Chapter 244 Great Art

"This is a map of the underground headquarters of the Crossroads cult."

Watson took out a thick piece of paper folded in half from the inner pocket of his windbreaker and handed it over.

Charlotte Holmes took the map and opened it. She saw that the front and back of the thick paper were sketches of three-dimensional structures.

The map drawn by Watson is definitely not simple and easy to understand. Various intricate lines are intertwined to form a virtual underground palace. Each dotted solid line is also marked with a specific distance - if the map falls on In the hands of people with a weak foundation in mathematics, reading is as difficult as browsing a bible.

The key places on the map are specially bolded and blackened to indicate their names, importance and dangers, such as the Emerald Hall (the center of the headquarters), the public reading room (basic secret world information, no danger before midnight), and the supplies room (equipment room). room, medium risk), forge (weapon factory, high risk), prison cell (out-of-control secret cult, medium risk), breeding farm (innocent victims, low risk), slaughterhouse (cruel execution ground, moderate risk) etc.

At a glance, you can see the most conspicuous majestic tree supporting the entire underground palace (labeled: Emerald tree rhizome, suspected to be the creation of the Sichen honey tree).

But it is also undeniable that this map can definitely be said to be extremely accurate. It is as accurate as the design drawings of building construction. It is almost possible to recreate another underground palace with this drawing.

Charlotte glanced at it roughly, and with her knowledge and wisdom, she was able to understand the importance of this map in an instant... Mastering this map can at least reduce casualties in the bureau's extermination operations by 30%... But this One side seems to only depict the internal environment, and a very few passages are still in hazy shadow, marked with unknown information.

The female detective turned the map over to the other side, and on this side of the paper, a large amount of pen and ink and comparative data were used to depict the specific entrance location of the underground headquarters of the Crossroads cult organization.

I saw a blurry river bank depicted on the paper. Using three points as reference points: a certain corner protrusion of the stone cliff river embankment, the edge of the beach on the nearby river bank, and a certain rugged strange rock at the bottom of the river bed, several lines were extended with specific markings. The dotted lines at different distances intertwined with each other until they converged at a certain point on the rock cliff at the bottom of the river - a faint shadow was deliberately drawn on that place, and the words were marked: First Entrance.

Watson came closer at this time and pointed on the map with his finger, "Although this entrance is hidden in the dark shadow of the cliff at the bottom of the river, through the comparison between these three reference objects, even people who do not understand mathematics can see You should also be able to understand the specific location of the entrance.”

"It's a wall that looks thick but is actually thin. The moss covering it contains the power to hide from others - but it can also be broken open directly using violence. It's not difficult."

The female detective raised her head and glanced at her former assistant, now a esoteric cultist. Her thin lips were slightly opened as if she wanted to speak but she still didn't speak in the end.

Watson continued pointing to the map with great interest and explained, "Although the first entrance is relatively easy to pass, the subsequent real entrances are more troublesome."

His fingertips traced the tunnel behind the faint shadow. "This tunnel is the only entrance to the underground headquarters that I know of so far. The aisle is so narrow that it can only accommodate two people walking side by side at the same time, and there is still room at the end of the tunnel." There stood a solid iron door three inches thick."

"There is no keyhole on the door, only a small movable window, which can only be opened from the inside by the guardian behind the door. Even if a familiar face comes to the door, he must answer tonight's special secret word in order to open it from the inside. Allowed entry - double insurance."

"The double insurance of the face and the secret language... In your opinion, Iverson, how can we break through this door? Break through by force or find another way to enter from the side?" the female detective asked with a little doubt, and then It seemed like he was testing something.

Watson seemed to be waiting for such a question. He smiled and replied: "You asked the key question - about the secret word for opening the door. I can probably try to find it out from Nello Bacchus, but open the door. People must also see a familiar face through the movable window before they can be allowed in - not just any esoteric cultist, but a leader-level person with a certain status. "

"And I obviously haven't reached that level within the Crossroads cult yet."

"But! As for who should interview the gatekeeper for us... I happen to know the right person!"

"Miss Charlotte, have you noticed Ms. Melanie who came with me? You should know that she is also one of the secret followers of the Crossroads cult, but in fact she is also one of the first batch of followers to follow Winfrey Morgan. He is a senior member of the cult, and he recently brought back a batch of precious books for Winfres, and his status in the cult is much higher than mine."

"Can……"

"But why did Melanie betray Winfrey Morgan and choose to help us?"

Before the female detective could finish her sentence, Watson immediately answered.

The female detective was not given a chance to interrupt at all, giving the impression that he was very anxious and impetuous, as if something terrible was chasing him from behind, forcing him to move forward non-stop.

"Don't worry, although this Ms. Melanie is one of the earliest members of the Crossroads cult, Winfrey has actually begun to doubt her loyalty and even identifies her as a traitor. Last night, she secretly ordered me to Eradicate Melanie and bring her heart back."

"But according to my observation, Ms. Melanie has never done anything to betray the Crossroads Cult... The specific reason why Winfreys identified her as a traitor is still unknown, but it is obvious that this is a rare opportunity for us!"

"Melanie can not only help the Anti-Suppression Bureau's troops sneak into the underground headquarters, but also as one of the first batch of senior believers who followed Winfreys Morgan, she knows more detailed and thorough facts about the various crimes of the Crossroads Cult than I do - compared to me, Ms. Melanie is simply the best witness!"

"But..."

Watson answered again: "But how can we gain Ms. Melanie's trust, right?"

"Don't worry, I have also thought about this question... Ms. Melanie has the secret of the heart and the lamp, and can sneak into other people's hearts through some kind of spiritual thoughts and learn other people's memories. Memories... As long as I open my heart and cooperate, I can let her directly see the memory of Winfreys issuing the murder order last night! "

"This will definitely make her feel alienated from the Crossroads Cult and Winfreys Morgan, and for the sake of her own safety, no matter how reluctant she is, she has to turn from evil to good and help us destroy Winfreys's cult - because only in this way can she avoid Winfreys' subsequent pursuit and survive! "

"Hahaha, Miss Charlotte, what do you think of my upright conspiracy? Is it very feasible? "

"Now the only remaining question is how we should make Winfreys Morgan mistakenly believe that Ms. Melanie has died in my hands -" Watson seemed to be in deep thought, and put his thumb in his mouth to bite it, and the only remaining right eye was full of tired bloodshot.

"Well... Winfreys asked me to bring back Melanie's heart, so we obviously can't just go to the slaughterhouse and find some pig hearts or horse hearts to replace it. The structural differences are too big to be hidden from Winfreys, who came from the Medical Research Institute... Maybe we can use the heart of a death row prisoner as a substitute?"

"But with Winfreys's secret heart cultivation, it's probably difficult to hide other people's hearts from his perception... Is it possible for us to take out Ms. Melanie's heart first, and then quietly take it away and return it to Melanie after I show it to Winfreys..."

Charlotte Holmes looked at Watson, who seemed a little crazy, and her cold eyes seemed to soften because of this. She said softly Said:

"John, don't be anxious, I want to ask you a small question first-"

"A small question? What other small questions are there? The map path is clear, and the witnesses have been found. Now the only thing left is to capture the underground headquarters and obtain the physical evidence-what other small questions can there be? Our top priority now should be to solve the problem of how to let Melanie fake her death to avoid Winfreys Morgan!"

The bloodshot in Watson's eyes seemed to be getting worse and worse, and his right eye seemed to have been completely stained with crazy scarlet. His forehead also had hideous veins protruding, and fine cold sweat oozed out, as if he was fighting fiercely with his heart, trying to resist the control of the loyalty left in Winfreys' mind.

The female detective didn't seem to worry at all whether the former assistant who had been exposed to taboo knowledge would suddenly go crazy and hurt herself. She just gently took off her new necklace, hung it on Watson's head, and said softly: "John, don't worry, listen to me slowly."

"The question I want to ask you is... to what extent have you studied the invisible art now?"

"The invisible art?"

Watson raised his head when he heard it, and his right eye was filled with cruel scarlet, symbolizing tyranny and bloodlust. His consciousness seemed to be caught in a cruel dispute, and his thinking seemed to be out of control.

However, when the pale white crystal necklace strung with gold silk tied his head tightly like a headband, a faint glow suddenly burst out from the crystal of the necklace. Although the glow was weak, it was undoubtedly bright, as if it could clearly illuminate every inch of the structure of the head below, the thin scalp, the pale red muscles and pale bones, and the brain tissue inside that seemed to be pulsating and wriggling.

Charlotte also whispered softly: "The brightest light can illuminate everything around you, and it can also purify everything around you."

As the words of illumination sounded, the light inside the necklace crystal became brighter and brighter. The bright light penetrated into the skull along the hair follicles of the scalp, like a tide of light drowning the chaotic darkness, and reason returned to occupy the high ground of thinking.

Watson's body suddenly trembled slightly, and the scarlet bloodshot in his eyes seemed to slowly fade away under the bright light above his head. The crazy look disappeared, and his pupils regained clarity.

"Invisible Art?"

Watson seemed to have finally woken up from that strange state of confusion. He first repeated Miss Charlotte's question, and then answered without much hesitation: "I already know the words of walking and the secret of the knife, which is the second-level heart secret and the first-level blade secret."

Charlotte was relieved when she heard this answer, "The highest is only the second level... That's not too bad, it's not too serious, there is still hope and treatment..."

Watson was a little confused, "There is hope? Treatment? Miss Charlotte, what are you talking about? I'm not sick, what treatment do I need?"

The female detective said earnestly: "John, don't you realize that your thinking is getting more and more confused now?"

"Think carefully, you have shown abnormality many times in our meeting this time, and frequently interrupted me... The John Watson I knew before was not such a rude man."

"My... thinking is getting more and more confused?"

Watson murmured this sentence repeatedly, and the necklace on his head continued to radiate a purifying light. His mind seemed to be able to get rid of the heterogeneous hunger induced by the secret sexual phase, and return to the pure and flawless state before any secret teachings were touched.

He first lowered his head, as if he was examining his heart and his memory. After less than a minute, he resolutely raised his head and said word by word: "Miss Charlotte, you are right. It seems that I have been inevitably affected by the forbidden knowledge, and perhaps also by the bewitching influence of Winfreys... My thinking has indeed changed."

"I became emotionally unstable, I became cruel and bloodthirsty, I became chattering... I am no longer myself."

"This is indeed a disease, a serious disease with no cure!"

Watson looked at the female detective for help, with a hopeful light in his one eye, " Miss Charlotte... Is there really hope for me?"

Faced with the request for help from her former assistant, Charlotte Holmes nodded heavily, "Well, John, don't worry. The Suppression Bureau has a complete and standardized treatment process for victims like you who are involuntarily exposed to taboo knowledge. It will definitely help you relieve and even eliminate the hunger for secret transmission, and become a normal person with a sound mind again!"

"A normal person with a sound mind..."

Watson chewed on this sentence, and tears seemed to appear in his eyes, as if he missed his ordinary self in the past, or was saying goodbye to his bland self.

However, his mind was also exceptionally strong. It didn't take long for him to adjust and continue to communicate with Holmes about the plan to destroy Winfreys Morgan and the Crossroads Cult.

"Well, Miss Charlotte, I'm going out first. According to the plan we just communicated, I will find a chance to take Ms. Melanie to the agreed place later. Please contact the Anti-Suppression Bureau as soon as possible to prepare for the work in advance."

"After such a long period of lurking, the time for harvest is finally coming... I should also take a good rest for a while and heal my mental problems as you said, Miss Charlotte..."

Watson took off the necklace on his head and returned it to the female detective, then loosened his belt to create a false appearance of just going to the toilet, and was about to push open the toilet door and leave.

His palm just touched the door handle, but he turned back as if he suddenly remembered something and asked: "By the way, Miss Charlotte, what is the meaning of the spell you chanted just now? It can actually awaken the light in the necklace. Have you also come into contact with taboo knowledge and started to study the secret of the lamp?"

"No, that is not the invisible art of taboo madness, but a more standardized and systematic supernatural knowledge."

"This is the great art."