Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Ai'er continued to shorten the distance between her and Jiang Ran. At this time, there was a wall behind Jiang Ran and he had nowhere to retreat.

"If you kill me, how will you explain it to the village?"

"No need to explain. Just clean up this place later. No one will know you died here. Everyone will just think you left the village."

"Just like when you killed other people, right?"

"Yes."

Jiang Ran tried hard to distract Ai'er with conversation. Normally, it would be a dead end at this point, but Jiang Ran had already found a way to survive.

"But Ai'er, I think I'm a little smarter than the others. Before the Rain Festival started tonight, I left a letter for the village chief. It said, 'If I disappear tonight, it means Wei'er killed me.'"

"……you!!!"

Ai'er, who was about to take action, was once again stopped in her tracks by Jiang Ran's words.

But in reality, Jiang Ran hadn't written the so-called letter to the village chief. This was all a lie he made up on the spot. After hearing such a threat, would Ai'er still dare to kill him? Jiang Ran bet she wouldn't!

"you are lying!"

"If you think I'm lying, then just kill me."

Jiang Ran even threw the dagger to the ground and pretended not to resist. This cheating behavior made Ai'er extremely furious but helpless!

Jiang Ran saw clearly that Ai'er wanted to kill him because she wanted to protect Wei'er. If she killed him now, it would endanger Wei'er instead. Therefore, Ai'er no longer had any reason to kill him.

One couldn't kill, and the other couldn't escape, so the two sides were in a stalemate. But after a while, Ai'er suddenly smiled.

"You think you're smart, don't you?"

Ai'er took a step towards Jiang Ran.

If there was anything Jiang Ran had calculated wrong, it was that he should not push lunatics into desperate situations no matter what, as that would only make them completely abandon all ethical and moral rules in this world.

"I'll kill you first, and then I'll kill the village chief too!"

Ai'er stabbed Jiang Ran in the chest. Jiang Ran barely dodged to the side, but was immediately forced into the corner. Seeing Ai'er turning around and attacking again, Jiang Ran had nowhere to dodge. Even his only weapon was thrown away by him!

At this moment, Ai'er's feet staggered strangely, and then the dagger in her hand fell to the ground inexplicably. She had no way to pick it up, and could only support herself against the wall with her hands to maintain her standing posture, as if she would fall down at any time.

"What...what...is going on..."

Elle held her head with her hands and seemed to be in severe dizziness.

This time, it was Jiang Ran's turn to laugh.

He first carefully got out of the corner, then picked up the dagger on the ground and slowly stepped back to create distance between himself and Ai'er.

“You…don’t run…!”

Ai'er wanted to chase Jiang Ran, but she couldn't even walk, let alone stand.

"Huh...it finally worked."

Jiang Ran stood in the distance and watched Ai'er. He didn't fight back, but just waited for her to fall down.

"What... took effect...?"

"You...you...did you...poison...Weier?!"

“W…what…when…?!”

Ai'er looked incredulous. In her memory, Wei'er had made today's dinner, so how could it have been poisoned?

"Do you remember who served dinner tonight?" Jiang Ran asked with a smile.

"In your food, I added this."

As he spoke, Jiang Ran took out a small packet of powder from his pocket.

"You don't understand, right? It's okay, I'll tell you."

"This is a powder made from ground Datura seeds. The main toxic ingredients include hyoscyamine, atropine, scopolamine, etc. It can interrupt the control of the parasympathetic nervous system..."

[Quoted from "2.28 - Rain Festival is coming"]

"To put it simply, you will gradually become drowsy, and then your body will slowly develop symptoms such as convulsions and cyanosis, until you finally die."

Looking at the arrogant Banning in front of her, Elle wanted to say something else, but she was no longer able to speak.

A strong feeling of dizziness and drowsiness has taken over Elle's body. She can't understand why Banning poisoned Wei'er.

When did Banning start to doubt Wei'er?

How could this man be so cruel to the girl who likes him?

No matter what, I am the only one who is guilty, Wei'er is innocent!

"Ban...Ban...Ning..."

Filled with extreme regret and unwillingness, Ai'er collapsed to the ground and completely lost consciousness.

·

Jiang Ran could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

In his understanding, Datura poisoning usually takes effect in half an hour, and no later than three hours.

I don’t know if people with combat professions have better physical constitutions, but Ai’er didn’t show any poisoning reaction until more than an hour after the meal.

If the poison had taken effect later, Jiang Ran would have been in danger of his life.

However, this was also Jiang Ran's own fault.

In order not to endanger Wei'er's life, he only gave her a very small dose. With this dose of toxicity, Wei'er's body would be able to detoxify on its own after she fell asleep for two or three hours, and there would be no sequelae.

As for the part about "You will gradually begin to fall into a coma, and then your body will slowly develop convulsions, cyanosis and other symptoms until you finally die", Jiang Ran said that to scare Ai'er.

Jiang Ran knew that if he hadn't opened the locked room at night without permission, the situation wouldn't have developed to the point where Ai'er wanted to kill him... But now, things have become a little troublesome.

Judging from Ai'er's crazy behavior just now, if she is not eliminated, she will definitely not stop until she kills Jiang Ran. But if he attacks Ai'er, the innocent Wei'er will have to die with her.

Jiang Ran looked down at Wei'er (Aier) lying on the ground. She was petite and cute, like a sleeping kitten... Who could have imagined that she had been killing like crazy just now?

So, to kill or not to kill?

This problem stood before Jiang Ran, and he had to make a choice.

2.38 - Silent Goodbye (Update)

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[Prison Star Calendar]

October 187, 5

6:48 AM

〖Confession: 29 days left in the death countdown〗

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When Mayor Woodall woke up, he found a letter pinned to his doorknob.

The letter was from Banning, and the general content was that Banning decided to go out for training and would return to the village to visit everyone if he had the chance. Banning said that he had been very happy during his time in the village and was very grateful to the village chief and everyone for their care.

"Ah, he left after all. I was thinking of training him to be the next village chief..."

Seeing Woodall sighing, his wife came over and asked him why.

Woodall told his wife that he should have pushed for Banning and Wei'er to be together. There was clearly something ambiguous between the two young people. Once they got married, Banning would be able to stay in Ella Village.

Woodall's wife listened, thought about it, and then said, "Is it possible that after they got together, Wei'er ran away with Banning? Wouldn't that mean there wouldn't be anyone in the village who could sew clothes?"

After hearing this, Woodall suddenly realized, yes, this won’t work, wouldn’t it be like stealing a chicken and losing the rice?

"But, this departure is too sudden! We clearly agreed to say goodbye properly before leaving last time. This brat is really... Is he shy?!"

·

After complaining and having breakfast, Woodall came to Wei'er's house.

He thought that Banning was such a shy boy that he probably didn't even say goodbye to Wei'er properly. As the village chief and an insider, he had an obligation to talk to Wei'er.

Just as he was about to knock on the door, Woodall vaguely sensed that there was something wrong with the smell in the air. He sniffed hard and smelled the lingering smell of blood in the air.

With more than 20 years of hunting experience, he would never miss such important information as the smell of blood.

——(What’s going on…?)

Woodall looked around and didn't find any blood, so he put aside the smell of blood and knocked on Wei'er's door.

"Good morning, Wei'er. It's me, the village chief. I have something to talk to you about!"

Woodall knocked on the door for a while, but no one came to open it.

——(This is strange. Wei'er should be up by now...)

——(Could it be that he has already left?)

——(Shouldn’t…shouldn’t…)

A sense of foreboding washed over Woodall. He wondered if what his wife had said had come true. Did Wei'er run off with Banning?

——(But that’s not right…Benning’s letter didn’t mention Weil…)

The faint smell of blood lingering at the door made Woodall feel more and more uneasy. He bent down and sniffed the floor at the door and found that the source of the bloody smell was the floor at the door. There was bloodstains here that had been wiped off, but the blood that had seeped into the wood could not be wiped off.

"Weier!"

Woodall realized that something bad might have happened, kicked the door open, and strode into the house. At this moment...

"Village chief?"

Wei'er stood in the living room looking at Woodall with a look of horror on her face. She seemed to be about to open the door.

"Uh."

"I'm that... Anyway, are you okay, Wei'er?"

Woodell scratched his hair in embarrassment, thinking that it was a good thing that Wei'er was not behind the door.

"I'm fine...but what's wrong with you, Village Chief?"

At this moment, the door of Wei'er's house fell to the ground with a very appropriate "bang", as if accusing Woodall of his previous brutality.

"I...hey!"

·

Woodall told Wei'er about the smell of blood at the door. Wei'er couldn't help laughing. She told the village chief that Banning had sent her fresh meat last night, and maybe the blood was not cleaned up and dripped onto the door.

After hearing what Wei'er said, Woodell was even more reluctant to tell her that Banning had left, but when he saw Wei'er's melancholy expression when she mentioned Banning, he vaguely felt that Wei might also know it, so he told her the truth.

"Well... I know. Banning also left me a letter... Thank you, Village Chief, for coming to tell me."

Wei'er lowered her head and just looked at the ground.

Only then did Woodall notice that Wei'er's eyes were a little red and swollen, as if she had just cried.

Since Wei'er already knew, the village chief had nothing to say. He didn't know how to comfort a girl in such a situation.

Woodall made an appointment with Wei'er to come over later to fix the door, and then left.

·

In the forest of Ella Village, Jiang Ran was pulling an arrow out of a fox rabbit.

——『Successfully killed "Grass Fox Rabbit", career experience +20, current experience value 200/400』

After the actual hunt, Jiang Ran now understood why the village chief's hunter profession was only level 2. It was indeed not easy to upgrade this thing. Not only were there few species of wild animals in the Ella Forest, but most of them were very weak, and the experience points were correspondingly pitifully small... But it was precisely because of this that Ella Village could be so peaceful.

After a night's rest, Jiang Ran's vitality recovered to '26/30', and the '-2' on the maximum endurance value also disappeared automatically, but the remaining 4 points of vitality gap seemed to have to wait until the wound on his shoulder healed before it could be restored.

This phenomenon made Jiang Ran realize that the seemingly game-like numerical display method was actually a projection of a very hardcore reality. If Ai'er had chopped off his arm last night, the maximum value of his vitality would probably have been permanently reduced.

At the final moment of decision last night, Jiang Ran chose not to kill.

Although the silly loli is stupid, she is right about the emotions. The real reason why Jiang Ran took the risk to break into the locked room was to ensure Wei'er's safety.

Now, the mystery is solved. Ai'er is indeed a dangerous existence, but the starting point of all her actions is to protect Wei'er. In this case, it is okay to let her stay.

Moreover, although Ai'er killed someone, it was all self-defense.