Countdown all over the world

After a while, Annie opened her eyes.She looked at Holmes with a smile before taking the paintbrush from his hand.

Raise your hand and lightly smear some ink on it.It falls on the drawing paper, waving a color.This was the first time in Annie's day that her hands were so steady.It's like, all she needs to think about at this time is the oil painting in front of her.Nothing else.

Those things after that, whether it was the old way of doing things or the ever-decreasing time, were all left behind by her at this moment.At this moment, she only needs to copy this part well.

……

The address left by the Seinmut family is in an abandoned factory.

If it weren't for this incident, no one would have imagined that the waste land on the outskirts of the city was also Seinmut's property.

Just as they asked, Anne and Holmes came to the factory alone.

What he was holding in his hand was the scroll, which made the Sainmuts tear up their skins and wanted to take it back.

"I thought you would need some time." A man said abruptly.

Annie and Holmes followed the sound, and as expected, there was a shadow of someone standing behind a ruined wall.

"24 hours, this is your request." Annie said with an extremely steady voice.

The man let out a few laughs: "Sherlock Holmes! He has been famous for a long time."

Annie looked at Holmes cautiously, and silently nodded in his eyes.He took two steps back slowly and stood in an open place.

Holmes stepped lightly and took two steps forward: "Why did you give us such a long time?"

The man laughed a few times as if he had heard something interesting, and then said, "Why did you give you time? Oh, no, no, no. It should be said that you are giving us time."

Holmes turned his head and waved at Anne who was a little nervous.Continue talking to the man: "Where's Rebecca?"

Before he finished speaking, there was the sound of the rope sliding above his head.

Annie tightly covered her mouth, for fear that her crying voice would ruin the plan of the two of them.

Overhead, a small figure is bound and tied to a pillar on the second floor.

Even her mouth was sealed.All I could do was to make a very weak "woo-woo" sound while struggling.

Rebecca's hair was already disheveled, and her face was a little dusty.

"Equivalent exchange," said Holmes. "You should know that what is done to Rebecca, we will do to your precious scroll."

"We didn't do anything!" The man's voice was filled with urgency. "You should be able to tell that she made it all by herself, Mr. Holmes."

Obviously, the threat to the scroll made the man accidentally show his eagerness.By the time he calmed down his tone belatedly, it was already too late.

Holmes smiled and nodded to Anne.

"You let Rebecca go first," he said.

A man's voice came immediately: "Impossible."

Holmes didn't pay attention to his screams, but continued very calmly: "I'll count to three, and then I'll ask Anne to tear off part of the drawing paper."

"three."

The man sternly stopped: "Stop! We can't let people go first..."

"two."

"If you dare to destroy the scroll, don't even think about taking that little girl back!" The man couldn't stop it, and started threatening instead.

"One!" Holmes counted without any change in speed.

"Stop! Stop!" The man ran out from the broken walls with a stride, "Let's let people go first, let them go first."

He raised his hands unconsciously, looking like he wanted to fly over quickly and snatch the scroll from Annie's hand.

Annie glanced at Holmes, who nodded slightly.She put away the scroll again.

The man's heart returned to normal when he saw that the scroll was finished.God knows how scared he was at that moment.The scroll has been in the hands of their family for decades, but they still haven't found any clues.

No one knows how to unlock the message left by the artist.Therefore, even a trace of damage was not dared to fall on the scroll.

"Let go," said Holmes.

No matter how reluctant he was, the man had to take care of the scrolls in their hands.He waved at the top: "Didn't you hear? Hurry up!"

The rope on Rebecca was untied.

The first second the little girl was free from restraints, she wanted to cry and run to Annie, but was hugged by the person behind her.

"Bring it down," the man said.

As he looked closer, Holmes studied Rebecca for a long time.He nodded to Annie without any trace.

They didn't do anything to Rebecca.Most of those pitiful embarrassments were actually caused by Rebecca herself when she was struggling.

Seeing that Annie and the others were still waiting very quietly, the man seemed to have suffered some kind of humiliation.

Shouting to the people behind him: "Bring it here, give it to them!"

As soon as little Rebecca was placed on the ground, she struggled fiercely twice.Like a small cannonball, it rushed into Annie's arms.

"Sister Annie."

That childish and cute little milk voice was a little hoarse.It should be that he had yelled for too long before, and his voice sounded a little pitiful.

Holmes took two steps back and came to Anne's side.Protecting little Rebecca and Annie behind her: "How can I guarantee that you won't go back on my word after I gave you the scroll?"

The man was threatened again and again.But because he really cared about the scroll in Annie's hand, he had to compromise.

In fact, if he hadn't shown the urgency of being threatened before, the scene at this time might be completely different.

The man secretly regretted in his heart, but his face could only look calm.

"What do you want?" he asked.

Holmes looked around, countless escape clues swirled in his mind.His gaze fell from the broken wall to the broken window outside the second floor.Even a large jungle outside the factory is taken into account.

After a long silence, Holmes said, "Go there, and I will put down the scroll."

The man looked in the direction he pointed, which was the broken wall on the second floor.From there, one jump down is the jungle.Definitely a good line.

"Let all your men go to the right," said Holmes, "including the three who have been behind us, waiting for an opportunity to make a move."

The man's face froze, and he was about to respond.

"No need." A voice suddenly appeared behind the two of them, with a bit of a smile.

"It's all right if you come. We don't care about the scroll." A man in a suit said.

He smiled appreciatively at the man: "Good acting."

play?

A flash of doubt flashed in Holmes' eyes, and his pupils dilated involuntarily.Before he could react, his body instinctively protected Anne behind him.

"That's right, Mr. Holmes." Sam Seinmut said with a smile.

He played with a pen in his hand, letting it dance around his fingertips.Round and round.Whether it's fast or slow, it's like everyone's mind at this time.

Annie looked at Holmes who was protecting herself behind her, and lowered her head.She stuffed the little Rebecca in her arms into Holmes' hands.Under Mr. Detective's unsupportive gaze, he took a step forward.

"Are you guys choosing to give up this scroll?" She asked.

The pen in Sam's hand froze, and he threw it directly to the ground: "No, no, no, my dear Ms. Huigent, my little Annie..."

The sympathetic tone made Anne feel sick.

In particular, Annie also saw Mr. Sam who was lying on the ground drunk at that time.At this time, seeing his decent appearance in suit and leather shoes, it was really difficult to change his impression.

Sam smiled: "You, or this scroll? I want both, but neither."

Annie glanced at Holmes' fingers without any trace, and said knowingly, "What do you mean?"

Sam shrugged and looked around: "I think Miss Anne should have a secret. One, a secret that has not been told to others."

Annie's face remained unchanged, and she looked at Sam calmly.

He continued: "For example, why can we still see our people in such a concealed situation. For example, why can we point out our initial explosion..."

Annie said in astonishment: "You guys did the initial explosion of Portouille?"

She looked belatedly, making no secret of her surprise.

Sam seemed to have discovered something interesting, and with a hint of showing off, he looked around at the people around.

"I thought it's been so long. According to Mr. Holmes' ability, he should have figured it out a long time ago?" Sam said with a smile, his eyes falling on Holmes, "After all, Mr. Detective Holmes is very famous! "

Holmes smiled, and kept silently pressing his pipe hand.He raised his head, with complicated eyes: "Actually, I only want to pay attention to meaningful things. For example..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a loud noise on the spot.

While Anne was drawing Sam's attention, Holmes' hands kept moving.In the pipe, he dumped the hidden powder behind the gravel pile.The shape of the pipe perfectly assisted a directional blast.

Sam and the others were blinded by the scattered gravel for a moment, and couldn't help but dodge the gravel raised by the explosion.When several people recovered and tried to find traces of Holmes and others, the place was completely deserted.

At a glance, there was no sign of Anne and Holmes in this dilapidated factory.

Sam spat fiercely: "Catch me!"

They had a baby in their arms, and Rebecca couldn't get away much.Even if they hold it, they can't go far.

You know, this abandoned factory can be said to be sparsely populated.It also takes a long time to find a car on the avenue.

"Find it for me! They won't be far away!" Sam shouted with a bit of frustration.

This is completely a boiled duck, which can fly like this.

Just now he thought that he had the chance to win, and he couldn't help feeling a little overjoyed.If Annie ran back, the meaning of those words, she probably would be able to understand after calming down and thinking about it for a while.

At that time, it would be much more troublesome to capture Aniko without alarming McCoff and the others.

The more he thought about it, the angrier Sam became. Seeing the actions of his subordinates, he almost went crazy.

"Find it quickly!" He shouted angrily, "Hurry up!"

Under the cover at the side, Anne and Holmes were hugging Rebecca, quietly hiding.

"Blind spots?" Annie asked in a low voice.

Holmes nodded, and casually grabbed two handfuls of gravel on the ground.Looking outside secretly, extremely cautious.

Those few people hastily searched this side.He was led by Sam, ready to leave the factory, and chased him quickly.

In fact, few people would think that they were still not far from where they were, motionless.

"You two, stay here and continue looking!" Sam ordered two people at random, "The rest, follow me out!"

With an order, several people followed Sam and ran out very quickly.

The remaining two people looked at each other helplessly.In this abandoned factory, Idle began to search.

Even they didn't think those people would stay here at all.

In this way, it is obviously too dangerous, isn't it?

Anne and Holmes hid behind the pillar, and Anne kept her eyes fixed on the pillar.Through this place, I was looking at the countdown light above the heads of the two of them.

"One went to the second floor, and the other was approaching us." Annie said.

Holmes gave her a surprised look, but didn't ask any questions.He just stood on guard.

"Three, two, one! Here we come," said Anne.

Holmes jumped up instantly, threw the gravel in his hand, and hit the man directly on the head.While the man was blinded and before he could shout, Holmes covered his mouth.

Even if he wanted to remind his companions, he could only utter a few weak "woo hoo" in vain.Ironically, this voice is so similar to the little Rebecca before.

Holmes slashed him to the ground with a knife.

"There," said Holmes.

He stretched out his hand, pulled up Annie who was squatting, and hugged little Rebecca with the other hand: "Let's go!"

Time is running out, and it will be very troublesome if they wait for Sam and the others to react and kill another carbine.

As Sam had expected, in this deserted and deserted suburb, it was indeed a difficult problem to escape quickly.

Fortunately, they are not without foreign aid.

Not long after Sam and the others chased them out, they had to scatter their hands because they were scattered in different directions.They formed a group in twos and threes and ran out according to Sam's arrangement.

It's a pity that every time they walked, they fell into the traps they had prepared long ago.

Mycroft's men were surprised to find that these people were actually fully armed.They were all a little confused, didn't they come to exchange hostages and scrolls?Why are you so well prepared.

Several people looked at the fainted person in the trap, and looked at each other for a while.

This is not like an ordinary guard.No matter how you look at it, it makes people feel suspicious.

"Report to Mycroft?" A man frowned, squatting down and flipping through the clothes of the fainted man.

"Of course, suppress them all."

……

Here, Holmes held Anne's hand, trying to take some of the weight off her.Annie shook her head, and handed over the scroll in her hand.

"Although I don't know why, I think that since they want the scroll and me, then you should come and get this." Anne handed the fake scroll to Holmes in a serious manner.

Holmes sighed helplessly: "Annie, this is fake. Didn't you forget?"

Annie stuck out her tongue: "However, what I copied is very similar. Who knows what information they want? It's better to keep it away."

Holmes tightened his arms and held little Rebecca more securely.There were also a few small cuts on the child's fleshy little hands at this time.Wu Zi was still tightly clutching Holmes' sleeves, his pitiful appearance was heartbreaking.

Like, afraid of being taken away again.

"The person McCoff picked up should be not far away. Let's go quickly." Annie rubbed Rebecca's little head, her eyes were a little worried, "I have to let them see Li Becca."

The nervous look of the little girl was rubbed on the head, and she shrank a little.

It seemed that during this day, he was already quite frightened.

Holmes glanced at Rebecca in his arms, and nodded worriedly.He looked at Annie, opened his mouth, and finally said nothing.

"What do you want to ask?" Annie said, with encouraging eyes, "No matter what it is, as long as you ask, I will tell you."

Holmes paused, then just shook his head: "Let's talk about it when it's safe."

During the running, both of them were a little out of breath.

Following the bunker that can hide the figure of a person, the two carried little Rebecca to shuttle between the abandoned factories.The location agreed with McCoff is not close to here.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that before McCoff's people arrive, they will alarm Seinmut and the others.In that case, Rebecca would be in danger.

It is precisely because of this that the two of them have to walk a long way at this moment.

"Wait!" Holmes suddenly stretched out his hand and stopped Annie.

Pulling her sideways, she hid behind the wall.

"There are two people over there, from Seinmut." Holmes said in a low voice, with some unsteady breath.

He looked around, and his eyes fell on a small door not far away.

Holmes pointed there: "Go."

Anne nodded, followed Holmes and turned around.Try to get around the two heavily armed men ahead.

Holmes had just passed through the extremely narrow door, holding Rebecca in his arms.He was about to turn around and give Annie a hand.

But he was hit in the nose by the suddenly closed door, and was dizzy for a while.

"Annie!" he cried.

On this side of the door, the person who had been waiting for a long time finally made a move.All of a sudden, Annie was knocked out, and she was picked up.Turn around and go back.

He had followed the two of them since the abandoned factory, and he didn't really go up to the second floor of the factory.

He knew that Annie and the others would hide there.

No way, I know you too well, Anne.

The man smiled and tore off the cloth covering his face.

With smiling eyebrows, he looked at Annie who was in a coma.

Darren looked at her and said slowly, "I'm sorry, Annie."

The author has something to say: I wish the little angels a happy November! ! !