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

[March 7th: "A Collection of Modern and Contemporary Fireworks Terms"... It always feels like something made up.]

[Star: March, you're too cautious. This is all made up!]

[Wan Di: Judging from its appearance, it's not as practical as the "Xuanfeng Dictionary".]

[Hanabi: Huh? This is pure filth! Hanabi-sama's quotes may not be of high quality, but they're definitely hilarious! How can you compare them to a mere bound volume of blank paper?]

Xing glanced over and felt that the [Fumo] doll seemed to be staring at her.

Then, she chose to stare back.

【Fumo】The doll was still staring at her, and Xing continued to stare back.

Xing was inwardly annoyed: The [Fumo] doll's eyes never blink. Honestly, if it blinked, it would be kind of scary.

A voice echoed in Xing's mind... Perhaps it was fate, or perhaps it was the part of her own personality responsible for internal monologues: In any case, it was just an ordinary plush toy. Could you really expect it to say a word?

But she refused to back down and continued to keep an eye on the situation.

The voice in my head spoke again: It must be pointed out that there is nothing suspicious about this doll. It exudes the aura of a perfect [Fomore] doll from the inside out, rather than a fictitious neutron bomb.

The voice even added: "What you just said means you don't need to bother it anymore—it makes you both look pathetic. Let's end this farce now."

Xing listened to the advice. In this confrontation concerning dignity, she regrettably did not continue "staring" to the end, but instead resorted to a shameless but effective underhanded tactic—grabbing him with her hands!

[Saifei: Grey, your inner monologue is really something. I don't usually see you like this.]

[Danheng: Probably because March 7th isn't around, so I have to take on the role of the scathing comedian myself.]

[March 7th: ...She has more leisure time than gold dust.]

The phone buzzed, and Xing quickly checked.

Potio: "To hell with that, I give up!"

Silver Branch: "What's wrong, Silver Cowboy?"

Potio sent a picture of fireworks, saying in a frenzied tone, "I found 217."

"Talking Doll"

"Haha," he laughed in exasperation, because his precious item inside contained nothing but cotton wool!

Black Swan: "Haha"

March 7th: "Haha"

Potio: "It was only with the help of the hounds and the guy with the plaster cast that I found it. If we had to search on our own, it would have taken forever."

Walter: "Unfortunately... given that fool's habits, we'll probably have to continue eliminating the wrong answers."

Yinzhi: "Don't be discouraged—may [pure beauty] lead us!"

Xing put down her phone. Under her brilliant leadership, the total number of dolls found had reached 350, making victory not impossible!

Following the map, she found the third one, the "Detective" doll.

"What trouble are you in? I'd be happy to help. But unfortunately, I have two unsolved cases on my hands... Your problem might have to wait."

Xing said with a straight face, "I only need the bomb in your hand."

[Detective] Doll is deeply immersed in the role: "Bomb? Damn it... I forgot about that: Dr. Fire is an expert in explosive chemistry."

"I need your help, Miss Xing. You've had quite a bit of dealing with Dr. Fire, and considering the bomb case we just discussed, you're sure to find evidence proving Dr. Fire is the murderer."

[Star: Is it possible that you are Dr. Fire in disguise?]

[Fireworks: Oh my god! Is that so?! [Officer] Little one, come and arrest the evil Dr. Fireworks!]

"The first case is the Sulta factory arson case. We found a large sledgehammer, a doll, and about half a liter of unidentified liquid at the scene. The test results just came out, and it turned out to be a red herring."

[March 7th: Is Red Herring a Liquid?]

[Hoshino: Did she open a can of herring after setting off the fireworks? Who knew? She has such a strong palate. Quick, drink some of Himeko's coffee to cover it up.]

[ScrewGumm: Logic. Perhaps there's another layer of meaning; in logic, there's the "red herring fallacy." This refers to using a false premise to support a conclusion, or combining two unrelated premises with an assumption, creating a nonsensical effect. In short, it's a tactic of misleading people with nine falsehoods and one true, or even all true information.]

[March 7th: You mean, this is some kind of hint?]

【star:???】

Xing scratched his head. Combining the previous dolls without bombs with this deduction, it seemed to indeed point to a very difficult and extremely hateful conclusion.

Hanabi tricked herself twice with this one incident!

[Star: Wait, does Hanabi seem like someone who's so artistic, profound, and insightful?]

[Hanabi: How dare you talk like that? Not only did you wrong me, but you also dared to question Hanabi-sama's inner beauty, huh? I'll write it all down in my little notebook.]

[Detective] Doll continued speaking to herself: "The second case is the [Blues Auction House Robbery]. A group of masked thugs broke into the venue and stole the Starry Sky Train fragments, leaving behind a large hammer, a doll, and a half-dead red herring."

"That's the whole case. In my opinion, the key to exposing Dr. Huo Huo lies in some commonality between the two cases."

"I trust your judgment—which set of evidence do you believe is the decisive one?"

[Saifei: She really likes the sledgehammer, the doll, and the red herring. And she's always abusing the fish.]

[March 7th: Hammer, doll, red herring, bomb... Hmm... this question seems really difficult.]

[Star: No, March, you really have to think about answering, don't you?]

Luckily, she stayed with me the whole time. Otherwise, if Hanabi had run into her alone, she would have exposed everything about how we almost choked on Danheng's natural dye yesterday.

Inside the light curtain.

Xing didn't waste any words, her gaze sharp: "Yes, I'm going. I've been to two of the sites!"

The doll emitted a boisterous, firework-like sound: "Beep beep beep—correct answer! Hmm~~ As expected of Little Gray Fur, you're quite clever~"

Then, in a sweet and understanding voice, she said, "Since you've been working so hard, I'll tell you one thing: the bomb isn't here; there's only a carefully planned prank—time is running out, hurry and find the real bomb!"

The sound of fireworks faded, leaving only the hissing of white noise from inside the doll. It seems this poor doll underwent extremely cruel human experimentation, being transformed into a loudspeaker by the evil Dr. Fire.

really……

Xing's face was weathered, even somewhat numb.

What on earth is this guy doing?!

She took out her phone; it already had 99+ messages.

Yinzhi: "Friends, I have some regrettable news to share."