"Jack the Ripper?!"

Hearing that name, Wang Jian shot to his feet, staring at the gaunt man for a long time before slowly sitting back down.

From Wang Jian's reaction, it was clear he had heard of Jack the Ripper's notorious reputation.

After all, Jack the Ripper was extremely famous.

But Wang Jian still asked dubiously, "You're lying to me, right? Jack the Ripper was foreign, wasn't he? And his first crimes were in 1888, in London of England..."

Chen Fei smiled, "My friend here certainly isn't the original. If he were the original, forget about you—I'd be scared myself. Someone from 1888 still being alive now is impossible."

"I'll tell you this: he's a devoted fan of Jack the Ripper, a new-generation Jack the Ripper, you understand?"

Wang Jian considered it for a moment. "An imitation killer?"

"Something like that," Chen Fei said.

Wang Jian suddenly grew nervous, sweat beading on his forehead. "Who exactly are you people? A new-generation Jack the Ripper has shown up?!"

Chen Fei replied, "All you need to know is that we are people who can help you with your revenge. That's enough."

Wang Jian said nothing and then left.

After Wang Jian left, only Chen Fei and the new-generation Jack the Ripper remained inside Room 1003.

This new-generation Jack the Ripper had his own real name, but now, no matter who he spoke to, he called himself Jack.

"Jack" had essentially become his new name.

Jack sat in the seat Wang Jian had occupied before.

He finished the glass of red wine Wang Jian had left unfinished.

After drinking, he smacked his lips a few times, as if savoring the taste.

Then he spoke: "Chen Fei, among the people we’re going to kill this time, how many are women?"

"Two," Chen Fei answered.

Jack's eyes lit up. "Fine. Hand them both to me."

"No problem," Chen Fei said.

Jack asked again, "Chen Fei, after you help Wang Jian do what he wants, are you going to kill him too like you did with those others?"

Jack made a throat-slitting gesture.

Chen Fei tugged at the corner of his mouth;

the right side of his mouth curled up like a slanted sword.

He sneered lightly, "Of course. That's always been my rule."

"I help clients kill the people they want dead."

"Then, in the end, I kill those clients."

"That is the true payment I collect."

"I can’t wait to see—Wang Jian finally completes his revenge, only to realize he’s about to lose his own life."

At that moment, in the live stream room.

I'm Actually a Girl: [This Chen Fei is shameless! Isn't this just burning your bridges?!]

Domineering Female CEO replied: [This isn't shamelessness exactly, because he's always been this sort of person—helping others plan murders, then killing the clients afterward.]

[Although to outsiders it does seem shameless.]

[Still, this type of deranged criminal is, honestly, rare.]

Middle-aged Uncle: [Indeed, really not common.]

I'm Actually a Girl: [Then what about this so-called new-generation Jack the Ripper? Is his criminal style the same as the real Jack the Ripper's?]

Domineering Female CEO: [The original Jack the Ripper—]

[His targets were lower-class women, the so-called "prostitutes".]

[The methods were brutal: they opened up the abdomen and disemboweled victims;

the corpses were horrifically mutilated.]

[It was like a blood-soaked hell.]

[As for the new-generation Jack the Ripper in this apartment—]

[Since his idol was Jack the Ripper, he would definitely imitate the methods.]

[So yes, it's pretty similar.]

I'm Actually a Girl: [I can't fathom it. Before watching this stream, it's really hard to imagine how many perverts there are in this world. Why not just live a normal life?]

Domineering Female CEO: [Live a normal life? That's impossible! Many of the perverted criminals you see, including deranged serial killers, actually suffer from severe psychological disorders. These people—let me be blunt—you can try to get them to live a peaceful life, but you'd be a real miracle worker if you succeeded.]

[Take Jack the Ripper, for example. Wasn't he finally solved some time ago? They identified the killer.]

[Aaron Kosminski—that was the real identity of Jack the Ripper.]

[He emigrated from Poland to England back then.]

[His occupation was a barber.]

[By the way, there's a game my niece loves called Identity V.]

[There's a butcher character named Jack in it, isn't there?]

[The model is based on Jack the Ripper.] Updates are released by novel(ꜰ)ire.net

[There’s even a skin for a barber—corresponding to Jack the Ripper's real profession, a barber.]

[Aaron Kosminski, the Jack the Ripper, suffered from severe paranoid schizophrenia.]

[So do you expect a bunch of mentally ill people to just live quietly?]

I'm Actually a Girl: [Does this new-generation Jack the Ripper have a mental illness?]

Domineering Female CEO: [No. He's just pure perversion.]

I'm Actually a Girl: [Sis—tell us.]

Domineering Female CEO: [This new-generation Jack the Ripper had a childhood fascination with suspense and horror.]

[He later got married.]

[He was from a rural family. His wife looked down on the low earnings back home, so she went away to work alone.]

[Later, this new-generation Jack the Ripper discovered that his wife's so-called labor work was actually her finding men and selling her body.]

[In most cases, if a man found out something like that, he'd be furious—would want to kill her.]

[But he was different. He loved his wife too much. He only wanted her to come back and be with him again.]

[He went to ask her to return and live a decent life, but she decisively refused.]

[So the man came up with an idea.]

[He remembered a serial killer he'd seen in films and literature when he was a child.]

[Jack the Ripper.]

[When he first learned of Jack the Ripper's deeds, it left an indelible mark on his heart.]

[Jack the Ripper specifically killed "prostitutes." Back then, after the crimes in the London area, many prostitutes stopped that line of work out of fear, and even many respectable women were afraid to go out at night.]

[So this man imitated Jack the Ripper and began killing prostitutes.]

[He hoped that when his wife saw the news, she'd be terrified and stop selling her body and seeing other men, and obediently return to him.]

[Because his wife had been a prostitute, he harbored intense hatred toward prostitutes.]

[Unfortunately, even after he was captured, his wife never returned.]

[Later, when he came to Alice Apartment, his psyche twisted further;

he began to hate all women, not just the so-called prostitutes.]

I'm Actually a Girl: [What about his wife? Did he kill her?]

Domineering Female CEO: [No. I remember when he was arrested, reporters asked him: You hate prostitutes, and your wife was one, even cheated on you—why didn't you kill her?]

[He answered that he loved her too much.]

I'm Actually a Girl: [What a simp!]