Super God: If I punch you, you will die

Those who wish to reach the land of gold should go downstream to find the key.

Not long after, there was a village in Xiachuan.

Searching for the shore that the two people in the village mentioned.

This is where the key to the land of gold lies dormant.

The person who obtains the key should proceed to the Golden Land in the following manner.

On the first night, the six people chosen by the key were offered as living sacrifices.

On the second night, the remaining people should tear apart the two people who are clinging to each other.

On the third night, the remaining people should loudly praise my name.

On the fourth night, they dug out the head of the sacrificial offering and killed it.

On the fifth night, they cut open the chest of the sacrificial offering and killed it.

On the sixth night, they cut open the abdomens of the sacrificial offerings and killed them.

On the seventh night, they dug open the knees and killed the sacrificial offering.

On the eighth night, they dug up the feet and killed the sacrificial offering.

On the ninth night, the witch was resurrected, and no one survived.

On the tenth night, the journey ended, and we arrived in Golden Country.

The witch will praise the wise man and bestow upon him four treasures.

First, all the gold in Golden Township.

Secondly, it is to resurrect the souls of all the dead.

Third, even lost love can be revived.

Fourth, let the witch sleep forever.

Rest in peace, my beloved witch Beatrice.

October 4th, Saturday

Sat. 4 October 1986

Beach

"On the tenth night, the journey ended, and we arrived at the Golden Land, right? But Maria is so diligent, copying it so clearly, that's really amazing."

“Maria is very forgetful, so you need to copy it carefully. Mom told you to, so you need to copy it carefully.”

Maria always carried a small notebook in her handbag, in which she copied down the epitaph of Beatrice.

Therefore, even though the four younger members and Shanin have arrived at the coast, they can still try to decipher the inscription.

For Zhu Zhixiang and her friends, they had played this puzzle game countless times and were already tired of it.

But it was Ushiromiya Joji's first time playing, and he couldn't help but get more and more excited, unable to stop.

This riddle is so sure to ignite a man's romantic side.

"First line, the Ayu River flows through the hometown I cherish? Zhu Zhixiang, where is Grandpa's hometown?"

"I heard that the Ushiromiya family in front of the station lives in the Odawara area. From that perspective, the focus should definitely be on the rivers that flow through Odawara where sweetfish swim, right?"

"After all, this river is the starting point, and it says that those who wish to go to the Golden Land should go downstream to find the key. What river flows through Odawara? And it must be a river with sweetfish in it."

"If we're talking about rivers in Odawara with sweetfish, it should be Hayakawa, since stream fishing there is very famous."

Maria hates fish.

"When Maria grows up a bit more, she'll understand. Licking salt-grilled sweetfish with your tongue is so delicious. I just ate, but thinking about it makes me hungry again."

"Excuse me, would you like me to bring you some cookies?"

"Sane, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that, please don't mind it."

Shana said she wouldn't have to work for a while in the afternoon, but she followed Ushiromiya Joji and the others in a very serious manner.

Considering her perspective as a servant, Lin Yan had initially worried that having her accompany them would only make her more tired and require more caution, but she didn't seem to have this problem. However, it seems Lin Yan was overthinking it; she was happy to talk with someone of similar age.

Upon asking, it turned out she was living and eating here. This meant Zhu Zhixiang was the only person her age was around, which explained her feeling of suffocation.

"Alright, now we know that the river in Odawara with sweetfish is the Hayakawa River. The only thing we can do now is actually go downstream and see. If we just go downstream, we should be able to find something, right?"

"I think it will probably go downstream and out to sea."

“That’s right, we need to go down to the river mouth area. Then the third line of the inscription says that there is a village not long after going down the river. Since ancient times, such river mouth areas have often been transportation hubs and have developed into metropolises. This is the next location.”

"Your reasoning is quite good. Lin Yan, your imagination is correct. This is an ancient capital that has been very prosperous since ancient times; it is the location of Odawara Castle."

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“I remember visiting Odawara Castle on a school trip; that castle was very beautiful.”

"We're also going to Odawara Castle. It doesn't seem quite right to say that while staying in a Western-style house, but people are more comfortable in a Japanese-style room."

Maria thinks the castle is boring. An amusement park would be much better.

"Really? Great. Once we find the gold, Uncle Lin Yan will book the entire amusement park for you to play to your heart's content. But I really didn't expect it to be Odawara Castle. Gold is hidden in Odawara Castle, oh my. That sounds really true."

"Hahaha... We came to this conclusion two years ago. We also figured that if we went down the river where there are sweetfish in Odawara, we would most likely reach Odawara Castle. The next step is the real question. This is going to be interesting. Let's see how far Lin Yan's heavenly deduction can go."

Ushiromiya Akiko smiled slyly, as if to say that if the riddle were so easy to solve, she would have found the gold long ago.

"In the fourth line, we need to find the shore that the two people in the village mentioned. I don't know what they mean, but we should just find the shore first. What does 'shore' mean? Hmm, is there any place name that includes the word 'shore'?"

"I heard there's a place called Sogagishi in the Odawara area."

"You seem to understand. So, that means you're also interested in gold, Sanon, and are trying to solve the mystery too? Then we're rivals."

"I have no interest in gold; it's just that Young Master Zhi told me about it before."

"In other words, we deduced the same thing two years ago, and we even specifically looked it up on a map."

"I remember it was about five kilometers north of Odawara Castle? There is indeed a place there called Sogagishi, but we can't guess what comes next. The fifth line doesn't mention where the key is on this land. Maria, could you please read it?"

"This is the key to the land of gold... the place of slumber."

"All we know is that Sogagi is a very large area, and there are no houses belonging to the Ushiromiya family here. Without any clues, we have no choice but to surrender in order to find the hidden key in this vast land."

"We can't play without the key. Brother Zhi, what kind of place is Zengwo'an?"

"I don't know, I've never been there so I'm not sure, but judging from the map, it seems to be on a mountain, I think it's on the mountainside of Mount Asama."

"I just feel like something's not quite right. Shouldn't there be a more fitting answer to this kind of treasure mystery? I just feel like Sogagishi is just not the right place."

“I think it might be Sogagishi. Maybe there are ruins of the house where Grandpa lived when he was a child, but we just don’t know about them. Doesn’t the first line say something about a hometown that we miss? Sano, you were often called by Grandpa to pour sake, have you ever heard him talk about the past?”

"Master almost never mentions the past, but he once spoke of the Great Kanto Earthquake, which nearly wiped out the Ushiromiya family, as if it were none of his business. So perhaps the place where Master used to live was far from the Kanto region."

"After all, the main branch of the Ushiromiya family may live in Odawara, but the collateral branches may not. My maternal grandfather himself often said that he was the most distant of the collateral branches, the one furthest from the head of the family."

"That means the hometown we miss may no longer be Odawara."

"I've never heard of where my grandfather's hometown is. And even if I asked, he probably wouldn't tell me the truth."

“If this so-called hometown that we miss does not refer to the roots of the Ushiromiya family, then it means that the Odawara hypothesis was wrong from the beginning. Of course, the possibility of Soga Kishi has not disappeared. For example, my grandfather may have lived in Odawara when he was a child, and then moved to a distant place later.”

“Maria doesn’t understand what you’re saying.”

Maria was completely out of touch with the conversation, puffing out her cheeks and emphasizing that she found it boring.

"In other words, if we don't know the starting point of this Golden Promotion Chart, we can't even begin to play. Wait a minute, the first five lines are about finding the key, right? Even without the key, we should be able to pry open the door and get in. Shouldn't we be able to skip the first five lines and deduce the rest?"

"I didn't expect this trick. Well, it's just for fun anyway, let me hear what other reasoning Lin Yan has next."

"The next part suddenly gets really sensational,"

Shayin frowned slightly.

Lin Yan opened Maria's small notebook, looked at what was written inside, and immediately understood why she had reacted that way.

"On the first night, the six people chosen by the key were offered up as living sacrifices? It really did become quite sensational all of a sudden."

"On the second night, they said the remaining people should tear apart the two people who were leaning on each other. It's not clear whether they meant to break up a couple or to literally tear people apart, but it was really uncomfortable."

"Even if we disregard how the second night is explained, the first night requires six people, and the fourth to eighth nights require five more people. In total, at least eleven people will be used as living sacrifices."

"It was a living sacrifice used to resurrect Beatetrich."

"I see. The living sacrifice used to resurrect the witch makes sense in this way. As a result, the witch was resurrected on the ninth night, and this last step took things to an extreme."

"On the ninth night, the witch was resurrected, no one survived, and as a result, everyone died."

"Then, on the tenth night, we finally reached the end. Everyone died before they said we would arrive at the Golden Land. We don't know what we'll do then."

"That depends on whether the person who got the key and embarked on the journey is included in the sentence 'no one survived'."

"But the last part is quite interesting. It's about the four treasures the witch gives you after you reach the end. I can accept the first one, all the gold, but the next one says it will resurrect the souls of all the dead? Don't you think that's related to the part about everyone dying?"

"So, the next thing, that even lost love can be revived, seems to be related to that line from the second night when the two people who were snuggling together were torn apart."

"Indeed. And the fourth item is also related to the Ninth Night. The fourth treasure caused the witch who awoke on the Ninth Night to fall asleep again."

"To put it in a more benevolent way, although she was busy killing people and causing breakups, she will eventually be made up for. The witch who wakes up will go back to sleep, leaving her with nothing but gold in her hands."

"She kills people and then brings them back to life, she breaks up couples and then reunites them, this witch is really busy."

"I can't stand it. It's rare to find something as fun as finding gold, but as soon as a witch is involved, it suddenly becomes so fake."

"No doubt about it, hahaha."

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Lin Yan and Zhu Zhixiang burst into laughter. Although Lin Yan joined in the laughter, he knew that the bloodshed, brutality, and hellish nightmare that followed were about to begin. At that time, probably no one would be able to laugh anymore.

"The witch is powerful. Her magic is all-powerful. She can kill people, or bring them back to life; she can give love, or steal it away. She can fly, become invisible, or conjure gold."

"Oops, sorry, sorry, I was just kidding."

Ushiromiya Akiko stuck out her tongue in apology, but Maria refused to accept it.

She took her small notebook back from my hand, turned to another page, and emphasized that witches really exist.

These pages are filled with various illustrations of witches, fully expressing Maria's fantasy impressions of witches.

The image depicted is not the frightening, signature witch image of a hook-nosed old witch flying on a broomstick, but rather a beautiful woman in a Western-style dress with omnipotent magical powers—the kind of dreamy image that dreamy young girls fantasize about in their teenage years.

The witch danced across the sky, past rainbows, and danced with the endless magical teapot and teacups until dawn.

With a wave of her wand, the stars in the sky would turn into candy and rain down, and flowers along the roadside would bloom, bearing candy-like fruits. For Maria, the witch was the only one who could make her dreams come true.

As people grow older, they realize how dull reality can be, and witches are the last line of defense that can bring some refreshment to reality.

That's why Maria believed in the existence of witches.

She didn't want this idea to be smeared.

Therefore, we do not want the inscription that affirms the existence of witches to be slandered.

The witch Beaterich is Maria's dream.

"For Maria, this inscription is not an article pointing out the location of the gold, but a magic used to revive the witch." It is the only bridge that can connect the witch and Maria.

Ushiromiya Akiko scratched the back of her head and apologized. She had made up with me quickly when she had a tantrum in front of the portrait, but the second time might not be so simple.

Maria is no longer willing to make peace with us easily.

Zhu Zhixiang was dejected and didn't know what to do, but then Sha Yin spoke up timidly.

"I wonder if Miss Maria has heard of this? We servants are all talking about ghost stories about Beatrice."

"Woo?"

“Right. Shana, tell her about it. I don’t know much about it, but I’ve heard that these ghost stories are quite famous among the servants.”

"What are you talking about? What kind of ghost story?"

“I heard it happened before we were born, and my mother told me about it too.”

"Yes, ever since the house was built on this island, this story has been passed down to this day. The servants at the time secretly said that the house had different owners during the day and at night."

The story that Shana told was a typical ghost story, and it had a lot in common with the seven most mysterious things that happen on campus.