[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes":3,"chapter-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-136":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","HP: I AM SHERLOCK HOLMES",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1879826,2495,"Chapter 136: 0136 The Problems","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-136",136,"\u003Cp>\"My dear fellow, it's just a trip to Surrey—you really don't need to come along. Don't you trust my driving skills?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holmes, of course I trust your driving. It's just that I don't want to miss this rare opportunity to get out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just a small town. What's so interesting about it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can't say that. It's my daughter's first time visiting a friend's house, and it's only natural for me as her father to go along and see. If I remember correctly, when Sherlock went there during Christmas break last time, didn't your wife go with him too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Violet drove them that time—I didn't go along.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then this time I can drive the children there, and you can rest at home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can't handle my car.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's why I'm coming with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere in the car became somewhat awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione sat in the back seat, her gaze wandering between Mr. Holmes, who was driving, and her father, who was sitting in the passenger seat arguing heatedly with flushed cheeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to look at Sherlock beside her, her eyes full of confusion, momentarily at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock's decision was certainly sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since owl post—the usual method of communication—was being intercepted, they might as well go directly to Privet Drive to find Harry in person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Sherlock had said, this was the Muggle world, and problems that magic couldn't solve had to be addressed using Muggle methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after all, they were both minors, and this situation was completely different from their previous simple visit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So even though both were excellent young wizards, to travel to a town forty kilometers away, adult supervision was essential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Sherlock had thoughtfully requested his father's help rather than his mother's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Mr. Holmes's abilities were sufficient to handle any problems that might arise during the journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Sherlock's father, Mr. Holmes was naturally delighted to hear his son's request and agreed without hesitation to serve as his son's driver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both mothers had nodded in agreement without any objection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Mr. Granger had raised an objection and insisted on coming along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the situation had evolved into its current state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione shook her head helplessly, no longer wanting to deal with the argument between her father and Sherlock's father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leaned slightly toward Sherlock and asked in a lowered voice, \"Harry won't be in trouble, will he? Can't you deduce something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My dear friend, I think you've misunderstood something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Hermione's words, Sherlock explained somewhat helplessly, \"Although in most cases I can deduce what happened based on the results, that doesn't mean I can predict the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, looking at Hermione's concerned expression, and added,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, I remember telling you before that reasoning without sufficient evidence is always a very dangerous thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But didn't you just deduce that our letters to Harry were intercepted? Doesn't that mean Harry is already in danger?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's just one possibility.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then tell me quickly, what other possibilities are there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the rearview mirror, Mr. Granger saw his daughter whispering with Sherlock in the back seat, his expression growing increasingly grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when he saw his daughter looking eager and proactive while that boy seemed indifferent, his anger flared even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That boy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, he couldn't help but snort through his nose to vent his dissatisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Holmes, who was driving, glanced at Mr. Granger in the passenger seat with his peripheral vision, his mouth curving slightly upward, secretly finding it amusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he didn't say anything, just kept his hands steady on the steering wheel, driving both smoothly and quickly, as if all the turmoil in the car had nothing to do with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were two fathers with completely different mindsets in the same situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, dozens of kilometers away at 4 Privet Drive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry was troubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last Christmas, at Sherlock's insistence, he had visited the Dursley family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides obtaining photos of Harry's mother Lily from her youth from Aunt Petunia, Sherlock had selected appropriate Christmas gifts for the Dursley family,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Special weight-loss pills, anti-hair-loss shampoo, and Chocolate Frogs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of which, the anti-hair-loss shampoo was actually a Potter family product.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giving it to Uncle Vernon could be considered self-production and self-marketing in a broad sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both the shampoo and weight-loss pills had shown good results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the shampoo, which made Uncle Vernon look several years younger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely for this reason that Harry's treatment at the Dursley house this summer was considerably better than in previous years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for this, Harry was certain that the moment he arrived home, Uncle Vernon would have locked his spell books, wand, robes, cauldron, and state-of-the-art Nimbus 2000 broomstick in the small, dark cupboard under the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place where he had lived for ten years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Harry had his own bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Uncle Vernon's attitude toward him remained rough, and he would still roar at Harry because of Hedwig returning from her early morning hunts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Aunt Petunia would still speak sarcastically when talking to him, saying things that weren't very pleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Harry already felt thankful for his current treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what surprised Harry most was his cousin Dudley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Harry himself couldn't believe that this cousin, who had once bullied him most severely, had actually become the person in the entire Dursley household who now treated him best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the reason...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, it was because of the special weight-loss pills Sherlock had given last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Dudley had continued his consistently domineering style from elementary school after entering middle school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, now that he was a middle school student, he wouldn't go so far as to pull down someone's pants in public and help them pull them back up after they urinated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But relying purely on violence was no longer enough to let him lord it over the campus as he had in elementary school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this age, appearance had become an important standard for evaluating a person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this situation, the existence of weight-loss pills became particularly useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, it was because of the pile of snacks Sherlock had given Harry when parting at King's Cross Station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, Harry hadn't understood Sherlock's intention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after entering the summer vacation, he quickly caught on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Dudley, foods like Chocolate Frogs and Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans were simply a attack from another world compared to the snacks he used to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even snacks like Cockroach Clusters, which made Harry feel disturbed just looking at them, were gladly accepted by Dudley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this perspective, he might have a lot in common with Dumbledore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, these two things had caused Dudley's attitude toward his cousin Harry to change dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even his way of addressing Harry had changed to the more intimate \"Harry.\" From the previous….well… 'Freak'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever this happened, Harry would think more and more fondly of Sherlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his letters to Sherlock, he had specifically mentioned this and expressed sincere gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this happy feeling didn't last long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because not long ago, he suddenly felt abandoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been a full two weeks since the holidays began, and except for the first few days, he did not get letters from his friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Cho Chang, far away in her home country, had shared some experiences with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from a certain moment on, Sherlock, Ron, Hermione, and other classmates from the magic school had suddenly cut off contact with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single letter had been sent to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Harry feel as if he had lost contact with the magical world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Harry had tried more than once to communicate with his friends through Hedwig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, each time the letter was sent out, there was never any reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Harry had just thought they had forgotten to reply, or possibly didn't want to reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after mixing with Sherlock for a whole year, Harry had made some progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discovering something was wrong, he specifically requested in every letter he sent out—\"Please reply if received.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even after doing all this, he still hadn't received a reply from even one person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry immediately realized something was fishy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, without a word, he told Sherlock about his situation in detail and asked for his help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he had Hedwig deliver the letter three times in a row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this was completely useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each letter he sent seemed to sink into the ocean without any response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This immediately made Harry certain that he was definitely in trouble—big trouble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the person who had known Sherlock earliest at school...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione: 0_0\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, the earliest person to know Sherlock besides Hermione.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Harry had learned from Sherlock wasn't just stealth and fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He noticed that although Hedwig returned empty-clawed every day, the time seemed too quick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock's house wasn't too far away, Hermione's house wasn't close, and Ron's house was very distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter who Harry wrote to, the time Hedwig took to return was almost the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reminded him of something Sherlock had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you eliminate all impossibilities, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, his letters were being intercepted?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Harry really wished he could speak to birds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he could directly ask Hedwig what exactly was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, he couldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry had tried to think of solutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had specifically instructed Hedwig to fly slower so he could secretly tail her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But each time ended in failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without being able to use magic, he was just an ordinary 12-year-old boy who couldn't walk very far alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had also thought about asking Uncle Vernon to drive him to track Hedwig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Uncle Vernon refused to agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Intercepting your letters? Who would do such a boring thing? If someone really did that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing what Harry said, Uncle Vernon ruthlessly mocked him directly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should thank them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can read more than 30 chapters on:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>patreon.com\u002FMikeyMuse\u003C\u002Fp>",1664,"2026-06-10T06:27:24.273Z",1,"novelbin.me","848c76a8cb4318d92c39bb82288a25610b0e6a320c568ed797f481c3fb1a4dc5","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-137","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-135",637,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-cover.jpg"]