What a bad idea, he thought.
Come to think of it, Huaying has generously released limited-edition peripherals, so how could fans not buy in? Even if some fans only watch the anime and don’t read the comics, they will buy a copy just to take the paper figurine home!
Even though he was resentful, he looked at the long queue in front of him and obediently lined up at the end of the line.
Seeing the large pile of comic book magazines on the counter of the bookstore dwindling rapidly, accompanied by a loud "Boss, give me ten!", Luo Gaofeng could not help but look up and glared at the other party fiercely - but the boy who received his glare not only did not restrain himself, but gave him a smug look.
Luo Gaofeng: …
This is crazy!
Luo Gaofeng thought angrily, completely forgetting that just ten minutes ago, he was also one of those who wanted to "buy eight or ten magazines at a time". However, considering the other customers who were eyeing him eagerly, as well as the number of magazines left in front of him, he finally bought only one and left in shame.
After returning home, Luo Gaofeng immediately opened the outer transparent packaging.
Just as Huaying had predicted, the inaugural issue of "Huaying Comics" came with a set of bookmarks from the "My Hero Academia" series. The four bookmarks from the same series correspond to All Might, Izuku Midoriya, Shoto Todoroki, and Bakugo Katsuki.
The official art design of Huaying is naturally impeccable. Not only that, the quality of this set of bookmarks is also excellent. They are not cheap bookmarks as many people think. Whether it is the appearance or the feel of holding a corner of the bookmark, if you put it in the peripheral market outside, it is definitely worth more than 10 credit points.
Whether the comic is good or not is another matter, but based on the quality of the bookmark in front of me, these 10 credit points are definitely worth it!
He played with the bookmark for a while, and then carefully saved it. After doing all this, he finally remembered the "Huaying Comics" that he had thrown aside, and his eyes fell on the comic magazine forgotten on the coffee table.
Luo Gaofeng saw the person on the cover at a glance.
The man leaned casually on an armchair, his slender white fingers casually strumming the dark brown violin. The late sunlight reflected on his slightly protruding jaw, casting a layer of warm soft light.
He knew this character.
As a die-hard fan of Huaying, he learned about this comic, which was said to be written by Mu Suxing himself, from the Internet long before the release of Huaying Comics. For this reason, although he had not read the comic yet, Luo Gaofeng knew clearly that the character in front of him was the protagonist of the comic written by Mu Suxing, Sherlock Holmes.
At first glance, he is a male god type protagonist.
Judging from the character design, this shouldn't be a hardcore mystery comic, right? Luo Gaofeng thought casually.
For him, this is good news - after all, he is not a fan of mystery themes, and has no interest in serious hard-core reasoning. In comparison, this kind of comics that focuses on character design and overall fun are more in line with his preferences and aesthetics.
When you read comics, you just want to be entertained. Why use your brain? Isn't it enough to just watch the handsome protagonist solve the case easily
With this mood as if he was watching a popcorn movie, Luo Gaofeng looked at the table of contents for a while and jumped directly to the page of "Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet".
The facts seemed to be just as he had guessed.
Without too much introduction, the comic goes straight into the plot at the beginning—
On the overgrown battlefield, the sound of cannonballs was heard constantly. Amid the smoke and chaos, a young military doctor was hit by a cannonball in the shoulder. He was sent to the hospital after being safely evacuated.
John Watson, a young military doctor who had recovered from the hospital, was planning to rent a few cheap houses when his friend mentioned another person who was also troubled by the rent. When John said that he might be the person that person was looking for, his friend looked at him in surprise:
"You don't know Sherlock Holmes yet, do you?" The friend shook his head, his expression rather subtle: "Otherwise you would not be willing to get along with him all the time."
He spoke so confidently that Luo Gaofeng, like Watson in the comics, became very interested in it.
What kind of person is Sherlock Holmes, and why do the other characters in the comics seem to... not like him
Luo Gaofeng thought of Sherlock Holmes on the cover.
“Doesn’t the character on the cover look quite gentle…” He muttered to himself as he continued reading.
Soon, with the introduction of this friend, Watson met Holmes, who was about to become his roommate. After briefly explaining each other's shortcomings and requirements for roommates, the two reached a consensus and officially moved into 221 Baker Street.
In just a few frames, Luo Gaofeng quickly realized how far his assumptions were from the facts.
He thought that Holmes, who would close his eyes and play the violin quietly, should be a person with a good taste in life, but it was obviously not the case. Outside of work, Holmes seemed to be a wooden man, lying quietly on the sofa in the living room, doing nothing and saying nothing.
As for the violin, that was an even more unpleasant misunderstanding - it was not that he could not play classical pieces, but Holmes obviously had no interest in playing ordinary pieces. For this reason, he often played some inexplicable, weird and harsh pieces until Watson began to get impatient - then he would play a few pieces that the other person liked as a comfort and compensation.
What a weirdo.
As Luo Gaofeng thought about it, he became more interested in this character.
The plot of the comic book gets to the point on a quiet morning. Watson sits on the sofa, waiting for the breakfast prepared by the landlady, and feels ridiculous about an article in the newspaper: "This is really the most boring article I have ever seen."
"Which article?"
"This is ridiculous," said Watson. "You can clearly reveal a person's occupation by observing various things? I would like to try to lock the author of this article in a railway carriage and ask him to tell me the occupations of other people on the train. I am willing to bet with him, even a thousand to one."
"Then you will lose," Holmes said calmly, "I wrote this article."
The scene was very embarrassing for a while.
Luo Gaofeng was not affected by the awkward atmosphere in the comic. Instead, he was intrigued by the contradictions in the topics of the two protagonists: just by observing a person's clothing, appearance, words and deeds, one can quickly judge the other person's origins. Does such a perverted observation ability really exist
He vaguely realized that what this comic would show next might be Holmes' special talent as a detective.
"I remember telling you that I knew you were from Afghanistan—"
"Did anyone tell you?"
"That's not the case," Holmes briefly denied the other party's statement. His eyes were no longer staring blankly at the opposite wall, but his expression became focused. "From your work style, you have the bearing of a medical worker, but also the temperament of a soldier. It can be seen that you are a military doctor."
"Your face is dark, but the skin on your wrist is distinctly black and white. This is obviously not your original skin color, and it also means that you have just returned from the tropics. Your haggard face shows that you have not yet recovered from your serious injuries. Your left hand is stiff and inconvenient when you move, which obviously means that your arm has been injured. Putting these things together, the final conclusion is only one - you are from the battlefield in Afghanistan."
Watson was skeptical.
Luo Gaofeng outside the comics couldn't help but whistle - compared to the unrealistic or non-existent golden fingers in other comics, the setting in this comic was obviously more in line with his wishes and more handsome - as a detective, Sherlock Holmes knew everything.
Readers always prefer characters with superior IQ, and Luo Gaofeng is no exception.
When Watson said that Holmes was like the detective in his favorite novel, Holmes curled his lips and said contemptuously that such a comparison was an insult to him. Watson began to feel annoyed. With the mentality of making things difficult for him, he pointed to a passing messenger outside the window and said: "Do you know who he is?"
Holmes raised his eyes and glanced at the passers-by outside the window.
Just one glance.
Without silence or hesitation, he said, "You mean the retired Marine sergeant?"
Watson remained silent, but in his heart he mercilessly labeled the other party as arrogant. Just when he was about to end this meaningless topic that would only make himself more annoyed, the messenger who was outside the window a few seconds ago actually came up.
The letter was addressed to Sherlock Holmes.
This was obviously a good opportunity - to expose the other party's nonsense and curb his arrogance.
Watson was a little annoyed at first, but this intention made his expression friendly, and he asked the messenger: "Young man, what is your occupation?"
"I'm a postman, sir."
Then Watson laughed.
He glanced at his indifferent companion intentionally or unintentionally, as if to prove something: "What about the past? What did you do in the past?"
"Sergeant, sir. I served in the Royal Marines." With that, the messenger tapped his heels, saluted, and turned away.
The last shot of the comic freezes on the back of the messenger who doesn’t even turn his head back.
The first episode of "A Study in Scarlet" ended here, but Luo Gaofeng was a little dazed.
Although he knew from the beginning that the protagonist was the protagonist because he was omnipotent, when he really followed the plot and saw Holmes's understated analysis... or more accurately, when he used his skillful observation skills to identify people's occupations at a glance, Luo Gaofeng still couldn't help feeling amazed.
Nowadays, whether in novels or comic magazines, passionate and exciting battles are the real mainstream. In comparison, there are very few works that use high IQ as a selling point, and even fewer that depict outstanding battles of wits.
To put it bluntly, after being used to seeing protagonists showing off by using force, when readers see Sherlock Holmes sitting on the sofa and easily seeing through other people, they subconsciously put themselves in the shoes of the protagonist and suddenly feel an inexplicable sense of superiority.
Coming back to his senses from the plot, Luo Gaofeng suddenly felt a little resentful: "This ending is too suspenseful, why is it stuck here!"
He also wanted to see Watson's reaction!