Shadow Apostle

"Special issue, special issue, the Berndt family was attacked by cultists, and no organization has claimed responsibility yet."

"Water melons, water melons, big water melons with lots of water, each one is twenty meters tall."

"Do you want to know your own destiny? All you need is Silver Luca. Don't doubt it. You are the one favored by fate."

Enduring the noisy sounds in his ears, Horst held the monster's head in one hand, an ancient box in the other, and walked on the Square of Justice with a heavy cane under his arm.

If you don't take a carriage, this is the Justice Square in the Rose District, and it is the peak time in the evening. If the carriage goes inside, you may not be able to get out for several hours.

In the distance are rows of Gothic and Victorian high-rise buildings, and nearby is a broad square square. In the middle of the square, the Tower of Justice towers into the sky, and the huge Honesty Bell is erected on the top of the tower. On top of the clock, The statue of the sun god Sur walks in the clouds, overlooking the world.

As one of the four national faiths recognized by the Kingdom of Norland, the main church of the Church of Justice in Mingyue City is located in Justice Square. It is a huge Gothic spire church, and opposite it across the square is A group of buildings with obvious Victorian style.

The Hall of Justice.

Or there's a more complicated name.

Mingyue City Police Station, Mingyue Territory, Kingdom of Norland.

From time to time, men in double-breasted blue uniforms would ride in and out, and occasionally mysterious people in black trench coats and top hats would appear. Of course, there were more unlucky people who were handcuffed and escorted into the police station.

To these scolding guys, the man in blue uniform beside him would wave his glue stick from time to time to help them calm down, which made Horst miss the cutest police officers on earth. At least they didn't hit anyone.

However, Horst did not go up to join in the fun. He walked around behind the buildings in a familiar way.

The number of people around him gradually became less and less, and the surrounding area gradually became deserted. Horst did not stop until he reached a lonely two-story building.

The other buildings are all luxurious, with people coming in and out from time to time, and there are guards in blue uniforms standing at the door.

Only this building was like an abandoned building, not only dilapidated but also deserted.

A sign hung crookedly on the door: General Affairs Processing Department.

There is also an image of a scarecrow drawn behind the name.

This is it. I’ve been here several times and I couldn’t be more familiar with it.

Horst directly pushed open the wooden door of the cabin.

There is a large counter like a front desk in the front, and short corridors go around both sides. It looks empty inside, with only a dark head protruding from the counter.

"Bang bang." Horst knocked on the counter.

"You're going the wrong way. Go out and turn left, then right, then right again. Just keep walking and you're there."

A young woman's voice came from behind the counter. She didn't even raise her head and spoke casually.

"You show people a way back to where they came from. Aren't you afraid that the visitors who were tricked will come to settle the score with you, Lena?"

"Huh? It's you again, Horst. I thought it was someone who came to call the police."

The woman finally raised her head. It was a young girl with small freckles on her face, probably less than twenty years old. She was wearing today's popular fashion clothes. She covered her mouth and yawned, and said dissatisfied:

"No, you were brought back by Monica today, right? Then why are you here? You disturbed people's sleep."

"boom."

Horst threw the monster's head on the big counter, but the strange thing was that not only did Reina not seem to see it, but she also didn't even seem to hear the sound. It wasn't until an ornament on the counter was touched by the monster's head and moved that the woman Reina looked thoughtfully at the blank space on the desk.

Horst ignored her doubts and put the copper box on the counter, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"What kind of box is this?" Reina asked doubtfully, "And, what did you bring in?"

"Is Monica here? You call her out. It would be more convenient to tell her directly about some things."

"Monica, she went on a mission in the morning." Reina shrugged, "How about you put your things here first, and I..."

"Ding-dong, ding-dong."

As Reina was talking, a bell above her head suddenly shook.

"Just wait."

The young girl was startled and hurriedly ran into the door behind her, leaving Horst on the spot without even arranging the things on the table. The corners of Horst's mouth trembled, and there was no need to peek at the table. Everything on it is visible at a glance.

"Common Crochet Methods"

"Twenty Ways to Cook Pork"

Why hasn't this girl been fired yet?

"B-235 is about to..."

Horst's heart tightened, and he looked away and turned around.

He was familiar with the numbering method in the file. The bounty items he found before were all numbered in this way, from the safest level E to the most dangerous level A. Among them, level B is already considered an extremely dangerous mystery. Item, Hoss specifically said that he had never heard of it.

He didn't want to read any more. The connection in the mysterious world was a very strange entanglement of information. Once the connection was established, the probability of intersection between the two parties increased greatly. Coupled with his mysterious physique, if he took a few more glances, I'm afraid, You will bump into this thing when you go out.

While she was thinking wildly, Reina ran out confused.

"Horst, go in."

"Huh? Where to go? Detention room?"

"Did you fall in love with it?" Reina said angrily, "Go inside, the old lady wants to see you."

"Who is the old lady?"

"You'll know when you go in." Reina pointed to the corridor on the right, "Go to the end..."

Horst was confused, but still followed Reina's guidance and walked out from the corridor on the right.

I thought I would see the police station when I went out, but when Horst opened the door, I found myself in an open courtyard, with a quaint old-fashioned manor at the end. There was a pool in the courtyard, and a man was sitting by the pool.

Knowing that this must be a special skill of some kind of awakened person, Horst took a deep breath to calm down his surprise and walked towards the people by the pool.

She was an old woman in old-fashioned lady's clothing. She was at least sixty or seventy years old. She had silver hair, a wrinkled face, and a kind smile.

"Mr. Horst Drom, this is the first time we meet. I am the director of the Watch. You can call me K, or you can just call me old lady." K's voice has a thick nasal sound, which is a standard Norland accent. It sounded very rhythmic, "Come over here and sit for a while, huh? Why did you bring Bayaki's head in?"

"This thing is called Bayaki? I encountered it on the road. It swooped down and attacked me several times. I don't know why. And I found that no one else could see it, so I cut off its head, hoping to see Monica. Ask her what’s going on.”

"It's normal. The existence of mysterious aliens is often beyond the understanding of normal people. In order to protect themselves, they will automatically block these incomprehensible things, so they can't see or hear them. When they can't block it, the brain will You will be overwhelmed by incomprehensible information. It seems that you have completed your soul awakening, otherwise you would not be able to deal with it so easily."

"Um."

"But it's hard to say why it came. Bayaki usually doesn't appear in the world by itself. Someone must have summoned it. But what is the specific purpose and whether it is aimed at you is hard to say. It is not ruled out that it is for this box. Inside is What?"

"I got the mysterious item by chance. Someone said it would be safer for you to keep it, so I sent it over and wanted to hand it over to Monica."

"I understand. You can leave it at the front desk later, and there will be a dedicated person to handle such items. But as for Monica..." K shook his head, "You may not be able to see her anymore."

"Well, Reina said she is going on a mission. When can she..."

As Horst was talking, he suddenly felt that something was wrong with what K just said. He couldn't help but fell silent and stared at her with strange eyes:

"Can't see her anymore? What do you mean?"

"Manpower has been tight these days, and she is the only one who can go on a mission, so we sent her to carry out a mission. But just now we received news that the mission has changed and the danger has increased significantly, but now we have no chance to inform her "Gone." K showed a sad expression, "I hope she still has a chance to come back."

"What kind of mission is it?" Horst frowned, "Where did it go?"

"Things above C level are the internal secrets of the Watchers. Even if you are an awakened person, I cannot disclose them to you. You should go back." K pointed to the box, "We will contact you after inspecting this box. Don’t forget to put it at Reina’s place.”

"Something above Class C?" Horst asked, "It can't just be B-235."

K's face tightened: "How do you know this name?"

"Nothing, I'll go back first."

"Be careful, I hope everything goes well for you." K said a meaningful farewell.

Following the way he came, Horst hurriedly left this strange courtyard. After passing through the door, he found that he had returned to the building just now.

Standing in the corridor with his back against the door, Horst stood silently for a while, then returned to the front desk with a gloomy expression, carrying the box.

"K said I can just leave this to you?" Horst calmed down his expression.

"Yep."

Reina picked up the box and hurriedly ran through the door. When she ran out, she found that Horst had left.

Also disappearing at the same time was the document on the table.