In "The Last Case", Holmes and Moriarty fall at the same time, into the vast abyss of Reichenbach Falls.
Although there is no clear statement that Holmes must be dead, the message is expressed both literally and literally that Sherlock Holmes is indeed dead.
This message was unacceptable to all Sherlock Holmes fans, and they would never allow their heroes to die like this.
Even if one day Holmes ceased to be involved in solving the case, he would not die.
Baker Street.
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence. Alves, the owner of Apartment No. 221b, Holmes in everyone’s mind, went out a week ago and has not returned.
Alves is getting better and better now, and he spends more time going out. On the door of apartment No. 221b, there is often a sign saying "The owner has gone out and has not returned."
Sherlock Holmes needed to go out frequently to handle cases, but now Alves often goes out, which fits more closely with Holmes.
Only this time the situation seems to be different.
Alves has been out for a week and has not returned, and in the "Last Case" released today, Holmes happened to invite Watson to travel for a week.
On the journey of the two, at Reichenbach Falls, Holmes and Moriarty fought desperately, and both fell.
Now that Alves has not returned for a week, it feels like he went to invite Watson for a week-long trip a week ago and something happened at Reichenbach Falls.
I don’t know if it was Alves who knew the plot of "The Last Case" in advance, deliberately went out a week ago and has not returned yet, or is it really just a coincidence?
Whether it was intentional or coincidental, at this moment, outside the apartment at 221b Baker Street, there were a lot of Sherlock Holmes fans gathered.
They rang the doorbell, knocked on the door, and yelled Holmes' name, hoping that Alves was actually in the apartment all the time.
Or looking at the end of the street, hoping that Alves could appear immediately.
It seemed that as long as Alves was in the apartment, or appeared immediately now, Holmes would not die.
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Outside the Cosford Publishing House, there were also a lot of Sherlock Holmes fans. They were emotional and filled with outrage, shouting that Sherlock Holmes must not be allowed to die.
Fortunately, Evador, the person in charge, was prepared for this and mobilized a large number of security personnel to block the door of the publishing house, so that the emotional Sherlock Holmes fans could not rush into the publishing house.
Evador is very depressed and worried now. He knew that after today's "Last Case" was released, something would happen.
But this is how Li Fan wrote, and he asked him to publish it like this, and he couldn't say anything important.
Evador wanted to cry without tears. Of course, he could refuse to publish "The Last Case", but Li Fan was not an ordinary author. He did not dare and did not want to have a disagreement with Li Fan because of this. After gritted his teeth, he decided to publish it as scheduled. "The Last Case."
The result of the release is what it is now, and the publishing house is blocked by emotional Sherlock Holmes fans.
This was in Evador's expectation, and he was well prepared.
Therefore, Evador is now a little depressed and worried, but everything else can be handled with ease.
Evador also didn't understand, why did Li Fan write such a case? He asked Li Fan, and Li Fan replied that it was because of his interest, which made Evador laugh bitterly.
Because of Li Fan’s interest, he made such a "Last Case". He was in a distant country, and naturally he would not be influenced by the Holmes fans, but they, the Kexford Publishing House, suffered. .
Also, by coincidence, Alves did not return after going out for a week at this time. It created a sad atmosphere that Holmes had died, which made people even more helpless.
What made Evador even more depressed was that he dialed Alves' mobile phone and wanted to ask Alves to go back quickly to ease the excitement of the Holmes.
But who knows that Alves' phone is always unreachable, it seems that his mobile phone, along with Holmes, has fallen into the abyss of the waterfall.
After Evaldo’s assistant made several consecutive calls, he finally got through to Alves.
"Oh! Dear Mr. Alves, thank God, your call is finally connected."
"Mr. Evador, I'm sorry, but you have to know that where I am now, the cell phone signal is not good. I really can't blame me. Also, I know what you call me for."
"Mr. Alves, I'm also very sorry, can you go back as soon as possible? It's incredible that such a coincidence happened."
"This is really incredible. When I saw "The Last Case" today, I couldn't believe it. But, Mr. Evaldo, you have to believe that Holmes shouldn't just die like this."
"Mr. Alves, I believe it is useless. Those Sherlock Holmes fans will not believe it. They will not believe what we say, unless Mr. Li Fan personally guarantees that Holmes is not dead. But I am not sure about Li. Will Mr. Fan come forward to promise? What we can do now is to calm their excitement. Mr. Alves, you haven't answered my question just now. Can you go back as soon as possible?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Evador, I may not be able to rush back in the next few days. In fact, I think there is nothing wrong with making the atmosphere more real."
"Well, maybe you are right. I hope they can leave our publishing house as soon as possible."
"They will leave, don't worry, dear Mr. Evador."
"I hope as you said."
"..."
After finishing the call with Alves, Evaldo was still worried, and I hope the Sherlock Holmes fans outside the publishing house can leave sooner.
Then, he dialed Li Fan's phone and prepared to "cry".
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China, in a small town.
Li Fan recalled Evaldo’s “cry” just now, with a faint smile on his lips.
Li Fan had thought about adding some hints that Sherlock Holmes was not dead at the end of "The Last Case," but in the end he didn't add it.
Because he wanted to take this opportunity to see how the Holmes fans in this world would react to the death of Holmes?
As for why Holmes died in this case?
It is generally believed that his author, Mr. Conan Doyle, is tired of the creation of Sherlock Holmes stories. He does not want to create detective stories endlessly. He decided to find a way to end the perfect Sherlock Holmes story.
So there was the "Last Case", in which he let Holmes and Moriarty be buried together in the vast abyss of Reichenbach Falls.
Sherlock Holmes is dead, so naturally he doesn't have to continue to write the story of Sherlock Holmes.
But he did not expect that a large number of Sherlock Holmes fans could not accept the death of Sherlock Holmes. They put pressure on Conan Doyle and vented their anger in various ways.
Conan Doyle felt pressured, but was also very moved and moved everyone to like his characters so much.
Therefore, Conan Doyle finally chose to resurrect Holmes, and Watson met his old friend, Holmes in the "Empty House" case.
In "The Last Case", Holmes's body was not found in the end, and Holmes's resurrection seemed not abrupt.
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