The heavy rain caused potholes in the swamp and the water level rose a lot.
Next to the slightly turbulent stream, there is a crooked wooden bridge that leads directly to the cemetery.
Sakaki and his companions did not choose to take this road. According to Deya, if they followed the small wooden bridge forward, they would reach Colonel Moran's location. Obviously...
Their top priority is to find Sherlock Holmes and continue to increase their own strength.
The heavy rain covered up all sounds and traces. Even though the cemetery was only 300 meters away, Sakaki Makoto was confident that even if he fired a shot into the air, it would not attract the attention of Colonel Moran and others.
"That's right."
Watson, who was walking in the front and was most familiar with the terrain, said:
"A few days before I came to Dartmoor, a prisoner escaped from Princes Town. He was extremely brutal and killed many people, just like Jack the Ripper. His name was Seldan. According to witnesses, he is currently hiding in this swamp."
Near Sir Baskerville's manor, there are several small villages where many farmers live. At the same time, this place has a long history and many relics of people's lives in ancient times. In this era, there was not much common sense of protecting historical relics, so people did not take these small houses scattered across the swamp seriously and directly abandoned them.
In the dark...
Sakaki Makoto also saw the shadow of the stone house, which was somewhat like the hut where Hagrid, the key keeper of Hogwarts, lived in Harry Potter. It was made entirely of stone and covered with moss, and it was obvious that no one lived there.
If there's another criminal as bad as Jack the Ripper hiding here...
It was truly a fight between dragons and tigers.
Who knows if the other party will jump out to disrupt the situation?
Sakaki Makoto took off his coat, covered Ai's head with it, held her in his arms, and headed towards the stone house with the others.
The stone houses in the swamp are densely distributed and not far from each other. From the outside, they look almost the same.
“Look!”
Conan, who was walking beside Ran Mouri, suddenly pointed to the middle of the mountain, where there was a stone house that was swaying in the wind and rain, with lights flickering.
“Is Holmes there?”
“It doesn’t seem right…”
Watson recalled the address Holmes had told him:
"Holmes said he would hide in a high place where he could see the whole view of the ground, but the hillside there was too low and there were only trees below, so there was no view!"
Sakaki looked at Deya again, and Deya shook his head quickly:
"Colonel Moran has 30 men. A small stone house cannot hold so many people. Even if they are hiding from the rain in a stone house, they should hide in several consecutive stone houses instead of acting separately."
That makes sense.
But if it wasn't Sherlock Holmes, or Colonel Moran...
Who would live in an abandoned stone house in the wilderness on a rainy day like this?
Could it be...
"Could it be the fugitive Serdan?"
Sawada Hiroki wiped the rain off his face and said:
"It must be him!"
No matter who it is, since he found someone on the way up the mountain, he should go and take a look. Even if it is an enemy, Sakaki Makoto can deal with the other party and reduce the subsequent pressure.
They reached the middle of the mountain and, under the cover of the sound of rain, quietly arrived behind the stone house.
Approaching the rotten wooden door, Sakaki Makoto also heard the sound of whispering conversation coming from inside.
"They are too slow! It's almost dawn and we haven't seen anyone yet. Could there be a problem on the road?"
"Don't think too much. The professor has sent so many men this time, and Jack the Ripper is here, so it's absolutely foolproof. It's normal to be slow. It's raining so hard outside, the carriage can't get in!"
"Well, that's true, but don't you think the professor is too cautious? Anyway, Holmes is hiding in the manor. Why don't we just go and kill him? It would be much easier to wipe out the roots. Why do we have to hide here in the rain?"
"The professor's plans have never failed. We just need to follow his orders."
By the tone of voice, Makoto Sakaki could tell that there were at least four people in the stone house. From their strong and deep voices, it was not difficult to tell that they were all men, and they were Colonel Moran's men.
"Strange, how did they get here?"
Deya was puzzled and said:
"The meeting place is obviously not here!"
Before he finished speaking, voices of conversation were heard again in the stone house.
"You tell me...why did the professor arrange for us to kill Jack the Ripper? Wasn't he an orphan adopted by the professor? We spent so much effort to train him to be a killer, and now we have to kill him. It's really hard to understand."
"Jack the Ripper's methods were too cruel, and they were completely different from ordinary murderers. In addition, he was having an affair with the little daughter of the Sindorah family. The professor had warned him a long time ago, but who told him not to listen?"
"That's right. In the final analysis, Jack the Ripper is just a wild dog that the professor has kept. Even if he has been tamed, his wild nature still exists. He may turn against his master at any time. If he is kept around, he will become a nuisance sooner or later!"
Everyone couldn't help but look back and saw Jack the Ripper, who was lying in the cart that Kidd was in charge of, with a dazed expression.
He seemed to have suffered a very serious blow. He stared at the stone house and was terribly shocked by the result.
Apparently...
Professor Moriarty also planned some inside information that even he and Deya didn't know.
It was also from this moment that Sakaki Makoto finally understood why Professor Moriarty went to so much trouble to let Jack the Ripper lead them onto the train and bring them to Dartmoor.
From beginning to end...
In Professor Moriarty's plan, Jack the Ripper must be eliminated. Like Sherlock Holmes, he has threatened Professor Moriarty's position.
That’s why...
Professor Moriarty was so afraid of Makoto Sakaki because his words in the Poker Tavern hit the professor's sore spot.
A vicious dog that bares its fangs at its master has no need to exist.
Jack the Ripper lowered his head. Although there was no expression on his face, his eyes revealed deep sadness.
This was the second time he was abandoned, but no one sympathized with him.
This is the saddest part. After Professor Moriarty abandons him, he will completely become a homeless ghost. In this world, no one cares about him anymore. Everyone...
Everyone wants him dead.
Madness begins from this moment.
Jack the Ripper's expression was gloomy and terrifying. The rain wet his hair, covering half of his face. However, everyone could feel a flame of hatred burning under his wet hair.
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Makoto Sakaki let him go, Jack the Ripper's first target of revenge would definitely be Professor Moriarty, because what the professor did was even worse than his mother's, and it was the professor who uncovered the scars in his heart, and the dark, fishy blood flowed.
Makoto Sakaki pulled out two revolvers from under his clothes, pulled Deya along, stood up and walked towards the rotten wooden door.
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