Chapter 106 I'm Ready
Over the next four days, Romain Rolland visited five times, and each time Holmes accurately saw through his deception.
At first, Romain Rolland stubbornly went to Holmes' office again, but after being caught once more, he learned his lesson and stopped targeting Holmes. Instead, he focused his attention on the action plans of other groups and tried to steal them three times.
Then……
Romain Rolland: It's absurd that this building has four human eye scanners taking turns working. Holmes & Dazai Osamu & Edogawa Ranpo & Zhou Shuren: *smiles*
By the time he came here for the fifth time, Romain Rolland had already started mingling among the employees to gather information.
The combined infiltration capabilities of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Drifting" are simply unbeatable. With the two working together, Romain Rolland is virtually omnipresent. No one knows how many coordinates Romain Rolland left with "Drifting" when he first sneaked in, and now it's impossible to defend against.
Fortunately, Holmes, who was well-prepared, hadn't revealed his plan to many people from the beginning. So, although Romain Rolland spent most of his time with the Joint Major Crimes Unit, he didn't ultimately gather much intelligence.
In some respects, Romain Rolland, who can use almost everyone's superpowers, may not be as strong individually as others, but his combination of multiple superpowers is enough to outshine everyone else.
Even with the abilities of Sherlock Holmes and his team, they couldn't come up with a perfect plan to stop Romain Rolland's infiltration.
The final result was that Romain Rolland spent three days of his five-day preparation time with them, during which he smuggled out a large amount of intelligence from various sources, with a ratio of truth to falsehood of approximately 2:8.
—Well, thanks to Toroman Rolland's excellent intelligence-gathering abilities, almost none of the false intelligence that Holmes prepared was wasted.
Even when Romain Rolland stopped coming, Holmes genuinely complained that all the false intelligence he had prepared had been wasted.
If it weren't for the fact that he had prepared quite thoroughly, Balzac would have punched him for his irresponsible attitude.
Atsushi Nakajima swaggered to the middle floor of another temporary location that the Joint Major Crimes Unit had changed to. This location was chosen by flipping a coin before the battle to prevent Romain Rolland and Defoe from infiltrating in advance.
A large number of unmanned armed drones prepared in advance by the Joint Major Crimes Unit were urgently transported to this base. They were mainly controlled remotely via wireless means, and the operator was Holmes, who was holed up in a fully armed monitoring room.
In addition, the monitoring room was extremely well protected. Holmes, relying on the fact that he didn't need to breathe anyway, didn't even leave any ventilation openings, ensuring that his home wouldn't be broken into.
The closest organization to this building is the Armed Detective Agency, which only agreed to let Nakajima Atsushi come as bait on the condition that he come to protect them. All the ability users are present, acting as the last artificial line of defense.
Dazai Osamu was waiting here, while Edogawa Ranpo had apparently gone somewhere with the company president.
Further out were the ASA team, which had been intercepted in advance, and the Xuezhai group, who were asked by Holmes to patrol the area because of their greater mobility.
Considering the possibility of unexpected combinations, the two goalkeepers roamed around the perimeter to provide support.
This arrangement is because the Joint Major Crimes Unit is essentially a loose alliance. If everyone were to follow only one person's instructions, it would likely lead to numerous coordination problems. Therefore, it's better to delegate tasks and have each team carry them out independently.
Only by ensuring that the most crucial link is handled by the ASA can the situation remain within Holmes's control.
Wan Jiabao said with concern, "That's true, but isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to come here and slack off like this?"
The group from Xuezhai didn't stay near the bait building. Instead, they found a shady spot at the other end of the same street to rest, and Xu Zhimo even brought over a lot of snacks.
While eating a rice cracker, Xu Zhimo mercilessly retorted, "Xiao Shi, put down your popsicle before you speak."
Wan Jiabao immediately lowered his head and devoured his ice cream.
Xu Zhimo: "That's really reality."
Zhu Ziqing was quietly eating a simple snack when he overheard Xu Zhimo and Wan Jiabao's conversation and naturally joined in: "Yu Cai already said that staying here is considered taking it easy and not being lazy, so Xiao Shi, don't worry about it."
Wan Jiabao was certainly aware of what Brother Zhou had said before, but he still seemed conflicted: "Mainly, this looks like slacking off no matter how you look at it."
A group of people gathered in the shade, completely oblivious to any danger, with a pile of empty snack wrappers beside them. This could be considered a classic example of slacking off anywhere.
“That seems to be true.” Xu Zhimo tilted his head and thought for a moment, then decisively said, “Forget it, anyway, those two gatekeepers are faster. With them at the bottom, we won’t be the ones who lose face in the end.”
Wan Jiabao: "..." Wan Jiabao: "Xu Zhimo, are you serious?"
Xu Zhimo stamped his foot and instantly appeared beside Wan Jiabao. Then, Xu Zhimo patted Wan Jiabao on the shoulder and said, "Alright, alright, don't be nervous. With Brother Zhou as the captain, what are you worried about? Just follow orders."
"Although Brother Zhou often talks about finding a place to rest while working, he is always the one who puts in the most effort. When it comes to serious matters, Brother Zhou never cuts corners. You can rest assured and just follow his instructions."
"Thanks, it's rare to find someone who can comfort others." Wan Jiabao breathed a sigh of relief, but then pointed behind Xu Zhimo with a twitching eye: "But Yousen, are you sure Brother Zhou's job isn't just a rip-off?"
"What's wrong?"
Xu Zhimo asked in confusion, then looked in the direction Wan Jiabao pointed.
Zhou Shuren had somehow acquired a reclining chair. On the small table beside him were extremely sweet pastries that would give Xu Zhimo a toothache just by looking at them, and a cup of tea that was barely worth mentioning. At that moment, Brother Zhou was lying lazily in the reclining chair, with an open literary magazine covering his face.
Moreover, judging from his calm breathing rate, Brother Zhou is already asleep.
Xu Zhimo: "..."
Xu Zhimo quickly turned his head and pretended not to have seen anything: "In any case, Brother Zhou must have his reasons!"
"Yousen, you don't need to be stubborn. We all have eyes."
Wan Jiabao couldn't help but wipe away a tear of bitterness.
"Even with things like this, are we really not going to be at the bottom?"
On the other hand, there was a ramen shop that was far from the planned location and had not even been evacuated.
Asimov, holding his bowl, said, "Captain, I still want to say..."
Hemingway, who was slurping noodles, didn't even look up: "Shut up."
"oh."
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