Doomsday Wonderland

"We can't keep her here."

After the young man whispered this sentence, he glanced at the old prostitute not far away who was standing with her hands tied like a fighting cock.

The two brothers stared at him and said "Huh?", which was regarded as a question.

"She is the third victim. If she stays here for one night, then Jack the Ripper will just attack another person... It is still impossible for me to know who Jack is. But if we let her out... "The young man bit his lip when he said this, showing a little nervousness: "——Then as long as we keep following her, we will naturally find Jack the Ripper!"

"Yes, and as soon as we catch the Ripper, we can go out immediately." Lin Sanjiu's eyes lit up slightly and he couldn't help but answer. For her, of course, the sooner she leaves, the better: "In that case, I'll go with you."

After hearing this, the two Tudou brothers looked at each other and seemed to be thinking about something; after a few seconds, the younger brother said: "Count me in. The victim came to the door on his own initiative, which shows that we may still be inseparable from the murderer."

The younger brother agreed, but the older brother shook his head: "You can go if you like, I will stay here to sleep. No matter what, the killer can't kill me anyway."

Now that everyone had made up their minds, the younger brother immediately came forward, rummaged through the house and found a few pennies, and used them to send Anne away. As soon as she walked away, several evolutionaries followed her - perhaps Annie's cursing voice attracted their attention. Many people looked at her through the cracks in the door and behind the window, and then shrank back.

At night in London in the 19th century, even though there were gas street lamps, it was still shrouded in cold and damp darkness. This is a slum area where countless immigrants gather, so there aren't even many street lights; the faint yellow light they shed is just a hint of the distant night, like a drop of watercolor dripping into the dark river, and it doesn't illuminate much. Disappeared far away.

Anne smoked low-quality cigarettes while walking unsteadily in the alley. Whenever someone passed by her, she would stop and say hello with a dumb smile. Unfortunately tonight, it rained and there were heavy dark clouds in the sky. There were fewer people in the alley, and not a single pedestrian was seen for a long time. Due to the sparse crowds, Lin Sanjiu and others had to hang far behind to avoid Annie hearing their footsteps.

The night in the game is obviously much longer than the day. Anne's monotonous and messy footsteps, accompanied by the long shadow she cast, wandered in the streets like a drunkard, and never found any customers - according to the young man's information, she was already forty-seven years old this year, even if she borrowed In the dim night, it is difficult to deceive the eyes of those pleasure seekers.

After walking for a long time, nothing happened, and the younger brother couldn't help but feel a little restless.

"Maybe she didn't die today," he whispered when Annie turned the corner in front, "We can't follow him every day and night -"

Before he could finish his words, a woman's scream suddenly tore through the night sky. The three of them were startled, and they started to chase after her. Lin Sanjiu was the first one to rush ahead; however, as soon as she turned into the alley, she heard a "pop" sound, and there was only one person on the road. The remaining gas street lamp suddenly went out, and the fragments scattered clearly on the ground - darkness quickly covered the alley, and several people couldn't help but stop.

A scream still echoed faintly, but the alley was empty - a few carriages were parked on the side of the road, and a few dilapidated doors were tightly closed. After looking around, it didn't look like anyone was moving anywhere.

"Where is she?" the young man asked while panting.

"Split up and look for it!" the younger brother ordered, and hurriedly rushed to the other end of the alley. His footsteps stepped on the stagnant water, and the splashing sound was particularly loud at night.

This alley is also connected to several forked roads. It is not impossible that Annie was dragged into a deeper and darker alley after the attack. Lin Sanjiu and the young man dispersed, and she followed a Walking along the forked road, I called "Annie" several times as I walked, but I never heard any response.

In the narrow and dark alley, even the last bit of daylight was strictly blocked out. Lin Sanjiu listened to her voice slowly disappearing into the air, and groped the walls around her that were smooth and seemed to be covered with moss - the road ahead was getting narrower and narrower, and there were still many debris piled up; she hesitated in the darkness. He stopped, thought for a moment, and decided to go back to the alley.

As soon as she turned around, her breath stopped.

A dark figure followed her at some point and was standing behind her, breathing heavily and blowing out bursts of white steam in the darkness.

Lin Sanjiu was horrified and took a step back. Just when he was about to strike first, he heard the other party suddenly trembling: "Don't be afraid! It's me."

Lin Sanjiu was stunned for a moment, and then she realized it was the young man.

She still tensed her muscles and asked in a low voice: "...Why are you following me?"

"I...I...I have something to show you." The young man sounded a little panicked, "I don't want to say it outside."

"Get out now," Lin Sanjiu said word by word, "show me what you have after you go out, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."

"What do you mean by talking to me like this?" The young man was also vaguely angry, but he just endured it. He finally snorted, turned around and left - "I really don't understand you women! You don't even think about it. In this game, the only one you can trust is me!"

Lin Sanjiu frowned slightly and followed quickly. The two stopped at a fork in the road. She took a few steps away and cautiously asked in a low voice: "What do you mean? What do you want to show me again?"

Because the alley was connected to a road behind it, there was a little more light than the fork in the road, and she was finally able to see the young man's face clearly. The latter's eyes seemed to be raised even higher when he was angry, and the corners of his mouth were pursed tightly - as soon as his eyes fell on the alley, his anger immediately melted away, and he shuddered deeply; he took a step back, He retreated into the shadows, and then without saying a word, he took out a small copper plate from his pocket. The edge was slightly dented, as if it had been hit by something.

Lin Sanjiu took a closer look at the copper plate and was suddenly confused: "One penny? Why are you showing me this?"

The young man clenched the coin tightly and swallowed a gulp of saliva with a gurgling sound in his throat. After hesitating for a few seconds, he said hesitantly: "...in detective novels, there is often that kind of plot... where we go to find the murderer together, and finally find out that the murderer is one of the people around us..."

Lin Sanjiu didn't speak, but slowly moved his gaze.

"This, I found this among the fragments of the street lamp." The young man lowered his voice and looked at her almost sincerely: "...I suspect that it was this small copper plate that broke the street lamp. Do you remember Don’t you remember, before we left, that brother found a few pennies and gave them to Anne? I, I think..."

Lin Sanjiu suddenly waved her hand at him, and before he could react, she suddenly raised her voice behind him and said, "You're back? Have you found anyone?"

The young man was startled, almost biting his tongue, and hurriedly put the coin into his trouser pocket - he felt a blackening on his shoulders, and turned his head tremblingly, just in time to face his younger brother's irregular face like a potato. , and a pair of round, staring black eyes.

"I don't know where she went," the younger brother responded, his expression no different from before. He stared straight at the young man for a while, "...what are you talking about?"

"We were just discussing Jack the Ripper," Lin Sanjiu smiled as calmly as possible.

"He's just a guy who killed a few people." The younger brother also laughed, "I really don't understand how he has such a big reputation."

The young man's lips trembled and he said nothing.

Several people suddenly fell into a sudden silence.

"Since we can't find the woman, let's go back," the younger brother spoke first. He scratched his chin, and with his blank expression, he was the first to walk in the direction they came from - Lin Sanjiu and the young man looked at each other, and invariably fell a few steps behind, slowly Followed out.

The alley was still as dark as before, and there were shallow puddles on the stone pavement. The footsteps of several people were lengthened by the silence, UU Reading www. uukanｓhu. net Before the echo of the previous step dissipated, it was caught up by the echo of the next step. After a while, it sounded as if there were more than three people walking in the alley.

"You... where are you and your brother from?" As they walked, the young man suddenly asked in a trembling voice.

Why ask this?

Lin Sanjiu was startled when she saw the younger brother turned around, glanced at the young man, and replied, "You probably haven't heard of where we came from."

The young man closed his mouth and became silent. Several people left the alley and walked onto a road along the way. The light of the street lamps and street pubs finally dimly illuminated the wet street again. The crowd here became noisy again. The prostitutes in twos and threes were half wet from the rain, their hair stuck to their scalps, and they were still trying to talk to every passerby in embarrassment - no one seemed to hear Anne's words. A scream.

Seeing that the number of people gradually increased, the young man finally plucked up the courage and approached Lin Sanjiu. He had been staring closely at the figure of his younger brother in front of him. When he saw that he was surrounded by several prostitutes and making fun of him, he quickly whispered: "——Don't you understand what I mean? In this game, you can only trust. Me, I can only trust you."

Lin Sanjiu raised her eyebrows suspiciously.

"Can you tell where those two brothers are from?" The young man shook his head and looked pale: "...I can't tell anyway. Whether they are Europeans, Asians, or even Arabs, It seems to work. W-what if they are actually people in this game? Then pretend to be players... But the background here is that there is only one kind of person who is probably from outside - "

Lin Sanjiu looked at his upturned red phoenix eyes and had a vague understanding.

"...East Asians." She replied softly.