Personality V: I will save everything

Chapter 613 Reasons.

After saying this, Miss Jenny was suddenly pulled away by Norton as if she was pulled by a powerful force.

Her body tilted slightly and her steps staggered a little, but she quickly followed Norton and left the scene.

Holmes's eyes followed them closely until they were out of sight.

He noticed that when they passed the meat paste that could hardly be called a human being, Miss Jenny's behavior was a little strange. She seemed to subconsciously cover her nose with her hand, as if the strong smell of blood was unbearable for her.

However, Holmes's observation was not limited to the surface. His sharp eyes caught a hint of something strange in Miss Jenny's eyes. It was not sympathy for the tragedy, but an obvious disgust.

How could a lady who was willing to smile and distribute bread to the children in the slums show such strong disgust for such a scene? Holmes thought to himself that there must be some unknown secret hidden in it.

He decided to investigate the matter in depth and uncover the true face behind this seemingly kind lady.

After all, in this place full of puzzles and secrets, any tiny clue may become the key to solving the whole mystery.

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"Mr. Holmes, may I have a moment with you?"

This sentence seemed a little abrupt in the bustling crowd, like a flash of lightning breaking the calm surface of a lake. Holmes couldn't help but raise his head and his eyes fell on the speaker.

The speaker was Alva, a man he did not know well, but Holmes had some idea of ​​him, remembering that he seemed to be a cat.

Holmes was a little surprised, because Alva had not had much communication with him before. However, at this moment, he took the initiative to come over, which made Holmes a little curious.

Just as Holmes was about to respond to Alva, he noticed Norton's reaction. Norton was originally talking to someone else, and after hearing Alva's words, he turned his head sharply, as if he wanted to stop Alva.

However, when Norton's eyes met Alva's, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and his open mouth slowly closed again, swallowing back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

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Alva took Holmes to a reception room.

"Mr. Alva, what exactly do you want to tell me?" There was a hint of anxiety and doubt in Holmes' voice.

He couldn't help but wonder what could be so important that it needed a separate place to talk about it.

Alva remained silent, his actions were puzzling. He slowly unbuttoned his shirt, exposing his chest skin. Holmes looked at him and felt a chill in his heart.

Those were obvious electric current lines, as if they were traces left after being hit by a strong electric current.

Holmes was very familiar with the reaction after a person died. This kind of electric current pattern usually only appeared on the body of a person who was electrocuted!

He was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Such lines could never appear on a living person. However, Alva was standing in front of him at this moment, which made Holmes feel confused and frightened.

But the fact that the other party is a monster seems to explain this problem well.

However, this raises more questions. If Alva is really a monster, then why does he have marks that only appear when a human dies? Is there some unknown secret hidden in this?

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Alva took a deep breath and slowly straightened his clothes, as if to cheer himself up.

When he felt that he was ready to face whatever might happen next, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

"In fact, all of us so-called monsters were human beings before we became monsters."

This sentence was like a bombshell, exploding in the room in an instant.

Holmes had not expected to hear such words at all, and his body shook violently as if he had been struck by lightning.

Then, as if pushed by a powerful force, he suddenly stood up from the chair, so fast that the chair behind him was overturned to the ground with a sharp noise.

Alva's heart tightened when he saw Holmes' reaction. He knew how shocking this news was to Holmes, and he might even find it hard to accept it.

So Alva decided to give Holmes some time to calm down before continuing.

"However, we voluntarily gave up our human identity, not for the so-called power, rights or money, but simply because we were pushed out of the scope of humanity by humans and could only become monsters."

"What does it mean?"

"Take Violetta for example. You must think she looks like a spider, right? But in fact, she originally had no arms and legs.

When Valletta was born, she was a deformed baby without limbs, so she was abandoned by her parents. However, she was picked up by her adoptive father Max and raised by him... Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that the piece of meat you just saw was Max. "

Following Alva's words, Holmes felt even more confused. If this was true, then why would Violetta treat her adoptive father like that? He was the family member who raised her! ! ! !

But what Alva said next explained everything to Holmes.

"But if she had a choice, Valletta once said that she would rather die outside at the beginning."

At this point, Alva paused, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, as if he felt sorry for Violetta's past experience. After calming down for a while, he continued to tell the story.

"Max is a beast. He never considered Valletta his daughter, or even a human being. He only considered her a tool to make money, a deformed child. He kept dressing Valletta up and showing her off in front of others.

He allowed Violetta to be laughed at and insulted by others. What's worse is that when Violetta grew up...you saw what she looked like, she was very beautiful, you know what will happen, Mr. Holmes."

After hearing this, even if Holmes had a low EQ, he knew what was happening.

Although he admitted that his emotional intelligence had dropped to a negative number, it did not mean that he was brainless. A detective like Sherlock Holmes was well aware of the bad nature of human beings.

Oh my God, he suddenly understood what Miss Jenny meant by "you deserve it". No matter how that beast treated him, he deserved it.

But what Holmes never expected was that it was not over yet.

"Then after that bastard made enough money, he sold Violetta to a circus. Violetta experienced worse things there than before, and the bastard used the money to open an underground casino and a human trafficking place. He...deserved to die.

But what did Valletta do wrong? He did nothing wrong. She was just born. It was her parents who did not give her a complete body. She had no control over the rest of her life. She only had one right, which was to choose to be a human or a monster.

Although Alva's words were brief and concise, Holmes was able to create a thrilling picture in his mind through these brief words.

What kind of heinous crimes are hidden behind these seemingly cold words! It seems that every word is soaked in evil and darkness, which makes people shudder.

No wonder Mr. Alva said at the beginning, "It is humans who pushed them out of the scope of humanity."

Indeed, in this situation, what other way is there to survive except becoming a monster?

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"So, what about you, Mr. Alva? Were you once a human?"

After his brain experienced a devastating storm, Holmes raised another question, that is, was Alva, who possessed the characteristics of human death, once a human being?

"Indeed."

Alva told Holmes his experience without reservation————

Alva used to be a talented but poor young man. Later he met a like-minded friend, and the two worked hard on experiments together. But one time, he suddenly had an idea to develop a perpetual motion machine.

Although Alva tried to stop it, he failed. Finally, his best friend died in an experimental explosion, and the manuscripts were collected by him.

Later, he met the child of his best friend in the academy. The child was as talented as his father, so Alva accepted him as his apprentice. Unfortunately, the manuscripts were discovered by the child, and during the dispute between the two, Alva also died in the experimental explosion.

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"But I have never hated that child. It was my fault that I failed to stop it in time. The only thing I could do was to protect him under my body at the moment of the explosion."

Faced with such a heavy thing, Holmes should have felt sympathy and sadness, but he found a loophole in the story.

"That's not right, Mr. Alva. If you said that, you saved the child and didn't have any wish before death or any major hatred, then why did you choose to become a monster?"

Alva glanced at Holmes calmly and said,

“Because of that explosion, although the child survived, it damaged his brain and caused him to suffer from amnesia. He has no memory of what happened at the time.

And I'm sure you know what those Scotland Yard police are like. They actually thought that the child was a murderer and wanted to sentence him to death by hanging.

But he should be a miracle that I protected with my own hands, why should I call him a murderer?

I want to save him."

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Hearing this, Holmes wanted to slap himself. Why did he keep talking so much?!

But at the same time, he also admired Mr. Alva's feelings for his apprentice. If they had talked it out at the beginning, perhaps things wouldn't have to be like this. But unfortunately, there are not so many ifs in the world.

Although he had only heard two stories, Holmes had a hunch that the monsters here seemed to have more or less reasons for becoming monsters. Perhaps it was because of a great hatred, or perhaps it was because of sincere feelings between each other, but there was always a reason.

Likewise, isn’t it the detective’s job to unravel the mysteries behind these “cases”?

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"Well, Mr. Holmes," said Alva, rising from his chair and straightening his coat.

"I told you so much only because I feel that you are very similar to my apprentice, both of us have impulsive personalities. So I'm telling you clearly in advance. When you get out and see that piece of meat again, even if you can't be as ruthless to him as we were, please treat him as if he were air."

"That's natural. I believe that when the law cannot bring justice to the parties involved, private revenge is justified and even noble from that moment on. So I decided not to accept the case this time."

In some extreme cases, legal limitations may need to be overcome through private means.

Holmes does not approve of this behavior, but he chooses to ignore it.