Super God: If I punch you, you will die

Jia Yin raised her machete and was about to rush into the darkness, but the darkness gave her a clear mockery.

Mocking his courage was both vulgar and pointless, while Jia Yin remained in the position of holding up the wood-chopping knife, unable to take another step.

With a clang, the wood-chopping knife in Jia Yin's hand fell to the ground and spun a few times, followed by two muffled thuds as Jia Yin's knees landed on the ground, first on the left and then on the right.

After the machete slipped from his hand, he tried to grab something, but then slowly lowered it and pressed it against his chest, followed by his other hand.

His chest bore a handle adorned with demonic carvings. The same weapon that had pierced the foreheads of the Huiyu couple was now embedded in Jiayin's chest.

"Well."

Jia Yin winced in pain, blood streaming from her mouth. The makeup was clearly too heavy for Jia Yin's fair skin.

A swarm of golden butterflies, glowing in the darkness, watched him, performing an alluring dance—a dance of exquisite beauty—to express approval, mockery, slander, and destruction of the boy's self-control. Jia Yin had already prepared herself for death, but she at least wanted to put up a final resistance, refusing to accept this way of inflicting death upon her.

He gripped the weapon embedded in his chest with both hands, gritted his teeth, and endured the unbelievable pain as he pulled it out. Instantly, a stream of deep red liquid spurted out, followed by an unpleasant thud.

This is most likely the sound of Jia Yin's soul being pulled into the abyss of the dead.

"Jiayin? Someone's here..."

The unbearable sight before him made Xiong Ze scream. Jia Yin lay in a pool of blood, and Xiong Ze's mind was a complete mess. How unfortunate he was. If Jia Yin had come with him, he wouldn't have been killed. How lucky he was; if Xiong Ze had come with him, he might have been killed too.

So when she screamed, every muscle in her face contorted upwards, creating a distorted expression that was both crying and laughing. But no one could laugh at her.

"Xiong Ze, what's wrong? Answer me, Xiong Ze."

The first to rush in was Princess Natsumi Ushiro, who was carrying a rifle.

Lin Yan and Yuan Ci then rushed in as well.

They should have discussed the source of the stench permeating the boiler room first. But seeing Jiayin lying in a pool of blood as if drowning, none of that mattered anymore.

"Jiayin. Answer me. Genji, please summon Physician Nanjo."

Princess Natsuhime noticed that although Yone was on the verge of death, she was still conscious, and immediately gave this order to Genji. Princess Natsuhime raised her gun high and shouted at the darkness of the boiler room.

"Who's hiding there? Come out now. Or I'll shoot."

“I’ve brought the lamp. Auntie, I need to use it.”

In a moment of inspiration, Lin Yan took out a large flashlight from the tool cabinet next to the entrance and used the light to tear through the darkness that Consort Xia of the Right Palace was staring at.

But he only captured images of inorganic pipes and doors.

The door was left a small crack open, and someone had clearly rushed out through it in a panic.

"Aunt Xia, where does this door lead?"

"Genji. Where does that door lead?"

"It's the central courtyard."

"That bastard, don't even think about running away."

As Lin Yan roared, he slammed his entire body against the door.

The cold air outside rushed in. There was a narrow staircase leading up the door, and Lin Yan ran up it while shouting.

"Lin Yan, wait a moment. It's too dangerous for you to act alone."

Right Palace Consort Xia also ran up after Lin Yan.

This is the central courtyard.

The courtyard of the large house was mainly designed for natural light and wasn't particularly beautiful. Because it was surrounded by houses on all sides, even though you could hear the strong winds howling, no wind actually blew in, making it a very peaceful space.

Only the sorrowful rain fell silently. Lin Yan ran upstairs in the cold rain to the courtyard and looked around. The suspicious figure certainly wouldn't stay here obediently to wait for him. Lin Yan's eyes swept around again and again, until he almost lost his sense of direction, hoping that he could find the murderer in this scene.

But of course, it's impossible.

All you can see are the walls and windows of the house, arranged mercilessly all around.

Furthermore, there are two entrances leading from the courtyard into the house, and neither door is locked. Since the building's structure does not require protection against unauthorized entry, the doors leading to the courtyard are not locked.

It's impossible to tell which door the murderer entered through.

Lin Yan was at his wit's end. He cursed angrily and punched the wall.

"Lin Yan, you can't act rashly alone."

Lin Yan slammed his forehead against the wall, scratched at it wildly with his fingernails, and cried out.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it. Not just Aunt Huiyu and Uncle Xiuji. They even killed Jiayin. They've already killed six people and it's not enough. They killed three more. What a joke, what a joke. Aunt Huiyu and Uncle Xiuji have always been very funny and kind to me. I only met Jiayin yesterday, but I thought we could definitely be good friends. Why did they have to kill them? Why, why? Once a person is killed, they can't come back to life? People don't just keep sprouting like bamboo shoots. Why did they have to kill them? Why, why..." Lin Yan understood the pain and regret in others' hearts, which is why he cried, cried with all his might.

Ushiro Natsumi initially thought Lin Yan was a free-spirited person, but seeing this delicate side of him, she was slightly surprised, but also understood that the underage Lin Yan had a heart that was easily hurt, and accepted him as he was.

"Don't worry, whether it's you, Joji, Maria, or Zhu Zhixiang, I will protect you to the end. I will protect you as your mother and as the acting head of the Ushiromiya family."

"Woooooooo..."

Lin Yan cried for a long time in the arms of Consort Xia of the Right Palace. Then, just like before, he wiped away his tears and gave a bitter smile, emphasizing that he had cried enough.

"Anyway, let's go back downstairs first. Right now, the priority is not to find the murderer, but to protect ourselves. A boat will come tomorrow, and the police will arrive then. I believe they will find out the truth and no matter how desperately the murderer tries to escape from this island."

"That's true, we just need to wait for the police to arrive."

The matter will be resolved when the sea cat cries out in despair.

However, Lin Yan felt a vague unease, a sense that the sea lions would never meow again. Logically, this shouldn't be the case. Logically, once the typhoon passed, the lively sea lions would return to the dock.

Princess Natsumi and I returned to the boiler room together, and she told us helplessly that we had gained nothing.

They said that Jiayin had been moved to the servants' quarters by Dr. Nanjo and Ryoji. Apparently, there's a first-aid kit and a kitchen counter there, so it can be used as a health room.

Xiong Ze and Zhu Zhixiang followed them.

Jia Yin's blood was still on the ground.

Judging from the massive bleeding and the gruesome shape of the murder weapon lying on the ground, I think Dr. Nanjo's emergency treatment will most likely be in vain.

Without a doubt, this murder weapon is the same kind that was plunged between the eyebrows of the Huiyu couple. No, the demon design on the handle seems a little different.

This part is mostly about individual differences in shape, but they are all cone-shaped murder weapons.

It's cruel to say, but when Eyu and the others died, in order to preserve the scene, we had no choice but to leave the murder weapon stuck in their bodies. So this was the first time we had ever seen a completely intact murder weapon.

The murder weapon was indeed not a knife, but rather shaped like an icicle—no, more like a thin stake—with a drill-like spiral pattern on the pointed end. To use a rather crude analogy, it resembled a tool used in demonic rituals to pierce the heart of a sacrifice.

Including the handle, it was about 25 centimeters long, half of which was a sharp, blood-stained red cone. The length of the bloodstained section made one imagine how deep the murder weapon had penetrated Jia Yin's chest.

But Princess Natsuhime and her companions didn't even glance at the murder weapon, standing before the incinerator that was spewing out a terrible stench.

This object was probably thrown into the furnace before and was only just pulled out. It was still emitting an extremely unpleasant and pungent stench.

Genji and Maria both looked down at the object. Natsumi Ushiromiya, seemingly unable to bear the sight, shook her head repeatedly and turned away.

"Ugh."

Lin Yan thought he wouldn't be frightened by anything he saw next, but a wave of nausea surged up uncontrollably, causing him to groan for a while. The unimaginable stench was the acrid smell of a corpse burning in the incinerator. The repulsive body was completely burned beyond recognition—clothes, skin, and hair were all burned to a crisp, making it impossible to discern the face, age, or even gender. But upon calm reflection, it became clear that the corpse could only belong to one person: Ushiromiya Kinzo, who had been missing since morning.

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"I think it's most likely the master."

"I feel the same way. The way they died was so tragic. It's so pitiful."

"But what evidence is there to prove that this corpse is really Grandpa? It's burned so badly that we can't even tell its gender."

"Lin Yan, look at his feet."

Princess Natsumi covered her mouth with a handkerchief and looked away, but still pointed at the charred corpse and wanted me to look.

"You can tell that each foot has six toes, right?"

"Huh?...Really?"

Genji is right, both feet have six toes. Each toe is arranged very naturally, so I didn't even notice it just now.

"Master was born with six toes on each foot, which is why he was entrusted with the important task of reviving the Ushiromiya family."

"I've heard that the Ushiromiya family has a long history of polydactyly, which I think is probably due to genetic factors."

Polydactyly, as the name suggests, occurs when a small mistake by the gods at birth causes one finger or toe to split into two, resulting in an extra finger or toe compared to the average person.

However, polydactyly rarely becomes news that alarms society because it is not a disease, but an innate characteristic.

Therefore, hospitals are aware of these symptoms even when the child is still an infant. Surgery is then performed to cure the condition around the age of one.

Therefore, even if a child has polydactyly, they often receive treatment before they are old enough to understand, so the child doesn't remember it.

Incidentally, it is said that one in two thousand babies may have polydactyly, so although it is not widely known, it is not uncommon.

Speaking of this, I remember hearing Hideyoshi mention that Toyotomi Hideyoshi also had six fingers.

According to Princess Natsumi Ushiromiya, the most brilliant figures among the successive heads of the Ushiromiya family all suffered from multiple ailments. Therefore, it was said that the birth of Ushiromiya Kinzo caused a sensation among relatives, who said that another brilliant talent had been born. Then, when the Great Kanto Earthquake wiped out almost all the major relatives, it was naturally assumed that only Ushiromiya Kinzo, born with auspicious omens, could revive the Ushiromiya family.

If Ushiromiya Kinzo himself wasn't entirely averse to becoming head of the clan, then this sixth toe might have been a symbol of good fortune. I've heard of people who believe polydactyly are messengers sent by the gods and who greatly worship them.

To digress, in mystery novels, bodies are often burned to make the deceased unrecognizable. However, Ushiromiya Kinzo's case is different. He possesses features that cannot be easily destroyed by burning to prove his identity, and his remains weren't simply burned. Like Eiha and the others, the "devil's ice spike" that was stuck in Kanon's chest was now embedded between his eyebrows.

"The master does not have the 'family heir ring' on his finger."

Genji said this after examining the hands of the deceased.

"So what was said in last night's letter was true? My father-in-law must be very disappointed."

Princess Natsumi Ushiro couldn't bear to watch any longer and forcefully closed her eyes. This room became an important crime scene that had to be handed over to the police, so we left Princess Kinzo Ushiro's body here and locked the boiler room.

Lin Yan and the others did not know when Ushiromiya Kinzo's body was thrown into the incinerator.

Yuanci said that since the fire was not too strong, it may have been burning for a long time. The smell of burning slowly filled the boiler room after it leaked from the incinerator, and finally overflowed from the stairs.

Regardless of how well-cooked the body was, there's no doubt that Ushiromiya Kinzo was taken out of a locked room, murdered, and burned in an incinerator.

According to Genji, the boiler room is usually locked. Therefore, the possibility that someone other than us is lurking on the island and committing the crime becomes extremely high, and this person is very likely to possess the master key. After all, all the doors and windows of the entire house are now locked, yet the murderer can still move freely inside.

Can this confirm that a nineteenth person really exists?

This character hadn't appeared at all before, yet kept emphasizing his existence, which is a huge contradiction. I had been using Sister Wujiang's flipped chessboard theory to deny the existence of a nineteenth person.

Looking at the chessboard again, since the existence of the nineteenth person becomes so obvious, it means it's even less likely that this nineteenth person actually exists, unless this person actually shows up. Since the murderer had a way to bring Ushiromiya Kinzo out through the door sealed with the invoice, and also killed Ewa and her husband from outside the locked door, and if they needed to create a fictional nineteenth person through various mechanisms and tricks, they should also have a way to do so.

If we still believe that the murderer is among the eighteen of us, there might be very few suspects left.

The remaining four juniors, Ushiromiya Natsuhime, Genji Hajime, Kumazawa, and Nanjo mean that the murderer is among these people.

Perhaps it's not certain yet. Didn't Lin Yan just suspect that the remains of Ushiromiya Kinzo were actually his? Of course, he should also be suspicious of the other remains.

For example, the faces of the first six people killed were severely mutilated. Although some of the bodies were still recognizable, Lin Yan's father's face was so badly disfigured that it looked as if a mask had been peeled off. The victims were identified only by their clothing and condition. Could it be that the killer prepared bodies as decoys, creating the illusion of their own death to commit the crimes in the shadows? While this idea seems far-fetched, such a scheme is not impossible.

It's far too early to submit to the nineteenth person—no, to the witch.

“Zria, you can’t keep staring at your father-in-law like that, and neither can Lin Yan. Jiayin is also making me very worried. Let’s go back.”

"..."

Maria didn't go out with the others; she stayed alone in the boiler room.

She was probably not staring at Ushiromiya Kinzo's body, but rather at the "devil's ice spike" stuck between his eyebrows. Lin Yan thought this thing would definitely be coveted by enthusiasts, so he tapped her on the head.

“Maria, what is Beatrice’s purpose? Is it to take the lives of each and every one of us?”

"Beatel will soon be resurrected, and then no one will survive."

"How can you even laugh? Do you think you're the only one who's safe? Why don't you feel your life is in danger? Why aren't you afraid?"

"Because Beatrice made a promise to Maria that she would take Maria to the Golden City. It's a wonderful place where there are no grudges or conflicts, and everyone is always together and can live in harmony forever. Maria is so excited. The time is almost here."

Who exactly is Maria?

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In the memories that Lin Yan inherited from the original owner, he only knew Maria when she was three years old six years ago. At that time, she was an innocent and well-behaved child.

The Maria six years later is completely different from the Maria I know. Who exactly is this "witch" who claims to be Maria?

She firmly believed in the existence of witches, so to her, this series of perplexing events was concrete proof of their existence.

Whenever something happens that is beyond human capabilities, we are forced to believe that this witch named Beatrice truly exists.

For Maria, seeing her relatives, who had always vehemently denied the existence of witches, successively acknowledge their existence must have been quite "pleasant" for her, which is why she was so happy.

"Maria, I'm asking you one last time. Although I think your answer will be the same, I'm asking you this one last time."