"???"
Everyone in the live stream had been utterly baffled by Xiao Yi's mysterious reasoning.
Originally serious-faced Maria was now speechless.
"Xiao Yi, are you serious?" she asked, her tone tinged with helplessness.
"Of course!" Xiao Yi nodded firmly, "It must have been the resentful soul of Bull! It secretly turned on the fire, leading to the Professor being scalded to death!"
"But…" Although the burns were indeed severe, they couldn't possibly cause death, could they?"
However, with just one sentence, Maria completely overturned Xiao Yi's reasoning.
"This…"
Xiao Yi was momentarily stunned before he lowered his head, thought for a moment, and then continued:
"I've got it, it must be the curse Bull left before dying. The real content of which is that anyone who thinks of eating it will be scorched by flames, leaving a mark. This mark then attracts the pursuit of various resentful souls of Bulls! That's how the Professor died; he was indeed killed by Bull!"
Hearing Xiao Yi's conclusion, everyone in the live stream could barely hold themselves together.
"Looking at his serious expression, it doesn't seem like he's acting; he really believes that."
"And being chased by the resentful souls of different Bulls? What a Branded Warrior."
"Our Brother Xiao Yi indeed has astounding IQ!"
However, some also expressed their inner concerns.
"But with Xiao Yi taking this approach, there's no guarantee Maria won't deal with him if she sees him being of no use."
This statement tensed everyone in the live stream again.
Just then, Maria spoke as well.
"Xiao Yi…" Maria sighed helplessly, "I know you're trying to lighten the mood, but this is really inappropriate. Let's not joke about this."
Everyone in the live stream was stunned.
"Wow, to think she could interpret it that way?"
"This thought process, I can only say I admire it."
"Lady Maria really is great, honestly, I hope Brother Xiao Yi doesn't let her be a widow again, give her a complete home!"
"The one before, seriously, cut it out."
"… A joke?" Xiao Yi, hearing Maria's words, couldn't help but feel a bit down.
His carefully construed reasoning had been outright dismissed, which made Xiao Yi feel quite sad.
But everyone has their failures, and Xiao Yi didn't plan to give up just yet.
He had already decided that he must find out who truly killed the Professor and wouldn't back down because of this setback.
"I understand," Xiao Yi nodded and continued, "It seems the clues we currently know still aren't enough."
"Exactly," Maria looked toward Hannibal's body, "Xiao Ni doesn't have any fatal injuries on his body; we need to find out his true cause of death first."
"No external injuries?" Xiao Yi looked at Hannibal's body and began to ponder.
Watching Xiao Yi ponder, the live stream room was once again filled with laughter and chatter.
"Brother Xiao Yi is thinking again; everybody, feel free to guess who he will think is the killer this time."
"I know! It's definitely… Well, I admit I can't guess it, or rather, if I could really guess it, I'd probably be beyond saving."
"When Brother Xiao Yi ponders, everybody just laughs."
Since the winning condition was to survive until dawn, people watching Xiao Yi's actions weren't in a hurry, as he was undoubtedly safe for now.
More than anything else, people were curious to see what astounding theory Xiao Yi would state next.
However, Xiao Yi's response this time was surprisingly beyond everyone's expectations.
"It appears, the Professor was poisoned to death," Xiao Yi suddenly said.
"…Ah?"
"By a certain reasoning, the professor was indeed poisoned to death!"
"How could he possibly know that!?"
"He must be making wild guesses and somehow got it right! The process of deduction was all wrong, but the conclusion turned out to be unexpectedly correct!"
However, Xiao Yi's words once again shocked everyone.
Xiao Yi: "Since there are no external injuries, it means that the cause of death is hidden within our bodies, invisible to us. If the professor didn't have any diseases or internal injuries, then poison is the most likely cause of death."
"…Although I've asked this before, I still want to ask, is his IQ really only 6?"
"This… is actually quite reasonable? But it's from Brother Xiao Yi, does that make sense?"
Over the years, the detective fiction that Xiao Yi had read wasn't for nothing. The more he read, the more knowledge he naturally accumulated in this area.
Of course, because of his limited brain capacity, Xiao Yi could only remember about fifty percent of the knowledge required for his middle school entrance exams.
Maria also nodded, saying, "Indeed, poisoning is currently the most likely, and Xiao Ni did indeed foam at the mouth… Huh?"
Suddenly, Maria noticed something.
She… looked at that indescribable dish.
"Holy shit!" Everyone was shocked at this sight.
The originally stable atmosphere in the live broadcast room became tense again.
"This is bad, I have a bad feeling!"
"Brother Xiao Yi didn't dig his own grave, did he?"
Everyone prayed that Maria wouldn't notice that indescribable dish too much, but ultimately, Maria still walked towards it.
"Xiao Yi." Maria picked up the plate and asked, "What is this?"
"Oh, that…?" Then, as expected, Xiao Yi admitted directly, "I made it as a late-night snack."
The live broadcast room was filled with wails.
"It's over! If they find poison in that dish, Brother Xiao Yi is done for!"
"Don't panic! It's not the first time we've been in this situation, trust in Brother Xiao Yi, there must be a turnaround… There'll be a turnaround, right?"
But, looking at the suspicion in Maria's eyes, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.
Maria stared at Xiao Yi, her eyes slightly narrowed, and asked, "Did my Xiao Ni… ever eat this… dish?"
"Um, of course." Xiao Yi immediately admitted with some pride, "He even said it tasted really good."
At this stage, no one could think of any way to break out of the current situation anymore.
"It's over!"
"Everybody calm down! Trust in Brother Xiao Yi!"
"How can we trust in this situation? It's a guaranteed loss! What reason is there to trust?"
"Trust doesn't need reasons!"
However, some people wanted to keep their faith in Xiao Yi, believing he would once again break through this seemingly inevitable, deadly situation.
But Maria's words shattered their small hope completely.
"…Is that so? It tasted really good." Maria abruptly asked Xiao Yi, "Then, I got to thinking, perhaps… my Xiao Ni died because he ate this dish you made."
"…" Xiao Yi was also stunned, "What are you saying? What do you mean?"
"Do I need to explain further?"
As she said this, those terrifying crimson mists reappeared around her!
"The poison that killed my Xiao Ni! It was in this dish of food you made yourself! You are the murderer! You killed my Xiao Ni!"