66 – Edward Hyde is real (4)
Like a squirrel storing food, Jane Watson takes another big bite of the sandwich despite stuffing her cheeks with it. MacFarlane, dumbfounded as he watched, just sighed.
Since it had already happened several times, he seemed to have realized that even saying anything more would be a waste of his energy.
Of course, as a superior, McFarlane had to give a formal warning and caution to the eccentric witch.
“Professor Knox always makes it a point to keep the area around her body clean, Watson. Look at this, damn it! There are also breadcrumbs around the corpse! I’m not scolding you for eating in the morgue, now! “Eat at a distance from the damn corpse, or go out and eat outside the door!”
“Ha… Mutter… But, senior, you have to keep it until your shift comes. I couldn’t help it. And what do I do when I’m so hungry? “Those who will live must live.”
“Mr.
MacFarlane had to barely endure her insults as she forced herself to remind herself that Watson was, after all, her lady. Because that was ungentlemanly.
“I’ve already forgotten that I cut the steak last time! “I won’t say anything about eating, but there is such a thing as a person’s degree, Jane Watson!”
“Ah… Okay, I’ll eat quickly.”
Then Watson swallowed her last piece of sandwich in one go. In fact, she didn’t bother to mention the fact that she ate about five or six sandwiches to kill time as she sat down.
I’ve been trying to gain weight again lately because of my appetite.
For a moment, the bread crumbs that had fallen on the chest, which was like a huge tray with no bottom visible, were thoughtlessly swept away with one hand, contaminating the area around the body again. Avoiding his senior’s stinging glare, Watson subtly turned his attention to the cold body lying right next to them to change the subject.
Because the cold body had been treated with chemicals, the smell was so strong that it paralyzed the senses of the nose. Also, it was difficult to see what shape it was at first glance because it was entirely covered with pure white cloth, but anyone could tell that it was a person, giving it a gloomy atmosphere.
Of course, Watson was just a friend to talk to while eating a sandwich.
“By the way, have you checked this body too? “It was very unusual.”
“No, I just have to take care of the corpses, and I’m not interested in what kind of person the deceased was when they were alive.”
“That’s not true, it’s really unique? Look, senior.”
Then, Watson removed the white cloth covering the body, revealing the face and neck of the body. Of course, he then noticed that there was sandwich sauce on his fingers as he pulled up the cloth, so he sucked them with his hand and pointed to the body with his free hand.
“Why, again?”
“It’s special. “It looks like he died because his neck was broken, but there are also signs of strangulation.”
“I guess it was because we were fighting, but I would have had to have been in a carriage accident to break my neck anyway. Is not it?”
“Well, that’s true, but… ….”
Ignoring Watson’s words, MacFarlane continued bluntly as he quickly covered the body again.
“Anyway, the bodies here are only brought in by people with no connections as determined by law. We don’t need to know how he died since we’re not conducting an autopsy. “Stop thinking about unnecessary things and take care of the body properly, Watson.”
“Yes, I understand. By the way, it’s time for my shift now….”
McFarlane sighed as if he had finally remembered Watson’s words. Because once again, thanks to Jane Watson’s ridiculous behavior, she was momentarily forgotten.
“That’s right, Stanford is waiting, so you can hand over and go. Oh, and I heard that Miss Watson’s friend is waiting for you. Don’t forget to go and meet her.”
“A friend? Who is it?”
Watson couldn’t help but think as he walked to the lobby of the medical school building after completing a brief handover to his junior Stanford.
Because he was sociable, he knew a lot of people, and he definitely had quite a few friends. However, of course, there were only a handful of people I could say with confidence that I had a sincere and deep friendship with, and I couldn’t immediately think of a friend who would willingly come to my university and wait for me without making any promises.
However, when Jane Watson walked into the lobby and found the tall beauty fumbling with her cane with a perplexed expression as always, she couldn’t help but smile brightly without even realizing it.
Whenever I saw her, she was as pretty as a fairy. Except that she was casually wearing leg-tight pants that would have freaked anyone out, and would be somewhat inappropriate for a lady, and was smoking her pipe in her mouth, ignoring the stares of those around her.
In fact, in the case of Holmes, even that look suited him so naturally that even Watson had a hard time expressing his opinion.
My friendship with that unusual friend, which started by chance when I met him in front of Phileas Fogg’s mansion, has continued even now, after only a few months.
A few months may actually not be enough time to get to know a person. And at the same time, it may be a long enough time to continue dating someone who is obviously eccentric and difficult to associate with.
Jane Watson herself found it difficult to give a clear answer as to why she continued to see the pretty and eccentric Sherlock Holmes as her friend.
But what is clear is that every time I met that friend, we spent a long time together, and it felt comfortable and enjoyable, like a close friend.
“Holmes!”
“You’re late, Watson.”
She ran to Holmes, waving her hand happily, but Holmes responded coldly to Watson.
Of course, it was Holmes’s original nature to be indifferent even to his close family. However, when she saw Watson running towards her with a stupid and bright expression that was hard to distinguish between goldfish and goldfish, she couldn’t help but click her tongue.
Holmes thought it was a truly bizarre sight.
It was like seeing a golden retriever running towards me, waving its huge chest. Of course, Watson had silver hair, so it wasn’t the correct expression, but he was from Scotland anyway, so it wasn’t much different.
Of course a retriever is smarter than Watson.
When Watson approached, Holmes seemed to have been waiting and immediately started walking away without even saying where he was going.
Of course, Watson, who was already used to it, walked next to him and started chattering.
“Anyway, I was wondering who he was talking about as a friend, but it turned out to be Holmes. So, what’s going on today?”
“Friend, sorry Watson, we are not friends.”
“… To? Weren’t you friends? I thought of course we were friends? “We went to the racetrack together and even bet money together!”
“You must speak clearly, Watson. You bet on Silver Blaze, including the money you borrowed from me, and lost it all. And I don’t really have any friends. “I’m not dating because that kind of thing clouds my thoughts.”
However, Watson was able to discover that Holmes’ earlobes were unusually red. It was also the result of the training I gained while listening to Holmes nagging me to look around.
Of course, Holmes’s sarcasm itself meant that he should at least practice looking at his feet, but Watson decided what was best for him.
So, I patted this shy friend on the back and responded cheerfully.
“Ah, yes, then there is nothing we can do. But everyone always says that people without friends don’t date.”
“You’re really not dating, Watson.”
“Yes, yes, I guess so. But don’t be too sad because I’m here, Holmes.”
“Ha, I don’t understand.”
Meanwhile, Holmes caught a carriage on the side of the road and immediately told the driver of his destination. The destination was an address familiar to Watson, so he had no choice but to ask his unique friend as the carriage departed.
“Why are you going to Mr. Fogg’s mansion? What happened again? Mr. Fogg is betting on a trip again? Uh… “What should I do? I have some extra money to gamble with right now.”
“The goal is not Mr. Fogg, but there is someone I want to meet through Mr. Fogg, Watson. And how many times have I told you to stop taking stupid gambles?”
“Huh? Ah, that… then… …. Oh, don’t tell me, I think I know! Reform Club, Reform Club is the goal, right? hehehe, right? “I guessed first this time, right?”
“Ha… …. “Watson, I hope you remember that you are already grown up to like things for granted.”
Holmes sighed as he revised his assessment of Watson to two levels below that of a goldfish. But he didn’t forget the explanation.
Even though he spoke bluntly each time, Holmes was clearly enjoying each and every one of Watson’s reactions. Of course, I would never admit this.
“You’re not wrong, Watson. I heard that the famous Dr. Henry Jekyll also belonged to the Reform Club. “I already have a connection, so I’m going to use it.”
Phileas Fogg expressed his gratitude after learning that Holmes and Watson’s performance played a role in the success of his bet.
So, there was a relationship where he was invited to the wedding as a guest, and Holmes decided that such a ‘small request’ was definitely possible.
It wasn’t a wrong idea, so Watson had no choice but to ask something else instead.
“Anyway, why on earth is Dr. Jekyll?”
“That’s… “I can’t tell you right now, Watson.”
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“Oh, why? “We are friends, Holmes.”
“Ha… …. First of all, everything is uncertain, so let’s just say it is. Ah, it looks like we’ve arrived. “Get ready to get off, Watson.”
Watson pouted his lips as if he was a little disappointed, but Holmes, who thought he looked foolish, simply ignored him and rang the doorbell of the mansion where Phileas Fogg and his wife were staying.
Last time, I went in half as a thief, but this time it was a legitimate visit. The door opened, and Passepartout, the loyal servant who served the Foggs, came out.
“Ahh! Are you Miss Holmes and Miss Watson? Passepartout, it is an honor to see you two again! All… I’ll prepare the car right away and inform Master Fogg of my visit! Passepartout, you are moving quickly for your benefactor, hehehehe! Oh, I was warming up shaving water for my master! If you don’t get the temperature right, you might actually get fired. Excuse me! Hoeeek!”
