Becoming Professor Moriarty's Probability

Chapter 38: Put Yourself in Another's Shoes

"Raise your han... huh?"

Rachel Watson stormed in while holding a gun, a tense expression evident on her face. Soon after, however, she was... staggered by the sight before her.

"... Holmes?"

Her one and only friend, Charlotte Holmes, was quietly sitting inside the room.

"Ha ha..."

For some unknown reason, she was drenched from top to bottom in cold sweat, sitting right next to her fiancé.

".........?"

Unable to comprehend the situation before her eyes, she blinked with a blank light in her brown orbs for a while before slowly lowering her gun.

"Wait."

Her eyes then narrowed subtly.

"What the hell is going on here?"

"... My dear friend, Rachel Watson."

As she observed the peculiar scene and posed her question, Charlotte Holmes, taking some time to gather herself, resumed using her usual tone of voice.

"The man sitting beside me is complicit in a crime that I am investigating."

Upon hearing those words, Watson's face turned pale blue in fright.

"... I-It can't be that serious now, can it?"

"Unfortunately, it is indeed quite serious."

"Is that really true, honey?"

Then, she looked at Adler, who was disguised as Neville, with trembling eyes.

"Ah, it seems... it seems so."

When Watson addressed him as honey, Charlotte's expression turned cold, and Adler quietly lowered his gaze to the ground, not daring to look up.

"..........."

And then, silence ensued inside the private room.

"Watson, you might be disappointed when you find out the true nature of this man."

"........."

"So, if I may advise..."

In that tense silence, Charlotte quietly started speaking with a smirk on her face.

"... I know."

"........?"

"I already knew he was involved in a crime."

Watson opened her mouth with a serious expression, interrupting Holmes mid-sentence.

"It's all because of Isaac Adler."

"Look..."

"This innocent person tried so hard to buy an engagement ring for me and got involved in a crime because of that son of a bitch."

Charlotte Holmes's expression grew colder and colder.

"... I'm sorry for badmouthing your boyfriend, but it's the truth."

"Nevertheless, the fact that he's indeed complicit in a crime hasn't changed, Watson."

Soon, with neither yielding even an inch, an odd tension started to unfold between the two women.

" Just... break up with Neville St. Claire."

".........."

"He's involved in a massive crime that requires years of investigation. Hence, it has come to a point where only I can handle it."