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| Original Title | 女肉を料理する男 |
|---|---|
| Author | 牧 逸馬 |
| Genre | Fantasy & Sci-Fi |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In the fog-shrouded slums of Victorian London’s East End, a shadow haunts Hanbury Street—a labyrinth of decay where poverty and vice fester. Here, under cover of darkness, a phantom dubbed “Jack the Ripper” stalks the night, preying on destitute streetwalkers with surgical precision. His crimes defy comprehension: throats slit, bodies mutilated, organs stolen as macabre trophies. When Annie Chapman’s corpse is discovered in a grimy courtyard, her uterus excised and entrails strewn like grotesque confetti, terror tightens its grip on the city. \nScotland Yard scrambles, deploying detectives and vigilantes, yet the killer slips through their nets with mocking ease. Clues—a bloodstained apron fragment, cryptic graffiti, a button traced to Chicago—lead only to dead ends. Witnesses glimpse a man in a long black coat, his face obscured by shadows, but fear paralyzes their tongues. Is he a deranged surgeon? A religious fanatic? Or something far more sinister? \nAs panic swells, London’s streets grow thick with dread. Each fog-laden alley whispers danger; every stranger could be the Ripper. Yet his identity remains a riddle, buried in the same darkness that birthed his legend—a mystery as impenetrable as the city’s eternal gloom. |
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