Chapter 180 – Moriarty
"At that time, this bottle of red wine was sitting in front of the main seat, and you, the number two man in London, were not sitting there," Conan said to Colonel Moran. "It seems that the only person qualified to sit in that seat is probably Professor Moriarty. Do you think Professor Moriarty will be happy if you break Professor Moriarty's wine? ”
"I'm sorry, it's not Mr. Moriarty's wine," Colonel Moran sneered. "You guessed wrong!"
Although Colonel Moran said this, Qian Yu was relieved.
There was no other reason, for Colonel Moran's hand on the trigger was taut, but now it was completely relaxed.
He had no idea of shooting, and it must have been because Conan's deterrence was successful.
That's really Professor Moriarty's wine!
"Then you're going to shoot!" Conan also sneered, and questioned Colonel Moran in a loud voice. "If you have the guts to break the professor's wine, shoot!"
It's not the way to go on like this ... Qian Yu frowned.
Although Conan's threat can temporarily make Colonel Moran jealous of three points, Colonel Moran is different from others, he is Moriarty's henchman and No. 2 person.
If Moriarty's minions had broken the wine, Moriarty would have killed them like ants. But if Colonel Moran broke the red wine, Moriarty would definitely not kill him easily, at most it would be just a few reprimands.
When Conan pushes Moran to the point where he can't bear it, Moran could shoot at any moment.
However, there is no way to save Conan now... Qian Yu held the finger tiger and thought about the battle plan.
No way... My own traceless umbrella is in my school bag.,Handed over to the doctor for safekeeping before entering the game.。。。 Now he doesn't have any long-range attack methods on his body, and the finger tiger defense is okay, and it is really unrealistic to kill so many big men on the other side and save Conan.
At this moment, the back door behind Chiba was opened.
Is it the little ones? What are they doing here at this time? Do you add to the chaos!??
However, the person who came in from the back door surprised Chiba.
An old man in a well-dressed suit stood in the doorway, while Maoliran stood stiffly beside the old man.
"Children, Master Moriarty wants to see you." The old man was neither humble nor arrogant. "Mistress Moriarty is waiting for you in the carriage."
"What?" Colonel Moran's expression was surprised. "See them? How could it be... ”
"Let's go, little girl." The old man said to Maoliran as he walked out the back door again.
"Wait a minute!" Colonel Moran hurriedly tried to ask the old man about the situation.
"Please?" Qian Yu was stunned, because this was obviously an honorific.
Is Moriarty's authority so terrifying that even his emissaries can dictate in front of Colonel Moran?
The old man stopped, turned his head, and looked at Colonel Moran with a gloomy gaze that made Qian Yu shudder. "Do you want to disobey Lord Moriarty's orders?"
“。。。” Moran looked at the old man with a look of fear on his face. "I... I understand... ”
That's too cowardly, isn't it? Is there still a little bit of the arrogance of the number two??? In this way, under the leadership of the old man, everyone walked out the back door, only to find that except for the little ones who had been waiting here, a carriage had already stopped here—this would explain why Mao Lilan was following the old man, it seemed that they had already been controlled by Professor Moriarty.
The old man led Chiba and Conan to the carriage and said respectfully to the people in the carriage. "I brought them here."
"Thank you for your hard work," the man sitting in the car nodded. "Little brother, give me the red wine." - Conan kept the bottle of red wine in his possession, presumably to make sure that Colonel Moran didn't dare to make a mistake.
Conan handed the wine to the old man, who put it in the compartment of the carriage.
"You are worthy of being the apprentices of Sherlock Holmes," said the man in the carriage. "One can fight with adults with a rudimentary weapon like a finger tiger, and the other can use outwits to fight Moran."
“!?” Qian Yu was stunned.
How does this guy know? This guy had apparently been sitting in the carriage here just now, how did he know the specifics of the battle inside?
And, this sound is a little strange...
Qian Yu immediately looked at the old man who was standing aside after filling up the red wine.
If it's ventriloquism...
Ventriloquism, a technique of speaking without using your lips and teeth, is good enough to confuse the truth with a false one, so that others think that someone else is speaking.
However, there are still flaws in ventriloquism, enough for others to find out that it is the flaws in his speech.
First of all, although the old man was standing next to the person in the carriage, if he was close enough, he should still be able to tell that it was actually the old man who was talking, not the person in the carriage - which is probably why the old man made them stand about two meters away from the two of them.
Secondly, although ventriloquism is called ventriloquism, the lips must still be open in order for words to be spoken. However, the width of the opening is not large, it may only be the width of a grain of rice, so it must be very close to find it - so it is impossible to confirm it this way.
However, the third point is the death hole of ventriloquism. No amount of subtle ventriloquism can change the slightly muffled voice caused by only a small slit in the lips. And even with ventriloquism, some of the habits of speaking under normal circumstances will be retained.
Just like now, the way this unknown voice was finally heard was exactly the same as the way the old man had been when he summoned everyone before!
"Uncle, are you really Professor Moriarty?" At this moment, Conan said suddenly.
"What do you mean?" The expressions of the people in the carriage were puzzled.
"Are you tempting us in this way?" Conan continued.
"Conan, what does that mean?" On the side, Mao Lilan finally couldn't hold back and asked.
"Because," Conan's mouth curled slightly, looking at the old man. "The real Professor Moriarty is here! Those voices just now were all spoken by the professor in ventriloquism, right? ”
Sure enough, he had the same answer as me, and that basically proved that I guessed right...
“。。。” The old man smiled and took off his hat in front of everyone's eyes. "I didn't expect to be seen through by you, it's kind of interesting. How do you know, though? ”
"Colonel Moran said an honorific to you just now," Conan shrugged. "Excuse me, Colonel Moran, as Moriarty's henchman and number two, would he use honorifics for an ordinary servant? Of course not, the only reason he'll use honorifics on you is because he found out you're Professor Moriarty. ”
"Is that all?" Professor Moriarty glanced at the wall of the Poker Club—behind which was the table where Colonel Moran had been sitting.
Is he resentful of his pig teammates?
"Another point," Conan continued, shaking his head. "I've heard that Professor Moriarty is a hip old man who uses cologne."
"So when you gave him the wine, you asked about the taste of cologne?" Hiroki Zhuxing asked.
"Yes." Conan nodded.
"Well done," Moriarty nodded expectantly. "You're like a little Sherlock Holmes."
"Anyway, do you have anything to do with me?"