The man looked weathered. Lu Ban didn't know him, and he obviously didn't know Lu Ban and the others.

"Are you Byron?"

Stone kept his distance, still aiming his revolver at Byron.

"Yes, I am Byron. I am in charge of Mr. Browning's necromancy night and I am the only one invited."

The other party said, staring at the black muzzle of Stone's gun, raising his hands high and giving a French military salute.

"Why are you hiding in a wine barrel?"

Shia asked directly.

"I don't know either. I was traveling here by car, but I fell asleep on the way. When I woke up, I was trapped in a wine barrel. No matter how much I shouted, no one responded until you showed up. That was great."

Byron smiled, his teeth white, in stark contrast to his appearance.

Hearing these obviously nonsense words, Stone glanced at Lu Ban and Xia Ya.

"According to my search, Goder's internal organs are inside his body."

"What? Mr. Gold?"

Byron asked, bewildered.

"How is it possible inside my body?"

"Are you the descendant of Taoist Heming?"

Stone was ready to pull the trigger. To be honest, he didn't expect to find Byron so soon. Logically, he should be the culprit. If he wanted to complete the task, the easiest way was to find a way to kill Byron. Without the descendant of Taoist Heming, there would be no Soul Summoning Night. On the ninth day, the task was automatically completed, and he felt very happy.

"I guess so. Uh, no, no, no, I don't. As you know, the affairs of Taoist Heming are taboos in the wasteland. I have only come into contact with some of his fur and know a few tricks. In fact, I am just someone Mr. Gao De hired to cooperate in the acting."

Byron hurriedly explained, and he took out a few pieces of paper from his slightly worn clothes.

"Mr. Gao De told me to pretend to be a disciple of Heming Taoist and perform the soul-calling night ritual. On the last day, I will use the magic tricks I know to present Mr. Browning's last words and let his children deal with the villa at a low price. When he takes over smoothly, he will give me a large sum of money."

Lu Ban took the papers. Although there was nothing on them, he could see some special marks on them. As long as they were touched by special solvents, words would appear. It was a classic feudal scam.

"Isn't he afraid that you will be exposed?"

Xia frowned slightly and asked.

She did not feel threatened by the man in front of her. At least according to the mage's intuition, he was no more dangerous than a jackal.

"Mr. Gao De said that he would agree to my request and be my helper. Moreover, although I am just a quack, I have really inherited some of the teachings of Taoist Heming, such as this."

As soon as he finished speaking, Byron snapped his fingers.

Sparks flashed at his fingertips, although it only lasted for a moment, but it was definitely not something an ordinary person could do.

"I found a page of Heming Taoist's book, which recorded a few simple spells. I tried it and learned it quickly. It was because of this that I was able to cooperate with Mr. Gaode."

"When was the last time you saw Goder?"

Stone reached his left hand into the pocket of his double-breasted coat and slowly grasped the magnifying glass.

Countless mutterings drilled into Stone's mind, but since he had experienced similar situations many times, he was able to isolate them from his consciousness.

The extraordinary power covered his brain like a spider web. At the same time, Stone, like a spider ready to strike, was spying on Byron's thoughts.

"Before coming, he prepared clothes for me and told me some things to be careful of. Then he left in a car first. According to Mr. Godd, we couldn't arrive at the same time."

Byron said this very sincerely, looking again at the muzzle of Stone's revolver.

"Brother, can you please put this thing down first? I feel a little guilty looking at it."

Stone asked again as he put the revolver away.

"You said you were locked in a barrel after you fell asleep and kept calling for help. Why didn't you respond just now?"

As the three men walked into the wine cellar, Byron apparently made no sound.

"People get tired, I was so sleepy that I fell asleep again. If it weren't for the noise just now, I might not have woken up yet."

Byron said with a grin, wanting to take a step forward, but when he saw Xia's expression, he obediently returned to his original position.

"God is dead."

Lu Ban suddenly spoke, causing Stone to look at his companions.

Originally, Stone had no intention of telling Byron about Gold's death. He wanted to use this as a benchmark to test Byron's confidence and see if he would reveal any flaws or clues. However, he did not expect Lu Ban to leak the information directly.

"What? Mr. Gold is dead?"

Byron was stunned. He looked at the three people one by one, and finally his eyes fell on Lu Ban who told him the news.

"Really? Wait, why did Mr. Gold die? Isn't this just a normal funeral?"

At this time, Lu Ban patted Byron's shoulder very seriously and solemnly.

"In fact, it was you who killed Mr. Gold. We think you might have a dual personality. During the time you lost consciousness, you killed Mr. Gold and hid here. The three of us are detectives. I hope you can cooperate with our investigation."

"???"

Byron was incredulous.

"Me? Dual personality? I killed Mr. Gold? Are you kidding me?"

"No, Mr. Byron, we are professional detectives and we don't joke around. Based on some special investigative techniques, we found that you swallowed Mr. Gold's internal organs. We followed the path of the internal organs and found this place."

Lu Ban said without hesitation.

Byron's eyes widened when he heard this.

"What did you say? I swallowed... ugh..."

He seemed to feel a surge in his throat and he dry-heaved twice, then coughed hard, as if he wanted to vomit out what was in his stomach.

Looking at Byron's appearance, the three of them looked at each other.

"God's internal organs are indeed in his body."

Stone said simply.

"But what he said was not a lie. I could see from his words what he had been through."

"We now have two options."

Shia held up two fingers.

"First, we should just get rid of him. He might be a mimic of the mud monster, or he might really be an innocent scapegoat. But as long as we kill him first, our problem will obviously be much simpler."

"Secondly, keep him and get more information. He may really be imprisoned here for some special reason, and he may even be the key to solving the problem."

Hearing Xia's words, Byron immediately raised his hands.

"Please wait, I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything. I really didn't kill Gao De, nor did I eat him! I'm innocent!"