Chapter 2230 I Understand! (Homegrown Corn Is so Delicious)

"I don't think there is any need for careful investigation, and a conclusion has been reached."

Looking at the clean and tidy study in front of him, Fangzheng was silent for a moment, then looked at the butler Yuanji behind him.

"It's clear that no one has lived here for a long time... So, Genji-san, please tell me the truth, Ushiromiya Kinzo, is he dead?"

"That's not true, Mr. Fangzheng."

Facing Fangzheng's question, Genji seemed very calm.

"In fact, the master didn't die, he was just taken away by Beatrice."

"The golden witch? You mean, Mr. Ushiromiya Kinzo is at Beatrice's now? Then I want to ask, where does this person live? Why haven't I seen her?"

"........."

Facing Fangzheng's question, Yuanji was silent for a moment.

"Even if you want to see her, you can't do it, because Lady Beatrice has no entity."

"…………………Ok?"

What the hell are you talking about?

"Lord Beatrice is a witch. It is rumored that her human form is just like that depicted in the oil painting. Sometimes she only appears in the form of a golden butterfly. In fact, all of these are Lord Beatrice. will."

"It's as true as it is said."

Fangzheng walked slowly to the bookcase, and took out a western black magic book.

"The master is a middle school student, so even the servants come here? No wonder you are quite trusted by Ushiromiya Kinzo, and you are like-minded after a long time."

After flipping through the black magic book in his hand, Fangzheng chuckled and looked at Yuanci again.

"You don't think you can get away with this kind of nonsense, right? Witch? How could such a thing exist in this world?"

"Lord Beatrice is real."

Facing Fang Zheng's rhetorical question, Genji gave an answer calmly again, as if an elder was telling a child that "Santa Claus is just a story".

"Then I want to meet her."

"This is impossible, Mr. Fangzheng, there is no way for you to see Lord Beatrice."

"Then for me, she doesn't exist."

Fangzheng turned around, narrowed his eyes and stared at Genji.

"Humans need to recognize the existence of a thing through observation, observation and inference. If a thing can neither be observed nor observed, nor can it be inferred, then it does not exist——you see, that's it Simple."

"........."

For a while, the two were relatively silent, but after a while, the sound of hurried footsteps broke the silence here.

"Mr. Genji, it's not good!"

Jiayin ran up panting, and shouted loudly, and hearing his voice, Genji also turned around.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"I knocked on the door just now, and wanted to ask Ms. Ewa and the others to have dinner, but Ms. Ewa and the others didn't respond, and the door was locked!"

"what?!"

Hearing this, Genji and Fangzheng were taken aback, and then the two immediately left the study and rushed towards the guest house.

"Ms. Ewa! Mr. Hideyoshi! Please answer!!"

When he came to the door of Ewa's room in the guest house, Genji also hurriedly knocked on the door, but no one answered. Then Genji took out the key from his pocket, opened the door, and pushed it inside...

"Click."

However, to everyone's surprise, the door was not pushed open. On the contrary, the door chain inside blocked the door from further opening. Seeing this, Genji also gritted his teeth, and immediately turned to look at Jiayin.

"Go find something and cut the chain!"

"yes!"

Jiayin nodded and was about to turn around and leave, but at this moment Fangzheng stood up.

"There is no need for this, you stay behind."

"..."

Although they didn't know what Fangzheng was going to do, Jiayin and Yuanji hurriedly backed away from the door, then Fangzheng walked to the door and kicked it out.

"boom!!"

Accompanied by a dull bang, the door opened immediately, and then Fangzheng walked into the room, and was immediately taken aback.

On the bed in the room in front of her, Ushiromiya Eha's eyes were wide open, and what looked like a nail was directly inserted into her brain from her forehead.

"This, this is...!?"

Seeing this scene, Yuanji and Jiayin were also shocked. They instinctively wanted to come in to check, but Fangzheng held out his hand to block it.

"No one is allowed to enter the room without authorization!"

While talking, Fangzheng walked to the door of the bathroom, and then opened the door, only to see a naked Hideyoshi in the bathtub, who was also pierced into the head by a black spike, and there was no sign of life.

Soon, everyone rushed to the scene of the crime again, and even Conan was frowning and his face was ashen.

"Are you sure this room is locked?"

"That's right, there are door chains in it, the perfect secret room."

Hearing Conan's question, Fangzheng nodded, and then asked in a low voice.

"Has anyone left before?"

"No, I have been with Zhanren, Zhu Zhixiang, and Rangzhi all the time. No one left during this period... What about you?"

"Mr. Genji and I have been in the study, and he hasn't left."

"Speaking of which, why kill people in this way?"

Looking at the corpse in front of him, Fangzheng was puzzled.

"And looking at them, it seems that they were fatally hit by a single blow while awake. It would be okay to say that it was a crossbow bolt or something, but this thing..."

Fangzheng stretched out his hand to gesture.

"It's too crazy to use it as a murder weapon. Isn't it more convenient to use a fruit knife?"

Having said this, Fangzheng turned his head to look at Concubine Xia, Yuanji and the others.

"Has any of you seen anything like it?"

"........."

Facing Fangzheng's question, everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

"All in all, protect the scene first, and then... what does this smell like?"

At this moment, suddenly, there was a pungent smell, Fangzheng frowned, and the others also showed surprised expressions. Soon, Jiayin came out.

"Maybe there is something wrong with the boiler. The boiler here is very old. I'll go and have a look."

"I'll go too."

Grandma Xiong Ze left with Jiayin, while Fang Zheng and Conan started to inspect the entire scene again. In fact, there were no traces left on the scene, only a letter stuck in the crack of the door, and there was only an inexplicable sentence in it: "Praise my name". So neither Fangzheng nor Conan took that letter seriously.

"It's very wrong, this murder is very wrong."

Conan was also frowning at the moment, looking at the corpse on the bed in front of him and muttering to himself.

"how?"

Hearing Conan's words, Fangzheng glanced at him.

"Don't you also think that this is some kind of golden witch's apparition?"

"If there are people other than us on the island, then it's not unreasonable, but what I can't figure out is the criminal's criminal methods..."

"That's right, it's really weird."

Fangzheng looked at the nail inserted into Ushiromiya Ewa's forehead again.

"The blow was fatal, and there was no sign of struggle or resistance. It was as if she was lying on the bed, and then suddenly the nail appeared out of nowhere and pierced her head."

"Mr. Hideyoshi too, he didn't even have time to climb out of the bathtub."

"So here comes the question, why did the murderer use two different methods to kill people? You must know that Ms. Ewa and the others went back to their room to rest until the body was found in just two or three hours. In contrast, it took a full six hours last night. Seven hours can be used to set up a murder scene, and since the criminal can draw a magic circle on the door in his spare time, he can also use these nails to drive the victim's forehead."

"Maybe it's because there aren't enough nails?"

Conan looked suspiciously at the spike on his forehead.

"This nail looks very complicated, like some kind of artwork. I don't think there are many of them. Maybe for the murderer, if it was used on the victims yesterday, it would not be enough."

"Then the question is, what are these nails......"

"Boom boom boom boom!!"

At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded again, and then Fangzheng and Conan saw Warrior running over in a hurry.

"It's no good, Jiayin also had an accident, and we found a dead body!"

"........."

Hearing this, Fangzheng couldn't even sigh.

"All in all, let's go and see first."

Soon, in the underground boiler room, Fangzheng saw Jiayin who was being rescued by Doctor Nanjo, and a charred corpse on the ground. According to Genji's identification, the charred body was the missing Ushiromiya Kinzo. And Jiayin, like Ewa and Hideyoshi, was pierced into the chest by a long nail, and now he can only breathe out but not in.

In this oppressive atmosphere, everyone was also panicked, and finally, at Genji's suggestion, they came to Ushiromiya Kinzo's study, planning to hide here for one night. As for Jiayin, Dr. Nanjo took her to the room for treatment, but it was a pity that she couldn't be saved in the end...

Under the persecution of everyone, Genji finally couldn't bear the pressure and admitted that there was indeed Beatrice. However, according to Genji, this woman should have passed away long ago. As for the relationship between her and Kinzo Genji also expressed that he did not know whether there were any illegitimate children left during the period. It's just that Jin Zang was very heartbroken after losing Beatrice, so he was obsessed with those black magic things all day long, trying to revive Beatrice...

"By the way, living sacrifice! Living sacrifice!!"

Hearing this, Warren seemed to have thought of something, and immediately yelled, and then threw himself in front of Beatrice's portrait in the study.

"It must be so. Grandpa wanted to revive Beatrice, so he called us here. On the surface, he was to distribute the inheritance, but in fact he used us as living sacrifices! You see, this inscription says, the first night , offering the six people selected by the key as sacrifices, and tearing up the two next to each other on the second night...these all match!!"

"What do you think?"

Hearing this, Fangzheng looked at Conan.

"Indeed, according to the inscription, it is very consistent, but I always feel that something is not right. This is just my intuition, but I feel that it is too deliberate."

Conan also expressed his opinion at this moment.

"Deliberately?"

"That's right. Generally speaking, secret room techniques are mostly used to make people mistakenly think that the victim committed suicide, so as to clear the suspicion. But now because of the deaths of the previous six people, we have confirmed that there is a murderer, and this secret room did not It is arranged to look like a suicide, so what is the existence of this secret room? Why did the prisoner have to plan all this as a secret room to kill people? Is it just to let everyone admit that there is such a elusive witch? The crime of murder is all blamed on the witch?"

Conan couldn't figure it out, and Fang Zheng couldn't understand it either.

And at this time...

"Everyone back off!"

Concubine Xia's scream interrupted Fangzheng and Conan's train of thought. The two raised their heads and looked in front of them, and then they couldn't help being surprised. In front of the oil painting, Concubine Xia held a gun in her hand and aimed at Genji, Granny Xiong Ze and the doctor standing in front of the table.

"What's wrong?"

Fangzheng stared at Concubine Xia vigilantly and asked, while Rangzhi next to him hurriedly explained.

"We were looking at the inscription here just now, and then Maria said that Beatrice sent a letter. When we looked towards the table, we found that there was indeed a letter!"

"Oh?"

Fangzheng and Conan also hurriedly looked at the table at this time, and as expected, there was a letter on the table that was basically the same style as before.

"The letter just now isn't there yet."

"That's right!"

Concubine Xia cautiously walked to the dining table while holding up her gun. She stared viciously at the three servants in front of her and roared loudly.

"So, this letter must have been put here by one of you!"

"We didn't do such a thing!"

"Battler, read the letter!"

"Ah, yes."

Hearing Concubine Xia's order, Zhan Ren hurried to the dining table, picked up the letter and read it.

"...There are only two outcomes in this game. Either I win or everyone wins. Once the time limit expires, I will win. I hope you don't misunderstand this point..."

"The one who put this letter here is one of you!"

Concubine Natsu raised her gun and pointed at Genji, Granny Kumasawa, Doctor Nanjo and Maria one by one.

"I didn't have this letter when I put the can on the table. After that, I, Rang Zhi, Zhu Zhixiang and Zhanren went to the front of the oil painting. Mr. Fangzheng and Conan over there were discussing the case at the coffee table, but The letter was on this table the instant we looked away, so I'm sure it must have been placed by one of you!"

"this……………"

"Only the four of you are at the table. You must have seen who put the letter. If you can't tell, then it means that the four of you are all accomplices!"

At this moment, Concubine Xia was clearly hysterical. She held the gun tightly and stared at the four of them. Conan wanted to go forward to say something, but was held back by Fang Zheng.

Afterwards, the four left the study under the threat of Concubine Xia, and after the four left, Concubine Xia signaled Zhan Ren to go up and lock the door, and then she took a breath.

But the good times didn't last long, just a few minutes later, suddenly, the phone rang, and Concubine Xia walked over to answer the phone, but on the other end of the phone, they could only hear the voice of Maria singing...

"what is going on?!"

When everyone rushed out of the study and came to the dining room, they saw the corpses of Genji, Granny Kumasawa, and Dr. Nanjo. They all had their heads smashed, and a spike was pierced into their calf, abdomen, and foot.

"So that's it, I understand!"

Seeing this scene, Conan suddenly realized.

"The prisoner acted completely according to the inscription! The parts pierced by these nails correspond to the descriptions on the inscription!"

"But who did it? And how? The restaurant was also locked just now."

Fangzheng checked the corpse again, but he was also clueless. At this moment, Zhu Zhixiang, Rangzhi and Zhanren also surrounded Zhenya and asked her who the prisoner was, but no matter how they asked, Zhenya would only say that the prisoner was Bei Adolice...

Frankly speaking, Fangzheng wanted to slap her too, seeing Maria's unbearable appearance.

But wait...

"Where is Miss Xia?"

Fangzheng subconsciously glanced around, only to realize that at some point, Ms. Concubine Xia had disappeared. After hearing Fangzheng's question, the others turned their heads and looked around in surprise. At the same time, Maria spoke.

"Auntie Xia, I just went out while reading the letter."

"what?!"

Hearing this, Zhu Zhixiang hurried to the door of the restaurant, trying to open the door, but for some reason, the door was locked from the outside and could not be opened at all.

"Mom, Mom, what are you doing! Open the door!"

"I come!"

Fangzheng hurried to the door of the restaurant at this moment, and kicked it hard again, kicking the door open, and at the same time...

"boom!!"

Gunshots rang out.

When everyone rushed out of the dining room, all they saw was Concubine Youdai Gong Xia who had fallen on the ground of the entrance not far away, was shot in the forehead, and died.

"What exactly is going on?!"

Fangzheng and others hurriedly came to the body of Concubine Xia of Youdai Gong, and looked around, but they couldn't see anyone. Not only that, they didn't find any letters beside Concubine Xia.

And at this time......

"Dang...dang...dang...dang..."

The clock struck twelve at midnight.

The next moment, Fangzheng and Conan's eyes suddenly became pitch black.

The entire room is gone.

The world seemed to be engulfed in darkness, and then, a small figure appeared in front of the two of them.

"On the ninth night, no one survived."

Maria raised her head and looked at Fangzheng and Conan with that disgusting smile.

"How? Beatrice is very powerful, she is a witch."

"So, you mean, all this is the crime committed by Beatrice, a witch?"

Conan was also staring at Maria with a solemn expression at the moment, and Maria nodded "innocently".

"That's right, Beatrice is a witch, so she can freely enter and exit locked rooms and kill people as she pleases. This is all witch's magic. How about it? Are you still unwilling to believe this? ?”

"you……………"

Hearing Maria's inquiry, Conan clenched his hands. Of course he didn't want to believe Maria's nonsense, but Conan really couldn't find any reason to refute it. After all, he had carefully investigated the crime scenes just now, but he didn't Find the slightest clue...

"Hahahahaha, that's how it is."

However, when Conan was thinking hard, Fang Zheng laughed as if he had suddenly realized.

"I see, Conan."

"Mr. Fangzheng?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Conan looked at him curiously, and Fang Zheng patted him on the head with a smile.

"You see, we thought at first that the purpose of this game was to allow us to solve the mystery and find the truth about the Liuxuan Island murder."

"Is it not?"

Facing Fang Zheng's words, Conan was a little bored, but Fang Zheng nodded.

"Strictly speaking, this is true, but the setting of this game is different. We not only have to find the truth, but also have to see through lies!"

"lie?"

"That's right."

Fangzheng looked at Maria while talking.

"Look, the information we got only stated that there was an explosion on Liuxuan Island, and everyone died except Ushiromiya Ewa, but the police have not been able to fully verify how they died, so, The entire Liuxuan Island is actually a mystery, an unknown X. The known facts are who died and who lived. The unknown facts are how they died, where they died, when they died, and the cause of death, etc. I don’t know anything about it, so………”

Having said this, Fangzheng suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at Maria.

"Even if someone fabricated a scene and the cause of death, we can't confirm whether it is true! In other words, what we originally thought happened on Liuxuan Island where we are now is probably just a fabricated lie! Because I want to make us believe that the witch did it, I made these boring inscriptions, puzzles and secret rooms. It's like in an RPG game, I can't just kick open a door and have to decrypt it. This is just a fit' The fabricated lies set by Witch Killer! That is to say......"

Fangzheng stared at Maria, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a ferocious smile.

"In fact, all of what we have seen has never happened in reality!"

Following Fangzheng's voice, the next moment, the world shattered.