"Since last year, at this college, someone has been missing every once in a while."
At the beginning, Sigmund said such a thing.
"There is no connection between the missing people, and they are not limited to men and women. There is not even any sign of abnormality. Some of them even laughed with their friends yesterday and disappeared the next day."
Upon hearing this, Luo Zhen and Ye Ye looked at each other.
Then, Ye Ye spoke cautiously.
"Didn't you drop out of school on your own initiative? I heard every night that the courses in this college are not easy at all?"
Such a possibility was raised every night.
However, this is also what Luo Zhen wants to say.
Just like Onmyojuku, if you don't care about it in the first grade, the difficulty of the courses will increase several levels by the second grade, causing students with insufficient qualifications to be overwhelmed and have no choice but to drop out. This is why Walpurgis Royal Skills The academy is the world's top magic school. Almost all the puppet masters who graduate from here are talents coveted by the armies of various countries. Therefore, the courses are naturally extremely difficult, and there are absolutely not many people who can successfully graduate.
In view of this, even if someone chooses to drop out of school and leave here, it is very normal.
As for the sudden disappearance of students instead of applying for withdrawal, it must be due to tuition fees, right
The tuition here is so expensive that it is basically impossible to rely on the family alone to provide it. If it is not a country's enterprises, famous families or even government officers, then it is simply impossible to provide such expensive tuition.
For example, Luo Zhen was sponsored by the number one company in the bionic doll industry, Hanayusai Glass, and provided the tuition fee, so that he could successfully enroll in school. Otherwise, unless the Akabane family is still in this world, Luo Zhen may not be able to afford it. Afford the cost.
Companies, famous families, and the military that are extremely eager for excellent puppet masters will generally choose to become sponsors, find talented people through various channels, send them here for further education, and bear the high cost for them. When these students graduate from here, they must be loyal to them.
Under such circumstances, if you apply to drop out of school, the sponsors behind them will definitely not agree and may even require the students to return the expensive tuition fees. What's more, they may also require the payment of compensation or liquidated damages. You may not even be able to save your life.
Therefore, it is not strange that overwhelmed students choose to disappear silently and leave the college in order not to be threatened by the sponsors behind them.
only...
"This is not impossible. Examples like this have often appeared before, but since the new school year last year, the number of such people has obviously increased a lot, and now there are a total of 26 people."
Sigmund spoke seriously.
"Moreover, the lack of any connection I just mentioned refers to the background and identity of the students. In fact, some of these missing people have a great thing in common."
What do they have in common
"All their automatons were destroyed and left in the academy."
Sigmund said so.
"The automaton was destroyed?"
Ye Ye was suddenly startled.
"I see."
Luo Zhen understood.
If the missing person really didn't want to be troubled by the sponsor behind him, so he chose to sneak away secretly, then he shouldn't have destroyed his automaton.
You must know that the automatic puppet is not only the power of the puppet user, but also an important tool for making money. Even if it is no longer needed, it can be sold. There is no reason to destroy it.
Not to mention, if these students who choose to drop out have offended the sponsors behind them, it is basically impossible for them to return to society in this life. They can only hide in the underground world and either make illegal money to survive, or simply become criminals. Or, these actions must rely on their strength to complete. Damaging the automatic doll is simply not worth the loss.
In other words, there is obviously something abnormal behind this incident.
Coupled with the attack just now, Xia Lu blurted out the name "Magic Gnawer"...
"Is there a Jack the Ripper in this academy?"
Luo Zhen murmured like this.
"It's really an apt description."
Sigmund couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Jack the Ripper.
In the two months starting from August 31, 1888, at least five prostitutes were murdered in London, England, and signed letters and organ fragments were sent to newspapers, thus becoming known as the originator of theater crime. characters.
He is the most well-known murderer in the world, and a perfect criminal who left no conclusive evidence except his body. He has not been found until now. Neither his race nor gender can be determined and is shrouded in mystery. characters.
This is the reason why Luo Zhen said that Jack the Ripper appeared in the academy.
"Except for the damaged automaton left in the academy, there are no other traces or clues. Isn't this equivalent to being killed by Jack the Ripper?"
Luo Zhen said this.
"And the Jack the Ripper who appears in this academy should be the so-called "Magic Eater", right?"
exactly.
The so-called "Magic Eater" refers to the mysterious attacker who attacks students in the academy, causing their whereabouts to remain unknown and their automatons to be destroyed.
Where the missing students ended up is anyone's guess.
There are also different opinions as to why the other party would do such a thing.
There is only one thing that everyone knows unanimously.
"The other party likes to eat automatons." Sigmund said solemnly: "Those damaged automatons will not only leave traces of being eaten, but the magic circuits including "Eve's Heart" will also be eaten. It just disappeared, as if it was eaten by a wild beast."
As soon as these words came out, Luo Zhen didn't care, Ye Ye froze all over.
"Eat the automaton..."
Ye Ye's expression looked a little ugly.
Just like humans feel uncomfortable hearing that someone is eating human flesh, as an automaton, it must be quite uncomfortable to know that other dolls are being eaten, right
"Is the mysterious attacker who ate all the magic circuits called the Magic Eater?" Luo Zhen touched his chin, looked at Sigmund, and said, "In other words, you Do you think it was the so-called that attacked me?"
This answer is correct.
"Although with your current popularity, it would not be surprising if you were attacked by someone, but if it is a level attacker, the first thing that comes to mind is the ." Sigmund clicked. Nodding, he said: "The other party is a person who even the Discipline Committee and the Guards have not been able to find any clues about. It can be inferred that the strength is quite high, at least at the level of the ."
If so, that's a bit intriguing.
Luo Zhen's mind became active.