"Congratulations on completing the mission and returning safely. Though I wasn't worried in the slightest. Let me say it specially: everything went according to plan." About an hour later, Shion emerged from her laboratory.
"Everything went according to plan? Coming from one of Atlas Institute's top Alchemy elites, that doesn't sound like a joke. You knew about Sherlock Holmes all along? That man was an Alien Apostle, and you even knew he would lose to Moriarty in the Singularities?" Shion's words made Kadoc stare fixedly at her as he voiced the doubts in his heart.
"Just as you said, I am completely certain that Sherlock Holmes was an Alien Apostle. There are two reasons. One was the Sixth Singularity, specifically the report on what happened within the Atlas Institute. Sherlock Holmes synchronized with Trismegistus Hermes and acquired its information. It sounds simple when put that way, but Trismegistus Hermes is the heart and brain of the Atlas Institute. If an ordinary Heroic Spirit accessed it, the sheer volume of information would cause their Saint Graph to rupture. Even Sherlock Holmes could not possibly possess memory capacity on the level of a god. A Servant based on a human could never endure it."
"I see. That was similar to how I confirmed that Sherlock Holmes's Saint Graph was abnormal with the Rune of Death. The problem was insufficient information." Shion's words made Shen Fei understand at once. In the end, it came down to lacking information. If he had known about Trismegistus Hermes sooner, he would likely have suspected Sherlock Holmes long ago.
"When did you confirm that Sherlock Holmes was an Alien Apostle?" Rather than immediately giving her second reason for being certain Sherlock Holmes was an Alien Apostle, Shion asked Shen Fei how he had confirmed it.
"The Rune