Operation Red Book

Chapter 224 London Bridge Mass Suicide 2

"Cough cough..."

Moriarty coughed unnaturally a few times and slowly stood up from the wooden chair.

"The taverns on the riverbank are crowded with people and rumors spread like spider webs among leaves. Anyone who has been to the tavern will hear some trivial truths."

Moriarty walked slowly towards Joshua, with obvious excitement in his eyes, like a leopard holding its prey.

"Hasn't it occurred to you that Mr. Holmes had to wait until late at night before someone was willing to tell him something that could be solved with just a few pennies?"

"Uh--"

As soon as he finished speaking, Joshua immediately covered his gaping mouth with both hands.

"You, you, you... I'll tell you, I'll tell you... it was you, it was you who bribed the tavern owner, the clerk, and even the guests who came and went!"

"That's me. By the way, I only spent the money for a glass of whiskey. The money from Count Vincent is not included."

Joshua's brows were visibly furrowed, his expression was solemn, and his breathing became heavier.

"I've suspected that for a long time."

"You are awesome, do you want me to praise you like that? Oh my... you are such a child who really needs attention..."

"Mr. Moriarty! Even I have my suspicions about you. Doesn't Mr. Holmes know anything about it? He must have known it for a long time, but he just didn't make it public!"

"But he still drank the wine those people prepared, didn't he?"

"Mr. Holmes has had a stomachache for a week!"

Joshua shouted angrily at Moriarty's back, and even he was startled.

Moriarty suddenly stopped, and a strong smell of gunpowder spread in the air.

"I don't care how the process goes, as long as I beat him."

"Mr. Holmes always takes good care of you, but you've gone too far this time! Mr. Moriarty!"

"What do you know!"

Moriarty turned around angrily, his eyes red, his whole body tense, and his shoulders trembling slightly.

"I just don't understand! If I knew that Ivy was sick for a week because of me, I would want to die!"

"Holmes is Holmes, and your Ivy is your Ivy. Don't confuse the facts."

"You two are people I respect. I don't want you to become enemies in the end more than anyone else... Wuwuwu, even though you have been enemies from the beginning to the end, but even if there is just a little bit of hope, wuwuwu..."

Somehow, Joshua burst into tears as he spoke. His throat was choked with sobs and his words were intermittent.

Seeing the child in front of him crying, Moriarty felt very depressed.

"Okay, okay, don't talk about the future casually."

Moriarty patted Joshua's shoulder gently, and his tone softened unconsciously.

"Focus on the present, focus on the moment, okay?"

"Mr. Moriarty, but you and Mr. Holmes..."

"Sherlock and I are just good friends who appreciate each other. There is no other relationship."

"If it is true as you said, he and I will meet as enemies, I will be happier."

"Why... why?"

"I don't know. I will definitely feel relieved. I don't have to hide it from him anymore. I don't have to feel indebted to him anymore. I don't have to be in a tense state anymore. I don't have to think about how I will die anymore."

"me……"

As someone who knew the final outcome, Joshua choked up inexplicably.

He had read the story of "The Final Problem" no less than a hundred times, but at this moment he would rather he had never known it.

What will be the ending of the story? Perhaps being at a loss is the best way to live.

"Mr. Moriarty."

"Please say."

"Is that bet really important to you?"

"Alas...if he beats me, I will take a week off to accompany him to Naples to soak in the hot springs...the two of us...naked..."

"That's too much. I just asked him to leave me alone for a week..."

"I understand you now...I'm sorry, Mr. Moriarty..."

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a violent knock on the door of the ward, followed by Thomas' loud shout.

Crying and shouting mixed together, incoherent words came through the thick door, and the faces of the two turned pale in an instant.

"Ahhhh! There's a naked woman in the newspaper office! A naked black woman aa ...