"Since last year, in this academy, every once in a while, someone will go missing."

At the beginning, Sigmund said something like this.

"There is no contact between the missing people, not limited to men and women, and there is not even the slightest sign of abnormality, and some even laughed with friends yesterday and disappeared the next day."

Hearing this, Luo Zhen and Ye Ye looked at each other.

Then, night after night, he spoke cautiously.

"Didn't you drop out of school on your own? I heard that the courses of this academy are not easy at all, right? ”

Night and night raised such a possibility.

However, this is also what Luo Zhen wants to say.

Just like the Yin and Yang School, in the first grade, it doesn't matter, and when the second year comes, the difficulty of the course will increase by several levels, resulting in students with insufficient qualifications being overwhelmed, and finally they can only choose to drop out of school is a reason, Walpurges Royal Karakuri Academy is the world's top magic school, and the puppets who go out from here are almost all talents coveted by the armies of various countries, therefore, the course is naturally extremely difficult, and there are definitely not many people who can graduate successfully.

In light of this, even if someone chooses to drop out of school and leave here, it is a very normal thing.

As for the fact that I didn't apply for withdrawal and suddenly disappeared, it should be because of the tuition fee, right?

Tuition fees here are so expensive that it is basically impossible for families to provide them alone, and if it were not for a country's enterprises, famous families, or even government officials, they would not be able to afford such expensive tuition fees.

For example, Luo Zhen is sponsored by Hanaliuzhai Glass, the number one in the bionic puppet world, to provide this tuition fee in order to successfully enroll, otherwise, unless the Akabane family is still in this world, Luo Zhen may not be able to afford that fee.

And those companies, famous families, and the military who are desperate for good puppets generally choose to become sponsors, looking for talented people through various channels, sending them here for further education, covering the expensive expenses for them, and when these students graduate from here, they must be loyal to them.

In such a situation, if they apply to withdraw from the school, the sponsor behind them will definitely not agree, and will even ask the student to return the expensive tuition fee, and even more may ask for compensation or liquidated damages, and may not even be able to save his life.

Therefore, it is not surprising that overwhelmed students choose to silently disappear and leave this college in order not to be threatened by the sponsors behind them.

It's just that...

"This is not impossible, and there have been many examples of this before, but since the beginning of the new school year last year, the number of such people has increased significantly, and now there are 26 people in total."

Sigmund spoke with some seriousness.

"And the fact that there is no connection just now refers to the background and identity of the students, in fact, there are some people who have a great deal in common with each other."

What do they have in common?

"All of their automata have been vandalized and left in the academy."

So said Sigmund.

"Automaton vandalized?"

Night and night were suddenly stunned.

"I see."

Luo Zhen understood.

If the missing person really just doesn't want to be troubled by the sponsor behind it, so he chooses to sneak away, then he shouldn't destroy his automata.

You must know that the automaton is not only the power of the puppet, but also an important tool for making money, even if you don't want it, you can sell it, there is no reason to destroy it.

Not to mention, these students who choose to drop out of school halfway offend the sponsors behind them, and it is basically impossible for them to return to society in this life, so they can only hide in the underground world, either make black money to live, or simply become criminals, these behaviors have to rely on their strength to complete, and the damage to the automaton is simply not worth the loss.

In other words, there is obviously something abnormal behind this matter.

Coupled with the attack just now, Xia Lu blurted out the status of mentioning the name "Magic Eater......

"Is there Jack the Ripper in this academy?"

Luo Zhen muttered like this.

"That's an apt description."

Sigmund couldn't help but smile wryly.

———— "Jack the Ripper".

It was in London, England, that he killed at least five prostitutes in two months from August 31, 1888, and sent signed letters and organ fragments to newspapers, thus becoming the originator of theatrical crime.

He is the world's most recognizable hunter and murderer, and a perfect criminal who has left no conclusive evidence other than a corpse, and has not been found until now, and is shrouded in mystery that cannot be judged by race or gender.

The reason why Luo Zhen said that there was Jack the Ripper in the academy is here.

"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 so.

"And Jack the Ripper who appeared in this academy must be the so-called 'Magic Eater', right?"

Exactly.

The so-called "Magic Eater" refers to the mysterious attackers who attack students in the academy, causing the students' whereabouts to be unknown, and their automaton being destroyed.

Where the missing students ended up is unknown.

Why the other party would do such a thing is also a matter of opinion.

There is only one thing that people all know.

"The other party likes to eat automata." Sigmund said in a deep voice, "Not only will the damaged automaton leave traces of being eaten, but the magic circuits, including Eve's Heart, will disappear as if they were eaten by wild beasts. ”

As soon as these words came out, Luo Zhen didn't care, and his whole body froze every night.

"Eat automata..."

Ye Ye's expression was a little unsightly.

Just as humans feel uncomfortable when they hear someone eating human flesh, as an automaton puppet, it must be quite uncomfortable to know that another puppet has been eaten, right?

"The mysterious attacker who eats all the magic circuits, is that why it's called 'Magic Eater'?" Luo Zhen touched his chin, looked at Sigmund, and said, "In other words, you think that the so-called 'Magic Eater' attacked me?" ”

This answer is correct.

"Although with your current limelight, it is not surprising that you are attacked by someone, but if it is an attacker of the level of 'Thirteen', the first thing that comes to mind is the 'Magic Eater'." Sigmund nodded, and said like this: "The other party is a person who can't find a trace of any clues even when the members of the Discipline Commission and the guard team join forces with each other, and it can be inferred that the strength is quite superb, at least at the level of 'Thirteen People'." ”

If that's the case, it's a bit intriguing.

Luo Zhen's mind came alive.