219 Room Service

Sherlock Holmes.

Among the aberrations born from stories, his fame was far greater than even the complete works of Lovecraft. There are many people in the world who don't know Lovecraft, but people who don't know Sherlock Holmes are exceedingly rare.

Perhaps because of that, Holmes's abilities were also quite extraordinary.

[I reconstruct the crime scene. I use rewind to check once more what happened there.]

“So you’re saying you manipulate time?”

[Not quite. I simply reconfirm how the incident unfolded through professional actors.]

Holmes, kneeling before Ian and Alisa, cocked his camera head.

[To put it simply, if I reconstruct the scene of a murder, I forcibly summon two people who have no connection to the incident. Then one of those two takes the role of the murderer, and the other the victim.]

“...What?”

[The two who are assigned roles then improvise according to their parts. They tell me exactly how the murder happened here and what conversations took place. Then I analyze their behavior patterns to determine the full story of the incident.]...