Chapter 101 Chapter 101 Monument Valley
Not to mention, although Sherlock Holmes can convincingly impersonate someone or easily deceive others when needed, he rarely uses this skill in ordinary times.
So much so that sometimes, his ability to change the subject is really terrible.
So it's not incomprehensible that Balzac was driven crazy by Holmes, right?
—Just to clarify, the phrase "the air cracked open" here is a realistic description.
Balzac, expressionless, pieced the head back together, but because he couldn't see what the crack on the head looked like, he couldn't put it back together successfully the first few times. Balzac had to break the head open along the crack again and put it back together several times before he finally managed to put it back together.
The gash stretched from the top of Balzac's head to almost the philtrum. But looking inside the wound, no blood or organs were visible; only a large number of crisscrossing bones and the cross-section of the gash were visible.
What's even more chilling is that most of the bones are a dull, yellowish-brown color from oxidation, and some are even completely black. Although there's no blood or splattered brains, it's still terrifying.
When he patted his head again and found that all the intricate fractures in his skull had aligned, Balzac's expression relaxed slightly—or rather, the leathery surface of his face and skin relaxed and gradually healed back to its original state.
Hemingway watched as Balzac gradually recovered, and after several times opening and closing his mouth as if to speak, he couldn't help but say, "This is the first time I've ever seen someone actually get so angry."
Although he often uses this description, this is truly the first time I've seen it in real life.
Even as Balzac's head exploded in front of him, Asimov, who remained unblinking, finally turned to Hemingway: "If you'd like to see, Captain, my structure can do that too..."
Hemingway slapped Asimov back and couldn't help but cover his face: "What did I ever do to offend that HR person that they assigned me such a team member?!"
Unable to speak, Asimov began to condemn Hemingway with his eyes.
Zhu Ziqing, who appeared delicate and gentle, was surprisingly strong inside. He was not afraid of Balzac's bizarre wounds, and could even maintain his refreshing smile.
Zhou Shuren... alright, it's clear that Brother Zhou isn't someone who would be frightened by this level of grotesqueness. He even had the mood to carefully examine Balzac's wound for a while, and carefully distinguish the bones inside the wound.
It wasn't until Balzac had pieced together and healed his wound that Zhou Shuren thoughtfully touched his chin.
"It looks like most of those bones are from cows."
Upon hearing this, Balzac, whose wound had healed, glanced at Zhou Shuren before shrugging noncommittally and said, "I have long-term cooperative relationships with several slaughterhouses."
This statement is an admission that most of his bones are from cattle.
Balzac's special abilities were no secret after ASA's numerous large-scale operations. In addition, Balzac was a trump card that "Monument Valley" had put out in the open, so there was often no deliberate defense against him.
Balzac's superpower is called "Human Comedy," which is a superpower that allows him to strengthen himself almost endlessly by constantly assimilating corpses—or rather, assimilating the bones within corpses.
Initially, Balzac was so weak that he couldn't even be classified as a combat-type superpower user. But now he is one of the most powerful superpower users in all of Europe.
This speed and scope of growth is what makes Balzac most feared.
Holmes, who was very familiar with Balzac, completely ignored Balzac's head exploding. As a seasoned bystander (and even more experienced instigator) who had witnessed Balzac's head, upper body, and entire body explode many times, Holmes changed the subject with an even more practiced pace.
"Will the remaining page of the book still have any effect?"
"Uh..." The only poor employee in the room who had been startled by Balzac finally came to his senses. "Of course, we've tested it; the 'book' itself retains its properties completely even when only one page remains."
Holmes nodded, seemingly serious, after receiving a response.
—If it weren't effective, the Special Abilities Division wouldn't have put it here so solemnly. So, Holmes actually asked a pointless question, purely to change the subject.
—However, this nonsense seems rather low-class, and Balzac's head, which he had finally managed to restore, is showing signs of cracking again.
After another period of chaos, the topic finally circled back to the issue of "books".
Looking at the pages of the book placed in the storage box, Zhu Ziqing suddenly had a brilliant idea and said, "Speaking of which, if we just wrote a story about the UN being arrested on this page, wouldn't we be able to catch the UN directly?"
After hearing Zhu Ziqing's words, Zhou Shuren raised an eyebrow: "It's possible, but there's no need for it."
Zhu Ziqing: ?
He clearly thought the idea was pretty good.
The one who answered Zhu Ziqing again wasn't Brother Zhou, but Sherlock Holmes, who was just in time to change the subject.
"This method does have a 100% success rate, but it's such a waste."
"The book itself is trapped in another dimension and cannot be opened at present, which means that this page is likely the only sample in decades. It would be a huge waste to use it just to capture UN."
While the UN does have a history of large-scale attacks and a history of stealing data from government agencies, the threat level is not high enough to warrant the use of "books."
To be honest, UN's resume seems quite impressive on its own. But other supernatural criminal organizations all have resumes that are several times longer than UN's. You just get used to this level of complexity :)
“Secondly,” Holmes wagged his finger, a pleased smile playing on his lips.
"How can such a rare match end in such a boring way?"
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