The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Overnight, almost half of the small gifts thrown by Leo were picked up by others. What's interesting is that most of the people who picked them up handed them to the churches of their beliefs as soon as they got them. Only a few A few of my favorites.

For Leo, it doesn't matter even if the things are handed over to the church. When those things work, even the devout believers of the church will be affected. As for what the final impact will be, it is unknown , everything is left to fate to decide.

In the early morning of the next day, Leo and his party left the hotel, took the boat ticket, went to the pier, and boarded the Lisa Beauty cruise ship that the couple had booked for them.

However, there seemed to be some accidents. When the group arrived at the pier, they found that the pier was blocked by church armed forces. From their costumes, it was not difficult to see that they should be from different churches.

Later, from the conversations of the people around them, Leo and the others learned that a cruel and secret massacre took place in the dock area last night. Several ships docked at the dock were affected, and the sailors who stayed on board were all killed. died on the ship, and the Lisa Beauty that Leo and the others were going to take was one of them.

After hearing the news, Leo couldn't help turning his head to look at Sylvia, as if asking if she did this after leaving the hotel yesterday.

However, Sylvia also showed a blank look on her face, and after seeing Leo's eyes, she gave Leo a dissatisfied look, and then shook her head.

In fact, while looking at Sylvia, Leo knew that his guess must be wrong. Even if Sylvia wanted to do something, it would definitely not affect their own itinerary.

Leo released the spirit net and checked the situation at the pier, and soon he had fully investigated the internal and external conditions of the accidental ships.

As rumored by the people around, the sailors on those ships were indeed dead, and they died terribly. Their bodies were split by sharp weapons and decomposed into many pieces. .

Investigators and detectives dispatched by churches and chambers of commerce are responsible for every accident ship. It is only because the Lisa Beauty is special that the senior clergy from various churches who returned to the Old World to participate in the sacrificial ceremony would have arrived on the Lisa Beauty, so this ship There are several times more investigators on board than on other ships.

Judging from the current investigation situation, the person who caused the tragedy seems to have come for the precious items stored in the cabins of these ships, because these ships have lost various items, and the number of these items The value is very high, high enough to buy more than a dozen ships of the same type.

The lost items all seemed to come from the same chamber of commerce. The reason why this chamber of commerce did not entrust all the goods to one ship was mainly because they were worried that if the ship had an accident at sea, all the goods would be lost. Just lose it all, and carry it separately like now, even if part of the goods are lost, as long as the other goods can be delivered to the destination intact, the loss can be made up for, and even a lot of money can be made.

This method of transporting goods is the most common method here, so when the investigation came here, no one had any doubts about this chamber of commerce, but began to look for the opponents and other enemies of this chamber of commerce, because from the signs on the scene It seems that the people who attacked these ships came for these goods, so they have been eyeing these goods for a long time, and they did not act decisively until they saw the opportunity last night, so looking for the opponents and enemies of this chamber of commerce It has become a main clue. After all, it is such a large amount of goods. Even if this chamber of commerce is strong, it will inevitably hurt its muscles and bones.

However, after learning about the complete situation of the accidental ships through the spiritual network, Leo felt that the detectives and police detectives of the church and chamber of commerce must have made a wrong judgment.

Although the lost goods are valuable, there are other goods with greater value in those ships. If the people who murdered and robbed the goods really stared at the goods on these ships for a long time, they would definitely know that Several ships also had other, higher-value cargo on board.

Since those people can remove a large amount of goods without anyone noticing after killing people, they can also calmly remove other goods with higher value, but the actual situation is very strange. The goods were placed next to the lost goods, but nothing happened at all, which is obviously counterintuitive.

Some of the detectives also discovered this and said it, but they were quickly refuted. The reason given by the refuted person was that those people came for that chamber of commerce, so other goods came to those people. It is not important to say that there is no need to spend extra effort to move it away.

For this statement, Leo felt a little like to laugh. Obviously, those who refuted completely regarded those who killed people and robbed goods as moral models. It was enough to complete the task, and they could turn a blind eye to the huge benefits that could be obtained easily.

More importantly, Leo felt that these people's investigation direction was wrong at the beginning. They completely regarded this incident as a vicious murder and robbery incident, and it was aimed at a certain chamber of commerce, so their investigation direction was placed on Got the goods themselves and the chamber of commerce.

But Leo analyzed some small clues that the detectives and police detectives failed to find, and analyzed that the person who did this was probably directed at the sacrificial ceremony group sent by the church to the Old Continent.

The reason why he made such a judgment is that among all the accident ships, only the hull of the Lisa Beauty was damaged, and the damaged place was still the first-class cabin, that is to say, before the damage was repaired, the first-class cabin of the ship was damaged. It was no longer suitable for receiving guests, so the people of the church had to change to other ships and go to the Old Continent to participate in the sacrificial ceremony.

Although on the surface, this does not seem to be a problem, nor has it affected the itinerary of those people in the church, but in fact, a careful comparison reveals that the itinerary of the church has been affected, and it has been greatly affected.

The Lisa Belle is a cruise ship that circles the land. After setting sail from the port of San Polia, it does not directly cross the ocean and arrive at the opposite old continent. Instead, it continues towards the northern port until it reaches the northernmost port. Cross the ocean to the northern port of the Old World.

In terms of the route distance alone, it is obvious that the route of the Lisa Belle is more than twice as long as that of the transoceanic ships sailing directly from the port of St. Paulia, and the time to reach the church personnel's destination will naturally be doubled or twice as long. .

Although Leo didn't know what mystery was hidden in it, he could feel that for the person who planned the accident, the choice of route, the change of voyage and time, etc. should be very important, otherwise he would not He would risk offending the St. Paulia Port Chamber of Commerce and the Church by doing such a bad thing.

At this time, the couple found out that the Lisa Belle might need to be detained at the pier until the follow-up investigation reached a certain stage before it could be released, so they apologized to Leo and the others, thinking that there was something wrong with their arrangement.

Sylvia comforted the two of them, and then asked them what they planned to do.

Facing Sylvia's inquiry, the couple were also a little at a loss, because the captain of the Lisa Beauty they knew had been taken to the police station at the pier, and it seemed impossible to come out in a short time, so Both of them don't know what to do now.

Sylvia asked the two of them to go back to the hotel with them, and at the same time told Penny and Joan to inquire at the pier if there were any other ships heading to the Old Continent.

The couple had no objection to Sylvia's arrangement, so the group went their separate ways. Leo and the others also returned to the previous hotel, re-booked the room, and stayed temporarily.

After returning to the room, Leo told Sylvia the result of his comprehensive analysis of various information after scanning through the mental net on the pier, and Sylvia quickly made a judgment after hearing it: " It should be related to the main churches of these churches in the old continent. The sacrificial ceremony they participated in this time may not be simple. It's going to happen too."

After hearing this, Leo frowned and said, "In this case, we have to leave as soon as possible, otherwise when something happens to them, St. Paulia Port will definitely use the method of closing the city to stabilize the situation."

"To be honest, I really want to stay." Sylvia said excitedly.

Hearing this, Leo looked at Sylvia to see if she was joking, then nodded and said, "In this case, let's stay for a while."

"Forget it! I'm just talking." Sylvia quickly changed her mind, shook her head, and vetoed her previous thoughts.

After hearing this, Leo was a little puzzled, and asked, "What's wrong with you? You are not the kind of indecisive character, and now there is something wrong with you."

"Isn't there something wrong with you too?" Sylvia smiled and retorted: "You didn't talk about fate before, but you didn't believe in fate."

After the two said these words, they couldn't help but froze for a moment, then looked at each other, and the expressions on their faces became serious.

Although the conversation between the two just now was just an ordinary joke, it also hit some key points, that is, there seemed to be some changes in their personalities unconsciously.

Afterwards, the two each checked their physical and mental states, but neither of them found anything unusual.

"When did the abnormality begin?" Sylvia asked to herself.

Leo directly extracted the memory of the past period of time from his own memory, and then quickly compared and analyzed it, and soon got the result, saying: "Joan."

Sylvia was slightly taken aback when she heard the words, and said, "He has such a powerful ability, can he influence you and me subtly?"

Leo thought about it calmly, and said, "Maybe he doesn't, but the existence behind him is unknown."

"You mean vain heart?" Sylvia said in a deep voice.

Leo nodded, and said: "Void Heart is one of the most mysterious gods in the world. From the point of view that the missionary sites of the False Heart Church exist independently, it is obvious that the gods of other churches in this world should be aware of False Heart. As for the reason for the scruples, whether the illusory heart will subtly affect the minds of other gods, or other reasons, it is not known."

Sylvia was silent for a moment, then asked again: "Does Joan know about this?"

Leo smiled and said: "I guess he doesn't know, maybe he doesn't even know that he has been paid attention to by vain heart, otherwise he would not choose to go with us instead of staying in the city of Nice and becoming A paladin of the Church of False Heart."

"Why does the false heart pay attention to him?" Sylvia frowned again and asked.

Leo thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid it's because of the Eye of Truth."

Sylvia thought for a while after hearing this, and nodded.

Although the true eye and the illusory heart are in conflict and mutual restraint in terms of power, this conflict and restraint can also play a complementary role at a specific opportunity.

However, the quality and quantity of the alien god cells made from the flesh and blood of the real eye on Joan's body are too small to have a large enough effect, so even if the false heart pays attention to Joan's situation, I'm afraid it won't help. Not too much effort will be put into it.

Thinking of this, Sylvia suddenly smiled and said: "Although the accident at the dock seems to be hindering the itinerary of those churches, if we analyze it on ourselves, it may also be a vain heart playing tricks in the dark, wanting to Stop us from leaving."

Hearing Sylvia's guess, Leo couldn't help being stunned, and also felt that it was possible. If Joan deliberately left the bait to catch a big fish out of vain heart, then Leo himself might come from a certain place. On the one hand, it should be regarded as a big fish, because he has the imprint of the god of the real eye, which is closer to the essence of the power of the real eye than the alien god cells on Joan's body.

Therefore, it is logical that the false heart will do something targeted, such as using Joan to influence the mentality of the people around it, creating turmoil to prevent Leo from leaving his attention, and so on.

However, after thinking about it calmly, Leo quickly denied Sylvia's guess, because from a common sense point of view, even if some idea has been generated in the false heart, it should not prevent Leo from leaving the New World. Go to the Old Continent, because the Church of False Heart is more powerful in the Old Continent, and it is easier to use the power of the Church to deal with him.

Leo said in a deep voice: "No matter what, wait until Joan comes back to see how he is doing."

Sylvia also nodded, agreeing to Leo's suggestion.

However, what surprised both Leo and Sylvia was that Joan and Penny didn't come back in the afternoon, and Leo scanned the whole city through the spiritual network, but they didn't find any trace of them.

Not only did this matter not embarrass Leo and Sylvia, but it made both of them happy, because no matter what happened, at least they would not feel bored.

Just when Leo and the others were about to go out to find the whereabouts of Joan and Penny, they were suddenly stopped. The person who stopped them was from the San Polia Port Police Department, and the reason for stopping them was because they had been with them before. The couple who were together, it turned out that the couple was assassinated to death on the street at noon, so the police came to the hotel to find out the situation, and learned from the hotel waiter that the couple and Leo were staying together , and seem to be very close.