big devil holmes

Chapter 63

"The demon we are looking for is about 15 centimeters in length and weighs about 500 grams. It has some sharp but small limbs. It is not fast and its strength is actually not strong. It can only crawl but cannot jump. It is sensitive to light and likes to stay away from water. place, it has no teeth, that is to say, it does not have the ability to chew or bite."

Sherlock flicked it casually, and the soot fell directly on Lampard's body.

Watson took a look and didn't care too much. Although they usually seem to have a good relationship, he didn't ask why for Sherlock's reasoning. Anyway, he naturally believed what the detective in front of him said. Just a little surprised by one of the reasoning results:
"No teeth?"

"Yes, it sounds a bit strange, but this demon is not big and can't bite, so it can only swallow things smaller than itself, such as eyeballs." While speaking, Sherlock gestured with his hands Measured a circle the size of an eyeball: "I don't know if you've seen a starfish."

"I have seen it, but most of them are specimen models made after death."

"Then you must have never seen a starfish eat." Sherlock said with a smile: "The way a starfish eats is very strange, and it doesn't even have the ability to chew. It doesn't even have a mouth. When it's time to eat, it needs to put itself It turns its stomach out, wraps it directly on the prey, and then starts to digest the food in such a simple and rough way, and when the digestion is finished, it turns the remaining residue out of the stomach again. For starfish, this behavior is considered to be Shit."

This overly figurative description did not make Hua Sheng feel a little uncomfortable. Instead, he nodded after thinking about it:
"Indeed, if the demon's body shape is as you said, then only the eyeballs of the human body can be its food. This can also explain why every victim has their eyeballs removed;

However, how did such a small thing kill a human being several times larger than itself?

Even if it can kill ordinary people, Lampard is a contractor.

The skin temperature of his contracted demon is extremely high, and the mucus secreted has a terrifying burning property. It stands to reason that he shouldn't be killed by the demon so easily. "

Hearing Watson's question, Sherlock replied directly: "Because he never summoned the contract demon from the beginning to the end."

"Huh? Why?"

"I don't know yet."

Watson squinted his eyes cutely and smiled: "So you don't know everything."

"Of course not. This is my reasoning. Don't compare me with Shengguang's all-knowing and omnipotent trickery ability." Sherlock flicked the cigarette ash again: "After all, demons are not human beings, and they have many abilities that cannot be explained by common sense. ability, so reasoning about demons cannot be analyzed solely from a corpse, more clues are needed.

For example, I haven't been able to deduce for the time being why the murderer would do such a superfluous thing as 'lifting off the prey's fingernails'.

Oh, by the way, the murderer in this case is not only a demon, but also a human being involved. "

"What?!" At this moment, Watson was a little surprised: "Humans involved?"

"Yes, you may not believe it. The nails of your dying colleague were raised by a person with a hard object. Judging from the marks and strength, it is probably a screwdriver or a small iron bar. Moreover, his limbs were also scratched. The one that broke abruptly was to kick the joint with the foot, and then use the two hands to break it in the opposite direction with brute force."

While speaking, Sherlock followed suit and made similar movements: "But the weird thing is, this human being doesn't seem to be a contractor."

"Can all contractors see it?"

"Of course, if you watch a lot of torture and killing scenes, you can feel what kind of mood the abuser is carrying when committing the crime; too excited will make the injuries of the abuse appear rough;
And those who are calm and enjoyment always like to do some slow and less tiring techniques, just like you. "

Hearing this, Watson shrugged without thinking.

"As for this murderer, he can clearly feel that he is very resistant to breaking off the limbs of the deceased, which is very strange...

Therefore, there are still many places that need further investigation.

However, if it happens to be a puzzle that can be solved in one click, it will be too boring. "

Watson nodded: "I can see that you are enjoying it, but you'd better stop that expression, they are here."

He kindly reminded, and then made his expression look a little sad.

Following these words, a burst of footsteps came from behind.

In fact, in the conversation just now, Sherlock spoke at the speed of "three times fast replay", because he knew that Watson could easily follow; therefore, from the time they started chatting to now At this moment, in fact, about 1 minute has passed;
Sherlock only had time to take two puffs of cigarettes, Mark not far away was still in a dazed state, and the police officers from Scotland Yard just squeezed into the police carriage.

Well, they didn't even want bright gas lamps, and the whole team packed up and left the scene of the crime.

It was also until this moment that Priest Thompson, who noticed something was wrong, had just come over.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Uh, it seems to be." Mark fumbled for a while, but found that he didn't know how to explain it.

Fortunately, Watson came to the side of them slowly, with a slight sadness on his face after the death of his colleague:
"It is true that Lampard died at the hands of the 'gouging-eyed demon'. Those people from Scotland Yard have all gone back. They said that from now on, all investigations here will be handled by Sherlock alone."

"What?" Priest Thompson frowned: "Why should I leave it to him?"

"Probably because he is a detective." Watson replied in a tone similar to 'that's the only way to explain it'.

After saying this, the few people present finally remembered that Sherlock's occupation on the recommendation letter was indeed a detective.

However, this reason does not seem to hold water.

Even though these people usually deal with demons, it doesn't mean they don't understand the process of police handling cases. The investigation of the crime scene requires the cooperation of many departments, such as evidence collection, autopsy, evidence collection, reasoning, etc. Wait, etc., each item requires extremely professional qualities.

"So, why are those people gone?" Mary was also very anxious at this time, and she couldn't help asking.

Watson didn't speak, but turned his attention to Mark who had been standing aside.

As for the latter, it seems that he has been trying to understand all this, hesitated for a long time, and finally said:

"Because the inspector said they would disturb Mr. Holmes if they stayed here."

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There was a strange silence, and none of the people present said anything, and they even didn't know what kind of expression they should put on.

In the end, they could only unanimously turn their gazes to the man next to the corpse.

However, they only saw a corpse lying alone under the pale light.

There was no one around.

(End of this chapter)