Detective Bennet [Comprehensive novel]

How are you doing recently?

Faced with Watson's concern, Sherlock and Kelsey said that they were doing well, and they were not affected by the Paris Blood Sacrifice.

"Mr. Watson, the review rehearsal was hard last night. Thank you for your understanding, allowing us to have time to rest."

Sherlock kept silent about the specific content of the so-called rest, and instead praised Watson generously.

"Your hard work is the key to the success of the musical "The Dark Castle". I have heard praises for you in Paris, and people are looking forward to the performance in three months."

Kelsey immediately received, "Indeed, thanks to you, people can trust us with great responsibility. We can travel to Paris without any worries. It is an unparalleled honor to meet you."

"You two are serious, this is also my job."

Watson's tone was modest, but the corners of his mouth kept rising.

Is it his illusion?These two went to Paris, and they are even more good at complimenting people. Does Paris have some kind of magical power?

This is not important.

The three found a coffee shop.

Watson quickly got down to business. He compiled last night's rehearsal into a book, and attached photos for easy reference by the two of them. "During the whole process, I have recorded the advantages and disadvantages that I think. Take a look and see if there is anything else that needs to be added."

Kelsey took the folder first.Just reading the first page, the detailed records and comments about the rehearsal all show Watson's seriousness.

Ten minutes later, she read ten lines at a glance, quickly.

There is nothing wrong with it, and Watson has done the most detailed arrangement of "The Dark Castle" musical in any way he can.

"I think it's wonderful. Please, Mr. Holmes."

Kelsey handed the folder to Sherlock, and saw him go through the entire proposal in detail.

Soon, Sherlock closed the folder, "Mr. Watson, I also think the proposal is great."

Watson took a deep breath secretly, why can't the two sitting opposite you watch slowly?

He got up before dawn and rushed to work on the document for ten hours. Some people read it in 10 minutes!

Even though he had experienced Sherlock's near-photographic memory, Watson still asked, "Mr. Holmes, don't you need to take a closer look?"

"Believe me, I have read it carefully. Mr. Watson, your proposal is very good."

Sherlock's tone was very affirmative, and he didn't find any mistakes.What's more, there are specializations in the art industry.He did not participate in the planning of the musical in the early stage, and now that Kelsey has expressed his approval, he naturally agrees.

Seeing that Watson still hesitated, Sherlock asked, "Please don't doubt, don't you still trust Mr. Bennet's judgment?"

"Of course I do."

Watson had no doubts about Kelsey's vision, and he initiated the adaptation of the musical.At the moment, I just want to make sure if there are any more suggestions and opinions.

"In that case, there is no problem."

After Sherlock finished speaking to Watson, he looked sideways at Kelsey, "I'll listen to you."

This sentence "I listen to you" is resounding.

Hearing this, Kelsey held the coffee cup steadily, and only returned a look, "You still listen to me? The London rankings, in terms of obedience, you are enough to enter the bottom ten, otherwise how could you go together last night."

Sherlock smiled: "I'm talking about musicals, and everything related is up to you."

Watson: Illusion?The two people on the opposite side seemed to have an undercurrent.

Kelsey looked away, distracted Watson, and asked a question.

"The rehearsal ended very late last night. This proposal must have taken a lot of time. Mr. Watson, you should get up early to catch up on work. In fact, there is no need to worry. The first performance is on Halloween, and there are still three months and three weeks to go. Don't you Did you have to rush to work because of other urgent matters?"

Sherlock looked at Watson, "No matter what the urgent matter is, please speak up if necessary."

Watson shook his head with a smile, and took the initiative to talk about the reason why he was anxious to find the two:

"No, no, I don't have anything difficult to do, but I'm leaving London to go to a military medical training site."

Watson has always had the ambition to be a military doctor, and he has already submitted an application to the relevant department.

"Faster than I thought, the admission letter arrived last week. In two days, I will go to the closed training site. This trip will take at least two or three years."

Two or three years is not the training time.

At most half a year of training, and then go directly to the resident battlefield, a round of post for at least two years.

"Oh! Congratulations."

"Great, congratulations."

Sherlock and Kelsey congratulated each other.At first they felt a little bit reluctant, but they left without giving up a good helper, but they supported Watson to realize his dream.

When they first met, on the way to the dark castle, Watson mentioned his ideal of joining the army as a doctor.Later, he was asked to do an autopsy and drug test, and he also mentioned that he submitted an application to the military hospital.

The two were very happy for Watson that he was able to embark on the career path he hoped for.

As for whether the military doctor will be discharged after two or three years, and whether he will return to London to be a detective's assistant after his discharge, that depends on Watson's fulfillment of his dream.

"Mr. Watson, why didn't you mention this good news earlier, and let us practice it for you."

If he had known earlier, Kelsey would have returned to London earlier, and Watson would not have been left alone to supervise the rehearsal of the musical last night.

Watson waved his hand, "There is really no need to practice for me. I will come back anyway, and we will meet again when I come back. I prefer to celebrate the reunion."

That's the case, but the farewell came too suddenly and in a hurry.

Sherlock rarely exhorted, "You are about to travel far, and you are really admirable to contribute to defending your home and country. But with all due respect, when you use your medical skills to protect the lives of soldiers on the front line, please take care of yourself , don't be too aggressive."

Watson understood that these words were from the bottom of his heart, but he did not expect that Mr. Holmes, who seemed indifferent, would give such advice.

Immediately afterwards, words that made Watson even more unexpected appeared.

"I won't say the polite farewell words. The battlefield is ruthless, you need to be more careful."

Kelsey said seriously, "Not only do you need to be careful of the enemy's artillery fire, but sometimes you also need to beware of your own back arrows."

Watson was stunned for a moment, he hadn't thought about guarding against traitors and traitors.

"Don't be surprised, I don't mean anything else, so there's no need to be suspicious."

Kelsey smiled lightly again, "It's just that guns have no eyes, please pay more attention to everything."

Sherlock: I can't just ask Watson to be more defensive.But don't worry too much, after the baptism of war, Watson will change more or less.

"Thank you both for your concern, I will remember both."

Watson nodded slowly, and confirmed again, "Are you sure you have nothing to ask me about the musical?"

"No, you're doing very well."

Kelsey thought, "Closed training, that means you won't be able to attend the Halloween premiere, right?"

"Yes, I can't go. This is the only regret after receiving the notice."

Watson shrugged. He had originally thought about reuniting with Apep and Chocolate Cake at the premiere, but the plan would never catch up with the change.

Watson cheered up again, "It's okay, life will inevitably have regrets. If Mr. Adair and Mr. Sigson come to watch the premiere, please give them my regards."

Kelsey: "Sure."

Now I have received the question, but I just can't reply.

Sherlock: "Sure."

Now I have received the question, but I just can't reply.

London early October.

It's autumn in a blink of an eye.

After Watson left, everything went on in an orderly manner.

Kelsey took over the remaining work of the musical, and the most trivial preliminary work has been done by Watson. She only needs to monitor the scene step by step according to the plan.

In the past three months, he has not been idle.Except for academic papers, Scotland Yard occasionally came to ask for assistance in solving the case, and was mainly busy with an investigation commission.

It is not entirely true to say that it is a commission.

Kelsey prefers to define it as collaboration.

Although Mrs Robinson is dead, the Angel Charitable Foundation, which she named after her daughter, continues to operate.

Funds are mainly donated to orphanages for girls and infants, and girls' schools for middle and lower class students.

Charitable foundations conduct regular investigations on funded parties to verify the operation of the other party and whether there are any bad incidents such as misappropriation of charitable funds.

Every year, the foundation will also add new funded objects, or actively seek, or select from applicants.

Kelsey hopes to play a part in improving the living conditions of women today.

Personal power is small, but you might as well donate some money and cooperate with the Angel Foundation, which has relevant experience, to improve the educational environment for girls.

Therefore, Kelsey accepted the foundation's invitation to participate in this round of investigation and review work as a special commissioner.

From one orphanage to the next girls' school, it is a tedious and meticulous task to ensure that the donations are actually used by those in need.

As a result, there was no complicated murder case for a period of time, and at the same time, Sherlock across the street was rarely seen.

Speaking of Sherlock, Lestrade had seen him from time to time recently.

The reason is very simple. There was a blood sacrifice case in Paris, France, and the murderer used the city's underground tunnel as his base, which attracted the attention of London.

Unlike the messy underground passages in Paris, which are still under reconstruction, London has built the world's first subway, and it has been in operation for more than ten years.

It's time to check whether there are any abnormal cases along the subway.The British rulers can't be like France, foolishly being played by the murderer all the time, it is better to take the initiative to investigate now.

Scotland Yard has been served with an investigation order.

As the well-known Inspector L in the police circle, Lestrade was entrusted with the important task of being the person in charge, and his superiors found a consultant for him - Sherlock.

In the past three months, investigations along the subway have not resulted in any major incidents.

Lestrade sensed Sherlock's lack of interest.

He also didn't know why Sherlock agreed to assist in the investigation at the beginning, but later, in the spirit of the contract, he persisted even though he felt bored.

"However, something unusual happened this morning."

On Montague Street, Sherlock approached Kelsey a little excitedly. "The detective found a dismembered body in an abandoned house along the subway. To be precise, Lestrade was walking halfway and his head was hit by a piece of carrion."

Lestrade walked well, and a crow flew low.

The crow eats carrion, and when it flew out of the abandoned house, it grabbed half of the rotten meat and dropped it on Lestrade's hat.

Inspector L is very unlucky today, he must find out what hit his head.

"Afterwards, Lestrade discovered that it was a half-human palm that hit him. He rushed into the abandoned house and saw the burial pit that had been dug open by dogs and visited by crows."

Sherlock first briefly described the process of discovering the body, "The abandoned house has been unoccupied for several years, and the body under the garden was dismembered, except for one head missing."

where is the head

Kelsey was listening to Lestrade's Misfortune, and her eyes fell on the desk.

——There is an open square box on the table.Sherlock knocked on the door with it, and what was in the box was a boneless human head without meat.

Sherlock: "Obviously, the dismemberment of the body did not involve the removal of the flesh, it was just cut open with a sharp instrument, but this head was boiled to remove the flesh. It was placed in the attic of the abandoned house."

Kelsey: "So, now what do you want me to do?"

"Judging from the degree of skeletal fit, this head and the decomposed body are the same person. The deceased was a lady, and it is preliminarily estimated to be a middle-aged woman who had childbirth experience."

Sherlock asked, "But without a fleshy head, the dead man's face cannot be determined. Jerry, can you restore the dead man's face?"

Restoring a portrait from a skeleton is a special skill that is rarely mastered.

Kelsey raised her eyebrows. "It's a skull. Tom, why do you think I can draw a portrait of the dead from it?"

Sherlock replied solemnly, "Intuition. Intuition, my dear Jerry, is omnipotent in some respects."

"Ha." Kelsey chuckled, "Intuition? Are you not afraid that your intuition will be wrong?"

Sherlock asked, "Did I guess wrong this time?"

Kelsey looked at the skull's head. Compared with competing with Sherlock, it is more important to determine the source of the corpse.

"No, smart Tom guessed right again. But there are uncertainties in reshaping the face. First of all, I can't give a 100% accurate portrait."

"Okay." Sherlock didn't only have this one clue, he also brought another box, which was filled with candy wrappers, which might be related to the murderer.

"The box was found next to the head in the attic. It should be candy wrapping paper from more than ten years ago. Jerry, do you know what the candy market was at that time?"

Kelsey shook her head, she had never eaten the candy here more than ten years ago.

"Candy paper, I don't understand either."

Sherlock was not lost, and slightly lowered his voice. "But there was one guy who knew it well. I remember he would collect all the candy wrappers after he ate them. Not only was this a childhood fun for someone, but it's still a habit that makes him know all kinds of candy like a treasure."

Sherlock seldom mentioned family affairs, but said a few words to Kelsey at the moment.

"Can you imagine? A notebook, with colorful candy wrappers sandwiched between them, opens up a sweet and greasy smell. Candy wrappers are very important, and they are someone's treasure. It's not difficult to guess, the candy wrappers belong to... ..."

"Mycroft."

Kelsey added silently.

'Tap ta--'

At this time, seldom heard but familiar footsteps sounded in the corridor, and then the door was knocked.

The next moment, the door was opened.

Mycroft saw two people greeting him.

Mycroft narrowed his eyes slightly.

Is it an illusion?Kelsey and Sherlock, there's something wrong with these two.