Chapter 3145: The Detective Shall Die (Part 7)

"Damn it! You didn't tell me I had to analyze it myself!" Bruce cursed the Beyonder in his heart, but the Beyonder didn't make a sound. He knew he couldn't count on him for this part.

But suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and asked, "Did Professor Shiler learn this skill?"

"No, he can't learn it," the Beyonder replied.

"That is to say, he can't perform psychoanalysis now?"

"Theoretically, that's the case."

"Then wouldn't he not know if I'm right or wrong?"

"It's possible," the Beyonder replied.

"Is he asking you if I can't perform psychoanalysis now?" Shiler was also asking the Beyonder.

"Yes, I told him you can't. You shouldn't be able to, right?"

Shiler tried to concentrate, but the noisy sounds that usually swirled around his ears and heart at this time were gone. He could only say, "I really can't feel anything now."

"Then you can only count on him."

"It's not without reason."

The Beyonder was surprised at how easygoing Shiler was, but Shiler clearly had his own plans. He said to Bruce, "Start, Dr. Wei En."

Bruce was creeped out by this "Dr. Wei En," but now wasn't the time to dwell on it. He carefully observed the woman's state and then said, "She feels very panicked. Fear has made her mentally deranged, but the source of this fear is not entirely certain facts she has seen; it is also mixed with a part of her imagination."

"From her performance, it can be seen that she thinks what she is fearing is intangible and formless, and the gun in her hand can't deal with it, thus deriving a deeper level of despair..."

Bruce said a lot, and Shiler actually listened very seriously. After he finished speaking, everyone looked at Shiler.

Shiler's profession made it impossible for him to casually judge the conclusion of a professional doctor, but he just couldn't speak; he could still think about it in his heart.

Shiler didn't rush to judge Bruce's analysis but began to connect the whole thing.

The owner of the diary was very likely the corpse in the kitchen. He was the beginning of all clues. After noticing the abnormality in the village, he went to investigate, and after the situation became serious, he called the detective over. Both died in the wooden cabin.

It was normal for these two people to appear here. Although the detective didn't seem to have been killed in the wooden cabin, he did have an intersection with the owner of the diary, so the clues could be connected.

But where did this woman pop out from?

The owner of the diary didn't mention her, and the detective didn't give any clues about her. She appeared in the wooden cabin so abruptly, and was in a state of madness, with no clues to be asked out.

Shiler knew that the Beyonder's screenwriting level wouldn't be so low as to pad the story from the start. Everything he placed here, from the corpse to the props in the room, must be useful. This woman was no exception.

She couldn't communicate, so there was no way to gain trust by asking or showing her identity to get clues from her.

But in the previous battle, they gained skill points, and everyone could learn a skill. In the novice tutorial level of other games, after getting skills, they would naturally send out some monsters for players to try the skills, so as to explain how to use the skills.

This woman was very likely a "monster" used to try skills.

This didn't mean she was controlled by a monster, but a link in the game system guiding players to gradually adapt to the game's gameplay.

Bruce gained the psychoanalysis skill, so he could choose to use the psychoanalysis skill to try to get clues from the woman. Others could naturally also use other skills to get through this level.

Given that the previous battle had already let them know how to use force, then this level was very likely to let them use non-force skills to get clues.

But unfortunately, the person who really knew psychoanalysis couldn't analyze it, and the person who learned the psychoanalysis skill analyzed it incorrectly.

Bruce's psychoanalysis was quite distinctive. Usually, it could perfectly avoid the correct answer and reach a conclusion exactly opposite to psychoanalysis with his astonishing behavioral analysis level.

So his psychoanalysis conclusion must be listened to in reverse—this woman was not afraid at all.

When a person feels very afraid, he will try his best to grasp every weapon around him. He might know in his mind that firearms are useless, but if he is afraid enough, he will use anything that can attack. So it didn't seem strange that this woman would fire wildly because of fear.

There was nothing wrong with the woman's limb movements either: curled up in the corner, back against the wall, holding the gun with both hands, constantly aiming because of fear. She fired a total of two shots, one at the glass and one at the curtain next to it.

So from the perspective of behavioral science, the conclusion of fear was very reasonable.

But since Bruce analyzed it this way, there must be something wrong.

Following this line of thought, Shiler thought in reverse, assuming this woman wasn't actually afraid at all, then why did she pretend to be afraid?

Did fear have any effect on the monster?

Shiler denied this conclusion. Human fear was indeed an interesting emotion. He had also imagined whether it was a good thing or a bad thing if some monster fed on fear.

But the creature called the Prowler in the village shouldn't be this kind of monster. Not to mention that the detective's hints didn't mention how much fear such a remote and peaceful little village could have. If it were really attracted by fear, it should appear at the scene of various natural and man-made disasters, not here.

Moreover, if this woman wasn't really afraid, could the monster not tell? It shouldn't be that her psychoanalysis level was the same as Bruce's, right?

Excluding the possibility that the woman was pretending to be afraid to attract the monster, there was only one possibility left: the woman pretending to be afraid was to attract them over.

The commotion they made downstairs wasn't small. Although they hadn't been here long, thanks to several big failures, they were fixing doors and kicking corpses. If this woman had been staying upstairs, she must have discovered that someone had come downstairs.

Shiler could understand her not daring to go down rashly. In a world with monsters, it was hard to know whether the person coming was human or ghost, so attracting the other party up and waiting for the rabbit was a good way.

And pretending to be crazy now might also be an opportunity to observe their group to judge whether there were monsters mixed in. This logic also made sense.

However, what made Shiler feel a bit puzzled was whether it was unwise to waste two bullets in this link?

He didn't think there were many supplies in this small village. The bullets for this kind of old revolver were even harder to find, usually left by the older generation. Having a dozen or so would be good.

The first bullet breaking the glass could create a sound, letting people know there was someone upstairs, which was still justifiable. But the second bullet hitting the curtain was completely useless. Was it necessary to waste such precious resources in this situation just to confuse their group?

Just as Shiler was thinking, Night Owl drew his gun and aimed at the woman's head.

"Who are you? Why are you here? Answer my questions truthfully!" Night Owl raised his gun and approached slowly.

The woman seemed to have no reaction, still holding the revolver, constantly muttering to herself.

Threats didn't work either? This was interesting...

Shiler gave Main Universe Batman a look. Main Universe Batman reached out to stop Night Owl, who was continuing to walk forward. Shiler stepped over and said in as gentle a voice as possible.

"Ma'am, I am a priest from a nearby town. Are you okay? Can you hear me?"

While speaking, he asked the Beyonder in his heart, "Can I use the soul-soothing skill that comes with my profession on her?"

"Yes, but you have to think clearly. The cooldown time of the skill is two battles. Are you sure you want to use it on her?"

"Yes," Shiler gave a positive answer.

The next second, he took a "Bible" out of his pocket and recited the sentences on it gently. Everyone in the room felt a peaceful and serene atmosphere.

The woman's eyes gradually focused. The moment her expression returned to normal, she stared at Shiler's eyes and said.

"He's here!"

Bang!

The woman used the revolver in her hand to shoot through her own head. Blood and brain matter splashed on the wall, and her body slowly tilted to one side and fell down.

Everyone was silent in the face of this result. Only Shiler seemed to have realized something. He turned to scan the few people and finally his gaze fell on Greed and said, "I think we can check the corpse."

Greed immediately understood that characters with relatively high agility values might get more clues from searching corpses, so he walked up, knelt on the ground, and began to check the woman's corpse.

Except for the revolver, there was almost nothing on her. Greed found a necklace on her neck, but it was just a very ordinary silver necklace. The pendant in the middle was a rhombus, and the pattern on it looked like a rose.

Then he found a small notebook in the inner pocket of the woman's trench coat.

Greed frowned after opening it because it was the kind of notebook suitable for writing at any time, only the size of a palm, and it was full of words. He was too lazy to read it and threw it directly to Shiler.

"Should we deal with the corpse?" The Pale Knight, who came in last, asked. He paused and then continued, "I respect the deceased, but I am very worried that she will become a zombie."

"I'm the exact opposite of what you're worried about," Joker said, crouching beside the corpse. "If she has no reaction, that would be terrible."

Main Universe Batman rarely agreed with Joker's view. They were in good condition and not afraid of battle. What they lacked most were clues and elements for growth.

If this corpse could also move, then the next battle would at least give some skill points, and maybe give some clues like the previous corpse.

While everyone was staring at the corpse, Shiler found important clues in the notebook.

This lady named Madeline was actually a church clergy member who retired a few years ago due to injuries, and she was a researcher specializing in anomalous phenomena.

She came here to investigate a special monster that hadn't appeared for 30 years—the Prowler. ===== CHAPTER 3146 =====