The air in the room froze once again.
She had been caught off guard by Liu Xia's sudden appearance during the previous two ceremonies, but now, all she could think about was how to dismember him in the most effective way possible.
Even if she didn't care about her own life, she couldn't sit back and watch all the people in Yin-yang's house die in the explosion. Among them were her parents and brother, as well as the servants who had served her since she was a child. There were more than ten lives in total.
After all, she was only a sixteen-year-old girl. No matter how indifferent she appeared, she wasn't an emotionless monster like Ryuga. She couldn't ignore the safety of her family.
"Don't doubt the feasibility of my words. The bombs I have stored are enough to blow up Yin-yang's house three times."
Ryuga's last words dispelled the last trace of doubt in Yin-yang's heart.
Due to the fact that they had been easily defeated by the other party once, and this time, the other party had displayed superb stealth skills in the process of appearing in their room without anyone noticing, the two of them really couldn't be sure whether his words were false or not.
But she couldn't gamble.
Once there was a slight possibility, her family might really be blown to the sky.
"…"
Silently, Yin-yang raised her hands.
The sleeves of the white bathrobe naturally slipped down, revealing white, tender, flawless arms.
Her skin was smooth and looked very slender, without a trace of muscle. It was hard to imagine that she had the physical strength that even a sports athlete would admit defeat.
While Ryuga was observing her arms, Yin-yang was also quietly moving her feet.
Under her bed sheet was the short knife that she usually played with. In fact, she was used to keeping it close to her body. Because she went to take a bath before, she put it in the room.
She wasn't the kind of coward who would choose to wait for death in the face of a crisis. If she suffered a loss, she would never swallow it. As long as there was a trace of opportunity, she would immediately seize it and then launch a swift and decisive counterattack.
Last time, it was because [Shiki] had hesitated when she saw the child's appearance, which led to her defeat.
This time, as long as she made up her mind from the beginning to cut his throat with the blade and stabbed the tip of the knife into his heart, there was still a possibility of turning the situation around.
"Enough, put it down."
However, before Yin-yang could move to the side of the bed to take the knife, Ryuga on the other side seemed to have finally gotten the answer and shook her head.
"You really aren't the [Serial Killer]."
Just this one sentence was enough to cause the two ritual's original insistence to stop, and their moving footsteps also stopped because of this.
"… What did you say?"
Yin-yang turned around and looked directly at Ryuga, her eyes filled with unreadable emotions. "How do you know this … No, how can you be sure that I'm not the [Serial Killer]? Tell me the details! "
He seemed to have poked at the girl's sore spot.
She was surprisingly concerned about the [Serial Killer].
"Even if you didn't say it, I was going to explain it to you."
Ryuga didn't care about Yin-yang's slightly aggressive tone. Instead, she looked up and down at the strange reaction of the other party and narrowed her eyes.
Then, contrary to her previous attitude of not wanting to talk nonsense, she even took the initiative to explain to Yin-yang.
"The police officer in charge of investigating the [Serial Killer] is called Daisuke Akusi. I used some tricks and obtained key evidence from him."
As for what kind of tricks, there was no need to explain it with words. What she was doing to Yin-yang was what she did to Daisuke Akusi.
"During the autopsy of the fourth and fifth crimes, which were the corpses of the couple who died three days ago, the residual flesh tissue of a third party was found under the fingernails of the deceased. It was confirmed that the deceased had an argument with the murderer and had pinched off a piece of flesh from the murderer's arm."
"It hasn't been more than three days. The wound on the murderer's arm shouldn't have recovered yet. Your arm is very smooth, so I determined that you are not the murderer."
Therefore, when Ryuga sneaked into Guan Bu Zi Academy this morning, she asked Hei Tong Gan to "check his arm", which seemed a bit rude.
In fact, she also suspected that the murderer was Hei Tong, but after seeing that there were no injuries on his arm, she dispelled this suspicion.
"The murderer's arm is injured …"
Yin-yang looked down at her arms that were so smooth that not a single wound could be seen. Her eyes were filled with disbelief. "Is the murderer really not me …?"
Ryuga, who saw all of her reactions, frowned slightly.
What do you mean 'is the murderer not me'? You don't know if you are the murderer or not?
"The murderer is indeed not you."
Ryuga remembered her strange reaction and nodded. Because there were no injuries on her arms, the possibility of Yin-yang being the murderer was not high … But even so, Ryuga still didn't completely trust her.
— Not the current her, but the other Yin-yang that appeared in the five minutes that she disappeared last night.
"But even if the murderer is not you, it must be related to you in countless ways."
Ryuga hid the suspicion and distrust in her heart very well. Her face still maintained her trademark expressionless expression.
"Using blood to leave a 'tai chi' pattern at the crime scene, dismembering the body and placing it in the shape of a 'swastika'. According to my private intelligence network, I also received clues that the murderer is related to the underworld. You also appeared at the crime scene very coincidentally every time … It's hard not to suspect you."
It was because of so much information that the previous Ryuga thought that Yin-yang was the true identity of the serial killer. He believed that she was the murderer and secretly assassinated her last night.
Originally, he was 100% sure that he could kill her, but was stopped by the appearance of the Yin-yang, which allowed her to survive.
Then, after receiving key evidence of the 'injury on her arm' from Akushi this morning, Ryuga conducted a second investigation on the true identity of the serial killer and finally came to this conclusion.
"If the serial killer's true identity isn't you, then it must be someone around you, and it must be someone who knows your habits and behavior like the back of their hand. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to make so many 'coincidences' with ulterior motives to frame you."
Ryuga came to this conclusion.
"That's why I need to understand all the people around you, and I also need to borrow the power of the Yin-yang family in the underworld to find the murderer."
If it wasn't for this reason, with Ryuga's' practicality above all, don't do anything superfluous' creed, he wouldn't have said so much unnecessary nonsense.
In fact, even without borrowing the power of the Yin-yang family, Ryuga was confident that he could find the real serial killer. But from the perspective of efficiency, under the situation of confirming that the real murderer was related to the underworld, it was more efficient to use the power of the Yin-yang family. Moreover, if he spent too much time, the wound on the murderer's arm could be healed, and it would take more effort to find the murderer.
As long as he could effectively complete the mission, Ryuga didn't care what kind of methods he used or borrowed.
In his heart, benefits were first, and efficiency was second.
"I see, I understand your thoughts."
Yin-yang recovered from his fluctuating mood, as if he had solved a problem that had been troubling him for a long time. It was rare for him to feel good, and his hostility towards Ryuga also slightly relaxed.
"So, planting bombs around my house, this is your way of seeking cooperation?"
Indeed, thanks to Ryuga, the haze in her heart was finally dispelled, but Yin-yang still didn't intend to cooperate with Ryuga. What he did was really difficult to leave a good impression on others.
"That's a lie."
Ryuga's expression didn't change as he gave a reply that shocked Yin-yang, "If you think about it carefully, you will know. How can I carry a bomb that can blow up a mansion? Moreover, do I look like I'm hiding an explosive device? "
The two rituals were getting a little angry.
But before she could do anything, Ryuga made another declaration that made her even angrier.
"However, this is not a reason for you not to agree. If you don't agree, I will now leak the news that 'you are the true body of the serial killer'. Now that this matter has become the talk of the town, even Yin-yang's family can't protect you, right? Even if they can protect you, they will have to pay a huge price … "
Ryuga made a second threat without changing his expression.
Yin-yang's chest rose and fell.
She felt that she had truly experienced what it meant to be in a state of mind with twists and turns today.
In the next moment, the girl rushed forward like an agile cheetah, holding the dagger hidden under the bed sheet in her hand, and stabbed straight at Ryuga's chest with lightning speed.
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