Personality V: I will save everything

Chapter 582 Silence

"What the hell are you doing?!"

Sheriff Lestrade cursed in his heart. He really couldn't understand the thoughts of the man named Norton Campbell.

He had received threatening letters and even been attacked, but this gentleman was so indifferent to his own safety.

Scotland Yard had long wanted to send someone to protect his safety, but when they made this suggestion, guess what this man responded?

"No need, I already have very safe bodyguards around me." His tone was extremely firm, as if he was fully confident in his own safety.

However, Sheriff Lestrade knew very well that this was complete nonsense.

Putting aside the question of whether there are so-called "security bodyguards" or not, you can tell just by looking at the situation in the mansion.

Not only did this gentleman fire almost all the servants, but even the so-called bodyguards in the mansion disappeared.

Now, besides him, there were only Miss Jenny and the housekeeper left in the mansion. How could there be any safety? !

Surprisingly, despite the dire situation, he did not hesitate to send back all the police officers sent by Scotland Yard to protect him.

To be honest, if Lestrade hadn't been wearing that police uniform, he would have given up long ago.

After all, anyone would feel helpless and annoyed when faced with such an ungrateful and uncooperative person.

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"Lestrade, the reason you sent people to protect Norton and Campbell is simply because wealthy businessmen like Norton and Campbell pay a lot of taxes to your Scotland Yard every once in a while, right? Isn't this the real reason why you did this?"

Holmes bluntly exposed Lestrade's motives, making him somewhat embarrassed.

However, Sheriff Lestrade seemed to be accustomed to such blunt accusations from Holmes and was even too lazy to refute him.

"Instead of being sarcastic to me, why don't you think about whether you have found the person who sent the threatening letter? Who was the murderer that night? How many clues have you found? How much substantive progress has this case made?"

Inspector Lestrade's words revealed his dissatisfaction and doubts towards Holmes. It was obvious that he thought Holmes had not fulfilled his due responsibilities in this matter.

However, the fact is that even the famous Sherlock Holmes is helpless in the face of such a situation. He has not encountered such a difficult case for a long time.

The reason is actually not complicated. As we all know, Holmes has a whole cabinet of information, which covers everyone in London.

Whether nobles or commoners, merchants or workers, as long as they have lived in London, their information can be found in Sherlock Holmes' cabinet.

However, it is people like Norton Campbell who give Holmes a headache.

Since Norton Campbell had been in London for less than a year, there was naturally very little information available about him.

Holmes flipped through various newspapers and found that the reports on Norton Campbell were almost all meaningless nonsense.

It's nothing more than saying how lucky he is, as if all the money in the world is on his side, making him so rich.

These contents were of no substantial help to Holmes at all.

However, corresponding to this situation is that in this short period of less than a year, Norton Campbell has made countless enemies.

Haha, this number is simply staggering.

For example, once, he noticed that someone across from him was cheating in a casino, but the casino staff turned a blind eye to it. Campbell saw this and without saying a word, he overturned the table and smashed the entire casino to pieces.

Another time, a man pretended to discuss cooperation with him, but actually wanted to take a piece of the pie from him. Campbell saw through the other party's true intention at a glance and expelled him without hesitation.

It was Campbell's ruthlessness that led to the man's bankruptcy and huge debts.

There are countless things like this, and each one is enough to make the other party hate him to the core, and even want to tear him into pieces to vent his anger.

Faced with such a complicated situation, Holmes knew that he could not slack off in the slightest.

He must conduct a meticulous investigation of every suspect like a rigorous hunter.

He would examine whether they had the motive, time and tools to commit the crime, and would not miss any clues.

However, this task is as difficult as finding a needle in the vast ocean.

Nevertheless, Holmes understood that this was the only viable approach at the moment.

Therefore, he decided to grit his teeth and face this seemingly difficult problem without backing down.

At this moment, Sheriff Lestrade suddenly spoke:

"Since this case is so troublesome, why don't you just turn it down? And judging from the other party's attitude, they don't seem to want our police or detectives to get involved. So, what is the reason why you are so persistent in wanting to solve this case? Holmes...Oh, I understand, you must have fallen in love with that girl named Jenny?"

Before he could finish his words, Holmes suddenly spat out a mouthful of tea, splashing all over the table.

He stared at Sheriff Lestrade with wide eyes in disbelief, obviously stunned by the other's words.

"You...you deliberately said this while I was drinking tea?" said Holmes somewhat annoyed.

Lestrade had not anticipated such a violent reaction from Holmes, and he was so frightened that he nearly jumped out of his chair.

In his cognition, Holmes has always been a calm and rational person, as if he has no emotional fluctuations, like a machine dedicated to reasoning and judging cases.

However, the scene before him completely overturned Lestrade's view.

He stared at Holmes with wide eyes in disbelief, his heart full of confusion and surprise.

"No way? What's your reaction?" Lestrade asked stutteringly, "Could it be that... I was right?"

There was a hint of uncertainty in his voice. After all, it was just a joke he made and he didn't take it seriously.

But now, Holmes's performance made him begin to doubt his judgment.

Lestrade felt as if his head had been hit with a stick and was buzzing.

He couldn't understand why Holmes reacted so strongly to his words.

Could it be that Holmes really fell in love with someone?

This is truly incredible!!!!

For Lestrade, it was like the sky had fallen. The shocking news kept echoing in his mind, as if the entire island of England had sunk at that moment.

He stood there blankly, trying to calm himself down, and then began to carefully recall Miss Jenny's appearance.

How to describe her?

Lestrade pondered this in his mind as he recalled.

First of all, when he first saw Miss Jenny, there was no doubt that she was a beauty.

That day in Mr. Campbell's mansion, although Miss Jenny was covered with a blanket, her plump figure could be clearly felt even through the blanket.

Especially that part, it is really eye-catching...

"Do you like this one?"

Lestrade suddenly came to his senses and looked at the other person in some surprise.

He could never have imagined that Holmes would be interested in such a woman.

In his impression, Holmes has always been an extremely intelligent and rational person. He thought that Holmes' future partner should at least be like him, the type that is full of wisdom and charm.

However, now it seems that Holmes prefers women who are more physically advantageous?

Lestrade couldn't help feeling confused and puzzled about Holmes' preferences. He began to re-examine his good friend, as if he wanted to find some qualities in him that he had not discovered before.

Looking at the half-smile and meaningful expression on Lestrade's face, Holmes secretly groaned in his heart.

He knew very well that with Lestrade's way of thinking and consistent style, the other party must have started a series of absurd associations and guesses in his mind.

Holmes couldn't help feeling a little helpless. He even felt that even if he didn't use his brain and only used his butt to think, he could guess what Lestrade was thinking at the moment.

This feeling of being misunderstood or speculated on made Holmes's impression of Lestrade somewhat unfriendly.

However, when Holmes stared at Lestrade with a slightly unfriendly look, the other party seemed to have noticed his dissatisfaction.

The smile on Lestrade's face that made people want to punch him disappeared without a trace in an instant.

He realized that now was not the time to discuss these unimportant matters, as they still had a difficult case to solve.

So Lestrade quickly restrained his expression and looked at Holmes seriously, as if nothing that had just happened had happened.

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the other side,

Norton and Jack were sitting in a quiet room, around a wooden table, discussing their next plan.

"I think my fall that night was a perfect trigger for us to plan the next play."

Norton said in a firm tone, his eyes fixed on Jack, as if waiting for his response.

However, Jack had some different opinions on Norton's idea. He frowned, thought for a moment and said:

“I understand your thinking, but I think it may be too early and too intensive to continue to move forward with the plan.

After all, you just experienced an assassination attempt. Although it was directed and acted by us, from a normal person's point of view, if the assassination attempt failed, the other party would definitely be silent for a while and then make a comeback.

Besides, the guy who was supposed to commit suicide has already been exposed once. If he is sent up again so soon, it might make people feel weird next time, right?"

Jack's words made Norton fall into deep thought.

He realized that Jack's concerns were not unfounded, but he still believed that his plan could succeed.

The two fell into a brief silence, each thinking about their next move.

"Lucky, what do you think?"

At this moment, Norton suddenly raised his head and looked at the lucky man who was on standby in the corner of the room.

Facing Norton's sudden question, Lucky briefly showed a surprised expression, then thought for a while before saying,

"I tend to agree with Mr. Jack's opinion. From a normal person's perspective, if things develop so quickly, it will indeed arouse suspicion."

But of course, the lucky guy just made a corresponding reply based on his own thinking. He didn't think his ideas would be adopted.

After all, it is just a humanoid creature used for service, without a soul and independent thinking. It cannot be considered a human being, and naturally it cannot have human rights.

"Okay, you two votes beat mine one. Then I'll listen to you. Let's continue later."

But what Lucky didn't expect was that his idea was adopted. Norton was willing to listen to Jack and Lucky's ideas, stay silent for a while, and then continue with the next play.

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Norton never felt anything strange about following Lucky's advice. After all, as the owner of the manor said, although Lucky was once just an ordinary human service tool in the manor, the situation has changed now.

Today's lucky people have human souls and the ability to think independently.

In Norton's eyes, he was no longer a simple service tool, but a real human being, although he was still in the stage of not yet fully mature.

So when Norton looked at the lucky ones, he did so in the same way that a human might look at an embryo that is not yet fully developed.

Ah, to put it bluntly, it's just how humans look at babies.

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