Chapter 212: Active provocation?!

【Holy crap, this... Miriam is just dead like that??】

【It’s too sudden.... What exactly happened two years ago??】

【This Ripper... he doesn't just kill, he destroys the soul!!】

【I fear for Jack’s psychological trauma!】

【Too rampant... killing a police investigator, and then two years later, using a recording to provoke the police!!】

【This Ripper! He seems to know everything!!】

【He must know that Jack and Miriam had a close relationship, which is why he used her recording for this!】

【If that’s the case, then we can rule out the possibility of Gideon being the Ripper!】

【This... who exactly is he?!】

Countless viewers were sighing over Miriam’s death.

They couldn't help but feel a chill down their spines.

Following the Ripper’s case... the danger is simply too great!

And on the screen.

Facing the Ripper’s actions.

The police also came up with a way to strike back.

Or rather, to provoke.

Having a reporter interview Gideon and report the news that Gideon is very likely the Chesapeake Ripper!

Thereby drawing out the real Chesapeake Ripper!

But when Jack found Will to discuss it.

He was met with Will’s obstruction.

“We’ve found a way to contact the Chesapeake Ripper directly; we want to see if we can provoke him.”

“Why provoke him?”

“If we can provoke him, we might be able to force him to show himself.”

“Jack, I don’t understand what you’re saying.”

“Gideon is currently just a rumor in the tabloids; we need to turn him into a fact.”

Will paused for a moment.

Finally understanding what Jack wanted to do, he said in a deep voice:

“This could provoke him into killing again!”

“I have to do this, Will!”

Jack stared into Will’s eyes even more seriously.

During the conversation.

Will was also left speechless.

Although Jack’s approach would provoke the Ripper, and even stimulate him to commit crimes again! Causing casualties among innocent civilians!

But if they didn't do this.

The progress of hunting the Ripper would be indefinitely delayed!

Or rather.

Even if the police didn't provoke the Ripper.

Who could guarantee he wouldn't commit crimes again in the future?!

Such a top-tier criminal, a psychopath suffering from mental illness.

How could he possibly suppress his desire to commit crimes for a lifetime if he successfully escaped the police’s pursuit?!

Even if they didn't provoke the Ripper now.

The Ripper would still continue his evil deeds at some point!

And in front of the screen.

All the viewers were even more shocked by Jack’s bold idea!

The police... want to actively provoke that brutal Chesapeake Ripper! To lure him out!

Then....

This almost means that the Chesapeake Ripper will commit a crime!

This... if it goes as the police wish and they successfully provoke the Ripper, who knows how many more innocent souls will be added before he is caught!

【This.... isn't this method too risky...】

【Yeah!! Once he’s provoked, he’s definitely going to kill!】

【By then, another innocent life will have been taken by the Ripper!】

【Sigh.... this is a helpless move, I suppose!】

【That’s right, if the police don't do this, will the Ripper stop committing crimes in the future??】

【Indeed... such a serial killer, how can one expect him to be law-abiding for the rest of his life??】

【Only by nipping the danger in the bud! That is the most secure approach!!】

【But Jack also has selfish motives, probably because of Miriam...】

【Anyone who sees someone close to them killed by the Ripper... and then provoked again two years later, would be unable to help themselves!】

But as all the viewers expected.

The Chesapeake Ripper.

Is not so easy to provoke.....

Shortly after the news was broadcast.

The Ripper’s retaliation followed immediately!

Jack, who was interrogating Gideon, suddenly received a call from his wife.

After hurriedly putting down the interrogation.

Jack walked outside to answer the phone.

But the voice coming from the other side made Jack feel like he had fallen into an ice cellar in an instant!

“Jack! Jack!”

“Jack! It’s me, Miriam!”

“I don’t know where I am! I can’t see anything!”

“I was so wrong, so wrong! Please, Jack! I beg you!”

Miriam’s recording, exactly the same as last time!

Identical.

No changes whatsoever.

But the only change.... made Jack start to feel cold from the bottom of his heart!

This phone call that came in...

Was his wife’s phone!

In other words...

The other end playing the recording for him right now was his wife’s mobile phone!

The Chesapeake Ripper.... this time the target was his wife....

This retaliation.

Was truly fierce and fatal....

Instantly.

Even the viewers in front of the screen couldn't help but feel fear from the bottom of their hearts!

Such a counterattack and retaliation.

Was simply too terrifying!

Even Jack’s wife....

And the next second.

At Jack’s home.

The entire investigation team was gathered, surveying the scene.

The only thing that made everyone breathe a sigh of relief was... there was no shocking murder scene....

And Jack said angrily:

“In my house, in my bedroom! Where my wife sleeps!”

And a team member was responsible for collecting fingerprints.

“I extracted fingerprints from the phone, found many usable prints, the details are also complete, there are three people in total.”

“One is yours, one is your wife’s, and another one....”

As they spoke.

The team member started using the fingerprints to compare them in the database.

While another female team member was looking for clues on the bed.

“The Ripper lay on your wife’s pillow?”

“His hair, or hers.”

But when she picked up the hair, she asked unexpectedly:

“Is Miriam blonde?!”

“Yes.”

Clearly.

The hair in the female team member’s hand at this moment didn't look like something the Ripper would leave behind!

And another conjecture emerged in everyone’s minds!

Also at this moment!

The team member comparing the fingerprints exclaimed:

“I found Miriam’s fingerprints in the archives, Jack.”

“It’s a match.”

— Author's Notes —

A new month!! A new year!! Asking you brothers for some monthly tickets for support!! Thank you everyone!!!