Chapter 244 The Great Technique
"This is a map of the underground headquarters of the Crossroads cult."
Watson took out a thick piece of paper folded in half from the inner pocket of his windbreaker and handed it over.
Charlotte Holmes took the map and opened it. She saw that the front and back of the thick paper were sketches of three-dimensional structures.
The map drawn by Watson is definitely not simple and easy to understand. Various intricate lines are intertwined to form a virtual underground palace. Each dotted solid line is also marked with a specific distance - if the map falls on In the hands of people with a weak foundation in mathematics, reading is as difficult as browsing a bible.
The key places on the map are specially bolded and blackened to indicate their names, importance and dangers, such as the Emerald Hall (the center of the headquarters), the public reading room (basic secret world information, no danger before midnight), and the supplies room (equipment room). room, medium risk), forge (weapon factory, high risk), prison cell (out-of-control secret cult, medium risk), breeding farm (innocent victims, low risk), slaughterhouse (cruel execution ground, moderate risk) etc.
At a glance, you can see the most conspicuous majestic tree supporting the entire underground palace (labeled: Emerald tree rhizome, suspected to be the creation of the Sichen honey tree).
But it is also undeniable that this map can definitely be said to be extremely accurate. It is as accurate as the design drawings of building construction. It is almost possible to recreate another underground palace with this drawing.
Charlotte glanced at it roughly, and with her knowledge and wisdom, she was able to understand the importance of this map in an instant... Mastering this map can at least reduce casualties in the bureau's extermination operations by 30%... But this One side seems to only depict the internal environment, and a very few passages are still in hazy shadow, marked with unknown information.
The female detective turned the map over to the other side, and on this side of the paper, a large amount of pen and ink and comparative data were used to depict the specific entrance location of the underground headquarters of the Crossroads cult organization.
I saw a blurry river bank depicted on the paper. Using three points as reference points: a certain corner protrusion of the stone cliff river embankment, the edge of the beach on the nearby river bank, and a certain rugged strange rock at the bottom of the river bed, several lines were extended with specific markings. The dotted lines at different distances intertwined with each other until they converged at a certain point on the rock cliff at the bottom of the river - a faint shadow was deliberately drawn on that place, and the words were marked: First Entrance.
Watson came closer at this time and pointed on the map with his finger, "Although this entrance is hidden in the dark shadow of the cliff at the bottom of the river, through the comparison between these three reference objects, even people who do not understand mathematics can see You should also be able to understand the specific location of the entrance.”
"It's a wall that looks thick but is actually thin. The moss covering it contains the power to hide from others - but it can also be broken open directly using violence. It's not difficult."
The female detective raised her head and glanced at her former assistant, now a esoteric cultist. Her thin lips were slightly opened as if she wanted to speak but she still didn't speak in the end.
Watson continued pointing to the map with great interest and explained, "Although the first entrance is relatively easy to pass, the subsequent real entrances are more troublesome."
His fingertips traced the tunnel behind the faint shadow. "This tunnel is the only entrance to the underground headquarters that I know of so far. The aisle is so narrow that it can only accommodate two people walking side by side at the same time, and there is still room at the end of the tunnel." There stood a solid iron door three inches thick."
"There is no keyhole on the door, only a small movable window, which can only be opened from the inside by the guardian behind the door. Even if a familiar face comes to the door, he must answer tonight's special secret word in order to open it from the inside. Allowed entry - double insurance."
"The double insurance of the face and the secret language... Then, Iverson, in your opinion, how can we break through this door? Break through by force or find another way to enter from the side?" the female detective asked with a little doubt, and then It seemed like he was testing something.
Watson seemed to be waiting for such a question. He smiled and replied: "You asked the key question - about the secret word for opening the door. I can probably try to find it out from Nello Bacchus, but open the door. People must also see a familiar face through the movable window before they can be allowed in - not just any esoteric cultist, but a leader-level person with a certain status. "
"And I obviously haven't reached that level within the Crossroads cult yet."
"But! As for who should interview the gatekeeper for us... I happen to know the right person!"
"Miss Charlotte, have you noticed Ms. Melanie who came with me? You should know that she is also one of the secret followers of the Crossroads cult, but in fact she is also one of the first batch of followers to follow Winfrey Morgan. He is a senior member of the cult, and he recently brought back a batch of precious books for Winfres, and his status in the cult is much higher than mine."
"Can……"
"But why did Melanie betray Winfrey Morgan and choose to help us?"
Before the female detective could finish her sentence, Watson immediately answered.
The female detective was not given a chance to interrupt at all, giving the impression that he was very anxious and impetuous, as if something terrible was chasing him from behind, forcing him to move forward non-stop.
"Don't worry, although this Ms. Melanie is one of the earliest members of the Crossroads cult, Winfrey has actually begun to doubt her loyalty and even identifies her as a traitor. Last night, she secretly ordered me to Eradicate Melanie and bring her heart back.”
"But according to my observation, this Ms. Melanie has never done anything to betray the Crossroads cult... The specific reason why Winfrey identified her as a traitor is unknown, but it is obviously a rare thing for us. A great opportunity!”
"Melanie can not only help the Suppression Bureau troops infiltrate the underground headquarters, but as one of the first senior members to follow Winfrey Morgan, she knows more about the criminal facts of the Crossroads cult than I do. More thorough - compared to me, Ms. Melanie is simply an excellent witness!”
"but……"
Watson answered again: "But how can we gain Ms. Melanie's trust?"
"Don't worry, I have already considered this issue... This Ms. Melanie possesses the secret transmission of the heart and the lamp. She can sneak into other people's hearts through some kind of spiritual thoughts and learn other people's memories... As long as I cooperate By opening her guard, she can directly see the memory of Winfrey’s murder order last night!”
"This will definitely put her at odds with the Crossroads cult and Winfrey Morgan, and for the sake of her own life, no matter how reluctant she is in her heart, she has no choice but to turn over to the dark side and commit crimes to help us eliminate them. Winfrey’s cult—because only in this way can she escape Winfrey’s subsequent pursuit and survive!”
"Hahaha, Miss Charlotte, what do you think of my upright conspiracy? Is it very feasible?"
"The only question left now is how we should make Winfrey Morgan mistakenly think that Ms. Melanie has died in my hands -" Watson seemed to be deep in thought, putting his thumb in his mouth to chew on it. When he bit it, the remaining right eye was filled with bloodshot eyes from exhaustion.
"Well... Winfrey asked me to bring back Melanie's heart. So obviously we can't just go to the slaughterhouse and find some pig hearts and horse hearts to replace it. The structural difference will definitely not be concealed by medical research. Winfres, who was born in the hospital...maybe he can be replaced by the heart of a death row prisoner?"
"But with Winfrey's heart secret cultivation, it is difficult for other people's hearts to be hidden from his perception... Is it possible for us to take out Ms. Melanie's heart first, and wait for me to present it to him first? After Winfres saw it, he quietly took it away and gave it back to Melanie..."
Charlotte Holmes looked at Watson, who seemed to be a little crazy, and her cold eyes seemed to soften because of this. She whispered:
"John, don't worry, I want to ask you a little question first-"
"A small problem? Is there any other small problem? The map path has been cleared, and the witnesses have been found. Now all that is left is to capture the underground headquarters and obtain those physical evidences - is there any other small problem? Our top priority now should be It’s about solving the problem of how to make Melanie fake death to avoid Winfrey Morgan!”
The bloodshot eyes in Watson's eyes seemed to be getting worse and worse, and his right eye seemed to have been completely dyed crazily crimson. His forehead also had ferocious veins protruding, and fine cold sweat oozed out, as if he was having a fierce battle with his heart. Fighting, trying to resist the control of the loyal thoughts that Winfreth left in his mind.
The female detective didn't seem to worry at all whether the former assistant, who had been exposed to forbidden knowledge, would suddenly go crazy and hurt herself. She just gently took off her new necklace, hung it on Watson's head, and said softly: "John, don't worry, just listen to me slowly."
"The question I want to ask you, John, is... to what extent have you mastered the art of invisibility now?"
"Invisible art?"
Watson raised his head after hearing this, his right eye filled with cruel scarlet symbolizing violence and bloodlust. His consciousness seemed to be caught in a cruel dispute, and his thinking seemed to be starting to lose control.
However, when the pale white spar necklace tied with gold wire tightly bound his head like a headband, a faint glow suddenly burst out from inside the necklace spar. Although the glow was weak, it revealed an unquestionable It was so bright that it seemed to illuminate every inch of the structure of the head underneath, including the thin scalp, reddish muscles and pale bones, as well as the brain tissue that seemed to be pulsing and crawling inside.
Charlotte also whispered softly: "The brightest light can not only illuminate everything around you, but also purify everything around you."
As the words of illumination sounded, the light inside the necklace crystal became more and more powerful. The bright brilliance penetrated into the skull along the hair follicles of the scalp, like a tide of light drowning the chaotic darkness, and reason returned to occupy the high ground of thinking. .
Watson's body suddenly trembled slightly, and the scarlet bloodshot eyes seemed to slowly fade away under the bright light above his head. The crazy look disappeared, and his pupils returned to clarity.
"Invisible art?"
Watson seemed to have finally woken up from that strange state of confusion. He first repeated Miss Charlotte's question, and then immediately answered without much hesitation: "I already know the secret of the walking words and the knife." , which is the secret transmission of the second level heart and the secret transmission of the first level blade."
Charlotte was relieved when she heard this answer, "Is the highest level the second level... That's okay, it's not too serious, there is still hope and treatment..."
Watson was a little confused, "Can it be saved? Treatment? Miss Charlotte, what are you talking about? I'm not sick, what treatment do I need?"
The female detective said earnestly: "John, haven't you noticed that your thinking is getting more and more confusing?"
"If you think about it carefully, just in our meeting this time, you have behaved abnormally many times and interrupted me frequently... The John Watson I knew before was not such a rude and rude person. man."
"My... thinking is getting more and more confusing?"
Watson murmured these words repeatedly, and the necklace on his head continued to emit a purifying light. His mind seemed to be able to get rid of the heterogeneous hunger induced by the secret transmission, and returned to the original state where he had not been exposed to any secrets. The pure and flawless state passed down.
He first lowered his head, as if he was examining his own heart and memory. After about a minute, he resolutely raised his head and said word by word: "Miss Charlotte, you are right. It seems that I have been inevitably affected by the forbidden knowledge, and perhaps also by Winfreth's bewitchment... My thinking has indeed changed. "
"I became emotionally unstable, I became cruel and murderous, I became chatty... I was no longer me."
"This is indeed a disease, a serious disease with no cure!"
Watson looked at the female detective as if asking for help, with hope in his eyes, "Miss Charlotte...can I really be saved?"
Facing her former assistant's request for help, Charlotte Holmes nodded solemnly, "Well, don't worry, John, the Anti-Suppression Bureau has a complete and standardized treatment process for victims like you who are involuntarily exposed to taboo knowledge. , will definitely help you relieve or even eliminate the hunger and thirst of secret desires, and become a normal person with a sound mind again!”
"Are you a normal person with a sound mind..."
As Watson chewed on these words, tears seemed to well up in his eyes, as if he was remembering his ordinary self in the past, or saying goodbye to his dull self.
However, his mind was also exceptionally strong, and it didn't take long for him to adjust, and he began to continue communicating with Holmes on the plan to destroy Winfrey Morgan and the Crossroads cult.
"Then, Miss Charlotte, I will go out first. According to the plan we just communicated, I will find an opportunity to take Ms. Melanie to the agreed place later. Please contact the Anti-Suppression Bureau quickly to prepare for advance work."
"After such a long period of lurking, the harvest time is finally coming... I should also take a good rest for a while and recuperate my mental problems as you said, Miss Charlotte..."
Watson took off the necklace on his head and returned it to the female detective. Then he loosened his belt and pretended to have just gone to the toilet, then opened the toilet door and left.
His palm had just touched the doorknob, but he turned around as if he suddenly recalled something and asked: "By the way, what does the spell you recited just now, Miss Charlotte, mean? It can actually awaken the light in the necklace." , have you also come into contact with forbidden knowledge and begun to study the secret transmission of lamps? "
"No, that is not an invisible art that taboos madness, but a more standardized and systematic supernatural knowledge."
"This is the great art."