At that very moment, history was being changed by its own hand.
Iver clearly sensed the threads of history.
The radiance known as "possibility" was clutched in his hand, pulsing powerfully.
He remembered very clearly—in the original storyline, Sherlock had never been attacked so violently.
Even several years later, when Sherlock had vanished completely, there had still been no proper answer to the incident in which his father, Arthur Holmes, had been framed.
The person known as "York Holmes" had not even appeared in the main storyline.
—Although Iver had barely followed the plot, he had that kind of confidence. He skipped every story CG when he played the game himself, but he still read posts in the player community and watched videos by plot-analysis content creators to get a general idea of the story.
Given Sherlock's popularity among the players, as Sherlock's uncle... if York Holmes had ever made an official appearance, people would definitely have discussed him. Especially after Sherlock's disappearance, it would have been impossible for no one to mention that name.
Not to mention that York was the legal adviser hired by Lloyd's, Avalon's largest gang organization, and one of Lloyd's senior members. He was also involved in the Noble Red Society and the Alchemy Bomb case. There were absolutely many secrets hidden on him. In the timeline where he had not tried to assassinate Sherlock, Mr. York was most likely not some random passerby either.
He was tied to at least three leads: Lloyd's, the Noble Red Society, and the Minister of Trade. He was most likely also connected to the royal family's curse, and might even have had ties to the Hawkeye Organization.
In other words, every event in the entire 1.0 version had intersected closely with "Lawyer York"! Iver was more inclined to