13 Mink Street

"I'm going back now."

Karen tried his best to keep his voice as smooth as possible. With the appearance of Diss, he was indeed more confident than before.

Although Diss has been clutching his own life,

But it's better to have your life in someone's hands than to have your head like a dandelion blowing in the wind.

However, in the final analysis, he is still a "pretend" magic stick, and a fake is a fake after all, so after saying this sentence, he immediately added another sentence:

"What else do you want to say?"

Alfred took out a business card and handed it over respectfully.

Karen held out his hand for the business card, which read "Rodja Radio Host" and a phone number.

"I look forward to listening to your call again."

Alfred took two steps back, got out of the way, and continued:

"You can choose to make this call, of course, you can also come directly to the door of this room;

Your call, to me, is like the sunrise and sunset, a rule that cannot be violated. "

Karen put the business card back in his hand, and heaved a sigh of relief.

No request is the best, because he really doesn't know what he can give;

More than 20,000 rupees of private money?

Plus a Miffet gold watch?

Or, a 50% discount coupon for Inmeles Funeral Society after your death?

Fortunately, I'm really sensible, and I don't ask for anything.

But next,

Ms. Molly knelt directly in front of Karen.

She is kneeling, but she lifts her head;

If someone else is facing being bowed down, there will inevitably be a sense of control belonging to the superior in their hearts, but this feeling does not hold true for Ms. Molly. When she kneels down, it seems that she is staring at you.

"Please forgive my irrationality, but I hope that you, the great one, will grant me a purified body."

flesh?

corpse?

As for corpses, there is no shortage of corpses at home, and there are still three lying in the basement of the house.

I can find a way to steal;

But what does a purified body mean?

This specific designation is definitely not ordinary.

Otherwise, Jeff's body in the earliest days and Mrs. Hughes' body were all bearded and tailed, but Ms. Molly didn't use them.

But if you ask at this time: "So, what is the purified flesh?"

It is very likely that the "unfathomable" pretended earlier was directly defeated, just like a physics professor pointing to a capital "E" and asking what it means.

However, what I need to do most now is to leave here, so Karen gave his own answer:

"Wait."

"Thanks to the great you, I will always prostrate in front of you and dedicate all my loyalty to you."

Karen didn't respond, but nodded slightly. First, he slowly put Mrs. Hughes' belongings into the backpack, then picked up the backpack, and walked towards the door.

When they walked out of the master bedroom, Karen noticed that the two hadn't followed.

Down the stairs,

layer by layer,

Get out of leisure, out of indifference, out of casualness;

Maybe he took it too seriously,

Karen actually stepped out of the crutch,

Forgot whether to take the left leg or the right leg first;

Inadvertently, he stepped down two stairs with one foot, and was carrying a mountaineering bag, which caused his body to lose his center of gravity, so he could only walk forward quickly.

"Doo-doo-doo..."

at last,

With his right hand holding the railing,

Turn around,

"Boom!"

Jump to the ground.

To hide the embarrassment,

Karen also let out a loud laugh:

"Ha ha."

Try to cover up your gaffe as a kind of childlike innocence as much as possible.

Open the porch door,

Karen walked out.

When passing by the yard, he didn't look back to look at the window sill upstairs, but directly opened the yard door, forward, forward, forward again, and finally, he stood in front of Diss.

open mouth,

Exhale heavily,

Take another sharp breath,

This strong sense of security made his brain a little drunk.

Diss looked at Karen, did not speak, but took a few steps forward, and came to the gate of the courtyard.

"Mr. Alfred."

At the window on the second floor, Alfred smiled slightly and responded:

"My lord judge."

"Please remember our agreement."

Alfred replied:

"I have never broken the agreement between us, and Ms. Molly has not left this room. Although another person died today, I assure you that she also died of guilt."

Diss turned around and looked at Karen.

Karen pointed to Mrs. Hughes' red "Caman" car and said, "I can explain."

Seeing that Diss had no objection, Karen opened the car door, put the hiking bag in first, and then sat in by himself.

Dies took the co-pilot seat, while Pu'er jumped in from the window and landed in the back seat.

Karen started the car.

On the balcony on the second floor, Alfred coughed lightly as he watched the car gradually disappearing at the end of the street, and looked down at the three cigarette butts on the ground:

"I still don't understand why human beings invent this slow poison to commit suicide."

Ms. Molly replied: "From the moment of birth, human beings are equivalent to embarking on the road to death."

"Ms. Molly, your answers are becoming more and more philosophical. Maybe I can invite you to be a special guest on my show in the future. Well, the audience friends can't see you anyway."

Ms. Molly looked at Alfred and asked:

"Your succubus eye, don't you plan to put it away?"

"Oh? Ah, haha."

Alfred's blood-colored pupils began to shrink, and returned to the pupils of ordinary people, but there was a faint gray feeling on them compared with normal people.

"Alfred, I really don't understand you. You were the first to discover that great being, and you were the first to make the most humble gesture today, but why, you have been facing that great being? Your succubus eyes?"

The eyes of the succubus have the ability of insight, which can destroy falsehood, and at the same time, capture people's hearts.

Therefore, succubus belongs to the branch with higher IQ in the strange demon sequence, no, in the whole social sequence, because they are not easy to be deceived.

In many cases, if you can not be deceived, you are already a smart person.

Karen had a similar feeling when facing Alfred before, and he must not lie in front of him.

Therefore, in the previous conversations, no matter how humble Alfred was, Karen always answered with "truth".

"I just want to express respect, to let that great existence see my true face, which is a symbol of loyalty."

"I do not believe."

Alfred shrugged.

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"Actually, the more you believe in something, the more you doubt it. That's why some great scientists turn to theology in their later years."

"Are you... are you still doubting him? I thought you had already given up on that great being."

"Do you know what my biggest doubt is?" Alfred laughed at himself, "That is that he has no doubts."

"I know, you said to me, hymns, words."

"Not only that, do you still remember that I left Luo Jia for Belwyn City a month ago?"

"Remember."

"Many churches have sent people there, and even the army of the Ruilan government has also dispatched to block that area. Do you know what happened there?"

"What's up?"

"Someone held a god descending ceremony on the outskirts of Belwyn."

"God's Descending Ceremony?" Ms. Molly's face was very calm, "What should I be?"

The god descending ceremony is used by priests of many churches, praying for the gods they serve to descend the light and will to guide the lost believers.

"Oh?" Alfred lowered his voice, "But in that god drop ceremony, what was summoned was an evil god, and it was an unknown evil god!"

Cthulhu does not specifically refer to a single existence, he is a general term.

Churches with huge orthodox status and continuous inheritance, their gods are regarded as true gods;

Their gods have nothing to do with "evil gods", because anyone who dares to call their gods "evil gods" will be exterminated by them.

In addition to the orthodox large churches, there are also many small churches. Their number of believers is not as large as that of large churches, and their influence is not so great, but the gods they serve can be respected on the basis of "survival" and admitted.

In addition, there are also branches of "gods", that is, the system of gods attached to the branches of the orthodox church. These gods may be disciples of the true god or the founders have served the big church, and gradually evolved a new branch , In terms of narrative structure, they can be integrated.

Even some evil gods, such as those with extreme doctrines, ruthless behavior of believers, who have been encircled and suppressed and finally exterminated, their beliefs and the gods they serve cannot be regarded as evil gods.

The evil god... has no beliefs, and does not rely on beliefs to exist. His definition, to explain simply and crudely, is probably a single existence. Dissociated between heaven and earth, or sealed in a certain corner of myths and legends, but they can be "received" to them by means of "god descending".

It's a breach of order,

Because this kind of behavior is likely to lead to catastrophe, God knows what will be summoned in the end.

However, for many years, although such a catastrophe has happened, it has not happened many times, and there are very few records in ancient books.

The reason, is specification limitations.

The specifications of the god descending ceremony need to be prepared.

The level of the specification directly determines what kind of existence the "god" you invite down will be.

This does not only refer to material preparations, in fact, the material is simple, and even most of the materials can be bought directly with money, even if it is a "holy artifact";

The level of the specification is linked to the ability of the host of the ceremony.

The stronger the ability of the host of the ceremony, the higher the standard of the god descending ceremony.

Those who can hold high-level ceremonies basically only exist in the orthodox churches, because only the orthodox churches can achieve this development.

The priests of the small church held the same god drop ceremony, and being able to summon a piece of brilliance was considered the limit, and they even had to be grateful for it.

As for the priests of the big church, it is normal for them to summon miracles, and it is recorded in ancient books that the "artifacts" summoned by the high priests or chief abbots are all recorded in ancient books.

Ordinary "evil god" summoning rituals, the lowest level, can go to "playing pen fairy" to summon weak strange monsters wandering nearby. Of course, even the weakest strange monsters, even if they don't have the ability to kill, are still enough to kill ordinary people. Scared to death.

Going up, with the continuous improvement of the specifications, the strength and types of the strange monsters summoned will also increase.

but,

These are tolerable.

In this world, it is not too big of a deal to have one more strange monster whose strength is not bad, or it is called a strong one. The orthodox churches have a deep foundation, and they can be wiped out with a wave of their hands.

Because of this, strange demons either live in seclusion in inaccessible corners, or they are very cautious in human society and dare not make too much noise.

The ones that are often dealt with are the low-end, mindless ones like Mrs. Hughes possessed.

And what really makes the big church intolerable,

It is an evil god summoning ceremony with higher specifications.

Because the big church has monopolized this high-level ceremony, the summons of what can be called "evil gods" in the ancient records are all performed by high-level personnel within these orthodox big churches without exception.

Such people, also known as "rebels", rebelled not only against their own church, but also attempted to subvert the entire framework of order.

During the day, they have the ability to receive miracles through the god descending ceremony;

So,

At night, he can have the same ability to summon and guide powerful strange demons that are beyond the bearable range... also known as "evil gods".

Every time the "evil god" comes, it is a catastrophe, which will cause extremely terrifying turmoil, and even lead to the demise of an orthodox church;

Because, the summoned evil god is likely to have fought against a certain true god in the last era or in myths and legends, or was suppressed and sealed by that true god.

Once he returns, even if his strength has been weakened a lot, his hatred for the sects left by his former enemies cannot be described in words.

What's even more strange is that throughout the entire era, no matter how powerful the orthodox church is, they have at most summoned "artifacts" or "illusion of gods", but no church has the ability to summon the "true god" to come again .

Under the premise that the true god cannot come down, if you want to suppress the evil god again, you must pay a terrible price.

Ms. Molly finally showed shock on her face: "Cthulhu!"

Immediately afterwards,

Ms. Molly rolled her eyes and asked:

"Did it work?"

Alfred seemed very satisfied with Ms. Molly's change of mood, and said, "If it didn't succeed, why did it attract so much attention? Similarly, the specifications of this divine descent ceremony must be extremely high.

Otherwise, even if one more you is summoned, or one more me is summoned, it's... nothing. "

"No, Alfred, I mean, you mean..."

Alfred nodded,

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"An insanely powerful judge, hehe.

After that duel, do you know what I was most afraid of? It seemed like I had a draw with him, and both sides would suffer, right?

But after thinking about it, I realized that the spells he used were all taught and used by the judge level of the Church of Order.

A member of the Cult of Kosmos, who is obviously much stronger than the judge, deliberately used a judge-level spell to fight me.

can only explain,

he,

hiding strength. "

"So, actually, you shouldn't be able to beat him?"

"Ms. Molly, that's not the point!"

"Okay, sorry."

"Besides, I didn't use my full strength, and I was also afraid of being killed by the Cult of Order in all directions."

"Okay, you continue."

"Today, tonight, I understand."

"Is it him?" Ms. Molly asked, "Grandpa in the sense of the blood of a great being? But that god-descending ceremony happened in Belwyn..."

At this point, Ms. Molly shut up;

How stupid is it to hold this taboo ceremony in the city where I live? Definitely have to look elsewhere.

"So, Ms. Molly, what I suspect is not his greatness, he must be a great existence, there is no doubt about it!

What I suspect and fear is, what if under the appearance of a true god is the essence of an evil god?

evil god,

That is an existence that even the two of us strange demons are extremely afraid of. "

Alfred glanced at the area where Mrs. Hughes had been annexed before,

muttered:

"Same Light.

perhaps,

He is a terrifying existence that was once suppressed by the God of Order. "

Ms. Molly asked with some doubts: "Then my...flesh body?"

Alfred pressed down the brim of his hat and reminded:

"Relax, whether it's a true god or an evil god, in front of him, we just need to play our role well, don't make noise, don't disturb, don't spy, and when he needs us, we'll be there on call and give everything."

"Alfred, can you describe this role more clearly, I'm afraid I can't play it well?"

"Okay, you heard me clearly."

Alfred opened his arms,

road:

"Woof! Woah! Woah!"

...

"That's the way it is."

While driving, Karen told Diss what happened tonight without reservation.

I don't know why,

When driving and talking, every time I see Pu'er sitting in the back seat through the rearview mirror;

An impetuous mood would rise in Karen's heart, but he thought he was definitely not the kind of pervert who would abuse cats.

"Grandpa, do you think those two are stupid? I was really scared to death at that time. Fortunately, I fooled them and saved my life at the same time."

Diss, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, did not speak.

As for Pu'er sitting in the back seat, his anthropomorphic smile became clearer.

finally,

the car stopped

Stopped at the door of Hughes Cremation House.

The Hughes Crematorium had been out of business since old Darcy's death, and would have been closed long ago, if not so late.

"What are you doing here?" Diss finally said.

Karen explained: "Sheriff Duke should be able to find clues soon and find that Mrs. Hughes is the real murderer."

Unless Sheriff Duke is a jackass, no, Sheriff Duke would have solved the case.

"So, I plan to send Mrs. Hughes's clothes and car back to the crematorium, creating the illusion that Mrs. Hughes knew that the incident had been exposed and had fled. After all, we have no way to find Mrs. Hughes back."

She is gone.

Diss heard this and nodded.

Karen took Mrs. Hughes' clothes and got out of the car, which also belonged to Mrs. Hughes.

Among the relics was a bunch of keys. Karen unlocked the door and walked in with his backpack. Diss followed Karen.

Pu'er took an elegant catwalk, followed closely behind, and the moonlight elongated its shadow.

Karen came to the office, which is just a wall away from the incinerator.

In the cremation hall in the early morning, there was an oppressive silence.

Karen placed Mrs. Hughes's clothes on the ground and on the table, then opened the mountaineering bag, and laid out the utensils inside. Well, it is really quite rich.

Although Mrs. Hughes's artistic level is average, she is well prepared with art tools, just like a scumbag who always likes to prepare new stationery before studying hard.

Karen pulled a chair over and sat on it;

"Grandpa, I think the police should be able to find out who the murderer is tonight. They will definitely send the police to the cremation house as soon as possible. Of course, if they don't come, grandpa can call the police after returning and say that your grandson will be sent to the crematorium at night." Mrs. Hughes lost contact after returning home.

Also, please ask Grandpa to tie me to this chair and make it look like I'm the next victim.

As for Mrs. Hughes, it can be said that she saw the movement when the police came here and ran away.

Mainly tonight, the trajectory of my activities with Aunt Mary and Mrs. Hughes cannot be hidden from the police, so it must be finished like this. "

Diss nodded,

Walking around behind Karen, he silently took out a dagger from a pile of equipment in his hiking bag and played with it.

Karen, who was sitting on the chair, was still waiting for his grandfather to tie him up, not knowing everything behind him;

He only saw the black cat Pu'er squatting in front of him, and the smile on his face made him feel more and more uncomfortable;

"Grandpa, there is another method, that is, you can use some utensils to knock me unconscious, so that when the police come, the effect will be better, and I can be fooled better.

Or find out if there are psychotropic drugs such as sleeping pills here, mainly so that it will be much easier for me to explain to the police afterwards. "

"Don't be so troublesome."

Diss walked up to Karen.

Karen smiled.

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"Of course, everything depends on grandpa. Whatever you choose is up to you. I believe grandpa..."

"puff!"

Severe pain came,

Karen lowered his head in disbelief,

he saw

on his chest,

A dagger was inserted.

by the ear,

Grandpa's voice came:

"The mistakes I started should end with me."