Sherlock Holmes

In the next hour, Sherlock got up three times.

The longest one was half an hour, and the shortest one was only 7 minutes

During this period, only Hopkins completed one case and then walked over to get the next one. Everyone else was still studying the first copy in their hands.

In fact, this is the normal rhythm, because the cases collected by the Academy of Life Sciences cannot be the kind of petty thefts. They must be extremely difficult types. When they were originally investigated, they must have gone through a long time. Countless clues must be gathered to extract a little bit of useful information. In addition, there are cases in various regions and time, and the social system and various factors of the time must be brought into consideration.

In short, it takes a lot of time to even read it, let alone detect it.

Therefore, it only took Hopkins one and a half hours to complete a case, which can be called a genius among geniuses.

As for the private detective from London?

To be honest, 99% of the people present doubted whether this guy didn't understand the exam rules.

Finally, another half hour later, when Sherlock stood up again to get another portion, a man couldn't stand it any longer, frowned and walked over and whispered:

"Hello, I think I should remind you that if you feel that the case you are taking is not suitable for you, then please put the one you are holding back to its original place and then take another one. After all, you are not good at solving cases. Genre, doesn’t mean other people aren’t good at it either.”

His tone was still polite, but there was also a hint of displeasure, because in his eyes, Sherlock's behavior had affected the normal process of the exam.

But Sherlock just cast a slightly puzzled look:

"I've solved it all."

".ah?"

"I've taken care of those portions. There's still a lot more here. It should be enough for you to share. Don't worry." He smiled politely, and then felt very public-minded that he always stood up and went back and forth like this. He really disturbed other people's thinking, so he picked up half a stack of files together and walked back to his seat. Then, he crossed his legs and walked to the sofa. He leaned back. Then he spread out a copy of the case file and started reading it like a morning newspaper.

When the person who reminded him saw this, he took a few deep breaths, suppressed the anger in his heart and walked back, and then forcibly shifted his attention back to the case.

In fact, he himself didn't know why he was angry.

The behavior of the London private detective was obviously extremely ridiculous, and with such a huge number of cases, even if he was allowed to take a few copies and not return them, it would not affect anything. The final outcome could only be that the guy was kicked out in disgrace. Rank out the candidates.

Forget it, he shouldn't be distracted by such sensational behavior. So, he shook his head and stopped talking to Sherlock.

In the remaining time, without Sherlock wandering around, the entire lounge finally entered a normal rhythm of assessment. Some people finally solved the first case, and some finally admitted that they were not good at it either. Type, the method of replacing the case was adopted.

As the person who has attracted much attention, Hopkins is naturally the one with the fastest pace. Almost the longest part can be completed within two hours, and every time he gets up, he will be greeted by many people. sideways glance.

On the other hand, Sherlock came back with a pile of cases, so he didn't get up for a long time. He just sat next to him and read to himself. As time passed by, people's attention also increased. Gradually, he was submerged in the tense atmosphere of the exam, and naturally no one paid attention to him anymore.

Until the time came to 11:30 in the evening

Suddenly, the door to the lounge was pushed open.

Everyone in the room was a little startled. They looked at the clock and found that the time was not up yet, so they looked at the door with a little peace of mind.

Immediately, I saw a man walking in with a stack of paper. The man walked straight to the staff member in the corner of the room, whispered something in his ear, then handed over the paper in his hand and walked out. Room.

The staff member looked at the pieces of paper in his hand, and he didn't know what kind of mood he was holding. In short, he frowned. Then, he came to the middle of the lounge and said apologetically:

"Sorry everyone, there is still half an hour left before the original screening end time. However, according to the committee's temporary decision, the time has been extended to two o'clock in the morning, and"

As he spoke, he raised the pile of papers in his hand and said, "And I'll add another question."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the lounge also had some changes in their expressions. They probably thought of many possibilities that could be beneficial or detrimental to them, but the staff member immediately added:

"Please rest assured that the original test content will still end at midnight, and from midnight to two in the morning, only the additional test part will be conducted. Even those who do not want to participate in the additional test can leave at any time. Those who are tired during the middle can also leave at any time. Go to the prepared hotel to rest. As for those who took the test a few days ago, we will conduct the same additional test tomorrow morning, so there will be no unfair review.

Whether the final review is passed or not will be announced at noon tomorrow. "

With that said, the man handed the additional test questions to everyone present.

The people who got the additional test questions also frowned, and some even couldn't understand it. They turned the paper over and looked at the back to see if there were any annotations.

However, there was nothing. The so-called additional test questions were actually just a photo printed on paper.

In the photo, a safe was quietly placed on the floor, and the rest was nothing.

"Well, I would like to ask, what is the topic of this additional test?"

One person hesitated and asked in a low voice.

"The picture is a safe. Please find the password of the safe." The staff member said.

"Oh." The tester was still a little confused: "Isn't there any prompt?"

"No, for some reason, we can't provide any more clues, only this photo of the safe. As for who it belongs to, where it is placed, what's inside, etc., we can't comment.

So, please pay attention to the assessment time, I won't interrupt you. "

After saying that, the man returned to the corner of the lounge as a statue, leaving only a room full of people who were completely confused about the situation. Look at me, look at you, no one seems to understand why suddenly Come up with such a weird additional test question.

Only Sherlock was frowning slightly, looking at the safe in the photo in silence, and gradually, a smile seemed to appear on the corner of his mouth.

"Haha, finally an interesting question."

Because a line of information has clearly appeared in front of his eyes.

This line of information includes the safe's model number, production date, and the name of its owner.

【Charles Darwin】

[Dean of the Academy of Life Sciences, founder of the theory of controllable wild demons; founder of the contractor's autonomous evolution system; member of the board of directors of the Demon Breeding Farm.]

[Status: dead]