(Two chapters in one)

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As soon as he saw the name of Jack the Ripper, Chino couldn't help but wonder: "Just him? Our first head? ”

Chou Xi blinked: "You have an opinion about Jack?" ”

"It's not that I have an opinion, it's just that I've read the case file about Jack the Ripper, and his method is to slash at the vital points, often making a mess of the dead, and there is no beauty in it. To sum it up in three words - "Chino's amber eyes smiled into crescents, "unprofessional." ”

"Of course, the people of that era can't compare with a little villain like you~" Chou Xi poked Chino's forehead and smiled playfully, "But I have to correct it, it's not 'him', it's 'them'." ”

Chino whispered, "They..."

Chou Xi nodded: "Jack the Ripper is not a person, but a group of people. ”

Chino pondered: "I've heard of this statement, but there has been no substantial evidence. ”

Chou Xi took the dice and threw them up and down: "All in all, this group of people took advantage of the underdeveloped criminal investigation technology at that time, coupled with the fact that the exhaust gas emitted by coal burning from factories and residents was difficult to diffuse, and formed a long-lasting smoke in the fog, and they secretly took turns to commit crimes, but they were never caught." ”

"Eventually, they tasted the joy of incarnating the Grim Reaper, and founded our current organization, which turned human life from a hobby to a commercial one, and later processors built on them."

"And this ten-sided dice belongs to the most astute and powerful of them, that is, the popular perception of 'Jack the Ripper', and later the first leader. And it's worth mentioning that it's not 'him', it's 'she'. Jack is portrayed in folklore as a man, but in fact is a woman. ”

If this kind of thing is spread outside, it will definitely be complained about or ridiculed, but when it comes out of the mouth of the past, it seems extremely reliable.

Chino asked with interest, "Does this ten-sided dice mean anything to her?" ”

"It is said that the original leader, Jack, had some kind of unusually obsessive belief in the gods, believing that he was the chosen one and enjoyed his protection. ”

"Before each action, Jack asks the dice a question, asks someone else or himself to say a number, and then reports the number and rolls the dice."

"If the number is the same as the number shown on the dice, it means that the gods are sure of it."

"If the numbers are not the same, it means that the gods deny it."

"Based on the questions he has dictated and the answers he gets from rolling the dice, Jack will decide whether to act or not."

Chou Xi threw the dice on the table, covered it with his hand as it spun, and said mysteriously: "Will I be caught if I go out to commit a crime today?" Give me a number. ”

Chino casually reported: "9." ”

Chou Xi opened his hand, and the number on it was also 9.

"As it is now, Jack will not act because the numbers match, which means that the gods have affirmed Jack's problem - he will be caught." Chou Xi retracted the dice and explained, "It is said that she avoided several roundups by this means. What's even more bizarre is that the round-up plans are all confidential, and there is no possibility of leaking them from the inside, and they are extremely carefully arranged, once she commits the crime, the possibility of escape is zero. ”

But it just so happened that she used the dice to get away with the roundup, and it seemed that some unknowable force was helping her. In this way, the case of Jack the Ripper has become an unsolved case that no one in the world can solve. ”

Chino: "Do you believe this is true?" Don't you think it's just a foolish rumor of that era? ”

"I don't really approve of this kind of strange thing, but science is theology to the extreme, and I don't deny that there is some kind of law in the universe... A power of the underworld that we can't understand for the time being. ”

"Of course, I can't answer whether Jack the Ripper is really protected by this power, after all, I haven't built it yet."

Chino took the dice, caught a glimpse of a dog leashed in the corner of the restaurant, and he said casually, "I'm going to touch that dog now, will I be bitten?" 5。 ”

The dice are rolled, spin and fall, showing as 4.

"Huh~" Chou Xi whistled, "The dice say you won't be bitten." ”

Chino got up and walked to the dog on a leash in the corner, a pitbull with a high shoulder but a great muscle.

This breed of dog is a well-known fierce dog, with no pain nerves in the skin, and an extremely strong bite, which is often used for hunting, or kept to show off by some people who like excitement.

The pitbull was raised by the owner of the restaurant, and he was gnawing on a cow bone, and when he saw Chino approaching, he immediately raised his head and stared at him, and a low threat broke out in his throat, his nose wrinkled, and transparent saliva kept dripping down his teeth.

"Boom, boom," said Chino, who made a teasing sound, reaching out to touch its head.

"Roar-" Pitbull burst out and bit Chino's palm directly, and the sharp canine teeth instantly penetrated the palm and back of the palm, tearing it to blood, and the ferocity could be seen.

The owner of the restaurant was frightened, but not worried about Chino, but for his dog... Biting the smiling demon, can this dog's life still be saved...

The boss hurriedly ran over, kicked the pitbull aside, and then said to Chino in a trembling voice, "I'm really sorry... Mr. Chino... We will compensate you for your medical expenses at a rate of 100 times..."

After the boss finished speaking, he directly grabbed the back of the dog's neck and pressed it to the ground and pumped it wildly: "Don't die little beast, see if I don't break your dog's leg today!" ”

The Pitbull skin has no pain, and it doesn't feel pain when it is beaten, but because of the majesty of its owner, it still holds its tail and whines aggrievedly.

Chino pressed the wound with a tissue and smiled friendlyly: "I'm sorry, it's my fault, I shouldn't have bothered the dog when it was eating, don't punish it." ”

After a few polite words with the boss, Chino returned to his seat while wiping the blood, and shook his head helplessly: "These dice don't seem to be useful." ”

"Didn't I tell you everything, those things are 'supposed'!" Chou Xi smiled angrily, "And even if the legend is taken seriously, the record only uses this dice in Jack's hand, and if outsiders hold it, it is really just an ordinary dice." ”

"So, I'm more inclined to have mystical powers than dice, it's Jack himself. Dice are just a medium. ”

Chino laughed angrily: "Then why didn't you say it earlier??? I was bitten in vain..."

"I didn't do anything, I just thought it should be fun for you to be bitten by a dog~ Ah, it hurts, it hurts, don't pull my ears! That's a high-tech bionic ear, a 10 million one! Chou Xi screamed and patted Chino's hand, and finally broke free.

Chino suddenly thought of something and asked, "Then again, Jack should be dead, right?" ”

Chou Xi rolled his eyes: "People at the end of the 19th century, do you say dead or not?" ”

Chino: "If I follow her..."

"Loved! Baoda! Save you first! "Chou Xi shouted out the mantra of saving his life.

Chino smiled helplessly: "I mean, if I was born in the same era as her, who do you think would be more famous?" ”

"How do I know that?" said Chou Xi lazily, rolling his eyes, "She's the serial murderer Jack the Ripper who plunged the whole fog into a bloody panic and everyone in the world knows about it." ”

"You're the top processor with the most orders completed in the organization's history, the most feared by the catchers, the smiling demon."

"I just want to say – give others a little bit of a way to live! The two of you were born in the same era, and the people of that era were too unlucky~"

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After chatting and eating with Chou Xi, Chino went back to his hotel.

When the next day's time comes, return to the Overworld on time.

When Chino returned, he finished his work and walked to Niko's bedroom.

It's 9 o'clock in the evening, and Niko's routine is very regular, and she never goes out to drink and get drunk like Lugo and them do at night, but after dinner, she reads swordsmanship books for an hour, practices swordsmanship for an hour and a half, and then takes a shower and rests.

Such a strict self-discipline routine should have been cultivated in the royal city.

"Knock knock." Chino knocked lightly on the door, "Niko." ”

With the sound of light footsteps, the door opened.

I saw that Niko was wearing pure white rabbit fur pajamas, because the version was very loose, it looked round, her long hair was a little messy from sleep, and a handful of dull hair was cocked, delicate and cute, which made people want to rub it.

Chino knocked on the door, but Niko seemed to be in a daze, not realizing that she was still wearing pajamas, and when she reacted, she was so ashamed that she hid behind the door: "I'm sorry, my lord... I'll change my clothes..."

"Hmm." Chino answered, waiting outside the door.

There was a sound of rustling in the room, and Niko didn't let Chino wait long, and quickly changed into her daily clothes and walked out: "Is there anything you want to order?" ”

"Follow me to the training ground." Chino took the lead and went downstairs.

When the two came to the training ground, Chino took out the light and heavy sword in the space ring and handed it to Niko: "I have thought about it, this is the most suitable weapon for you." ”

When Niko took the heavy sword, her hand suddenly sank, obviously she didn't expect it to be so heavy, but no matter how she said it, she was also a reserve imperial guard, and she was an extraordinary person who had awakened the power of the sun, even if she was like a little rabbit, it was no problem to carry a strong man with one hand, and the 42kg heavy sword would not take much effort for her.

Niko held a light sword in her left hand and a heavy sword in her right hand, looking a little confused: "My lord, do you want me to learn dual wielding?" I've seen a lot of dual-wielding swordsmen in the palace, but Denisha says it doesn't work for me, and... Why are the specifications of these two swords inconsistent? ”

"It's not for you to learn ordinary dual-wielding, the essence of dual-wielding swordsman lies in its special combat posture, the left and right hands cooperate to swing a set of combat skills, and crush the enemy with an impenetrable attack, this kind of combat skill is really not suitable for you." Chino pointed to Niko's twin swords and said, "I want you to be independent of your left and right hands and learn two completely different sets of combat skills." ”

Niko muttered, "The left and right hands are independent... Two completely different sets of skills..."

Chino: "The reason why you are not suitable for the standard longsword, I told you - height. No matter how hard you try, if you learn mainstream swordsmanship, congenital height defects can severely restrict you. So you have to be different from others. ”

Chino pointed to Niko's left-handed light sword: "Close combat, light sword is the mainstay, give full play to the agility of your petite stature, use hard-learned sword skills to fight the enemy in close combat, and turn the disadvantage of arm span into an advantage." At the same time, the heavy sword is used to compress the enemy's dodge space with its huge attack range, forcing them to stay close to you. ”

Chino then pointed to the heavy sword in her right hand: "Medium and long-distance combat, heavy sword is dominant, the length of 2.21 meters is enough to suppress most weapons, and the sword body is extremely wide, and the wide opening and closing offensive can make you not fall behind when fighting tall people." At the same time, the light sword is used as a supplement, intercepting the enemy's weapon when it bursts into the inner ring, blocking the enemy in the outer circle, forcing him to fight hard with the heavy sword. ”

Chino put his hand away: "According to the different battle conditions, switch the main attack posture at any time, one far and one near, and there is no weakness." ”

After hearing this, Niko pondered for a moment, and said tentatively, "You mean, I am not like a dual-wielding swordsman, who uses a set of combat skills with my left and right hands. Instead, the left hand learns light sword swordsmanship, and the right hand learns heavy sword swordsmanship, and two sets of combat skills are used with both hands at the same time, just like... Like the left and right hands are two separate individuals? ”

Chino: "Yes, you understand it well. Your brain... Forget it, this one is too cumbersome to explain. You just need to know that you are different from ordinary people, and it is difficult for ordinary people to do two things at the same time with their left and right hands, but you can. I'm planning a unique skill that belongs only to you. ”

Niko stood in place at a loss, looking a little confused: "I'm not sure if I can practice it well, I've never heard of this kind of combat before..."

Chino: "That's not my business. You want me to reward you with a sword, and I reward you with two. You don't want to give up the sword as a weapon, and I've tailored a swordplay stance for you. I've done my best, and you can't expect anything more from me. ”

At first, Niko nodded heavily, and her eyes became more and more determined: "Thank you, my lord, I will definitely work hard!" I'll use it... Use them to protect you. ”

Next, Chino introduced Neko to how to manipulate the temperature of these two swords.

As he expected, Niko had awakened the power of the sun, and that layer of golden fire protected her body, so she could hold it whether the light sword was lowered to a low temperature or the heavy sword was ignited with fire.

But because the power of the sun is still shallow, the light sword can only drop to more than minus 80 degrees Celsius, and the heavy sword can only rise to more than 600 degrees Celsius, no matter how low or high, she can't hold it a little.

However, it can be seen that Niko is very fond of the abilities of these two swords, and her expression is like a child getting a toy that she can't put down, and her always indifferent face is full of smiles.

Niko also tried Chino's swordsmanship stance on the spot, she had received complete swordsmanship training during the reserve, and she knew both light and heavy swordsmanship, but she had never used it with both hands at the same time.

At first, Niko was uncomfortable and seemed a little clumsy.

But it only took half an hour for her to grasp the preliminary essentials.

The light sword is the main attack, the sword is like a white snake spitting out a letter, the wrist shakes off the cold light and flashes, and the heavy sword follows, hissing like a dragon.

The heavy sword is the main attack, the giant blade resembles a red dragon, lifting and slashing thunder, and the light sword dances lightly around the body, flying without a trace.

The delicate and sharp sword dance brings up the clothes and flutters, and there is no longer the feeling of being clumsy because of the shortness in the past, and the light sword frost and snow and heavy sword are staggered, as if the alternation of winter and summer, which makes people's hearts sway.

The sword fell, and with Niko's two completely different sword postures, the sword light disappeared without a trace, only the silence unique to the night.

Chino nodded unconsciously, apparently very satisfied with Niko's sword dance.

Niko's face was full of sweet smiles that she had never seen before, and she looked at Chino expectantly, "Can I name them?" ”

Chino: "When I give you the swords, they're already yours, and you can make any decision." ”

"So... This light sword, I want to call it..."Niko looked at the frost white wrapped in the body of the light sword, as if the decaying body of the autumn cicada had fallen in the snow, and she murmured softly, "Chill cicada-"

Niko looked at the scorching crimson heavy sword again, and the sawdust that chopped the woodman stained on it, turning into embers and falling like burning tears, she subconsciously blurted out: "Weeping fire-"

"Chilling cicadas cry fire!"