Chapter 177 - Colonel Moran
"It's still quite cold in London... When he walked into the house, Qian Yu suddenly found that he actually felt a warmth, it seemed that the weather outside the door was actually very cold, but he was not very sensitive to it, so he didn't notice it.
It's probably the opposite of himself, and he hasn't looked at her carefully before, so he didn't notice that she seems to be frozen.
"Kids, get some hot coffee!" The mother-in-law smiled and brought a large pot of coffee and a stack of paper cups, and served everyone cups of hot coffee.
"Paper cups?" Conan's expression was stunned. "How do you have it now...
Judging from Conan's reaction, the paper cup may have been invented later than in 1899. (The waxed two-piece paper cup was introduced in 1932, and the double-layer paper cup was introduced in 1940.) )
"Ahh I don't know if it was intentional or coincidental, the mother-in-law only poured coffee for the boy, and when she was about to pour coffee for Xiaolan, she found that the coffee pot was empty.
As a result, Moriran, Gray Hara, and Ayumi didn't have coffee to drink to warm up.
“。。。” Qian Yu originally subconsciously planned to hand over the coffee cup in his hand to Gray Plains, but immediately stopped his impulsive behavior.
Calm down...
Is there any way to get her coffee without giving her coffee?
Wait a minute, if you give the coffee to Sister Xiaolan...
Although he only collected Conan's fingerprints before, he didn't have time to find a place to collect Kudo Shinichi's fingerprints, but Conan has a good impression of Sister Xiaolan. . . If he gave the coffee to Sister Xiaolan, Conan should give the coffee cup to Gray Plains...
Well, that's it!
Chiba was about to give her coffee to Mori Ran, but found that Conan had taken Mitsuhiko's coffee from Mitsuhiko and handed the two cups of coffee to Mori and Ayumi respectively.
“!?” Qian Yu was slightly stunned, but saw Conan walking towards him after delivering coffee.
"Don't be a coward." This is Conan's lip language.
This guy !! Qian Yu didn't know how to describe his mood anymore. Do you have to push yourself to the cusp?
"Gray Plains... Chiba handed his coffee to Gray Yuan Ai almost blank in his mind, and red instantly covered Chiba's cheeks. He looked away and said in a gnat-like voice. "Here you go..."
"Thank you..." Gray Plains responded softly.
However, a few seconds passed, and Gray Yuan still did not take the cup.
"Poof!" Conan couldn't help but laugh.
"Haha~" Mao Lilan's laughter also appeared.
"Huh?" Chiba immediately realized that something was wrong and immediately turned to Gray Plains. Only then did he realize that Gray Yuan Wai actually turned his face to the side, and his hand remained in the posture of borrowing a cup.
Thousand Feathers thought that Gray Plains would take the cup by herself; Gray Yuan thought that Chiba would hand her the quilt.
In the afterthought laughter of the others, Chiba blushed and immediately put the paper cup containing the coffee into Gray Yuanai's hand.
When Gray Yuan Ai took the cup, his face was also covered with crimson.
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Second floor.
"Whoa!" Conan cheered like a real six-year-old and rushed to the second floor, where Sherlock Holmes lived in every day.
Then, everybody watched as Conan excitedly looked around the living room.
However, Qian Yu is not in this mood.
What's the point of coming here? Since Holmes wasn't here, there wasn't anything here that could help crack this—
Qianyu's gaze stopped on Holmes' bookshelf.
It is...
It was a pamphlet with "The Case of Jack the Ripper Investigated" written on the spine
Chiba immediately went to the bookshelf, took down the booklet, and—
"Whew!" Chiba suddenly felt something hit on his head, and when he looked at the thing that hit him with an innocent face, he realized that it was a soccer ball - probably falling from a cabinet.
Football with "AFC" written on it
"Football?" Shinya Takizawa (the only son of a politician) is clearly a football fan, and immediately came over when he saw the ball. “AFC? AFC Bournemouth? (AFC Wimbledon was founded by fans only after Wimbledon moved and changed its name to Milton Keynes Keynes, and did not exist in 1994.) )
"Unless this game is crazy, it can't be." Conan took one look at the soccer ball and then rejected his claim. "Bournemouth was called Boscampie St John's Club at the beginning of 1899 and changed its name to Boscambe Club in 1899, which has absolutely nothing to do with the AFC."
"By the words of the AFC, I think it refers to the Portsmouth Association Football Club... Qian Yu thought about it and said. "If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Conan Doyle used to be the backup goalkeeper for this amateur club."
"Leave that broken ball alone," Hiroki Mohoshi pointed to the booklet in Chiha's hand. "What's in that booklet?"
"Mr. Holmes's research on Jack the Ripper..." Chiba flipped through the pamphlet. "It's supposed to be about the first three cases—"
A stunned look appeared on Chiba's face, and he read what he had seen.
"I have reason to believe that Jack the Ripper and Professor Moriarty are inextricably linked."
"What the hell..." Qianyu's brow twitched. "Give Moriatiga this kind of play?"
Since Moriarty, as the villain, must be a conspirator who pursues extreme efficiency, but the targets selected by Jack the Ripper are all technical women, what strategic value can these people have? It makes more sense to waste time killing these guys than to assassinate a few cops or even kill Sherlock Holmes outright! If Jack the Ripper really becomes Professor Moriarty's subordinate in the novel, probably Professor Moriarty will be happy to fix Jack the Ripper's strange murderous brain circuit - although there is no need to change such a rare good habit as shredding corpses, the selection of the target must be a little more reliable to become an effective killer.
"Looks like Baker Street is worth the trip... Chiba put these thoughts behind her, and as she spoke, she planned to give the pamphlet to Conan, only to find that Conan was actually sitting in an easy chair curled up as a baby. On the side, Maolilan looked at Conan with a strange gaze.
"This kid is in exactly the same posture as Mr. Holmes!" The mother-in-law looked at Conan with kind eyes.
"I learned Sherlock Holmes!" Mao Lilan's expression was immediately relieved.
Turned out to learn Sherlock Holmes? Who did she think Conan's pose was learning?
"Moriarty's whereabouts are weird," Conan said to Chiba when he suddenly opened his eyes. "So it would be a waste of time to go directly to Professor Moriarty."
"We can reach him from his men, though." As he spoke, Conan climbed out of his easy chair. "Colonel Sebastian Moran, for example."
"And how do we contact Colonel Moran?" Qian Yu asked.
"Colonel Moran usually likes to play bridge at the poker club downtown," Conan smiled. "If you can run, a monk can't run the temple."