Chapter 24

"Long live Kaitangshou Jieke!"

A fervent shout came from the other side of the street.

Several thugs dressed as hooligans walked over, shouting loudly.

From time to time they made a few provocative gestures toward the crowd.

Many people glared angrily.

They instead took pride in it, feeling smug.

These idiots, of course, have nothing to do with Kaitangshou Jieke.

They are members of the Ripper Gang, the lowest kind.

Exactly, it's the Ripper Gang that Tang Luo begged from.

At that time, because Kaitangshou Jieke caused too much of a commotion.

The small town was in a state of panic, and Gelan Field's eyes turned red.

Originally the Raven Gang, after renaming to the Ripper Gang to ride the hype, they got scared and immediately changed back to their original name, cowering.

Now the Raven Gang again is riding on the Ripper Gang's reputation, and the brainless low-level members have become active again, which also has a reason.

The incident happened last night.

The venue was the manor where Count Sandek hosted a gathering of most of the town's important figures.

"Well, Master Xuanzang, about last night's incident..." Chu Zhongtian looked toward Tang Luo not far away and asked cautiously.

"It has nothing to do with the poor monk."

Tang Luo said, "The poor monk is a monastic; how could he indiscriminately kill innocents?"

This morning, or rather the latter half of last night, Sandek's manor was discovered to have become a dead zone.

Everyone who attended last night's banquet, each and every one.

Including the guards responsible for security inside the manor, and the coachmen waiting in the carriages for their masters.

All dead!

Not a single person survived.

Count Sandek and several other important figures went missing, together with their guards—Tang Luo has the good habit of casually closing doors.

Discovering the underground secret chamber took a little time.

Less than half a day.

The news spread like wildfire across a dry plain, sweeping through the entire small town.

The chief of Gelan Field was also in the manor last night, accompanied by a deputy chief.

The remaining deputy chief had no choice but to take command in crisis, leading all remaining members of Gelan Field into action.

Afterward, they vomited profusely inside the manor.

Unlike the sporadic peasant deaths over the past two or three months,

In just one night, over a hundred people all died, among them several important figures.

The panic-stricken small town suddenly plunged to the brink of order collapse.

Seeing those thugs openly shouting slogans like "Long live the Ripper!" shows as much.

To be honest, when hearing the news,

Chu Zhongtian and the others were all stunned, almost suspecting that Tang Luo was responsible.

"No, I certainly wasn't doubting the Master." Chu Zhongtian hurriedly shook his head, "I was just wondering how Kaitangshou Jieke managed to do that."

According to the reports that came out.

Except for a few corpses that were somewhat special, all the others were without exception disemboweled.

In other words, the murderer of the manor massacre was none other than the serial killer who had long terrorized the small town—Kaitangshou Jieke.

Oh, now Kaitangshou Jieke is no longer just a killer.

Calling him a maniac would be more accurate.

"How could he be so strong?" Zhou Zhen'guo muttered softly.

His eyes were a bit unfocused, veering toward the direction of "Xianyu Liang".

Even if Kaitangshou Jieke had the ability to possess bodies, and an icy aura that numbed limbs and made movement difficult, he shouldn't have slaughtered the entire manor outright.

If he could actually do that.

Why did they initially kill people in secret?

Why wasn't Li Liang killed on the first night?

The remaining nights were just picking them off one by one, rather than appearing openly.

You should know, at that time Tang Luo wasn't by Li Liang's side either.

If Kaitangshou Jieke had always been this strong,

Why did he hide himself earlier?

"Well, could Kaitangshou Jieke actually be an organisation?" Li Liang said, "Before it was one person, now it's many people killing together."

"That... could it be that Jack the Ripper is actually an organization?" Li Liang said, "Before it was one person, now it's many people, killing together?"

Chu Zhongtian seemed to have thought of something and said, "He's been fishing all along."

Chu Zhongtian seemed to have thought of something and said, "He's been fishing."

"Yeah."

Chu Zhongtian glanced at Tang Luo and said, "Now thinking about it, when I and Master went fishing the first night, the guy we met, Huoqi, was he really just a plain Huoqi? He actually only got blasted—uh, salvaged, right, that is, salvaged—by Master after dodging the staff Master threw out."

Now thinking about it, when I and the Grand Master went fishing the first night, we encountered that Huo Qi—was he really just plain Huo Qi? He actually dodged the staff the Grand Master threw, and only then was he blasted— uh, salvation, yes, that's salvation, by the Grand Master.

That Huo Qi might possibly be possessed by Jack the Ripper.

Similarly, could other members of the organisation also be possessed by Kaitangshou Jieke?

Great Master has been fishing, waiting for Kaitangshou Jieke to come to his door.

Is Kaitangshou Jieke also fishing? No, I mean he's waiting for the fish to gather all at once, then blast them all in one go!

He took a sip of water, licked his dry, cracked lips, and Chu Zhongtian said in a bitter voice: 'Maybe from start to finish, Kaitangshou Jieke has just been playing us, using us to deal with the organisation.'

If there's anyone in the small town who could stop Kaitangshou Jieke, it's probably only the organisation.

Although the organisation isn't anything good either.

After this analysis, Chu Zhongtian couldn't feel happy at all.

Nor did he have the previous feeling of joy from solving a riddle.

We're just clearing obstacles for Kaitangshou Jieke; now he has no scruples.

After hearing Chu Zhongtian's words, Li Liang glanced secretly at Tang Luo, fearing that Great Master Xuanzang would get angry.

After doing all this, we ended up making a wedding dress for the enemy?

And was pointed out by a companion.

Anyone would be angry about this.

Fortunately, Tang Luo's expression remained as calm as an ancient well, with not a ripple on his face.

Even a sense of ease and contentment could be seen.

Chu Zhongtian suddenly realized his words sounded like blaming Tang Luo, and hurriedly amended: 'Great Master, I'm not blaming—no, I'm not resentful—damn!'

Hehe.

Tang Luo laughed and said, 'No problem, Patron Chu's analysis makes sense.'

If the organisation is a fierce beast in the shadows for the small town, then Kaitangshou Jieke is the poisonous snake in the shadows.

Regardless of who's stronger, they definitely restrain each other, or are wary of each other.

As outsiders, a third-party force, we breaking the balance and letting one side suddenly 'swell' is also quite possible.

Chu Zhongtian let out a breath; it's good as long as he's not angry.

Next, his eyes lit up and he asked: 'Great Master, do you think the revolver you got might be the key to dealing with Kaitangshou Jieke?'

Such a powerful boss usually has a fatal weakness.

Head‑on is hard to get past, but once you seize the weakness, the situation changes.

Only a storm can fell a big tree!

Elusive, his true form has remained hidden until now.

The Ripper, with possession ability and a chilling 'freezing aura' that stiffens, what is his weakness?

His true form is surely Kaitangshou Jieke's weakness.

Otherwise the mission wouldn't have them seeking the Grave Opener Jieke.

Then, what if they haven't found his true form?

What should they do?

Chu Zhongtian thought it over, but could only think of the revolver and the Ominous.

Maybe the attached skill, Qi Blood Bullet, could hit the possessed and thus deal ranged damage to Grave Opener Jieke's true self?

End Storm—uh, as for that skill, it seems hard to connect with Grave Opener Jieke.

Perhaps.

Tang Luo still had the attitude: 'What you say sounds reasonable, but I'm neither fully sure nor denying it.'

Simply put, it's 'go with the flow.'

Sometimes it gives the feeling of 'punching at air'—unpleasant.

Faced with such a go‑with‑the‑flow Great Master, what else can Chu Zhongtian do?

At this point he could only smile.

Actually, it might not be a bad thing.

Zhou Zhen Guo took a deep drag, finished the cigarette, pressed the butt into his palm, jolted himself awake, looked like he'd adjusted his mindset and recovered.

In the past, Grave Opener Jieke hid extremely deep, showed no trace, and we could only wait passively.

Now the situation is different; we're at a disadvantage, but we also have a chance to turn the tables!

Exactly!

Chu Zhongtian said: 'We still have Great Master Xuanzang—don't forget. The Ripper has never dared face the Great Master directly. Actually we're not at a disadvantage; our advantage is great!'

We went A, we scored GG.

Li Liang muttered softly, Chu Zhongtian glared at him fiercely, and he instantly gave an embarrassed grin.

You all might as well make more preparations.

Tang Luo said.

Two hours later, the three looked at the Ominous before them, sighing a little.

Great Master Xuanzang generously produced the Ominous.

Indicating they could use it to deal with Grave Opener Jieke.

Tang Luo naturally isn't afraid of Grave Opener Jieke, but he won't refuse an extra useful combatant.

The Ominous in his hand doesn't boost his combat power much.

After all, his base is what it is.

But in others' hands, it's different.

The increase would be huge.

Only, the Ominous's recoil isn't comparable to the revolver Zhou Zhen Guo and the others have been using these days.

Even with preparation, Chu Zhongtian still dropped the gun in one shot, his fingers almost broke.

Zhou Zhen'guo, on the other hand, didn't let go of the gun; he fired several shots.

But the target is a hundred and eight thousand li away; even shooting a cow ten meters away would miss.

Li Liang—Li Liang, never mind; a salted fish doesn't need these.

As for the blood-qi bullets, everyone has tried them.

After firing a shot, there is indeed a feeling of fatigue.

The limit for both Chu Zhongtian and Zhou Zhen'guo is six blood-qi bullets.

The fatigue after six shots is similar to having just sprinted a kilometer, which is just a bit better than Zhou Zhen'guo's weak state.

Intending to force another shot, there is instantly a feeling of detachment plus suffocation.

He can't even hold onto the ominous thing in his hand.

If they use it, the number of blood-qi bullets exactly matches the original six-shot limit of the ominous thing.

That is to say, after loading the bullets itself, one can fire twelve shots in a row.

The destruction caused by blood-qi bullets is the same as ordinary bullets.

There's nothing special about it; if one must say, it's that after hitting the target and causing damage, it dissipates on its own.

At most it leaves some dark red bloodstains.

The bullet storm, however, has no recoil, no consumption.

But because it has a ten-hour cooldown, it hasn't been tested.

Clearly there is a "divine artifact" right in front of them, yet they can't use it.

Zhou Zhen'guo really wants to say to himself, "You got a chance but you're useless~!"