Chapter 201: Stomp Him To Death! (1/2)
Chapter 201: Stomp Him To Death!
“It seems, you people are not as smart as I thought you’d be,” said Colombo. He let out a light sigh and continued, “I have watched no small number of movies. The more the villains talk in the end, the more likely things will get turned around. So, I won’t say much. Now, please die!”
Holding onto a scalpel in his hand, his body abruptly staggered!
Colombo’s body fell to the ground while a translucent spirit body emerged. Still holding onto a scalpel, the spirit body charged at Bei Tai, who was lying on the ground!
Seeing the incoming scalpel, Bei Tai howled. He quickly summoned out a long blade out and threw it forward!
Unfortunately, the long blade simply went past Colombo’s spirit body!
“Just die already! You do not have the ability to harm my spirit body!”
The scalpel was on the verge to descending upon Bei Tai’s neck when…
Ding!
Something descended from the sky like a meteor; then, with a flash of silvery light, the scalpel was deflected!
Colombo’s spirit body uttered out a sharp cry and he rapidly pulled his body backward!
A figure, not too tall, appeared out of thin air and stood before Bei Tai.
The figure wore white coloured clothes, a calm expression and a set of cold eyes on his face.
In his hand was a translucent short sword.
The God of Slaughter from the Warring States era! Bai Qi!
…
“It seems I guessed it right once again.”
Chen Xiaolian’s voice spoke out from the left side.
A dismantled low wall stood at the location.
“Guild Leader, if you were slower by a few more seconds, I would have died.” Bei Tai sighed.
Chen Xiaolian flicked his hand and Fearless War Axe appeared in his hand. Then, he slowly walked out from behind the low wall.
Colombo’s eyes were widened as he stared at Chen Xiaolian. He uttered, “You?”
“Is this that surprising? What did you say just now? We are not as smart as you thought? Err… how about I throw those words right back at you?”
Chen Xiaolian raised his Fearless War Axe and said, “Oh, while I’m at it, I should probably tell you this… back in the afternoon, on the way back, I went to the church. I got some holy water and dipped my weapon in it. I wonder what kind of effect it will have against you?”
There was a stiff expression on Colombo’s face.
Chen Xiaolian moved forward, one step at a time. He then stood beside Bei Tai and asked, “Are you very surprised?”
By then, Colombo appeared to have calmed down.
He gently stroked the scalpel held between his fingers and asked, “When did you find out?”
Chen Xiaolian smiled and replied, “Are you trying to buy time? Oh, no problem. In the movies, if the villains spout too much nonsense, he will find that his situation will be overturned. Luckily for me, I am not the villain here.”
Despite having said that, Chen Xiaolian kept staring carefully at Colombo. He carefully took a step forward…
Colombo’s reaction was incredibly fast! His body shot backward at an extreme level of speed.
His spirit body flashed backward through over ten metres like a beam of light. Then, he moved to stand beside Dr Mu!
His scalpel was pointed at Dr Mu!
Chen Xiaolian raised his eyebrows and pulled back his foot.
“Now you have enough time to spout nonsense. If you do not want him to die immediately, don’t make any rash movements,” said Colombo. There was a peculiar expression on his face. “How did you know?”
Chen Xiaolian glanced at Bei Tai and saw that he was slowly getting up.
Colombo’s eyes flickered. “Did you already know early on? When you left in the afternoon, the reason you left your two companions behind was, in fact, to…”
“No, I am not that smart,” answered Chen Xiaolian, shrugging his shoulders. “When I went out in the afternoon, I did not suspect you.”
After saying that, Chen Xiaolian took a deep breath and raised his head to observe the sky above.
The rain was drizzling down and the sky appeared hazy.
“Ever since this incident began, I have been having this feeling of suspicion,” Chen Xiaolian said coolly. As he spoke, he stepped to the left – he was careful not to move close to Colombo. Instead, he walked around while maintaining a certain distance between them. While maintaining his silence, he walked until he was on the other side. Then, he spoke up, “In the beginning, I had indeed suspected Dr Mu. Although Dagger was an asshole, he did bring up an important question. Why would the vengeful spirit attack Dr Mu?”
Colombo did not say anything.
“As such, when I thought about it, there was this possibility: Dr Mu is the murderer and the vengeful spirit wants revenge.
“Dr Mu is indeed a suspicious character. In the first murder scene in the subway station, he was there beside the corpse.
“Moreover, our analysis revealed that the murderer must be someone who is familiar with the field of medicine…
“All of that makes Dr Mu a suspect.
“However, after thinking about it carefully, there are some loopholes in that deduction.
“Don’t forget, our side suffered from the vengeful spirit’s attack a second time when we were in your apartment.
“Back then, the vengeful spirit’s target of attack was not just Dr Mu… there was also Polly! The poor woman was nearly strangled to death in the toilet.
“This brings up an issue. Say Dr Mu is the murderer and the vengeful spirit wants to attack Dr Mu for revenge. That in itself is something that makes sense.
“However, for her to be attacking the other victims? That is ridiculous.
“If so, let’s consider if from a different perspective… perhaps, when the vengeful spirit attacked us, it was not doing so out of its own free will!
“Perhaps… those women who were killed, their vengeful spirits were being manipulated.
“And the one manipulating those vengeful spirits… naturally, it is the one who killed them!
“Thus, by thinking along these lines, the issue was no longer that hard to understand.”
After saying that, Chen Xiaolian sighed. He continued, “Additionally, I also made a mistake back then.”
“Oh?”
“It was during that night in the park when we went looking for Polly… perhaps it was due to our appearance and us hiding in the dark that caused Jack the Ripper to not make his appearance.
“But the questions is… how did the murderer know that we were in the park?
“The other members were laid in ambush outside the park while the four of us hid in ambush inside.
“If Jack the Ripper really have the ability to make himself invisible and was able to find out about our ambush… then, we can forget about solving this case… the advantages given to Jack the Ripper is simply too imbalanced!
“I remember hearing these words before: The system will not issue out a quest that cannot be completed.
“If so… there is this other possibility. Jack the Ripper knew about us laying an ambush in the park because… he was hiding among us!
“Of course… in the beginning, this deduction deepened my suspicion toward Dr Mu.
“After all, all the signs pointed toward Dr Mu.
“However, this afternoon, I went to this place and suddenly discovered the clues that I have been missing… then, I thought of you, dear Mr Colombo!
“That night in the park, when we were laying the ambush, besides Dr Mu, you were also there!”
“Oh? Where did you go in the afternoon to discover those missing clues? Why did you end up suspecting me?” Colombo placed his scalpel upon Dr Mu’s neck and gently used it to stroke Dr Mu’s neck. He grinned, a cold expression on his face.
“Your apartment,” Chen Xiaolian said without withholding anything. “Truth be told, after going out today, I went to several places. I went to all the places that were involved with this case, from the beginning to the end. I went to check on all of them!
“And, in your apartment, I accidentally discovered something.”
Pausing, Chen Xiaolian raised several fingers up.
“First, Dr Mu’s unconscious state began from your apartment. If Jack the Ripper or the vengeful spirit possess a long ranged ability that could harm him… then the system quest of protecting the guide character would be a joke! That would not make any sense!
“Thus, I believe that Dr Mu had encountered something during his time in the apartment, causing him to fall into this state of unconsciousness!
“In the beginning, I thought that it was done by the vengeful spirit… perhaps, during the attack on the apartment, the vengeful spirit managed to somehow harm Dr Mu – back then, that was what I thought.
“However, after returning to the apartment in the afternoon… naturally, that place had been cordoned off by the police. I slipped in and rechecked the scene. I recalled what my guild members told me about everything that happened during the attack.
“Now, let us revisit what happened when the apartment was being attacked.
“Polly was attacked while she was in the toilet.
“Dr Mu, who was in the bedroom was also nearly killed by the vengeful spirit.
“In the living room, my two team members were attacked by all kinds of blades.
“After carefully thinking it through, I suddenly discovered a huge issue. That is…
“The only one not under attack… is you!
“Mr Colombo!
“I still remember what my team member, Lun Tai, had said. Back then, the floating blades had attacked Bei Tai and Lun Tai. However, they did not directly attack you!