At 2 o'clock in the morning, the night sky was covered with dark clouds, and damp fog was rising from the ground. A box carriage was driving on a bumpy road, and the woods passing by on both sides were eerie and scary.
At this moment, it has been a full hour since Sakaki Makoto and others left the station. During this period, they cleverly avoided the patrolling police and took a detour from the southern path.
Although this will make the journey longer, it is safer.
No one would patrol the lonely roads outside of town in the middle of the night, let alone...
It's going to rain soon.
The humidity in the air gradually increased, and Sakaki Makoto's palm, which was holding the handle of the gun, began to become wet and slippery.
In less than 10 minutes, sparse raindrops fell from the sky and hit Sakaki Makoto and Deya's faces.
After pulling up the sunshade, Deya had to slow down the carriage. The rain made the road muddy, and if the carriage went too fast, there was a risk of overturning.
"Mr. Sakaki, do you have any solution?"
On a lonely rainy night, Deya was in a state of anxiety and could not calm down:
"How do you plan to deal with Colonel Moran's men?"
“I haven’t thought about it yet.”
Sakaki Makoto tilted his head, looking out at the forest on a rainy night while puffing on a cigarette:
"Where are they lying in ambush?"
"In a cemetery... Professor Moriarty asked us to keep you near Sir Baskerville's estate after we control you..."
Deya says:
"Before that, Colonel Moran will take his men ahead and wait at the cemetery in advance. As soon as we arrive, Jack the Ripper will sneak into the manor and lead Holmes to the cemetery."
"Once we are at the cemetery, Colonel Moran will use Holmes's pistol to kill you, and then pin the blame on Holmes. Holmes, who is surrounded, will have no way of escaping and will have no choice but to surrender."
"At the same time, the Baskerville Manor will be massacred by Colonel Moran's men, especially Watson. As Holmes's greatest helper, he must die. In this way, Professor Moriarty's two greatest enemies will be solved."
"Two powerful enemies?"
With a frivolous look on his face, Sakaki Makoto asked:
"In Professor Moriarty's eyes, is Watson also his archenemy?"
"No..."
Deya shook his head:
"Professor Moriarty's two enemies are Sherlock Holmes... and you."
"...I really don't understand why I have such an honor and the favor of the professor."
"Remember that the professor met you at the poker club? After you left, he praised you for being of the same kind as him and Holmes, and said that this was a big thing worth celebrating."
Deya was also confused:
"But I can't understand. Since the professor thinks so highly of you and Holmes, why would he want to kill you?"
"Wouldn't he be lonely without a companion?"
"Loneliness... People like him are never afraid of loneliness."
Suddenly, Sakaki Makoto sneered:
"Loneliness is the best spice in his life. Enemies can make him sleepless, but loneliness won't."
"On the contrary, only after the lonely wait, the sudden appearance of light can make his long-silent heart tremble. At that time, he will deeply understand the beauty of loneliness."
"It's like a lonely traveler in the desert. When he is about to die of thirst, he sees an oasis in front of him. The thrill of that moment is priceless, even if it is a mirage."
"ah..."
Deya was confused by these remarks:
"You mean the professor is looking for excitement?"
"No, Professor Moriarty is a very cautious person. What he pursues is the solitude of walking alone in the desert, not the ever-changing situation on the battlefield. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand. The professor is a steady person!"
"You could say he would rather die alone than live in instability, which is similar to his love of math. Numbers have only one answer, and so does his life."
in other words...
Makoto Sakaki, Sherlock Holmes, and Moriarty are all different in their styles and personalities.
The reason why Professor Moriarty said that the three of them are of the same type is that none of them will allow unexpected situations to happen.
Eliminating all unstable factors and coming up with the correct answer through extreme brainstorming is what a wise man should have.
but...
Professor Moriarty guessed one thing wrong.
Makoto Sakaki might conduct careful reasoning and planning before carrying out a plan, but that doesn't mean he won't take risks.
On the contrary, his forte is to go all out rather than to be timid.
According to common sense...
People like him who fight with all their might when they can't win should have died long ago, but he couldn't stand the other person's strength!
What Makoto Sakaki likes to do most is to use wisdom to defeat "humans" he cannot defeat, and to use force to defeat "humans" who are smarter than him.
He treated the disease with the right medicine, and to this day, he has not encountered any opponent.
Baskerville Manor is located to the east of the town, and the cemetery where Colonel Moran and others ambushed is further east of Baskerville Manor, about 1 kilometer away.
The carriage wobbled along the path on the south side, came to the vicinity of the manor, and stopped on the side of the road covered by rain.
A bolt of lightning struck the sky, illuminating the night scene.
Baskerville Manor is located on a small hill, facing north and south, with its back to the forest, fields on the left, a swamp on the right, and the cemetery around the swamp.
"It's backed by mountains and faces the river, with a panoramic view, great feng shui..."
Standing beside the turbulent river, Sakaki Makoto looked up at the manor with lights on not far away and said with heartfelt emotion:
"It's a good place to bury someone."
As the Age of Discovery began, giant ships from the West arrived in Eastern countries, bringing back some local specialties...
Some Eastern cultures, such as tea, porcelain, and feng shui, also began to be sought after by some aristocrats.
Even though many people think that feng shui is nothing but self-consolation, they will still hire some oriental feng shui masters to survey for them, as if it is a fashion trend. It doesn't matter whether they are accurate or not. What matters is whether I have invited them. As long as I have invited them, I can have more topics to talk about at some gatherings, thereby making friends with some upper-class people and achieving political success.
"Mr. Sakaki, the car can't go in anymore."
Deya checked the rear wheel, ran over in the rain and said:
"It's raining too hard, and there's an uphill slope ahead. Our vehicle is too heavy for the horses to pull it up!"
"Is there any other solution?"
"No...Originally we could have gone to the manor from the main road, but in order to avoid patrolling police, we took a detour. There was a forest in the middle and we couldn't get through."
No one expected this rain, so Deya can't be blamed.
After thinking for a while, Sakaki Makoto got out of the carriage, walked to the back, pulled open the curtain of the carriage, and said to Ai and the others:
"Deya and I will go up to find Holmes. You wait here for a while. We will be back in an hour at most!"
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