Sherlock Holmes

The emperor of the empire.

Of course, the empire must have an emperor. Even in this strange era when all the people believe in the Holy Light and the power of the Holy See spreads all over the world, the emperor is still an inevitable existence.

This is not just a habit, or the result of years of brainwashing by the ruling class.

But because people need to live.

Any life must strive for survival, so survival requires food, resources, spiritual recognition, self-awareness, etc. To put it bluntly, human beings will inevitably use the pursuit of interests as their criterion, and in the process of pursuit, they need If there is a conflict, there will be a group. If there is a group, there will inevitably be a balancer of interests on a human level.

Then the emperor will appear!

This is an inevitable trend of social existence. It may appear in different periods, with different names, and in different forms, but it can never be erased.

Even if one day, the Holy See is destroyed, the Holy Light is dimmed, and the faith falls apart.

The emperor is still the emperor.

The current emperor is a respected old man named [Augustine Felty].

In fact, if you don't think about his name deliberately, you will almost subconsciously forget it, because he has been in power for nearly 60 years, and the people of the empire have already closely combined his identity with the emperor.

During his reign, the empire experienced from decline to rise, and endured the second demonic invasion that was like the Dark Ages. Steam technology has developed vigorously, the economy has not declined, and the population has shown a steady growth trend. Three of his subordinates have The Grand Chamber was established, the Imperial Act was revised, and the Management Committee had more than 300 members spread across all areas of the empire, including justice, civil affairs, farming, taxation, regional coordination and supplies, etc. Almost every sector showed several manifestations. The most perfect situation in a century.

Emperor Augustine can almost be called the most outstanding emperor in modern human history after the gates of hell were opened.

so.

When he heard Priest Thompson say that this task was personally issued by the Emperor of the Empire, Watson had to remain silent again.

Why is His Majesty the Emperor looking for the Holy Son of the Holy See?

Although he could imagine that the secret power struggle between the Holy See and the government would be extremely cruel and long-lasting, on the surface, the two sides had always maintained a very harmonious attitude, so why did they suddenly appear at such a dramatic time as the Day of Holy Love? I have begun to contact the senior officials of the Holy See privately.

And he was a candidate for the next pope right from the start, with no step-by-step process at all? !

This kind of thought flashed through Watson's mind. He was not prepared to think about it because he knew that he would not be able to think of the reason.

But just when he raised his head, he accidentally saw the few white hairs that were swallowed up by the sun on the head of Priest Thompson in front of him.

Suddenly, he realized a possibility that he had ignored for a long time.

Emperor Augustine was over 90 years old.

Even if those old monsters from the Academy of Life Sciences can extend his life for many years, so what. Can an old man who looks like he is dying really continue to sit in that chair?

Is that right?

It’s time to pass on the throne

Seeing Watson's eyes of understanding at that moment, Priest Thompson slowly said: "No matter what you think of, please always remember your identity.

You are just a commoner in Lower London, not an aristocrat, let alone a member of Parliament. The only reason why you can be exposed to this kind of task is that you work in London's public security management agency, and at the same time, you are the person with the best appearance. , nothing more.

And you must also understand that besides you, there must be many people looking for His Royal Highness the Holy Son. Such an important task cannot be handed over to just you. You are just one of countless channels to choose from.

So, you just need to complete your task seriously. "

Priest Thompson spoke very seriously and slowly, as if he was afraid that the young man in front of him would miss anything.

Watson smiled and nodded. He knew his boss's intention. In this kind of task, the executor must not slack off in the slightest, but he must not go overboard in the slightest.

"Thank you." He said from the bottom of his heart.

Got up and left the office.

Building B, 221 Baker Street.

Sherlock has returned to his apartment.

The experience in the underground tavern last night is still vivid in my mind, the confusing scene, the sudden appearance of the assassin, the flames in the alley, and the bloody revenge that a pope may exact on himself.

All these events broke out in such a short period of time, which must have exceeded the upper limit of a lower city civilian's ability to accept.

However, Sherlock didn't care.

As I said before, he is only interested in unsolved mysteries, so compared to the above-mentioned things, the guy named John Watson seems to attract his attention more.

Oh, there is another thing that worries him, and that is his contracted devil.

Now he opened the apartment door.

It's not yet known what the relationship between the insect-like tentacles and the twisted sun in the sky is, but since looking into the huge eyeball in the sun, Sherlock can see the area crawled by the tentacles in reality. .

After a whole night, the tentacles had climbed the entire room, and divided the stairs at the door and an area of ​​about 100 meters on the street into Sherlock's territory.

This speed really surprised Sherlock, because judging from the speed of the previous small tentacle, it definitely couldn't climb so fast.

Could it be that something changed again in the dream?

Okay, the puzzles have to be solved one by one. If I haven't fallen asleep yet, let's try to see how limited the range of control over the devil is.

So Sherlock came to the window and looked at the street below. There was a dark alley across the street, which happened to be his domain, and it was not easy to be noticed.

He concentrated and quietly opened a crack in the void there.

Very good, the void cracks can be easily torn open in their own domain, and then, the dog walked out with a military training posture with its head held high.

There is no difference from the last summons.

Next, Sherlock decided to try to see if this guy could move outside the realm;

However, just when he was about to control the corpse dog to go out.

"Um?"

He was startled for a moment

Because he found that deep in his consciousness, there seemed to be a strange feeling of "unfinished meaning".

Sherlock hesitated for a moment. Although he felt it was silly to do so, he still followed the thought in his mind and once again turned his attention to the alley across the street.

Concentrate slightly

Then, he was a little surprised to see it.

The second void crack.

Torn apart by himself.