"Officer, if you're going to arrest someone, please arrest him first. Just look at him; you can tell he's no good." The monk in the kasaya spoke, pointing directly at the kappa spirit beside him, ready to sell out his teammate without hesitation.

"Hey..." The kappa's reaction wasn't strong. He simply turned to the monk and said coldly, "As a master, isn't it shameful to immediately betray your disciple when something happens?"

"Enough nonsense!" the monk shouted, continuing to address Inu-no-suke, "Officer, I have nothing to do with this person. You must believe me!" He widened his eyes and grabbed Inu-no-suke's hands. "I'm the famous Sanzang! A monk doesn't lie!"

"Heh..." Inu-no-suke chuckled drily, "I'm Prince Shotoku, save it." He pushed the monk away. "If you touch me suddenly again, I'll bite you to death and write 'assaulting an officer' in the report."

"I'm sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been born," Sanzang immediately lowered his head and admitted his mistake.

"He actually admitted he was wrong..." Little Tan, an onlooker, was stunned by this shameless behavior. He couldn't help muttering, "This guy really has no face... But... Judging from their appearances... could these guys really be..."

"Ah... that's right." Feng Bujue took two steps back, approached Little Tan, and whispered, "These three guys are the Sanzang and his disciples from Hiyori Universe."

"Uh..." Little Tan hadn't seen any stories about them, so he asked in confusion, "So... that monk is Sanzang, the monkey is Goku, and the kappa man... is Gojyo?"

"Correct," Jue Ge nodded in reply.

"Eh? Where's Hakkai?" Little Tan asked again.

"They ate him," Feng Bujue replied quickly in a calm tone.

"Huh?" Little Tan seemed not to have heard clearly, pausing for a moment. "What did you say?"

Feng Bujue shrugged. "Didn't Inu-no-suke already explain it clearly...? 'A human, a monkey, and a kappa attacked a pig together, and then they led a white horse westward'..."

"I say... what kind of world is this Hiyori Universe..." Wang Tanzhi felt like his childhood had been destroyed. "What happened to the comedy...? I feel like the stories happening here are all so dark!"

"Stay calm," Feng Bujue said. "Although, if you think about it calmly, there are many very terrifying plots, it's still pretty funny at first glance."

"You're saying that backwards..." Little Tan retorted. "From the tone to the context, everything is backwards!"

While they were talking, the "Goku" had walked up to Inu-no-suke, his face serious. "Officer, how can you believe anonymous tips...? Maybe someone just doesn't like our group and made up a so-called 'murder case' to frame us."

"That's right! Haha!" Sanzang, hearing this, was overjoyed and immediately put on a smug face, saying to Inu-no-suke, "Where's the evidence that we attacked Hakkai?"

"Oh... so the victim's name is Hakkai?" Inu-no-suke, hearing this, took out a small notebook he carried and scribbled a few notes in it.

"What an idiot..." Gojyo watched Sanzang's back and coldly added a mocking remark.

"Shut up! You rebellious disciple!" Sanzang turned and shouted. "I just accidentally let it slip. We need to be united at this moment!"

Taking advantage of their bickering, Goku seemed to have thought of another idea. He spoke to Inu-no-suke again, "Officer, there was originally a man named Hakkai traveling with the three of us, but he left alone this morning. We don't know where he went."

"Is that so..." Inu-no-suke muttered suspiciously.

"Ha!" At this moment, Feng Bujue strode forward, sneering. "Left on his own?" He repeated their claim, his tone full of disdain. "Very well... then tell me, what did he say to you before he left?"

"He said..." Goku was about to answer.

"Hold on!" Feng Bujue interrupted him with a loud shout. "One at a time." He pointed to Officer Inu-no-suke. "Please, the three of you, take turns... and quietly relay what Hakkai said before he left to Officer Inu-no-suke."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the three changed drastically.

"What's wrong? Is it difficult?" Jue Ge, seeing their changing expressions, immediately laughed. "Feeling guilty, are we?"

"It doesn't matter..." Unexpectedly, Gojyo quickly regained his composure, replying in a calm tone, and giving Goku and Sanzang a look. "... just tell the truth."

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Three minutes later...

The questioning ended.

"Officer, did they all say the same thing?" Feng Bujue asked, looking at Inu-no-suke walking back from afar.

Clearly, Gojyo's calm attitude earlier had made Jue Ge feel a bit uneasy.

"No," Inu-no-suke replied.

"Aha!" Feng Bujue immediately turned to look at Sanzang and his disciples. "Now... what do you have to say for yourselves?"

However, he was greeted by three smirking, smug faces.

"Hm?" Jue Ge was stunned by the sight, and turned back to look at Inu-no-suke.

Inu-no-suke continued, "Although what they said wasn't exactly the same, the meaning was similar..." He paused for two seconds before narrating, "Regarding what Hakkai said before he left, Sanzang's version is... 'Wait, stop, really, no, I'm really not tasty, I taste like horse manure, really!'" He raised a paw and pointed at Goku. "Goku's version is... 'Why are you three looking at me and whispering...? Stop it! It feels so weird!'" He pointed at Gojyo again. "And Gojyo's version is... 'I'm saying, can you guys stop making black jokes about whether or not to eat someone, which part is tastier! Eh? It's not a joke?'"

"They ate him! They really ate Hakkai!" Little Tan was shocked before Inu-no-suke had even finished speaking. After he had finished recounting all three statements, Little Tan shouted, "And it feels like it was premeditated!"

"No, no, no..." Gojyo shook his head, looking at Little Tan. "Hakkai just left, we didn't do anything to him."

"That's right," Goku added. "He just left because he was afraid of being eaten by us."

"Hehehe..." Among the three of them, Sanzang was the most despicable, and at this moment, he was also smiling the most smugly. "That's how it is. Can we leave now? Officer?"

"Hey... this is such an obvious murder (pig) and corpse-eating event. You can't let them go, right?" Little Tan shouted to Inu-no-suke.

"Of course not," Inu-no-suke replied, then looked at the three of them. "You guys have quite the nerve. After giving such confessions, you still think you can leave?"

"Yeah, yeah!" Even Xiongji shouted righteously from the side, "Look... Usami-chan's eyes have become sharp!"

In this atmosphere, among everyone present, there was only one person... who showed a solemn expression.

When Feng Bujue watched Hiyori back then, the story of *Journey to the West: The End of the Journey* left a deep impression on him. To be honest, this story... is terrifying when you think about it deeply.

If you watch it casually, you might not understand it. If you watch it a little more seriously, you'll find it very funny. But if you think about it even deeper... it makes your scalp crawl.

Why did the seemingly harmonious trio of master and disciples reveal all sorts of morbid obsessions as soon as they arrived at the finish line called "Tenjiku"? Why could Sanzang still walk as if nothing had happened, even after being blasted twice in the chrysanthemum with the Ruyi Bang, causing blood to splatter everywhere? Why was Sun Wukong wearing a golden headband, but Sanzang had never recited the Tightening Mantra? Why, even though they were both demons, did Gojyo have a mouth full of fangs? And why didn't Goku...? Why did their faces change at specific times? Why could Sanzang, a human... ultimately burst out extremely long claws? Could these physiological changes be related to them eating Hakkai? If they only ate their companion because they were hungry, why didn't they eat the white horse? And finally... was the Hakkai who first passed the "finish line" a soul? Or a phantom?

"What's going on?" Feng Bujue looked at the three people opposite him, his mind racing. "Their attitude of being so confident... what are they planning to do?" His eyes changed slightly. "Are they planning to escape by force?" Thinking of this, Jue Ge immediately recalled what abilities the Sanzang and his disciples in the Hiyori world had. "But... these three guys are just scumbag master and disciples from a gag manga. They probably only have a dime's worth of connection to the real *Journey to the West*... If I remember correctly, their abilities are... Gojyo's shoes are especially long, Sanzang's hat can get long, Goku's staff can extend... and also... all three of them can extend their fingernails into long claws."

After thinking for a moment, he rejected this speculation. "Hmm... that shouldn't be it. They could have attacked earlier. Before we came here, it was three against one... The success rate of attacking then would definitely be higher than now."

Thinking of this, he pondered, "Could it be that... the method they're going to use is..."

"It seems... you still don't understand, Officer." At this moment, Goku spoke. "How could anyone in this world kill and eat their own companions?" As he spoke, he looked at Xiongji a few meters away. "For example... that bear over there, would you eat the rabbit next to you?"

"Eh?" Xiongji widened his eyes and replied, "What are you talking about? How could I do such a terrible thing?"

"Hehe... that's right." Gojyo then added, "This kind of thing is obviously contrary to common sense, and... even if we really had malicious intentions towards Hakkai, would we discuss it so openly in front of him?"

"Little Tan..." Hearing this, Feng Bujue turned his head and whispered in Little Tan's ear, "Do you see it? These three guys... are doing what we did earlier..."