"At around 4 a.m. today, the police found a female corpse in the storage area behind Whitechapel in the Eastern District, whose identity could be identified as Ms. Mary Ann Nicholas, 43 years old. This is the second case of vicious murder and destruction of corpses in the city of London in August, and it also occurred near Whitechapel, and the police have paid attention to it, and according to this newspaper's investigation, Mr. Ethelney Morton, a well-known detective from Scotland Yard, has intervened in the investigation, and it is believed that with such a well-trained and experienced sergeant in charge of the overall situation, the case will be solved in a few days......

Wang Xu finished reading this text in the newspaper, and looked up at the cat who was drinking coffee there: "That's all there is to the Daily Telegraph, and the back is all nonsense touting the sheriff." ”

The cat master sighed: "Actually, what you just read is basically nonsense, hey...... The media, after so many years, except for the level of gossip, everything else has not changed at all, you see, the "Banner" said that it was a political murder, and the "Times" talked about immigration...... Among those reporters, even only one person can see how sensational this case will develop in the next three months, and he can definitely be directly promoted to the editor-in-chief! ”

Wang Xu threw away the newspaper and began to eat his own dinner: "Then you should tell me, what kind of sensation will this matter be?" ”

Master Mao smiled: "Isn't this obvious? I told you, this is the first serial killer in modern times! He pioneered a ****** in the field of crime! He doesn't kill people for money, let alone for love, he only kills for a concept that is right for him, ignoring all legal and moral standards, maybe just for the sake of excitement, or maybe to vent some kind of sick hatred, those dead people don't know him, but they have to die!

In our time, all serial killers can be said to be his copycats, and as a recent example, the famous New Orleans Axe Killer appeared in 1918, a full thirty years after him!

Not only did he kill people, but he also wrote letters to the police to provoke, cut off the organs of the dead, ate some, and sent some to the police, do you think Hannibal in "The Silence of the Lambs" is very powerful? It's this guy who is really powerful, because he didn't get caught until the end, and he wasn't even found out! ”

Wang Xu sneered: "I see that you admire him, so what is the title of this perverted murderer?" ”

The cat leaned back in the chair: "After saying so much, you still don't know that he is Jack the Ripper!" ”

"Poof...... Wang Xu happened to take a sip of tea, and it squirted out directly: "It turns out that you are his die-hard fan...... No wonder their titles are used Ripper. ”

"That's not the origin of my title...... It's because the first guy I killed as a ghost hunter was dug out of my internal organs one by one and slowly played to death......"

Wang Xu interrupted: "Okay...... Whatever, then what are your plans now, arresting this guy personally? ”

Master Mao said: "Hmph...... That's nature, and he's the best prey...... However, it will take at least two months to arrest him. ”

"Why is that?"

The cat master replied as a matter of course: "I have to wait for him to kill all the people who should be killed, I want to think about it...... On September 8 a person was to be killed on Hamberning Street, and on September 30 a body was placed in Bishop Square; November 9......"

Wang Xu swallowed a mouthful of food: "Oh! You're really perverted! You know the specific time and place of each murder, and you are not ready to stop it?! ”

The cat master sighed deeply, and his rather pitying gaze once again fell on Wang Xu: "You can't use your own brain to think about it?" We are the people of the future, what will happen if we change history? ”

Wang Xu suddenly realized: "Oh! Butterfly effect! After he said this, he immediately changed his words and said, "Huh? No, according to this theory, every thing we do now, every breath of air, may have an impact on the future, and then we have rewritten history. ”

The cat shook his head: "Obviously, your guess is wrong. He poured some more coffee out of the pot and continued, "We must be in a plane with some kind of self-protection mechanism, and its capacity is far stronger than you think.

What we did at this point in time in 1888 will indeed have an impact on the future, and the butterfly effect is likely to change some historical details, but the continuity of time and space and the general trend will not change, and the power of fate in the dark will gradually correct everything to the right track, and the two of us will spend the rest of our lives in mediocrity, and finally turn into dust in history, and will not be remembered by anyone, then, the world will be harmonious......

But if we do something earth-shattering, it's serious, for example, you write a novel, and it is published, and it is very popular, and it leaves a strong mark on the whole history of European literature; Now, for example, you go out and find a ship, and set off for France, and throw Van Gogh's buddies into a mental hospital while they are still insane and cut off their ears......"

Wang Xu understood, and he continued the words of the cat master: "In other words, if we intervene and change well-known historical events, such as ending the serial murder case of Jack the Ripper...... Its far-reaching impact on history may go beyond the capacity of time and space, beyond the scope of revision, and eventually lead to the complete collapse of our original world, and we ...... It no longer exists. ”

The cat nodded and said: "This is the worst-case scenario, of course, the probability of this result happening is very small, because time and space will not let us succeed at all, for example, if you want to go to the United States to kill Edison now, it is very likely that as long as you have this idea, there will be many dangers and obstacles in front of you, the ship encounters a storm at sea, the train derails, and is hit by a car on the road...... If none of this can stop you, it's not impossible for something like the Nine Heavens Thunder to be chopped down......"

Wang Xu laughed dryly: "Ha...... Ha ha...... So what...... Jack, yes, he can do whatever he wants, I just think these things happened a hundred years ago......"

At this time, the cat master pulled the bell, and soon there was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, and then, a foreign aunt knocked on the door twice and walked into the house: "Mr. Logan? Did you call me? ”

"Oh, yes, Mrs. Hudson, could you please make me another pot of coffee, your coffee tastes so good." Master Mao said with a smile.

"Of course, sir, it's my pleasure that you like it." Mrs. Halderson answered and left the room.

When her footsteps reached the downstairs, Wang Xu said, "I said, I'm still very strange...... The two of us have no money and no documents, and we still have conspicuous oriental faces, how did you pay for the house and buy this British outfit? ”

Master Mao said: "Do you remember that when you had breakfast in that shabby restaurant, I left for half an hour." ”

Wang Xu nodded, the cat master's face was pale, and then said: "It is the east side of the old city, it is very easy to make money, I only spent five minutes, using the search and judgment of spiritual sense, I found an opium smoke house behind the dock on the north bank of the river east of London Bridge, the name is quite loud, called 'Golden Tavern'."

The large masses of social scum lay together and swallowed the smoke and took drugs, and even if I had an oriental face, it did not arouse the interest of the smokers in the slightest. The owner of the smoke shop is an Indian Ah San, in addition to opening a shop, he will occasionally work with his subordinates to grab a few customers and go to the back alley to beat them up and ransack them, and when necessary, it is normal to kill a few homeless people......"

Wang Xu heard this enough to understand: "You are black and black......"

The cat master thought for two seconds, and replied nonchalantly: "It's okay if you want to understand it this way, in short, this guy is richer than I imagined, at least, in this city where he can make do with twelve shillings a day, he must not be considered poor." ”

"No wonder I don't forget to tip when you buy clothes and pay rent...... It turned out that the money came easily. ”

The cat snorted coldly: "Cut...... To put it bluntly, in fact, you have no concept of the unit and value of money in this era, forget it...... I don't bother to explain it to you......"

Wang Xu finished cleaning the food on the plate: "Hmm...... I won't talk to you about this, by the way, what are we going to do in the future? When you've had enough of playing with that ripper, will we stay in this era until we live an ordinary life of eating black and eating black? ”

The cat master looked confident: "You don't have to worry about this, there must be a way to go back, but I don't have anything to reveal to you at this stage...... We have other things to do over the next two months. ”

Wang Xu complained: "What are you doing? Do you want to level London**? With such a big move, you might be struck by lightning......"

"Of course not, in the next time, I have to find a way to join the investigation of Jack the Ripper as a legal person, and finally crack the truth of the whole incident."

"Damn! You even know when he kills someone, and when the time comes, you can directly follow him with your spiritual sense, and everything will be solved. ”

Master Mao shook his head: "This can't be done...... My opponents must be respected. Because I'm a detective, and Jack, the king of criminals, is an insult to this contest by using ghost hunters' methods to be opportunistic! I'm going to use the detective's method to deal with him! ”

Wang Xu lay down on the sofa: "Ha! Then according to your meaning, it is better to write a letter to Scotland Yard and recommend yourself. ”

"This kind of thing is the only thing you can do, very naïve, and a bit cheap."

"You also deserve to comment on other people's character and style......"

The cat master walked to the window and stared at the foggy city: "It won't be long before those policemen will take the initiative to come to the door and ask me to help them......."