Chapter 186
Jack the Reaper.
Dale gasped at the unsettling resonance of that name.
“I’ve been waiting for you, Saxony’s ‘Black Prince’.”
Jack the Knife spoke. And what Dale felt in that figure was an unexpected familiarity.
He wore a mask with a crescent-shaped, grotesquely torn mouth.
“The Laughing Man…”
Dale murmured softly.
“What does that mask signify?”
“When attending a masquerade ball, everyone disguises themselves with falsehoods. I am no exception.”
Jack the Ripper smiled as he trailed off.
“Do you believe in the existence of God?”
“……”
“Ah, never mind. But surely you believe in the existence of the devil.”
Jack the Ripper said. At those words, another phrase from the Smiling Man echoed in his mind.
‘Suppose we could examine the ledgers of Guild City to foresee the continent’s situation and future events… If there were a demon capable of precisely predicting this world’s movements, then foreseeing all events destined to unfold in this future would not be impossible either.’
An entity that knows the precise position and momentum of every single molecule in the universe. Laplace’s demon.
“I believe in the existence of the demon. And that all-knowing demon can foresee every single thing that happens in this world and in the future.”
Jack the Ripper said.
“For instance, how to commit a crime in a certain place without being caught, where and whom to ambush so the crime sinks into darkness… The demon of omniscience always whispers to me.”
