big devil holmes

Chapter 142 The Talent of Reasoning

With the roar of the whistle, the steam train slowly entered the platform.

【College of Life Sciences Station】.
It sounds a little strange, Sherlock is not riding the rail car in the urban area at this moment, but a high-speed steam train that travels between major political districts, so the platforms he stops on are usually named after urban areas. , such as 'London Station'.

Then why does an Academy of Sciences have a platform alone?

Apart from the naturally lofty social status here, the main reason is that the scale of this Academy of Sciences has reached the level of a city.

The School of Life Sciences is not a single building. Today's industrial power simply cannot include all its departments in one building. If there is no accident, it will not be possible for a long time in the future.This is a huge building complex covering an area of ​​[-] square kilometers. It has its own complex traffic, dense residential groups, test fields, business districts, and independent factories, offices or test areas between various departments, heating and water supply, etc. The equipment was also divided into independent sections because of the huge area occupied, and even the inter-departmental phone calls had written a three-centimeter-thick phone book.

The weather in early winter is not like London, where the cold and fog mingled in the clouds to form a gloomy mud. The sky here is still clear and a little humid, but for Sherlock who has stayed in London for a long time, it can be said that Quite comfortable, he carried a simple suitcase. Oh, of course he wasn't the one pretending to be a criminal. How could he be so abrupt when he came to a place full of cultured people.

Walking out of the station, there are only a few pedestrians on the wide and straight streets, and the life and rest time here is very uniform. When going to work, there are very few people on the streets, but after work, it will be very lively. Living in other places, you I will never be able to experience the wonder here, let alone a group of lunatics who do research all day long, what kind of moths can be played. According to legend, last week, a group of guys claimed to have developed a fire without temperature. , Then came to a street with great interest, baked himself, and even burned a pancake stand.

In short, the seriousness of science and the pursuit of novelty are perfectly intertwined here, and the solemnity of history and the escape fantasy of the future are only one street away. This is the Academy of Life Sciences and the largest knowledge treasure house in the empire.

"Hi sir, where are you going?" A driver saw Sherlock carrying the luggage, and leaned over as he was good at business.

"Building 7, Administrative District." Sherlock smiled and entered the carriage.

The horses here are very strong. According to some rumors, a lunatic from a certain biology college decades ago forcibly crossed the horses with some kind of hell demon, and thus produced a large animal with an average height of two meters. Of course, It may also be that the oxygen content in the air became very rich due to a large-scale discharge of a certain chemical agent, which led to the amazing bone development of the horses, or the feed on the pasture. Uh. It doesn’t matter. In short, the carriages here run Whoosh.

Soon, the administrative district of the Academy of Sciences arrived, about 3 kilometers away, as long as the price was very cheap; the people here came from all parts of the empire, so the currency also used the imperial currency as a matter of course, like London, which still arrogantly uses the original currency After all, the city is a minority.

After storing the suitcase on the first floor, according to the instructions in the letter, Sherlock came all the way to the 'temporary reception office' on the 12th floor. Looking at the sign above the door, he could tell that this was a new house number that had just been engraved recently. , nine out of ten are newly established for this investigation of candidates.

So he knocked on the door.
"Enter!"

Said a slightly tired voice.

Sherlock pushed the door and walked into the room, and then saw several people of different ages sitting behind a long table, and in the middle of the room was a chair.

One of the women in her 40s reached out to signal Sherlock to sit down. There was no special opening remarks or greetings, and there was no self-introduction. She just asked directly, even a little rudely: "Name?"

"Sherlock Holmes."

The few people behind the desk began to look through the files they had prepared long ago, and when they found them, they only glanced at them, and all of them showed slight changes in their expressions.

The lady in the middle looked at the file in her hand, then looked up at Sherlock in front of her, and hesitated:
"I don't like to waste time when I do things, so I just said it bluntly. We invited you this time to let you participate in a certain investigation, but we definitely invited more than one candidate. With a rigorous attitude, We have to ask you to introduce your own strengths emphatically, or... show some qualities that satisfy us, I hope you can understand."

As she spoke, she looked at the clock on the wall: "I'll give you 5 minutes"

Sherlock nodded, feeling worthy of being a member of the School of Life Sciences, he habitually maintains an efficient style in everything he does, and asks the visitor to show his strengths without saying anything as soon as he enters the door, and there are only 5 minute.

Okay, who made his file marked as a civilian detective? Compared with a group of professionals in the court, no matter how eye-catching your resume is, it is useless. This is the inherent prejudice of people, so in the initial screening It is understandable to be questioned.

"Okay, then, Ms. Clairson, would you please hold out your right hand?"

"Of course. Uh, wait a minute, how do you know my name?" She looked down at her chest and found that she was not wearing a name tag.

But before the words fell, the man in front of him quickly said:

"This year is 47 years old. He is currently the manager of the external personnel department of the Life Science Park. He is a native of Bona'an Prefecture. He suffered neck injuries when he was a child. He often stayed up late and smoked. He has a 13-year-old daughter. Last night, he went to the West Thirty A small town kilometers away. Your mother lives in that town. You went to attend her birthday and hurried back this morning. Your husband is a researcher in the hospital. He is between 175 and 180 cm tall. He lives a strict life and doesn’t know much about it. Love, you are from the same hometown, and got engaged in your hometown, but because of money problems, the official wedding was not held until 14 years ago, and a baby was born a year later, let me guess what her name should be."

He said, then suddenly paused, and pursed his lower lip,

seems to be thinking.

In the small office, as if to cater to his thinking, the few people behind the desk were all silent. In fact, the second after he spoke, some people were already stunned and silent.

Fortunately, Ms. Clairson, who was the party involved, was the first to reflect and slammed the table: "Enough!"

She stared at the man in front of her eyes with inexplicable anger. At this moment, she really felt that this guy could tell her daughter's name. Moreover, if he really said his daughter's name, it would definitely bring trouble. Some bad luck, like those evil wizards in bedtime stories.

"You investigated me?"

"Of course not, Ms. Clairson." Sherlock said politely, "It's been less than 2 minutes since we first met. As for what I just said, uh, although it sounds like I'm showing off But as you have just commanded, I have shown you a little of my powers of reasoning."

(End of this chapter)