big devil holmes

Chapter 82 The Savior and the Great Detective

When Sherlock was free, he would go home every night, not only to impress the landlady with a "regular schedule", but more importantly, to see the expansion process in hell.

After absorbing the gouging-eyed demon, the spreading speed of the lower city's domain has achieved a qualitative leap. After those tentacles possessed the ability to spread terror, they began to devour everything around them even more unscrupulously. Reclamation to the banks of the Thames.

In the process, Sherlock also discovered some special attributes of his field.

For example, he discovered that in the domain, not all demons would be imprisoned, and those demons that had signed a contract with humans could move freely in it.

The specific reason is still unknown, but it seems that as long as you become a [contract demon], there is a feeling of 'out of hell', they never take the initiative to attack other creatures, and other creatures don't seem to be very interested in them , when Sherlock was wandering through hell in the chariot of ashes, he saw two particularly aggressive demons walking past each other more than once, and just glanced at each other before passing by.

This phenomenon may be due to the symbiosis between the devil and the contractor, that is, in the eyes of the devil, as long as the same kind signs a contract with humans, then part of it stays in the human plane, and itself becomes This creates a contradictory state of 'being in hell and not in hell'.

It's like a lion drinking water saw the reflection in the water, it must not be stupid to think that a similar kind invaded its territory, and roared at the pond.

Of course, this situation is not absolute, because Sherlock was very curious and did an experiment. He drove a carrion dog and bit the ass of a contract demon, and the other party exploded on the spot , wailing and chasing that dog for two blocks.

Hmm. Demons are an interesting bunch of creatures.

And during the day.

Naturally, Sherlock would go to the British Library to read the "Divine Comedy".

The reason is that he found that after reading that book, his tentacles in hell seem to have a tendency to evolve.

The specific manifestation is that when he fell into a dream that night, he found that there were more than a dozen demons that could be controlled in the entire field.

That's right, a dozen!

This sudden increase in the number is really beyond Sherlock's expectations. You must know that in the past so long, the number of demons he can control has only changed from three to six, and he has only read a few pages. , just double the amount!

The only embarrassing thing is that almost all the demons that can be controlled are of the level of 'Carrion Dogs', and the demons that are more advanced can't be controlled.

In other words, the [capacity] of the demons under his command has increased, but the [quality] has not improved much.

So if you continue to read that "Divine Comedy", what will happen?

he does not know!

He is curious!

So, today Sherlock came to the British Library again, and like last time, walked into the room in the empty corridor with ease.

And as soon as you enter the door.

He was stunned for a moment, because he saw the piece of paper on the table, walked over to pick it up, and found a line of words written on it——【No one can read so fast】

He raised his eyebrows, and then he could clearly feel the confidence, pride, and a little bit of displeasure revealed between the lines!

It's like a professor of mathematics who is known as the most powerful in the world. It took him a month to solve an extremely difficult problem, but suddenly a guy came over and said braggingly, "Your problem, I'm halfway there." Solved it in an hour'.
This is not a show of talent, nor is it a competition between two people, but a ridiculous and stupid... overestimation.

It seemed that someone had discovered that he was reading that book, and his reading progress seemed to have caused some misunderstanding to the other party.

Sherlock looked at the pen on the table, smiled indifferently, and didn't try to explain anything.

Because he has experienced this kind of thing too much. For example, sometimes when he passes by a certain crime scene, if he has nothing to do, he will take a look and point out a murderer who is disguised as a passerby in the crowd.

Normally, under such circumstances, there will always be one or two policemen who don't know themselves rushing out, yelling not to disturb them to handle the case.

Sherlock is also very obedient. As a legal citizen, he usually obeys the police's wishes and leaves directly. Even when passing by the murderer, he will comfort the other party very considerately, saying don't worry. It will be impossible to find you.

Then I did good deeds and disappeared into the sea of ​​people without leaving a name
So this time he did the same, just put the paper back to its original place, not caring about the misunderstanding and abruptness expressed on it, and walked to the bookshelf on his own, and continued reading "Divine Comedy".

But this time, he slowed down a little.

Because reading too fast, or too much, will make my head confused, and it even affected my appetite for dinner a little yesterday;
What's more, Sherlock felt that since reading this book can cause some kind of evolution in those cute little tentacles in hell, if he reads too fast, will those little guys evolve too fast and become Have to be rebellious or go astray?
There is a proverb in the empire: "If you only pursue speed in everything, you will lose your faithful wife"

In short, it means that some things have to be taken slowly and cannot be rushed.

So... Sherlock deliberately slowed down.

He found that although this book is called "Divine Comedy", it seems to be a travelogue of hell. The author started from the Antarctic mountains and permafrost, and then went all the way up, passing through mountains and oceans, during which he recorded Many huge and terrifying demons.

Of course, in addition to demons, there are some things that Sherlock can't understand.

For example, there are some simple but towering rectangular buildings; some things that look like altars, but they emit light that goes straight to the sky; he also saw an extremely long and huge bridge, according to the painting. In other words, the bridge seems to span the waters between the Antarctic continent and other lands; there are islands hanging in the sky; and whales with horns that are so huge that they are incredible.

Maybe it's because the author of this book is getting farther and farther away, so the drawing is becoming less and less distracting, and the number of pages is getting smaller and smaller, so gradually, he began to draw seven or eight patterns on a page, and The painters did not improve as usual, and there were even a few paintings, but with Sherlock's brain, they couldn't figure out what they were painting.

Finally, while deliberately suppressing the speed, he spent half an hour and read three more pages before twisting his stiff neck.

When I came out this morning, I heard from the landlady that a doctor who claimed to be a friend came to see me, and her evaluation of this doctor was that the most beautiful and personable man I had ever seen in my life must be from the upper city of a nobleman.

He even asked how Sherlock met such a distinguished friend.

Well, you don't need to think too much about who is looking for you.

As for the reason for looking for me, it might have something to do with the gouging-eyed demon. After all, after I left the scene of the crime that day, I didn't seem to show my face in front of him.

In order to prevent Watson from feeling that he was also killed by the eye-gouging demon, he decided to go back early today.
As soon as he got up, he saw the paper on the table again.

[No one can read so fast]

Sherlock smiled again, he didn't know what kind of person could say such conceited, even narcissistic words?

It's as if he can determine the limit of human beings in this world.

These days, he is in a good mood
It was approved by the landlady's wife, absorbed a gouging demon, and found a good thing like "Divine Comedy" to pass the time.

So when he saw a person who was more narcissistic than himself, he inexplicably showed a kind of evil mentality that was not easy to describe.

Sherlock walked over to the table, and unusually, but at the same time, picked up the pen with great interest, and wrote a sentence on the chapter of paper.

【You are a bit slow.】

After writing this sentence, he nodded contentedly, and left the room.

(End of this chapter)