Operation Red Book

Chapter 419 Identification before Death

London before dawn was shrouded in a peaceful tranquility. The rising fog could not be felt, and the hazy eaves could not be seen.

A speeding carriage was rushing forward on the dewy cobblestone road.

The wheels turned like phantoms, and together with the galloping horses' hooves, they left a long trail of wet water marks on the road.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

The crying in the carriage almost drowned out the sound of the shaking carriage. The moisture lingered like a ghost, carrying the faint crying into the distance.

"Okay, okay, okay, we're almost there..."

Ivy smoothed Christine's wet hair and gently patted the trembling shoulders in her arms.

It happened suddenly, and Ivy only put on a black windbreaker and got on the carriage with everyone else.

The person driving the carriage was a man dressed in black. Ivy couldn't see what he looked like, but she felt that he had an extraordinary demeanor and was definitely not just a groom.

The carriage drove quickly towards East Sussex, south of London, without stopping.

As for Christine, since she got on the carriage, she curled up in Ivy's arms, covering her face and crying loudly.

Anyone would feel bad when their beloved brother suddenly suffered such an accident, let alone Christine who is still so young.

Ivy had no choice but to hold her in her arms, clasping her right hands tightly together, coaxing her gently with soft words, caressing her gently with tender care.

"We're almost there, almost there..."

Ivy rubbed Christine's messy curly hair with her chin, and quickly pulled out another handkerchief wet with tears from the gap.

"Hey, have you cried enough?"

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

Ivy gave Holmes a fierce look. He and Joshua sat opposite the girl, one with his hands arrogantly folded and the other twirling his fingers nervously.

"Tsk!" Holmes rolled his eyes.

After a while, he lifted the curtain and looked outside the car, then spoke impatiently:

"Your visit to 221-B Baker Street in the middle of the night was not just to run into the little lamb's arms and cry."

Christine was still crying in pain. After hearing what Holmes said, she paused, stopped crying for a second, and then continued crying, driven by instinct.

"Kid, you know my rules. I will only take the case if it suits my taste."

"But the young master of the Earl's family died suddenly in the middle of the night. This explanation doesn't seem to be enough to fill my stomach..."

"Miss Goodwin, there are no houses on the street outside, which means we are about to reach the Seville Manor in the town of Rye."

"Since you took such great pressure to sneak back to London in a carriage and knock on the door of 221-B Baker Street, you must have been fully prepared mentally."

Holmes crossed his hands on his chest and leaned forward slightly, his high brows suppressing his sharp eyes.

"Tell me what happened, I hope our trip was not in vain."

As she spoke, Christine's crying slowed down a lot.

She looked at Holmes's determined eyes with tears in her eyes, sobbing and slowly crawling out of Ivy's arms.

"Kiki..."

Ivy called her name worriedly, and their hands held tighter.

After wiping the tears from her face, Christine finally sat up straight.

"Demon... There is a demon in that house..."

Her chest was still heaving as she instinctively cried, but it was much better than her previous collapse.

Ivy and Joshua immediately looked nervous.

You know, the last demon that harmed the human world was taken back to the bottom of the water by a big fish that suddenly appeared. The mermaids searched for a whole week but couldn't find the big fish.

The ancient gods live at the bottom of the vast ocean. Jasper has returned to the embrace of the ancient gods and must be looking for an opportunity to return to the human world.

Thinking of this, Ivy looked at Holmes opposite her.

He looked relaxed and even began to shake his head.

"I thought it was something else, but it turned out to be a demon. The case is closed. Find a priest in the church who can perform exorcisms and let me get off the car."

"Hey!"

Ivy and Joshua quickly stopped Holmes who was about to get out of the car, but they heard the sound of Christine's complete collapse in the corner.

"These are the last words Xiao Ben said to me!"

Christine shed several tears in an instant. She trembled helplessly and her voice became weaker and weaker.

"He rolled down the stairs while playing in the castle. When a servant passing by found him, there was a bloody hole on the back of his head, and a lot of blood had already flowed from the place where he lay..."

"Before being pushed into the operating room, Xiao Ben kept pointing his finger at me. When I got closer, he whispered to me..."

"Devil...it's a devil..."

“Uh…”

Christine's voice became weaker and weaker, until finally, she had no strength left to support her body.

"Take the brown paper bag out of my pocket and give it to her."

Holmes calmly gave Joshua instructions.

The three children were inexperienced and immediately got into a mess. They stumbled around in the rocking carriage, making it quite a lively scene.

Ivy and Joshua finally breathed a sigh of relief when Christine's breathing finally stabilized.

Christine leaned on Ivy's shoulder, and after tossing and turning all night, she finally fell asleep.

Her eyes and cheeks were red and swollen, and crystal tears kept flowing out of Christine's beautiful eyelashes.

As if it was a signal, when Sleeping Beauty fell asleep, the stars in the sky and the earth stopped moving.

However, it was not that the earth stopped moving, but that the carriage slowly stopped.

"Mr. Ivy, Mr. Holmes, there's only grass outside, and there's not a single house in sight..."

Joshua secretly lowered the car curtain and reported to the people in the car with a frown.

Then, there was a noise in front of the carriage, and the coachman who was driving the horses got off the carriage.

"what happened?"

Ivy's heart suddenly tightened. She hugged Christine tightly in her arms, thinking about what to do next.

But she came out in such a hurry that Ivy had nothing on her except a black windbreaker without pockets, which was not even suitable for hanging herself.

As if seeing through Ivy's little thoughts, Holmes smiled lightly and his tone became excited:

"It's okay, we're one family."

After saying that, he took the initiative to open the doors on both sides of the car, just in time to meet the coachman outside.

"Hello, Marquis Sebastian!"

"Oh? Long time no see, my beloved brother whom Mr. Mycroft Holmes always mentions."