Operation Red Book

The noise that night was really too loud.

There was a whirlpool in the sky as vast as the Arctic Ocean, and countless blue and white lightning bolts were leaping above the clouds like swimming dragons.

On the ground were soldiers and vehicles marching in formation. Looking at their well-equipped appearance and their prepared steps, I would have thought that the First World War was coming early.

In the distance there were deafening noises, demonic monsters, giant creatures hidden in the mist, and giant fish that were impossible to appear...

There were sounds of gunfire, smoke everywhere, flickering flames, and the terrifying waves were illuminated by lightning.

Later, a fluorescent iceberg rose unnaturally from the ground, and was then destroyed by a giant fish that appeared out of nowhere.

The blue ice then appeared, smashed, appeared, broke, appeared, and shattered...

Until the black water of the Thames gushed toward the city on its shore.

"I had already noticed something was wrong over there, but Mr. Holmes kept stopping me..."

Joshua sat next to Ivy's seat and spoke to her in a low voice.

"At first, the commotion at the Chinese dock was not very big. It was raining and the wind was blowing outside the window. Word spread in the streets that the government was suppressing the rioters and asked us not to go out to avoid being affected by the disaster."

"You know the British don't like to join in the fun, so Mrs. Hudson and Mr. Holmes pushed me onto the sofa together."

After saying that, Joshua looked carefully to the other side.

In the corner is Holmes's position. Compared with the hustle and bustle of Ivy and Joshua's side, his side is obviously much quieter.

He had asked for the seat there on his own initiative, saying that he had to sort out the details of another case and had no time to fool around with kids.

"But I'm worried about Ivy. No matter what happens at the Chinese Wharf, it's always connected to you..."

"I struggled to break free from Mr. Holmes's restraints while muttering that I wanted to go to the Chinese dock to rescue you. During the whole process, I might have used too much strength..."

Joshua's voice became lower and lower as he spoke. He stirred the frosted red tablecloth nervously, lowered his head and pursed his lips twice.

"I accidentally kicked Mr. Holmes..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Holmes in the distance coughed twice, causing Ivy and Joshua to turn their heads to look.

"Not bad..." Ivy raised her eyebrows, "He looks quite energetic."

After that, she continued to comfort him: "Besides, he is much stronger than you. He just kicked you accidentally. You might as well tickle his armpits."

"Not always……"

Joshua Mosquito buzzed.

“When Mr. Holmes got up from the hole in the wall, he coughed up blood…”

"What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly."

"nothing……"

"what?"

As she spoke, Ivy gave Joshua a strange look.

Without saying anything more, she simply picked up the empty bowl in front of Joshua, stood up and served him a bowl of glutinous rice balls with wine.

This is the hot dish on the table, which has been changed two or three times.

On that raging night, the monster's body swept through the Chinese bazaar, and its hail of bullets ripped through half of the residential buildings.

Finally, the Thames burst its banks, carrying away all the remaining bricks and tiles.

It was not until Victor gathered up his last bit of strength and erected several icebergs hidden in the clouds that he was able to stop the rushing river.

Soon after the iceberg stood up, government troops arrived in formation.

Equipped with plenty of sandbags and life-saving equipment, they finally built a temporary dam at dawn and drove the river water back into the rushing Thames.

The once prosperous Chinese dock area is now a wet ruin. There are only a few houses standing, but the things inside have been soaked by the river and are unusable.

Fortunately, the river water did not seep into the land, and many residents of the Chinese dock area prepared cellars in advance.

The cellar stored a large amount of fine wine and dry vegetables, enough to support the survivors of the Chinese wharf through this difficult time.

This delicious glutinous rice wine dumpling is made from the fermented glutinous rice dug out from the underground of Muyunzhai.

"and then?"

Ivy filled a bowl and continued to ask Joshua.

"You guys finally came over, didn't you?"

"Later, the noise was so loud that Mrs. Hudson gradually realized that something was wrong. She put on her coat and was about to open the door to go out. Mr. Holmes and I worked together to push Mrs. Hudson back to her room."

"In order to reassure her, I begged Mr. Holmes for a long time and made countless promises to him before he finally agreed to go with me to the Chinese Wharf to find you."

"But when we arrived, the Chinese wharf was already flooded with water."

"I saw Mr. Jacob and Thomas. They were put aside. Ms. Bell was concentrating on brewing the potion."

"The only conscious person in the hot tent was Miss Hilda. She had some minor injuries and looked extremely tired."

"Mr. Victor was sitting next to her. He had already closed his eyes at that time and could not be awakened no matter what."

"Mr. Alexander, Luna, and you are gone."