Chatty Hollywood

The reason why Alexis pays attention to "Parrot" Polly is actually very simple——

Because the other party's unique skill of placing a bug in his hand was really good!

Ever since she discovered the bug placed by the other party with the help of the Irish leprechaun's ability, Charlotte asked Alexis to be careful about this paparazzi.

For Miss Valkyrie, this is not a difficult task.

After all, although she has a physical form, her essence is still a ghost. He still has the ability to release a trace of his soul and attach it to the opponent.

Although you can't directly feel the opponent's every move by doing this, as long as Alexis diverts her attention and uses the Valkyrie's own fast movement ability, she can easily locate the opponent.

——At that time, she used this method to discover that the other party had sneaked into the "Hogwarts" castle.

Therefore, it is natural that she despises Polly the Parrot.

However, Alexis did not expect that the "parrot" Polly, whom she despised, would then shine in the case report imitating "Jack the Ripper".

The other party even used his proficient eavesdropping skills to eavesdrop on some information within the police.

Alexis learned this information through irregular monitoring, so she said in front of Charlotte that she knew a "person who had a lot of information about the case."

——That's Polly the Parrot.

However, Charlotte did not use Alexis's special channel.

He just walked around the scene of the crime and discovered something unusual——

This is not to say that Charlotte has any ability to discern things.

After all, his talent points were focused on mages and deception masters, but he didn't have many talents on detectives.

The reason why he discovered the anomaly was just because he met someone he had seen before at the crime scene.

——Or ghost.

"As expected, I came here to check, you guys."

Hearing the other party greeting her in old English, Charlotte shrugged.

"I didn't expect to meet you here, Lord Protector!"

"Oliver, you can call me."

"……All right!"

When she saw Britain's oldest and most powerful headless horseman slowly emerging from the ground, Charlotte was instantly ready to fight.

Unexpectedly, Cromwell who appeared this time was very friendly.

- He even lets Charlotte call him by his first name.

——Oliver Cromwell, is his full name.

This was beyond Charlotte's expectation.

According to his guess, Cromwell would be against him at first, mostly because he wanted to resurrect Alexis, so he conflicted with the law of death represented by Cromwell.

Now, there is no legal conflict, and the other party should not take the initiative to cause trouble for him, but he is so friendly——

"You have nothing to do to show your courtesy!"

Alarm bells rang in Charlotte's mind.

Alexis, who was following Charlotte, was trembling a little.

Miss Valkyrie leaned behind Charlotte nervously.

There was no way, Cromwell had left such a deep impression on her when he was resurrected.

Even though she had transformed into a named divine ghost at this time, she still had a huge psychological shadow when facing this ancient headless horseman.

In addition, they were currently in a dark, narrow, uninhabited alley.

In front, a warning tape with the words "Keepout" blocked it. There was still a pool of dried blood inside, as well as a white circle left by police forensics personnel to mark the location of the body.

"The body was taken away the same day!"

Alexis explained quietly behind Charlotte,

"According to the information I collected from "Parrot" Polly, it seems that the police still have some things that they haven't investigated clearly, so they plan to review the scene again later, so——"

Miss Valkyrie looked at the yellow caution tape in front of her and shrugged.

Charlotte did not answer Alexis's words.

He still looked at Cromwell,

"Oliver, can you tell me why you are here?"

"Same as you guys, I guess."

Cromwell pointed to the pool of dried blood on the ground.

"So, this does have something to do with ghosts!?"

"Yes!"

Cromwell confirmed Charlotte's suspicion,

"It's Jack the Ripper!"

"The real Jack the Ripper!?"

Charlotte understood what the other party meant at once,

"So, this is not a copycat, but the work of the real Jack the Ripper!? What kind of ghost is this guy!?"

"It's Jack the Ripper!"

"……I see!"

Charlotte was stunned for a moment, then reacted,

"So, it's not that Jack the Ripper was turned into a ghost, but that he turned into a ghost?"

"Yes."

…

After a conversation with Cromwell, Charlotte finally understood the ins and outs of the matter——

It turns out that the reason why Jack the Ripper killed six women and girls in East London was not an anti-social personality or revenge against society. The essential reason was that he was actually an evil warlock who was proficient in dark ritual spells.

——He killed the six women in order to perform a Black Messiah sacrifice.

This dark sacrifice allowed it to merge with the remaining evil spirits from more ancient times, thus turning it into a half-ghost.

In the following more than a hundred years, writers and artists continued to mystify this series of cases, and subsequent serial killers continued to imitate him, giving him even greater power.

Now, just as "Jack the Ripper" has become synonymous with serial killers, he has indeed become the dark rules of serial killers——

Although invisible and intangible, the saying "There is a Jack the Ripper in every serial killer's heart" is more than just a description.

——He can draw strength from the social panic caused by serial killers, just as he can draw faith from the hearts of serial killers.

"From a certain perspective, he is not just a ghost, but half a dark god!"

Charlotte murmured to herself, and then he looked at Cromwell again,

"But, Oliver, according to you, Jack the Ripper doesn't need to commit the crime himself, right? Then this case -"

"He made it with his own hands, I guess."

Cromwell answered in the affirmative.

After speaking, he used his magic power to form a six-pointed star on the ground, then pointed at the center and said,

"Whitechapel in London's East End in 1888, this is it! And these places -"

He then pointed to the six corners of the hexagram,

"Where Jack the Ripper actually committed his murders, back then!"

"It's actually like this!"

Charlotte's pupils shrank sharply,

"So, the dark ritual that you said was used by Jack the Ripper was actually this kind of spell!?"

"What spell!?"

Alexis behind Charlotte asked.

From just now, Miss Valkyrie has been a bit confused.

Now her curiosity finally overcame her fear of Cromwell.

However, the chill in Charlotte's voice made her realize that something worthy of fear had happened——

"Extract the ley lines!"

Charlotte gritted her teeth.