"Irene Adler..."
The early morning sunlight shone dimly on the newspaper through the dusty fog. Makoto Sakaki believed that the name Irene Adler was not unfamiliar to book fans who were familiar with Sherlock Holmes, and they might even remember her vividly.
During his life, Holmes met four people who defeated him. Irene Adler was one of them. Holmes also respectfully called her "that woman".
He is exactly the same as the 'gentleman' mentioned by Vermouth!
For a while...
Makoto Sakaki even suspected that the boss of the Black Organization was an avid fan of Sherlock Holmes.
What is more obvious is that Moriarty knew that Holmes had a special feeling for Irene Adler, so he chose tonight and chose the Royal Opera House.
Even if Makoto Sakaki didn't show up at the Poker Tavern...
Jack the Ripper would also assassinate Irene Adler.
"We must stop him!"
Conan shouted:
"Professor Moriarty wants to drag Holmes into the abyss of hatred!"
"Don't worry, the show starts at 8pm, there are still 10 hours left, and Jack the Ripper wouldn't commit the crime in broad daylight, he would definitely wait until night." Sawada Hiroki comforted him, "There's still plenty of time."
"Jack the Ripper...I'm going to Whitechapel!"
Conan gritted his teeth and suddenly rushed out of the room.
"I'll follow him, you guys continue to rest."
Without hesitation, Mao Lilan followed immediately.
With Ran Mouri following him, Makoto Sakaki was not worried about any problems. After all, Conan was famous for his "wit".
Whether he can solve the case depends on how smart the criminal is. If the criminal is more smart...for example, in the last robbery, his football was blown up by a gun, and Conan lost his temper.
"The Royal Opera House is located in the heart of London, on Drury Lane in Covent Garden... but the current Drury Lane Opera House has not yet received the honor of the Royal Opera House."
Spreading out the map, Makoto Sakaki immediately found the address of the opera house where the performance was to take place tonight. It was very close to the hotel where they were staying, only a 20-minute walk away.
Boom boom!
There was a knock on the door, everyone looked at each other, Sakaki Cheng pulled out his revolver, put it behind his back, and turned the handle...
Squeak...
"Sir, I'm here to bring you breakfast."
The innkeeper's wife stood outside the door with a wooden tray in her hand. The so-called breakfast was just some fried fish, bread, potato soup and the like.
"oh!"
She saw the other people in the room and said:
"So you're all here, that's great, there's still a lot of breakfast left, I'll get it right away!"
"Thanks."
"You are so polite. This is just the hotel service..."
Soon, the proprietress brought everyone breakfast and said considerately:
"If you want to take a hot bath, I will boil a bucket of hot water at 6 o'clock in the evening."
"That's troublesome."
After politely thanking him, Sakaki closed the door and looked back...
Others were already devouring the feast.
Even if the greasy fried fish smells a bit fishy, and the bread is dry and tasteless...
But they still ate it with relish.
When I'm hungry, I don't care about anything else.
After Mouri Ran and Conan left, only Sakaki Makoto, Haibara Ai, Hattori Heiji, Kid and Sawada Hiroki were left in the room.
As an elegant woman, Huibara Ai glanced at Kid and others who were eating voraciously, tied a white napkin on, picked up the knife and fork, raised her little finger, cut the bread, dipped it in a little soup, and slowly put it into her mouth, wiping her mouth after every bite.
After hesitating for a moment, Sakaki Cheng stretched out his hand, put it on her forehead, and asked in confusion:
"Strange, I don't have a fever..."
"....What are you doing?"
"Ah, I was wondering why you suddenly started learning the dining style of Victorian aristocrats..."
"...I just wanted to give it a try." Miss Miyano wiped the corners of her mouth with a napkin and said calmly: "The people going to the opera house to watch the performance tonight are all princes and nobles. If we want to blend in, we must behave properly and follow their rules to avoid unnecessary trouble..."
"In fact, you usually look like an aristocrat, so there's no need to imitate it deliberately."
When Sakaki Makoto said this, he suddenly found that Kid and others silently picked up their knives and forks, put on their napkins, and started to eat "elegantly" without any image of wolfing down their food.
"Are you sick?"
"I have a noble disease."
The three of them said in unison.
Rolling his eyes, Sakaki Makoto picked up the fried fish with his left hand, picked up the bread with his right hand, and began to enjoy his breakfast.
.....................
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Conan and Mao Lilan, hungry, returned to the hotel.
They asked the landlady to bring some lukewarm food, and gathered in Sakaki Makoto's room, eating while muttering:
"We just went to Whitechapel and found something odd at the second murder scene."
Hearing this, Huibara Ai put down the newspaper and looked over with her boyfriend who was standing by the window smoking.
"The second victim, Anne Chapman, attended a charity bazaar on the morning of the murder..."
After swallowing the dry bread, Conan took a sip of water. He really didn't want to drink the tasteless potato soup.
"It's a monthly charity sale held in the church. Participants will sell items made by themselves and their sons, and..."
"Unlike other victims, nearby residents said that the police found two rings of different sizes at the scene of Anne Chapman's death!"
"ring?"
Sakaki Cheng raised his eyebrows:
"What kind of ring?"
Conan took out a photo. The rings on the photo were of the same style, one big and one small. The smaller ring was the smallest and probably only a baby could wear it.
"According to the on-site investigation, the small ring did not match Anne Chapman's finger, she was wearing a large ring."
After a pause, Conan added:
"Lane also learned from the residents that Anne Chapman was not a native of London. Before coming to London, she was from Windsor Town. After getting married, she gave birth to a boy."
"But she was a person who yearned for freedom and was full of dreams, so shortly after giving birth to her child, she abandoned her husband and son and came to London alone 10 years ago."
"You suspect Jack the Ripper was Anne Chapman's son?"
After hearing the clue, Huiyuan Ai reacted instantly:
"What's the evidence?"
"Unfortunately, I haven't found any evidence at this time."
Conan sighed:
"This is just a preliminary speculation. There is no doubt that the person who killed Anne Chapman was Jack the Ripper, but whether he is the biological son of the deceased... is still uncertain."
"Mr. Sakaki Makoto, you investigated the two bodies last night. Did you find any clues?"
Sakaki Makoto withdrew his gaze from the road below, flicked off his cigarette ash, sat on the windowsill and said:
"Yes, Brother Chicken suspected that Jack the Ripper was a woman."
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