what do you think sherlock

Chapter 74 Arrival
"All the third-order transcendents are urgently recruited? This news sounds unusual." Di Renjie frowned slightly, and then handed the letter paper in hand to Sherlock:
"Sherlock, what do you think?"

Sherlock didn't answer right away, he took the letter paper, glanced at it slightly, then turned his head to look at the pocket watch that was floating on the table to read the newspaper:
"Your Excellency Francis, why have you not been called up urgently?"

Francis was still staring at the newspaper, and the head on the portrait didn't turn his head: "What's the matter with recruiting a third-ranker and shutting me down as a fourth-ranker? Besides, how do you know I'm not busy?"

"You are indeed busy, you are busy reading the newspaper." Sherlock said in an exaggerated tone.

"Hehe," Francis laughed a few times inexplicably, and said in a smug tone: "You guys underestimate a fourth-order transcendent. Although the 'I' here is reading a newspaper, it doesn't mean that someone else is 'I' wasn't doing anything serious. To tell you the truth, I even issued the order to urgently recruit third-tier superhumans.

"Of course, it needs to be voted by the Council of Sages first before I can issue it."

【It sounds very powerful, but I don't know why, such a stylish thing, let that little pocket watch say it, why does it suddenly feel unreliable...】

Sherlock thought to himself, of course he would not admit that he had any prejudice against Francis.

"Then you must know the reason for the emergency call?" Di Renjie asked with concern.

"It's not a complicated reason," Francis shrugged, and said with some helplessness: "We believe that the conflict between Russia and Turkey and the conflict between Britain and Russia may expand, especially considering that Britain has reached a certain degree of mutual trust with Germany, and the risk of conventional war is reduced. Then the risk of supernatural conflicts will increase, so some preparations must be made beforehand."

"Wait, you're saying that there may be conflicts between superhumans, maybe even wars?" Sherlock said with some surprise.

Di Renjie was not too surprised. After learning some basic information about the extraordinary world, he deduced that the extraordinary forces and real forces in this world are intertwined with each other. Then it would be difficult for the Transcendent to stay out of the matter.

"Of course, but it won't reach the level of war, at most it will be a small-scale fight. After all, the majesty of the Winter Palace has not mobilized the prestige and ability of all the extraordinary people in Russia, and if he can't do this, even if the association fights in the war China remains absolutely neutral, and they won't get any benefits." Francis said confidently.

"That's right," Sherlock nodded.

"Neutral?" Di Renjie focused on a detail in Francis's words, and asked curiously, "If war really breaks out between Britain and Russia, which side will the association stand on?"

This question immediately aroused Sherlock's interest, and he looked at Francis with the same interest.

"Well, this is a more complicated question," Francis' elation was interrupted, he scratched his head and said falteringly:

"In principle, the association does not participate in wars and conflicts between any countries. The association will only try to reduce the risk of war before the conflict breaks out, but once the war breaks out, the association will remain neutral, just like this time although we urgently recruited a third But the purpose of recruitment is only to ensure that in the event of a supernatural conflict, we have enough power to protect civilians, and the association itself will not participate in disputes between countries.

"But then again, everyone has a position. It's like I'm British. Once a conflict breaks out between Britain and Russia, I will definitely favor the United Kingdom. Among the 25 seats in the Sage Conference, Britain, France and Germany are the three major powers. Occupied 16, of which we in the UK alone occupy 6, which will sometimes lead to a slight bias in the decision-making of the meeting. Although we will restrain this bias because of the values ​​of the association itself, some subtle care is still necessary. It's hard to avoid.

"In addition, the association also allows members to 'temporarily withdraw from the association' during the war, so that he can join the side he supports in his own name, but at the same time, he will not receive any form of assistance from the association during the period of withdrawal, even Friends in his own association should try to avoid contacting him at this time, otherwise it will be easily regarded by the association as a "temporary withdrawal from the association."

"Although it is difficult to say that the association is completely fair, in my opinion, it is much better than many international organizations that claim to be fair, just and open," Francis himself said a little embarrassed, but Di Renjie felt that the gold The Dawn Association's regulations are relatively neutral.

"In short, we don't need to worry about this issue for the time being," Sherlock concluded after listening, and then he poked Di Renjie's elbow:
“We should still worry about what we can worry about first.”

"You're right, Sherlock," Di Renjie finally came to his senses at this moment, and he looked at the document in Sherlock's hand:
"So what clues did you find?"

Sherlock shook the file in his hand with some pride:

"Her Majesty Victoria threatened to abdicate five times between April 1877 and February 4 to pressure Parliament to support the government in the Russo-Turkish War against Russia.

"It was Lord Disraeli who presided over the Cabinet, and Mr Gladstone at the head of the Opposition.

"Here's the clue, John."

When Di Renjie heard the words, he suddenly became enlightened, and immediately there was a thread in his mind, connecting the fragments of the royal family, conservatives, liberals, the crown, and Russia.

Motivation, main messenger, target, accomplice...all the elements that should be in a case gradually become clear, but at this moment there is only one thing that is still shrouded in fog.

That is, how to use the crown to achieve their intended purpose?
[The name of the crown is Diharya, which means courage in Sinhala. 】

In Di Renjie's thoughts, he recalled Richard's words again.

"Courage?" Di Renjie chewed on this word repeatedly, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration seemed to flash in his mind.

"Sherlock, do you know Alexander II?" Di Renjie turned to look at Sherlock.

"What?" Sherlock was a little puzzled, but he briefly said the information about the old tsar in his memory.

"So that's how it is," Di Renjie said with a smile and clapped his hands, "We can make an appointment with His Excellency Disraeli for a heart-to-heart talk."

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From the first day of Prime Minister Gladstone's visit to Paris, a gossip about the Emperor's Crown began to spread in the underground markets of major European cities.

The news initially centered on Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Madrid, and then spread to surrounding cities and countries. Many black market dealers engaged in cultural relics claimed that they had seen the real crown. Of course, no one could produce tangible evidence. However, this does not prevent these people from taking this opportunity to make a fortune.

So under the deliberate promotion of those who initially spread the news, and with the help of black market merchants who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, a wave of black market transactions that swept across Europe was born under the huge political pressure of the Anglo-Russian conflict.

And in such a noisy speculative storm, the real crown followed Mr. Smith, the senior intelligence officer of the Secret Intelligence Service, and arrived in St. Petersburg without anyone noticing.

(End of this chapter)