Succubus Emma

Whether it's Avalon, Star Antimony, or Iris, they rarely arrest spies immediately after discovering them. Instead, they follow the trail, trying to find more evidence and even control the intelligence the spy transmits back.

When their own spies overseas are captured, they immediately arrest the spies they have already placed under surveillance and exchange them for hostages.

Spies are obligated to maintain secrecy during interrogations, while the organizations behind them are obligated to redeem captured spies.

Normally, such exchanges are one for one, but if an important spy is captured, it can be demanded that one be exchanged for two or even three.

However, Sherlock kept Watson with him not because of his personal relationship with Dr. Watson.

Rather, it was because of another very important matter, one that the Queen also knew about.

That is, Dr. Watson is a restorationist in Narcissus Territory. The Narcissus Principality has a relatively good relationship with Avalon, and their restorationist faction is one of the more supported forces in Avalon. This is also why the Iris has adopted "Bleeding Action" against Avalon.

In other words, Dr. Watson's son Andre, was actually a double agent.

Dr. Watson used connections to send Andre to the "Secret Chamber." His immediate exile to Avalon was also part of his father Dr. Watson's plan... so that he could send intelligence from Avalon to the Narcissus Principality more easily without being discovered by the people in the "Secret Chamber."

However, in recent years, the political atmosphere on Star Antimony has gradually become tense. Some time ago, alchemists and Demon Scholar clashed directly, even committing murder in the street. The superior who used to look after Andre has now been expelled from the secret chamber in the political struggle.

In this situation, sending Andre back to Star Antimony would be tantamount to killing him—because he is now highly unlikely to pass a lie detector test.

Although Detective Watson was very confident, he actually failed Avalon's test at all.

Andre always believed that he possessed his father's "magic" to protect him from being discovered.

But in reality, such a thing doesn't exist. Or rather, that spell is called "human relationships" and "benefits."

Because Watson's intelligence gathering activities were so obvious and unscrupulous, the Inspectorate had already identified him.

The intelligence that Detective Watson sent back was intercepted by the Inspectorate halfway through the journey, and it was only sent out after it was confirmed to be safe.

Every activation of espionage channels increases the risk of exposure and incurs huge costs. Therefore, unless it is exceptionally important intelligence, the amount of information transmitted back at one time cannot be too large.

Therefore, the "secret room" would train spies to integrate and analyze what they saw and heard, try to deduce the atmosphere of major events from some data and details, and then summarize the possible speculations and send them back.

Because many spies are dispatched at the same time, there is no need to worry about being misled by one side – multiple speculations collected from different angles can often pinpoint the deeper, more complete picture of an event.

Of all the spies who came from the "locked room," Detective Watson often came to the most outrageous conclusions.

However, the Inspectorate would deliberately match his bizarre deductions, which resembled those of a second-rate detective novel, and try to turn the false intelligence that Watson fabricated into true intelligence.

That's why...

It can be said that Detective Watson was able to avoid being recalled by Star Antimony due to the excessive amount of junk and erroneous intelligence he transmitted, thanks to the efforts of the Avalon, and was still able to use resources from Star Antimony.

Sherlock found out about "Professor Moriarty" and "Lloyd's of Lloyd's" through Watson's connections.

Because they had a good relationship, Sherlock got the information without much effort.

If the investigation were conducted through normal channels, Sherlock would find absolutely nothing.

Given Professor Moriarty's status, the news that "Sherlock is investigating me" would probably have been sent to the Moriarty Manor as soon as Sherlock began his investigation.

This kind of "collaborator," whose identity is neither entirely good nor bad, and who can't be called a friend but can still exchange a few words with, is Sherlock's source of information.

As the saying goes, even a skilled cook can't cook without rice... If you don't have enough information, even a great detective will find it difficult to deduce the truth of the matter.

... However, Watson was able to find Eagle Cape Village.

Sherlock realized he had underestimated him.

"There's one more thing, Detective Watson."

Young Sherlock, holding his newly acquired cane, poked him without any hesitation— Watson's survival was largely due to his care, and in a sense, it wouldn't be an exaggeration for the other to call him his Foster Father. Therefore, Sherlock showed him no politeness whatsoever.

"... Please speak."

Although Watson didn't quite understand why the short man was so self-assured, he keenly sensed Sherlock's attitude and confidence. Therefore, he treated the boy's "paperboy with a cane" appearance with great humility.

"Why did you come to Eagle Cape Village? Why do you think Sherlock is in Eagle Cape Village?"

Sherlock retorted sharply.

He came to Eagle Cape Village with Iver after he shrunk in size.

In other words, if Watson had tracked him down through normal channels, he shouldn't have known that he had come to Eagle Cape Village.

But he didn't know that he was Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock had to find out if he had overlooked anything—or rather, if someone had leaked the information.

But Watson's response was completely unexpected by Sherlock: "I am not here to follow Mr. Hermes."

"Isn't that so?"

"I came here following Iver Moriarty."

Watson replied seriously, "He came here and disappeared for a while. After he went back, he caused a lot of trouble on Glass Island... I think this is a key point."

Princess Isabel only started to become ruthless after Iver returned from here.

If the return of Iver foreshadowed some important change, then, unable and unwilling to approach Iver, he could only Iver to investigate Iver's past experiences indirectly.

He has already relayed the information that "Avalon may ally with Iris and wage war against Star Antimony" back to the Mage Tower, but he has not yet sent it to Star Antimony.

Because he was still hesitant.

If this information were sent back, it would likely have a very significant impact. Therefore, he still held onto the hope that "it wouldn't be like this," and searched for evidence that would make him abandon this conjecture.

"Event?"

Sherlock raised an eyebrow. "What's the big deal?"

Watson hesitated for a moment, but an inexplicable impulse and trust in the child before him led him to offer his conjecture without thinking—after all, it was just a conjecture without any evidence. "I speculate that Avalon may, under the influence of the powerful minister Iver Moriarty, declare war on Star Antimony!"

"...ha?"

Sherlock paused for a moment.

He felt that Watson's logic was fragmented and completely incomprehensible.

So he could only tap his knee helplessly, signaling him to get up first. "Let's go back to Glass Island, Mr. Watson. There's nothing left here. If you're concerned about what he did here, I can tell you on the way."

"Also, if you're looking for dirt on Iver, you're probably going to be disappointed."

"He did appear here—but he fought a fierce battle with the leader of the Noble Red. This is no secret, and I can assure you it is one hundred percent true, Mr. Watson. You may record all of this in your ridiculous novel."

Little Sherlock spoke calmly.

On the other side...

A voluptuous and beautiful woman disembarked from a luxury cruise ship in the port area.

She wore a magnificent pale yellow dress. The dress was decorated with tiny black dots that resembled butterflies, but from a distance, the butterflies looked more like eyes.

Her skin was as white as snow, and her breasts were stunningly large. They were as sweet and soft as cake.

What makes her even more striking are her long, platinum blonde curly hair and her tender, pink eyes.

As soon as she stepped off the boat, a crowd of people screamed and greeted her.

They held up signs that read "Emma" and pushed through the crowd.

Someone asked in surprise in a low voice, "Who is Emma?", which almost resulted in them being beaten up by angry fans.

But before the fight broke out, an arbitrator dressed in full-body silver armor arrived at the scene, maintained order, and stopped the fight.

One by one, the arbitrators arrived and nodded respectfully to Ms. Emma.

Emma simply smiled broadly and waved to the crowd, which drew even louder cheers.

As she watched the crowd jostle, curse, and even fight to get closer to her, she narrowed her eyes slightly and revealed a delightful and captivatingly sweet smile.

That sweet, alluring sigh gradually filled the entire port area with her breath.

Meanwhile, the knights of the Arbitration Hall, who appeared to be maintaining order, had already subtly surrounded the entire port area, watching each other with tense and cautious eyes.

—It doesn't even require intelligence from the Inspectorate or the eyes of the Griffins.

When the people of Glass Island smell that cloyingly sweet, hallucinatory aroma in the air, they know it's all there...

A top-tier powerhouse of the Fifth Level Star Antimony, one of the leaders of the Demon Scholar, Countess Emma, and the current First Secretary of the Red Prime Minister—has arrived in Avalon openly and honestly.

She came in the name of peace.

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