Chapter 479: Instant Box Opening Machine Continues to Operate

When Sherlock woke up and called Aiwas "Moriarty", Aiwas' heart suddenly jumped.

——Something seems wrong.

Aiwas knows Sherlock very well. This great detective usually does things without a sense of boundaries. When he is in the mood, he likes to do something on his own. He will not explain to others what he is doing until he is done. When he talks to friends, he usually calls them by their names or even nicknames...Only when he talks to strangers or people of high enough status, he will maintain distant politeness and reserve.

...Of course, when Sherlock is pretentious and sarcastic, he will occasionally call him "Mr. Moriarty" slowly.

According to the imported CG, in this world line, Aiwas' relationship with Sherlock is even closer than that with Isabel. So Aiwas will call him Sherlock directly, in order to prevent himself from being discovered by the overly perceptive Sherlock that "he is not that Aiwas".

Before meeting, Aiwas was actually very afraid of Sherlock.

Such a friend who is too smart, too sharp, and too suspicious is too familiar with him, so he will be exposed in front of them if he is not careful. Especially since this world itself has the ability to disguise itself as others or change others' cognition, being suspicious is not entirely wrong, it can only be regarded as being cautious enough.

He even thought that he might as well knock Sherlock unconscious. When he wakes up, he will knock him unconscious again, and repeat this cycle... and then send him directly to the Theocracy to complete the task.

As long as he does not contact or communicate with Sherlock throughout the whole process, he will never be exposed in front of him.

...But soon, Aiwas realized. The things he was afraid of were also true for "Sherlock".

But just saying "Moriarty" cannot determine that he has a problem.

So Aiwas further tested.

Sherlock should know that Minister Droste may attack Princess Isabel. During Sherlock's interrogation, he had clearly understood the matter and might even know the truth. With Droste's flamboyant personality, he would probably brag about it and even say something like "Isabel is dead" to put pressure on Sherlock.

So Aiwass deliberately changed the subject and mentioned "Shafiya". Let Shafiya speak up to show that she was right next to him.

Sherlock must know who Shafiya is.

So when Aiwass mentioned Shafiya and Shafiya's tone and demeanor were very relaxed, he should have been able to immediately guess that "the princess might not have been killed". And with Sherlock's loyalty to Queen Sofia, he would definitely force himself to ask Shafiya what happened.

Even the Silver and Tin Palace was blown up - how could he be so calm and not even anxious at all?

Of course, it is not ruled out that there is a very small possibility... That is, Sherlock had already guessed in advance that Isabel was still alive, so he was not anxious at all.

So Aiwass made a third test.

He told Sherlock to "stop thinking". But as a third-level law mage and a third-level mage, Sherlock should have "spiritual-body disorder". His overly strong thinking ability made him unable to stop thinking. Even if he had barely adapted to the disorder, thinking was definitely more relaxing for him than not thinking.

Therefore, the moment Sherlock really stopped thinking, Aiwass was sure that this was definitely not Sherlock.

——He could only be a "consultant".

A third-level mage who was promoted from Xingtan's wisdom path.

But Aiwass did not make it public.

Although killing the other party directly in secret is the most conservative choice, the efficiency is too low. It is completely impossible to play the intelligence advantage.

Now that the identity of the other party has been locked, and he has not exposed himself at all... then, even if he does not intend to use the other party to complete his mission, he can pass on some false information through him or dig some holes for the Xingtan people.

The smarter a person is, the more he will believe in the information he has collected personally and the more he will trust the conclusions he has drawn personally. Few people can overturn all their views and start over again when their logic has not reached a dead end - especially when the logic chain of the false intelligence is complete and the evidence is sufficient, but the truth lacks a large piece of logic.

However, if you want to implant some false intelligence, Aiwass alone is not enough. You also need Isabel's cooperation and support.

So Aiwass thought about it in his mind and took Sherlock back to Moriarty Manor.

Isabel was hiding behind the curtains at this moment, looking in the direction of the Silver and Tin Palace.

"Aiwass!"

When Aiwass and the others came back, Isabel immediately greeted them with joy: "Are you okay?"

She was talking with Professor Moriarty in the living room, but suddenly felt a slight earthquake.

Isabel hid behind the curtains and secretly looked and found that it was the Silver and Tin Palace that exploded - not only did a violent explosion occur, but even the entire palace was gradually engulfed by flames.

Although Aiwass brought Oswald and Shafiya with him... there were two legitimate fifth-level supernatural beings there after all, and Aiwass couldn't summon the Night Demon yet.

She was very worried about what might happen to Aiwass, but she knew she couldn't do anything in a battle of this scale... so she could only stay calm and try her best not to cause trouble for Aiwass.

But it was clear that the conversation could no longer continue. She really didn't have the energy, so she was distracted from learning some mysterious knowledge from Professor Moriarty while she was worried about Aiwass.

Fortunately, the death knell never sounded, so Isabel could barely maintain her sanity.

"I'm OK."

Aiwass blinked at her: "But there may be something wrong with Detective Hermes - he was seriously injured. I need to find a quiet place to concentrate on treating him."

……Huh?

Hearing this, Isabel was slightly startled.

Aiwass's treatment...does it still need to be in a quiet place?

From the first time he met Aiwass during the promotion ceremony, Aiwass showed the unique skills of a healer - not only is his healing ability extraordinarily stable, but he can also use it with any hand.

Later, when the Supervisory Bureau was attacked, Aiwass saved the entire Supervisory Bureau alone. Isabel only found out later that it was Aiwass's special ability called "Flame Butterfly", which could powerfully heal a group of people in an instant.

So Isabel immediately understood Aiwass's hint - he most likely had something to say to her and needed to avoid everyone.

But Isabel glanced at Sherlock cautiously and said softly: "Can I go with you? I'm also worried about Mr. Hermes."

She usually calls Sherlock directly, but now she follows Aiwass and replaces "Sherlock" with "Hermes" without any trace.

Aiwass nodded and reminded: "Yes, but keep quiet. Be careful not to wake up Sherlock."

The tacit understanding between Isabel and Aiwass made her immediately realize what Aiwass meant.

——There is something to whisper, but avoid Sherlock.

Sherlock has a problem!

He is the old man called "Counselor"!

Isabel's intuition told her that her guess was probably correct.

Then she suddenly felt a chill and numb scalp - the good friend she had known for a long time was now the soul of another person inside her body. And he is pretending to be the other person's identity, acting out the other person's words and deeds, trying to deceive himself.

Just thinking about it made Isabel feel a little scared.

"...Come on, Your Highness Isabel. You are here to help me."

Aiwass smiled and said this to her.

Isabel understood Aiwass' subtext - let me fool him.

So that’s it, you found out the other party’s identity but didn’t kill him... Is that for this?

——If it was just acting, I would be very confident!

Isabel was reassured.

She nodded politely to Shafia and Professor Moriarty, and then followed Aiwass to his bedroom.

The mysterious knowledge Professor Moriarty told her can be told to Aiwass at any time...it won't be too late to mention it after the promotion ceremony is over.

It’s better to get down to business now, Isabel thought to herself.

But then another thought came to Isabel's mind——

Since as a consultant to the Star Antimony people, he will come as the wizard Sherlock...

Yulia's mentor, Master Nobel, is an alchemist; the two court ritualists also happen to be magicians who transcend the path.

Will they become "strangers" and "olives"?

Thinking of this, Isabel, who had not even seen these people, became a little more wary.