Time passed, and three days flew by again......

In the past few days, Inspector Harold's attitude towards Zhou Daoan has become more and more friendly. Especially after listening to Frank report to him on Zhou Daoan's actions, analysis and strategies, he secretly admired the amazing reasoning ability of this oriental teenager, and even thought that Zhou Daoan had the potential to become a good policeman!

Of course, as a veteran detective, Harold will not completely deny his previous doubts because of Zhou Daoan's performance in the past few days. The increase in trust does not mean that the detective will easily change his principles. Everything has to wait for a clear outcome in the case.

Zhou Daoan did not know that he had become a "solicitation" target in the eyes of Inspector Harold. But he can feel the more and more kindness that Inspector Harold has released to him, although he still can't leave the sight of Inspector or Frank during this time, and lives in the police station, but with considerable social experience, he can still feel that he has made a lot of progress in the task of gaining the approval of the police.

Evening September 6, 1888.

Frank and Zhou Daoan once again arrived at the big mouse's residence, the drugstore with no name. This time, as soon as the two entered the door, the big mouse greeted them with a bright face.

"Good news, two!" The big mouse's eyes narrowed into slits, and with a bottle of whiskey in one hand, he poured a glass for each of them without hesitation, "Dr. Thomas has found time - the operation is scheduled for tomorrow night...... Uh, the wee hours of the day after tomorrow, to be exact! How's that, for your sister...... Oh, it's sister-in-law! Let's toast to get back to normal life! ”

The big mouse drank the wine in the cup very boldly, and Zhou Daoan just touched the wine with his mouth, he looked at the big mouse who was obviously in a good mood and said:

"Thank you for helping me with this...... So, where is the location of the surgery? ”

Last time, the big mouse once mentioned that the location of the operation could not be at Zhou Daoan's "home", that is to say, the location of Dr. Thomas's operation had to be determined by the other party.

"Hah! Originally, Dr. Thomas would have asked patients to book a makeshift hotel in advance – the surgeon would have prepared the surgical equipment anyway, and the makeshift hotel was a public place and relatively safe. However, since I know that you have already put out all your savings to pay for the surgery, I will discuss with Dr. Thomas and I will not let you break the bank to rent any more......"

"At two o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, right here for me, you bring people over. Don't bring anyone else with you except the two of you, or the operation will be canceled immediately. ”

The big mouse is obviously "on the honor when he sees it", and he shamelessly pretends to be a caring "I save money for you". In fact, the location of the operation must have been made by Dr. Thomas, and the other party would be very cautious about taking such a job that was not a woman, and no matter how "safe" the temporary hotel was, it would not stop the police from breaking in.

But the big rat is a private house here, and the police can't break in casually. It's here, it's a bit of a "home game".

However, neither Frank nor Zhou Daoan will object - their top priority is to lure out this hidden Dr. Thomas! Inspector Harold has already deployed a lot of police forces, even if it is a big rat, it can't stop the police from surrounding.

"It's two o'clock in the morning on the 8th, and here you are - 12 Hamberning Street, right?" Zhou Daoan finally confirmed it again, and added, "I hope everything goes well......

"Hahahaha, that's right, man! You're too nervous. Relax, trust me, Dr. Thomas's craft is absolutely fine! The patients don't even have much pain...... An hour, just an hour, and give you a healthy sister-in-law! "The big rat is full of confidence.

After leaving the big mouse's house, Zhou Daoan and Frank walked through Hamberning Street again. The street is long and winding, and the road allows two carriages to travel side by side, but it is difficult to pick up speed. The whole street is basically a rental apartment, at the end of the road, 1 to 18, is a new apartment, and the big mouse house, the environment of these apartments is slightly better, and after the 19th, it is an old house, the apartment is relatively cheap. Probably because there aren't many shops, and at night, there aren't many people coming and going.

The choice of surgery in the big mouse can indeed be as little eye-catching as possible. Similarly, because there are few people, if something is wrong, the other party can also detect it at the first time.

However, the biggest problem with the big rat's house is that there is only one exit, which is a good thing for the police.

In the plan developed by Zhou Daoan returning to the police station and Inspector Harold, the actions of this Dr. Thomas are divided into two ways: if Dr. Thomas's physical characteristics are extremely similar to the characteristics of the ripper that Zhou Daoan had expected, then he can be arrested at the beginning; If Dr. Thomas's physical characteristics are different from what he expected, or if the suspicion that he is the direct murderer can be ruled out, then Inspector Harold himself should come out and talk to him in a gentler manner.

After all, the police are also counting on obtaining valuable clues from him, and a rash arrest may alert the murderer.

In addition, in order to prevent Dr. Thomas from noticing, the police had to enter the Hamberning neighborhood in batches and early, and quietly close the apartment building of No. 12. They entered the two apartment buildings No. 11 and No. 13 in advance, and then "pacified" the residents with police badges and hid at least half a day in advance.

In addition, Zhou Daoan and Frank, as the party "seeking treatment", can only arrive early and can never be late - this is unreasonable. Dr. Thomas will definitely be "late", and he will most likely ask the big mouse to help identify him first and make sure that he is not tired before appearing, so Zhou Daoan and Frank must also prepare a "sister-in-law" to avoid suspicion from the other party.

Fortunately, Zhou Daoan thought of this step after the first verbal promise to make an appointment with the doctor, and Inspector Harold was also very helpful and helped find an "actor" from the dock area. It's really a woman of Oriental descent, and she's really pregnant and slightly pregnant. But the loophole is that this woman is of pure East Asian descent, and her appearance is not close to the "Semitics". In addition, she was just the wife of a dock worker, helping to cook and wash at the docks, and she had never seen any major battles. Inspector Harold himself intervened, and coerced and enticed the woman to agree to the trip—and brought her husband with him, and took care of the food for several days.

Zhou Daoan knew that it was difficult to hide from someone who wanted to see this woman earlier, but the current conditions did not allow him to "audition actors" anymore, so he could only use a sword to take the wrong way - he found a piece of black yarn to cover the parts below the woman's eyes, especially the nose, the relatively flat nose of the Oriental people is far from the big hooked nose of the Semitic people. Inspector Harold even hired a makeup artist to restrain the corpse and made a fake nose out of flour for the woman, but it could only be used with a veil, not a closer look.

As for the performance, Inspector Harold personally checked and asked the detectives to play different types of characters, so that the woman could adapt to the unfamiliar environment and strangers without panicking. However, after several days of "rehearsal", the woman still trembled as soon as she entered the created scene, but from violent shaking to slight trembling, and could not speak at all.

No way, everyone had to retreat and ask the woman not to speak as much as possible, not to look at people - fortunately, as a vulnerable woman who was raped, timidity, frightened, and silence were also reasonable. As long as she doesn't collapse and fools the big rat.

Prepare for all this, and the time is approaching.

September 8, 1888, 1:10 a.m.

It was a foggy night – the fog had been rainy and foggy since the beginning of summer, but it was so thick that it wasn't often as thick as today. In particular, at night, a light rain fell and the streets became wet, and although the heat was slightly reduced, the fog became thicker.

Zhou Daoan and Frank took the "actor" to No. 12 Hamberning Street. It seems that the time is a bit early, but in Zhou Daoan's vision, as a patient, it is obvious that the mood should be more urgent, and it is more reasonable to arrive half an hour and an hour earlier. In addition, it is easier to make the big mouse "feel at ease" by arriving a little earlier, so that the protagonist of tonight, Dr. Thomas, does not have to notice anything unusual.

However, compared to Zhou Daoan, who was still emotionally stable, Frank seemed a little nervous - after all, if this task was completed smoothly, it would be a great achievement for him. He expected that Dr. Thomas would be the murderer of the serial murders so that he could take it down in one fell swoop, but he was also afraid that the murderer was really Dr. Thomas, so he would be especially cautious and release their pigeons......

Frank suffers from gains and losses, not to mention the "actor" lady. If it weren't for the black veil covering it, just her teeth chattering would have made people suspicious. Fortunately, Zhou Daoan and Frank clamped her left and right, otherwise she would have to be weak halfway through.

Zhou Daoan kept comforting the woman in a low voice in Chinese, which may be a familiar local accent, and Zhou Daoan's constant emphasis on "We will all be by your side and will not let you be in any danger", which made her feel a little relieved, and she reluctantly walked the way out of the carriage and across the street to the door of Apartment No. 12.

Apartment Building No. 12 is only three floors, and the lights on the second and third floors are dark at the moment, and only the "pharmacy" on the first floor, which belongs to the big rats, is lit. Zhou Daoan stood in front of the corridor, subconsciously glanced up, and found that the windows on the second and third floors were closed, and the gaps in the blinds could not reveal anything at all. Outside the windowsill there is a fire ladder that extends from the third floor to the top of the first floor.

The first few times I came, the lights on the second and third floors were on, and Zhou Daoan had seen a figure dangling in front of the window. This time, I don't know if it's too late, so the neighbors are all resting, and because of the fog, the vision is somewhat blocked, and Zhou Daoan can't see anything unusual behind those windows.