Chapter 007 7
The weather in London has always been like this, foggy and rainy, but today the fog was so thick that it was almost eerie - there were not many people on the street, but the brown-haired girl was still standing on the street corner holding a morning newspaper, hiding under the eaves of a shop and slowly reading the news on it.
Not long after, another dark-haired man in a suit holding the morning paper stopped on the other side of the street corner and spoke first.
"Lord, have we mistakenly entered the fourth anomaly of some parallel world?"
Although Sheba was used to confirm the image of the world's interior at the beginning, as the fog became thicker over the past three days, even El-Melloi II had to wonder if Chaldea's soul transfer technology had gone wrong again, sending them to the London anomaly in another world.
"No, not really." Lansemero calmly flipped through a page of the morning paper, his eyes fixed on the huge headline, "The flow investigation has been completed... Well, Jack the Ripper - go find a detective, Velvet. Go to 221B Baker Street - I'm not in a good position to find the detective who lives there now. But the world that produced this anomaly is very interesting..."
El-Melloi II took Gray to almost all of London two days ago, helping Lancer Melloi to investigate the flow of the spirit veins and the spirit vein nodes within the entire anomaly - and set up a corresponding magic formation to ensure that Chaldea could fully receive their signals.
The reason for maintaining smooth communication is not that the three people heading to the singularity may need help, but that Chaldea needs to calculate the critical point of the singularity's possible destruction at any time and anywhere. After all, among the three people participating in the operation this time, one has the qualifications of a Grand Caster. Even if he is not given a Grand Spiritual Base, his own fairy strength may be able to detonate the singularity; the other one holds the real holy spear Longomeniad...
Only El-Melloi II is a mediocre magician. The only thing worth mentioning is his Judgment Eye and his achievements as a detective in the magician world.
El-Melloi II ensured smooth communication at the first opportunity in order to prevent the other two from fighting with the Servants in the singularity, and accidentally destroying the entire singularity.
Knowing the direction of the spiritual veins was the same as having the Holy Grail placed directly in front of Lansemelo, but she only thought about it and made another decision -
"I'm going to visit that excellent mathematics professor."
Lancermello folded up the morning newspaper and walked into the depths of the thick fog without looking back. Holmes, who was brought into this anomaly, had not said a word since he and Lancermello shared the vision of the magic eye, and he did not stop Lancermello from going to Count Moriarty's palace.
——After all, not everyone can visit the nobles directly.
Moreover, there are no magician families in this world either. Even if the family has a long history, in this anomaly, it is just an ordinary civilian.
While using his magic eyes to identify the direction in the thick fog, Lansemero recalled what happened after the control room sounded the alarm.
Compared to the Chaldeans who used to worry about human nature when they saw a singularity, now they can be said to be cheering and rejoicing when they see a singularity appear - after all, the appearance of a singularity must mean the existence of the Holy Grail that created the singularity, and eliminating the singularity and recovering the Holy Grail means that their energy reserves will become more abundant.
Soon after the alarm stopped, many people rushed to try to participate in this operation - but they were all rejected by Roman.
The reason is simple - to save energy, you can't start multiple frames. In the best case, you hope to just use one controller like before.
But Fujimaru Ritsuka also refused this action, and the reason was very sufficient - she had just completed a commission for a world and she needed to rest; moreover, after the third law transformation, everyone in Chaldea had the adaptability to spirit particle transfer, and she was no longer the only choice.
In the end, Leonardo da Vinci, who was holding the singular point analysis information, identified the operatives.
"Lord El-Melloi II, Gray, and little Alice." Da Vinci blinked and projected the data onto the screen. "Remember to bring Holmes and Watson. The anomaly is in London in 1888... Well, then, I suggest you activate the synchronization function of Chaldeas and see what this world originally looked like."
After receiving a reward, Chaldea Energy was still in a state of abundance, so the members in charge of Chaldeas activated the synchronization function and projected the image of the inside of the world on the screen.
After many recalibrations of Sheba, people saw Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, and Moriarty's criminal syndicate in London.
"Oh, the Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty in this world are the same age." Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but look in the direction of the spirit base map, "It feels like 'Sherlock Holmes Senior' might come true..."
"I think based on that guy's personality..." Lancer-Melloi turned off the projection and exchanged glances with El-Melloi II, "He would have taken a test in Moriarty's classroom and scored 0. Well, however, since this is the London Anomaly in 1888, we still have to be on guard against Jack the Ripper."
"She was stabbed in London before, and she had to wait until her spiritual foundation was destroyed before she could recover."
——In this anomaly, there are two Jack the Rippers.
Lancer Mellor was certain of this when he saw the news about Jack the Ripper in the morning paper.
However, the dense fog in this anomaly brought her a lot of trouble - the world covered by lies that the fairy saw was also foggy like the fog in London, causing her to be unable to tell whether the foggy scenery in front of her was due to the fog or because of lies.
Blue eyes gradually replaced aurora eyes. Lansemero walked slowly along the roadside holding an umbrella, gradually approaching the Moriarty family's mansion in London, and looking at the pedestrians on the road. The closer he got to the nobles' residential area, the more he realized that the thick fog did not cause any serious impact on the nobles. They still came and went in carriages as usual.
"Holmes, how many days do you think it will take for the whole of London to become like the Fourth Anomaly?"
Lansemero looked up at the griffin-shaped family crest on the door of the house in front of him, stopped, and asked like Sherlock Holmes who had been silent for three days.
"Why didn't you knock?" Holmes did not answer Lansemello's question. After all, the answer to this question was clear enough for both of them.
——In less than three days, the whole of London will become a real city of the dead world and magic fog.
From what the Clairvoyant saw - the first noble to fall because of the magic mist would appear tonight, but the nobles would continue to hold their banquets until more nobles fell the next night; the common people and the poor would fall earlier, and today the East End of London was already filled with the rotten smell of approaching death.
Lancermello closed his eyes, cut off his supply of Clairvoyance, took a deep breath, and rang the doorbell.
"I was just wondering what kind of pseudonym would attract their attention without being exposed. Also, if I remember correctly... the Moriarty family doesn't seem to have hired long-term servants. So, if I visit them outside of banquet hours, the person who opens the door should be the only adopted son in the family."
"Although the Animusphia family almost never receives guests, I think even if they are magicians, as long as they are nobles, they will hire butlers and servants, so the person who opened the door must be the butler. Of course, the El-Melloi family still owes a huge debt. I think if nothing unexpected happens, it may take them hundreds of years to pay off the debt and afford a butler and servants."
There are not many aristocratic magicians in Chaldea - but most of the outstanding magicians come from families with a long history, and the accumulation of family members is the most important part of a magician besides his own strength.
However, when the past was just beginning, many members from the Clock Tower complained about the political factions of the outdated Clock Tower - nationalism, neutralism, aristocracy, and because of the existence of Lancermero, although it was never mentioned openly, there was an anti-Balcermero faction that was separate from the usual anti-Clock Tower faction.
After being simplified several times, the name of the anti-Barthomello faction became the common monarchism in Chaldea - because Lansemello, who can be regarded as a core figure, is best known not for his identity as a crown magician, but for being the thirteenth monarch in the clock tower that even Barthomello has to recognize.
But no one mentioned this topic anymore. After all, the world had been destroyed long ago, and everyone had spent hundreds of years together in Chaldea. Even though many of the original Chaldeans were researchers or people from the El-Melloi classroom who didn't care about political stance, they all began to tacitly consider themselves members of the monarchy.
The members of the monarchy were originally families within the aristocracy, but the twelve monarchs of the Clock Tower themselves had natural barriers other than their political stance.
Before entering the anomaly, Kirshtalia had given his speculation based on what Sheba had observed:
"The Moriarty family home at least looks like a normal aristocratic residence, so the person who opened the door must be the butler - they would never let Moran or Fred open the door, so it would be the youngest of the three brothers if nothing unexpected happened. Of course, it is possible that a new member will join and take over the butler's duties."
The doorbell rang, startling a few red-eyed crows.
Lansemelo watched the black feathers falling in front of him. Soon, they were covered with water droplets due to the thick mist, and fell to the ground and were submerged in the dirty water. The rain suddenly became heavier, and the falling raindrops knocked out fine water splashes on the ground.
The young man with blond hair and red eyes appeared on the other side of the iron gate and stood still. He found the person who rang the doorbell. The brown-haired girl was standing at the door with an umbrella and raised her face as if she had just noticed someone coming.
A pair of lifeless grey eyes looked up from below.
"Excuse me, my name is Leah Holmes, and I am here to visit Mr. William James Moriarty - I have heard that he is an outstanding personal consultant... May I ask this gentleman for advice?"