CHAPTER 10: THE ADVENTURE OF THE GREAT MASTER (PART 1)
"Holmes me pal, it appears this village is covered in a thick layer of ice," I said.
My friend chuckled and shook his head in a condescending manner.
"Watson my good fellow, that is the trick that you have so foolishly been deceived by. Snap. What you thought was snow was actually grass painted white."
I looked again, and so it was. It truly was the grassiest snow I had ever seen.
===ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO===
Ryuunosuke got off the boat and went to 221B Baker Street.
"Hellooooooo, is Sherlock Homes holme?" said Ryuu. "Wait I think I got that backwards."
"ZZZZVARRI!"
Ryuu jumped back in surprise as the door swung open but noone was there. Then Holmes came out from behind the door.
"Are you surprised, Mr. Naruhodo? I have mastered the arts of... MAGIC!" said Holmes and he swung a magic wand.
"Uhhh couldn't you have just pulled the door from behind without me seeing you?"
"...Well then how did MASTER do it?"
"Who's Maste-"
Before Ryuu could finish, the Great Master Flier was added to his court record by Holmes.
"The Great Master: Prepare to watch the greatest magic show you'll ever see." said Ryuu.
"Yes and he's performing again tonight, we've got to go."
"But why would you want to watch the same magic show twice?"
"BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO EXPOSE THE TRUTH THAT'S WHY!"
"Ugh Holmes that's like telling kids that Santa's not real. And proving it too."
"Shut UP, Mr. Naruhodo, gather your evidence we're solving this mystery and taking this man down tonight!"
TICK TOCK TICK TOCK TICK TOCK went the clock that appeared on the screen and it sped through the day until it was 9PM.
"WELCOME, BOYS AND GIRLS, TO THE GREAT MASTER'S MAGIC SHOW!" announced the man in a black hat and a mask standing who descended from the roof. He took off his hat and pulled out a rabbit and then he put his hand over it and it FROZE! However, before he could do any more...
"OBJECTION" shouted a voice and it was SHERLOCK HOLMES! "There is no magic here, I will prove that you have been conning people by performing tricks with two deductions. My first deduction is about your descent. My second deduction is about that frozen rabbit."
"And how might you go about doing that?" said Master.
"Like this," said Holmes and he put his pipe in his mouth.
===REASONING START===
TOPIC 1: DESCENT
"Now then Mr. Master, that was quite an entrance you made. SNAP - you fell from the roof. How did you do this so delicately? Clearly the answer lies in the tree out the window."
Master looked outside at the tree.
"What about it?"
"You see, Mr. Master on that tree is a bird's nest. You used something from that tree... specifically from the bird's nest."
"Like what?"
"Like... the bird itself. You snatched the bird away from it's home and forced it to fly you up to the roof. Then it simply gently descended and you made it look like you were falling. Thus is my first conclusion: you used a bird to pretend to fly! I used to go birdwatching when I was a kid. It was boring."
CONCLUSION 1: USED A BIRD
TOPIC 2: FROZEN RABBIT
"What's that in your hand by the way? A rather fluffy fellow he was, but now he is made of solid ice. However, can one really say that that is the same rabbit you had before? The thing that will tell us is that photograph on the wall." said Holmes.
"Eh?"
"Yes this is a picture of a rabbit, as you can see it is brown, but the one in your hand is blue."
"But that's becau-"
"Clearly this rabbit in the photograph means much to you, so I doubt you would bring another. But just who is this frozen fellow? The answer lies in the museum next to the tree out the window. This museum has lots of famous sculptures like The Thinker and The Speaker but what it does not have is... The Rabbit. That is the identity of this mysterious object in your hand: a sculpture you stole from the museum!"
CONCLUSION 2: STOLEN SCULPTURE
"And that was Sherlock Holmes' theater of logic and reasoning!"
"Hey Holmes," said Ryuu.
"What is it Mr. Naruhodo?"
"How can people use birds to fly?"
"Well if we can fly with big heaps of metal surely we can fly with feathers, right?"
"And what about the rabbit thing? Wasn't it brown before it turned to ice? You didn't even explain that part."
"Well fine Mr. Naruhodo since you're so smart go figure it out for me."
"Okay."
===REVIEW START===
TOPIC 1: DESCENT
"Now then Mr. Master, that was quite an entrance you made. SNAP - you fell from the roof. How did you do this so delicately? Clearly the answer lies in the tree out the window."
Ryuu looked out the window and saw a rope and pointed out that.
"Clearly the answer lies in the rope out the window." said Ryuu
"Yes exactly, you must have used that to climb up, but how did you get down so gently? The answer to THAT lies... in the tree." said Holmes.
"What about it?" said Master.
"You see, Mr. Master on that tree is a bird's nest. You used something from that tree... specifically from the bird's nest."
"(He's really desperate to get that tree involved, huh.)" thought Ryuu, then he noticed there was something on Master's back.
"TAKE THAT! You used something in here... specifically that parachute!"
"Exactly! This parachute is made of black material so noone could actually see it in this darkness. My first conclusion is that you climbed up to the roof on a rope and parachuted down!" said Holmes.
CONCLUSION 1: What he said
TOPIC 2: FROZEN RABBIT
"What's that in your hand by the way? A rather fluffy fellow he was, but now he is made of solid ice. However, can one really say that that is the same rabbit you had before? The thing that will tell us is that photograph on the wall." said Holmes.
"(Okay Holmes basically didn't explain any of this so I gotta solve it all on my own,)" thought Ryuu, then he noticed a tuft of the rabbit's tail was twitching.
"TAKE THAT! The thing that will tell us is the rabbit's tail," said Ryuu.
"Yes of course! It is brown, just like the one in that photograph, so this must be the same rabbit as before. Which means I guess it's not a stolen sculpture after all. But then how did it end up in this state? The answer lies... in the blue paint." said Holmes.
"I don't even want to know where you're taking this one," said Ryuu. "The point is this rabbit isn't from the museum therefore there's got to be a way to explain how he became all blue and frozen like this..."
Ryuu looked in Master's pocket and found that the magic wand was glowing blue and was very cold.
"TAKE THAT! But then how did it end up in this state? The answer lies... in the blue magic wand."
"Yes. It's glowing blue, like magic was just cast from it. Master..."
Holmes and Ryuu snapped their fingers and pointed at the magician, "you are a WIZARD!"
"...I-I'm not..."
"Spit it out."
"I'm not a wizard..."
Master threw off his mask and revealed he was actually...
"...I'm Harry."
"Who's Harry?"
"Harry Potter, I came here through time travel from Hogwarts to assassinate everyone named "Wright" so I could stop my evil enemy Phoenix Wright from ever being born."
"WAIT," said Ryuu. "My son changed his last name to Wright recently!"
"AHA," said Harry. "Japanese ancestry, of course, you must be Phoenix Wright's great grandfather! I shall murder you just for your blood ties alone!"
Harry waved his magic wand but Holmes jumped in the way, and he froze!
"NOOOOO, HOLMES!" shouted Ryuu.
"You're next," said Harry, but before he could freeze Ryuu, a giant car ran him over.
"Ryuu, get in," shouted the old man, and he took Holmes' statue and took it and Ryuu into the car and sped away, with Harry cursing behind them.
To be continued...