On killing the protagonist

When he confirmed that he was not mistaken, Ye Qiu couldn't help complaining: "Damn, this murderer must be sick! Why did you write a comment 666 for yourself after killing someone? Do you want to show that you are awesome?"

Gu Qinuo denied: "No, if it really wants to provoke us, it should be engraved on a more conspicuous place, such as the face or back, and engraved on a place that is not easy to detect like the wrist, it is more like a mark .”

"Mark? What mark?" Ye Qiu asked.

Gu Qinuo shook his head: "I don't know what the specific meaning is, but just like Jack the Ripper would dig out the kidneys of the deceased and the Yorkshire butcher liked to skin the dead, the number engraved on his wrist should also have a special meaning. "

Ye Hanjiang on the side covered the white cloth back, nodded his head and said: "Arnuo is right, there is indeed a reason for the murderer to do this."

The two looked at him, and Ye Hanjiang continued: "We have discussed before, judging from the sentence and wording of the murderer, it is likely to be a Christian, and 666 is a synonym for Satan in the Bible, representing demons and sins. , It also fits the murderer's positioning of us."

"There is also a saying that in the Bible, people who are engraved with 666 on their right hands are regarded as slaves that can be sold, that is, they have the same status as livestock, and are also regarded by Christians as evil forces against Christ."

"Wait a minute." Gu Qinuo frowned upon hearing this: "I remember you said before that the punishment Yang Chao received in the Hungry Ghost Realm came from Buddhist teachings. Since this murderer is a devout Christian, why did he use What about the Buddhist method of punishing the Antichrist?"

Ye Hanjiang also frowned: "This is exactly what I can't figure out."

Gu Qinuo pondered for a moment, then asked: "Is it possible that two people committed the crime separately?"

Ye Hanjiang shook his head and said: "It's not very likely. From the previous signs, this murderer is very likely to be a narcissistic and insensitive personality disorder. If it is a person with this personality, it will ignore and will not trust other people, so There is almost no possibility of collusion, most likely independent crimes."

After listening to his analysis, Gu Qinuo said thoughtfully: "If the case of two people committing the crime is ruled out, then there is only one possibility. The murderer actually has no faith, and all these are branches that he deliberately released to interfere with us. The real purpose is to induce us to go in the wrong direction of investigation.”

Ye Qiu has other doubts: "Is it inducing us? Let's not mention it. What I am curious about is why it draws blood and cuts flesh? Yang Chao is almost certain to die after being punished by the hungry ghost. Drawing blood and cutting flesh have very high requirements on the torturer, and if one is not careful, it is very likely to kill Yang Chao. Why does it do extra things when it is already sure of winning? Isn't it a bit unreasonable?"

Ye Hanjiang said firmly: "It's very simple. From what happened to Fang Yanbo, Ke Xiao and others, it can be seen that the murderer is a very purposeful person and will never do useless work, so we can deduce from this that cutting flesh, smoking Blood is what has to be done, so it's easy to infer why—it needs these things."

"What does it want these things for?" Ye Qiu wondered, "This stuff can't be eaten or drunk."

"Two possibilities." Ye Hanjiang pointed his finger: "First, as you said, it is an ogre. Second, it needs to use these things to achieve a certain purpose."

As he spoke, there was a flash of light in his eyes: "For example - pretending to be on the scene!"

As soon as these words came out, Ye Qiu and Gu Qinuo immediately recalled what Ye Hanjiang had said when Ke Xiao and Jerry died.

"Do you suspect that Ke Xiao or Jerry faked his death?"

Ye Hanjiang nodded and said: "That's right, Fang Yanbo was burned alive in front of our eyes, he didn't need these things to pretend he was dead, so far, only Ke Xiao and Jerry's death scene was dismembered, from Yang Chao's body The amount of blood and flesh obtained is enough to disguise the scene of a person being dismembered."

Having said this, he hesitated for a moment and said: "However, the suspicion of Guan Susu and Wei Guo cannot be ruled out for the time being. After all, the last person Fang Yanbo saw before his death was Guan Susu, and Wei Guo was Yang Chao's when he disappeared. The first to discover."

Ye Qiu hesitated for a moment, and said: "I think Ke Xiao is more suspicious. She once said before that she is a medical graduate, and Yang Chao's scars require a very high degree of professionalism. With a background in business administration, not to mention Weiguo, a gangster who looks at the scene should not know these skills."

"Let's let the murderer go first." Gu Qinuo suggested: "Let's bury Yang Chao first."

The rest of the people nodded in agreement, and each of the three started digging with a shovel. When another pile of soil was lifted to the ground, Ye Hanjiang suddenly stopped. He looked at Fang Yanbo's grave and shouted: "That's not right. !"

The rest of the two were startled, quickly looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ye Hanjiang picked up the shovel and said to them: "Help me dig up Fang Yanbo's grave, I have something to prove."

Although Gu Qinuo and the others thought his request was weird, they dug up Fang Yanbo's grave according to his words.

When he saw the charred corpse lying on the bottom of the pit, Ye Hanjiang widened his eyes: "How could this happen?"

Ye Qiu couldn't help asking: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

The person being questioned fell down on the grave, shook his head in confusion and said, "It shouldn't be, what is going on?"

"What shouldn't it be? Did you say it?"

Ye Hanjiang: "Do you still remember that we guessed the reason for the restoration of the secret room and the reduction of the number of scratches?"

The two nodded and said, "Of course I remember, time is reversed."

Ye Hanjiang's expression was solemn: "I also thought that time reversal was the most reasonable guess, but Fang Yanbo's body is still there."

"I don't understand. Does Fang Yanbo's body have anything to do with time reversal?"

Gu Qinuo, who already understood Ye Hanjiang's meaning, replied: "Because the two contradict each other."

Ye Hanjiang in front of him said slowly: "If it is true that these strange changes are due to time reversal as we have guessed, then what we see at this moment should be an empty tomb, but now Fang Yanbo's body is lying on the ground. Here, it's still in a state of charred corpse."

"I don't understand." Ye Qiu shook his head.

"This is a paradox." Ye Hanjiang explained: "For example, if Fang Yanbo died on the third day, then today should be the first day. On this day, Fang Yanbo did not die, then There are two outcomes."

Ye Hanjiang raised a finger while speaking: "First, Fang Yanbo has been resurrected and appeared in front of us alive. Second, Fang Yanbo has not yet appeared on the island at this time."

Looking at Ye Qiu's suspicious eyes, Ye Hanjiang sighed, pointed to the charred corpse under his feet and said, "But now he is lying here, still in the form after his death on the third day."

Ye Qiu suddenly realized: "I understand, if today is really the first day, there should be nothing here."

Ye Hanjiang nodded and confirmed: "That's right, that's why I said, this is a paradox."

"But if the time is not reversed, how can the notch be explained?"

Another question came to mind.

A thought flashed across Ye Hanjiang's eyes: "We can only wait now."

"Wait for what?"

"Wait until tomorrow morning to confirm whether the notches will become four? Will the bodies of Yang Chao and Fang Yanbo disappear!"

Leaving aside Ye Qiu's words, even Gu Qinuo was confused, but neither of them asked because they both knew that the man in front of him never said anything he was not sure about.

Suddenly there was a sound of grass moving in the quiet wilderness.

"Who?" Gu Qinuo suddenly yelled, and chased in one direction without hesitation.

Ye Hanjiang looked at the small black dot shaking in the distance, and said with certainty: "It's Guan Rusu."

"Her?" Ye Qiu asked in surprise, "Why didn't she come out when she came? Could it be that she wanted to hide and eavesdrop?"

Ye Hanjiang withdrew his gaze and shook his head, "It can't be eavesdropping, the distance is so far, even if we shouted loudly, she might not be able to hear her."

"Then why is she here?" Ye Qiu asked puzzled, "It's impossible to give Yang Chao a ride, right? It's fine to do this kind of thing openly, why do you need to be sneaky?"

At this time, Gu Qinuo just returned, and from his mouth, he also confirmed that the person just now was indeed Guan Rusu.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Hanjiang said: "I think, maybe I guess what she's here for."

"doing what?"

"She is following us, to be precise, it should be me." Ye Hanjiang said firmly.

"Following you?" Ye Qiu asked nervously, "Could it be that she wants to attack you?"

"Whether you're going to attack me is another story, but her appearance has answered the doubts that have been lingering in my heart for a long time."

"What doubts?" The two asked in unison.

Ye Hanjiang: "Before Gaia suddenly followed me and Weiguo, I always felt strange."

He explained: "There is no doubt that Gaia followed me to deter the murderer behind the scenes. We all thought it was Weiguo at the time, but Gaia directly chopped off one of his arms, which made me feel that this guess was wrong, because it was very dangerous. Obviously killing the chicken to scare the monkey, Weiguo is the chicken, so who is the monkey?"

"It's Guan Rusu?" Gu Qinuo guessed.

"It's just possible." Ye Hanjiang said.

"But it's not right!" Ye Qiu questioned, "I was on the search mission with her that day, how could she have the chance to follow you?"

"She has." Ye Hanjiang said very firmly: "I remember you said before that after searching the East Factory, she lost her temper and said she couldn't move anymore, so she stopped at the spot and rested for almost an hour, do you still remember?"

"That's right, but from where she was at the time to the place where you said she was attacked, it would take about an hour to run back and forth at full speed. She is a woman and has no tools to travel. How did she get back within the time limit? ?" Ye Qiu still couldn't believe it.

"I don't know about that." Ye Hanjiang said: "However, there is one thing that proves that when Wei Guo was attacked by Gaia, she must have been there."

"why?"

Ye Hanjiang: "Because she accurately said that A Nuo and I are in a relationship!"