Chapter 749: Sherlock Holmes Revelation S
The one who called them was Apollo Glass, who told Yuya and Conan about the case yesterday.
Standing next to him was a young foreign woman wearing sportswear, a tennis cap and a pair of sunglasses.
Youya smiled and waved: "Apollo, why are you here? And this is..."
Apollo smiled and said, "This is my sister!"
"What?" Everyone looked at the woman in surprise. She was the Queen of the Grassland, Minervagras?
Minerva smiled and greeted him, looked him up and down, and asked in a friendly manner, "Are you the apprentice of Sherlock Holmes that Apollo mentioned?"
Youye smiled awkwardly. He said that yesterday just to coax the child. It was still a bit embarrassing to be asked by someone in such a capacity.
"Yeah," Youya responded ambiguously, then asked curiously, "Tomorrow is the women's singles match, right? Is it okay for you to go out like this? There's no one to protect you."
"It's okay, it's okay," Minerva waved her hand nonchalantly, "I just took advantage of the break to take a walk."
She looked at everyone curiously: "What are you doing..."
Yuya explained: "We are trying to decipher the code of the notice letter. We have made some progress, but we are having trouble finding some locations because we don't know much about London."
"I can help you find where you are!" Apollo raised his hand excitedly, "I know London very well!"
Yuya raised his eyebrows and said in an amazed tone, "Oh? That's amazing, but what about your sister?"
"Don't worry about me," Minerva said with a smile, "We've been walking for a while, and I also booked a massage, so we're heading back to the hotel now."
"Then Apollo, please help me!" Minerba instructed Apollo.
"Got it!" Apollo responded excitedly and stood next to Youya.
Minerva smiled and looked at Yuya again, "Then I'll leave my brother in your care."
"Leave it to me." Youye patted his chest.
So, a new member joined the team to crack the code.
Maori Kogoro looked at the map in his hand and muttered, "The next code is cake, right? Is there really such a building?"
"Here we are, our little tour guide." Youye said with a smile, "Apollo, do you know any building in London that looks like a cake?"
"I know!" Apollo replied immediately, "I'll take you there!"
Everyone followed Apollo's footsteps and came to the Church of Saint Bride.
Yuya tilted his head back and said in amazement, "Really? This church and the wedding cake are almost exactly the same."
"Of course," Apollo said proudly, with his hands on his hips, "the wedding cake was designed based on this St. Bride's Church!"
Maori Kogoro said with empty eyes: "Even the name is Saint bride. (Bride = flower marriage, meaning bride)"
Mao Lilan was very surprised and said: "But Apollo actually knew this place, it's amazing."
Apollo smiled and said, "Because my sister often brings me here. She said she wants to hold her wedding with Ares here one day."
"Who is Ares?" asked Ran Maoli in confusion.
Apollo: "He was my sister's former coach, and my father was also Ares's coach."
Yuya was stunned. What a coincidence? A tennis family? He said, "I remember your father died in a car accident?"
Yesterday Apollo said that the criminal's target was her sister. After Yuya and Conan returned, they investigated Minerva's information and found out about this.
"Yes," Apollo said with a depressed mood, "He died in a car accident on the way to watch Ares' game. My sister stayed at home with mom because she had a cold that day. As for me, I was still in mom's belly at that time."
"Ares suddenly ended his tennis career because of this incident. He said that he would just become his sister's coach because his father's dream was to make his sister the champion of the Wimbledon tennis tournament at that time."
Yuya patted Apollo's shoulder, "Then your father's dream has come true."
Apollo nodded, and then said with some sadness: "But Ares has always believed that he was the cause of his father's death. He still feels guilty about it. He also had an argument with his sister because of it, and later quit his job as a coach."
"I know Ares has always loved his sister, but he told her that in the tennis world, love is zero. No matter how many zeros you accumulate, the final result is still defeat."
"In the tennis world, love means 0?" You was also stunned.
Isn't this the so-called "no woman in mind, draw the sword naturally"? I didn't expect to hear the same joke in a foreign country.
"Okay, let's go find the secret code." Youye clapped his hands.
"I found it." Conan held up a piece of paper wrapped in plastic film in his hand.
"Where did you find it?" Youye asked in surprise. When did this guy sneak away to look for something? How come he didn't find it?
Conan rolled his eyes, pointed to a corner of the wall next to the church and said, "I picked it up there." While you were listening to the story, he had already found the code and solved it.
“And what’s written on it is…”
Yuya interrupted Conan by holding his head, and read the words on the paper: "A Scandal in Bohemia, the scandal in Bohemia... Oh, the case where Irene Adler appeared."
The paper is pink, very thick and opaque, and wrapped in plastic film.
Miyano Shiho came over to take a look, but couldn't make out anything, so she asked, "What's the line this time?"
Just as Yuya was about to speak, Conan pulled his claws free and shouted, "You can't tell with your eyes alone. That's not observation at all! That's what Sherlock Holmes said to Watson."
"···"
Everyone looked at Conan in surprise, wondering why he reacted so strongly.
Conan was stunned, and realized that his behavior was a bit abrupt. He touched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly - maybe he was afraid that Yuya would steal the limelight, so he was in a hurry...
Maori Kogoro was too lazy to care about Conan, and asked with empty eyes: "So, what does this line mean?"
"Sometimes the meaning of the lines should be considered in light of the actual situation..." Yuya pinched the film wrapped in paper, and then said to Miyano Shiho, "Mio, take out the water in your bag."
Miyano Shiho understood Yuya's plan as soon as she heard it and took out the water bottle decisively.
Yuya tore off the film and placed the paper on the ground.
Miyano Shiho opened the bottle cap and poured water on it.
The paper soon became soaked, and in the surprised eyes of everyone, the words originally written on the paper gradually disappeared, leaving only a capital S remaining on it, motionless.
"Got it. The fourth letter of the code is S."