Chapter 7 (2/2)

“Master, you’re too vicious. I feel like I’m about to die,” said Li Liang to Tang Luo.

“Amitabha, this monk has very fine control in his actions. Benefactor, yours doesn’t even count as light injuries, much less anywhere near death.”

“But I feel like I’m not going to make it.” Li Liang went on. “I feel like my body has been hollowed out…”

“Maybe your body has been hollowed out.” Tang Luo smiled strangely.

His smile was so strange that Li Liang ‘reinvigorated his spirits’ and sat right up. “What do you mean by that?”

“I’m just speaking casually. You need not take it to heart.”

How could Li Liang possibly not mind? Could it be that it was like what Zhou Zhenguo had said? Had his guts been ripped open by someone in the toilet?

Since when did Jack the Ripper have a career change and become the War God of Toilets?

Li Liang reached out his arm and touched his body all over. But apart from the wounds at the corner of his eye and on his arms, he really couldn’t find any other injuries.

“Master, you don’t think I’m already dead, right?” Li Liang suddenly had a weird thought.

Tang Luo cast a glance at Li Liang in surprise. He replied, “Typically, the moment those who are unaware that they have already died realize that they are already dead, they will experience sudden death right away.”

After making sure that he wasn’t experiencing sudden death, Li Liang heaved a small sigh of relief. Then, he went back to the topic. “There isn’t some kind of Ripper hiding in my body, right? Like a mutation?”

Tang Luo complimented him, “Your imagination in this aspect is pretty active.”

Li Liang didn’t ask any further. He wasn’t getting anywhere with his questions to this Master Xuanzang anyway.

Even though everyone addressed this guy as Master, in truth, he was a ferocious warrior monk.

He was adept at fights, but as for other aspects…

Li Liang could only sit there with a heart heavy with worries and let his thoughts run wild with a troubled look on his face. He was as though a person who had contracted the flu, googled about it, and then started penning a note with his last words.

On the other side, Tang Luo closed his eyes and regulated his breathing to treat his injuries.

Every little bit counted. Since he was free, recovering even a little would still count towards full recovery.

The sky slowly darkened.

When the travel-worn Little Chu and the others hurried back, they couldn’t hide the fatigue on their faces.

After rinsing their faces, they sat back down and began to discuss the case again.

At first glance, it seemed as though they were very productive.

But on closer attention, they were still revolving around the clues provided by the Cotland Yard.

Holmes wasn’t ‘trained’ just by conducting interviews and carrying out investigations for half a day.

After a brief discussion, everyone realized as well that they had been saying the same thing over and over and had almost turned into audio playback machines.

And so, they stopped the discussion. They looked in Tang Luo’s direction and asked, “Master, do you have any thoughts?”

Tang Luo was at least the one and only ‘adult of society’ there.

Just a trip to the outside, and he had successfully ‘begged for alms’ from gangsters and even gotten everyone an identity, which allowed them to carry out investigations conveniently.

He looked extremely reliable.

‘And so, we’ve decided that you’re the new person to cling on tightly to!’

“I do indeed have a bold idea,” replied Tang Luo.

Tang Luo didn’t plan on hiding his identity as a monk in front of others who were also players and Employees of Gods and Demons.

“Go on, Master.”

“Since we can’t find Jack the Ripper, why don’t we change our way of thinking and let him come to us instead?” Tang Luo suggested. He even cast a glance over at Li Liang.

His inspiration seemed to have come from Li Liang.

“How do we let him come to us?” asked Little Chu.

Tang Luo picked up the information from the Cotland Yard and flipped it open. He said, “The Ripper’s victims come from all walks of life. However, they center around women nonetheless.”

Out of 25 victims, 15 were women.

“Also, they were always assaulted outside. All the murders took place at night as well. We can determine that the targets whom the Ripper prioritizes are single women who loiter outside late at night instead of going home.”

Li Liang thought of his situation. It seemed to match very well too. He had run outside to the toilet right before dawn and hadn’t closed the door.

Apart from the fact that he wasn’t a woman.

“I don’t think many would dare to loiter outside alone at night,” said Tang Luo. “Therefore, there’s no harm giving it a go. Who knows if it might be able to lure Jack the Ripper out?”

Little Chu joked and said, “Master, are you intending to practice entrapment?”

“Yes.” Tang Luo went on. “The two female benefactors here, which of you is willing to be the bait? I will try my best to protect you.”

The room fell silent at once.

Being bait was an extremely dangerous task. One might just die if they weren’t careful.

Who would be willing to do it?

“Master, we can take it slow. We don’t need to be so extreme,” replied one of the girls.

“Yes, yes, yes.”

The other girl also nodded repeatedly.

“Since the two of you are not willing, then we’ll give up the idea.” Tang Luo didn’t intend to force them to do it, which made both women breathe a sigh of relief.

Tang Luo then turned to look at Little Chu. “Benefactor Chu, why don’t you do it?”

Little Chu was stunned for a moment before he replied, “But Master, I’m a man.”

“It’s alright. The night is dark. Benefactor Chu, you can dress up as a woman.”