Sherlock Holmes

With this question, Catherine's discomfort became more and more obvious. She clenched her fists almost subconsciously, and then slowly uttered one word:

"eat human."

Sherlock raised an eyebrow: "Cannibalism?"

As a professional detective, he certainly knows what the origin of cannibalism is. It is definitely not the pursuit of taste. Oh, maybe some real perverts are because of taste, but most of them are based on what they think. Intellectual deviation. These criminals with cannibalism feel that they are a creature that should be superior to humans. Similar to how humans consider themselves to be superior to livestock, they will naturally eat meat. In the same way, if they think that they are superior to humans above, they will eat humans to show their differences at the species level.

However, 90% of such people are incompetent. They only dare to do violence to the old, weak, sick and disabled who have no ability to resist. However, when they see people who are stronger than themselves, they still dare not go up to them.

In the final analysis, they are just a bunch of sick-brained wretches.

But Sherlock seemed to taste something different about the Baskerville Chief of Staff from Catherine's mouth.

Immediately afterwards

“According to rumors, he not only cannibalized himself, but also let his soldiers cannibalize.

Also, cannibalism is not the only uncomfortable thing about him.

He seems to have been trying to eat the flesh and blood of demons.

This person is a fanatical admirer of Lord Dante. He probably thinks that Lord Dante can survive alone in hell for more than a year because of the flesh and blood of the devil. Since Lord Dante can do it, then he can It should be possible too.

Moreover, he has extremely strict requirements on his subordinates.

I belong to the Knights of the Holy See and don't have much interaction with the Crusaders, so I haven't heard much about him.

But I always feel that a large part of those soldiers who would rather die in battle than return with a failed victory is because of the existence of Baskerville.

They feel that if they go back, they may face something more terrifying than death. "

Sherlock listened and thought, and the image of the chief of staff whom he had never seen or even heard of became increasingly clear in his mind.

Of course, it's not the appearance, but a certain form. Anyway, if that person comes face to face in the crowd, then he will definitely recognize him at the first time.

Well, the focus should not be here for the time being.

Sherlock was still a competent detective. He couldn't keep thinking while working, so he quickly brought his thoughts back to the case itself.

He began to continue to circle around the [Hound] in front of him, while asking Catherine to describe the circumstances of the death of the old dean.

Since Catherine did not witness that scene with her own eyes, she could only reconstruct the scene from the oral accounts of witnesses she interviewed during this period.

But the difficulty is that mouths grow on different people, so everyone describes the scene differently, and in that kind of panic situation, no one can guarantee that what they remember is accurate.

But it seems that everyone has a common description, that is - torn in half.

"In most of the detailed retellings, witnesses emphasized words such as [grasp the body with one hand, grip the legs with the other hand, and then cruelly tear them apart from the middle]."

Catherine said, and at the same time, she actually learned that posture with her own hands.

Fortunately, during this process, Catherine acted very calmly, with no fluctuations in her tone, as if she wanted to express that she was not deeply touched by her father's tragic death.

Except for the extra fine sweat on the palms of my hands.

Sherlock listened, and then his eyes focused on the huge demon in front of him.

[The Hound of the Baskervilles] has an extremely huge body. Many people may not have any idea of ​​the height of 20 meters. For example, if the height of each floor of a residential building is 2.5 meters, then 20 meters is at least It is equivalent to the height of a seven-story building.

People with acrophobia will experience severe dizziness when looking down from their shoulders.

And such a body can still give people a "thick and thick" visual feeling, which shows how huge the demon in front of them is.

However, it was because of this huge size that Sherlock found something strange.

He looked at those thick palms that could flatten a steam chariot with a slap, and said thoughtfully: "I discovered a very interesting thing."

Catherine frowned: "What did you find?"

"That's right. If it is as it appears on the surface, then I should have found the murderer of your father."

"!!!"

This sentence came so suddenly that Catherine didn't even react, but the next second, her eyes widened with anger, and she even subconsciously forgot that Sherlock had just walked into this laboratory less than 15 minutes ago. How could a case be so... It will be cracked soon.

But she still stepped in front of him with great urgency, suppressing the excitement in her heart:

"Murderer?! Who is the murderer?!"

"Theoretically, it is obvious that the murderer is the manipulator of this demon."

"You mean Baskerville?"

Catherine must have felt that this kind of thing was not among the ranks of 'obvious', so he asked eagerly: "Why."

"Because the size does not match." Sherlock pointed to the palms of the [Hound] above his head hanging on both sides of the body: "Look, this guy's palms are too thick, too wide, and have thick scales attached to them, so they are not suitable at all. Grip. Dean Darwin is only 170 centimeters tall, and its hardness is too soft for such a third-level demon.

For example, if this big guy is compared to a human being, its hands are equivalent to a person wearing a baseball glove, and then Dean Darwin is equivalent to a slender noodle of three to four centimeters. "

As he spoke, Sherlock also clenched his hands and made a 'twisting' motion in front of him.

"Now imagine if you, wearing a baseball glove, were holding a very short noodle and then tearing it off. What an awkward behavior it was.

If this demon was really acting on its own instincts, how could it possibly make such a counterintuitive gesture?

If it wants to kill someone, it will definitely use slaps or smashes. In short, no matter what the posture is, it will definitely not be [torn in half]. "

Catherine stood there, thinking blankly about the situation Sherlock described, and tried a few times with her hands in front of her.

In fact, you don't need to think too much to understand what Sherlock wants to express.

Indeed, this posture is too awkward.

"So this demon acted like that under control?" She murmured in alarm.

"At least that's all I can understand for the time being."

"But, as I said before, Chief of Staff Baskerville was commanding operations along the Redeker Strait at the time.

He is more than 7,000 kilometers away from here. Even by airship, it will take more than ten days. "

Sherlock smiled and comforted Catherine:

"Don't worry, a qualified case must be somewhat attractive.

In fact, you can think on the bright side.

At least under this idea

As long as we find a way to instantly travel back and forth over thousands of kilometers, or control the contract demon from thousands of kilometers away, wouldn't this case be solved? "