Operation Red Book

"It's so annoying! It's so annoying! It's so annoying!"

The door opposite was slammed open again. The fragile wooden board hit the hard wall due to inertia, and then bounced towards the girl in white at the door in defiance.

"Snapped!"

Unfortunately, the wooden door did not move as expected. Ivy stood still at the door and slapped the board with her palm, easily stopping its movement.

But this is not a good thing for Holmes.

The anger on Ivy's face was even more intense than it had been ten minutes ago. Against the backdrop of the night and her pale complexion, she looked like a green-faced evil ghost that had just crawled out of hell.

Holmes was really frightened, but he soon calmed down and even felt a little excited as if he was going to watch a good show.

The person that this evil ghost was really angry at was the green devil behind him. The fight between the two ghosts had nothing to do with him, a "good citizen"...

If you’re lucky, you might even see a fiery girl beating up a tsundere devil!

What a wonderful drama! Don’t miss it!

Thinking of this, Holmes couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What are you laughing at!"

Ivy became angrier, but Holmes laughed even more wildly.

It's a simple truth. If the fight between ghosts is too intense, it will definitely affect other innocent people.

Just like when many people were children, whenever their parents quarreled, they would slap themselves in the face while hiding in the corner watching the show, so that they could feel at ease flirting with their parents.

I started to feel sorry for my child, and this family is going to fall apart...

At this time, walk further away and take a step to the side, so that the Yaksha on the opposite side can see the real enemy behind him, and his presence will be greatly reduced...

and so……

Move one step...

One more step...

Move out of her sight...

Ignore her cold eyes and clenched fists...

Because the person she really hated was standing right in front of her...

people!

"What the..."

Holmes looked in the direction where he had just stood, and was suddenly shocked, and accidentally uttered two syllables of the word "boss".

In the empty darkness, there was no trace of Dorian.

Not to mention the entire green figure, even the devil's unique hellish aura was gone.

Looking at Ivy with dark eyes, Holmes couldn't help but shudder violently.

Could it be that... that boy ran away...

This is the most reasonable explanation, but Holmes still doesn't seem to give up.

He bit his lip, pointed forward, and said aggrievedly and helplessly:

"There's Dorian!"

"Where?"

"there!"

"Do you think I'm blind? He's a demon. How could he get into SCO? There's not even a ghost there..."

"Nonsense, you are the scary ghost..."

Holmes murmured in a low voice, but Ivy on the opposite side saw it all.

"what are you saying?"

"Said nothing!"

"What are you yelling at?"

"It was you who yelled at me first!"

"It was obviously you who went crazy for no apparent reason in the middle of the night! Talking to yourself and acting weird, you had nothing to do so you went to have a romance with your Moriarty! Why do you bother others to rest so late at night?"

"What do you mean by talking to yourself? I was just trying to enlighten that adolescent child! Didn't you see it? It's just..."

Halfway through his words, Holmes's expression suddenly changed.

The message Ivy had just said was clear enough—she hadn't seen Dorian at all.

"That little bastard!"

"Such a noise! ​​You annoying bastard! I hate you the most, you idiot with a stubble on your face and who doesn't care about anyone!"

"Snapped--"

"Ah ah ah ah ah--"

“Aaaaaaaaaa——”

"You crazy woman... have you been controlled by a vampire again..."

"Ahh... don't grab my hair... don't grab my face... don't grab me there! You are a girl! Have some shame!"

"Shut up! Shut up! I was wrong... I won't bother you anymore... Is it okay if I just stop bothering you..."

The crackling sound of fists hitting flesh and the screams of begging for mercy and crying out for mercy mixed together and gradually subsided after a long time.

"Click!"

The sound of a lock being locked echoed throughout the night sky, announcing the end of this farce.

There are twinkling stars outside the window, and the whole of London has fallen into a deep sleep. I have a good sleep today, but some people are destined to be sleepless...

"Squeak-"

Not long after, the sound of a lock being unlocked awakened the light sleep at night and started a new round of human drama.

The door opened a little, and warm, soft, pale yellow light leaked out from the crack, illuminating Holmes' decadent profile.

A furry flaxen head poked out from the crack in the door, and the soft curly hair was entangled by the evening breeze several times the moment it appeared.

At the lower right side of the flaxen ball of fur, a messy black ball of fur was quietly leaning against the wall.

"Mr. Holmes, are you all right?"

Joshua said softly.

"Not good at all, that little sheep is crazy..."

"Ms. Ivy is currently on her menstrual period, please be considerate of girls at this stage."

"It's just menstruation, something every woman goes through every month, is it that serious?"

“It’s really…”

Joshua became serious. He opened the door wider and said sternly:

"Women during their menstrual period are affected by hormones. Not only their bodies, but also their emotions, psychology, and state will undergo great changes, and this change is usually accompanied by depression and rage..."

"The menstrual period is not just about expelling the endometrium and blood, it is also a small uterine contraction equivalent to childbirth. No woman does not feel pain during childbirth, and the same is true for the menstrual period every month..."

"Unlike our male bodies, women have uteruses growing in their abdomens. They carry the great power of reproduction and are an indispensable and important part of human civilization..."

"So, Mr. Holmes, you can't assume that women should be like this just because they have endured the hardships of childbirth in obscurity for thousands of years..."

"Women are great, childbirth is selfless, and the womb is strong... These are the principles my family and school in the 21st century taught me since I was a child."

"oh oh……"

The words from more than 100 years later made Holmes deeply aware of the changes of the times and the progress of ideas.

He was trembling a little, but also calmed down a lot.

"Student Ivy has been carrying too much pressure and responsibility recently. She is too tired. Mr. Holmes should also rest early."

Joshua smiled back, glanced quickly at the quiet door opposite, and then lowered his head quietly as if he suddenly remembered something.

"Well, I've been wanting to say this for a long time... In your era, there are no tampons or sanitary napkins... Ivy-san still can't seem to accept the use of menstrual pads..."

"Perhaps... that's why she's so bad-tempered..."

After hearing this, Holmes raised his head seriously and their eyes met. An unexpected idea seemed to connect with him in the dark silence.

Joshua nodded, and Holmes tilted his head...

"What did you say? I don't understand."

"Oh, never mind..."

Joshua sighed self-deprecatingly, pursed his lips, and his Adam's apple moved up and down for a long time.

"Are you not going to sleep tonight, Mr. Holmes?"

"I'm not going to sleep in your room anyway, get lost!"

"OK……"

But Joshua still did not close the door. He looked at the starry sky in the distance, as if he had made up his mind, and said:

"Mr. Holmes..."

"What are you doing!"

"Actually... I heard everything you said to Dorian just now when I was leaning against the door."

"I agree with your approach of saving Dorian, but I don't agree with your forcing him to work for you..."

"Also... I think Ivy should know about this matter, about the fact that Dorian was willing to lose half his life to save him..."

"Good night……"

"boom--"

As soon as he finished speaking, Joshua slammed the door shut, leaving the dazed Holmes sitting alone in the corner.

"What the..."