eyebrows and said, "Then I won't be polite."

"I said it politely," Sissi said.

Sherlock raised his lips and said, "I knew you wouldn't be so generous."

He did not continue to ask, but Sissi bowed to him and then turned around and left with Lisa.

Sherlock watched Sissi's leaving back. Their steps were unhurried and unhurried, just like a pair of ordinary masters and servants in this city. Except that the two women's bodies and temperaments were both unique, there was nothing special about them. .

The streets of the Imperial City, which had just rained, were filled with mist. They drifted away and soon disappeared from his sight.

"Did you notice anything?" Watson noticed something strange about Sherlock.

"Tesla and the gentleman who overthrew Tsarist Russia both went to a tavern, and they were the same people they met in that tavern." Sherlock said directly.

Watson seemed to realize something and turned his head sharply to look in the direction Sissi left.

"what do you mean"

"I told you a long time ago that I have memorized the entire map of the Imperial Capital, even details like house numbers."

Sherlock turned to look at Watson.

"And there is no 212B on Berry Street."

"You mean she's lying to you?" Watson said doubtfully.

"No, theoretically there should be." Sherlock touched his chin and said, "On that street, there are 212A and 212C, but there is no 212B. Don't you think this is strange?"

Watson nodded, "It seems a little bit."

Sherlock's eyes flashed with unknown light.

"Tell me, if we go there now, will we see 212B?" (End of Chapter)