Personality V: I will save everything

Seeing that the policeman seemed to have many questions to ask, Antonio's face clearly revealed impatience.

Seeing this, Holmes thought to himself that something was wrong. He knew very well that if he let the policeman continue to pester him, it would probably cause more trouble.

So he took prompt action, stepped forward quickly, grabbed the policeman's arm, and pulled him away from Antonio.

As Holmes led the police out, he thought to himself: This is not a solution...

After a brief thought, he finally made up his mind and decided not to hide it anymore, but to tell everyone present Antonio's true identity directly.

However, just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a scream from behind him.

Holmes looked back hurriedly and saw that the policeman seemed to be hit by a huge force. His body suddenly leaned back and was about to fall straight to the ground.

In a flash, Holmes rushed forward with quick hands and eyes, and held the policeman's body firmly, thus avoiding an accident.

Holmes secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time he couldn't help but sigh, "What a close call! If I hadn't reacted quickly enough, the scene would have been ruined by this idiot."

However, he also understood that the seriousness of this matter had far exceeded his expectations.

After all, the legendary monster actually exists. Once such news spreads, the speed at which it spreads will definitely be beyond imagination.

Sure enough, the policeman pointed at Antonio and said tremblingly, "Is that him?"

This reaction was obvious. I had known it a long time ago, but I wasn't sure who it was.

But Antonio, who was at the center of the topic, looked completely indifferent. He even lay on the ground leisurely, looking at the tire marks on the ground.

and many more,

Tire tracks?!

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Antonio has just realized a truth recently, that is, never use your hobby to challenge other people's professional fields.

Just then, Holmes noticed the tire marks on the ground, and his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had discovered some important clue.

Before Antonio could react, Holmes rushed over like a gust of wind, pushed Antonio away, then quickly lay on the ground and began to observe the tire marks carefully.

Antonio was startled by this sudden action. He stood there blankly, looking at Holmes's focused expression, and couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Because Holmes was so close to the ground, Antonio was even a little afraid that he might accidentally sink his face into the mud.

Antonio looked at the man lying on the ground with boredom, thinking that it might take him a while to stand up again.

His eyes slowly swept over the surrounding policemen and noticed the horrified expressions on their faces. It was obvious that they had realized Antonio's true identity - a devil.

After making sure that the police were scared away, Antonio raised his lips slightly, revealing a playful smile. He casually loosened the hair tie around his hair, letting his long hair spread out like waves.

As his hair fell, Antonio's image also changed subtly. The long hair that was originally bound now flew freely, as if it had life, contrasting with his deep eyes and pale skin, revealing a mysterious and charming temperament.

Antonio then gently curled his silky long hair around the heavy violin case in his hand, as if it were just a lightweight object.

Antonio: I’ve carried it all the way, it’s so heavy (=_=).

To be honest, it’s not entirely Antonio’s fault that he’s so squeamish.

After all, if it was just an ordinary wooden violin, Antonio would definitely not feel it was heavy.

After all, he spends at least three hours every day just practicing the piano!

However, the problem lies in this violin. This is not an ordinary violin, but a violin made of gold! And it is pure gold!

Antonio actually carried this four-kilogram violin all the way from the train station to here with just one hand.

It's a miracle that his arm was not broken!

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It was so boring waiting for Sherlock Holmes to investigate the scene.

Antonio simply opened his violin case and wanted to play a song live to kill time, but of course, he did not forget that he still needed to "perform".

"Okay, time to start practicing. I must practice for two full hours today... I'm about to get ready... It's time to start the painful journey of practicing the violin..." Antonio muttered as he reluctantly opened the violin case and took out the violin, as if it was an extremely heavy task.

His tone and expression revealed a sense of helplessness and resistance, making people feel that he did not really want to practice the piano, but was as painful as going to the gallows.

Time passed by minute by minute, and an hour later, Antonio still hadn't started the real practice.

"I'm about to get ready to practice. I must practice enough today. I'm about to get ready to practice..." He muttered to himself again, but he didn't start.

Another hour passed, and then two hours passed, but Antonio still hadn't started practicing the piano.

"I'll be ready soon and start practicing..." There seemed to be a hint of anxiety in his voice, but his body remained motionless.

Finally, three hours passed, and the person who had been waiting nearby could no longer bear it and shouted angrily, "Are you ready to start practicing, Antonio? Sherlock Holmes has already gotten up from the ground and is waiting for you, and you've been looking for the score for three hours!"

Miles sat aside, watching Antonio playing the violin, and his irritation grew stronger and stronger.

He really couldn't stand Antonio torturing himself like this. He had already developed physical discomfort from playing the violin, but he still insisted on practicing every day.

Time passed by minute by minute, and three hours passed quietly. Miles' patience was gradually worn out, and he finally couldn't stand it anymore. He stood up suddenly, rushed to Antonio, and snatched the violin from his hand.

Antonio was obviously startled by this sudden action. He looked at Miles in astonishment and the bow in his hand fell.

However, Miles did not stop. He quickly put the violin into the case and closed the lid without hesitation. The whole process was done in one go, as smooth as flowing water.

"Hurry up, Antonio. By the time you start playing the violin, all the hostages will be killed."

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How could Holmes not know the importance of this case? This was not just a kidnapping case. There was already a death. So why did Holmes wait for Anthony for three hours? It was because he wanted to observe...

In the game on the train, among the 12 notes, Holmes would definitely know which ones were written by him.

The "big secret" is that I fell in love with a murderer

The "little secret" is that I thought about jumping off the building

The lie is that the body was thrown away

Then there are only 9 notes left, and by working backwards from those 9 notes we can easily figure out who wrote them.

First of all, there was the note that said "used to be a prostitute". Miss Valletta was the only woman among the four people who joined the game, so this must have been written by her.

Holmes learned about Miss Violetta's past from Mr. Alva, so the statement "she treated her father like a dog" should have been written by her.

Both pieces of paper contain the truth.

If we eliminate two more pieces, there will only be 7 slips left.

If we remove the lies written by Miss Violetta, Mr. Miles and Mr. Antonio from the four notes, there will only be four true statements left.

So, how do you tell apart those three lies?

If you look more carefully, there are also words that can be matched in the remaining notes.

For example, "married" and "hates his wife."

For example, "have cooked human flesh" and "like the smell of blood".

Mr. Miles and Mr. Antonio, what Holmes knew was that Mr. Miles was married, after all, he even had a granddaughter.

Then combined with what Mycroft had learned from them before, humans and monsters can intermarry and share lifespans, but the prerequisite is that the two of them must truly love each other.

Well, in this case, Miles and his wife must be truly in love, so "married" must be the truth, and "hating his wife" must be his "lie."

In this case, "betraying his family" should also be what Miles really said.

After all, what normal human family would agree to let their offspring marry a monster? If they want to get married, they have to elope, so in this way, wouldn't all the "big secrets", "little secrets" and "lies" of everyone be sorted out?

Mr. Antonio couldn't have "liked the smell of blood" because when the German teacher's body was discovered, he was standing by with his nose covered.

Then the three notes he wrote should be "killed people", "slept with a princess", and "cooked human flesh".

As for which one of these three is a lie, Holmes has no idea, because there is almost no connection between the three. Any one of them could be a lie, or the truth.

That's why he kept observing the other party for every clue and didn't want to give up.

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However, unexpectedly, this process took a full three hours!

During this long period of time, Holmes kept his eyes fixed on Antonio, watching the fierce "self-tug" between him and the violin.

As time went on, Holmes felt that this "tug of war" was increasingly strange.

Although Antonio looks like a demon who can play the violin skillfully and even use it as a weapon of attack, Holmes gradually discovered some clues during his observation - Antonio does not seem to have much love for the violin itself.

This contradiction made Holmes very confused, because according to common sense, if a person is so good at a certain skill and can use it in combat, then he should have a considerable degree of love for this skill.

However, Antonio's behavior was completely the opposite. What secret is hidden in this?

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Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to mention that you don’t think Holmes really stood there and watched Anthony tear himself apart for three hours (=_=).

A cigar was found next to his body. He has been asked to take it for testing. The results should be available soon.

And when he was observing the tire tracks in the mud just now, he found that there was a deformation in the tire tracks. This was obviously a mark caused by the entire bicycle tilting after being hit.

The surrounding mud was filled with not only traces of bicycle tires, but also traces that looked like cow hoof marks.

But this is obviously unreasonable. This is a wasteland, and it is surrounded by swamps. There is no grass to eat. What kind of person with a bad brain would graze cattle here?

And there are no pastures nearby.

Moreover, after carefully observing the tire tracks in the mud, Holmes was surprised to find that there were two completely different tracks.

This means that there were two bicycles traveling on the road at the same time.

One of them was obviously the tire mark left by the bicycle ridden by Mr. Heidige, the corpse now lying on the ground.

So who left the other tire mark? Undoubtedly, it must have been the mark of the murderer who kidnapped Salger and brutally beat the teacher to death.

Holmes stared at the two tire tracks as if he could see everything that was happening through them.

His mind began to work rapidly, analyzing the meaning and possible clues of the two tire tracks.

Combining all the clues at the scene, Holmes can draw the following three conclusions:

1. Bicycle trace analysis: It was discovered that a black-bottomed Dumpster tire mark suddenly deformed on one side somewhere in the wilderness, accompanied by bloodstains, which suggests that an attack had occurred there.

2. The cow hoof print disguise was revealed: Through the overlapping order of traces (cow hoof prints covered bicycle prints) and the contradiction of terrain (there is no pasture in the wasteland), it was revealed that the murderer used cow shoes to cover horse hooves to create an illusion.

3. Timeline reconstruction: Based on the degree of rigor mortis and the state of dried blood, it can be confirmed that Black Digg was killed within 1 hour of Salter's disappearance, eliminating the suspicion of his involvement in the kidnapping.

Combining all the above clues and information, we can infer the following timeline:

On the night of the incident, Hedig noticed that Sarger was not in his dormitory. This discovery made Hedig suspicious and he began to worry about Sarger's safety.

Perhaps Teacher Hedig happened to witness the murderer kidnapping Salger, or he saw Salger leave the dormitory on his own.

In either case, Mr. Hedige realized the seriousness of the matter, so he got on his bicycle without hesitation, determined to catch up with Salger and find out what had happened.

Unfortunately, however, Mr. Hedige's actions had already been noticed by the murderer.

The murderer ambushed in advance somewhere on the road that Mr. Hedige had to pass, waiting for his arrival. When Mr. Hedige passed by on his bicycle, the murderer suddenly attacked and brutally killed him to prevent him from revealing the truth.

At the same time, in order to cover up the body, they dragged it into the swamp, and brought horses with cow shoes to trample the area back and forth in an attempt to cover up all traces.

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It’s such a pity. If Mr. Hedige had discovered that Salter had been kidnapped and chosen to call the police immediately instead of chasing after him alone, he might not have died.