So much happened in such a short timespan - the Professor Killings being solved after so many years after it had gone cold, the deception of Judge Jigoku from Japan, Kazuma's father being cleared when he had been framed for being the killer in the Professor case and sentenced to death - leaving Kazuma with no family.

But the manipulation and corruption of the English courts and judicial system at the hands of Mael Stronghart was wholly unprecedented. The final push to prove that the corrupt Lord Chief Justice was the one pulling the strings behind everything seemed to be futile despite the overwhelming pieces of evidence Kazuma and Ryunosuke had, but it wasn't enough unless they could prove it beyond reasonable doubt and speculation, even when the man stepped in as the presiding judge to sway the case in his favour and cover the truth.

Then came Herlock Sholmes, via a new technological advancement - a hologram - declaring that he had been broadcasting the entire trial to the Queen, which then led to it being decreed that Mael Stronghart would lose all political power and be tried for his crimes publicly; damaging his reputation and being subsequently arrested.

However, with Ryunosuke and Susatio returning to Japan - Herlock was preoccupied with various letters regarding his hologram stunt, but clearly weary of such enquiries of his dubbed 'Remote Cinematograph'.

"-but I'm no purveyor of electrical goods!" He exclaimed, seated at his desk. "And what of the promised closed court secrecy?!"

He then released a deep sigh before his head fell back, his eyes closed.

"I've decided it - an absence from London is in order. A sojourn in distant climes - perhaps to the Empire of Japan..."