Dragons: Reboot the New World

Chapter 112 Eight Acts of the Empty House
Lu Mingfei rushed out the door, and Nuonuo followed him confused.

"What's the matter?" she asked.

"I don't know." Lu Mingfei frowned, "The moment the photo was taken, I felt something changed."

Nono also became wary, "Is there something wrong with this Sherlock Holmes museum?"

"I don't know. I don't have any information right now..." Lu Mingfei went to open the door. It was a swing door made of solid wood panels. He held the door handles on both sides and twisted them until they rattled.

"Can't open it..." Lu Mingfei turned around to ask the female staff member, but found that everyone in the Sherlock Holmes Museum was gone.

Without saying a word, Nuonuo pulled out the two daggers she carried with her, but Lu Mingfei held her hands down, "Don't be nervous, senior sister, there should be no danger here."

"Word Spirit·Eye of God"!
Nuonuo's eyes flashed with golden light, and then she put away the dagger, "I've checked it out, and it's really not dangerous, but... there's a weird feeling."

"Damn it." Lu Mingfei scratched his head in distress, "Why don't we search this room first?"

"Okay." Nuonuo pressed close to him, "Don't get separated."

"Go to the study. That's where Holmes and Watson live." Lu Mingfei and Nono walked into the study back to back. There was nothing special. There was a desk in the corner of the study, which was the unforgettable Sherlock Holmes in the novel. "Chemistry Laboratory".

"Let's go and have a look on the second floor." Lu Mingfei was about to leave the study, but Nono didn't move.

"What's wrong? Senior sister?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Look at that table..." Nono pointed, "Were there those bottles and jars on the table before?"

When Lu Mingfei heard this, he looked over and saw several short and large tables arranged vertically and horizontally, with many distillation bottles, test tubes and some small Bunsen burners with flashing blue flames placed on them.

Near the door is Dr. Watson's desk. On the chair in front of the desk is an open doctor's leather bag, which is filled with medical instruments such as doctor's pliers.

"Maybe it's just to restore the authenticity of Holmes' residence?"

"No, junior brother, your observation skills are too poor." Nono shook his head, "Haven't you discovered it yet? If it was just for restoration, it would be impossible to light the Bunsen burner."

Lu Mingfei walked quickly to the table, where the Bunsen burner was burning slowly. There was a container next to it, which contained some kind of dark red solution, with some brown particles settling at the bottom of the bottle.

"This is..." Lu Mingfei's pupils shrank suddenly, "Holmes and Watson first met. At that time, Holmes was doing a research on the precipitation of blood-colored proteins in a certain solution."

"You mean we have traveled into the world of Sherlock Holmes?" Nono asked slowly.

"Not sure yet..." Lu Mingfei turned around and walked to the second floor. There were two cabins on the second floor. He remembered that the two cabins were Mrs. Hudson's room and Watson's room respectively.

Lu Mingfei opened Watson's bedroom. The quilts on the bed were neatly folded. He took a closer look and found that there were obvious traces of someone lying on the bed, and the wax figures of famous figures that should have been displayed in the bedroom were also missing. .

"Senior sister, there is bad news." Lu Mingfei went downstairs and said to Nono, "We seem to have been dragged into some kind of special space. There are no wax figures in the bedroom on the second floor, and there are traces of human life."

"What do you think is the reason?" Nono asked.

"This may be...a certain Nibelungen," Lu Mingfei said with a serious expression, "Senior sister, you know the Nibelungen, right?"

"I know." Nono said, "Casel's courses teach that it is an independent space that exists outside of the real space, but does that really exist?"

"It is real. It was established by dragons, just like the Bronze City that Ye Sheng and Sister Aki entered last year when they implemented the "Kuimen Project". That is the Nibelungen that served as the residence of Norton and Constantine. Dragon The species usually hides in the Nibelungs. "

"I know, what should we do now?"

"I can forcefully break through the Nibelungen and get out, but..." Lu Mingfei said, "If this happens, Holmes will definitely not see us, and our purpose of coming to England will be defeated."

"Stop bragging." Nono curled his lips, "You should break down that door first and then talk about it."

"Uh, I'm serious..." Lu Mingfei muttered and kicked the door. The door opened in response, and outside was...

On a British street in the [-]th century, a few pedestrians on the road were looking at Lu Mingfei, a stranger, with strange eyes.

"Now..." Lu Mingfei was stunned, "It's really in the novel."

Nuonuo was not too surprised. She walked to Lu Mingfei, raised her feet and looked around, "It's quite different from what I imagined. This street is dirty and messy."

"Holmes probably means no harm." Lu Mingfei said to himself as he walked down the steps in front of the door. "Maybe he just wants to play a detective game with us."

"Then let's be great detectives for once." Nuonuo shrugged and followed Lu Mingfei's footsteps.

"Senior sister, why don't you ask for me..." Lu Mingfei suddenly paused, turned around and rushed back into the house, "Wait for me."

"Mysterious." Nono stood there and continued to look at Britain in the 19th century.

"Found it, found it!" Lu Mingfei shouted, rushing out of the house excitedly, waving a piece of paper in his hand, "Let me tell you, Holmes will definitely leave clues for us."

"What is this?" Nono asked, she stretched out her hand, "Show me."

"Senior sister, you are too overbearing. I haven't read it yet..." Lu Mingfei looked aggrieved, but still obediently handed the note to Nono.

"If I'm not overbearing, then it's me, Chen Motong?" Nuonuo rolled her eyes at him and opened the note.

"Dear Mr. Lu Mingfei:
I know you are looking for me, but I am currently busy with a commission, which is quite troublesome and I cannot get away.

The thing is, an inhumane murder has occurred at the Halliday Hotel in Little George Street, and I think I would be very happy if you would assist me in the investigation. "

The signature at the bottom of the note was "Sherlock Holmes."

"What a stinky guy." Lu Mingfei complained.

"Indeed." Nono agreed, tore up the note and threw it on the roadside. "Are we going to that hotel now?"

"Sister, quality, quality!"

"It doesn't matter, the streets are so dirty anyway, there's no shortage of garbage for me to throw away."

"Okay, you're the best..." Lu Mingfei sighed helplessly, "Isn't this the only way to go? Go to that hotel."

"Become a detective!" Nono was very excited, holding his hand and jumping up and down.

Lu Mingfei smiled, pretending to be a mature big sister on the surface, but actually she was still a little girl in her heart.

"Oh yes, map, map..." Nono fumbled around in his bag, "Fortunately, I carry it with me, but is this map still useful in [-]th-century Britain?" "It should be useful, street layout. There won't be much difference." Lu Mingfei replied, rubbing his eyebrows again with a headache, "I feel like I can't do it as a detective..."

"It's okay, sister is here." Nono slapped him on the back, "Sister will help you play the game of clearance!"

"Actually, it doesn't matter if the map doesn't match up. We can call a carriage. The driver must be more familiar with the streets of London than we are."

"seems like it……"

……

……

The two took a carriage and stopped in front of Little George Street.

"Isn't it the Haolidai Hotel?" Nono asked the coachman in English.

"Madam, the Haolidai Hotel is in a small alley, and the carriage cannot enter." The coachman answered cautiously.

"Okay." Nuonuo jumped out of the car without Lu Mingfei's support.

There was a small road in front of him. There was a sign at the intersection that read "Hotel and Accommodation" and a red arrow was drawn on it, pointing to the depths of the small road.

Indeed, if this kind of place is not specifically marked, no one will know that there is a hotel inside.

Nuonuo took a glance and walked directly to the path.

"Senior sister, wait for me." Lu Mingfei quickly followed.

"It's you who are too slow."

After turning around a few times, a small four-story building appeared in front of them. There were no extra decorations. There was a very old-fashioned plaque hanging in front of the door... It seemed like something from the [-]th century. It looks very old-fashioned, with "Hollyday Hotel" written on it.

"This word is quite ugly." Lu Mingfei walked to the door and pointed out the situation, and looked at the plaque that had not been changed for a long time. The words on it were blurry.

Judging from the shape of this hotel, the boss definitely doesn't want to take care of it. There are only two types of people who can live in this kind of place. One is poor tourists with no money, and the other is eager to do something ulterior. The young man and woman responsible for the incident... I'm sorry for going astray, Lu Mingfei thought.

"I haven't seen you say anything." Nono walked straight to the hotel, "Also, don't think about dirty things in your mind."

Lu Mingfei was so ashamed that he died in front of his senior sister again, but it seemed to be the norm.

Pushing open the creaking wooden door, a stale smell of old carpet hit her face. Nono shrugged her nose uncomfortably, "It smells so bad..."

Lu Mingfei didn't feel anything at all. He had smelled this smell countless times in the shabby Internet cafe downstairs in his community, and there were smells even more outrageous than this.

In the hall in front of her, the original color of the floor has long since faded. Directly across from it is a wooden bar. A white woman is sitting in it boredly reading newspapers. Next to her is a vertical clock that is as tall as a person. Lu Mingfei looked up. I blinked, the time was [-]:[-] in the morning.

"It's only ten o'clock. Maybe after we finish, we can have a meal with my senior sister in [-]th century England." Lu Mingfei said to himself.

However, Nono had already started chatting with the white woman, "Hello, was there a murder that happened in the hotel recently?"

"Why are you asking about this?" The woman raised her eyes and glanced at Chen Motong, and said unceremoniously, "Go, go, little girl, don't disturb my business."

"We are private investigators, my name is NoNo, and that is..." Nono pointed the way and thought for a moment, "Detective Ricardo."

"NoNo? Ricardo?" The woman sat up straight, "I haven't heard of it, but if you detectives are willing to help me solve that damn thing, I can pay you. After all, it will also affect my business."

"So there is really a murder?" Lu Mingfei came over and winked at Nono.

She immediately understood what Lu Mingfei meant and asked the landlady, "Has a detective named Holmes ever been here?"

"No." The woman shook her head decisively, "You haven't had anyone claiming to be a detective come here before."

"Okay." Lu Mingfei was disappointed, "What are you doing, Holmes is playing tricks on us?"

"You're already here, why don't you give it a try?" Nono said, "Let's ask about the details of the murder first."

"The unfortunate gentleman's name was Statham..." the woman recalled, "Oh, he died so miserably!"

"Yesterday morning, he didn't come out of the room to have breakfast... I provide catering." The woman pointed to a half-open door on the right with the word "restaurant" written on it, "I didn't care either. , Mr. Statham usually doesn’t wake up until nine o’clock.”

"But until ten o'clock, I didn't see him leave the room, so I felt something was wrong." The woman said naggingly, "I went upstairs to call him. The door was locked upside down. I used Spare key opens the door..."

"The window in the house was open, and next to the window lay Mr. Statham's body, wearing pajamas, curled up in a ball." The woman recalled the horrific scene, "He had died long ago, and his limbs were stiff and cold."

"How did you die?" Lu Mingfei asked, he still understood this bit of English.

"He was stabbed to death. I guess I only took one look at that time and ran out to call the police, but I saw a large stain of blood on the left side of his body." The woman said, "The police took his body away after they came. , and didn’t tell me how he died.”

"Can you take us to that room?" Nono said, when she saw a man walking out of the restaurant door.

He was very fat, with a beer belly, and was wearing a wrinkled coat, with one trouser leg pulled to the middle of his calf. It seemed that he had done it accidentally, but the man didn't care. He went upstairs with an impatient expression.

"Who is that?" she asked the boss in a low voice.

"Oh, he is also a guest staying at my place." The woman replied, "There are several other guests."

"I'm addicted to alcohol, overeating, and don't like to exercise. I haven't been out for a long time. I live a very casual life with a bad temper." Nono glanced at the back of the man walking upstairs again, and several messages appeared in her mind instantly. in mind.

"Are the guests staying here suspicious?" she asked the boss.

"I don't know." The boss spread his hands. "Since the police took away the body yesterday afternoon, two more policemen came to ask me for details, but so far they have not found any clues."

"Okay, let's take us to the crime room first," Nono said.

The room was on the third floor, and there was a short corridor that led directly to it. The boss opened the door and left immediately, "I don't want to stay in this unlucky place."

Lu Mingfei walked in first, and sure enough, there was an outline drawn with white chalk on the floor near the window.

Nono scanned the room first. The facilities were all normal and there was nothing special about it.

"The window is open, it's not a secret room..." Lu Mingfei walked to the window and looked down. "It's not like the murderer escaped by jumping out of the window. If he jumped from this height, he would be half disabled even if he didn't die."

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