Sherlock Holmes

Priest Thompson is 48 years old this year and is a Contractor in the first stage of evolution.

At the age of 15, the dream of awakening began; at the age of 16, he became a believer in the Holy See; at the age of 19, he was promoted to a priest with the best results of the year; at the age of 20, he experienced the canonization ceremony; at the age of 27, he crossed the first stage and touched the second stage. At the threshold of the second stage, he even has a weak symbiosis with his contracted devil.

This kind of resume can undoubtedly be called a genius. At that time, the London Holy Journal even gave him a report of more than 3,000 words, claiming that as long as he entered the second stage, he would inevitably become a clergyman. !

And after that, Padre Thompson was 30 years old, the first stage!

35 years old, first stage! 40 years old, the first stage! Until now, at the age of 48, it is still the first stage.

The all-knowing and all-powerful Holy Light seemed to have played a small joke on him.

No matter how pious he was and how hard he worked, he still couldn't cross that threshold. The years took his body to the highest point in life, and then began to decline and fall. Until he was about to enter the decline period at the age of 50, he still stayed there. That stage twenty years ago.

Time has washed away all his talents, from genius to mortal. This is undoubtedly a cruel torture.

However, even so, this former genius priest still prays the most devoutly every day. He has never been married, let alone any children, or even in love or friends. Even though he has left the monastery for more than 20 years, he still adheres to the principles he first entered when he entered the monastery. Monastic discipline.

He seemed to be using his whole life to verify the sentence in Section 3, Paragraph 12 of the Gospel of the Holy Light.

"Piety makes you strong, but if you expect it, it is not piety"

At this time, the sunlight filtered through his meticulous hair, and his serious and extremely unhappy expression could be clearly seen.

For such a pious man, he must be disgusted from the bottom of his heart when he sees someone like Sherlock.

In his eyes, Shylock is undoubtedly the kind of 'connected person' who has some influence in his family but is uneducated himself and just wants to add some experience to the lower-level institutions of the Holy See.

Because this person has already gone through the canonization ceremony, but he doesn't even know the 'classification of contractors', which means that he has never attended the contractor lecture before the canonization ceremony.

A typical trash from a big family

But boredom comes from boredom, and Thompson can't really scold Sherlock;

After all, that letter of recommendation came from a high priest!

At the same time, as a monk, he also had the responsibility of preaching and solving doubts, so he could only suppress his displeasure and give some simple explanations to Sherlock.

Contractors are divided into four stages. This is not a secret and can be found in some popular books on the market.

But there are basically no records of the two types of contractors in those books, because this is something that is only told in learning institutions established by the Holy See, such as monasteries————

They are respectively [Controller] and [Symbiosis].

Let’s talk about the former first, the controller. As the name suggests, he is a person who is better at controlling contract demons!

This type of person is often extremely smart, has amazing computing power, and can control his contracted demon to an extremely fine level.

Take the old priest I met a few days ago as an example. His control precision has reached an extremely high level.

Every time the demon spider spins silk and every movement of its legs is personally controlled by the old priest. In addition, there is also the force of the attack, the feedback between gravity, inertia and behavior, and even the Whether the next step will be missed, whether the next attack will be dodged by the opponent, what should be done after dodging, what kind of situation should be detoured, where can you break through, where can you be reckless, etc. all events, They are all controlled by the contractor himself.

Moreover, a moment's judgment or preset must be made before control.

This requires the contractor to have extremely strong brain computing power, so after the old priest saw Sherlock, he had great hopes for him to become a [controller].

The advantage of this type of contractor is that the devil is extremely powerful, and even has various extremely powerful functions, such as invisibility, hypnosis, transformation, etc. However, the contractor itself is not very strong, and there is no way. After all, all the effort is spent. It's time to control the devil.

Then on the contrary, it is a [Symbiotic One].

This kind of contractor has very weak control over its own demon. In most cases, it is just a matter of tearing a crack in the void, releasing it, and letting it act according to instinct.

But the advantage is that the symbiont can use more energy to feel the changes brought to him by the contracted demon, thus making his body stronger.

For example, Deacon Bader is the most typical symbiote. His body has reached a level that can withstand thermal weapons. At the second level, he can establish a stronger symbiotic relationship with the devil and achieve the immortality of the devil. A wonderful life form that cannot die on its own.

Of course, [Controller] and [Symbiosis] are not absolute. It cannot be said that if you like to eat meat, you must not be vegetarian;

But in the Holy See's training system, contractors are still encouraged to work hard in one direction. After all, being able to do a little bit of everything means not being strong at anything.

In addition to the four stages and the two types mentioned above, a contractor also has a very important feature: control range.

That is, the furthest distance between the contractor and his demon can be achieved.

Under normal circumstances, the control distance of the 'symbiote' is very close, and the distance of the 'controller' is very far. Some controllers can even be two to three hundred meters apart, suddenly open a void rift, and control their contracted demons to kill the enemy. , and then escape.

And if the devil is too far away from its contractor, various situations may occur. Some may generate void cracks on their own and return to another world. Some may break away from the control of the contractor and start killing wantonly. Some may Weaker demons may even die directly, and the contractor will suffer extremely painful backlash.

In short, controlling distance is also the key to determining whether a contractor is strong or not.

Priest Thompson dutifully explained these basic knowledge to Sherlock. Of course, he didn't care whether the other party remembered it at all. He just took out a document from under the desk:

"You must arrive at your post before 8 o'clock every day. If you don't take action, you will get off work at 5 o'clock. Bonuses will be deducted for arriving late and leaving early. There will be a working meal at noon, and wages will be paid on the 1st of each month. All tasks or actions will be double subsidized by the government and the Holy See. Free physical examination and psychological evaluation every three months.”

After speaking, he pushed the document towards Sherlock: "Sign the last page."

Sherlock took the document, flipped it over, and hesitated for a while.

Finally, he smiled apologetically:

"Mr. Thompson, you seem to have misunderstood something. I'm not here to work."

"What?" Priest Thompson frowned.

"You must have not read carefully what is written in the recommendation letter; it says that I am a detective who can help you carry out your mission.

It's to 'provide help', not to have an obligation or responsibility to help you.

Therefore, if you encounter trouble, you can consult me. If I am interested, I will definitely accept your entrustment.

Oh, by the way, my office has just moved to another location recently and has not yet installed a telephone.”

As he spoke, he wrote a few strokes on the last page and handed it to Padre Thompson.

Priest Thompson took the contract with some surprise. He glanced at it subconsciously and found an address written on the last signature: 221B Baker Street.

"If you need help, come find me here."