Another male voice came from the room, “Holmes, you should take a rest. We just came back from more than ten kilometers away after catching roosters all day.”

Chapter 438 The Jewel Thief

“Oh, Watson, my dear friend, please trust my judgment. I really need a cup of bitter coffee to help me sleep at this moment,” Holmes reminded his companion not to forget the coffee when bringing him the newspaper.

“Okay, okay, you’re the boss,” the strong Watson put on his coat, hat and walked out, and saw Conan and Hunter at the stairs.

Watson was a little surprised as to why there were two children here. So he smiled kindly and asked, “Two kids, why are you here? There is nothing fun here.”

Conan shook his head and said, “I’m from the Maori Detective Agency downstairs. My name is Conan, this is my friend Hunter, and we are here to find Mr. Holmes.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Holmes appeared at the gate, smoking his pipe, a little proudly, “It seems that my name, Sherlock Holmes, has become a household name. Watson, go and do your work. These two kids are here to see me, I will take care of them.”

Watson nodded, put on his hat, and went downstairs.

Holmes invited Conan and Hunter into the room, then gave them some candies before returning to his chair and saying with a smile, “Two little friends, what do you want to talk to me about?”

As Holmes spoke, his eyes were looking at Conan. He felt the same detective aura as himself in this child, while the child next to him looked like someone from a wealthy family.

Conan was a little excited. Even though Sakura had the title of Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era, it was still an image and not the real Sherlock Holmes. Now the real Sherlock Holmes was in front of him, and he was very excited.

After taking a few deep breaths, Conan calmed down and spoke, “Hello, Mr. Holmes. The mud on your shoes has not been cleaned yet, and there is still the smell of chicken and duck and dew on your coat. There are bloodshot in your eyes, and the fact that you took a few deep puffs on your pipe means that you just came back this morning, and you were in a muddy place not long ago. Combined with what your assistant said just now, you were on a farm in the suburbs last night.”

Standard detective greeting.

Holmes was certain that this clever child must be of the same kind as himself.

“Little boy, you are smart. Your name is Conan, right? Judging from your clothes, you are not from Baker Street. The friends around you should be from wealthy families. Plus, the car I saw parked downstairs just now has a number from the Metropolitan Police Department. Are you two from the Metropolitan Police Department?” Holmes exhaled the mist from his mouth and spoke slowly.

Conan nodded and shook his head, “I’m not from the Metropolitan Police Department, Hunter is, I’m from the Maori Detective Agency downstairs from you.”

“Huh? So the detective agency downstairs is really in operation? Oh, sorry, that’s not what I meant,” Holmes touched his head, feeling a little embarrassed. He felt that his words were a bit hurtful.

Conan didn’t care and told her why he came.

At first, Holmes thought it was a simple case, but as Conan analyzed it and the name Jack the Ripper came out, an astonishing light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

“Jack the Ripper, I know this person. I asked Watson to buy a newspaper just now to study this case. If I’m not mistaken, the murderer should have already provoked the Metropolitan Police Department.” Although Holmes was just guessing, his tone was very certain.

Then he continued, “It’s a pity that I can’t spare the time to help you right now. I have a royal commission in my hands. Someone has set his eyes on the royal jewels, especially the Heart of Victoria on the Queen’s crown. I need to find the jewel thief first.”

Hearing that Holmes was too busy to help, Conan looked a little disappointed, but the next moment, he saw the information that Holmes had cut out, which was all about the stolen gems.

Holmes had a habit of cutting out useful information from newspapers and gluing them together.

“Hey, the shape of this house, could it be Ms. Taylor?” Conan saw the black and white pattern on one of the newspaper information, and the house inside seemed familiar to him.

Holmes saw Conan’s eyes on the information he had cut out and the words he had said, so he asked, “Why, have you contacted the owner of this?”

So Conan told her that he and Kogoro Mouri had accepted Ms. Taylor’s commission to retrieve the lost jewel.

After hearing Conan say that there were holes in Ms. Taylor’s house and safe, and then inferring that it was a cleaning job, Holmes nodded.

“You are right. I already know how the gems were stolen from Ms. Taylor’s house. I have also determined that it was done by the cleaners responsible for cleaning the exterior walls. However, the cleaner group on Baker Street is very large, at least two or three hundred people. It is difficult to quickly identify the murderer based on this little information. What’s more, those who stole the valuables will quickly sell them on the black market,” Holmes explained the final destination of the stolen items.

Hearing that the money finally flowed into the black market, Conan felt a chill in his heart. The black market is not a place, but a name for a means of transaction.

“But if you need information about Jack the Ripper, after Watson brings me the newspaper later, I can analyze my inference with you. If there is a chance later, I will investigate this mysterious murderer after I solve the case of the stolen gems,” Holmes took a few more puffs of his pipe and continued.

Conan had no choice but to nod. At this time, Hunter, who had been silent, saw that the two had finished their conversation, and immediately said to Conan, “Conan, the man named Moriarty you asked me to check for you, there is only one person with this name in Baker Street, but he can’t be Jack the Ripper, after all, he is now a royal professor of physics and has a bright future.”

When Conan heard Hunter’s words, his eyes lit up, and at the same time, he remembered something that happened in the tavern.

“Thank you, Hunter, this is very important news. You are right. It is impossible for this professor to ruin his own future and kill people,” Conan nodded.

Then Conan said to Holmes, “Mr. Holmes, when I was in the tavern the day before yesterday, I overheard a conversation between three men in velvet hats. They should be the dirty cleaners, and the three of them seemed to have stolen the gems and wanted to trade with a man nicknamed Professor.”

After listening to this, Holmes pondered for a few seconds and then nodded. “The tavern is a good place. Many unexpected gains will appear there. Conan, I’m going to the tavern later. Do you want to join me?”

Chapter 439: The Thief Holmes

The door of the tavern.

Hunter asked the driver to pick him up from the detective agency in the evening, and he walked into the tavern with Conan, Holmes and Watson with excitement on his face.

“Hunter, didn’t you say you were going to go find Brown and the others?” Conan was a little speechless when he saw Hunter, who looked excited, because Hunter said it was too dangerous for children to encounter Jack the Ripper, and it would be more fun to do it in the tavern.

It’s different every time, it’s the nature of children to be curious.

After entering the pub, Holmes sat down in a relatively inconspicuous seat and ordered a cup of bitter coffee, Watson ordered bitter beer, and ordered milk for Conan and the other two.

There was a lot of noise in the pub. Conan was carefully identifying every sound, but before he could hear any useful information, Holmes had finished his bitter coffee, and Watson, who had drunk his bitter beer in one breath, stood up and left the pub with the two of them.

“Mr. Holmes, have you found the clue?” Conan was a little puzzled when he saw the smile on Holmes’ face.

Holmes laughed a few times, then reached out and touched Conan’s little head, “You are still too young. Places like taverns are full of good and bad people. The authenticity of a lot of information cannot be guaranteed. If you go to the tavern to find information, you need to understand what your goal is first. Just now, I didn’t listen to other people at all. I just wanted to find the people in the black market.”

Several people sat down in an open-air cafe next to the pub. Less than half an hour later, a man wearing a baseball cap, pocket overalls on the upper body, and bell-bottom pants on the lower body walked out of the pub.

When Holmes saw this man appear, he immediately took out a banknote and put it under the cup, then stood up and followed him.

On the road, the man in the baseball cap was very alert and would stop from time to time to look at the surrounding environment. In fact, he was observing whether anyone was following him.

However, Holmes has the help of Watson, a retired soldier, who can see through the opponent’s counter-reconnaissance in advance.

After following for about an hour, they saw the man in the peaked cap enter a residential building. Holmes immediately asked Watson to keep watch from the back of the building. Strangely, after almost half a day, there was no movement in the building, no one went in or out.

Watson also came back at this time. Holmes adjusted his clothes and hat, then walked to the door and knocked.

After knocking three times, there was no response from the door. Holmes walked to the window and looked inside. Before he could take a closer look, the dust on his hands and the window made him stunned.

He immediately went back to the door, rubbed his finger on the door handle, looked at the mark, and showed an expression that said, “As expected.”

“Watson, cover your sight, there’s no one inside.” Holmes took out a piece of wire from his pocket, made a shape, then inserted it into the keyhole and fiddled with it twice. Just as Holmes was about to open the door lock, a sharp female voice suddenly came from the side.

“There’s a thief! There’s a thief!” The sound of the inspector’s special shoes stepping on the ground in the distance startled Holmes, and he turned around and ran with Conan.

Of course, he did not forget Watson and the other man, “Watson, take Hunter with you, let’s go… Wow, Watson, you run faster than me, wait for me.”

After turning several alleys, Holmes and his companions finally escaped the inspector’s pursuit.

“Haha, Conan, this is also an experience for a detective. You have to understand that detective and inspector are two different professions.” Holmes laughed when he saw Conan looking at him with strange eyes.

Conan looked at Holmes laughing and felt as if his idol was shattered. The book did not say that Holmes had exquisite skills as a thief.

“Okay, now that we have found some suspicious points, we must find a way to understand them clearly. There is definitely something wrong with the house we just went to. The accumulated dust on the windowsill shows that no one has lived here for a long time. There is also something wrong with the woman who was shouting, but because of the inspector, I don’t have time to observe the woman. Let’s come again at night,” Holmes quickly analyzed the situation and made a plan.

Upon hearing that there would be such an exciting action in the evening, Hunter immediately raised his hand to indicate that he also wanted to participate.

After Holmes said that children from wealthy families should not be exposed to such things, Hunter immediately spoke up, “Mr. Holmes, I now know your plan and your action of picking the lock just now. My father is the Chief Superintendent of Baker Street Police. Do you want the friendship of Baker Street Police or the friendship of the Baker Street Police cell?”

“Oh, I forgot about this question. You are actually the son of the Chief Superintendent of Police. Like father, like son. Have you mastered the tactics of threats and inducements so early?” Holmes said this in annoyance, but there was no regret in his expression.

Spreading his hands, Holmes took the lead and walked forward, saying as he walked, “Well, you are the son of the chief superintendent, and I am just a small private detective. I can’t refuse.”

Hunter showed excitement when he saw this and followed him.

“However, since you want to work with me, we are a temporary team. If the team encounters any problems, are you willing to help?” Holmes reached out and touched Hunter’s head.

Hunter was already thinking about the exciting capture operation in the evening. When he heard Holmes’ request for help, he immediately responded, “Of course, since this is a problem encountered by the team, I am naturally happy to provide help.”

“That’s good. Then, Mr. Hunter, I’ll need you to go back and check the locations where the gems were stolen and the locations of the people who reported the crimes this month. You can write them down and bring them when we meet in the evening.” Holmes carefully told Hunter where he needed his help.

“No problem,” Hunter said without hesitation when he heard that he was just looking up information.

The four returned to 221b. After Holmes sent Conan and Hunter back to Kogoro Mouri, he waved goodbye and went upstairs.

“Kid, what did you two do again? Who were those two people just now?” Kogoro Mouri had sobered up a little at this time. He was a little confused when he saw a man dressed as a detective and another man who looked very capable sending Conan and the other two back.

Hunter immediately told him about Sherlock Holmes and how they almost found important information about the jewel theft case. After hearing this, Kogoro Mouri showed a look of enlightenment.

“I see. It’s the Sherlock Holmes that Kudo has always admired. The man next to him is his assistant Watson. He is a retired soldier. No wonder I feel such a capable aura from him.”

Chapter 440 Coming in

Hunter wanted to talk about the action to be taken in the evening, but was interrupted by Conan behind him.

Conan took Hunter into his room and said as he walked, “Uncle Maori, I’m going to Hunter’s house for dinner tonight.”

When Kogoro Mouri heard this, he did not object. He had his own plans, and it would be a bit of a hindrance to bring Conan along, so he waved his hand and said, “Okay, take the key, and open the door yourself when you come back at night.”

Hunter, who was pulled into the room by Conan, looked at Conan with a puzzled look, very puzzled, “Conan, why don’t you let me finish, didn’t Mr. Maori also accept this commission?”

Shaking his head, Conan said, “Hunter, although Uncle Maori has accepted this commission, we can’t be sure what’s inside the house yet. What if there is really no one inside? It would be a waste of time.”

“How could there be no one here? That’s Sherlock Holmes,” Hunter said Conan was worrying too much.

Conan continued, “Hunter, a detective needs to find answers from a large number of questions. Holmes’s reasoning ability is very strong, but he is not 100% correct. Remember Moriarty whom I asked you to check? He is Holmes’ lifelong enemy, the man who claims to commit the perfect crime.”

As Conan truly followed Holmes’ actions, his worship of his idol’s halo was somewhat reduced. He understood that no matter how great a detective is, he cannot complete reasoning and judgment without evidence. Even Holmes needs to collect clues and evidence.

Hunter understood a little, but he was more concerned about tonight’s activities, so when the time was almost up, he saw a car slowly approaching outside, and he and Conan said goodbye to Kogoro Mouri and left the office together.

After dinner, Conan and Hunter returned to Holmes’ office.

As soon as I came in, I saw Holmes smoking his pipe and looking at the clues he had collected, which meant he was doing some deduction.

“Good evening, Mr. Holmes,” Hunter said, holding a paper bag containing the information he had copied down about the theft of the gems and the person who reported the crime.

When Holmes heard Hunter’s voice, he came out of his reasoning state, reached out to take Hunter’s paper bag, and smiled, “Thank you for your help, Mr. Hunter, Conan.”

“You’re welcome. Here’s the thing. Let’s set off quickly to explore the house today,” Hunter said with great energy.

Holmes shook his head and said, “Wait a minute, Mr. Hunter, I need to compare the information and analyze whether it is necessary for us to take this risk tonight.”

After hearing this, Hunter stopped urging, found a stool, sat down, and started playing poker with Watson.

Inside the room, Holmes compared the documents brought by Hunter one by one. Conan came over at some point and also looked at the materials. Although he had already read them once at the Metropolitan Police Department, he was afraid that there was something he had not noticed at the time.

After looking for a while, Holmes nodded and said, “Sure enough, it’s just as I thought.”

When Conan heard what Holmes said, he looked over with a puzzled look. In the intelligence, apart from seeing that the stolen gems were flowing into the black market and the address and work information of the thieves, he did not find any more information.

Holmes saw Conan’s gaze and pointed at the information, “Conan, besides the direction of the theft and the information of the victims, have you made any other discoveries?”

Conan saw Holmes testing himself, stroking his chin and lost in thought.

Holmes did not urge Conan, but waited quietly.

After a long time, Conan suddenly woke up with a gleam in his eyes, “It’s time.”

This was a point he had just thought of when he inadvertently glanced at all the information on the gem theft case on Holmes’ desk.