Chapter 203 The Ripper's Real Name, Missing Origami (asking for monthly tickets)
In a remote corner of London, in a dark basement, the vent fan blades were humming and the light bulb hanging from the ceiling flickered.
The girl in school uniform tilted her head, raised the knife in her hand, and pressed it against Xia Pingzhou's neck.
Her eyes, as dark as the polar night, motionlessly examined his face. The knife had been polished to a bright shine, reflecting Xia Pingzhou's indifferent face.
While chewing an apple, he truthfully recounted a series of events that took place in the underground bar on the morning of July 26.
Before he started, he stressed that he was unaware of the situation and was tricked into going to the underground bar by hackers. As he said this, his phone vibrated.
【hacker:?】
Xia Pingzhou typed a line of words and clicked reply.
[Xia Pingzhou: Do not disturb me during the game (automatic reply)]
When talking about what happened after being dragged into "Jurassic World" by Mario, Xia Pingzhou made some artistic processing. He did not mention that he and Su Zimai had joined forces, but said that Su Zimai almost froze him to death there with the refrigerator demon in order to avenge a pee at the auction.
"That's it," the girl in school uniform looked up at him, "Can a refrigerator demon hurt you like this?"
As she spoke, she silently summoned Tianqu, and the dark red giant sickle transformed into a six-foot-long sword in mid-air, as if ready to kill.
"Didn't your Tianqu turn into a sickle?" Xia Pingzhou asked casually.
"There are two forms, one is 'Demon Sword', and the other is 'Crying Blood'." The Ripper said, "Don't change the subject."
"I was being chased by a dinosaur at the time and didn't notice that small fish." Xia Pingzhou said expressionlessly, "She released a rabbit with her magic glove and bit my back, and that's how I got the wound you saw. The rabbit's teeth were almost as sharp as a knife."
"And then?"
Xia Pingzhou said slowly, "The leader of the Ghost Train Group used the power of the movie demon to teleport me back to the underground bar, and then I ran into you and the young lady. You two know what happened afterwards, so I'm too lazy to tell you."
The Ripper thought for a moment and said, "Ke Qirui...why would she help you? Wouldn't it be better to keep you in that game world?"
"Because she has something to ask me." Xia Pingzhou paused, "Besides, if she can capture me alive and bring me back to the association, it will be a great achievement for her exorcist team, just like she didn't forget to take the red traffic light with her when she escaped."
"Oh, I almost understand."
As the Ripper spoke, she retracted the magic sword and folded the knife into her sleeve.
Xia Pingzhou was silent for a while: "Speaking of which, I have always wanted to ask you, why can you do those things so easily?"
"What do you mean?"
"Kill people, dismember them, and hang them up high as if to show off. What you did in the past was very well-known, so when I joined the brigade, I always subconsciously kept my distance from you."
"During adolescence," said the girl in school uniform, "I always need a way to vent. In order to break the rut, I found an interesting way to kill people. It just so happens that my Sky Drive is suitable for killing people and dismembering bodies."
She lowered her eyes, which were still as dark as the polar night, as if she would fall into the abyss with just one look.
Xia Pingzhou said with a sigh: "You really are bad, of course."
“I rarely do that now.”
"Has he changed his ways?"
"No, it's troublesome to make too many enemies, and killing ordinary people can no longer satisfy my Heavenly Drive. Now only demons and high-level ability users can make my Heavenly Drive continue to evolve." The Ripper turned his head and looked at him, "Why are you asking so many questions? Do you want to be the one I've disemboweled for the first time in a long time?"
"Then forget it."
"In fact, I think we're about the same."
"Where's the half and half?"
"Your eyes are very similar to mine before, the kind that...relying on your own abilities, treating life like a game, not treating the people around you as real people, so you act recklessly." The Ripper paused, "The only difference is that I took action, and you didn't."
"You have a good sense of humor." Xia Pingzhou sneered, "I joined the brigade partly to find people and partly for money. I don't have any special fetish for killing people."
"Since we've joined the Brigade, we're just birds of a feather." The Ripper said, "Let's go find the young lady. I don't know where she is, but you should know."
"Why is she like a child?"
"She is just a child and has never grown up." The girl in school uniform said, "But after the housekeeper died, she was forced to start changing."
Xia Pingzhou was silent for a moment, picked up the half apple that fell on the bed, and bit it into his mouth with a "crunch".
"What about you? Do you feel you have grown up?" he asked.
"Better than you," the Ripper said calmly.
After all, my real age is twelve. Are we comparable? Xia Pingzhou thought.
After a pause, the Ripper suddenly said, "A person who throws himself into the arms of a little girl and cries and acts like a spoiled child has no right to talk about big principles."
Xia Pingzhou was stunned for a moment: "The hacker said that?"
"Except for the captain, the entire brigade knows about it." The Ripper chuckled and looked away, "He also said that you and the young lady revealed your life stories. You are a poor, loveless, parentless little boy who is still looking for his long-lost little sister."
Xia Pingzhou took a deep breath, silently picked up the phone, typed, and sent.
【Xia Pingzhou: What about trust? 】
[Hacker: Do not disturb me during the game (automatic reply)]
【Xia Pingzhou:? 】
[Hacker: Do not disturb me during the game (automatic reply)]
In fact, Xia Pingzhou didn't think it mattered. He knew that many people in the brigade, including the leader, had doubts about his background. The hacker's publicity actually helped him, and everyone more or less reduced their suspicion of him.
"By the way, you don't seem to know my name yet." The Ripper suddenly mentioned.
"Your name isn't Jack?" Xia Pingzhou turned his head to look at her, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "The eldest lady also calls you 'Jack'."
"That's just a code name." The girl in school uniform said, "My real name is Yan Molin. The young lady said that this name is difficult to pronounce, so she usually only calls me by a code name, and I don't like others to know my real name."
She paused and said, "Even in the brigade, she is the only one who knows my real name. Everyone else who knew this name is dead."
"Then why did you tell me?"
"What do you think?" Yan Molin met his gaze.
Xia Pingzhou shook his head.
"I only consider her as a friend." Yan Molin said, "If you let her get hurt... I will kill you without hesitation even if it means ignoring the group rules."
Xia Pingzhou didn't say anything, but just looked away from her face.
"By the way, the time for the next operation has been set." Yan Molin said.
"when?"
"August 1, Norway." Yan Molin said, "Having said that, let's go find her."
"OK."
Xia Pingzhou leaned against the headboard, removing the bandages from his body while releasing the Sky Drive. Black and white streams of light emerged and slowly spun around him.
As if she understood what he wanted to do, Yan Molin did not show any guard.
He stretched out his right hand, touched a chess shadow on the circle, and summoned the stone statue of the bishop beside the bed.
The giant statue of the bishop was wearing a white robe and had his eyes lowered. He was flipping through a thick church book and reciting scriptures. Then a warm light fell from the pages of the book and slowly sprinkled on Xia Pingzhou's back, flowing like a stream on the hideous scar.
In less than half a minute, Xia Pingzhou's wounds had healed as before, and his skin was smooth as if it had never been damaged. He moved his stiff shoulders, and his bones crackled. After a moment, he quietly put on his clothes and put on a black coat.
"Gone." he said.
When he turned around, he found that the girl in black and white school uniform had disappeared. Xia Pingzhou really suspected that she had awakened some kind of invisibility ability when she was promoted to the third level. He must be on guard against this next time.
He collected his messy thoughts, took back the stone statue of the bishop, picked up the mobile phone beside the bed, and opened the commonly used Japanese messaging software - "Line".
【Xia Pingzhou: Where are you? 】
[Ayase Origami: Walking the cat, please do not disturb (automatic reply)]
Xia Pingzhou shrugged and sent a message to the hacker.
[Xia Pingzhou: Where is the young lady? ]
[Hacker: I don’t know. They say she is autistic and didn’t bring her phone. Look for her in London. I’m going to play games.]
[Hacker: Damn it, I get angry when I talk about this. I won’t introduce you to bars anymore. If you play games at home, you will be blamed.]
【Xia Pingzhou: It’s all because you’re so useless.】
Xia Pingzhou shook his head, put his cell phone into his black coat, put his hands in his pockets, walked out of the basement, and walked forward along an overly long corridor.
After a few minutes, I finally saw a staircase leading upwards.
He thought that this underground clinic was too hidden, and he didn't know who brought him to this damn place. It could be the Ripper's connections or the leader's connections. Anyway, with Ayase Origami's personality, it was impossible for her to get to know any unnecessary people.
Xia Pingzhou thought as he climbed the stairs, walked out of the underground passage, pushed open the iron door at the exit, and the moonlight hit him. What he saw was a deep alley, no one visited it, dirty and messy, with a "Do Not Enter" sign.
He walked past the sign and toward the brightly lit street, the noise of the city washing away his chaotic thoughts.
Xia Pingzhou first took a taxi back to the hotel in Westminster, opened the room with the room card in his coat, turned on the light, but did not see Ayase Origami.
Then he came to the Millennium Bridge, looked at the cruise ships on the Thames, and tried to see a girl in an ochre kimono on the deck, but still to no avail.
Finally, Xia Pingzhou turned over, leaned his back against the bridge railing, and looked sideways at the South Bank of London while enjoying the evening breeze. The huge Ferris wheel was turning in the night, emitting warm light. A strong wind came down from the sky above the city, blowing up his hair.
He was slightly stunned: "It can't be there..."
So he moved and headed for the southern amusement park. At the door, he saw a child with an envious face, so he put his arm around his shoulders, approached the ticket seller, lied that this was his son, and wanted to take him in to find his mother, and then use the price of the parent-child ticket to enter the amusement park.
The child nodded to him in gratitude with tears streaming down his face.
Xia Pingzhou just squatted down, touched his head, and told him that if he met a woman named Tongzizhu in the future, he could just call her mother.
After walking for a while, Xia Pingzhou stopped in front of the Ferris wheel, looked up, and with his extraordinary dynamic vision, he observed every brightly lit carriage in the night.
After a while, he saw a girl in an ochre-red kimono. She was sitting alone in one of the carriages, staring blankly at the huge clock tower in the distance.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
