Chapter 6 (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Because it was not London, they weren’t able to see the famous stargazers.
After filling his stomach, Tang Luo was still in no hurry to find Jack the Ripper. Instead, he found a relatively good hotel and got three rooms.
There was not yet any comprehensive identity registration system there. The innkeeper just simply asked about where Tang Luo’s group came from, and then straightforwardly entered business mode.
Of course, Tang Luo could be sure that the price was definitely higher than normal, but he didn’t mind it. He had gotten quite a lot of money from his ‘alms begging’. It could last them for almost half a month with normal food and board expenses.
Thieves and robbers were not that much different, but a thief who called himself a gang member was quite different from other thieves. They carried much more money on him than the average thief.
Tang Luo hoped that he could see them again in the future for alms begging or such. There weren’t many such kind people anymore.
“Master, what are we doing next?”
“Rest,” said Tang Luo. “I’m sure you didn’t sleep well last night, we’ll take a rest today.”
“…”
Everyone wondered if they were actually there as tourists.
Was it really good to be so laid-back?
They went into the rooms in twos to rest. Tang Luo and Li Liang shared the same room.
Li Liang was soon fast asleep, but Tang Luo didn’t really rest as he said and instead left the room.
Tang Luo knocked on the door of the adjacent room. The room seemed to be vacant as Tang Luo knocked several times, but there was no response. He didn’t give up. He continued knocking at a moderate speed, like hitting Buddhist woodblocks, for a total of 5 minutes.
“F*ck off!”
Finally, an impatient voice came from the room.
Tang Luo didn’t get angry, but said, “Mr. Zhou, are you not going to invite me in for a chat?”
After two minutes, the door opened to reveal Zhou Zhenguo’s face. “How did you find me?”
Tang Luo asked back, “Mr. Zhou, are you actually very confident in your tracking skills?”
Zhou Zhenguo’s old face blushed.
What tracking skills did he have? Nothing more than dodging, not even a clumsy imitation of actually tracking.
It was true that the Employees of Gods and Demons had supernatural powers, but this did not mean that they were all-rounded agents.
“I have to go out to do something, please help me take care of these children, Mr. Zhou,” said Tang Luo.
“…”
Zhou Zhenguo wanted very much to ask, “Am I a nanny?” But even if Tang Luo didn’t ask, he would be keeping an eye on Li Liang.
In Zhou Zhenguo’s view, Li Liang was the most important clue they had right now. He could watch the others alongside that too.
“I’ll leave it to you then, sir.”
Before Zhou Zhenguo could attempt to save his dignity by making token resistances, Tang Luo turned away and left on his own.
“Hey—”
The futile cry made Zhou Zhenguo feel that he was not like a veteran at all.
After walking out of the hotel, Tang Luo walked about the city and entered a clothing store.
After a while, Tang Luo walked out of the store dressed in a black windbreaker with a black bowler hat on his head and a cane in his hand.
After covering the conspicuous bald head and changing his clothes, Tang Luo looked like a different person.
He changed from a monk to a cool and somewhat stern gentleman.
After changing his look, Tang Luo didn’t return to the hotel but walked towards the small alley—the place where he had done his alms begging one hour ago.
If he was lucky, Tang Luo might meet kind people again and do more alms begging.
As to why he had to do alms begging, he had spent all his money buying clothes.
What to do when one ran out of money? Go for more alms begging, of course.
Tang Luo walked to the entrance to that small alley with a smile. He was pretty lucky as six people were standing there.
They all looked fierce and evil, clearly good guys—good for getting money from.
“He’s the one!”
Two men were talking to the rest when they suddenly saw a person standing at the entrance to the alley.
They looked closer, and realization struck them. ‘Isn’t this the vicious bald guy from earlier?’
Although he had changed his clothes and was wearing a hat, they would never forget his appearance for a lifetime.
“Ami—”
Tang Luo stopped chanting the Buddha’s name halfway. He had already integrated with the local environment and stopped being a monk temporarily.
Not in front of outsiders, for the moment.
“Hello, guys.” Tang Luo greeted them with a smile.
The six people opposite him also started grinning in an ugly way. For two of them, there was pain in their grin as well.
How could they not feel pain with several broken bones in their bodies?
They could still point him out—that made them really brave guys.
Their leader, wearing a hunter’s hat, said, “My friend there, you dare to touch even the people from our Ripper Gang, you have quite some guts.”
“Ripper Gang?” Tang Luo raised his eyebrows slightly. “Can your big boss be Jack the Ripper?”
“Exactly! That’s he! You afraid now, eh?”
Before the leader had time to speak, someone yelled. The people beside him looked like they didn’t want anything to do with him.
The so-called Ripper Gang actually had nothing to do with Jack the Ripper at all. To put it plainly, it was just a gang that made use of the fame of Jack the Ripper to scare some cowardly people.