Chapter 112: The Ripper, Deadline of Death, Enemies (asking for monthly ticket)

"Get up."

As a cold voice reached his ears, the eyelids of the second machine, Xia Pingzhou, trembled slightly, and he slowly woke up from the bed in the attic.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Ayase Origami sitting on the windowsill reading a collection of haiku.

The moonlight gave her silhouette a cool silver edge.

Ji Minghuan was about to speak when a black and white task prompt box suddenly popped up in front of him.

[Main Mission 2: Lurk in the White Crow Brigade and wait for an opportunity to kill the second member - "Jack the Ripper". ]

[This mission has reached a time limit: If you fail to complete "Main Mission 2" before September 1, 2020, Unit 2 will be automatically destroyed.]

Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at the deadline of the task.

The sudden death deadline did not cause much trouble in his heart. "If I fail to complete this mission, I will die. This is ridiculous... But I have been given a month and a half, which is plenty of time. By that time, my second machine should have grown to the strength of a 'disaster level'."

"Even if the Ripper is promoted to a third-level exorcist, he can only be a disaster-level like me at most. I will never have an opponent at the same level." Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan got up from the mattress and put on the Nike sneakers beside him.

"Takikage prepared dinner for you, and there are people downstairs."

After saying that, Ayase Origami fell from the windowsill and went downstairs before him.

Ji Minghuan quietly watched her silhouette leave, then stood up from the bed, walked to the stairs, and slowly went downstairs. Every step was accompanied by a "creaking" sound, and the old wooden stairs still made people feel insecure when stepping on them.

When he arrived at the first floor, he raised his eyebrows slightly and saw that the door of the cafe was closed. There were three guests playing cards around a table. The three guests sitting on the sofa were all acquaintances.

Member No. 11, An Luns, the slot machine boy.

An Lance was still wearing a British suit today, and his blond and blue-eyed face was very eye-catching.

Member No. 7, Robert, has a mechanical box head.

Robert was wearing a white shirt and still had a square mechanical box on his head.

Member No. 2, Jack the Ripper.

He was still wearing the black and white Japanese high school uniform, and his eyes were as dark as the polar night in the north.

At this moment, Ayase Origami was sitting next to the Ripper, giving her advice expressionlessly: "To seven."

"Ten against."

The Ripper ignored her and was about to play a card, but Ayase Origami used her supernatural power to jam the card in her hand, preventing it from leaving her fingers.

"Right against seven, or you lose." Ayase Origami said again in a flat tone.

The Ripper raised his eyes from his hand and replied disapprovingly: "I can think for myself. Don't use your supernatural power to control my card play, otherwise... I will dig your eyes out."

Ayase Origami didn't care.

"Hey... you are not allowed to ask for outside help. Isn't this bullying?" Robert scratched the head of the mechanical box and accused the two of their behavior in a metallic voice.

An Lun Si didn't take it seriously and smiled, "It's okay. Miss Ayase's level would only make things worse."

Hearing this, Ayase Origami looked up at An Lun Si and said coldly: "Slot machine, you go away next time, I will take your place."

An Lun Si raised his lips and said, "Don't bully me. It's a rare opportunity for me to be a guest at your cafe. Also, my name is not 'Slot Machine', but An Lun Si."

"Explode." The Ripper threw four cards on the table.

"Yes." Ann Luns shrugged.

"Yes." Robert shook his head.

Ji Minghuan stood quietly at the stairs, curiously observing the four people on the sofa. Before this, he didn't know that Ayase Origami and the Ripper had a good relationship?

Just then, Oda Takikage, wearing a butler's uniform, came out of the kitchen and handed him a cup of hot milk and a baguette with a hot dog in it.

"Mr. Xia Ping Zhou, your dinner." Oda Takikage said lightly.

"Thank you." Ji Minghuan took the baguette and milk, took a sip of the hot milk, and then asked Oda Takikage: "The relationship between No. 3 and No. 2... is good?"

As he said this, his eyes were fixed on Ayase Origami and Ripper.

Ayase Origami sat on the armrest of the sofa, keeping her eyes down at the Ripper's hand, her drooping black hair gently scratching the Ripper's cheek.

Oda Takikage nodded: "When we need to work in groups, Miss and Miss Ripper are always in a group. They have a good understanding of each other...Except for you, Miss Ripper should be the member with whom Miss has the best relationship in the group."

"There's no need to 'except me'. I've only been in the group for a few days, so I don't have that good of a relationship with the eldest lady."

Ji Minghuan said this expressionlessly, took a bite of his hot dog baguette, and looked back at the main quest.

[Main Mission 2: Lurk in the White Crow Brigade and wait for an opportunity to kill the second member - "Jack the Ripper" (Time limit: September 1). ]

Looking at the blood-red text on the panel, he raised his eyebrows and thought with interest:

"When I kill the Ripper, what will this mafia lady think of me? She won't doubt her life by then, because her cat scratched her best team member to death."

In fact, until tonight, Ji Minghuan had thought: He seemed to be able to take advantage of Ayase Origami's interpersonal relationship - this gangster lady didn't have much common sense, so she was taking care of him.

In this way, the fact that the Ripper was killed would be exposed to the members of the brigade, and the leader would mobilize the members to hunt him down.

Well, in addition to the "White Wolf" who has been confirmed to be available, he also has "Ayase Origami" as his backer in the brigade.

And for the sake of these two members, the team leader might give Ji Minghuan a chance to explain.

Then Ji Minghuan would not necessarily have to turn against them, but could try to use the relationship between Bai Tanlang and Firion to lead them to the base of the Savior Society.

But now it seems... this idea is no longer valid.

Once Xia Pingzhu kills the Ripper, Ayase Origami will most likely not stand on his side.

First, the regiment’s rules and regulations were placed there;

Second, Ayase Origami and the Ripper have a good relationship. This young lady is very protective of her people, treats outsiders like grass, and protects the people around her in every way.

Relying solely on Bai Tanlang, at most Xia Pingzhou can escape from the brigade's pursuit.

Thinking about it this way, it is indeed impossible to utilize the power of the White Crow Brigade... Unless I can find clues about the restricted-level psychic No. 1001 that the "Blood Descendants" are looking for in the Savior Society.

After killing the Ripper, I will throw clue No. 1001 to the blood descendants... and let this old vampire woman stand on my side.

Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan slowly walked towards the group of people.

He took a sip of milk and asked Jack the Ripper who was concentrating on playing cards:

"No. 2, are you taking good care of my heart?"

"What else?" Without even looking up, the Ripper threw two playing cards onto the table. "Five of a kind."

"Newbie, stop asking such boring questions." An Lunsi raised his head and curled his lips at Ji Minghuan, "Come and play cards with us."

After saying that, he threw the last two cards in his hand onto the table and said with a smile, "I win again."

"Kick him away." Ayase Origami pulled the Ripper's sleeve.

"Indeed, we have never won with No. 11 here." Robert scratched the box's head.

An Lunsi raised the corner of his mouth: "No matter what, I am still the number one gambler in Britain. Only the captain can discipline me, otherwise I would not be sitting here playing cards with you."

He paused and glanced at his phone. "By the way, Lan Duoduo and Andrew said they will be coming over later. Should we go find some fun? I heard that there is a powerful dragon-level psychic in Tokyo's underground arena. We can get a lot of rewards if we kill him."

Robert said, "The auction is about to start. Be patient. You will have the chance to make a killing."

"Make room." Ayase Origami said to An Lance.

"Okay, okay, then play, young lady."

With a smile on his face, An Luns looked at his phone and stood up to make room for Ayase Origami.

Robert looked up and said to Ji Minghuan, "Newcomer, I'm tired too, you come."

"oh."

Ji Minghuan sat on the sofa, face to face with the Ripper.

Ayase Origami also sat down. A strange light flashed in her empty eyes. Then all the cards scattered on the table floated up and stacked neatly together, as if an invisible big hand was controlling them to shuffle automatically.

The Ripper crossed her shoulders and looked coldly at the deck of cards that were automatically shuffled in mid-air. She said:

"Don't use your supernatural powers to deal cards. Just use your hands honestly. Who knows if you will cheat?"

"Shut up," Ayase Origami said expressionlessly, "I'm glad I'm willing to deal the cards."

After saying that, she used her supernatural power to deal the cards. The cards floated in the air and flew into the hands of three people in a round. In less than two seconds, more than fifty playing cards were evenly divided.

Ji Minghuan glanced at the cards in his hand, then looked up at the Ripper. He asked:

"No. 2, I want to ask you something. I'm going to be at level 2 soon. Which demon do you think is more cost-effective to contract?"

"I don't have a contracted demon." The Ripper replied.

Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows: "Is your Sky Drive still empty?"

"I don't need a contracted demon." The Ripper looked down at the cards. "My Sky Drive can evolve by killing people. As it evolves, my physical fitness will also improve. I only need this one ability: to be fast enough and strong enough to kill all opponents."

She paused and said, "Contracting with the devil might affect the purity of the Sky Drive mechanism. I don't want to take this risk, and there is no need for it. So you don't need to ask me for reference. Why not ask Andrew?"

It sounds like the Ripper is taking a purely physical approach: relying on killing to continuously evolve her physical strength. As a quasi-catastrophic-level character, I wonder if her speed can match that of her big brother?

If so, then the big brother would be at a huge disadvantage, and even his speed, which he was so proud of, would not be a decisive advantage...

But for me, this is definitely good news. Since the Ripper does not have so many special abilities, after a month, I can rely on the SkyDrive mechanism to firmly restrict her physical abilities and find a way to defeat her.

Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan picked out two Js from his hand and said as he played:

"This Tokyo auction will be open for admission on the evening of the 20th, and will officially begin at the early morning of the 21st. In other words... there are less than two days left, and the team leader hasn't arrived in Japan yet?"

An Luns leaned on the sofa, took a sip of hot coffee, and said with a smile: "The captain is such a person. You never know what he is thinking until the last second." He paused, "You will get used to it... Welcome to the White Crow Brigade."

"Didn't the captain give any instructions?" Ji Minghuan thought for a moment and asked again.

"Of course." said Anluns.

"What instructions?" Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows slightly and turned his head to look at An Luns.

"Kill all the people in the auction without leaving a single one alive." An Luns said with a smile.

At this moment, Ji Minghuan's ten cards suddenly floated up as if possessed.

He looked at the cards floating in the air, raised his head, and looked at Ayase Origami expressionlessly: "What?"

"Just play cards and focus." Ayase Origami said indifferently, and then put the four kings in her hand on the table, "Bomb."

"oh."

Ji Minghuan nodded, and then the cards flying in the air slowly floated back into his hand.

"King bomb."

After saying these two words, he threw the king and joker of his hand onto the table together, and the points exceeded Ayase Origami's bomb.

Ayase Origami was silent for half a second, then looked up at Ji Minghuan, her eyes so empty that they seemed to be able to eat people.

"We are a team." She said word by word.

As soon as he finished speaking, all the cards in Ji Minghuan's hand flew up again, dancing in the air above the cafe.

For a moment he had nothing in his hands, so he raised them and said somewhat unhappily:

"So what?"

"Huff." Ayase Origami said coldly.

At this moment, the Ripper put down the cards on the table, summoned SkyDrive, and inserted the dark red dagger into the table with an expressionless face.

Cracks spread across the tabletop. She raised her eyes, which were as dark as the polar night, glanced at Ayase Origami, then at Xia Pingzhou, and then said expressionlessly:

"How about adding a few rules? Whoever loses will lose an internal organ. I don't mind digging out all of your internal organs right now as a bet."

"Smith-Masai." "Gomenasse."

Xia Ping Zhou and Ayase Origami surrendered at the same time. They lowered their eyes and played their cards expressionlessly, like two obedient artificial intelligences.

(End of this chapter)