Becoming Professor Moriarty's Probability

Chapter 131: Monster Showdown (5)

Chapter 131: Monster Showdown (5)

"Who's there?"

"........."

"Why aren't you answering?"

Jill the Ripper, who was about to move forward with Adler in her arms, scrutinized the figure blocking her path before speaking.

"Given the unusual attire, you're clearly not a member of the royal knights..."

"... Ah."

At that moment, the interfering figure smirked before opening her mouth to speak.

"Turns out it's none other than the Princess of the British Empire~"

"..... Hmm?"

"Well, it seems like I unknowingly blocked the way of such an esteemed person..."

As she intentionally shouted those words in a raised voice, murmuring voices began to emerge from behind.

"Did you just, do that on purpose...?"

"But you see, Princess."

Jill the Ripper asked with a mildly annoyed expression, to which the girl merely smirked while fiddling with her monocle for some time and then... finally responded in a lighthearted tone.

"The item you have in your hands actually belongs to me."

"That's quite an amusing statement.”

Hearing her, Jill the Ripper's eyes began to sparkle with a sense of unbridled interest.

"... I am not an item."

"Why is this item yours?"

"We have a bit of a history, you see. And I prefer treasures with history and connections over mere expensive ones."

Adler's dissatisfied voice resonated in the background but was utterly ignored as the conversation between the two continued.

"I have my own history with this item too."

"... No matter how I think about it, I don’t believe it’s a treasure that can be squandered just for the whims of an impulsive and immature princess.”

Hearing the voice tinged with laughter, Jill the Ripper stared down at her obstructer with a fierce gaze— a gaze so intense that most would be intimidated enough to not even dare make eye contact with her.

"You, you really have a way with words."

"Ah, that's the second most common thing people say to me right before I take their treasures."

"And what's the first?"

Unfazed, the girl flashed her a playful grin before replying in a soft voice,

"... Phantom Thief Lupin?"

"Ha, figures."

Realizing the identity of her obstructer, Jill the Ripper leaked out a cold laugh before shifting her gaze to Adler, held in the confines of her arms.

"So you've even seduced the notorious female thief in advance, huh?"

"No, really, I didn't do anything."

"... Really?"

"Uh, well..."

Adler looked genuinely aggrieved by her accusation. However, under Jill the Ripper's cold questioning, he paused for a moment to think things through.

"I just... wrapped the jewel she was trying to steal with a note, a cute doodle too, and presented it as a gift, nothing more."

"What?"

"Ah, and I did steal her first kiss... but that was more like, I was the one being taken advantage of...?”

After a moment, Adler’s cheerful expression faded and he began to trail off, seemingly realizing the oddity of his own words.

"Why did you leave out the part where you beat me up so badly that I still have bruises?"

Lupin, showing a cold smile, slightly lifted the gentleman's suit she was wearing to reveal the bruises that still scarred her stomach, even to this day.

"... Didn't you say you did nothing?"

"..... Teehee~"

"So, you gave her a jewel as a gift, stole her first kiss, and went on to beat her till she got long-lasting bruises, and you still think that's nothing?"

Jill the Ripper murmured coldly to Adler, still confined in her arms, before suddenly looking forward with a puzzled expression.

"Then why did that bitch come to save you?"

"Uh..."

"Don't people usually hate getting beaten up?"

To her confused murmurs, Adler whispered in a low voice while looking straight at her.

"Actually, she didn't come to save me; she came to kidnap me too."

"Ah."

Finally, Jill the Ripper nodded, somewhat convinced.

"... I wonder how things turned out."

Hidden in between the bushes in a remote area – far from the entrance to the walkway where the fight between the two dangerous women had erupted – Isaac Adler cautiously peeked out and muttered to himself.

"Seeing that the vision has gone completely dark, the clone has most likely reached its limit...”

Indeed,

Surprisingly, what had been roaming the park without any escorts, attracting monsters from all around, was a clone created and controlled by Adler through his unique magic.

"... But it's too risky to check it out in person."

Adler's plan to lure and make the supernatural entities from various parts of Britain destroy each other had almost reached fruition.

"It seems Moran’s comms were cut off due to the royal knights..."

However, that didn't mean everything was over.

"Is there no safe way to check in on the battle?”

As there was another crucial plan remaining— a plan that was as significant as the plan of pitting the monsters against each other, leading to their mutual destruction.

『Phantom Thief's Treasure』

– Description: Get kidnapped by Phantom Thief Lupin

"If Lupin loses, things will get complicated..."

That plan was to embark on the final main quest from the early stages that hadn't progressed yet.

More precisely, it was to ensure Lupin's victory in this monster showdown and to get kidnapped by her.

... Sure enough, I need to head to the scene, no matter what. Just need to be as stealthy as possible.

Thus, risking danger, Isaac Adler decided to move himself instead of creating another time-consuming clone.

- Rustle...

".........?"

Just as he was silently trying to get up, he heard a noise from behind.

"Who, who's there...?"

"........."

Adler, startled and fearing that a monster had discovered his hiding spot, turned around with a terrified expression.

"Uh...?"

In the next moment, however, his head tilted in confusion.

"M, Master."

Because standing before him was someone who shouldn't have been in this place right now.

"What are you doing here?"

"... Miss Blaze?"

Out of Adler's three closest subordinates, Silver Blaze was the only one who had the height and build for Lupin to perfectly disguise herself into; that’s why she was excluded from this mission.

"No..."

Then, there was only one possibility left.

"Miss Thief, have you already finished the fight?"

"... Pardon?"

Having made his one-sided assessment, Adler began acting cute, flirting with the confused woman.

"So, will you kidnap me now?"

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...What did the master just say?

Despite the unexpected appearance of Jill the Ripper, Adler's plan had been almost flawless. However, in this very instance, his perfect plan began going awry.

... Did he just ask me to kidnap him?

The person before him was not the victorious and disguised Phantom Thief Lupin.

Kidnap... kidnap master...?

It was actually Silver Blaze herself. In charge of guarding the lair all alone, she had come out for a night walk in the park to cool down her body which had already gone in heat, given it was her mating cycle.

"... Aren't you going to do it?"

.......♡

And her brain, which had momentarily frozen due to the shocking words, rapidly began filling up with hearts at hearing Adler’s shy and timid voice.

"... Don't regret it now... /genesisforsaken