Apostle of Cthulhu

Lantern District, Cross Church.

The Cross Church is a smaller type of church, with pure white and Gothic architecture, but its area is estimated to be only the size of an apartment.

Surrounded by dense shops, there is relatively little garbage on the main road. People passing by look like they are in a hurry, performing their duties in an orderly manner in this breathless city.

Sitting at the door of the church was a sleepy man with unkempt beard and unkempt appearance. There are some strange decorations hanging on the body, and there are hanging rings of different sizes on the face, located on the wings of the nose, earlobes and other positions.

Bell stepped forward and gently shook the man awake.

The man raised his head in a daze, looked at Bell, and rubbed his eyes, "Ah... Bell, you are back."

"Where is the captain?" Bell asked, "Is he still in the church?"

"Hmm... I don't know. I've been sleeping all day. Who knows if the captain has left the church."

Bell chose to give up. For such a sleeping god, it was thankful to be able to have a basic conversation with him. After opening the door of the church, comfortable and warm sunlight shone in through the five-color glazed glass, pouring on the statue of the waker in the front of the church.

More than a dozen rows of benches filled the main hall of the church. Next to the church's pulpit, there was a huge pipe organ.

A man in priest's attire sat in the front row, leaning on the handle of the bench and reading the book in his hand with his head lowered.

"Captain," Bell stepped forward, stood beside the man, and gave a standard salute, "Bell Clive, report back."

The man waved his hand, signaling Bell to relax, and then closed his book, "How did you feel during your stay in Beihai? Did you relax?"

"No," Bell shook his head honestly, "My lurking location is in the city of Manburg in the North Sea. Due to the influence of followers of the Pantheon Cult, the social order has been disrupted. The bureaucrats are inactive and the people are living in dire straits. Robbery and murder in the streets have become the norm. The chief of the Manburg City Police Department has seriously violated many regulations in the law, and even tried to build a good relationship with me to avoid prosecution..."

The man quickly interrupted Bell, fearing that he would continue talking until the next morning, "Then what do you think we should do?"

Bell looked at the man with strange eyes. He could answer this kind of question without even thinking about it.

"Do you think we should really dismiss them now and find a new official to replace them?"

Bell replied: "Based on what I've seen, I think it's necessary to do this."

The man covered his forehead and sighed, "You are still so naive. If the world really works like this, then everything might be much simpler... Forget it, do you have any different gains?"

"Yes, I found an outsider in Manburg City. The outsider has committed suicide and his body is gone."

Bell concealed Norris's existence from his captain, which was what Norris meant. Although it was clear that Bell did reach an unpaid commission with Norris in Manburg City, Bell did owe Norris a favor, so at Norris's request, Bell did not show Norris's appearance in Manburg City. Tell his captain the news from Fort City.

When the man heard what Bell had learned, he immediately frowned, "Outsider? Suicide? This is really a rare case..."

Bell didn't care if his captain would suspect anything. Anyway, as long as he kept silent, his captain would definitely be unable to say anything.

"But since the outsider has committed suicide and you didn't bring back any bones, it can only be considered that you returned empty-handed. Do you have any objection to this?"

Even if it was Bell, it was impossible for a man to believe everything just because of his one-sided words. Otherwise, Bell might just say that he had killed "Unknown" next time, but unfortunately he still didn't bring the body back.

Bell knew this very well and didn't say anything, just nodded silently.

The man scratched his neat hair and said: "Well, the empire always assigns us some inexplicable tasks. We are already short of manpower and there are so many tasks piled up... Bell, I can only embarrass you. You know I can't leave the church for a while."

"As a member of the team, I feel I have the responsibility to complete all tasks." Bell gave a textbook answer.

The man smiled even more, stood up and patted Bell on the shoulder, "Not bad! You are indeed a student taught by me, Kratos Eisenhower! As a member of our team, we must have this awareness!"

Bell's lips barely curled up, and he responded to the man's words with a smile, "Captain, let us first talk about the mission itself."

"Okay, this mission is more troublesome. It mainly requires you to catch someone."

"Catch people?" Bell wondered, "Would it be better to leave this task to someone else in the team? You know that I am a judge and I have no talent in finding people."

Kratos patted Bell on the shoulder again, "It's okay, I believe you. Anyway, the other party is in a corner of Volingdu now. Maybe you will meet him when you are wandering around?"

Fulingdu is so big, covering an area of ​​more than one million square kilometers. Are you telling me that we might meet each other while wandering around?

That might take a lifetime of luck from me.

Bell sighed. It was probably only in front of his teacher and captain, Kratos, that he would show his true emotions. "Okay, captain, tell me who to arrest."

Kratos pulled out a photo from his inner pocket and handed it to Bell.

The photo was blurry, and only the subject's height, skin color and body shape could be roughly identified. He was a white man, and compared with the surrounding buildings, he should be about 1.78 meters tall and thin.

"You must know this person. We call him Spider internally. He is one of the Pantheist believers who were captured half a month ago.

"And... according to reliable intelligence, this guy should be one of the four deacons of the Pantheist. If possible, we can even get some important information about the Pantheist from his mouth!"

The four deacons of the Pantheist are notorious and have a bad reputation in the empire.

The sensational Mobison tragedy seven years ago, which was the case related to those bees that Bell recalled at the beginning, seemed to have the shadow of the Pantheist deacons' involvement behind the scenes, which also caused the Pantheist's reputation to spread widely for a while.

Upon hearing Kratos' last words, Bell's eyes became fierce.

"What if... he is not captured alive? "

Hearing this, Kratos was silent for a few seconds.

It was difficult for him to answer this question, and he didn't know how to answer it.

But he still made a promise.

"Depending on the situation, you will definitely be fine."