When the "Hanged Man" appeared in the rearview mirror again and looked at him, Dio knew that the people in the cars that had been following him had all been cleared out. It only took a dozen seconds. Those people didn't know who killed them until the moment they died.
In the future, with such ease and convenience, it will be much more convenient to have a substitute who likes killing.
Dio was extremely satisfied with the initial test of the Hanged Man's abilities, and the next step was to get down to business.
After going around in circles, Dio finally returned to the home he didn't want to set foot in.
The car was left upstairs. I believe that it won’t be long before uninvited guests will come to the door, but this period of time is enough for Dio to do something.
No longer needing to hide his identity, he replaced [God Khnum] with [Melancholy Blues]. He wanted to use the power of [Melancholy Blues] to recreate the truth of the day the accident happened!
Dio made [Melancholy Blues] change into his own appearance, and then turned back the time to the day of the accident. In order not to miss any clues, he also deliberately adjusted the time slightly forward.
"Start "Replay"!"
After a while, Dio had a very strange feeling when he saw himself who had changed from [Melancholy Blues] becoming 'busy', so he immediately 'fast-forwarded' this useless time, and then he saw 'himself' even having afterimages, until about ten o'clock that night when he was lying on the bed texting and chatting with a woman, and then he suddenly fell asleep.
"pause!"
"Go forward 3 minutes."
'Dio', who was lying in bed, woke up again and started fiddling with his phone. This time he began to observe carefully.
Although the "Replay" ability of [Melancholy Blues] cannot replay the surrounding environment, it can perfectly present the sound heard by the "Replay" target, no matter how much time has passed!
Just a dozen seconds later, a voice suddenly caught his attention.
"Is this... the sound of a key turning?"
"Someone opened the door!"
Dio adjusted the time again and confirmed it again. Yes, although the person outside the door opened the door carefully with the key, he could still hear it if he listened carefully. Nothing could escape his ears in the "replay"!
It’s a pity that he didn’t notice this tiny movement at that time. Even if he noticed it, he might have thought it was his parents coming back.
Then the "replay" continues...
Soon, Dior, who was lying on the bed, weakly put down his phone and fell into a deep sleep. As time passed, Dior's face and lips began to turn cherry red, which was one of the symptoms of gas poisoning. Then his breathing was suppressed, and Dior on the bed was declared dead.
Seeing this scene, Dio, who was standing outside the bed, had a very ugly expression on his face. No matter who witnessed the process of his death, he would feel very bad.
During the whole process, 'he' lying on the bed did not show any sign of waking up.
This is very wrong!
So he walked outside with [Melancholy and Blues]. This time he wanted to simulate the time when someone opened the door that day. [Melancholy and Blues] could not only transform into the appearance of a known person and "replay", but also use the exact position and "replay" to the exact time point to transform into the appearance of that person at that time.
He had already noted down the time when someone used the key to open the door. The longer the "replay" time was, the longer it would take to prepare "Melancholy Blues". Fortunately, it only happened a few months ago and there was an exact time point.
After a few minutes, I saw [Melancholy Blues] begin to rapidly transform...
A man he had never seen before appeared.
He was about 1.75 meters tall, wearing a black suit, and was carefully opening the door with a key.
Dio did not choose to pause, but continued watching.
After opening the door, the stranger did not go in. Instead, he took out something from his clothes and rolled it across the floor. Then he gently closed the door.
After about 3 minutes, he listened to the noise inside, then nodded to the side, put on the gas mask, opened the door again, and walked in while dragging something with difficulty.
Although Dio could only see the man's movements at the time, if he guessed correctly, the man who was dragged in with great effort must be one of his parents.
"Go and have a look alone. There can't be any mistakes this time."
"Don't worry, this is the latest stun spray developed by the bureau. Not even an elephant can withstand a whole can of this amount." Another voice suddenly sounded.
"Just in case, hurry up. I don't know how to explain it when I get back."
"Replay" to this point, Dio had unconsciously clenched his fists. Just as he guessed, there was indeed a problem. What happened that day was not a simple accident, but a premeditated murder.
However, it was still unknown why these people did this and which force was behind this "game". He could only suppress the urge to kill and continue to watch calmly.
Perhaps someone had already confirmed that Dio had completely fallen into a coma and would not wake up in a short time, so the stranger began to drag the "thing" in his hand and put it on the bed in the room.
After doing all this, he began to search the house again and finally stopped at a place in the kitchen.
That's where the gas pipeline is!
"Releasing the gas can just destroy the drug components in their bodies. I'm going to get started." Having said that, he started to get busy.
"They are lucky. They can die peacefully in their sleep without suffering any more."
"Are you sure this is called luck?"
"We can't help it. It's their bad luck to run into us. If anyone should blame someone, just blame Simon. If he had just accepted the favor of the organization, this wouldn't have happened."
"If you ask me, the people who stayed behind were too stupid. They let people escape in that situation. In the end, we still had to come and clean up the mess."
"Okay, stop talking. Let's leave as soon as those people inside die."
. . . . . . .
The "replay" continued until this person disguised the scene, cleaned up the unnecessary evidence and left, and only then did Dio end this extremely infuriating "replay".
Sometimes, the truth is hard to accept.
From the known conversations he heard, it was not difficult for Dio to guess the truth about the death of his family of three. Just because of an accidental encounter, they were found and killed to silence them. Even he, who knew nothing, was not spared. It seemed to emphasize that a family should be together.
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