big devil holmes

Chapter 185 Only a Businessman
Sherlock said that there are only a few people who can do this kind of thing. And Emperor Augustine is definitely the most suspected one among them.

So what has been bothering him has never been who is behind all this.

But motivation!

What kind of huge benefits can make an old man who has stood at the pinnacle of power for decades suddenly show a different eagerness and irritability than before.

Sherlock thought about the political conflicts between the Holy See and the government, about the military control along the Redek Strait, and even thought about the old man getting mad and wanting to use this method to delay the inheritance of the Holy See by more than a dozen 20 years.

But in fact, even if he is as smart as him, he has forgotten a motive that has been put on the bright side, but the whole empire has subconsciously forgotten the motive.

Obvious to the extreme, but also simple to the extreme.

Emperor Augustine is too old. He won't live for a few years.

People are afraid of death!
Some people may say that they are not afraid of death, but when the body is getting old and health becomes a memory a little bit, as time goes by, they can clearly feel that they are stepping towards death step by step.

As an intelligent being, one must feel fear.

Augustine the Great was human too, he just wanted to live and that was the motivation for everything.

Therefore, he wants to reopen the 【Life Extension Experiment】.
And the premise of starting this experiment is that Professor Darwin's [Soul Visual Device] must fail!
Because if he succeeds, it is impossible for everyone in the entire empire to give up this experimental result that is enough to change the course of human history.It's not about money or power, it's about the race as a whole.

The imperial soldiers are about to control a large number of demons, and the battle situation on the front line of Hell's Gate will be reversed at an unprecedented rate. Humans finally have hope to regain the throne of the world's rulers.

Under such a major premise, [Life Continuation Test] must be postponed to an unacceptable time limit?
He is old, and he can't wait for a few years. Even if there are some devices in the School of Life Sciences that can barely maintain a person's life, it is only when his own organs are still functioning.

Aging is always the most serious disease that cannot be cured.

A person who has guarded the empire all his life, he can lead the people of the whole world to survive the darkest era tenaciously, but in the end he was defeated in front of his own death.

Some irony, some embarrassment, thinking of this, Sherlock habitually took out a cigarette, but just as he was holding it in his mouth, he suddenly realized that this was a lady's room
But just when he was about to take down the cigarette.

"Click ~" sound.

Holding a lighter in her hand, Irene leaned over very charmingly, lit the cigarette, and continued quietly:

"As for the assassination in London, the reason is very simple."

"Because the Holy See invested in the soul visualization device?"

Irene was taken aback, as if she didn't expect Sherlock to guess this, but this surprise was instantly overwhelmed by the smile in her eyes: "Yes.

You should know that this experiment was rejected when Professor Darwin was not dean.

And the reason why it was able to restart again afterwards was not because the old professor took the position of dean. In fact, apart from experiments, Dean Darwin was not very good at matters such as fund operation and sponsorship coordination.

Therefore, his first experimental funding actually came from the Holy See. Even, over the years, the financial resources and resources invested by the Holy See in this experiment have already reached an astronomical figure. "

I have to say that if other people hear this, they will definitely be extremely puzzled, because most people can't understand why the Holy See invested in this experiment?

The contractors under the command of the Holy See are their main combat power, but the soul visualization device can achieve leapfrog mass production of contractors.

Isn't this digging one's own grave?
But in fact, the opposite is true. Only those who do not understand the true strength of the Holy See will feel that the number of contractors will affect its foundation. In fact, the number of contractors will affect everything except the public security of the city. less than.

Commoners can't imagine how big the gap is between a clergyman and a contractor who has not received professional training.

Moreover, it is impossible for the soul visual device to be like a telephone or a steam locomotive. You can buy one by gnashing your teeth and saving a few years.

And most importantly, the empire is shrouded in holy light.

Under the holy light, even the third-tier demons could not tear open the cracks in the void, which meant that as long as the Holy See still controlled the demon farm, it would always control the promotion path of the contractors.

Just like after obtaining the qualifications to practice medicine, no matter how hard you try, you can only belong to the hospital in the end. The more contractors, the more people will become believers of the Holy See. This phenomenon may not appear at first , but after 30 or [-] years, it will become an unstoppable trend. At that time, not only will the foundation of the Holy See not be shaken, but it will become more stable.

"To be honest, in the beginning, I thought that the old guy who had been emperor for decades was a bit crazy, but after hearing what you said, I seem to admire him a little bit." Sherlock took a puff of smoke slowly, He even felt that there was some beauty in this approach that he could understand.

Now that you have done it, you must do it to the extreme!
Since this experiment is to be terminated, investors, experimenters, and beneficiaries will be killed from beginning to end in a series!Then, by the way, the whole project was shaped into a failed joke. To be on the safe side, the experimental results had to be burned. During this process, the vice president of the School of Life Sciences was naturally promoted to a higher position, so as to ensure the next [Life Continuation Experiment ] smoothly, and at the same time control a branch of the Academy of Sciences in his own hands.

Under this premise, trying to kill the Holy Son does not seem to be a hasty and abrupt idea, but a logical operation, because the failure of the soul visualization experiment must be the cruelest blow to the Holy See, so the Holy See The craziest revenge is sure to unfold.

A month ago, at the little tea table in Baker Street, Moriarty said he was looking into something about the downed airship.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see who the murderer is, so why investigate?

Thinking about it now, that sentence [when the key is found, the clues will be obliterated] suddenly became extremely gloomy and bloody.

Who is killing people?

Is it really this extremely simple erasure method adopted by the murderer in order to cover up the clues?
Or, are the two sides using this reason to carry out the most cruel reduction of each other's power?
Anyway, if you want to take revenge on me, why don't I just pull out a bigger stage, and if the Holy Son kills him, he kills it, that's a profit, it doesn't matter if he doesn't kill him, anyway, under the cover of the airship crash, no matter who dies Now, it all seems so sympathetic.

Thoughts so far
Sherlock couldn't help but feel that just because of the name of that experiment, the whole incident suddenly turned upside down. While admiring Augustine the Great's extremely aggressive strategy, he couldn't help but mutter. It seems that Moriarty also He is not a poor son who needs his maid to carry him even to run away. In such a big event, the bloody methods he displayed are no worse than Augustine the Great.

After exhaling the last puff of smoke, the thoughts in Sherlock's eyes gradually subsided. Immediately, he looked at the extremely beautiful but extremely mysterious woman in front of him.

"So what about you. You asked me to come, is it really just a drink?"

"Otherwise?" Erin asked, tilting her head.

"You said, you are a businessman." The woman in front of her was just wearing the most casual home pajamas, as if she could pick them up just by stretching out her hand, but Sherlock's expression was extremely cautious: "[Duncan]'s name is very Important, the name [Life Continuation Test] is also very important.

You should know the importance of these two names, it is impossible to give them to me for nothing. "

"Haha." Irene drank a whole glass of wine, her face was slightly drunk, and her cheeks were slightly red: "Don't always think of me as a bad woman, I just think you are very unusual. A clergy member of the Judgment Division, a soldier who returned from the front line died after contacting you, and an executive officer of the Holy See also died of backlash inexplicably after contacting you."

Drunkenness came to her head, she should be drunk, then she lay down on the table, looked at Sherlock with a smile, and continued in a vague tone:

"The Holy Son is your friend, and the Holy Maiden is your landlord. Nightingale treated you alone in a hospital. Few people survived the crash of the airship. You were one of them, Baba." Skevier has looked for you, but you are living well. A machine as big as that can be produced by you. Dear Mr. Holmes, haven't you noticed that you are really unusual under everyone's noses?

Is it reasonable for me to be a little interested in such a you? "

She spoke in a daze, her eyes already full of drunkenness, but the words in her mouth made Sherlock more and more surprised. Many of those things were things that even the Holy See or government officials could not find out, yet she actually It's all known.

This woman really deserves a terrible evaluation.

However, it was such a woman who seemed to finally let out a drunken smile after seeing Sherlock not responding for a long time:
"Okay, well, I know I can't hide it from you, but I do have a very small favor that I want you to help me with.

It's not even a favor, because for you, it's just incidental.

That is, you should know that at the end of the year, the empire's transposition succession ceremony will be held.

Judging from the current situation, Mr. Franklin has no chance of winning, so I want you to help me.
The specific method is very simple, in fact, as long as you can prove that the old dean was murdered, and the soul vision test has been successful, then it will be fine. "

Speaking of this, Irene lazily changed her posture, propped her cheeks, and looked at Sherlock with winking eyes:
"Because in this way, Vice President Hulk can be prevented from restarting the life-continuing experiment, and if the achievements of President Darwin want to be truly displayed, it just needs Dr. Franklin's new energy supply, which is related to the future of all mankind, yes An absolutely crushing bargaining chip.

In fact, from a certain point of view, your case has already affected the changes in the entire imperial government.

Of course, as I said just now, this is just incidental to you. "

Sherlock frowned and pondered for a long time, and finally asked in doubt:

"I understand the truth, but...why do you care so much about the translocation ceremony of the empire?"

When asked here, Irene smiled embarrassedly:
"Dr. Franklin is a fallen nobleman. Although he now has working capital, this is all after he produced the experimental results.

And for a long time before that.

You wouldn't think he had the money to support his costly energy experiment. "

(End of this chapter)