Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 321 Mission: 06-2 The Truth Under the Razor
Pest glanced at the crowd that had passed through his blockade, and with some helplessness, handed them over to Weser who was guarding the rear.

There was no other way. This was the so-called compatibility issue. Pest dared to say that if she stood still and let Fei Niao and her little robot fight for an hour, she wouldn't be able to break through the defense. But Pest's own Death Wind couldn't kill an inanimate object like Dean either. Given that, all she could do was focus on the opponent in front of her.

Pest still held the advantage. She was the attacker, and Sandora was the defender. If Sandora failed to block an attack, it would cause a large number of casualties in the rear. Repeat this several times, and victory would fall into her hands.

Thus, the black clouds pressing down on the city and the burning iron wall collided again.

Glancing up at the beautiful "fiery clouds" in the distance, Nero stood up from the bank of the Weser River, igniting her magic power to shake off the water droplets on her body, causing her skirt to swirl. Then her gaze drifted across the river, also falling on Izayoi, who had climbed out of the water and awkwardly spat out the cold water streaked with blood.

In the brief exchange just now, Nero blocked Izayoi's punch at the moment of collision, and then hit him in the chin with a backhand punch. So now he was holding his chin and moving it back and forth, thinking that it might be slightly dislocated.

However, Nero also took a hit from Izayoi. The terrifying force was so strong that although Nero blocked the subsequent kick, he was still blown away by the force, and even his demon transformation was interrupted.

After that blow, the two separated, Izayoi landed near the center of the river, while Nero fell on the shore.

"Don't you have anything to brag about except your brute strength?" Nero sneered coldly.

At least in combat, that was true. Izayoi's fighting was pure brute force, just ordinary punches and kicks, and if he was about to be hit, he would protect his head and body. That was all, no technique at all.

Things like inch-force, clever force, using the opponent's force to counter attack, and countering each move... none of them exist.

"I'm not bragging, but my head is the most important part of me. It's a true treasure of humanity."

Izayoi shrugged and pointed to the part above his neck, letting out a light laugh.

Seeing him like this, Nero immediately understood what he had done. So she didn't rush to attack, but stood still and asked, "So you really solved the mystery?"

"Ah, yes. Except for the river beneath our feet, all of you are impostors."

Izayoi pulled up her wet hair and held it down with her headphones, then announced the answer to Nero.

1284, the Feast of John and Paul, June 26.

One hundred and thirty children born in Hamel were lured out by a flute player dressed in colorful clothes, and eventually disappeared at the execution ground near the hills.

"This inscription is the original legacy of the 'Flute Player of Hamel,' also known as the 'true legacy.' In the true legacy, there are no mice, nor anyone controlling them. Therefore, the 'Pied Piper' in Grimm's fairy tale, who can control mice, is a 'false legacy' that only appeared during the Renaissance after the Black Death. This is also why the town became what it is now after you activated the magic book."

Indeed. Nero nodded silently. "In this way, we can conclude that the Black Death of the 'Plague Theory' is a fraud. And as for your identity..."

"All ears."

"To discuss your identity, we must first clarify two premises. First, 'the content of the Hamel Inscription is true and credible'; second, 'there are no supernatural phenomena in the events corresponding to the Hamel Inscription'."

This is easy to understand. If these two premises are not true, the so-called reasoning is meaningless. And since the gift game "Hamel's Pied Piper" can be established, there must be a truth that can be deduced.

"Based on these two premises, we can begin to reason. The first fact we must draw is that 'the piper in colorful clothes must really exist', otherwise the inscription is false."

If the only evidence is fabricated, then reasoning cannot proceed.

"If that's the case, then the Pied Piper has only two possible identities for Nero—the 'evil ruler.' He could be commanded by the king to lead the children into the army, or he could be representing an evil faith, leading the children to a secluded mountain forest for a secret ritual. But these two different possibilities share one thing in common: a 'loophole' that negates both."

Izayoi stretched out his hand and pointed directly at Nero himself, who was standing on the other side.

“That is your very existence.

"The spirit of 'Hammel's Demon' is based on the fact of 'the death of one hundred and thirty children,' but neither of these two possibilities explicitly describes the children's deaths.

"At the same time, of these two possibilities, the one that could have killed the children wasn't the 'Flute Player who lured them away'—if you were truly born from these two hypotheses, then your power shouldn't be 'Charming People'!
Thus, the final truth was revealed by Izayoi with words: "In the first possibility, the 'military enlistment theory', the power that will kill the children is 'war'. And in the second possibility, the 'cult theory', the power that will prevent all children from returning is——"

Izayoi's arm swept across in front of him in an exaggerated arc, pointing to the foot of the hillside upstream of the river. "—It's a 'geological disaster that happened to occur during a ritual.' In fact, the 'cult theory' is essentially the Weser River 'geological disaster theory.' The cult reference is just an unnecessary exaggeration."

That's right, because one of the prerequisites for reasoning is to exclude the interference of supernatural forces. Therefore, an ordinary ritual would not cause all the children to disappear completely. The only possibility to explain why the children who left with the Pied Piper did not return is "the power of nature."

From this, we can conclude that Nero, who was able to deceive humans with the sound of his flute, was also a "false heritage" that had nothing to do with the inscription.

"Knowing this, the existence of 'Shutterome' is also easily explained. Is it really necessary to distinguish between so-called 'meteorological disasters' and 'geological disasters'?"

At this point, Izayoi's statement fell silent again. He spread his hands, chuckled, and asked, "The inscription records June as summer, and the only possible meteorological disasters are storms. If the rainstorms caused floods, mudslides, or landslides that killed the children, then who should be blamed for this, 'Shutterome' or 'Weser'?"

The answer is self-evident. The "Schustrom" of "meteorological disaster theory" is essentially based on the "Weser" of "natural disaster theory," without any unnecessary embellishment.

(End of this chapter)