"Maybe it's because ...... Hands and feet were still attached to the captains of the men with sharp cutting tools when they were distributed to the team members with rough cutting tools. "It was as if Grigory was saying something that was not surprising." Well, it should be. When the captain was cutting, in order to make his conscience feel better, he cut off the head of the deceased. When the team members were eating meat, in order to make their conscience feel better, they used their own crude tools to make another cut on their hands and feet, which led to two kinds of marks on the corpse at the same time: the sharp cutting wound used by the human flesh distributor to divide the limb on the joint to split and send it down; There are also rough cut marks that are used by eaters in places such as hands and feet to cut parts with human limb characteristics to reduce the psychological burden of cannibalism, or simply to cut meat off the arm. ”

"So, what about the cut marks of that sharp tool that we saw on our arms?" Fujiwara looked at the sharp knife mark on his arm that was completely different from the marks made by the cut in other places.

"Doesn't the captain eat meat?" And Gregory reminded him. "In this way, the captain should have used a sharp knife instead of a saw—there is no way for a saw to leave a nick on the tip of the knife when cutting meat like this. Anyway, if you record all the nicks, I think the rough knife marks may come from different knives, and each knife represents one of the eaters, so it's just convenient for you to count how many people have eaten the corpse. ”

……

"Why did you ask me to do this job," Chiba said with some dissatisfaction, looking at the notches on the bones with a microscope.

"Come on, at least Hotaru helped you go with that little girl, what else do you have to complain about?" Fujiwara snorted. "Hurry up, give me the data of this knife mark as well."

The cut marks are not the same between different knives – even if they are the same batch of wholesale knives.

Every knife that is resharpened has subtle marks on the edge due to the curling of the blade produced in the sharpening process itself, and this is especially evident in the non-durable knives of the 19th century. Now, Chiba is recording each knife mark with the relevant unique marks on the cut marks.

"Left-handed knife marks Three, in line with the knife model David." After observing this nick, Qian Yu shifted his gaze to the next one. "If you look like this, it's basically one person, right? The big and small arms and legs are divided among eight people. ”

"You're thinking too much, it's impossible to divide it like that," Fujiwara reminded. "The amount of meat in all parts of the body is different, the thighs are very fat and juicy, but the place on the forearm is not the same thing at all, and the non-nutritious ones are very good, and they may not be as good as the life-sustaining effect of a bag of snacks."

"But...... In fact, the wounds on the upper and lower arms belong to the cutting of different knives, can it be said that they treat these arms as cooked snacks and gnaw on them when they are hungry? Qianyu pursed her lips. Having said that, how much meat can be eaten on such a person? ”

"Look at the weight, but generally speaking, if you only eat meat, you can provide about 32,000 calories. If you are hungry like that, your muscles may drop below 30,000 kcal. Considering the unclean places and some places to avoid it, it is already good to provide 25,000 calories. Of course, in practice, although there are many places where muscle can't eat, there are good things like fat that can provide more calories. ”

one thigh, 6,600 kcal; one lower leg, 2200 kcal; a large arm, 3700 kcal; One small arm, 825 kcal. If Fujiwara were to judge the specific distribution situation based on such a calculation formula...... It would probably be close to one person eating two lower arms, four people sharing two lower arms, two people sharing two lower arms, and six people living on two thighs. Even if the members of the expedition may have lost weight and are not as nutritious, their need for nutrients will decrease accordingly. In this case, the corpse of one person would be enough to provide the heat needed for a full day of considerable labor for a full 13 people.

"If you follow this formula, it seems that even if an expedition of 120 people travels for thirty days without enough food, it can still save the lives of 13 people by cannibalism, which seems pretty good, right?" After hearing Fujiwara's explanation, Chiba said this in a very reluctant and relaxed tone.

"yes, even if you hold on for another month, there will still be one survivor alive." Fujiwara's tone is the real nonchalance. "If you can anticipate in advance that there may not be enough food, and kill more people in advance as a meat reserve, maybe you can hold on a little longer."

Such remarks were so indifferent that even Chiba had no way to answer at all.

"What, are you still resisting cannibalism?" Probably guessing Chiha's thoughts, Fujiwara asked.

"Resisting is certain, after all, it's cannibalism......" Qianyu sighed. The left forearm knife mark, which belongs to the new tool model, is defined as Enigma. And seriously, I was really thinking...... What would I feel if I were forced to face such a situation? ”

"Don't think too much, you know what is the right choice." Fujiwara apparently did not waver in any way because of such a problem. "Do you think that it is more important not to let your partner be called a lonely ghost than to seek the peace of your own so-called conscience? To live, you are qualified to repent, and even to be martyred. If you can't survive, it's not called going to Huangquan at all, but just your own weakness that makes you choose to surrender. ”

"Having said that, ......" Chiba was not persuaded by Fujiwara. If it were you, would you choose to eat Sister Hotaru? ”

"Of course not." Fujiwara's answer was crisp and clear, but it was completely different from his previous position.

"Huh?" Qianyu's brow twitched. "Then you still ......"

"You and I both know that it was the right choice." Fujiwara shrugged nonchalantly. "But...... Isn't knowing the answer to the question "what's right" just to know when you should make a mistake? Or do you feel like you have to make the 'right choice' every time? ”

"Okay......" Qian Yu pursed her lips, but was taken aback when she saw the next knife mark. Feed...... This one...... Something is wrong with the sharp cut marks on this arm! ”