A villainous girl created by paranoia

I was both excited and exhausted. I closed my eyes, intending to take a short nap. But when I opened my eyes again, I saw Mei Hui frantically stabbing her mother with a fruit knife, and there was someone else standing next to Mei Hui.

She was about 1.7 meters tall, slender, and had obvious female features. She was wearing a tight-fitting black bodysuit and a black motorcycle helmet.

She seemed to say something, but I don't know why I couldn't hear her. It felt like my ears were filled with water, and all I could hear was a 'gurgling' sound.

After being stabbed several times, Mei Hui's mother finally collapsed to the ground, motionless. I wanted to escape, but there were walls all around me; I couldn't find a door, a window, or a corridor. There were only walls on all sides.

I might be hallucinating, maybe it's my old problem, or maybe it's from eating too much sugar. Anyway, I can't get out. Then, Meihui walked towards me while saying something, holding a fruit knife.

I tried to persuade Mei Hui, but she wouldn't listen to me at all. When Mei Hui's dagger pierced my body, I didn't even feel any pain.

Although I couldn't feel the pain, I still knew I couldn't let Mei Hui continue to hurt me, because if she stabbed me a few more times, I might die.

I pounded on the walls, struggled, and ran away until I finally found the door. I opened it and escaped.

However, after escaping, I couldn't help but look back. The woman wearing the motorcycle helmet had somehow appeared behind Miho and then slit Miho's throat with a dagger. Immediately afterward, crimson flames engulfed Miho's body.

I couldn't bear to look any longer. I didn't know if it was a hallucination or what, but I felt that the person under the motorcycle helmet was laughing, and she was laughing at me.

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Happy New Year's Day! You wouldn't believe it, but I updated tonight! So, that makes two updates today! (Justifiably.JPG)

By the way, there's another chapter today, one with a similar premise, which will introduce a few characters. Also, a group has been created; interested perverts are welcome to check it out!

The group is simple; anyone willing to open this book is welcome to join. Anyone who has read this chapter can answer the group questions.

Furthermore, when the book generates official revenue, events will be held from time to time.

We haven't thought too much about it yet. We expect to save 20% of the revenue from the first permanent event after signing the contract to buy character illustrations. As for what happens after the game is released? Whether we can sign a contract is still uncertain. We'll consider the events after the release.

Also, this book currently has a rating of 6.0. Could you web version experts help raise the rating a bit?

As for the group number? That'll be in the next chapter~

Natural disasters

The First Calamity—Duke—Freya

The Second Disaster—Gray Fog—Inoue Kurosuke

The Third Calamity – The Saintess – Kong Mingming

The Fourth Calamity – The Knight – Renan Sergeyevich Godlov

The Fifth Calamity – Flame Demon – Yatogami Chikage

The Sixth Calamity – The Ice Dragon – Belezed

The Seventh Calamity – Thunder – Miyako Miyako

The Eighth Calamity – The Sky King – Sillia von Bismarck

The Ninth Calamity – Sword Emperor – Long Zhiyan

The Tenth Calamity – Gemini – Zero Sound & Zero Mi

Eleventh Heavenly Calamity – Flower Envoy – Bai Sixue

The Twelfth Calamity – The Movie Emperor – Qin Wushuang

The Thirteenth Calamity—The Sword Saint—Nameless

The Fourteenth Calamity – Gale – Clarence Gaddial

The Fifteenth Calamity – The Undead – Unbreakable Chemir Luns

The Sixteenth Calamity - Blood Feast - Kaguya the Flame Field

The Seventeenth Calamity – The Demon King – Lee Loki

The Eighteenth Calamity—The Traveler—Alice Alexievna Tolstoy

The Nineteenth Calamity – Author – Dorothy

The Twentieth Disaster – Heartfelt Thoughts – Kim Jung-hyun

The Twenty-First Calamity—Nightmare—? ? ?

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Isn't it normal that there are 22 people involved in 21 natural disasters? I think you should know who the 21st natural disaster is even if I don't tell you.

Also, this group is newly created today, and the group number is:

662069979 [The Secret Garden of Natural Disasters]

Now I can give you a little spoiler: the first catastrophe will be another female lead. Surprised? Unexpected? The other lead isn't Tsubaki.

Chapter Twenty-Two: Heroes and Criminals (Part Seven)

After listening to Hanamiya's pitiful account, we obtained a very useful piece of information: what we know so far is that the murderer is wearing a black bodysuit and a black motorcycle helmet, and has a superpower similar to controlling flames.

However, this intelligence was established on the premise that...

If everything Hanamichi Karen said is true, and if what Hanamichi Karen said is not true, and the murderer in the arson case was just making things up, then we will have to waste at least two or three days on this wrong lead.

To be honest, even now I don't quite understand why that sniper wanted to kill Claude. The cause of death of Ichiyanagi and her daughter was not revealed much. At most, Ichiyanagi Iyako's death can be attributed to Ichiyanagi Mie stabbing her with a fruit knife.

It's not hard to guess why Ichiyanagi Mie suddenly started killing people. Excessive drug use can cause hallucinations. As Hanamiya Karen said, the two of them ate an entire box of candy. It would be strange if nothing went wrong.

Another possibility is that the helmeted woman said something to Ichiyanagi Mie, such as about bewitching abilities.

Hanamichi Karen has given us too little information. Her account doesn't feel like a firsthand account, but rather a fabricated story. There's not much important information, but the more a story seems like a fabrication, the more likely it is to be true.

In Hanamichi Karen's personal account, she had overdosed on drugs. Given her own mental health issues, it's not hard to understand why she experienced hallucinations.

"Then why didn't the helmeted woman kill you?"

"Sir, I don't think you can get an answer to this question from me, because I don't know why the other party didn't kill me."

"That's true."

From my subjective perspective, I really don't want to believe that Hanamichi Karen would commit a crime or kill someone, but objectively speaking, all the clues seem to point to Hanamichi Karen, and the only accurate clue was pointed out by Hanamichi Karen, the suspect.

Wait! Why would I suspect Hanamichi Karen is the murderer?

Before this official interrogation, Karen Hanamiya had escaped from Mie Ichiyanagi's house. No sooner had she escaped than Mie Ichiyanagi's house caught fire. Based on the chain of clues about the deceased, this chain of clues points to Tsubaki Inukai and Karen Hanamiya. However, Tsubaki Inukai has an alibi, while Karen Hanamiya escaped from the crime scene.

It was quite normal to list Hanamichi Karen as a criminal suspect at that time, because she was indeed highly suspected.

But after the official interrogation, why do I still not believe the truth that Hanamichi Karen said?

Why? Because the description of Hanamichi is too vague, too much like a fabricated story? Not necessarily.

Let's make an assumption: if I didn't know Hanamiya Karen, would I believe these words?

The answer is yes, because no matter whether the clues Hanamichi Karen provides are true or false, it is worthwhile to investigate them. But why do I always think that the truth Hanamichi Karen tells is false?

The answer is quite simple, based on subjective impressions. First, there's Zhan Xiaoxiao's mad dog-like thinking; she's convinced that Hanamichi Karen is the murderer and clings to that belief. Then there's Mikami Noble's comment.

"I'm not surprised that the girl broke the law; what I find surprising is why she waited nine years before committing such an illegal act."

Both Zhan Xiaoxiao and Mikami Noble's views on Hanamiya Karen were too subjective and too personal. Unconsciously, my thoughts were subtly influenced by them. I began to think that Hanamiya Karen was a suspect, that Hanamiya Karen might have deceived me, or that Hanamiya Karen might be the murderer.

But isn't that absurd? Because Hanamichi Karen couldn't possibly be the murderer, and the reason is simple: she couldn't have done it.

How could an ordinary girl with no special abilities, rated DDDC (Digital Directed Criterion), kill 14 people in a row? And all of them were fatal wounds, especially considering she's been using drugs recently, which might have made her even weaker.

Because I know Karen Hanamiya, and I knew a long time ago that Karen Hanamiya's values ​​had collapsed, it seems normal for me to doubt her. Isn't this kind of thinking absurd?

In fact, it's impossible for Hanamichi Karen to kill 14 people in three days.

Let's talk about the helmeted woman mentioned by Hanamiya Karen. Why did she let Hanamiya Karen go? As the murderer, the helmeted woman wouldn't have let Hanamiya Karen go so easily, because Hanamiya Karen knew her modus operandi...

Wait a minute! Something's not right! Something's not right! If the helmeted woman targeted Hanamiya Karen because she knew what she looked like, then why did she let Hanamiya Karen go at Ichiyanagi Mie's house?

Wait, no! No, this isn't right. Nobody told me the helmeted woman and the sniper were the same person, right? Why would I assume they were the same person?

As Claude has stated, two of the six dead in the port were killed by sniper headshots, specifically by spread rounds; the cause of death for one is unknown; and the other three were killed by having their throats slit.

Why do we attribute these deaths to the same person, even though they died in different ways? It's because their bodies were all burned, leading us to believe that there was only one perpetrator in the arson case.

But no one has ever said that the perpetrators of the arson case couldn't be two people, right? Let's imagine boldly that the perpetrators of the arson case were two people, namely the woman in the helmet and the sniper.

But this is just my hypothesis, because it doesn't make sense that a sniper would kill Hanamiya Karen.

What was the sniper's reason for killing Hanamiya Karen? Was it because Hanamiya Karen saw the helmeted woman's image? That doesn't seem right. The helmeted woman clearly let Hanamiya Karen go on purpose, and I've already figured out her motive. Although I've never seen the helmeted woman, I still feel like she said something to me.

"Look, you can't find any clues at your central police post, right? I'll bring you a suspect right now."

I've been tricked and provoked once again. The investigation into Hanamiya Karen is a complete waste of time.

Thinking about this made my blood pressure rise again, but I need to calm down and think calmly about the helmeted woman's purpose in doing this.

The helmeted woman letting Hanamichi Karen go was clearly a cover-up, drawing the police's attention to Hanamichi Karen. So what was the sniper's purpose in killing Hanamichi Karen?

The purpose... is still to deceive others! Deceive what?

Just as I was lost in thought, my phone vibrated in my pocket. I felt a little short of breath because a possibility had occurred to me.

My hands were shaking a little as I took my phone out of my pocket. The caller ID showed a name I recognized. I hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided not to answer the phone inside.

"Excuse me, I need to take this call."

After saying that, I turned and left without paying attention to the others. Only after making sure I had closed the ward door properly did I answer the phone, my hands trembling slightly.

"Hey... Zhao Feixue... what's wrong?"

My voice trembled, trembled with anger. I hadn't been this angry in a long time, but soon I felt a long-lost calm. Maybe this is what happens when things reach their extreme and then reverse. Right now, I'm so calm that I seem to have lost all emotion.

"..."

"Go on."

"..."

"Yeah."

"..."