214 – Money Becomes a Copy (1)
Jane H. Watson is a not-so-trivial beauty who makes people think she is a witch and a fairy who bewitches people. Aside from her moles, she was a very ordinary lady.
If people who knew Watson’s true self, such as Professor Holmes or Professor Moriarty, had heard this, they might have laughed at it, calling it the nonsense told by an opium addict while high on her opium. Of course, their cynical assessment was true.
However, Jane Watson really thought of herself as an ordinary lady, and she believed it. She had the faith of an opium addict.
Of course, Jane Watson had never been as intoxicated by her drugs as her friend Holmes was, so her assessment of her as a drug addict must have been somewhat shady.
However, just as Professor James Moriarty, for whom she still harbors complex desires, was addicted to the pleasures of crime, and her close friend Holmes was addicted to Riddle, Moriarty, and various drugs and cigarettes, Jane Watson was also an addict. .
Because humans originally got along with people who were similar to themselves.
Jane Watson’s addictions were, of course, danger, destruction, and gambling. In fact, the three are all the same word, so there may be no need to distinguish them in detail.
Except for these ‘minor points’, Jane Watson could certainly have been an ordinary lady. It wasn’t actually wrong. Even Holmes would have judged Watson to be an ordinary good person if it weren’t for her self-destructive tendencies, her gambling addiction, and her fat mass and stupidity that grew pointlessly every moment.
In fact, Jane Watson was someone who was able to exercise appropriate restraint to practice the life pursued by moralists of this era. She was far from greedy. It was a time when many people were so blinded by money that they could freely commit immoral acts, but Watson was not very interested in money itself.
“I… Really? That… therefore…… “Money can be copied?”
“This…” Just calm down first, wow… Miss Watson. Radish… Of course, our investment always guarantees a 100% return, and if Miss Watson introduces other friends to our club, the return can increase-“
“Do… Copying money is killing me! I will do it, I will do it quickly! No, I’ll do it right away, so quickly! How should I invest? When will the profits start coming in? Yes? “Say it quickly, say it!”
Of course, one may wonder whether Jane Watson’s tendencies are true as she watches Watson yelling at her suspicious investor with her eyes half-closed.
In fact, one red-headed club member who had been friendly talking to an innocent-looking young lady in order to boost his membership rating realized that he had picked the wrong person.
At first, the member, who was explaining the great investment product and the greatness of the Red Hair Club to Jane Watson like a skillful investor, soon saw a flash of madness in her opponent’s eyes and couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat without realizing it. There wasn’t.
Of course, such an attitude was a good problem for Watson. Copy money! That fact alone penetrated Watson’s small goldfish-sized brain, and at this moment, Watson could not help but forget that he had even helped Holmes with the investigation.
It may have sounded unconvincing, but Jane Watson was not a greedy person who lost her senses at this bizarre investment proposal. As I have emphasized time and time again, Jane Watson was good about her money itself.
Of course, this was because she was from a wealthy middle-class background and did not feel the urgent need for money, but even if she grew up poor, she could have lived a satisfied life as long as she had the minimum amount of money to live on.
However, Jane Watson knew the happiness that money would bring.
“Now… wait for a sec… therefore… Even if the money is doubled… Of course, considering the rate of return even if you keep the minimum amount as a bank deposit… I can go to the racetrack twice every month… ! Ah… No, it doesn’t end there, Jane Watson! Think about it, she makes money at the Redhead Club, and if she uses that money to do horse racing……. And what if the reverse odds are successful in that horse race? This time, you will definitely win, so the return is not just 2x, but even 5x! If you deposit half of it back at the club and triple the money, you can go to the racetrack 10 more times, and so on indefinitely…… Is it okay to live at the racetrack endlessly? That… that… “Is it really killing me?”
“I… miss?”
“Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Holmes! “Holmes!”
For Jane Watson, her money was nothing more than a means to do horse racing, and the reason she bet on horse racing was also to gamble, so Jane Watson truly had no interest in her money itself.
And Watson, who had such integrity, anxiously found a friend who was receiving a similar investment offer as himself. Of course, in the meantime, the member who first suggested investing in Watson quietly left the place and disappeared. He intuitively realized that it would not be good for him to have any further involvement with that scary woman who clearly had a bit of a turn in her head.
Watson, who did not know this fact, enthusiastically spoke to Holmes for a long time about the importance of investment, even more passionately than the members, even though he was not yet a member of the red-haired club.
Of course, Holmes, who had already heard similar sounds, could only frown and sigh due to the sudden migraine.
Because I once again realized that my friend was an idiot who had lost his mind beyond imagination.
“Ha…… Watson. Think about it with common sense, have you ever invested in stocks? No, no. Now that I think about it, Watson, if you touch that, something really terrible will happen. Anyway, Watson, calm down!”
“But Holmes! Money can be copied? Me… “I have about 100 pounds on hand, so if I join the club right now and put it up, and raise money for various things, we can all become rich!”
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“Watson, I told you to calm down! Think rationally, Watson! “There is no way such an investment would be possible!”
“Oh, really, Holmes! You don’t understand the situation? They say the Red Head Club scoops up the money and gives it away! “You say money can be copied?”
Normally, Watson would have come to his senses and trembled just by Holmes’ sharp glare. But for now, even Holmes could not help but feel intimidated for a moment by Watson’s strange passion.
Holmes learned that dealing with a madman is very difficult. If he left Watson like this, he would have stripped him of his underwear and taken every penny he had, so after looking around for a moment, Holmes hit Watson on the head with his hand.
“Keck!”
With a sound like a frog dying, Watson fainted while still standing. No matter how much I looked around, the reception room was already full of members, so my gaze naturally focused on them.
However, as if they understood Holmes’ strange behavior, all the members who were meeting him for the first time pretended not to notice and focused on their conversation.
Holmes sighed and took a moment to gather his thoughts. My head was already hurting, but thanks to my friend’s reckless behavior, I felt like I had been hit on the head by an axe.
‘What on earth is this suspicious investment? What on earth is the Redhead Club aiming for? And… No matter how much speculation can cause a frenzy that borders on madness… Can it spread this quickly? Even if it’s just Watson right now… …. No, Watson is an exception because he was like that.’
First of all, I could tell that this club was definitely suspicious. However, since he could not stay in the middle of enemy lines, Holmes first woke Watson up and left the place.
Before leaving the club, he eventually added his name to the investment list and did not forget to join the Redhead Club.
Holmes could intuitively know that all of this was close to a kind of fraud, but sometimes deceiving imitation was important. Still, only the minimum amount was invested.
However, Watson could not be stopped. For Holmes, the limit was to stop Watson, who was acting like a child and trying to invest by borrowing money from a passing member.
A week later, Holmes and Watson visited Mycroft Holmes for an interim report and inspection.
“… It certainly seemed like an unusual investment.”
“Oh, Mr. Mycroft, would you like to join us? Actually… I recommended it to my friends and my rating has already improved by 2 levels! Thanks to this, the interest due this week also increased by 10%, a whopping 10%…”
“Watson, when did you do such a crazy thing?”
“Holmes, money! It’s a copy! “Hurry up and grab it while you have the chance!”
The Holmes siblings tried to continue their conversation while trying to ignore the frantic Watson for a moment.
“First of all… “Before we talk about the Redhead Club, Holmes, there is someone I would like to introduce to you.”
“People? “I’m introducing Mycroft, so I guess he’s not an ordinary person.”
“He is a unique person in his own way. “It seems like a renowned researcher named Professor Van Helsing needs help.”
