Why are there only loser heroines around me?

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Two hours later...

The police station has enough manpower and a number of extremely powerful magic puppets, who can move the large rubble effortlessly.

They dug out a group of people from the rubble.

At the same time, almost all the prisoners hanged in the dungeon died, including Irene Adler who was captured not long ago.

It looked like an accident, but it also looked like a carefully planned explosion.

Ms. Irene was a sharp sword for Moritia to break into the upper class. She knew all of his upper-class network. Her death in the explosion seemed strange, but it also made people wonder whether this was a deliberate plan by Moritia. Once she died, no one knew how many nobles had become professors' hounds who accepted bribes.

Of course, this is a matter that the fictional government of Greater London should worry about. Ukyo and his group have no interest in this matter. Their main goal is to go home. It would be even better if they can kill the bastard professor who teleported them to London without any prior consultation.

Inside the hospital.

Ukyo looked at the IV drip hanging above his arm.

This seems to be the fourth time I've been in the hospital.

By the way, did Britain already have the technology of IV drips in the late 19th century?

Standing beside his bed were Sakuragawa Kuro and Kotoko.

Unlike the previous times she was injured, this time Yanami was not in the "bedside care" queue. She was lying on the hospital bed next to hers, and seemed to have become one of the injured.

Ukyo tilted his head and looked at her.

Yanaijian smiled at him and said, "The doctor said it was just a scratch on my finger and my left arm was dislocated. It's nothing serious."

After saying that, Yanami raised his plastered arm towards him.

Youjing was stunned for a moment. Why did he need to use a cast for a dislocated joint?

"Is it dislocated or broken?" Ukyo cast a questioning look at Kotoko.

"It's really dislocated..." Kotoko spread her hands and said, "I didn't lie to you. The doctor at the hospital insisted on fixing her injured joint and applying ice. She had to rest for a full four weeks and couldn't move her arm during that time."

Youjing wanted to sit up. He knew a little about Chinese medicine bone setting, which was taught by his former Tai Chi teacher. Maybe he could push her arm back.

When I stood up, I felt a burning pain in my back.

Only then did he realize that he was lying on a bed with a hollow back.

Kotoko rubbed her forehead helplessly. "Your condition is even worse. You have a large area of ​​burns on your back. I have to say, your body is truly terrifyingly tough. When Jiulang hugged me, I saw his spine was blown off. If he hadn't eaten mermaid flesh, he would have been dead by now. You were much closer to the center of the explosion, yet you only have large areas of burns. I really don't know what your skin is made of."

When Kotoko complained, she used the word "physical hardness" instead of "physical fitness". The former is used to describe people, while the latter may be used to describe monsters or alien creatures such as supermen. In Kotoko's mind, Ukyo is closer to the latter concept.

"Where's Arthur?" Youjing stood up by supporting himself on the bed.

"He died, but for some reason he didn't come back to life..." Kotoko pointed at the charcoal-shaped figure lying on the bed next to her. "The hospital was going to bury him, but I saved his life. He might not have come back to life because he was too far away from his replacement puppet, or maybe something went wrong in the real world of England, causing his replacement puppet to malfunction. Anyway, we have to take him with us when we flee Greater London. If he delays his resurrection and finds himself still in Greater London, he'll definitely curse at us."

Ukyo touched the joint of Yanami's arm and found the location of the dislocation. It was not a big deal and he could get out of the street with just a slight turn. The diagnosis of this hospital was indeed wrong. Yanami did not need to wear a fixed plaster board for three months.

Following a light "click" sound, Yanaken screamed and then moved his arms incredibly.

"It actually healed! It's amazing!"

Yes, this is the magical Chinese medicine bone setting——

If Arthur was present at this time, everyone would definitely hear his complaints.

But besides Arthur, Ukyo thought of another thing——

“Did anyone of you see…?”

As soon as he asked the question, Ukyo saw Komari sitting on the only chair in the ward.

She was writing in a vellum notebook with an expensive 19th-century fountain pen.

Don’t you forget to update in such a place?

Ukyo said nothing.

Write it down in a notebook first, and then when you go out later, just copy it on the computer. Maybe you record it on the same day because you are afraid that you will not be able to remember everything that happened that day after a few days?

Now that Irene is dead, Arthur doesn't know when he will be resurrected, and Octopus has self-destructed and died, and all clues about Moritia are cut off again.

But if you want to go home, you don't necessarily have to find that professor.

What they broke was only the professor's clue, not the clue to return home.

Diana, the fourth daughter of the Duke's family who disappeared two days ago, has not been found yet. At that time, several detectives speculated based on the crime scene that it was very likely that the devil had committed the crime, so as long as Diana was found, they would be able to find the "devil" who could smuggle them back to reality.

When Ukyo mentioned the noble lady again, Kotoko's head began to hurt. It was well known that all the detectives in London had been looking for that young lady for two days without any clues, and these "detectives in London" naturally included the popular detective Kotoko Iwanaga.

But facing this topic, Kotoko had no taboos. "Honestly, the golden window for solving a missing person case is only 24 hours. After 24 hours, it will be difficult to find the missing person. I don't mean to dampen your enthusiasm, but this method probably won't work. Ukyo, Yana, your high school has started now, right? Once a missing person case is investigated, it could take ten or eight years. If we persist in this matter, I'm afraid your classmates will graduate while we're still stuck in London."

"That's true," Ukyo said. "But don't forget, Greater London is limited in area. Missing persons cases in various countries are usually reported on a country-by-country basis. The more populous a city is, the harder it is to find people, especially in areas with numerous high-rise residential buildings... But Greater London is different. There are no high-rise residential buildings here. Secondly..."

Ukyo's expression suddenly became a little serious, and he waved his hand to gather everyone together.

"Has anyone seen Jackie Chan Adventures?"

Everyone stared at each other in amazement. None of them knew whether it was the title of a book or a TV series, but they all knew who Jackie Chan was.

So, is the key to breaking the deadlock this Jackie Chan Adventure?

Ukyo began to miss Arthur.

That China expert must have seen this kind of animation which was popular in China for a while.

"Forget it, it's not important." You Jing pinched his eyebrows and said:

"Remember those two Beijing exorcists who fell into London with us? The pufferfish they possess can locate demonic energy, spiritual energy, human aura, or demonic energy. We've lived in London for so long, so we should all have a few spies under our command, right? They're modern people, and they're accompanied by a large group of real-world civilians. Finding them will definitely be much easier than finding that young lady. Everyone, it's time to mobilize your intelligence network."

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...

Kotoko couldn't help but admire Ukyo's approach to solving the problem.

He always seems to find things that others can't.

This was the case during the "Joker" incident. Finding loopholes has always been his forte.

......

...

The facts were exactly as Ukyo said.

It's not hard to find them.

Yanami and Komari's circle is limited to the café's patrons, while Ukyo's is limited to the police station and a few alchemists he's "recruited" after beating them up. Besides these two, he can also mobilize certain spectators who frequently watch the fights. Kotoko's circle is limited to the detectives in London, most of whom are kindhearted people who are happy to help.

Finally, the immigration detective in Qinzi's circle found them——

Zhao Shuheng and Jiang Jingya.

The unlucky guy who fell into London with Ukyo and the others.

When he heard that they needed "demon energy detection props", Zhao Shuheng, who was wearing a dock worker's uniform, sighed helplessly. They were not doing well, unlike Youjing and his group who could afford to wear suits and eat three meals a day.

Zhao Shuheng and his crew all worked at the docks. It was the easiest job, and there were no rankings. They'd tried being detectives, but it hadn't worked out! Greater London's detective industry was like the Japanese manga of the Heisei era, plagued by internal competition! With the exception of highly skilled professionals like Kotoko and Arthur, anyone else would starve to death trying to be a detective!

"We sold the magic tracker to an alchemist." Zhao Shuheng's face was filled with hungry dissatisfaction. "But if you can gather the materials to make a magic tracker, I can make another one. It's not an industrial product. The one in each demon hunting team member's hand is made by hand. Honestly, I'm happy to help. After all, I want to go home too. I can't stay in this damn place for even a second!"

"A dried pufferfish, an old-fashioned compass (it has to be wooden, metal won't do), a container for storing magic energy (preferably glass), and also a thin hemp rope, a rubber hose, and a vacuum cleaner head."

Ukyo said, "The rubber hose is a 19th-century technology. As for the vacuum cleaner head... that kind of thing isn't necessary, right? Just something to serve as the 'mouth' will do. I can carve one out of wood for you."

These materials were not difficult to find and we gathered them together on the same day.

Ukyo figured out how to use this thing right away. If he wanted to track "popularity", he only needed to put the things people had worn into the glass storage jar under the tracker.

As long as the person seeking is near you, the dry puffer will glow.

Volume 152: Chapter 5: Valentine's Day Chocolates Are Fake (2k)

"The drug film belongs to Li Kai~!"

"Demons and ghosts, please leave!"

Several sets of materials for the magic weapon can be found in London, enough for everyone to have one, but activating the "Magic Energy Tracker" requires constantly chanting a strange Chinese spell. Yanami and others don't know what it means, but it doesn't matter, as long as they can remember the pronunciation.

"We'll search separately, a carpet search. Whoever finds it first will call the other... um..." Zhao Shuheng, who was in charge of making the tracker, paused. He was still not used to the days without mobile phones. After he said this, he realized that everyone's phones had run out of battery long ago and there was no signal in Greater London.

"Let's fire the flare." Ukyo handed each person a flare, which he had picked up from the police station when he went out to buy rubber hoses. "I'll be in a separate group, Yanami and Komari will be in a group, and Kotoko will stay with Kuro."

This distribution is because the combat power in their group is uneven. If each person searches alone, they may encounter danger. The safest way is to form groups of two.

"No." Kotoko suddenly said, "The three of us girls can go together, and Jiulang can go alone. He runs very fast and can explore a lot of places. He can't run fast with me as a burden. On the contrary, the three of us girls have similar running strength. Putting us together won't slow down our speed, and Jiulang can explore further."

Yanami wanted to say that the others could form their own groups, but considering that Kotoko and Kotoko needed protection, there was no problem with grouping them this way.

"Let's explore inside the city." Yanaijian said, "It's safer inside the city. You two who are fast can go outside the city."

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After one hour.

City of London.

Although everyone had already discussed the places they needed to explore, Youjing suddenly thought of someone after he stepped out of the city.

This man was still imprisoned in the London City Prison, and he survived by chance because he was being interrogated by royal nobles when the bottom cell was blown up.

This person and Ukyo are "somewhat acquainted."

Old Jack.

"You're going to be hanged tomorrow. There's no point in hiding anything you haven't confessed." Ukyo lit a candle in the dark room. "You were also responsible for Diana's disappearance two days ago, weren't you?"

"Her?" Inside the dark room, old Jack, who had endured multiple tortures and looked like a man no longer, forced his mouth open. "I've heard of that case. You've got the wrong person... It's not me."

When Arthur was still "alive", Ukyo and he analyzed the crime scene of that case.

The incident happened at five in the morning.

Located on Mary Street.

A four-wheeled carriage was inexplicably involved in a car accident. The driver and the people in the carriage disappeared without a trace. Only a horse and a carriage were left at the scene. The horse was dead, with its bones and flesh separated. There was only a pool of blood, as if it had been corroded by concentrated sulfuric acid.

It just so happened that the saliva of some demons had a strong corrosive ability. The perpetrator should be a little higher than the ordinary low-level demon, between the low and medium level. It only killed the horse, and there was no sign of damage in the car, but the people in the car disappeared. Arthur originally judged that someone must have tamed a demon, controlled it to kill the horse, and then robbed the people in the car.

As for why Ukyo suspected Old Jack of being the culprit—

1. The victim was a young and beautiful woman, and her body was not found at the crime scene. Among the many cases committed by Jack the Ripper in this world, 7 were disappearance cases. He arrested and imprisoned the murdered female police officers, and tortured them with royal torture instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries, enjoying their screams. After they died from the severe torture, he dumped their bodies on the streets of London.

2. The victim was killed in the early morning, which is consistent with Jack's usual crime time.

3. Mary Street is a street near Whitechapel, and he really likes to make moves near Whitechapel.

4. Diana has been missing for more than two days. According to Jack the Ripper's original nature, he should have tortured women and abandoned their bodies on the streets by now, but Diana's body has not been found yet. This is simply because the instigator of the case was arrested and imprisoned due to an accident.

Ukyo calmly stated these four speculations.

In the dark room, Old Jack's laughter was equally calm.

He stared at the floor with tired eyes, then suddenly looked up and said, "I'm going to be hanged in public tomorrow. They've chosen Victoria Square for me. I imagine it's going to be very busy tomorrow. Before I die, could you please give me a cigarette?"

The request wasn't excessive, but Ukyo wouldn't give it to him.

The reason why he said this at this moment was actually that he was implicitly admitting that he was the culprit who arrested Diana. As long as Youjing lit a cigarette for him, he would tell Youjing where Diana was.

But Youjing still doesn't know how to order.

Because he didn't want to light a cigarette for a serial killer who tortured and killed women and children.

"I can find Diana whether you tell me or not. It's just a matter of time."

Old Jack laughed bitterly. "Don't you know how long that girl can hold on? Even if you find a corpse, it doesn't matter to you, does it?"

"Why do you think someone from the real world would have feelings for a fictional character they've never met?" Ukyo's expression and tone remained as calm as when he first entered. "I'm only trying to find the demon you've been raising. I don't care whether the fourth daughter of the Cavendish family is dead or alive."

"You're lying." Old Jack twisted his body while being trapped on the cross. "When I first met you, I knew you weren't that kind of person. Even if I had caught a dog two days ago, you would have saved that dog!"

"I really don't know what I did to leave such a good impression on you." Youjing stood up and felt in his pocket, took out a cigarette from the cigarette box and placed it on the only table in the cell.

This was the biggest compromise he could make.

Lighting a cigarette was impossible.