After the young man said this in a low voice, he glanced at the old prostitute not far away with her hands tied and standing like a fighting cock.
The two brothers stared at him and said "Huh?", which was regarded as a question.
"She is the third victim. If she stays here for one night, then Jack the Ripper will just attack another person... It is still impossible for me to know who Jack is. But if we let her out...
"The young man bit his lip when he said this, showing a little nervousness: "——Then as long as we keep following her, we will naturally find Jack the Ripper!"
"Yes, and as soon as we catch the Ripper, we can go out immediately." Lin Sanjiu's eyes lit up slightly, and she couldn't help but answer. For her, of course, the sooner we go out, the better: "In this case, I
Go with you."
After hearing this, the two Tudou brothers looked at each other and seemed to be thinking about something. After a few seconds, the younger brother said, "Count me in. The victim came to the door on his own initiative, which means that we may still be inseparable from the murderer."
The younger brother agreed, but the elder brother shook his head: "You can go if you like, I will stay here to sleep. No matter what he does, the killer can't kill me anyway."
Now that everyone had made up their minds, the younger brother immediately stepped forward, rummaged through the house to find a few pennies, and used them to send Annie away. As soon as she walked away, several evolutionaries followed -
Perhaps Annie's cursing voice attracted attention. Many people looked at her through the cracks in the door and behind the windows, and then shrank back.
At night in London in the 19th century, even though there were already gas street lights, they were still shrouded in cold, damp darkness. This was a slum area where countless immigrants gathered, so there were not many street lights; they shed a faint yellow light.
The light is just a little tone in the distant night, like a drop of watercolor dropped into the dark river. It doesn't shine very far before disappearing.
Anne smoked low-quality cigarettes while walking unsteadily in the alley. Whenever someone passed by her, she would stop and say hello with a dumb smile. However, unfortunately tonight, it rained
, there were heavy dark clouds in the sky. There were fewer people in the alley, and no pedestrian could be seen for a long time. Due to the sparse crowds, Lin Sanjiu and the others had to hang far behind to avoid Annie hearing their footsteps.
The night in the game is obviously much longer than the day. Anne's monotonous and messy footsteps, accompanied by the long shadow she casts, wandered in the streets like a drunkard, and never found any guests - according to the young man's information,
She is forty-seven years old this year. Even in the dim night, it is difficult to deceive the eyes of those pleasure seekers.
After walking for a long time, nothing happened, and the younger brother couldn't help but feel a little restless.
"Maybe she didn't die today," he whispered when Annie turned the corner in front, "we can't follow him every day and night -"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a woman's scream, which tore through the night sky for a long time. The three of them were startled and rushed to catch up, with Lin Sanjiu being the first to rush forward;
However, as soon as she turned into the alley, she heard a "pop" sound. The only remaining gas street lamp on the road suddenly went out, and the fragments were clearly scattered on the ground. The darkness quickly covered the street.
In the alley, several people couldn't help but stop.
A scream still echoed faintly, but the alley was empty - a few carriages were parked on the side of the road, and a few dilapidated doors were tightly closed. After looking around, it didn't look like anyone was moving anywhere.
"Where is she?" the young man asked while panting.
"Split up and look for it!" the younger brother ordered, and hurriedly rushed to the other end of the alley. His footsteps stepped on the stagnant water, and the splashing sound was particularly loud at night.
This alley is also connected to several forked roads. If Annie was dragged into a deeper and darker alley after the attack, it is not impossible - Lin Sanjiu and the young man dispersed, and she followed a
Walking along the fork in the road, I called "Annie" several times as I walked, but I never heard any response.
In the narrow and dark alley, even the last bit of daylight was strictly blocked out. Lin Sanjiu listened to his own voice slowly disappearing into the air, and groped the walls around him that were as smooth as if they were covered with moss—
-The road ahead was getting narrower and narrower, and there were still many debris piled up; she stopped hesitantly in the darkness, thought about it, and decided to go back to the alley.
As soon as she turned around, her breathing stopped.
A dark figure followed her at some point and was standing behind her, breathing heavily and blowing out bursts of white steam in the darkness.
Lin Sanjiu was horrified and took a step back. Just when he was about to strike first, he heard the other party suddenly trembling: "Don't be afraid! It's me."
Lin Sanjiu was stunned for a moment, and then she realized it was that young man.
She still tensed her muscles and asked in a low voice: "...Why are you following me?"
"I...I...I have something to show you." The young man sounded a little panicked, "I don't want to say it outside."
"Get out now," Lin Sanjiu said one word at a time, "show me what you have after you leave, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."
"What do you mean by talking to me like this?" The young man was also vaguely angry, but he just endured it. He snorted and turned away - "I really don't understand you women! You don't even think about it.
In this game, the only one you can trust is me!"
Lin Sanjiu frowned slightly and followed quickly. The two stopped at a fork in the road. She separated a few steps and asked cautiously in a low voice: "What do you mean? What do you want to show me again?"
"
Because the alley was connected to a road at the back, there was a little more light than the fork in the road. She was finally able to see clearly the appearance of the young man. When the latter was angry, his eyes seemed to hang higher, and the corners of his mouth were tight.
Sipping - As soon as his eyes fell on the alley, his anger immediately melted away, and he shuddered deeply; he took a step back, retreated into the shadows, and then took out a bag from his pocket without saying a word.
The edge of the small copper plate was slightly dented, as if it had been hit by something.
Lin Sanjiu took a closer look at the copper plate and was suddenly confused: "One penny? Why are you showing me this?"
The young man clutched the copper plate tightly and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. After hesitating for a few seconds, he said hesitantly: "...in detective novels, isn't there often that kind of plot... Let's go find it together."
The murderer, and finally found out that the murderer was one of the people around him..."
Lin Sanjiu didn't speak, but slowly moved his eyes.
"This, I found this among the fragments of the street lamp." The young man lowered his voice and looked at her almost sincerely: "...I suspect that it was this small copper plate that broke the street lamp. Do you remember
Don’t you remember, before we left, that brother found a few pennies and gave them to Annie? I, I think..."
Lin Sanjiu suddenly waved her hand at him, and before he could react, she suddenly raised her voice behind him and said, "You're back? Have you found anyone?"
The young man was startled, almost biting his tongue, and hurriedly put the coin into his trouser pocket - he felt a darkening on his shoulders, and turned his head tremblingly, just in time to face his younger brother's irregular face like a potato.
, and a pair of round, staring black eyes.
"I don't know where she went," the younger brother responded, his expression no different from before. He stared at the young man for a while, "...what are you talking about?"
"We were just discussing Jack the Ripper," Lin Sanjiu smiled as calmly as possible.
"He's just a guy who killed a few people." The younger brother also laughed, "I really don't understand how he has such a big reputation."
The young man's lips trembled and he said nothing.
Several people suddenly fell into a sudden silence.
"Since we can't find the woman, let's go back," it was the younger brother who spoke first. He scratched his chin, and with his blank expression, he was the first to walk in the direction they came from -
Lin Sanjiu and the young man looked at each other, and in unison, they fell a few steps behind and followed slowly out.
The alley was still as dark as before, and there were shallow puddles on the stone road. The footsteps of several people were lengthened by the silence. The echo of the previous step was caught up by the echo of the next step before it dispersed.
After a while, it sounded like there were more than three people walking in the alley.
"You... where are you and your brother from?" As they walked, the young man suddenly asked in a trembling voice.
Why ask this?
Lin Sanjiu was startled when she saw the younger brother turned around, glanced at the young man, and replied, "You probably haven't heard of where we came from."
The young man closed his mouth and remained silent. Several people left the alley and walked onto a road along the way. The light of the street lamps and street pubs finally dimly illuminated the wet street again. The voices of people here
It was noisy again, with twos and threes of prostitutes half-wet from the rain, their hair sticking to their scalps, still trying to talk to every passerby in embarrassment - no one seemed to hear Anne's scream.
Seeing that there were more and more people, the young man finally plucked up the courage and approached Lin Sanjiu. He had been staring closely at the figure of his younger brother in front of him, and when he saw that he was surrounded by several prostitutes and making fun of him, he quickly whispered
Said: "——Don't you understand what I mean? In this game, you can only trust me, and I can only trust you."
Lin Sanjiu raised her eyebrows suspiciously.
"Can you tell where those two brothers are from?" The young man shook his head and looked pale: "... Anyway, I can't tell. Whether they are Europeans, Asians, or even Arabs,
It seems to work. What if they are actually people in this game? Then pretend to be players... But the background here is London, England, in the 19th century, so there is only one kind of person who is probably from outside - "
Lin Sanjiu looked at his upturned red phoenix eyes and had a vague understanding.