Chapter 63: I prefer you to the detective "William...
“William, she may not be very well now.”
"She?" Batman also wrote 'she' under the question mark photo.
Yes, it was her. Liu Shu took the pen and wanted to write her name but didn't know where to start. Foreign names are long. She was able to spell Vanderboom because she had seen it carefully in the game, but she couldn't remember the names of others.
She had no choice but to put the photo Batman gave her on the whiteboard.
"Where's the magnet?"
"here."
It was a familiar voice. Why was Tim here? Liu Shu held out his hand, his eyes still fixed on the photo on the whiteboard.
After receiving the magnet, she lined up the photos.
"Brother, sister, grandma, uncle, dad." Since you can't remember their names, just write down what you remember.
“Who is the relationship centered around?”
I always feel that he is getting closer and closer.
"It's Jacob. Should I move his photo?" It was Liu Shu's first time making this kind of character relationship diagram. She tapped the whiteboard with her pen and turned to look at Tim.
"No, just use thread of other colors to connect them. Here, here's a red pen." Tim looked very happy.
"Yeah." It would be more accurate to say that Tim always greeted her with a smile every time she saw him.
"It's like studying an animal. Just ignore the body underneath." Tim pushed two chairs over from somewhere and pointed at one of them, reminding Liu Shu, "Sit down and write."
Although there are only a few words to write, I might as well sit down. Who knows where I will go later? Rest time is precious. After sitting down, Liu Shu continued to write notes under the photos.
"So, these animal heads are all Asuras?"
That sounds terrible. What does an animal head mean? "The alchemists of Rusty Lake divide living things into six realms: Heaven, Humanity, Asuras, Animals, Hungry Ghosts, and Hell." Liu Shu also drew a box on the whiteboard, but instead of a question mark, she drew a small black square on the front. "This is the Hungry Ghost Realm, the kind that hunted Sherlock and the others."
"The Six Paths originated in India. Since the Asura Path and the Hungry Ghost Path are these, what about the Heaven Path and the Hell Path?" Tim did not ask about the Human Path and the Animal Path, not only because these two names are easy to understand, but also because his previous accumulation of knowledge is enough for him to understand the concept of the Six Paths.
Liu Shu wrote 'Hell' under the question mark photo. "That's all I know, and it doesn't seem to be of much use."
"How could that be? It's completely sufficient, even a little too detailed!" Tim tossed the pen in his hand up and caught it again, then wrote the years of Jacob's family on the blank space on the whiteboard.
"They were originally human, and became Asuras through alchemy. Although this artificial life is long-lasting, it also has an end. Jacob and Aldous's goal can only be the way of heaven, right?" After saying this, he turned and looked at Liu Shu.
"Get rid of Aldous first." Liu Shu was not very sure.
"Jacob's goal?"
"Hmm... I've always wanted to know, when you reason, do you presume innocent or presume guilty?"
"Just find the person and ask him directly." Tim put down his pen with a smile.
That interrogation process was definitely not very friendly, and Liu Shu was still thinking about the suspect's miserable condition in his mind.
Sherlock had already moved himself to the side to look at what she had just written, "How come I haven't seen these five animal people before?" He pointed to the photos on the whiteboard.
"He gave it to me." Whether it was an animal head or an animal man, it sounded so ugly. Liu Shu nodded to Batman, stood up and walked towards where they had just been.
"Mycroft gave it to me." Batman said this casually.
"?" First there was questioning, then disgust, and finally Sherlock blocked Mycroft's contact information.
Liu Shu walked to the side of the canned black arm and looked at it carefully. The fingers of the arm kept twitching, and bubbles appeared from it and slowly rose.
"The damage to it is only physical. Even a purification ritual will leave residue."
"Purification ritual?" What is that? It doesn't fit the style of this place at all. Liu Shu raised his head. The ceiling of this room was a dazzling white, completely different from the bat cave next door.
Although there is a roof over there, there are also primitive caves. When you look up from there, you sometimes forget that you are under the manor. It feels more like you are on a cave exploration.
"Why are you here?" Tim didn't explain the purification ceremony, but asked about her visit today.
"I was passing by and wanted to see your progress." It was a bit slow and a bit fast, and their investigation seemed to have gone into a corner. How come they even knew about the Vanderboom family from more than two hundred years ago?
"No, that's definitely not the reason, is it?" Just who on earth could have made it from a non-native research institute in the suburbs to the doorstep of the city's richest man? Tim observed her expression through the reflection of the transparent glass.
Liu Shu raised his hand and gently touched the glass, then turned around and asked, "What's the liquid in here?"
"Lake water."
They actually found it. Liu Shu thought that even if he used cheats, he couldn't catch up with their progress in exploring such details.
"Is Damian okay?"
"Very good. I'm choosing a school for him."
"You choose?" Isn't that right?
"Afu has to take care of the garden, so I have to come."
It turned out to be his own fault. Liu Shu nodded, and there was no need to be curious about what happened next.
"I always feel that the first day of school will be troublesome." Tim frowned. If melancholy is a talent, then he is gifted in getting his rebellious brother to go to school.
"Don't feel that way," Liu Shu patted his shoulder, "That's it."
"well."
"Don't sigh. Think about the other people in your family. Who likes going to school?"
"How do you know? Dick, no, he doesn't count. Jason... No," he said, not looking like someone who loves school. "I just took the day off because I was too busy."
Liu Shu looked at him gently as if he was a fool. "Do you believe what you said?"
"..." Tim turned and walked towards Sherlock, "They should have finished their discussion. Shall we go over and take a look?"
Although it was a clumsy attempt to change the subject, Liu Shu still followed.
"Isn't it here to hunt us? Why did it go to the Joker?" Sherlock was asking questions.
Batman raised his hand and pressed the button on the console beside the table, and then a black block rose up.
"It's a partial memory of a Gotham man, but it's incomplete, and Jacob took something from it."
Sherlock reacted quickly, turning to look at the black arm he had just seen.
The thing had turned into an irregular pool, with a small part moving towards them and finally sticking to the glass wall.
"What's missing?" Watson got goosebumps all over his body. The black puddle looked so disgusting.
"It's the 'Joker'. Jacob must be trying to take away the most 'scary' part of this memory."
"Then the composition of this Xiao Hei must be very complicated." Tina's memory may allow it to reach Gotham smoothly. Liu Shu opened his eyes slightly and looked at Sherlock.
He felt the gaze and looked back in confusion.
"Did Jacob also add the memory of your enemy to it?"
Sherlock pondered for a moment and nodded, "Yes, there have indeed been some unusual incidents in the prison."
"Your enemy is quite lucky."
"What luck?"
"If the memory is extracted improperly, humans will become like that." Liu Shu pointed at the canned Xiao Hei.
Sherlock looked over, but his expression remained calm. "They weren't that lucky, but that doesn't matter."
"It attacked you and then turned around to attack the Joker because it thought he was more important than you and wanted to replace the Joker." Batman said suddenly.
He and Sherlock exchanged a glance.
"Just use him as bait."
Is there a particularly miserable person in this story?
"Will it really work?" Liu Shu looked at everyone who was quickly making a plan, and always felt that this was a bit disrespectful to the bait himself.
"Absolutely." Sherlock was confident.
Then he was pushed away confidently.
"Wait, where are you taking me?"
"Take you home." Batman pushed the wheelchair skillfully.
"At least let me watch the whole thing."
“…”
"I'm obviously safer here than going back," Sherlock continued.
Such familiar words, isn't that what she said to him before? Liu Shu turned his head away and saw Watson covering the lower half of his face, as if he was trying to hold back a laugh.
"It's just catching a ghost, no one will get hurt." Tim noticed her subconscious concern for humans.
"Um."
"Rather—"
Liu Shu saw him stop mid-sentence.
Then he fished a mask from his belt, "We've escaped from prison. We need to catch the Joker first."
"How do you know?" Nothing happened just now, right?
Tim tapped his ears and put on his headphones, "Here, no more talking, we have to hurry." He caught up with Batman who had already run away.
The two vigilantes just disappeared from their sight.
"?" It was the first time Sherlock was abandoned, and he looked a little at a loss.
Watson, on the other hand, sat down quietly and called the driver skillfully.
"That's good. You remember to say it." He turned around and said, "You are so polite." Liu Shu picked up the pen on the whiteboard and put it in the drawer they had opened before.
"Let's catch up." Sherlock has always been the one who is embarrassed, and now he is the one being embarrassed. This gap makes him look at his legs unhappily.
"Normally, I can't catch up." Liu Shu hung on the swivel chair and spun around. The chairs here were very comfortable and fun.
When she looked up as she was spinning a little dizzy, she found that Sherlock and Watson were waiting for the second half of her sentence. She closed her eyes and said, "Unless you can find the clown before them."
"Simple."
After Sherlock finished speaking, he took the two of them back to the original car. Fortunately, Watson called in advance, otherwise they would have to wait for the driver to arrive.
Although he won't run too far, he will waste some time.
"Block this signal and go to this one over here."
"Follow this and we'll find the Joker faster than he can." Sherlock smiled as if he was taking revenge.
"But I can't even catch up with the moving Xiao Hei." Liu Shu was already unpacking the snacks and eating them. Snacks were given to her everywhere she went, and the food in her hand was given to her by Afu.
Just as they were about to walk out, the butler suddenly appeared. He not only helped them open the door, but also pushed Sherlock and his wheelchair back to the ground. You know, pushing things on a slope requires very good physical strength, and Sherlock is not light.
The detective also wanted to go down and walk by himself, but unfortunately the butler did not give him the chance.
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