Chapter 272: Jack the Ripper 1

People became confused after the lights suddenly went out .

“Huh? Is it a power outage?”

“What’s going on?”

They just thought it was a power outage and didn’t think much about it . But Ju-Heon’s group was different .

‘This isn’t a regular power outage . ’

Ju-Heon scrunched his eyes .

The Monarch of Seduction was smiling in the darkness .

A power outage was a sign that Jack the Ripper was starting the hunt .

‘Alright Jack the Ripper, kill everyone . ’

Elena, the Monarch of Seduction, had been aiming for this from the beginning . It had been her plan from the moment she met Julian’s sister, Nina .

‘I’ll take Seo Ju-Heon to be mine while Nina will take care of the Monarch of St… No, the Monarch of Pillage . ’

She was also a wild beast aiming for a Heirloom to become a Monarch . She had tried everything to take down Ju-Heon’s group members who had Heirlooms, but…

Seo Ju-Heon was one thing but somehow his team members were all weird as well .

The CIA, MI6, and other spy organizations had tried their best but they couldn’t find any weaknesses for Ju-Heon or his team members .

They were able to at least get some information before Ilya joined up with them, however, that was no longer the case .

‘Even the spies can’t do anything once that Ilya bastard joined their team . ’

They were all anxious as well .

Information regarding the tomb raiding team had suddenly disappeared from public records and the media .

The easiest to handle had been that stupid Monarch of Pushoverness, but bad things kept happening whenever they tried to mess with Ju-Heon or the Monarch of Pushoverness .

Their stocks would fall, their businesses would suddenly be in trouble, it was quite weird .

That was why Ju-Heon and Julian’s weaknesses that they found out this time were extremely precious .

‘Seduce Seo Ju-Heon with artifacts . ’

There had been rumors about Seo Ju-Heon being an artifactphile for a while .

It seemed to have become a bit special after he got his Heirloom .

‘Take Seo Ju-Heon to the hotel . ’

She was confident that she could send Ju-Heon to paradise if they spent a night together . Her sponsors were proof she could do that .

But before that……

‘Alright, hurry up and kill him . Go, Jack the Ripper . ’

Even the mighty Ju-Heon should temporarily blank out seeing his team member die .

It was at that moment .

“Nina, it’s okay . There’s no need to be scared . A fuse probably blew out or something . ”

Julian tightly clenched Nina’s hand in the darkness . Nina pulled a knife out of her pocket as if this was perfect .

‘I don’t know who you are, but goodbye . ’

But the moment she was about to swing the knife!

Paat!

The light suddenly came back on .

“?!”

Nina became flustered .

‘Why did the light turn back on so quickly?’

Nina looked around as she had messed with the breaker herself .

It was too soon for an employee to have made it to the box already . She had planned everything out knowing the location of the breaker box .

“What the? At least it’s back . ”

The other customers were relieved that it didn’t seem to have been a serious issue . Of course, the Monarch of Seduction was glaring at Nina .

‘What are you doing?’

Nina, who was looking for an opportunity, closed her eyes and used her psychic artifact again . The lights went back out!

“Kyaaaa! What the hell?! Another blackout?”

Nina aimed for Julian’s neck this time .

However…

Paat! It turned back on again!

Nina became anxious and quickly hid the knife again .

‘What the hell is going on?!’

The answer to her question was at the breaker box .

[$#&#$!]

Hey, you can’t do that! You c…… ugh!

That was right .

The rope was at the circuit breaker . The rope was raising the switch whenever it fell .

Click! Click!

It was able to easily push it using its long body!

That was why it didn’t matter if Nina used a psychic artifact to control it .

Paat! Paat! Paat!

The lights would go out and then come right back on . Off and on .

The other artifacts that could sense that a person was going to die were scolding the rope .

[#$&!]

Hey, what the hell are you doing?! It looks like we could see a person die!

The rope wasn’t listening to them .

Pow! Pow! Pow!

In fact, it whipped the artifacts that were trying to scold it .

The shop felt as if it had turned into a rave .

“What the hell is going on?”

“Hey, what’s wrong with your lights?”

Nina started to grind her teeth in anger at this unexplainable situation .

‘Damn it, it looks like I might have to go over my limits and cut the power line itself……’

However…

“Nina, what’s wrong? Are you sick?”

“……?!”

Her actions made Julian focus on her .

The Monarch of Seduction was feeling frustrated while looking at Nina .

‘What the hell is she doing?!’

The Monarch of Seduction couldn’t hold back anymore and grabbed Ju-Heon’s arm .

“Oh my, this place is a bit weird . Shall we go outside and talk?”

But at that moment…

Tap . Tap .

Someone tapped the Monarch of Seduction’s back . The moment she turned around to look……

Pow!

The Monarch of Seduction was slapped on the head!

The rope was standing there and moving as if it was a cobra .

It seemed to be glaring at her, asking what she was doing with Ju-Heon .

Ju-Heon’s eyes opened wide while the Monarch of Seduction was in disbelief .

“What the h…… kyaa!”

She was hit again .

Pow!

This time it was her cheek . The Monarch of Seduction foamed at the mouth after being struck by the rope .

“This crazy artifact!”

An angry Monarch of Seduction tried to grab the rope, but…

[#&$!]

Move your dirty hand . Move it . Move it!

Pow pow pow pow pow!

“Kyaaaa!”

She ended up being attacked by a flurry of punches .

It didn’t seem to like the fact that the Monarch of Seduction was sticking so closely to Ju-Heon .

She had even turned the lights off .

Her plan was too obvious to this amazing rope .

Around the same time…

“There must be some issues with this store’s power line . ”

Julian, who did not know that he was in danger of dying, tilted his head in confusion as Nina ground her teeth .

‘It’ll be complicated if the lights aren’t out . ’

But it might be okay .

‘Let’s go somewhere else . ’

She would lure him to somewhere secluded .

Nina pulled Julian by the arm after having that thought .

“Umm, can we go talk outside?”

“Huh? Are you uncomfortable here?”

“Yes, there’s a lot of people and we can’t really chat in private……”

Julian nodded his head and got up from his seat .

However…

“Hey, Vice Captain-nim . ”

“!”

Someone grabbed Julian’s shoulder .

It was Yoo Jaeha . Julian became anxious once he saw Yoo Jaeha there .

“What the? Jaeha, why are you here?”

“There’s no need to ask that question . ”

Yoo Jaeha gently pulled Julian toward him .

“Anyway, we need to chat for a moment . ”

“?”

Nina didn’t know what to do after Julian was dragged away by the Monarch of Pushoverness .

‘Huh? Wait, this thing can’t leave . ’

Unfortunately, Yoo Jaeha had dragged Julian away .

Julian had told Jaeha that he couldn’t leave Nina behind, but Yoo Jaeha just smacked him .

The Monarch of Seduction’s jaw dropped after seeing what had happened .

‘The Monarch of Pushoverness?! Why is that bastard here?’

He wasn’t the only one who was here .

“Oh my, look who it is . ”

“A person I’ve only seen through the screen is here in person . ”

“?!”

The Monarch of Seduction gasped after seeing two women standing behind her .

‘Lee Seol-A and Irene Holten!’

Seol-A and Irene were glaring at the Monarch of Seduction with vicious gazes .

They were smiling but they were full of murderous intent . They then took Ju-Heon away from the Monarch of Seduction .

“Are you done discussing B . U . S . I . N . E . S . S . with our Captain-nim?”

“Are you done chatting now?”

‘Done chatting my ass! These damn bitches are getting in my way!’

The Monarch of Seduction glared back at them . She seemed to despise them quite a bit .

“I never invited the two of you . Get out . ”

The Monarch of Seduction quietly growled and Seol-A just scoffed at her .

“Who cares about your invitation? Did you rent the entire place out? We just came here to drink coffee . ”

“Can we join you if it’s okay?”

Irene looked quite scary even as she smiled . She looked like an angel who was channeling the fires of hell .

They viciously glared at each other .

It was at that moment .

“What the? Why are you girls here?”

“!”

It was Ju-Heon . Seol-A and Irene flinched after hearing Ju-Heon’s question .

“Didn’t you both say that you needed to sleep early tonight? You mentioned having to wake up early tomorrow . ”

The two of them looked toward Ju-Heon with awkward expressions on their faces .

“Ah, t, that…”

They were fidgeting and looked away as they started to laugh .

“Oh, umm…… We just came out to get some fresh air!”

“Fresh air?”

Ju-Heon tilted his head in confusion . They awkwardly looked away before moving closer toward Ju-Heon .

“Mr . Ju-Heon, that’s not the issue right now . ”

“Hmm?”

“Mr . Jaeha said that he thinks Jack the Ripper is going to show up here……”

Ju-Heon tilted his head even more after hearing Irene whisper that to him .

‘What? Yoo Jaeha?’

“Why is that bastard here too?”

Well, that didn’t matter .

That loudmouth probably told them that he came here to meet the Monarch of Seduction .

The important thing was…

‘Did she say Jack the Ripper?’

Jack the Ripper was a serial killer in London who is still often talked about .

There were many serial killers before him but his cruel killing methods, provocation, the Queen’s wrath and the media all made him extremely famous .

A Polish barber was revealed to be the culprit once science developed and DNA tracing became a thing, but there were a lot of disputes about it as with any historical incidents .

The important thing was that as that artifact was famous for being a killer, it was one of the strongest assassination artifacts such as Odin’s Gungnir .

This bastard had been a thorn in Ju-Heon and the monopolizers’ sides in the past as well .

His assassination skills were so great that multiple Monarchs had died in his hands .

‘I did hear that he appeared recently . ’

It had been reported in the newspaper and Yoo Jaeha had said it himself that he saw Jack the Ripper .

It had been at the auction house where he shut the official restorers up and met the British princess .

That bastard had tried to kill the general, the British Prince, and other artifact users at that time as well .

‘That bastard is in the store?’

“Who told you that again?”

“Mr . Jaeha did . ”

Ju-Heon accepted that response and pulled out a knife .

Jaeha shouldn’t be wrong as he recently had a run-in with Jack the Ripper .

That assassin was like a ghost when it came to hiding, but Yoo Jaeha was a Monarch .

Ju-Heon urgently started to speak .

“Seol-A, track him . ”

That bastard would show up, kill someone, and disappear . He had given Ju-Heon and even Dan a lot of issues in the past .

They would be killed if they put their guard down .

‘The bastard’s goal is obvious . ’

He was probably aiming for their Heirlooms .

It was possible that he just showed up after finding out Ju-Heon was going to be here, but…

“You did this, didn’t you?”

Ju-Heon started to smile while looking at the Monarch of Seduction . The Monarch of Seduction feigned ignorance .

“I have no idea what you are talking about . ”

Ju-Heon wasn’t really worried . He had fought against that bastard in the past and survived .

Well, he wasn’t worried until he heard this next comment .

“According to Mr . Jaeha, it’s a woman . ”

“………?!”

‘What… The… fuck? Jack the Ripper is a woman?’

That was crazy .

‘There’s no way . ’

The Jack the Ripper he had fought against in the past had been a man . Ju-Heon had not seen his face, but……

‘Did the future change? It’s also possible that Jaeha is wrong . ’

Jack the Ripper was a male artifact .

But he couldn’t just ignore Yoo Jaeha’s comment . That bastard was like an animal with extremely strong survival instincts when it came to his life .

He urgently turned toward where Julian had been .

However…

‘He’s not there . ’

Julian and Nina were both gone .

‘Damn it . ’

Ju-Heon quickly started to speak to Seol-A and Irene .

“Both of you, come with me . ”

He was going to go look for Jack the Ripper .

However, at that moment…

“Where do you think you’re going?”

Ju-Heon was walking past the Monarch of Seduction when she put her arms around his neck and chuu .

She gave him a deep kiss .