Embers Ad Infinitum

In the Red Giant Wolf District, in a fairly high-end apartment.

The fake "Father" Sandel opened the computer as usual and browsed a document.

Because he had "hypnotized" many people to help him do things, he was worried about forgetting some people and key details and making unnecessary mistakes. Therefore, every time he returned, the first thing he did was to "hypnotize" who and how. "Hypnosis", what purpose you want to achieve, whether you don't need to worry about it anymore, etc. are recorded.

Before he learned to use a computer, he had a small notebook that he carried around with him, specifically for carrying these things.

But now, he can only sigh:

“Computers are so convenient!”

At the appointed time, he stood up and walked to the radio transceiver, turned it on, and adjusted it to the corresponding frequency band to see what the team of ruin hunters who wanted to go against the real "priest" had any orders.

Not long after, Sandel received a telegram.

He began to decode with some heaviness and worry.

Gradually, the contents of the telegram emerged:

"We have killed the real 'Father' Alex..."

As soon as he translated the first sentence, Sandel's pupils dilated sharply.

Is the real “priest” dead?

Just killed by that team of ruin hunters?

Is this lying to me? Are you sure it's the real "priest"?

As a fake "priest", Sandel is very aware of how scary, cautious and hard to find the real "priest" is. Therefore, he has never had much confidence in the matter of revenge. It's just that he can't swallow that breath, so he plans to try it. try.

Similarly, he didn't think Qian Bai's team could deal with the real "priest" in a short time.

This is simply impossible!

But the facts overturned his belief and crushed his cognition.

For a moment, Sandel had mixed emotions in his heart. He didn't know whether he was happy, worried, or confused.

After a while, he started to translate the message:

"You are free, and you can choose the rest of your life. I hope you will stop doing bad things. If we find out, no matter where you are in the dust, we can find you, just like finding the real 'Priest'. "

Seeing this, Sandel really felt that Qian Bai's team had indeed killed the real "priest", otherwise he would not have given up on this point.

A few seconds later, a low, slightly manic laughter echoed in the room.

"Haha, dead, really dead... Aren't you that powerful? Weren't you killed by someone?" Sandel laughed for a while, until the corners of his eyes were a little moist.

He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and felt relaxed all over, no longer feeling like he was carrying a huge boulder.

As for the future, he has been thinking a lot these days.

That is, after getting rid of the real "priest", or being convinced that there is no way to retaliate, leave the original city and go live somewhere else.

And that place should preferably be an area not covered by the "anti-intellectual religion" forces.

Sandel believes that with his ability and IQ, as long as he does not pursue the position at the top of the pyramid, he can live well anywhere.

His eyes returned to the paper and landed on the last sentence.

For some reason, he couldn't help but shudder.

In his opinion, having abilities is not a waste, but strictly distinguishing between good and bad when using abilities is self-defeating behavior.

He wanted to laugh at Qian Bai's team for being so naive and warning him not to do bad things, but he couldn't laugh.

A few minutes ago, he would not have reacted like this, but now, he had to carefully think about the possibility of this warning turning into reality.

Apart from his ridiculous self-esteem, Sandel had to admit that the real "priest" was far superior to him in terms of ability, IQ, resources, and hiding skills.

And it was such a daunting person whose whereabouts were difficult to pin down, who was discovered by Qian Bai's team in just a few days, and his life was buried.

While thoughts were swirling, Sandel suddenly saw that his computer connected to the public network in the First City had downloaded a picture from somewhere.

He looked quickly and found a person in the picture.

The man was lying against the wall, with his head slightly lowered, but showing obvious dark circles under his eyes and a pale face. At first glance, he had lost all vitality and belonged to a corpse.

There was a bright red mark dragged out on the ground in front of the body, and a piece of white paper was taped to the chest.

Two sentences in Honghe language were printed on the white paper:

“I am ‘Father’.

"I'm guilty."

I'm guilty... Sandor shuddered again.

For the first time in his life, he had the idea of ​​becoming a law-abiding citizen.

…………

Red Wolf District, Stern Street, 25.

Terrence sat in the living room with the curtains drawn and the lights on. He looked at the person opposite and said in a rather respectful manner:

"'Feeler', what made you come here to see me?"

The man opposite him opened the package and stuffed a candy into his mouth:

"I just received a piece of information and passed by you again, so I came to see you."

This man appears to be a clergy member of the Transcendental Spiritual Order.

"What information is it?" Terrence, who was bloated, asked curiously.

The man opposite him held candy in his mouth and said with satisfaction:

"The real 'priest' is dead."

"...Really?" Terrence blurted out.

Although he has never dealt with a real "priest" and has only been secretly influenced once, he also knows from all aspects of intelligence how difficult and troublesome this person is.

How could such a character be killed so easily?

The man opposite Terence smiled and sighed:

"We have compared fingerprints and various biological materials, and it is confirmed that he is the real 'priest', unless he was not the one who assassinated Soles in the first place."

"Who did it?" Terrence asked urgently.

Without waiting for the man opposite to answer, an idea flashed in his mind:

"Yes, it was Qian Bai's team that did it?"

"Not sure." The man opposite him peeled off new candies. "What we can confirm now is that there are at least three participants, and there is also a robot."

"Robots...that's basically them." Terrence was extremely happy despite being horrified.

A few days ago, he chose to cooperate instead of coming back with revenge. It was so wise!

Otherwise, someone else would have received information now that Terrence, the second boss of the "Black Shirt Party", had been killed.

The man opposite him nodded:

"That team is not simple. If you win over them carefully, you might be able to use them to teach those heretics an impressive lesson.

"If those heretics seize the power of the 'Prime City', we will be in danger."

Terrence was about to nod when he suddenly heard the phone in the living room ding.

He thoughtfully picked up the extension phone in the living room and heard Zhang Qubing's voice as expected.

"The 'anti-intellectual religion' campaign should be temporarily suspended for a while." Shang Jianyao shared this information,

This is natural... The real "priest" was killed inexplicably. As long as the top leaders of the "anti-intellectual sect" are in their right mind, they will interrupt all actions and investigate hidden dangers to prevent the entire sect from being dragged into the water... Terrence said with a smile as he cursed. :

"I've heard about the death of the real 'Priest'."

On the one hand, he hinted that he was well-informed, and on the other hand, he wanted to explore Zhang Qubing's background.

"I also want to tell you personally." Shang Jianyao felt a little regretful.

Sure enough, it's you... Terrence glanced at the person opposite and nodded slightly.

At this time, Shang Jianyao said hesitantly:

"There's something, there's something I want to ask you for help with."

"What's going on?" Terrence asked enthusiastically after receiving the approval from the man opposite.

Shang Jianyao laughed:

"I knew we were brothers!"

Then, he lowered his voice and said mysteriously:

"Is such that……"

Terrence listened very attentively.

Shang Jianyao maintained the mysterious tone just now:

"We want to borrow some money from you."

"..." Terrence almost suspected that he heard wrongly.

Team Qian Bai, who had just done something big, actually asked him to borrow money?

…………

In a safe house prepared by the "old tune team".

"What did he say?" Long Yuehong looked at Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian who had returned from the trip.

"I really didn't expect that I would still stutter and be embarrassed when feeding." Jiang Baimian was in a good mood and said with a smile.

Shang Jianyao immediately explained:

"Brothers must also settle accounts openly."

Jiang Baimian did not answer the question and introduced the situation casually:

"Terence said he doesn't have that much, and there are very few people in the original city who can afford to buy a manor in one go.

"But he will try to find the big boss of the 'Black Shirt Party' and people from the 'Transcendental Spirituality' sect to raise money. If it doesn't work, he will have to ask us to find another way."

Seeing that the date of the transaction with Lehman was getting closer, the "Old Tune Team" actually came up with the idea of ​​borrowing money from Terrence in order to choose one.

And using the power of killing the real "priest" seems a bit like forcibly collecting "protection fees".

"This is the only way." Long Yuehong sighed.

At this time, Jiang Baimian put his palms together and said:

"Now that we're done with the trivial matters, we can discuss the things in 'Priest''s memory."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shang Jianyao opened his eyes wide:

"Shouldn't we get something delicious to celebrate first?"

"It's not even dinner time yet." Jiang Baimian responded angrily.

"You can have afternoon tea..." Shang Jianyao suddenly frowned before he finished speaking.

"What's wrong?" Gennava analyzed the changes in Shang Jianyao's facial expression and asked before Jiang Baimian.

Shang Jianyao looked down at the black hair braided jewelry on his wrist and said with a heavy face:

"I feel like I have no appetite."

Then he took off the ornament and put it aside.

"Now it's there again." Shang Jianyao smiled, "It is indeed its problem."

This item called the "Blind Ring" is one of the trophies they obtained from the real "Father" Alex.

The other two extraordinary things of the true "priest" seem to have become completely ordinary due to excessive consumption, and no longer have any magic.

Bai Chen thought for a while and said:

"This kind of item that fixes the aura of the awakened person deep in the 'soul corridor', in addition to gaining an ability, will it also come with a certain price?"

"Probably." Shang Jianyao looked at Jiang Baimian with eyes looking forward to afternoon tea.

Jiang Baimian frowned slightly and said:

"But the 'Coward' and 'Destiny Pearl' we got before didn't reflect this characteristic..."