Xiao Yan flipped through the police case files one by one, and in the past two days, they had tried to ambush the Ripper twice and repelled two attacks by different teams of contractors. Even with the help of the police, gangsters, and JOJO's companions, the Tianwen team still got nothing.

The pressured Gothic police mobilized a large number of officers to search the city, vowing to catch the horrific murderer. Even the manpower of a vase like Sonya was mobilized.

"That's not going to work. We need more intelligence. Xiao Yan's fingers lightly clasped the table, "Although we have won all three battles, because of the interruption of these guys, our side quest has made no progress. ”

"It's just a side quest." Sonia smiled and handed him a cup of coffee, "Don't worry. ”

"Thank you." Xiao Yan took a sip of bitter coffee and cheered up his tired spirit, "I have a bad premonition. The dark forces behind this side quest are incredibly powerful, and if we don't find out the truth as soon as possible, there may be an extremely terrifying event. ”

Gothic City Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, not to be taken lightly!

"The eleventh victim has already appeared today." Joshua on the side said, "The murderer even killed two people at once last night. Until then, he had been alone every day. ”

"What a disgusting lunatic." Roze said in disgust.

"Why did you kill two people last night?" Galadia and Roze were trying on clothes one by one, "This kind of serial perverted murderer's actions often follow a certain pattern. ”

"Master Griffith~ I'm wondering," Joshua said hesitantly, "what is the motive behind this monster-like act of a ripper?" What is the essence of his actions? ”

"Oh?"

"I speculated on several possibilities. Pure homicidal maniac? This is not the case in terms of the coherence of his actions and the characteristics of the target group, otherwise he would not have singled out prostitutes. So is it the abhorrence of the very existence of prostitutes? If this was the original intention of his actions, the Ripper's own background and experience would be inextricably linked to the profession of a prostitute. Joshua struggled to say what he thought, "The shadow of childhood, the purity of faith, or the ripper himself being the son of a prostitute?" ”

"There is some truth, but this portrait is still too vague." Galadia nodded, "And don't forget that there are supernatural powers in this world. It cannot be measured by the norms of the world in which we live. ”

"That's true. The heads and internal organs of the victims were all taken away, and I couldn't help but associate the whole incident with the cult's rituals. Joshua said, "The despair and fear that solidify on the faces of the dead, and the hearts of the victims, are the favorite food of the legendary evil gods." ”

Flora and Mel sat up straight and shrank back.

"Judging by the successive appearances of one victim after another, this possibility cannot be ruled out. For some reason, the ripper sped up his actions. Xiao Yan stood up, "It's likely that the powerhouses of this world, including the Night Stalker and King Sanjay, have already made a move, putting pressure on his plans. ”

"With such a tight city-wide patrol, it will be difficult for us to intervene." Sonia walked up to Galadia and Roze, and together they chose their evening dresses.

Tonight, Sonia was arranged to attend a charity ball at the Intercontinental Hotel, where the Tianwen team was also in charge of the security work.

……

After sending away the fifth playboy who had come to invite her to dance, Sonia finally got a moment of relaxation, leaning on the handrail and looking at the gorgeously dressed crowd in the hall below.

Xiao Yan, Jialadiya, and Luo Ze also gathered in the hotel, bored and wandering around. Joshua and the others were scattered around the perimeter to monitor the situation.

With almost the entire city of police and a large number of superheroes already on their way to the Ripper-infested Downtown, the Tianwen team has little desire to make a move, after all, who knows how many teams of contractors and dangerous enemies lurk in the darkness and wait for an opportunity.

Although Xiao Yan doesn't plan to give up the side quest just like that, safety comes first. With this in mind, the Tianwen team was quite relaxed and patrolled around the inside and outside of the hotel.

Xiao Yan walked around and came to Sonya's side, and asked sideways, "Mr. William Musk didn't come to the ball, I thought it was of a very high standard!" ”

"For a playboy of his level, being able to attend for ten minutes is already a big face." Sonia looked thoughtfully at the tall boy's arm.

"It's a shame I can't dance with you this time." Xiao Yan shrugged regretfully, "There is too much gap between our identities in this world. ”

"Hmph~" The girl smiled, "Let's go out next time you come to Hong Kong Island." Well, wait a minute, Griffith, I have a question in mind. ”

"How?"

"Don't you think our status level after entering this world is a little too low?" Sonia said uncertainly, "Probationary Inspector is a high status relative to civilians, but it is only the lowest rank of command order, and it is too small compared to the power I can use before. ”

Indeed it is. After the girl said this, Xiao Yan also felt a little special. Aside from the few gangsters that Galadia has accumulated, the resources that the Tianwen team can use in this world are pitiful, could it be that there are some clues hidden in this?

"What's wrong with this headmaster?" Luo Ze, who had come back from a round tour, came to the two of them, quietly pointed to a small group of people nearby, and asked softly, "I think he is suspicious!" ”

Not far from them, several gentlemen gathered together and whispered, and one of them, a balding gentleman, looked around in obvious distraction.

"Huh?" Sonia tilted her head to look, "That extremely clever gentleman is Dr. Duncan, the president of Gothic University, and the one with whom he used to dance was the socialite Lady Helen, a very wealthy widow. She is said to have many friends and lovers among celebrities from all walks of life. ”

"There's nothing suspicious~" Sonia explained with a smile, "It's just that his dance partner, Ms. Helen, went to the dressing room for a while and didn't come back." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Yan's heart was filled with an unspeakable uneasiness, and he asked vigilantly, "How long has it been since Ms. Helen walked away?" ”

"It's been a while, almost twenty minutes."

Xiao Yan put down the drink in his hand and turned his head and rushed to the dressing room, "Galadia, come with me, let's go find Ms. Helen." Sonya, Roze, you stay here! ~”

Without waiting for his teammates to ask, Xiao Yan rushed through the corridor and opened the oak door of the dressing room.

"What happened?" Galadia followed.

It was rude for a man to burst into the women's dressing room, but Galadia believed that Xiao Yan had a reason to follow suit.

The two of them were stunned as soon as they entered the door. There was a strong smell of blood in the room, and a gorgeously dressed lady fell to the ground next to the door.

"She's still alive. Just fainted. Is she Ms. Helen? No, there are still people in there. Galadia examined the lady on the ground for a moment, and then took out the longbow.

"Roze, do you hear me, go around the outside to the window on the outside of the dressing room, but don't face the window." Xiao Yan said in a deep voice in the team channel, "Sonya, leave the lobby and mobilize police forces to come and support." Joshua, you gather the others to protect Sonya. ”

Galadia raised her longbow and exchanged glances with Xiao Yan. From the innermost compartment of the dressing room, there was a strong smell of blood, and a slight but scalp-tingling chewing sound.

I didn't expect the ripper to be here...... There was no need to care about Lady Helen's safety, and Galadia sensed a corpse lying in the cell that had not yet cooled.

"I recognize!" Galadia suddenly let go of her momentum, and powerful spiritual sense fluctuations swept across the compartment in front of her, locking onto the humanoid object that was prostrate on the ground.

"This evil creature is the enemy of nature!"

The arcane light converged on Galadia's longbow and converged into a dazzling light. At the same time, her powerful perception began to retract, trapping the monsters that were gnawing inside like an invisible net.

"Deterrence!"

"Falling Star!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful beam of light wrapped in a long arrow pierced through, turning all obstacles encountered along the way into powder, turning into a meteor-like light and rushing out of the hotel's exterior wall.

"Boom!" Loud noises, shockwaves, and thick smoke pierced the floor, startling the celebrities gathered in the hall.

"What's wrong!"

"What's going on!"

The guests in the hall were in a mess.

Without waiting for the smoke and dust to dissipate, Xiao Yan pulled out his light sword and rushed into the smoke and dust. There is no need to see the target clearly, the strong smell of blood has already pointed the way.

The outline in front of him gradually became clear, and a tall figure in a black trench coat appeared in front of him. Xiao Yan slashed with a swing of his sword. The streamer shone like a star, and with a single blow, it split open the chest of the black-clothed stranger.

Hit! Although the line of sight is extremely poor, Xiao Yan clearly feels the feeling of entering the flesh, and there is no sense of barrier when cutting into the hand bones before.

"Whew!" Suddenly, a violent roar came, and a powerful shockwave pushed both Yanchen and Xiao Yan backwards.

A strong man was revealed. He had a shocking scar on his left chest, and his coat had been torn open, revealing the flesh turned outward, broken bones, and ...... from the wound

and human faces.

The distorted faces grew on the body of the black-clad monster, two of which were split in half by the light. The faces of these people, whose faces had been closed with their eyes closed in pain, opened their eyes and mouths at the same time, and screamed in a hair-making voice.

Xiao Yan only felt that his ears were filled with desperate roars that echoed, and they also entered his brain, almost mashing his head into a pulp. Fear and chaos were rampaging through his brain, and Xiao Yan, who originally wanted to rush forward and make another sword, had to retreat again and again.

"You are under the influence of the screams of fear of the weirdos in black and fall into irrepressible chaos and fear. The Bad Status Resistance from your HP has been applied and will reduce the actual control time. ”

Galadia was no better, she was hit by this scream, and she turned her head and fled from the dressing room. Looking out from Xiao Yan's position, a brilliant gold color also flashed from below the breach in the dressing room.

The mysterious man turned and rushed out of the outer wall that had just been blown open, and jumped downstairs.

"Chase!" Xiao Yan came back to his senses for a while, "Everyone keep up!" Can't let him run! ”

(End of chapter)