During morning self-study the next day, the faint sound of birds chirping could be heard outside the window.
Gu Jianlin sat in his seat, eating a hamburger in silence and staring at his phone in a daze.
There was the sound of the pen tip rubbing against the test paper from all directions.
Director Wang, who has always been strict, took a leave of absence, and the new acting class teacher basically didn't take care of things. However, the students in the class basically took the exam consciously. After all, the college entrance examination is about to take place in two months, and no one knows how to do it. Making fun of the future.
The only exception was Su Youzhu. This girl had fallen asleep on the desk.
Gu Jianlin asked her for the so-called love letter early this morning and stared at the handwriting on it for a long time.
The content of the previous confession is basically nonsense, only the last few sentences contain obvious hints or warnings.
"First, he is telling me that if he can send a love letter to Youzhu, he can kill Youzhu."
"Second, he is warning me not to tell others. He knows that I have now joined the Ether Association. Once he senses the crisis, he will first take action on Youzhu as punishment for me."
"Third, if I don't show up at the warehouse in the back playground on time the day after tomorrow, he will still attack Youzhu."
Gu Jianlin lightly tapped the table with his index finger. On the screen of the mobile phone next to him, there was the clown's personal information.
"Name: John Burger."
"Rank: First-level Fallen, Magician path."
"Identity information: Forty-six-year-old, Spanish male, studied at the University of Missouri after being tested for sublimation qualifications, double master's degree in the Department of Philosophy and Department of Ancient Engineering, participated in the Kirin Immortal Palace project half a year ago, and served as a dimension inspector. "
"Four months ago, he survived serious injuries in the Blood Moon Massacre. During the rescue process, he developed mental aberrations. He killed three nurses and two attending doctors on the spot, took an injured patient hostage and escaped from the hospital, and used his identity and authority overnight. He stole two pieces of mythical weapons that had not been delivered to the warehouse. He then killed fifty-seven people in a row and is still on the run!"
"Speculation: This person relies on the effect of mythical weapons and is likely to have some kind of concealment or disguise ability. There is currently no known means or ability to accurately locate his location."
"Note: This person may have the ability to have genetic aberrations, so please be careful."
The most important thing is the extraordinary ability of the magician!
Foreknowledge of danger.
Card Knife.
Hypnosis.
Teleportation.
Visions of death.
These are all the abilities of the Magician Path in the first three stages.
Considering that the Joker became a Fallen four months ago, it is very likely that he has advanced by now.
The combat power will fluctuate, but it will most likely not exceed level three.
"I can't place my hopes on the Ether Association or Lu Zicheng, because I'm not sure about their behavior. Once the news leaks out and the clown senses the danger, he will run away immediately. And before he leaves, he will definitely find a way to take revenge. , even if I stay by Youzhu’s side, I can’t guarantee her safety.”
Gu Jianlin analyzed in his mind: "What's more, there are mom and Uncle Su."
When it comes to his family, even if there is a one in ten thousand chance, he will not take the risk.
This is his responsibility as a man.
And the Joker must die.
If there are other accomplices, then they must be exterminated.
Otherwise, Gu Jianlin's family will never have peace.
Dad once said that if you want to defeat a criminal, you cannot follow the other person's logic.
You must break out of his logic and win by surprise.
Currently, the Joker is in control because no one can find him.
If his invisibility fails, it's a different story.
Lu Zicheng killed him in seconds.
"If I can find the Joker, it's at my own risk."
Gu Jianlin's fingers tapping on the table paused slightly.
First of all, the clown is a magician and is recognized as the weakest profession in the early stage.
Danger Prediction can only detect high-level hostility, so it should not be effective against him.
Hypnosis and Death Illusion both belong to the illusion system, and the black unicorn can help him become immune to attacks from this ability.
Li Changzhi's battle under the viaduct last time proved this.
There are only two abilities left:
Card knife, teleportation.
"The Joker has a higher rank than me, but I have a dual-core driver and a gun. The most important thing is that he has the ability to distort. If he is like Li Changzhi, he is indeed very dangerous, but..."
Gu Jianlin thought about his experience in traveling to Qilin Immortal Palace and made up his mind.
He stood up directly, picked up his phone and left the classroom.
At this time, Su Youzhu raised his head in a daze and glanced at his back.
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At the same time, a corner of the campus.
Someone held a mobile phone, smoked a cigarette, and said with a smile: "Ah, as we expected, the Ether Association has indeed set its sights on us, and most likely has sent people from the Tribunal."
During the call, a hoarse voice came: "Thank you for being able to laugh, clown."
The clown put out his cigarette and sneered: "Why are you so serious? Those people from the Ether Association know nothing about Qilin Immortal Palace. They have no idea what we dug up back then. Including my hand The Lock of Inexistence and the Requiem Bell are nothing compared to the most perfect evolutionary chain."
The other party responded: "If it weren't for the Lock of Inexistence, you would have been killed by the Inquisition long ago. You'd better be careful. If it weren't for the cost of overdrafting your life, how could you possibly contain those two weapons with your rank? "
The value of mythical weapons is much higher than that of alchemical weapons.
But not everyone is qualified to control it.
If you want to forcibly contain the Shinhwa Arms, you must risk your life and soul being devoured.
"As long as we can complete that mission, we can get a complete plan and regain our lives."
The clown licked his lips: "Everything is worth it. I will get what we need at 6:30 pm the day after tomorrow. Don't forget to pick me up. Before I leave, I will leave a huge surprise for the Ether Association. .”
A serious voice came from the phone.
"Joker, don't make matters worse!"
The person on the other side said: "Even if you gain the ability to distort, you still can't compete with them head-on."
The clown grinned with a sinister smile and said, "But I will let them deal with themselves."
After a moment of silence, the other person said, "It's up to you. Have you found Gu Cian's son?"
"Always in my sight."
The clown said calmly: "As long as his family is still in Fengcheng, he can't escape. He is in the light and I am in the dark. I will always be the one who takes the initiative. As for the Ether Association... haha."
He mocked and said, "He is Gu Ci'an's son. How much can the Ether Association trust him?"
After saying that, he hung up the phone, turned around and disappeared into the shadows with a cigarette in his mouth.
The Joker is very confident in himself.
He is the hunter.
And his prey is just a rookie who has just entered the extraordinary world.
It's like an ant to him.
Can be trampled to death at any time.
As for the Aether Association and the Inquisition, they are just a bunch of idiots.
Not worth mentioning.
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The back door of Fengcheng No. 2 Middle School, in an empty garden.
Gu Jianlin stood next to the grass, looking down at the blood stains that had not been cleaned up, and remained silent.
The blood had solidified and turned a deep, mottled dark red.
There were also animal hairs scattered on the ground.
There is also a food bowl for pets next to the flower bed. The food on it has already turned bad and smells disgusting.
Gu Jianlin suppressed his malice and smelled the smell carefully.
Combined with the animal carcasses we saw last night, we looked for clues step by step.
The overturned food bowl, the scattered hair, the blood splattered on the ground, the red grass, the footprints trampled on the grass, the traces of deep depressions in the soil, and the handwriting and graffiti on the love letters, all the clues are connected together. .
The profiling begins.
Gu Jianlin closed his eyes and constructed a personality portrait of the murderer in his mind step by step.
His cruelty, his pathology, his madness.
Chilling.
"Male, forty-six years old, with a dark personality. He grew up in a slum abroad. He may have witnessed shootings, experienced domestic violence, and likes to torture animals. He has been single all year round. He received a higher education when he grew up, and his mental state is extremely unstable. "
Gu Jianlin paused: "Also, it has inhuman characteristics."
Very good, it matches what is in the information.
It's you, clown!
For a moment, he opened his eyes, and a strange scene flashed before his eyes.
The limbs, as sharp as knives, cut open the abdomen of some kind of animal, accompanied by splatters of blood.
Blood splattered on someone's face, and there was a maniacal and hoarse laugh.
The blood-stained hand reached into the animal's belly and pulled out a still beating heart.
At the same time, there was a white thread on the grass.
Scenes of broken scenes flashed through my mind, like the scenery passing by outside the window when racing at top speed.
Gu Jianlin turned around and searched carefully in the haystack, and actually found a slender thread of spider silk!
Because this strand of spider silk is really too thin, if you don’t observe it carefully, you will definitely miss it.
Gu Jianlin took out a piece of toilet paper, carefully took it off, wrapped it, and put it in his pocket.
The personality portrait has basically been completed, and the next thing to do is to compare them one by one.
Gu Jianlin wanted to find someone in the entire school who could hide his identity this time.
The workload is greater than ever.
But it is also a challenge for him.
But it doesn't matter. He can miss all the classes today and have plenty of time to find things slowly.
He is a very patient man.
"Let's play a game. Guess if I can...find you in advance."
Gu Jianlin put on his Bluetooth headphones and started playing the music on his phone, looping the single.
Along with the classical melodious melody, a confiding male voice sounded.
"In an alley in 1983, it was a clear December, Chapter 7 of the night..."
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The campus shrouded in dusk.
Teaching building, laboratory building, office building, basketball court, swimming pool, public toilet.
In some classrooms, the math teacher has already set up a picture on the blackboard, and the fifty students in the audience are attentive.
No one noticed that a young man wearing headphones hurried past the door.
The chemistry teacher in the laboratory building was still shouting at the top of his lungs, while the fussy students were holding the reagents in a hurry.
Outside the window, someone withdrew his gaze, turned and left.
A fierce battle is going on on the basketball court. Two groups of school team members are coming and going, blue and red uniforms are intertwined, and sweat is pouring like rain.
The sound of panting and the thud of the basketball hitting the ground were mixed together.
There was only one person in the stands watching them silently, holding a lollipop in his mouth.
There is also the school's swimming pool, where girls in swimsuits are playing in the water. Their well-developed body curves are stretching to their fullest. Water droplets are jumping on their snow-white skin. Their figures are swimming underwater, as light as fish.
In the gym next door, there is a senior in white lace practicing ballet, spinning easily with one foot on the ground.
The hem of the skirt can be adjusted freely like a lily, which is so beautiful.
The boy wearing headphones looked at them silently, turned around and went to the public toilet.
The brother in the men's room only felt a figure passing by outside the door, as if he had seen a ghost.
The beautiful senior who had just come out of the women's restroom saw a young man wearing headphones leaning against the door, in a daze.
In the huge campus, Gu Jianlin was like a lonely ghost, hurriedly walking past everyone.
Their personality portraits are constantly being written in my mind and recorded in my heart.
It was as if there was a memory palace in his brain, with books collected in it. Each book opened contained a personality portrait of a certain person, recording their truest side.
If he had been before becoming an Ascended One, he might not have been able to do such an exaggerated thing.
But since his awakening, his profiling ability seems to have become stronger.
This may... be the evolution of life.
In almost a day, he even found out all the secret agents planted by the Ether Association in the school.
At this moment, the sun sets in the west.
The music played in the headphones an unknown number of times, starting a new cycle.
Gu Jianlin held on to his earphones and walked to the canteen silently, placing his right hand on the pistol on his waist.
He walked through the darkness, his steps getting faster and faster.
As if stepping on some kind of beat.
"We can forget and forgive."
"But the truth must be known."
"The bars were moved."
"Then the last piece of the picture is finally put together."
boom.
The door of the cafeteria was pushed open forcefully, and a cool breeze flowed in, blowing dust all over the floor.
The sun disappeared, and darkness swept in overwhelmingly, covering the figures eating on the dining table.
As if he noticed something, the figure who was eating raised his head.
Gu Jianlin stood in the darkness and met his eyes.
The melody in the headphones plays to a climax.
"I heard the expected footsteps, moccasin heels."
"He opened the door, the night wind blew, and the kerosene lamp flickered."
"The typewriter stopped at the murderer's name and I turned around..."
"The night sky over Westminster Abbey began to boil."
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Dead silence.
The man's hand holding the spoon was frozen in mid-air.
Gu Jianlin sat opposite him expressionlessly, with headphones on his head and neatly dressed in school uniform.
There was a lollipop in his mouth.
"The food in the cafeteria isn't very good, is it?"
The boy slapped a pink love letter on the table: "You shouldn't have revealed so much information to me, clown."
