[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

In the original book of Sherlock Holmes, Professor Moriarty has very few appearances. In the end, Sherlock Holmes and the professor had a duel at the Reichenbach Falls and fell off the cliff together.The detective survived, the professor failed.

But Mary felt that according to the image and character of James Moriarty in this world, he didn't seem like someone who would fight Holmes in person—even if the professor himself, like Holmes, was a boxer that old soldiers could admire A master, who also knows the Baton technique, age alone is enough to widen the physical strength gap between the two.

Besides, they don't have any intention of using physics to solve the problem.

The streets of Massena Town were silent, and the invisible confrontation more than ten meters apart added a bit of dignity to the oppressive atmosphere.Perhaps it was too quiet, so that any disturbance on the street was so clear, and Mary "heard" the subtle sound of windows being opened in the distant brick and tile residential building in a trance.

She raised her head subconsciously, and didn't see anyone sticking her head out. However, today's weather is very good, the sun is clear, and Mary clearly saw a dazzling reflection against the rising sun.

——It’s a sniper scope.

Mary: "..."

She had a stern expression, which was exchanged for Professor Moriarty's smile.

"Ms. Irene Adler, is it?"

The professor didn't even look back, but he already gave the answer.

"It's a pity that I couldn't come back to London when she sent me the request," he said. "A noble and amazing artist, if I can, I will help as much as I can. Fortunately, the world There are people in the world who are more helpful than I am, and that pays off, Miss Mary. Lady Adler's loyalty is invaluable, and you all deserve her protection."

So, this is Mr. Mycroft begging Mary to hand over Colonel Moran's sniper rifle to Irene before she leaves.

In "The Last Case", Colonel Moran's sniper scope is aimed at Holmes alone.But the reality is completely reversed: it was Professor Moriarty who left Paris alone and came to the small town of Marchenne. He knew that there was a gun locked on his back and was ready to pull the trigger at any time, but he did not move.

"Aren't you afraid, Professor?" Mary asked.

The professor hooked the corner of his mouth.

"Have you ever been afraid of facing Lord Blackwood, Miss Mary?" he asked.

Rather than being afraid, it is better to say that it is nervous, even hatred and anger are far more than fear.Mary did not answer Professor Moriarty's question, but her silence was enough of an answer.

"I don't think you are afraid, even if you are in a bloody prison."

Professor Moriarty said in his usual unhurried pace: "You used yourself as a bait to catch Blackwood's true colors, because you believed that Holmes would find you, and you firmly believed that you could succeed. I have the same belief , Miss Mary, for I have succeeded."

Mary frowned.

She subconsciously looked at Holmes, expecting the latter to spit out some mocking words, but he didn't.

Sherlock Holmes stood side by side with Mary. Facing the professor's words that almost announced the end, the detective closed his eyes, and then calmly said: "Suvarin and your letters are enough evidence to arrest you, Professor Moriarty."

"so what?"

The professor's cane fell to the ground.

He tilted his head indifferently: "Arresting me will not prevent the army from trampling the resistance of Fu'an Mine, Holmes."

"..."

"What exactly do you want, Professor Moriarty," Mary asked, "I don't understand. You are trying to monopolize the cotton market and sway the French coal mining industry. You can even be called the manipulator behind the economic case, but you are also funding Russian resistance and the Workers International."

"My position is not clear enough in your eyes, is it, ma'am?"

"You can also say that. But I think your position has always been clear, Professor, and you have been doing what is right in your heart."

Professor Moriarty nodded approvingly.

He was still so peaceful and natural, looking at the two of them from a distance, but with an attitude as if he was standing in an open classroom to preach and receive karma.

"The exploitation of workers by capitalists is a heinous crime, and if workers want to revolt, they must see blood. Isn't it a crime? I know some people call me the Napoleon of crime, saying that I intend to stir up disputes and control all crimes." I'm afraid Miss Mary and Sherlock Holmes thought so at the beginning," the professor said frankly, "but with all due respect, Miss Mary, human civilization has been full of crimes since the moment it was born, and our history is made up of one crime after another. The results are accumulated. Slave owners enslaved slaves, landlords oppressed serfs, capitalists sucked the blood of workers, and slaves, farmers and workers raised their knives to resist. It is a bloody and cruel process. If I am really committing a crime, Miss Mary, then and Capitalists like me who invest in cotton plantations and mines, and aiders like me who donate money to workers, are all criminals."

"So," Mary still didn't quite understand, "what does this have to do with you designing two 'experiments'?"

"what."

Moriarty: "You can tell, I'm doing an experiment."

Holmes: "For verification, Professor."

Mary was taken aback.

"A person's lifespan is less than a hundred years. If he is diligent and studious and has a superb memory, he can always be familiar with all the recorded history before his birth," Holmes continued, "but he can't see the future. Even according to his own knowledge and historical experience, I can probably sum up the reality of the future, but I can’t see it with my own eyes.”

"Indeed."

Professor Moriarty let out a long sigh in satisfaction but unwillingness.

"The current situation has changed, Holmes. You and I both know that we are in an extremely critical age, but the time a person can survive is limited. I am a person who respects science, and I will not pursue any illusory 'immortality'. There is a more realistic way to change careers and study.”

That is to personally arrange and come to a real "experiment" of small size to reflect one's own views on the future.

Having said that, Mary finally understood what Professor Moriarty's purpose was.

"The case two years ago was a formal confrontation between you and me, Holmes. My plan failed, but it also confirmed my speculation. Therefore, even if you and your brother cut off my arm in the country, it doesn't matter if I get it." The truth I want: that monopolies can only be broken through state intervention."

"...!"

Mary's face suddenly changed.

What James Moriarty is after is an answer about the truth of the future, and Mary, who has traveled back from the future, just knows the answer he wants-Professor Moriarty's conclusion is not wrong.

In the 21st century, the capitalist society has already developed into a monopoly capitalist society.Even the behavior similar to Professor Moriarty's monopoly of the cotton market is already "reasonable and legal". Not only are the big capitalists in control of the market and resources, but it is the big capitalists who form the state agencies that the professor said can intervene in monopoly behavior.

While monopoly greatly intensifies distribution contradictions, it also delays “social contradictions”—that is, wars—to a certain extent.Based on this, when Mary first came into contact with Professor Moriarty's behavior two years ago, she initially judged that he was delaying the arrival of the war.

To some extent, if his plan was successful, he might be able to achieve such a result; but his plan failed, and the professor also got the answer he wanted.

"And now, Holmes."

Professor Moriarty said calmly.

"You can arrest me instead of your brother, instead of the London government, it doesn't matter. Because I have succeeded, you let Suvarin send an invitation letter, but you didn't point out the role of Harvey reporter in it."

Holmes looked up. "Mr. Harvey insisted on taking Suvarine's responsibility and detonating the explosives himself."

Moriarty: "So you agree with me."

Holmes snorted: "No, Professor. What I agree with is Franz Harvey and the dignity of the workers. This has nothing to do with you."

"But I got the answer I wanted."

James Moriarty hooked the corners of his mouth, his smile was almost benevolent.

"The failure of the Paris Commune seems to be yesterday, but the voices of the workers are getting louder every day. I wonder if they can overthrow the entire system like the slaves who overthrew the slave owners. My reasoning is that they cannot, at least not in a short time. ,” he said, “and today’s outcome shows that I am still right, what the Paris Commune did not accomplish.”

"—Mengsu Miner can't do it either."

When Professor Moriarty's words fell to the ground, there was an earth-shattering bang.

The sound of the explosion came from afar but was so powerful that it even made the ground of the small town of Massena tremble.Professor Moriarty raised his hands: "Arrest me, Holmes, or let Ms. Adler pull the trigger. I have succeeded. It doesn't matter if I die immediately."

"No, let's live, Professor."

"..."

Sherlock Holmes showed a look of surprise, because he could hear a clear smile from Mary Bennet's voice.

He turned his head and looked at the petite lady beside him. Mary, who had been frowning for a while, finally opened her facial features.There was a signature smile on her fair face, and what attracted Holmes' attention even more was her always bright eyes, which burst out with an invincible hope.

"It doesn't matter if you are in prison or you try to escape trial and get away with it, you must live on," she said. "You can live until ten years later, or twenty years later, at the latest."

Professor Moriarty predicted monopoly and miscalculated with workers.

Whether it is the Paris Commune or the Montsour coal mine, failure after failure is just laying the foundation for success.Mary from the future can make a more certain assertion here than Professor Moriarty.

Because they all lived to see that day, in [-], the workers' revolt came to an end and the Soviet Union was formed.

"By then, Professor," Mary began, "you will see your failure with your own eyes."