what do you think sherlock

Chapter 156 Guessing and Returning

"The news has come back. According to the feedback from the shipping company, terminal staff and witness passengers, we can confirm that there is indeed such a group of strange-looking people who set foot on this ocean-going passenger ship at 3:30."

Kelly took a note and hurried into the room from the outside.

"Can you confirm their identities?" Di Renjie asked, but after asking this sentence, he shook his head to himself: "In this case, their identities must have been disguised layer by layer. Most of the recorded information is useless."

"And we have no way to confirm that this group of people is really our target, maybe this is just a misleading." Sherlock answered from the side.

"I personally tend to think that the group of people who boarded the passenger ship and left the port are our targets." Di Renjie touched his chin: "They have no motive to stay, even if they want to continue plotting something in London, they can do so in London." In the early days when the ships sailed into the North Sea, they turned back quickly through small fast ships, so that they could not only quickly get rid of our pursuit force, but also cut into the current complicated situation in London from a new direction."

"It makes sense, but I still want to verify it again." Sherlock did what he said, and as soon as the words fell, he led Di Renjie and Kelly to the police station in the nearby block.

Here is the nearest telephone to them.

"Wow, wow," the voice of the rotary dial sounded in the communication room, and not long after, a familiar voice came from the receiver held by Sherlock's right hand.

"I guess you guys are going to tell me bad news." Mycroft said calmly.

"At 3:30, they took the ocean liner of the Plantagenet Shipping Company and left London." Sherlock didn't say more information, but Mycroft immediately guessed his thoughts:
"I'll give Royal Naval Command a call right away."

Mycroft hung up the phone after speaking.

"You want to test the Royal Navy?" Di Renjie had already understood Sherlock's intentions at this time, and had to admit that this was indeed a good way.

No matter how advanced the ocean liner ships are, it is impossible to surpass the elite ships of the Royal Navy. Therefore, as long as the Royal Navy is sincerely willing to assist, they are absolutely sure that they can intercept the opponent's ships in the offshore.

Then think about it the other way around, if the Royal Navy is unwilling or does not work hard, it also shows that there is indeed a higher-level will that has affected the behavior of the Royal Navy.

"Dingling, ringing," the phone that had just been put down immediately rang again.

"How?" Sherlock quickly picked up the receiver and microphone.

"They said they were willing to help us, but we don't have the authority to use military ships to search and arrest urgently, so we have to go through the entire process of the headquarters, which will take about 2 to 3 days." Mycroft's tone was still flat, like This result has long been expected.

"That's a rejection." Sherlock said in a deep voice.

"That's right, it seems that our previous guess did not deviate from the correct direction." After McCoff finished speaking, he briefly chatted with Sherlock about the situation, and then hung up the phone.

Withdrawing his hand holding the phone receiver, he turned his gaze to the two huge French windows of the office in Regent's Park, looking through the pure white glass at the scorching sun in the sky.

Under the shining sunshine, everything has its own orbit, and any transgression has to face barriers and restrictions; but to cross this complicated system composed of thousands of orbits, overcome layers of restraints, and make a An astonishing move—this is the privilege of those in positions of power.

Mycroft raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes slightly to the sky.

He is very clear that in this political game called empire, there are only a few dozen people who are qualified to sit on top of him.

who can that be?
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"It seems that we have really met an old opponent." Sherlock put down the phone receiver, took out a pipe from his arms, lit a match to light the tobacco, and took a deep breath.

"Use a boat to escape to the sea, and then escape a second time in a small boat prepared in advance in an area that we cannot monitor. Whether it is to return to London or go to the European continent, it is all up to them." Although they have not witnessed it. All of this, but Di Renjie felt that the real situation might not be far from what he had guessed.

"Precise and sophisticated, this feeling is really familiar." Sherlock took another deep puff of tobacco.

He actually thought of the previous experience in the crown loss case:

"By the way, have you contacted Ms. Thursday? Can her crow help us?"

"Of course I have contacted, but she is not willing to take such a risk. After all, among the gang that is going to pursue this time, there is at least one level 4 transcendent who can do it. This is enough to make all her crow partners go forever." Di Renjie said helplessly.

Sherlock nodded, and also realized that he hadn't considered well. For opponents of this level, I am afraid that only the main naval warships with third-tier superhumans on board are eligible to participate in the tracking mission.

"Seal the scene and see if there are any details we overlooked; besides, although the clues here have been artificially cut off temporarily, don't forget that we still have a direction for reconnaissance." Di Renjie patted Sherlock on the shoulder.

The other direction he said was the mysterious Ms. Jane.He has not forgotten all the strangeness and layers of fog on this lady.

"You're right." When it came to the new direction of the case, Sherlock immediately came to his senses. He extinguished the tobacco in the pipe, tidied it up, and put the pipe back in his pocket.

"Let's go to the Emerald Hotel now, I thought of a way to find out the whereabouts of that Ms. Jane." Sherlock turned to look at Di Renjie.

Di Renjie shook his head slightly, but did not immediately agree: "Wait a moment, I have one last thing to do."

After the words fell, Di Renjie waved to Hansen, the president of the Black Lotus Society who had been waiting outside.He has a good impression of this young man with hope in his eyes, and he saw the ability of the other party when he was doing business just now, so he is willing to provide an opportunity.

"Our department needs to have its own eyes and ears in the East District, and your ability is very suitable for our requirements." Di Renjie said slowly, observing the reaction of the young man opposite him while speaking.

Although Di Renjie hadn't finished speaking, Hansen already felt a little excited, and his eyes unconsciously showed joy.

Di Renjie nodded slightly, and continued: "So are you willing to accept employment from the Tower of London? This is not an official employee relationship, and you are not allowed to walk in the East End as peripheral members of the Tower of London, but you will get a relative sum of money." Generous commissions and various official support, including but not limited to resources of weapons and equipment, advanced teaching and training, etc.”

"Of course, of course, I'm extremely happy." Before Di Renjie finished speaking, Hansen quickly agreed, as if he was afraid that such an opportunity would slip away before his eyes.

Hansen agreed too readily, which made Di Renjie feel that something was wrong.

After all, as a gang leader, once it is exposed that he has contact with the government, then their Black Lotus Club will be isolated and excluded in the East District. Therefore, Di Renjie actually made psychological preparations for the other party to think about it for a few days. .

Such a trade-off process is certainly not easy.

But now the other party agreed so readily.

There may be something invisible behind this, but it is not certain, maybe this young man named Hansen has such a reckless (reckless) and decisive (reckless) character
In short, since it has been agreed, let's settle this relationship for the time being.

As for how the relationship between the two will develop in the future, Di Renjie doesn't have the energy and time to think too much about whether this gang leader named Hansen has something in mind that he doesn't know about.

But he believed in his own vision, and believed that even if there were any problems, he would be able to handle them.

Therefore, after simply deciding on the method of secret contact and cooperation, Di Renjie drove Kelly and Sherlock back to the Emerald Hotel.

(End of this chapter)