Standing in the shadows, Jack, who had loosened his knife, stepped back slowly.

Under the smiling mask, the light gray eyes withdrew their gaze from Lawrence.

The opportunity to kill Lawrence had been missed today, and he felt that Lawrence's assistant seemed to have discovered him, so he was ready to leave.

His footsteps barely sounded, and he retreated from the river into the intricate streets of the Fog Capital.

In order to avoid being caught up by Lawrence's assistant, Jack chooses to go his safe path.

He walked into the deepest part of an alley, pushed open a small, inconspicuous door, and entered. The crowd on the street comes and goes, and no one notices a person leaving.

Jack has been in the city for ten years, he is a smart man, and the money he earns by killing people is not used casually.

Part of it was to prepare for the rest of his life with his children, and when he didn't need to kill anymore, he would leave with his children and go to a peaceful place to live.

The other part was used by him to prepare several secret passages in the city, connecting his manor and the secret passages throughout the city.

The person who built this secret passage for him had already been killed by him, and he was the only one who knew about it, so he could come and go without a trace.

The secret passage that leads to the underground does not even allow the mist to pour into.

By the river, she first noticed Jack's retreat, but she wasn't ready to let Jack go.

Quickly ate the burger in his hand, and said to Lawrence at first.

"Lawrence, I've got to get out of the way beforehand. ”

"Huh?" said Lawrence, looking at him in surprise as he ate his burger.

"What's the matter with you?"

He knew that Chu was not an ordinary policeman, and it was impossible for him to take leave like an ordinary policeman.

"It's about the ripper, you said, leave this matter to me. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he walked in the direction Jack had left.

She didn't let Lawrence come along, or she didn't want Lawrence to come along.

Because if it were Lawrence, he would have killed the criminal at any time and place.

And she will try to kill Jack before he returns to the manor.

With this intention in mind, Chu chased in the direction of Jack.

But when she arrives at where Jack left off, she finds that she doesn't feel where Jack is. She sensed all the nearby streets through the fog, but found no sign of Jack.

Eventually, she stopped at an intersection where each road led in one direction, and people in all directions walked past her.

Chu tried to sense Jack's location again, but she still found nothing.

The sun shone on Chu's body, making the shadow under her appear even darker.

She didn't know where Jack had gone, but she knew where Jack was going. She can chase after her or not.

She didn't want to go to the manor, but she couldn't if she had to give up on the mission for it.

She knew Jack was coming, so she could be patient.

But now Jack's sudden departure makes her unsure if Jack has discovered her identity and whether he will continue to escape. This, coupled with Jack's disappearance from her perception, made her feel like things were out of control.

If Jack leaves the City of Mists with the child, her mission will fail. As a messenger, she cannot fail.

Standing at the crossroads at the beginning, she now needs to make a choice, the task, with her those promises of kindness.

She stood still for a while, and then, without much hesitation, she chose the former.

For she is a messenger, and she should not be merciful to the wicked.

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The sun is shining brightly, and the white manor on the corner is even more beautiful.

The white walls are whiter, the green grass is more lush, the swings are slowly swaying, and the sound of the wind can be faintly heard.

At this time, the children are still napping and the yard is quiet.

Around the corner, in a small hidden door, Jack pushed the door and walked out.

The small door was facing the manor not far away, and looking at the small courtyard of the manor, Jack stayed where he was for a moment, taking off the mask on his face.

Under the mask, a smile regained on his face.

In fact, every time he kills someone, he doesn't smile, so he wears a smiling mask, because in this way he can not lose his demeanor and can also cover his true expression.

However, when passing the road leading to the manor, there was always a smile on his face.

This is reserved for his children.

Today, too, he will come home as usual, prepare dinner for the children, eat with them, tell them bedtime stories until they fall asleep, and kiss their foreheads.

Outside the manor, he is a person, a murderer with no bottom line. And he is also a man in the manor, a father who loves his children.

Just like his name, Jack Foss, he doesn't know which side is his last name and which side is his name.

In front of the gate of the manor, Jack reached out to open the gate.

At this point, his hand stopped, because he felt a man walking behind him.

After a pause, Jack silently turned his head and looked behind him.

Behind him, in the slightly harsh sunlight, a dark figure stood there, wrapped in a black robe, and even his cheeks were obscured in the shadows.

Jack looked at the figure with a complicated look and after a moment, grinned.

"Heh, do you have anything to do with me?"

His hand let go of the iron door and hung down beside him, seemingly casually.

"I'll come..." The figure looked up at Jack. "Take away your sins. ”

The smile on Jack's face paused, and his light gray eyes stared straight at the figure under the brim of his hat.

"I don't know what you mean, but this is private territory, and if I keep going, I'll do something about it. ”

He wouldn't let this figure into his manor, because he knew who it was and what it was doing in the City of Mist.

This goblin-like creature is a much more terrifying murderer than he is.

Hatsu looked at Jack quietly, her black-covered face invisible.

"Don't worry, no one else will be hurt except you. ”

She said as she took a step toward Jack.

In the manor's western-style house.

Jack's children are getting together, they haven't fallen asleep, and although it's nap time, they don't want to sleep yet because Daddy hasn't come back yet.

At this time, Lily, who was standing by the window, called out in surprise with her doll.

"Daddy's back!"

So, the children crowded to the window and looked out the window expectantly.

But what they saw was Jack standing in front of a black figure.