Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Just now, Jiang Ran wanted to escape from the room before Gui Ai'er, but the "Combat Occupation: Murderer - Lv6" in Gui Ai'er's information made him dare not take the risk.

Even if he wanted to escape from this room, Jiang Ran had to first make Gui Ai'er unable to move for a short period of time. Otherwise, exposing his defenseless back to her would be a life-threatening situation.

Seeing that Gui Ai'er had gradually adapted to the darkness in the room, Jiang Ran had no choice but to take the risk and throw the purse (which he had seized after defeating the Chiyun Mountain bandits) to the far end of the room. The purse hit the wall with a crisp sound, and Gui Ai'er immediately rushed towards the sound!

Jiang Ran took this opportunity to run towards the door. The heavy footsteps quickly made Gui Ai'er realize that it was the bait that attracted her away, and she immediately turned around and pounced towards Jiang Ran!

Jiang Ran was well prepared for this. He raised the glowing magic stone behind him. The instantaneous light made Gui Ai'er, who had already adapted to the darkness, lose his sight for more than ten seconds and was unable to move. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jiang Ran rushed out of the room in one breath and fled outside the house like a fly!

(Good, I haven’t caught up yet!)

When he escaped to the door of the house, Jiang Ran looked back. Now he just had to run out of the house and ask the village chief for help and he would be safe!

However, when Jiang Ran opened the door, he saw Gui Ai'er standing in front of him.

"Hey, you didn't expect that, did you?"

Gui Ai'er suddenly stabbed out with a pair of scissors. Jiang Ran subconsciously dodged to the side but was still stabbed in the shoulder. At the same time he was stabbed, Jiang Ran kicked sideways and kicked the long-handled axe in Gui Ai'er's hand away. As a price, he was hit by another heavy side kick from Gui Ai'er, lost his balance and fell on his back.

"Oh, I finally caught you, Banning."

Gui Ai'er stepped on Jiang Ran's ankle and looked down at him from above.

(Did he climb through the window and rush to the door to block me... Damn, I didn't expect him to be so fast.)

Jiang Ran covered the wound on his shoulder, blood was slowly flowing out. If he had not dodged just now, the wound would have pierced his chest.

There is no doubt that Gui Ai'er really wanted to kill Jiang Ran just now.

Seeing that he was about to be killed, Jiang Ran was surprisingly calm. He firmly believed that as long as he acted in his usual style, "death" would not come early.

Jiang Ran felt that the current situation was a little strange, and he always felt that there was something unreasonable that he had missed.

If the person standing before him was truly Ghost Ai'er, then why did the identification information say "Villager of Ella Village"? It should at least have a "ghost" or "living dead" tag, right?

Moreover, the logic of what Ghost Ai'er said just now was very clear. If it was a ghost in the midst of murderous impulse, it should be like a mad monster, right?

(Come to think of it, I've never met 'Ghost Ai'er.' How did she know my name? How did she know what I look like? How did she guess I was in a locked room?)

(Knowing that there was no one else in Wei'er's room tonight except Wei'er.)

(Did Weier ask Ghost Ai'er to kill me? Because I discovered the secret in the room?)

Jiang Ran's brain was thinking at an extraordinary speed. He quickly glanced at the shoe cabinet at the door. Wei'er's slippers were still there. This meant that Wei'er had not actually come back yet, so she had no way of knowing that Jiang Ran went to the locked room.

Then, Jiang Ran took another look at Gui Ai'er's feet. Even her shoes were exactly the same as Wei'er's.

Even if they deliberately dressed exactly the same, is it really possible to achieve such a level of complete consistency under such an emergency situation tonight?

Jiang Ran believed that all signs indicated that what was happening now was not as simple as "Ghost Ai'er" going crazy and trying to kill him.

This "El" who was about to kill her was more like a human being than a "ghost".

The next sentence sounds a bit contradictory, but that's how Jiang Ran feels. He believes that the "ghost Ai'er" in front of him is not a ghost at all, she is actually Wei'er.

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"What? You can't even beg for mercy? What a bummer."

Gui Ai'er raised the giant pair of scissors and prepared to attack. At this time, Jiang Ran raised the dagger in front of him in a defensive posture.

Although Jiang Ran is now difficult to move, from a defensive perspective, he actually has an advantage when lying on the ground against the standing Gui Ai'er.

Gui Ai'er paused because of Jiang Ran's defensive posture. Jiang Ran knew through mind reading that she was trying to kill herself without getting hurt, so Jiang Ran took the opportunity to ask questions to disrupt her rhythm.

"Why do you want to kill me?!"

"Because you knew the secret I hid in the basement."

"You mean to say that the matter in the basement only concerns you and has nothing to do with Wei'er?"

Hearing this, Gui Ai'er was obviously stunned.

"How do you know I'm not Wei'er?"

"Not only do I know you're not Wei'er, I also know you're Ai'er."

Jiang Ran made full use of his advantage of mind reading and launched an attack with words. Gui Ai'er was obviously shocked by Jiang Ran's words, and her reaction made Jiang Ran more confident in his judgment.

As long as Jiang Ran's inference is correct, the balance of victory or defeat in this battle has already tipped towards his side.

"To be more precise, you're not even Elle. You're Wei'er's second personality, created to protect herself. Wei'er couldn't accept her sister's tragic death, so she created you, the fake Elle!"

Taking advantage of Gui Ai'er's inner hesitation, Jiang Ran directly put forward his conclusion. Gui Ai'er's face changed immediately. There was less arrogance and more panic in her expression, but that was all.

"Humph, even if you knew, so what? You'll still die!"

"I can swear to secrecy!"

"I'm dying of laughter. You men are all untrustworthy. Die!"

Gui Ai'er didn't intend to give Jiang Ran a chance. She grasped the giant pair of scissors tightly and leaned forward to stab Jiang Ran. Jiang Ran immediately held the dagger horizontally and tried to block it, but unexpectedly, Gui Ai'er actually separated the scissors into two short knives halfway. One pushed away Jiang Ran's dagger, and the other stabbed Jiang Ran's chest!

At the critical moment, Jiang Ran kicked Gui Ai'er down with a flying kick, and then he rolled over to create distance between himself and Ai'er.

"El! Listen to me! Lina's story is just a tragedy! Not all men in the world are like the ones you killed!!"

Jiang Ran's words stopped Gui Ai'er, who was about to get up and chase after him.

2.36 - Jiang Ran's Inference

"...How do you know about Lina?"

Gui Ai'er showed a confused expression. At this point, Jiang Ran was sure that he had won this battle - although the means of victory would not be very glorious.

"Not only do I know about Lina, I also know that Lina's body is now lying in your coffin."

Jiang Ran continued to play his cards. He clearly saw that Gui Ai'er's expression was gradually solidifying. This was no wonder. After all, in Gui Ai'er's view, all the things she had done in the past, including her identity, should have been unknown to anyone. But now, this young man easily told them one by one.

But Jiang Ran knew more than just that.

The story about Lina started two days ago. That day, Mary took the initiative to find Jiang Ran and brought him home.

Mary told Jiang Ran that Lina was a former friend of hers. Because Lina's job as a "rogue" was not very glorious, Mary only interacted with her privately and never let her come to Ella Village.

The so-called "vagrants" refer to women who have no fixed place to live and sell their bodies. After the "Great Migration" that year, many "vagrants" appeared in various places.

Perhaps because both of them were relatively open about sex, Mary and Lina had a pretty good relationship. About two and a half years ago, Lina met Mary in the Ella Forest. When they parted, Lina told Mary that she had an appointment with guests from Lucca Village and wanted to make some quick money in the Ella Forest at night. This was the last time Mary and Lina met.

On the night the two said goodbye, a tragedy occurred near the cemetery in Ella Forest.

Three middle-aged men from Luka Village were brutally dismembered, with their bodies scattered across a road more than ten meters long. What was even more horrifying was that their skin had been peeled off, and even their heads were faceless.

Mary never saw Lina again after this incident. She could more or less guess that Lina might have died in that tragedy, but her body had not been found.

What followed was purely Jiang Ran's guess. He thought that it was impossible for someone like Lina to suddenly kill three middle-aged men, and she didn't have the ability to do so.

So, who killed her? And why did Lina's body appear in Ai'er's grave?

Jiang Ran believes that the murder was committed by Wei'er's second personality, Ai'er.

Three years ago, Wei'er was so sad about Ai'er's tragic death that she unconsciously created a sister's personality to protect herself. However, from Jiang Ran's understanding of Wei'er's inner world, Wei'er herself was unaware of the existence of this sister with a dual personality.

This means that the memories generated by the actions of Ai'er's personality are separated from Wei'er, and Wei'er has no idea what Ai'er has done.

So when Jiang Ran asked Wei'er a question, she was able to pretend to be completely ignorant without lying.

As for why he determined that the Ai'er personality appeared three years ago, it was because Wei'er mastered the "Manufacturing Occupation: Tailor - Lv4" at a young age. Jiang Ran believed that this was related to the second personality, Ai'er.

Grandma Kana once said:

——"One of the sisters is good at growing fruits and the other is good at sewing clothes. As soon as they settled in the village, they helped everyone and were deeply loved by the villagers."

[Quoted from "2.4 - Using Psychology to Talk About Love"]

The one who is good at tailoring is Ai'er. Wei'er was only good at growing fruits at that time. Then, Wei'er's tailoring talent was only revealed after Ai'er's death. No matter how you look at it, the timing is too coincidental. If the appearance of the second personality Ai'er affected Wei'er's manufacturing career, then it makes sense.

In addition, Jiang Ran also deduced that the second personality, Elle, should be active after Wei'er goes to sleep. Only in this way, Wei'er's memory will not have too strange gaps. This is why the brothers Dade and Bacon only saw Elle at night.

As for the time when Dade and the Bacon brothers saw Elle holding a pair of scissors and with blood on her body, it was probably during the Ella Forest Grave Murders.

Elle went out at night and saw Lina being bullied by guests from Luca Village, so Elle rescued her and killed three men, but Lina still died.

Perhaps out of pity for Lina, or for some other reason, Ai'er put Lina's body in his own coffin.

As for Elle's body, which was supposed to be in the coffin, Elle had dug out her own body long before Wei'er created her second personality, Elle, and processed it into two leather dolls, which are the two that are now placed in Elle and Wei'er's room to hide the keys.

However, there are more people killed by Elle.

Village Chief Woodall once said to Jiang Ran:

"Hey, in the past three years, there have been about a dozen people who have suddenly left the village overnight. I know this is a village of wanderers, so it's normal for this to happen, but I always feel that after all, even if we're leaving, we should at least say goodbye properly, right?"

[Quoted from "2.19 - Hunting in the Forest"]

At that time, Jiang Ran didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but later after combining various clues, he found that there was a big problem in this sentence.

Jiang Ran believed that most of these dozen people should have been killed by Ai'er.

There is one bad thing about a village where vagrants gather, which is that the quality of outsiders is uncontrollable.

Fugitives, thieves, and other bad people may disguise themselves as ordinary people to join the village.

Wei'er is one of the few young women in the village, and she lives alone.

So, who can guarantee that nothing bad will happen at night?

Fortunately, Wei'er was protected by "Aier". All the men who wanted to attack Wei'er were killed by Ai'er, so there were human skins and faces in the underground dark room. They were all Ai'er's trophies.

It is also worth mentioning that Elle is also an excellent killer.

Not only did she kill these people, but she also disguised their deaths to make it look like they were leaving the village. This was the only way to truly protect Wei'er - because even if you kill the bad guys, it's still murder. If it's exposed, it will be Wei'er who will ultimately be charged with murder.

Regarding this speculation, Jiang Ran believes that the best evidence is that Ai'er has mastered a combat profession, and the name of the combat profession is "Murderer".

However, Ai'er was, after all, a personality created when Wei'er was in extreme pain. So, besides protecting Wei'er, Ai'er also has a somewhat pathological mentality. Whether it's turning her own corpse into a leather doll or turning the man she killed into a leather ball, these are not things a normal person would do...

Jiang Ran slowly spoke out some of his thoughts and speculations, which stunned Ai'er, who wanted to kill Jiang Ran, and made her hesitate to take any further action.

Jiang Ran knew from reading Ai'er's reaction that most of his guesses were correct. However, it didn't matter now because Jiang Ran's main goal had almost been achieved.

"I have to admit that you are quite capable."

Elle clapped her hands.

"But I'm still going to kill you."

As she spoke, Ai'er held a short knife made from a pair of giant scissors in each hand and walked towards Jiang Ran step by step.

"Wait, wait a minute! I swear I will keep these secrets and never tell anyone!"

"You think I'll believe you? ...You're a liar!"

Ai'er smiled disdainfully, her eyes full of contempt for Jiang Ran.

"What lies did I tell?"

Jiang Ran was a little confused. As far as he could remember, none of the lies he had told should have been exposed.

"Weier clearly confessed to you! But you pretended not to know!"

It was not until Ai'er scolded her loudly that Jiang Ran realized that although Wei'er could not see Ai'er's memories, Ai'er knew all of Wei'er's memories.

2.37 - The Final Hole

If Ai'er hadn't called him a scumbag, Jiang Ran wouldn't have noticed the omission in his calculations for a while.

Ai'er's memory is a one-way barrier to Wei'er, but Ai'er knows Wei'er's memory clearly!

If that weren't the case, Ai'er would never have known that Jiang Ran might be hiding in a locked room.

Now, Jiang Ran's scumbag behavior of guiding Wei'er to confess and then taking advantage of Wei'er's introversion and shyness to pretend nothing happened was all seen clearly by Ai'er. Ai'er would never believe that Jiang Ran could keep a secret.

"Okay, I did make a mistake in this matter. I admit that I ran away."

Jiang Ran slowly retreated. He now had a stab wound on one shoulder and only had one hand left to fight.

From a combat profession perspective, a 'Junior Assassin - Lv3' versus a 'Murderer - Lv6', ​​without knowing Ai'er's attributes and skills, just the level comparison alone is already overwhelmingly disadvantageous to Jiang Ran... Not to mention that Ai'er has already killed more than a dozen adult men, and the gap in combat experience is also very obvious.

Jiang Ran glanced at his status information. His current vitality value was "22/30" and his endurance was "14/24 (-2)". Judging from the amount of blood he had lost, he would be dead if he was hit by two or three more knives. He also didn't expect that being injured would also affect the maximum endurance. The weaker the weak, the weaker it is. These data are really "real".

"It's too late to admit your mistakes now. No matter how smooth your words are, I will kill you."