Chapter 949: Section 623: Question (2)
Transcribing the adventures of Holmes as a scribe and being involved in detective work oneself are obviously two different things, especially when the murderer has come prepared. Just as Malin was clueless about how to solve the problem, he suddenly noticed a cub among the crowd.
It was a child who seemed out of place in this era, wearing clothes that were different from this time, with a neat buzz cut, looking as though he didn’t belong to the era Mars was in, but seeming to have some connection with the era from Nanaki’s time.
Malin turned his head towards Officer Goldhatch: "Officer Goldhatch, do you see that child?"
Officer Goldhatch turned his head, following the direction Malin pointed: "A child? I don’t see one..." Saying this, the officer glanced at Malin with a hint of confusion and incomprehension: "Maybe it’s because your intuition is too sharp?"
Malin nodded — people of this era couldn’t see the child from the future. Thinking it over, Malin walked towards the child.
The child seemed to notice Malin; his face showing confusion, then incomprehension, and finally, tension. When Malin pointed at him, the child turned and ran.
Malin subconsciously cast an Immobilization Spell, but upon seeing the child’s legs buckle, and then still manage to perform a perfect explosive start and run away quickly, he did not make it in time.
Malin had no choice but to chase after him.
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"Why did Lord Malin run off in that direction?" Confused, Officer Harold watched Malin disappear into the alley, looking perplexedly at Officer Goldhatch, who, in order not to make Harold think that there was something wrong with Lord Malin’s mind, explained Malin’s earlier discovery: "Lord Malin’s intuition is too sharp, which is bad, but his abilities are exceptional, so it actually turns out to be a good thing. He said he saw a child. I think it must be some harmless ghost that insensitive folks like you and I cannot see."
After hearing Officer Goldhatch’s explanation, Harold didn’t find it strange at all — after all, Lord Malin is a legend, a heightened intuition is not surprising.