Operation Red Book

Moriarty has returned, and it has not been long since he left and came back.

He wiped the blood off his hands with a moon-white silk scarf, his mouth corners tight and his eyes full of disgust and loathing.

Joshua kept looking at Moriarty, the air in his mouth filled and deflated, and in the end he didn't say a word, just swallowed it down.

The wind that came from somewhere was getting stronger and stronger. The leaves were rustling, and the grass and flowers were swaying left and right in the wind. They were whipped, soulless, and aimless... Everyone's emotions were about to reach their limit.

Suddenly, a branch from the treetop broke in the wind, and happened to hook off the golden pocket watch on Jacob's wrist.

The golden chains quickly pulled away from his wrists, falling one by one onto the grass at Jacob's feet.

With the sound of metal colliding, a sigh that lasted for several lifetimes followed, and the conflict was aroused.

"Hey! Didn't you say there was nothing here? Why are there only tigers and wild dogs?"

Jacob wrapped the gold watch he had picked up around his arm again, his tone very dissatisfied.

"Sorry, I, I don't know either, but I certainly haven't come across these little animals while I was here..."

The accused Snow White said in tears. She and Thomas hugged each other, the big and the small, and shivered under the roots of a tree on the other side.

"Huh! A small animal? This is a fucking small animal? This is a fucking small animal!" Jacob's voice suddenly rose.

"Stop playing tricks on me. What the hell is going on? You've been here for a week and haven't met anyone, but we've met two in just two hours?"

"I really don't know what's going on..." Bai Xue muttered softly, "Didn't I tell you that the further north you go, the more dangerous it will be..."

"We've only walked a few steps? This distance is not even as big as Thomas' chicken farm!"

“My chicken farm is huge…” Thomas sobbed.

"I don't care! This is wrong!" Jacob took several steps towards the direction where Bai Xue was resting, "You did it on purpose!"

"I'm not... I don't know... wuwuwuwu... I really don't know wuwuwuwu..."

"You almost killed us anyway!"

Joshua was startled and dropped his head like a panicked little dog.

"You are more familiar with this place than any of us. Now you must give me an explanation..."

"Alright! Stop talking!"

Moriarty sternly interrupted Jacob's aggressiveness. He looked around at the dejected people in the woods and sighed helplessly.

"Look around you. This is not London, not Johns newspaper office, not an apartment with a garden, and not your warm bed!"

"What's the point of complaining here? When carrying out a mission, you have to accept danger and death. After so many years, haven't you adapted to it yet?"

"I don't know why you have become like this. Is it because of the witch's influence? Or is it because you have long lost your original heart?"

Moriarty put his hands behind his back impatiently, his brows furrowed, the corners of his eyes raised, and he glanced at the people in front of him seriously.

This must have been how he looked when he was teaching in college, serious, strict, and solemn. Joshua stood at attention unconsciously.

"It's almost dark. You know how many threats are lurking in the invisible places."

"Those who want to stay here can stay here, and those who want to move forward can move forward! I want to return, I want to return to the country where humans live..."

"Don't come over here! It's more fun for me to go back and grade students' math papers than to stay with you guys."

Moriarty uttered these words harshly, and disappeared into the depths of the forest at the last moment before light faded into darkness.

He walked briskly, without the slightest hesitation, and seemed to leave the others behind with ease and ease.

"Feel sorry."

It was not until Moriarty's footsteps gradually faded away that Bai Xue spoke softly to break the stalemate.

"Do not blame you."

Alexander touched Snow White's head and wiped away the tears from her eyes.

"What's the use of being sorry!"

Jacob's voice was shaking badly, and his tone gradually rose as he looked in the direction where Moriarty was going away.

"Maybe he's scared! He doesn't dare to go further to the north of the forest! He's just looking for an excuse to go back!"

"Who does he think he is, issuing orders to me at will? Does he think he is the boss of SCO?"

Jacob shook his robe angrily, and regardless of Thomas's plea, he walked away in the opposite direction of Moriarty.

Now there were only four people left looking at each other. Snow White and Thomas hugged each other and cried loudly. Alexander looked at the two children, one big and one small, and could only hold his forehead and sigh silently.

Joshua was the only one left pacing there. He did not show any pessimism. On the contrary, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and he seemed very excited.

He understood what should be done.