big devil holmes

Chapter 150 Long time no see
The person who rushed in did not seem to be a staff member of the School of Life Sciences, because he was not wearing a work uniform, but a very simple waiter's costume, and he was a bit older, probably 60 years old, but fortunately he had a straight figure , hair, sleeves, and bow tie are all meticulously arranged, looking very hale and hearty.

In the meeting place at this moment, most people were still puzzled by the last name of the private detective, and they were even more puzzled when they saw the old man who ran in.

this is a housekeeper
But why did a housekeeper come to the stage?
Also, why is this guy looking for that private eye?

Of course, some people who were assessed with Sherlock were thinking about another development that is more likely, that is, did this guy cheat, or buy some insiders, and now things have been exposed?
"Mr Sander, what's the matter?"

As the manager of a department, Ms. Clairson on the side was not displeased with the butler's behavior as expected when she saw the butler running up. She also seemed a little flustered.

And at this moment, among the crowd in the venue, it seemed that a few people suddenly thought of something, and opened their mouths in surprise.

Because they finally remembered who the old man on the stage was.

Although this person is not a staff member of the School of Life Sciences, he has also appeared in many scientific magazines, and even appeared on the cover. Because he is the housekeeper of the dean of the School of Life Sciences, and Professor Darwin trusts this housekeeper very much, and even once in the It was mentioned in a certain newspaper that the other party had saved his own life, and the two of them had already broken away from the master-servant relationship in decades, and more, it should be that kind of old friend.

at this time
"it's me."

In the crowd, a not-so-loud voice sounded, and then a person stood up.

All of a sudden, almost all eyes were attracted, including Mr. Sander naturally. He didn't say much, and almost immediately came to Sherlock in a trotting posture, and then put his hand on his shoulder Before, bowed very politely:
"Hello, Mr. Holmes, my name is Sander, and I am Mr. Charles Darwin's housekeeper. Could you please come with me?"

"Of course you can, but"

But before he asked what he was doing, Mr. Sand immediately made a gesture of invitation, bowed slightly and said, "Miss wants to see you."

It was such a simple and extremely simple conversation, and the two quickly left the venue, leaving only a group of stunned people who didn't know what was going on.

Why did you leave halfway?
Who is Miss? Could it be...?

Waves of doubts and shocks made the people around them lose their minds.

Oh, by the way, when leaving the venue, Butler Sander seemed to be signaling something to Ms. Clairson on the stage.

Anyway, after the two left, the discussion in the room gradually became louder, until one person suddenly remembered that the meeting seemed to be not over yet, so he got up immediately, introduced himself politely, and asked:

"Didn't you say before this assessment that a special candidate will be screened out, may I ask?"

Ms. Clairson looked at the man
Slowly approach the microphone
"Obviously, it is Mr. Sherlock Holmes."

The discussion below stopped at this moment, but in the next second, it was set off again immediately, and it was even more noisy.

In fact, if you think about all the things just now, this answer is indeed 'obvious', but the shock given to everyone is really hard to digest.

For example, the group of people in the courtroom didn't know what kind of expression to put on, so they could only look at each other, looking dazed and terrified.

"Damn, I was explaining the test rules to him yesterday"

"But who would have thought that that guy would be such a powerful character?"

"Yeah, such a person, why would he still be a private detective and come to the trial court to sign up, and there are a lot of people rushing to ask for it?"

As soon as I said this, suddenly, the eyes of several people were all focused on Hopkins, and found that at this moment, he did not show such a surprised expression, but smiled slightly, as if he had already accepted it. all this.

Until then, the few people around finally realized why he showed his favor to that person yesterday, and they have always maintained a very high evaluation of him.

It turned out that at that time, he had already seen the extraordinaryness of that person.
At this point in my thoughts, I couldn't help admiring, Mr. Hopkins is indeed worthy of being a rare genius in the Tribunal.

In the corridor, Butler Sander and Sherlock walked quickly.

In the process of walking forward, he looked sideways more than once, looking at the man beside him who didn't look special.

Dressed plainly, he didn't seem to pay much attention to his own image. He had no professional training, and he didn't hold any position in the Holy See. He was either a government official or a private detective.

And it was such a person who actually unlocked that password!
This really agrees with the comment on the phone.
Unbelievable!

In fact, at the beginning, Maude didn't think adding the safe password to the temporary test was a feasible solution.

But she couldn't stand the insistence of the lady.

The old dean had only one daughter, and since her death, the usually domineering and stubborn lady who ran away from home from time to time insisted stubbornly that the death of the old dean was deliberately caused by someone.

The only family member died, and the young lady would fall into extreme grief. This is also human nature, and the housekeeper Maud is not willing to believe that the old professor really died like this. The most powerful founder of biology in the entire empire, the life The dean of the Academy of Sciences died in front of him so easily and hastily.

But at that time, nearly a hundred people witnessed all this, and the old professor died in an accident.

Well, it's useless to say more, because the young lady doesn't seem to believe this fact, she seems to be caught in some kind of obsession, and she is obsessed with finding out who killed her father.

They even did not hesitate to use their huge human resources to select the best people in the entire empire to investigate this 'non-existent murder case'.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is more or less nonsense, but unfortunately, her words must be taken seriously.

Because of the sudden death of the old dean, there was no time to make a will at all, which led to the natural adoption of some of the resources he held during his lifetime to his next generation, including 51% of the ownership of the School of Life Sciences .

Of course, his daughter is not a scientific research scholar, so if some secret means are used, she can be emptied quietly, or even forced to divide the ownership, but there are too many in the School of Life Sciences. They are the older generation of researchers who have worked hard with the old dean for decades, and finally have the current glory of the Academy of Life Sciences, so this group of people almost stubbornly believe that if the highest voice of the Academy of Sciences falls into the hands of "outsiders" , Then there is a feeling of separation of wives and children.

This makes it very difficult to hold that girl in the air.

The most important thing is that due to the sudden death of Professor Darwin, many important documents in his possession are missing. The only person who knows where these things are should be his only daughter.

In short, the entire Academy of Sciences is now dominated by a woman under the age of 30 who holds the right to speak. Fortunately, she knows that she is not good at scientific research or management, so she does not get involved in any internal affairs of the Academy of Sciences.

The only thing she insisted on was... to catch the murderer who killed her father!

Finally, after leaving the No. [-] administrative building, the old butler took Sherlock on a steam locomotive. This kind of transportation that is not common in normal urban areas is quite popular in the School of Life Sciences. Here, time is money.

After another ten minutes' journey, the car finally stopped in front of a two-storey villa that didn't look too big, and was even a bit old.

The butler took Sherlock out of the car
"This is the home of Professor Charles Darwin, the dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences." He said calmly, "Next, I want to tell you something that may surprise you. It happened in three A month ago, but it has not been announced to the outside world yet.”

After finishing speaking, the old housekeeper paused, as if he was giving the detective in front of him a period of mental construction.

Then he slowly opened his mouth and said:

"Professor Darwin is dead."

"what.?"

If anyone in this world knows this news, then Sherlock is one of them, but he still has to pretend to be very surprised, because as a private detective, if he knows this kind of thing, then It's too much to justify.

"I know it's shocking, but it's true." The old housekeeper said: "The current owner of this villa is Professor Darwin's daughter, and she is in it right now. As for why you were called here, and this test I think you would be more willing to hear her tell you the reason."

After all, the old butler Maude pushed open the door of the villa and motioned Sherlock to follow him.

Next, under his leadership, Sherlock came to the second floor, and then stopped in front of a study room, waiting for the butler to knock on the door:

"Miss, Mr. Sherlock has come."

"Come in."

A voice sounded.

The old butler pushed open the door and made a gesture of invitation.

So Sherlock walked into the study, then looked at the familiar figure on the chair, and said lightly:

"Long time no see, oh, it doesn't seem long."

"You don't seem surprised."

"Yeah." Sherlock walked over, and then sat on another chair: "So let's skip the self-introduction and politeness, and go straight to the point."

(End of this chapter)