Accepting Cyber Clients and Being a Cyber Detective

On the other side, 221 Baker Street

"This must be Baker Street..."

Fujino stood up from the sofa and went to the window next to the lab table.

Pulling back the curtains and looking down, I saw Baker Street, dimly lit by gaslights. "Late 19th-century London was so gloomy and oppressive."

After making a comment, Fujino turned around and glanced around the room.

He strolled to the fireplace, looked at a group photo on it, and murmured, "But... they actually turned me into Sherlock Holmes... what are they planning?"

Fujino couldn't quite understand Noah's Ark's purpose in turning him into Sherlock Holmes.

But he was, after all, a time traveler.

He was already used to this kind of inexplicable time travel and quickly accepted his new identity.

The photo in front of me is black and white, showing a handsome man with a slicked-back hairstyle.

There was also an old man with a big beard standing next to him. Because it was a black and white photo, it was impossible to tell the man's skin color and eye color.

"Is this really Yusaku Kudo?"

Fujino's eye twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

He recognized at a glance that this Sherlock Holmes was Yusaku Kudo and no beard.

As for Watson next to him... he's definitely a hairy version of Professor Agasa!

Don't think I won't recognize you just because you don't have the Mediterranean Sea!

For Fujino, Sherlock Holmes was a familiar yet unfamiliar person; he didn't quite understand him, but he had a very high opinion of his character.

Sherlock Holmes is not a law enforcer, nor is Demon of Light; he is simply a detective who acts on his own sense of morality.

He chose to let go of the murderer who was forced to kill, he also refused to help the most vicious people, and he would even die together with the villains for the sake of morality.

Compared to a detective, he is more like a chivalrous wanderer.

With my body I will become a raging fire, lighting a guiding light for the people at the bottom of society in this dark age.

There are many people who burn themselves out like this. In 19th-century London, it was Sherlock Holmes; in Gotham, it was Bruce Wayne, who walked in the darkness; and in 2077, it was the famous V-Zoom.

Fujino admires people like that, but he can't become one of them.

Influenced by the Chinese thought of his previous life, his ideas leaned towards helping the world when rich and cultivating one's own virtue when poor.

While being able to protect his own interests, he chose to maintain his identity as a detective and uphold his sense of justice, while simultaneously committing various villainous acts as a 'murderer'.

He is not some great saint who can save everyone.

If you can save them, great; if you can't, so be it. They brought this on themselves, so don't worry about them

If you encounter any beasts or anything like that, just take them out with your alternate account.

It's that simple. It's the logic that Fujino came up with after exploring this world and finding it most suitable for him.

He's not as good as Sherlock Holmes, but he's more extreme than Lord Wayne. He's not as carefree as V, because Fujino cherishes his reputation more than they do.

After all, unlike those people, he has his own weaknesses.

Just as Fujino was gazing at the group photo.

A silent ripple suddenly appeared on the photo in front of him, and then the image on it was replaced with his image with a slicked-back hairstyle.

Fujino: "..."

So Hiroki had been watching all along?

Fujino paused for a moment, then looked around and asked, "HS, come out and explain yourself?"

"..."

He was met with silence.

"..."

"Grass!"

Fujino scratched his head. "It seems this cyber life form isn't planning on having a proper talk with me."

Fujino still felt a bit of a headache dealing with this cyber client.

Without a physical presence, it's not convenient to approach the other party for a "chat".

Moreover, he seemed quite aloof, ignoring all questions and only responding with a greeting.

Once is one thing, but this is the second time, isn't it?

Fujino naturally had no intention of indulging any Cybertron.

In a little while, we'll expose his true identity Hideki Morohoshi secretly used his body double.

Just leave it running and don't make a sound!

However, on the other hand...

Since the other party is a cybernetic being, then this time, he can be considered to have acted as a Cyber Detective.

Fujino ignored his silent cyber client and instead plopped down on the sofa to start thinking about the current situation.

In his memory, everyone except him was born in the White Queen District. After learning that Sherlock Holmes existed in this world, he came to Baker Street overnight.

In other words, he doesn't have to do anything; the people he wants to find will obediently come to him.

The White Queen District a bit far from Baker Street, and it's so late, I guess I'll have to wait a while...

However, Fujino didn't intend to just wait idly. Bored, he began to look through Sherlock Holmes's house.

On the bookshelf, he found a book titled " On the Initial Investigations on Crime" and another titled " On A Study of Jack the Ripper".

It seems that the Sherlock Holmes of this world has also set his sights on Jack the Ripper. Looking through the records, the most recent murder occurred on Saturday, September 8th, which appears to have happened twenty-two days ago in this world.

The deceased was a 41-year-old woman named Hani Charanter who lived alone. Her body was found next to the St. Maria Church, and two rings, one large and one small, were also found at the scene.

"Looks like he's different from the real Ripper..."

Fujino rubbed his chin, put down his notebook, and wasn't surprised by the heavily modified Ripper.

The real Ripper in history was an even more ruthless man who murdered at least five women in the red-light district, disemboweling them and removing their internal organs and even body parts.

Of course, such a horrific scenario is impossible in the game; in fact, the number of kills has been reduced to two.

After all, if ordinary people saw a real, brutal murder case, they would probably vomit right there in the game, and might even experience various symptoms due to excessive shock.

After going through all the books on the bookshelf, only an hour had passed. Fujino then continued exploring Sherlock Holmes' house and found several pieces of equipment.

A pistol, a brown baseball cap, a brown trench coat, a cane, and a pipe.

Fujino took off his glasses, combed his hair into an adult style with hair oil, put on a baseball cap and a trench coat, smoked a pipe, picked up his cane, and drew the Sword Cane.

Looking at himself in the mirror, he couldn't help but click his tongue. "You know what, it really does look like me..."

Sherlock Holmes is depicted with gray eyes and black hair. In traditional European and American values, black hair is considered more noble, as it is seen as a symbol of aristocracy due to Roman ancestry.

The character of Sherlock Holmes may have been inspired by this, since in novels, the protagonist always needs to be special.

Under the same traditional values, red hair is seen as a symbol of low status, and is even associated with witches. The dark red hair of the witch Koizumi Akako may be due to this belief.

Thinking about it that way, Fujino felt that he really resembled Sherlock Holmes in some ways.

At least it looks more like Japan person than one who is all blue-eyed or green-eyed.

As for pistols and cane swords, they can be used for self-defense.

Perhaps because it was in a virtual world, he discovered that his system cheats seemed to have been banned after arriving here.

The Pocket Dimension cannot be opened, and the item bonuses have disappeared.

He could use the system to break the seal and return to reality, but there's no need for it.

My perception and various enhancements are still there, so to be honest, there's not much of a problem.