Who hid My Corpse!

The answer is only one: both must die together.

The "Heavenly Voice Obedience" must be used twice; this is the safest method. Of course, if the Hand Eye is telling the truth and Isaiah is lying, then the first "Heavenly Voice Obedience" will take Isaiah's life, and they can recover the four Corpse Blocks from him, eliminating the need for a second. If Isaiah is telling the truth and the Hand Eye is lying, then after killing Isaiah, using a second "Heavenly Voice Obedience" to deal with the Hand Eye will be enough.

Though this price is a bit hefty, it is indeed the most reliable.

In this regard, Diana and the Prison Director share the same view.

The difference is that the Prison Director gave Isaiah a chance for "self-preservation," while Diana wished for immediate execution, regardless of whether Isaiah is wronged or not, to eliminate any risk of suicide from the desperate man.

Yes, Diana had realized that the situation had progressed to the point where, regardless of whether Isaiah is wronged, he was already stepping into a certain death scenario.

Only the dead can keep secrets best.

Then there was only one final question left.

How to bypass Isaiah's "self-preservation" phase and directly carry out his execution?

Diana contemplated.

Suddenly, she thought of something, and then slowly lifted her head.

The prison that leads straight to the Abyss was right before her.

She gazed into the Abyss for a long time before softly speaking.

"This is really the only way."

Immediately after, urgent footsteps sounded behind Diana.

"Lady Contractor, the Prison Director is looking for you."

...

Damn, what is going on tonight?

Rocky sat uneasily in his residence.

Honestly, he still wasn't sure what had happened, only feeling completely at sea.

The stupid Prison Director was killed, but not completely, and in the end, he managed to survive. And surviving was fine, but he insisted he remembered who the murderer was, yet could not remember completely, only recalling a single eye.

What the hell good is a single eye? And the idiot couldn't even tell if it was the left eye or the right eye.

And someone at that level can become Prison Director?! Damn, in our Rhein he'd at most be a Low Rank old Priest, like Ulu!

Rocky cursed viciously in his heart.

One couldn't blame him for his irritability, because anyone could see the Prison Director's move was forcing Isaiah onto the cliff's edge, and who knows what Isaiah might do?

Knowing that Isaiah was aware of Rocky's identity, what if he couldn't get all the Corpse Blocks and turned around to kill him?

The more Rocky thought about it, the more possible it seemed. He had always feared not the person jumping off the cliff, but standing right underneath them when they did.

If you're going to die, just die, don't drag me along.

So what should be done now? Go directly to the Prison Director, confess about his own Corpse Block to him, and have him warn Isaiah not to mess with him?

But what if the Prison Director said, "How would he know you have a Corpse Block"?

Should he then disclose the matters of Taoyuan Village as well?

Honest to God, unless there was no other choice, Rocky really didn't want to do that. After all, he had twice warmed the Hand Eye's heart (meaning lost the Rule) in Taoyuan Village, if Lango thought that was the cause of Fig's failure... no, there was no if, that old bastard would surely make a big deal out of it, Rocky knew him too well.

This seemed to be a lose-lose situation where he was screwed no matter what.

Rocky pulled his hair in distress, already beginning to regret why he didn't report to Lango immediately after first entering Taoyuan Village. Perhaps then he wouldn't be in such a predicament now.

In retrospect, his series of experiences in Taoyuan Village was all hassle with no benefit, got nothing and even lost four fingers.

Losing four fingers, and on top of that, at risk of being branded a traitor.

Who could he even cry to for justice?

Where the hell was that wretched Ring Finger? Weren't they supposed to be partners, why don't they show up now?

Leaving me all alone, what the hell am I supposed to do?!

Rocky's hair was almost all pulled out.

And just at that moment, there was a knock at the door.

"Didn't I already say?!" Rocky yelled impatiently, "No need for company tonight, get lost!"

"Uh, Bishop Rocky, you misunderstood." A somewhat embarrassed voice of the Chief Knight came from outside the door, "A lady just came looking for you..."

"Lady? I'm not interested... huh? Lady?" Rocky suddenly realized and rushed to open the door, "What kind of lady, quickly, tell me!"

The Chief Knight looked a bit surprised at Rocky's sudden interest in a lady, but didn't comment on it and earnestly reported, "She covered her face and used a disguised voice, but she left me this for you, saying you would surely know who she is."

Upon hearing the word 'lady', Rocky could only think of the Ring Finger.

But wasn't the Ring Finger using a man's body during the day, how come they use a woman's at night? What is this kink?

Though Rocky was puzzled, he accepted the envelope and warned the Chief Knight not to speak about it before returning to his room.

After opening the envelope and reading its contents, his pupils widened gradually.

Indeed, it was a letter from the Ring Finger.

And the contents were also about cooperation, inviting him to collaborate against Isaiah.

This was indeed the cooperation that Rocky wanted, but the method of collaboration was just... too risky.

If discovered, the consequences would be unimaginable.

But...

Rocky narrowed his eyes slightly.

After a brief pause, he conjured a ball of fire and burned the letter.

Once it was completely consumed, Rocky went out again and said to the Chief Knight outside the door.

"Call a few trustworthy subordinates, I have tasks to assign."

...

Outside the Rhein camp, Ina watched as the Chief Knight delivered the letter to Rocky and finally breathed a sigh of relief before returning to her quarters.

Soon after returning, a subordinate reported.

"Miss Ina, someone from the Contract Land came, saying the restrictions here will be lifted tomorrow morning and advises us to stay safe."

Ina nodded, "I understand."

She understood the message from Contract Land.

Lifting the restriction meant removing the monitoring over Visas's power.

Which meant giving Isaiah the freedom to make moves and find and eliminate the so-called "Ulu" he mentioned.

If he succeeded, everyone would be happy.

If not... the first in command's desperate gamble, no one could predict what the final outcome would be.

"Do we need to prepare for anything?" The subordinate asked worriedly, "We won't be affected, will we?"

"No need." Ina shook her head and firmly said, "This fight has nothing to do with us, our war is over, this is their war."

...

Daybreak.

The dawn light fell on the "Heavenly Voice Obedience", the sacred statue and twisted tentacles gave a bizarre and eerie feeling.

And in the morning light, one restriction device after another slowly shut down, announcing the lifting of limitations.

This scene caused Mina to grow increasingly anxious.

Though she knew her teacher was the first in command, the most powerful human in this world, and there was nothing he couldn't do.

But now, facing the Hand Eye who was step by step forcing him into a dead end, could her teacher really turn the tables?

Mina did not know, but she remembered her teacher looking aged in just a moment last night, and she had never seen him like that before.

So... could he really turn the tables?

But at that moment, she heard the door behind her open and instinctively turned back, "Teacher..."

Her words stopped midway.

Because she saw Isaiah now.

No anxiety, no unease, just calmness and composure, just like his right eye that sealed the Star Sea.

Such demeanor, just like when Mina first encountered Isaiah in a classroom more than ten years ago.

"Teacher..." The dramatic change left Mina momentarily speechless.

"Let's go."

"Where are we... going?"

"To chase the stars," Isaiah smiled gently, "and explore the truth."