6 Despicable Foreigner

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.

But it couldn't be shouted out loud, because they would get into trouble with Cotland Yard. As for admitting that the big boss of Ripper Gang was Jack the Ripper…

"Is that so? That's just as good. I'm a detective from a faraway place, I'm actually looking for Jack the Ripper," said Tang Luo.

"A detective?"

"That's right. The news about Jack the Ripper has already spread, including the arrest warrant from Cotland Yard," said Tang Luo. "I'm just trying my luck."

Jack the Ripper had been the Cotland Yard's headache.

They had not only put out a wanted circular with a high reward but even directly hired detectives to help them find the culprit.

"A foreigner, a detective, hmm." The leader sneered, made a gesture, and then the rest went up and surrounded Tang Luo.

At the same time, he glared towards his surroundings. Several passersby, who had stopped to watch, hurried away upon seeing such a scene. Though it was fun to watch, life was more important.

"Since I've gotten to investigate the case of Jack the Ripper, I'll need some funds for my activities."

Tang Luo put his left hand on the back of his right hand, and pressed both of them against the top of the cane, pressing it against the ground. "Would you guys like to make some donations, so that I can catch the murderer soon?"

"Hahaha."

The group laughed as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world. Even if it were not funny, they had to bite the bullet and laugh, so as to overpower Tang Luo. Overpowering one's opponent was the most important for such a thing as fighting.

Mixed with the laughing was some suppressed coughing, as someone, unfortunately, stretched their injured areas when they were trying to exert power.

Yet at just the next second…

The five men's peals of laughter came to an abrupt halt, with only one who was still laughing, his eyes squinted, and his head lifted.

He only stopped after his companion beside him touched him. He looked closely and showed an expression of mixed shock and suspicion.

With Tang Luo's gentle tapping on the cane in the previous second, it had directly pierced into the ground. It would be okay if it was a muddy ground or such, but the ground underneath their feet was made of stone!

The leader reached out and touched his face. There was a bit of blood on his fingers. A small piece of gravel had just scratched his cheek, leaving a slight wound.

Tang Luo pulled out his totally intact cane, tapped it gently on the ground a few times, and asked, "Would you all prefer to donate money? Or would you prefer to be beaten up and thrown into Cotland Yard, with me saying that I've found the subordinates of Jack the Ripper? They only have to use hard torture methods on you to find Jack the Ripper."

"What are you scared of! It's just a magic trick!" roared the leader.

Unfortunately, he was not persuasive enough. On the contrary, his forced fierceness was an attempt to hid his fear.

Sure enough, he said next, "Go on! I'll get more men!" After talking, he turned around and ran.

On the other side of the alley, it was a dead end. But there were a few trash cans at the end, and a lot of trash was also piled up.

They were gangsters after all, with daily fighting, his movement was pretty agile. It shouldn't be a problem for him to jump up, step on the trash can, and leap over the wall.

The leader ran all the way to the vicinity of the trash can, yet he didn't leap up. Instead, he turned around, took out a pistol, and pointed it at Tang Luo.

"Stupid! Did you really think I'd run?"

He wore a very proud smile.

Over here, guns were not common, but they were far from being strictly prohibited. As the leader of a small gang, getting a pistol was not a problem.

While holding the revolver, the man's confidence increased greatly.

"You can fight, huh? Can you fight against a pistol?"

In reality, well, Tang Luo could.

Before the man spoke more threatening words, he felt a blur in front of his eyes.

The foreigner, who was previously more than ten meters away, suddenly appeared right in front of him!

Then, a burst of pain and sounds of bones cracking came from his lifted arm.

The revolver in his hand dropped into the hand of that foreigner.

"This gentleman donated a revolver."

Tang Luo casually slapped the man into a pile trash, before turning to look at the rest. "What about you, guys?"

The muzzle of the revolver in his hand was aimed at them, and it shook slightly.

'Despicable foreigner!' they cursed fiercely inside. He actually dared to use their pistol to threaten them?

In the next instant, they obediently took out all the money on them.

The two that had already donated previously could only produce knives.

They did not dare to resist and donated along with the other things.

Yes, Tang Luo took even knives. He had no need for them, but he could give them to Little Chu and the others for self-defense.

After looting this group of people, Tang Luo pulled out the cane that he had just pressed into the ground for the second time, and happily completed his alms begging.

This time, with the identity of a foreign detective.

"Oh, and one more thing." Tang Luo walked a few steps before turning around and saying to the gang members, "There are only six bullets in this revolver. Give me the address of your gang. I'll go and ask for more when I run out of bullets."

"Sure!"

One person rolled his eyes and gave him an address.

Tang Luo nodded slightly and left.

"You are looking for death! What are you doing, leading this foreigner there?" After Tang Luo left, infighting happened immediately.

"Pfft! What do you know?" answered that person. "We have so many in our gang, why would we be scared of him on his own?"

"He can also get more people."

"Who can a foreigner get?"

"Cotland Yard! You idiot!"

"Why?"

"Didn't the boss also say yesterday, that the matter of the Ripper is too overblown? We should change back to the name of Crow Gang, and stop using the name Ripper Gang for good! Otherwise, the guy we have at Cotland Yard also won't be able to protect us! The guys at Cotland Yard are going crazy! Maybe they'll just use us as a scapegoat!"

"…"

One had to pay the price for using the fame of another. Especially when one had stupid teammates around.