21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 579 - 575: Detective and Professor (Please Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

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If one were to ignore that this place was merely a Sealed Grounds for all sorts of Ghosts and Monsters and the anachronistic feelings brought about by the different eras, and simply treated it as Victorian London for sightseeing, the space before one's eyes was still quite worth a visit.

Although the sailing ships on the Thames River were not as massive as the later steamships, the ships of the Age of Sail also possessed their own unique romantic charm. Considering that the United Kingdom became the British Empire largely thanks to the development of its maritime industry, it's natural that its capital would have countless sailing ships, and the scene of a thousand sails competing is indeed a sight to behold.

Besides, the City of London in the Victorian Era had already acquired a modernized feel, and given that the Victorian Era was also when British power was at its zenith, the city everywhere displayed an air of prosperity.

The only pity was that the weather remained oppressively foggy with very low visibility, preventing one from glimpsing the full elegance of the city.

However, Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi were both acutely aware that this fog was not merely weather, but in itself was a kind of Ghosts and Monsters.

To explain it using terms from the Orient, the fog of London had over centuries formed the infamous "Great London Fog" and "City of Fog" reputations and recognition, bestowing a "name" upon this fog, turning it into a Yokai, and then at some unknown time, this Fog Monster was sealed within this space.

The body of this Fog Monster was exceedingly vast, seemingly enveloping the entire City of London, but the aura it emitted was so faint it was nearly imperceptible. If it weren't for Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi's senses being beyond ordinary people, they might have had difficulty detecting the existence of this Fog Monster.

While the couple was quite intrigued by this Fog Monster and wanted to capture it as part of their Necromantic Space collection, the creature was simply too large to be captured conveniently. Furthermore, since the Necromantic Space was temporally unable to open due to the influence of this space, Yu Chen simply added the Fog Monster to his list of options, deciding to consider the matter of its capture later.

Accompanied by Gilles de Rais, the couple strolled the streets of London, enjoying the bustle of the 18th century Victorian Era at the height of British power, while also sensing just how many Demons, Ghosts and Monsters were sealed within this space.

"What's with that street?" When they passed a street denoted "Fleet Street," his gaze suddenly sharpened, noting the unusually dense deathly aura and the smell of blood and decay lingering in the air.

And what was more attention-grabbing was the presence of two Legendary-rank Ghosts and Monsters on that street.

"Fleet Street? Oh, that would be Barber Todd and Mrs. Lovett. Have you not heard their story?" Gilles de Rais only had to glance at the name of the street to know what was going on: "They were two very famous serial killers of the 18th century. Barber Sweeney Todd and the pie shop owner, Margaret Lovett, worked hand in glove, with the barber responsible for slitting the throats of the patrons, and the pie shop owner tasked with turning the corpses into pies.

It is said that they carried on like this for three years until a patron's dog lingered outside the barbershop for three days, refusing to leave, which aroused suspicion from the patron's wife leading to the police being alerted and their crimes uncovered. Todd was eventually hanged, while Mrs. Lovett committed suicide by poisoning herself in prison."

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Gilles de Rais briefly explained what was up with those two Legendary-rank beings, then couldn't help but grumble, "Who would've thought that even a serial killer could become legendary? Seems like becoming a legend isn't all that valuable! I've killed no fewer people than they have!"

"It's not the serial killers who become legends, but rather the terror they create that turns them into legends," Yu Chen shook his head gently and denied Gilles de Rais's words.

He could certainly see why these two were considered legends; they didn't achieve legendary status through their own strength, but merely because of the terror they created, which instilled fear in people. From that fear, they drew enough power to become legends, just like the Fog Monster became a yokai from merely a mass of fog because of people's belief.

However, Yu Chen noticed something odd about Barber Todd; namely, that most of the ghosts and monsters sealed in this space likely belonged to this category. Because such creatures are indeed difficult to kill. As long as people still harbor fear towards them, and their infamy continues to spread, these ghosts and monsters can continue to exist. Even if their physical forms are destroyed, they can be reborn from people's fear.

But this seemed only natural. With the power of the United Kingdom that once ruled nearly half the earth, it would have been easy to kill a mere legendary being. If it weren't impossible to destroy their manifestations physically, they wouldn't have bothered to stuff them all into this Sealed Grounds.

However, Yu Chen found it strange that the United Kingdom had so many such creatures; that even two murderers could become Legendary-rank ghosts and monsters. And there were quite a few more like them in this space, an incidence rate that seemed rather high.

Perhaps this was the secret hidden behind this space? Yu Chen's interest was piqued, and he felt a strong desire to unearth the mystery.

"Husband, are we going to apprehend them? I don't really like these murderers," Hiromi Jounouchi apparently had a poor impression of murderers and did not want Yu Chen to take them out with him.

"Depends. It's tough to reform these ghosts spawned from people believing in terrible rumors. Killing them is pointless, and they aren't of much use if we take them back," Yu Chen didn't pay as much attention to Barber Todd and Mrs. Lovett compared to the Fog Monster.

However, as the three of them continued to walk, a carriage suddenly stopped in front of them, and two Legendary-rank beings stepped down.

Looking at the man in front of them wearing a deerstalker hat, cloaked, holding a pipe in his hand, with a broad forehead, thin hooked nose, a square and prominent jaw, and intelligent light sparkling in his blue eyes, Yu Chen almost instantly recognized him the moment he laid eyes on him.

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What Yu Chen found odd was that the person accompanying him wasn't a military doctor, but another tall, thin man who appeared to be a genial scholar.

"Greetings, outsiders. Allow me to introduce myself, I am the warden of this prison, Sherlock Holmes, a consulting detective. And this is Professor James Moriarty. May I ask how you came to be in this prison?" Sherlock Holmes introduced himself while taking a puff from his pipe and exhaling a twist of white smoke.