Chapter 18 Sherlock Hermes

Chapter 18 Sherlock Hermes

In the hallway of the Supervisory Bureau, a lazy, black-haired, brown-eyed young man was leaning against the wall, looking at the newspaper in his hand with great concentration.

He also looked very young. Probably only in his early twenties, like a college student who had just graduated.

He was thin, with a slender hooked nose and thin lips that were always pursed, which made him look a little mean.

He was reading the newspaper, and Haina stood beside him, mumbling something.

"…That's it, Mr. Sherlock! I have told you everything I remember, so can you answer that question for me?"

Haina was obviously a little excited.

Not only did she make a contribution, but she was also interviewed and made the front page of the "Glass Steps Newspaper", and she should have been noticed by the Queen - this made her feel like she was walking on the clouds, floating.

After realizing that she might be famous, she gritted her teeth and used all the money except for her necessary living expenses to buy this issue of "Glass Steps Newspaper". I plan to bring them all home when I go home for the holidays and show them to my relatives and friends.

Today, I happened to meet Sherlock Consultant at work, so she asked him a question half excited to see her former idol and half showing off -

"...What doubts?"

Sherlock Hermes raised his head and said casually: "You mean 'Why can Mr. Aiwass guess that the bartender is wrong'? This is very simple, because he is a very smart person.

"He knows the bartender's name, which means he has been here before; Mr. Aiwass has an upright posture and a very cultivated sitting posture, and it is easy to know that he is not an old man. The shoulder state of an old man is different from that of a young man - of course, considering that the bartender may not understand this kind of human anatomy, I think the more reliable and direct evidence should be his boots.

"Hand-woven elf boots use the mysterious skills of alchemy and blessing. They can deodorize, absorb sweat, ventilate, waterproof, and improve grip to prevent falls. Such a pair of shoes will cost more than 120 silver crowns. Ordinary knight families cannot use them.

"The bars in Lloyd's District will do some illegal activities to a certain extent, and they are very accurate in judging people. There is no way he can't see this obvious feature. And he clearly recognized Mr. Aiwas's identity, but deliberately called him "old gentleman"... Do you think the bartender in Lloyd's District can say such polite and cultured words?

"Besides, why wasn't he afraid when he saw you? One of the jobs of the Inspectorate is to find people who don't seem to pay taxes and enforce taxation. It would be strange if they didn't hate you and were not afraid of you to dig out their already small deposits from these poor people. People who do business like this are more afraid of you than ordinary workers-because their account books are more or less problematic.

"So why isn't he afraid of you? That means he doesn't care if you ask him for money. Or maybe he is not a local at all - maybe not even an Avalonian, and he doesn't realize what the sudden appearance of the monitor without warning means in this country.

"And the picture in the newspaper is very clear, the wheelchair highlights the style of his boots - not to mention his Elf-style exquisite wheelchair. The etched Elf text is very clear - Moriarty. No, here. Didn't you see it?

"I said, Miss Haina... The professor told me that you graduated with high scores. I think you should have passed the Elvish language, right?"

"...Ah, yes. I recognize it."

Haina was a little embarrassed: "I just didn't see it. "

Originally, she was quite excited and proud, but now she was scolded. The excitement in her heart faded a lot, and there was a sense of loss that "I was so bad."

In fact, she didn't say some things-for example, on the day when Aiwas was attacked, he went to the bar with a banned book. That was Mr. Aiwas's secret, and she was determined to keep it secret for him.

-Because they were accomplices who read the same banned book, they were grasshoppers on the same rope!

As a result, even if Sherlock consultant didn't know this important information, he still deduced the truth from other details. And these things, Haina did not notice.

Just like Mr. Aiwas from that From the actions of the bartender, it was as magical as deducing that there was a murderer behind the scenes in the underground wine cellar!

Haina was very excited, but a little disappointed.

Because she felt that she seemed to have fallen into the state when she first entered college - she originally thought she was a very good person, but once she came into contact with a wider world, she found that she seemed to be just so-so.

If these important details and evidence were told to her, Haina felt that although she would be a little slower, she would definitely be able to deduce the truth. It's just that she couldn't see these details at all - this is the biggest gap between them.

It seems that the gap is not big, but it is actually like a natural chasm.

"It seems that you have understood the greatness of Mr. Aiwas. This is very good."

The young Mr. Sherlock commented scathingly: "It's a pity to say that you are probably the type with stronger working ability among them. You can be called a smart person among idiots. Those other people who have muscles growing in their heads are just a group of idiots.

"They always fail to do anything and only mess things up. Even if I tell them the truth, I always have to explain it over and over again to convince them.

"And this Mr. Aiwass - if I may be frank, his observation skills are better than most of the Inspectorate combined."

"...Do you think so highly of Mr. Aiwas?"

Haina was very surprised.

She had basically only heard Mr. Sherlock think this person was not good and that person was stupid.

"Of course," Sherlock said coldly, "In my opinion, the reason you can 'join hands' to solve this case is entirely due to his observation and judgment.

"If you don't have him, you will never solve the case; and he doesn't need to take you with him to solve this incident. You are just a wheelchair pusher, and you haven't even fulfilled your duty as a protector. When he clearly told you to attack the other party with all your strength, why did you hold back? Since you choose to believe in the other party's command, you must believe it to the end. It is more terrible to believe half of it and have your own ideas than not to believe it at all.

"He has excellent observation, correct reasoning ability, decisive judgment, calm execution, a more mature and stable mentality than you - and accurate shooting skills. Whether it is talent, character or ability, he is quite remarkable. At the age of 18, he is far better than more than 99% of the people in this country. He deserves my address as 'Mr.'.

"I am very interested in him. I heard that he is a freshman? Then I will go back to my alma mater to see him - I have a feeling that it would be quite pleasant to work or communicate with him. "

After that, Sherlock folded the newspaper in his hand accurately and handed it back to Haina.

The four corners were perfectly aligned, without any deviation. From this, we can see the perfectionism of Sherlock.

"Ah, he actually took a two-three-month leave of absence at home and hasn't come to school yet..."

Hai Na took the newspaper with some embarrassment.

And the black-haired young man was not surprised by this result, but nodded calmly: "That's normal. Universities can't teach real talents. There are just a group of knowledge nannies who are trying to break down knowledge into easily digestible paste and try to stuff it into the mouths of lazy people and fools, trying to make them useful social tools. It is not a place to serve geniuses and teach smart people.

"I guess Mr. Aiwas's knowledge and wisdom should come from the professor's personal teaching. Even in the entire Royal Law University, Professor Moriarty is one of the smartest people."

"...Is that so."

Haina said embarrassedly.

She felt a little disappointed...because she felt that she was able to enter the Royal Law University and served as the head of the female class since the sophomore year, which was quite impressive. But she also knew that Sherlock was indeed qualified to say such things - because he was also the head who graduated from the Royal Law University.

When Haina was a freshman, Sherlock was her senior in the senior year. She was able to manage the work of the student union in an orderly manner without any mind or background, relying only on her excellent academic performance and good popularity, and it was entirely based on the many rules set by Sherlock back then.

They were both heads, both student union presidents, and both graduated with full marks. But there was still a big gap between them.

"——Wait a minute, Mr. Sherlock," Haina finally couldn't help asking, "I have a question:

"Since you think that the Supervisory Bureau is a bunch of idiots, and even rejected the internship invitations from the Supervisory Bureau and even the Inspectorate when you graduated... Why do you come to the Supervisory Bureau to serve as a mere consultant now?"

No matter how well a "consultant" does, he can't move up. All the credit belongs to Director Kent, and at most he can only get one or two books from the director as a personal gift.

And if he chose to join the Supervisory Bureau back then, he might have been the deputy director now. And sooner or later he would become the director - by then, the entire bookshelf would be his.

"... [Merely]?"

Hearing this, Sherlock turned around in surprise.

He looked at Haina carefully for a few times, then understood what she said and sighed.

The young man shook his head and lowered his voice and said: "Remember not to say this kind of thing to others in the future.

"Believers of the Way of Authoritarianism shouldn't be so concerned about 'promotion' and 'future'. An inspector shouldn't have such clear 'ambitions', which means you have the adaptability to the Way of Transcendence.

"In Avalon, those who want to be promoted will not be promoted - do you understand what I mean?"