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As a result, nothing strange happened for a long time...

Do not!

Lin Ye cheered up: a vision has already appeared!

That is the bell that always comes at the end of the cycle every time, but this time it didn't ring as promised!

"call……"

Qinzi opened her eyes, and the tense look flashed away, replaced by confidence and relief.

"it is as expected."

She turned to look at Lin Ye, or at the back of him, the murderer boy who appeared at the entrance of the alley at some time, his eyes narrowed slightly with a rather unkind look.

Lin Ye let out a long sigh of relief, almost feeling a sense of relief.

You must know that although there will be no physical consumption in this world, it will directly consume mental power, and in a sense it is easier to feel tired, so many high-intensity battles are also a great burden for him .

Now that Qinzi has solved the puzzle, he can also be freed.

"Qinzi?" Lin Ye saw Qinzi walking over with a cold face.

The priestess of God rarely paid attention to Lin Ye, but stared at the murderous boy not far away.

"Sure enough, you are not the murderer who killed Jiaairu, who are you?!"

Chapter 109 Chapter 96: This is just basic bullshit, dear

If everything in the spiritual world is a reflection of reality, then this case should be the projection of "Jack the Ripper"——Qinzi thought so at first.

The so-called "Jack the Ripper" was a serial murderer who appeared at the end of the [-]th century. He brutally murdered at least five prostitutes in a row in the Whitechapel area of ​​London's East End. Because of the way he committed the crime, he was nicknamed "Jack the Ripper".

He arrogantly sent letters to the police to provoke him, but he was not caught in the end, and became an urban legend that caused a sensation and even spread to later generations.

The image of Jack the Ripper has become a classic material cited in many detective novels and crime movies, and the behavior of sending letters and emails to the police has become a standard feature of strange thieves.

And in this case, whether it is the steel city shrouded in gray or the dismembered corpse of a woman, both are hinting at Jack the Ripper.

——The former corresponds to London, which was severely polluted by industrialization in the nineteenth century, and the latter corresponds to the prostitutes who were killed.

If this is the case, then the hidden secret of this world should be the true identity of Jack the Ripper, which is to reveal the "truth" of the year.

However, is this really the case?

Qinzi realized something was wrong from the very beginning, that is, as a prisoner, the murderer boy was too abnormal, as if he was deliberately exposing to attract the attention of the two of them.

Although Jack the Ripper would deliberately provoke the police, he hid himself very well and would not take the initiative to expose his tracks.

What's more, Qinzi also judged that the scream was from Sombra himself...

If Sombra is really "Jack the Ripper", then his true identity is the secret of the world... According to this reasoning, there is absolutely no reason for him to actively expose himself.

This is definitely not something a "prisoner" would do!

That being the case, why not boldly overthrow everything and think in reverse:

Perhaps, Sombra (the murderer boy) is not the criminal Jack the Ripper, and he distracted Lin Ye and Kotoko to prevent Lin Ye and Kotoko from uncovering the truth of the world.

It's just that he didn't expect Qinzi to never leave the place...

"All the clues are actually here, you just found it one step ahead of us." Qinzi said seriously.

"..."

The murderer boy didn't speak, but a pair of eyes exposed under the mask stared straight at her, and seemed to be smiling slightly.

But Lin Ye didn't understand: "If this is the case, why not just destroy the scene?"

"Because there is no way to destroy it. This is the most critical point of the whole world. If it is destroyed, it will only shake and shatter this dream, and it will not do him any good." The dream-eating tapir on the girl's shoulder said in a deep voice, "On the contrary, keeping here can hold us back."

"Then... what is the secret of this world?" Lin Ye secretly glanced back at the murderous boy, and then asked.

Qinzi didn't answer in a hurry, but circled around Jiaairu's body.

After walking for a whole week, she stood still and looked at Lin Ye: "Did you find anything?"

"...the corpses are arranged in a complete circle?"

"No, there's something wrong with your angle... That's right, normally, no one wants to watch such a bloody scene."

Maybe I'm cold-blooded—Qinzi smiled.

"What if you look down from the air instead of standing on the flat ground?"

"Ok?"

Lin Ye glanced carefully, then closed his eyes and imagined.

"This is!"

He opened his eyes suddenly, with a hint of surprise in his expression.

Qinzi also nodded and said, "That's right, this is a 'dial'."

"The internal organs arranged around occupy twelve positions, and the severed limbs are combined to act as hour hands... It's really creepy."

Lin Ye felt his throat dry, and subconsciously swallowed.

Seeing that he had understood this fact, Qinzi sorted out his words and continued: "And those bells also hinted, from the first time we came to this world to this No. The number of bells ringing when it falls is gradual.

The first time was thirteen strokes, the second time was fourteen strokes, the third time was fifteen strokes...and so on, until it returned to No.24 after 13 strokes. "

"Is it the reincarnation from one o'clock to twelve o'clock?" Lin Ye woke up.

"Strictly speaking, it is the reincarnation from 24:[-] p.m. to [-]:[-] midnight, which is zero o'clock in the morning."

Qinzi added: "Of course, no matter what time it is or what time it is, all in all, the hour hand walks around the dial."

She pointed to the stumps on the ground, meaning that the positions of these hands and feet would also change every time.

According to the position pointed by the "hour hand" and the number of times the bell rings each time, the specific time scale represented by each internal organ can be judged.

Thus, a complete and clear "dial" appeared in this way.

Lin Ye nodded, feeling suddenly enlightened, but an inexplicable emotion emerged in his heart.

"Have you... noticed this from the beginning? The bell and the position of the hands and feet... are amazing." The boy said sincerely.

"I just observe more carefully, and my memory is better."

Qinzi smiled slightly, and didn't think it was such a great thing.

Seeing Qinzi like this, Lin Ye's impression of her changed from "a beautiful girl who loves to talk dirty jokes" to "a talented girl who likes to talk dirty jokes".

"However, in this round of bells, there is only one dissonance, and that is the absence of the number '19'.

The reincarnation after the eighteen bells rang directly to the twenty bells, that is, from the corresponding six o'clock in the evening to eight o'clock in the evening.

From this, I conclude that the disappearing number, that is, '19' must have some special meaning! "

Because he did not dare to change the time on the "dial" at will and cause the world to be distorted, Qinzi did not correct it immediately after discovering the abnormality, but honestly waited for reincarnation again and again, until it was the turn of "18" before stepping forward Take the initiative to put the "pointer" to the position of "19".

But this time, the reincarnation did not end there, proving that her reasoning was correct, and this number did have a special meaning.

But what to do next - Lin Ye looked at Qinzi suspiciously.

Qinzi walked around Jiaailiu's body calmly on crutches, stopping at each time point, and then asked Lin Ye: "Did you find anything?"

Lin Ye nodded, implying that it was obvious that he was not blind.

"The organs in each position are different, but the '19', the missing number, is placed on the 'pancreas' that also appeared in other positions."

"That's right, only '19''s organs are used to cover up people's eyes, which means that the organs that should have been in this position have disappeared.

But this leads to another question: what organ should be placed in this position? "

"..."

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"The number of human organs varies depending on the classification method, but even if only the internal organs are counted, the number is more than twelve, and it is not so easy to lock the target. Fortunately, this 'dial' hints at this... It doesn't count What a problem."

"hint?"

"Do you know 'Four Gods' and 'Five Elements'?"

Qinzi asked seriously: "Qinglong Baihu, Zhuque Xuanwu?"

"...My dad is Chinese, and I am also Chinese, what do you think?" Lin Ye was speechless.

"Oh, by the way, the Four Gods and the Five Elements are the sayings from the mainland...cough!"

Qinzi continued: "In Feng Shui, factors such as the Five Elements, Eight Diagrams, and the Four Gods are combined with geographical orientation for interpretation, and ancient medicine also connects the internal organs of the human body with the Five Elements."

Lin Ye nodded, not surprised that Qinzi knew so much about "Chinese culture".

After all, as I said before, Sinology was a "distinguished study" in ancient Japan, and many of its cultural aspects can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty or the Central Plains dynasties.

Including ancient Japanese medicine, it was actually developed on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine, and it was even called "Kampo" directly.

Needless to say, the relationship between Chinese medicine and Taoism, the theory about the harmony of the five elements was naturally spread to Japan, and traces can still be seen in many fields today.

It's not surprising that Qinzi knows this, it just means that she is more knowledgeable and memorized than the young people today.

"Viscera, five elements, orientation...could it be?"

Lin Ye hurriedly looked at the "dial", his eyes swept over the internal organs one by one, and finally found the clue.

"...It turned out to be like this."

"It seems that you have noticed it too."

Qinzi nodded, and pointed to them one by one with her crutches.

"In Jiaailiu's body, there is still an organ that has not been harvested. It is the 'soil' in the five elements, and it is the spleen that harmonizes all.

And on the dial, in turn...

The time scale is '22', and the attribute of the five elements is 'wood', which corresponds to the liver of the 'Dongfang Qinglong' among the four gods!

In the opposite direction, the time scale is '16', the attribute of the five elements is 'gold', and the lungs of the 'Western White Tiger' among the four gods!

The middle of the two is naturally the kidney with the time scale of '13', the attribute of the five elements is 'water', and the kidney corresponding to 'Northern Xuanwu' among the four gods!

— but here goes a problem.

That is the 'Southern Suzaku' that should be on the '19' scale, which corresponds to the kidney, and the heart that symbolizes 'fire' has been replaced by a pancreas! "

As soon as these words came out, Lin Ye couldn't help narrowing his eyes, and the murderer boy who was not far away was also shocked, and the atmosphere on his body suddenly became gloomy.

Qinzi hit the ground with her cane, asserting: "Finding Jiaairu's lost heart is the ultimate answer to this world!"

Chapter 110 Chapter 97: Heart of Asuka

Sensing the change of breath behind him, Lin Ye secretly raised his vigilance, and his right hand was silently resting on the long knife at his waist.

Although after so many reincarnations, the strength of the murderer boy is about to catch up with him, but at least now Lin Ye still has the confidence to kill him.

But this time it seemed that he was overthinking. Although the murderer's breath was fluttering and he was obviously stimulated by Qinzi's reasoning, he didn't make a direct move after all, but gradually calmed down.

"Huh?" Lin Ye was a little puzzled, but he didn't relax his vigilance, and was still watching him secretly.

Perhaps out of trust in Lin Ye, Qinzi did not hide anything because of the presence of the murderer boy, as if she hadn't noticed the change in the atmosphere in the venue, she stared at Jiaai Liu's body complicatedly, and for some reason slowly Shake your head.

Seeing this, Lin Ye couldn't help asking: "Then where is her heart?"

"Mr. Lin Ye, this problem is the simplest part of the whole case, or it is not a problem at all. After we got the keyword 'heart', the case can be said to have been solved."

Kotoko raised her crutch and pointed at Jiaairu's head, then followed her line of sight——

"That is?"

Only then did Lin Ye see that in a corner completely shrouded in shadow, there was an iron box the size of a snack box.

"I didn't notice at all..."

"Of course I didn't notice it, because before this reincarnation, there wasn't any box there at all."

Qinzi shook her head: "Before, I knew that there was a special hint in her sight, but even if I looked there according to her posture, I couldn't find anything.

Now I understand that new clues will only appear in the reincarnation corresponding to '19'. "

She went forward to pick up the iron box, took a deep breath and lifted the lid. She was ready to see the blood dripping heart, but the real situation made her slightly startled.