Ironclad Group Chat: Red and Black Lists Engraved with Heroic Epics

For a moment, Hanabi didn't even know whether to pity herself or the little gray-haired boy's overactive nerves.

[Firework: Little Grey, you're having so much fun! It's an injustice that Aha hasn't given you any masks yet! Do I look like a bad girl? Waaaaah, I'm going to cry~~]

[Star: Could you be any less sincere? Besides, look at how agitated the old Japanese guy is, he's even swearing. Can you imagine someone as refined as him using profanity? He's clearly furious to the extreme.]

[Hanabi: Why don't you think about it from the other side? If he were truly enraged, and I were also the culprit, given his level of siscon obsession, would he just resort to verbal abuse? He would have pounced on cute and kind Hanabi and attacked her mercilessly!]

[March 7th: Hmm...that makes sense.]

【Sunday:……】

Even judging from his comments in the group chat on Sunday, his level of brotherhood is undeniable.

[Star: So, he just insulted you because you deserved to be insulted?]

[Hanabi: ...Little gray-haired guy, where did you learn that talking technique? Teach me, you're way more annoying than me.]

On Sunday, standing with his hands behind his back, he said, "...Please go back; your dreams do not welcome you."

"Oh dear~" Hanabi pouted and teased, "Don't be so serious~ Why are you quoting classics so solemnly?"

"I just want to ask—even now, isn't the family planning to take action? Your poor sister has already sacrificed herself, you know?"

Fireworks spoke with a pointed tone, seemingly provoking, yet also fanning the flames as if enjoying watching a spectacle: "You...don't you want to avenge her?"

On Sunday, I closed my eyes tightly, took a deep breath, and it took me a lot of effort to calm myself down completely.

"It's not the right time yet."

His eyes flashed with murderous intent: "When the appointed day comes, I will execute judgment in accordance with justice."

"Wow, you can tolerate this?" Hanabi's eyes widened, her astonishment mixed with sarcasm.

"What a cold-blooded guy. Hey, we might actually get along well?"

"How about this? I can represent your sister at various events—" Her understanding revealed her obvious excitement.

"Hmph, you certainly don't want people to know... that the Harmonious Music Festival can no longer be held, do you?"

[Star: This tone... Robin just... just did that... Isn't this some kind of Sunday raucous nonsense? I feel like shooting you in the foot.]

[Phantom Photo: Hanabi is truly brave! Every sentence is a death wish, every word a bombshell. Sacrifice, revenge—she can tolerate all that…tsk tsk, she didn't even fly up and bite someone on Sunday, her self-control is amazing!]

[Hanabi: Hehe, don't get too excited. It's normal for Hanabi-sama to be loved by everyone, isn't it?]

[March 7th: It seems like nobody's praising you, is it?]

[Hanabi: It's okay, I'll just take it as a compliment, okay?]

On Sunday, she turned away and sternly rejected Hanabi's suggestion: "The family has its own arrangements. Don't tarnish my dear sister with your cunning tongue, you fool."

"Okay, okay~~" Hanabi said with a very insincere expression and a bitter face.

But the next second, she smiled sweetly again: "I just wanted to say... if you need it, I can help you anytime, okay? Who can resist a boy who puts studs on chicken wings? Hehe~~"

The next instant, her figure vanished without a trace, as if she had never existed.

Sunday confidently raised his head: "No need. The murderer has already given himself away in His light. It won't be long before he falls to the ground because of his own scheme."

"If he does not turn back, his sword will be sharpened and his bow will be strung, so that the evil that the wicked have inflicted will befall him."

[Himeko: Swords must be sharpened, bows must be strung... I don't know much about Hipe of the Harmonious One. Is He a god with such an explosive personality?]

[Star: I think Hippe has a very gentle look.]

[Sunday: That's just one of the three aspects. The wrathful Vajra is also a divine manifestation.]

The group chatted casually, but little did they know that Sunday's next words would point to someone who was completely unexpected, someone who was absolutely not among the suspects.

"At that time, the pagan who does not love God will realize that he is but a mortal and will fall into Hades..."

On Sunday, gazing up at an unnamed corner of an inverted dream, my eyes gleamed as if challenging the most revered opponent.

"...and I will become His vanguard, personally bringing you good news (at your funeral) —"

"【Watchmaker】".

The light curtain dimmed at this point.

[Gold dust: Is it him?]

[Robin: How could this be...]

Pinocchio was in an uproar; the residents, and even the dreamers, could hardly believe their ears.

That man is the true father of Pinocchio, the liberator of Asdena, the creator of the Watch Boy, and his followers and admirers are countless. Many families have his portraits and sculptures in their collections!

But now, it is said that the highly respected elder has suddenly become a demon who reaps people's lives in the darkness.

"Impossible! I can't accept this! There must be some mistake!"

A middle-aged man with a stubble, wearing a burgundy suit and a gray vest, impatiently stubbled out his cigarette: "Nonsense."

Pierpoint, Office of Strategic Investments.

The ten people in Stoneheart frowned, and even Diamond himself looked doubtful.

Even the company, or rather, precisely because it was one of the main forces openly and covertly competing with Pinocchio, knew Pinocchio's founding team extremely well. To them, this was utterly absurd!

"Is this even possible?" The gold dustman, already in Pinocchio, was attending the conference via hologram. He was still young, and this was his first time handling an Asdna project.

But judging from the various surviving archives, the watchmaker himself was not only not a tyrannical murderer, but he was practically a model gentleman.

He was even the kind of upright gentleman who was not rigid in his principles, but firm in his convictions yet flexible, and highly capable of taking action—almost a perfect image of a leader.

Is he now saying he's harming Pinocene?

It's more likely that Pinocone is more likely to harm him.

"Based on the available information, it is impossible to draw such a conclusion. Perhaps only in the news reports that deliberately smeared him during the propaganda war back then would there be similar reports."

[Black Tower: This is indeed an unexpected answer. The father of Pinocchio is now turning around and torturing Pinocchio?]

[Star: Is that even possible? What reason would he have to do that? It's like saying Pam wanted to monopolize all of Pam's Special Juice and all of the Crispy Pam Pies, so he kicked us all out. There's absolutely no need for that! It's more plausible that the killer is Hanabi.]

[Fireworks: Huh? How did we come back to this?]

[Screw Gum: Speculation. Based on my limited understanding of human nature, perhaps reversing the positive and negative connotations of some words and rearranging the order of sentences would make it plausible. What if it wasn't the watchmaker who betrayed Pinocchio, but rather Pinocchio who betrayed his father and stole his wealth?]

[Jingyuan: Internal Strife?]