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Chapter 1073 Priest

City of Glory
“This is K!”

After getting off the 'bus', Raylee stood in front of the huge stone sculpture, pointed at the character and said, "My sister said this is the god who created our world."

"When did you say that?"

He Ao followed behind her and looked at the still brand new stone sculpture, "This stone sculpture looks like it's not very old."

"Uh···"

Ruili looked at He Ao and scratched her head. "About a few days ago? There didn't seem to be any publicity about 'K' before."

Then she turned around, looked at the stone sculpture, and said with some emotion, "But my sister said that it's good to have a god. Everyone is too tired."

She paused, stared at the 'K' symbol, and said slowly, "If 'K' makes our lives a little better, that would be great."

Then she scratched her head and turned to look at He Ao standing behind her, "I don't know if 'K' can hear me. It's likely that he can't hear me. My sister said that gods can't hear the wishes of mortals."

"Then why do you still make a wish?"

He Ao asked slowly, his eyes moving from the side of the girl's face, staring at the stone sculpture.

"What if the gods heard it?"

Ruili chuckled, then she turned and looked at the broad and heavy stone building behind the relief that looked like a castle.

There are layers of stairs in front of the building, making the whole building look taller and more majestic.

“This is the Discipline House.”

She pointed to the wide open door of the building and whispered, "That's the main door, but ordinary people like us can't go through it. My sister said that only the big shots who come down from above can go through that door. We can only go through the small door next to it."

As she spoke, she led He Ao to a small door on the side of the gate that was not easy to find at first glance.

"above?"

He Ao followed her and asked slowly, "Where is it?"

"have no idea,"

Ruili shook her head. "Sister only said up there. I don't know where up there is, but the people up there should be important people."

The two of them climbed up the stairs and soon arrived at the small door that opened to the side.

This small door was not as wide and exquisite as the main door, but there was a rare lime-colored pendulum clock on the door. This was the first time Howe saw a clock in this city.

However, this clock does not divide the dial into twelve parts, but into twenty-four parts.

The large numbers on the outer circle are from 1 to 24, indicating the hours, and there is another circle of small numbers from 1 to 60 on the inner circle, which seems to be convenient for seeing the minutes.

In the main world, most of the time, this disc clock is 12-hour. Generally, only special areas like submarines use 24-hour clocks because it is inconvenient to distinguish between day and night there.

"That's the clock."

Ruili looked at Howe staring at the clock and explained in a low voice. Then she glanced at the clock face, "It's 15:27 in the afternoon now."

Hearing her words, He Ao looked up at the dark sky above his head and asked casually, "Will it be dawn here?"

"Daybreak? What's that?"

Ruili looked at him in confusion, "The sky is always dark."

"I see,"

He Ao nodded slightly, looked at the small door in front of him, raised his foot and stepped directly in, and walked in front of Ruili.

Ruili looked up at Howe, then followed Howe into the castle.

The entrance to the castle is a relatively wide hall with only a few people walking inside.

The only "facility" in the entire hall is the wooden "bar" on the right side of the small door. It is diagonally opposite the main door. A cold-hearted woman with gray hair is sitting behind the bar, oiling and maintaining a hand armor.

He Ao glanced at the bar and walked straight over.

"That's the 'front desk' sister,"

Ruili, who was following behind He Ao, quickly introduced, "If you need anything, you can tell her, but the Discipline Office is unlikely to care about ordinary people like us."

"Who is the highest official in the Discipline Office?"

When they were almost in front of the bar, He Ao turned around and looked at Ruili and spoke quickly.

"biggest?"

Ruili widened her eyes slightly, seeming to be a little confused as to why He Ao asked this question, but she still whispered,
"The most important person in the Discipline House is Mr. 'Priest', but he is a very, very important person. My sister said that unless the Priest allows it, we can only call him 'The Great Shepherd of God'.
"The name 'High Priest' is not something that ordinary people like us can even address in public. If we offend, we will be killed on the spot by the Discipline Department.
"The Discipline Office is very fierce. Not only do they have an agency responsible for killing mutants, they also have an agency specifically responsible for killing 'disrespectful people'.

"The agencies responsible for dealing with mutants are more easy to talk to, and some will protect ordinary people, but the agencies dealing with 'disrespectful people' are very cruel and like to torture and kill people, and they kill people for no reason."

Ruili seemed to remember something, shrank her neck and shook her head, "In short, don't provoke them."

"I see."

He Ao nodded slightly, and he had already walked to the bar.

The stern-faced woman behind the bar lowered her head, still maintaining the armor in her hands.

He Ao looked at her and tried to be polite, "Excuse me, is your...official priest here?"

Hearing He Ao's words, the cold-faced woman was stunned at first, then her hands froze in an instant, and she raised her head. Her cold face quickly collapsed into unbelievable astonishment, "Ah?"

"I wonder where the officiating priest is? I've never seen him before?"

He Ao looked at the cold-faced woman and shook his head slightly, "It seems that I have to find someone with a slightly higher status."

dong dong dong-

Just then, he heard hurried footsteps behind him.

He turned around and saw behind him a tall female warrior with a bronze sword on her waist, leading a team into the hall quickly.

"Why are there so many false alarms today?"

The man in armor said sullenly, "It's been a waste of several trips."

"There are traces of mutants on the ground,"

The man holding the rifle said, "It's most likely that they ran away. Our communicator was only given to the bus driver, and the area they can see is limited. If no residents took the initiative to find the bus to 'report the crime', it's normal for the mutants in some corners to disappear."

"But there are more and more mutants recently, many times more than before."

The figure holding the restraint net said slowly, "They are too tired."

"What did you say?!"

The musket man immediately covered his companion's mouth, glanced at the empty hall around him, and said quickly, "I heard that a divine messenger is coming today. They are everywhere. If you are heard, you will be dead. Do you want to live?"

The figure holding the restraint net raised his head, glanced at his companions, then glanced at the female warrior walking in front, and finally closed his mouth and just sighed softly.

At this time, the female warrior in front had stopped and her eyes fell on He Ao and Ruili who were standing next to the bar not far away.

She walked over quickly and looked at Riley, "Why are you here?"

Ruili looked at the female warrior, took a deep breath, lowered her head, and whispered, "If you have any problems, you can come to the Discipline Center. I just happened to have a problem, so I came here."

This time the female warrior did not respond, but looked at Ruili calmly.

Ruili raised her eyes, glanced at the female warrior, and whispered, "Sister, I was wrong."

Hearing the shout, the female warrior sighed, glanced at Ruili, then turned her gaze to He Ao, stretched out her hand, and smiled, "Hello, my name is Ruilin, I'm this girl's sister. She likes to make trouble. Thank you for taking care of her."

"Hello, Hao Yi,"

He Ao stretched out his hand and shook hands with Ruilin. "It's me who should thank your sister. She is very helpful and a good person."

"She's just a little bit of a jerk,"

Ruilin withdrew her hand, turned her eyes away, glanced at her sister, then picked up a blue square sign on her chest, pressed it, and said to the square sign, "Bus No. 32, wait a moment."

Then she looked at Ruili, "If you don't go back, you won't have enough rest time."

Riley winced and nodded quickly, "Okay."

Then she raised her head and looked at He Ao. She looked up at Ruilin and said quickly and softly, "Then I have to go back first. Don't worry about my sister. She has a sharp tongue but a soft heart..."

"Raylee!"

Ruilin drawled.

"hey-hey."

Ruili shrank her head, stuffed one of the green bottles Ruilin had given her before into He Ao's hand, and ran out the door quickly.

He Ao looked at Ruili's back, activated his super memory, and placed a mark on the little girl.

At this time, Ruilin also turned her gaze and looked at He Ao, "Mr. Hao Yi, what is the matter with you coming to the Discipline Center?"

"I want to meet your chief priest, it's that simple."

He Ao leaned against the bar and said calmly.

Hearing this, Ruilin's expression showed a little strangeness, but she was not particularly surprised. Obviously, she had just walked to the front and had vaguely heard He Ao's question, and she was just confirming it again.

The 'team members' behind her had different expressions, some were terrified, some sighed, and some had some complicated 'concerns' and 'expectations'.

However, at this moment, after hearing He Ao's words, the expression that the cold-faced woman behind the bar had finally recovered shattered again, and she finally confirmed that she had not heard He Ao's words wrongly.

She looked at He Ao in horror, then at Ruilin.

"The officiant has not left his seat for a long time,"

Ruilin walked to the bar, looked at the cold-faced woman, and said slowly, "Give me a glass of 'Discipline'. Also, this gentleman..."

"Same."

He Ao said casually.

"Give this gentleman a glass of 'Precepts', too."

Ruilin turned her gaze and looked at He Ao, "Mr. Hao Yi, perhaps we should have a detailed chat about your appearance that doesn't fit in here and your 'special purpose'."

The cold-faced woman placed two glasses of wine on the bar, and Ruilin also leaned on the bar, pushed a glass of wine to He Ao, leaned down, and asked slowly, "And, are you a 'human' or a 'mutant'?"

Hearing Ruilin's words, the team members behind her changed their expressions slightly and carefully prepared for battle.
He Ao picked up the wine glass and looked at her with interest.

"You saved Ruili, didn't you?"

Facing He Ao's gaze, Ruilin said calmly, "I have seen the traces on the ground. It is obvious that the mutant attacked Ruili first, and then you appeared and scared it away."

She leaned on the edge of the bar and held the wine glass on the bar. "Although the mutants have no reason, they have strong perception. They are only afraid of existences that are much stronger than themselves, and humans cannot be stronger than mutants."

"So, what made you conclude that 'humans can't be stronger than mutants'?"

He Ao brought the wine in the glass to his lips and asked gently, "Is it your memory? Your experience? Or your identity? Are you sure that your memory is complete? Are you sure that the 'world' you know is the real 'world'?"

Hearing He Ao's question, Ruilin was slightly stunned and her expression changed.

He Ao brought the wine glass in his hand to his mouth and drank the wine in it.

First mellow, then fierce.

Beneath the peaceful exterior lies a burning flame inside, which in a sense fits the name of the wine, 'Discipline'.

He Ao put the wine glass on the bar and said slowly, "This wine is good."

Seeing He Ao's actions, Ruilin also drank the wine in her hand. Then she looked at He Ao and reached out to grasp the hilt of the bronze sword at her waist.

"You are very smart, and you even succeeded in disrupting my thoughts for a moment, but it was a wrong decision for you to come to the Discipline Center,"

The team members behind her also deployed without hesitation and slowly surrounded He Ao.

This is an elite team that has been through many battles and has skilled coordination.

Ruilin looked at Howe and held the hilt tightly.
"I don't know why you saved Rayleigh, and why you have such strong power. Regardless of whether you are a mutant or not, and what your purpose is, your existence has already posed a threat to the state of this city."

"What do you think of the state of this city?"

He Ao turned around, looked through the door, glanced at the stone carvings under the stairs, and smiled, "Is it good or bad?"

Ruilin's hand holding the hilt of the sword trembled.

He Ao retracted his gaze and looked at the female warrior in front of him, "What exactly do you want to protect?"

The hand holding the bronze sword hesitated.

Then He Ao looked calmly into Ruilin's eyes, "My purpose is very clear, let me meet your 'officer'. You know how to contact him, take me to see him."

Judging from the mark on Ruilin's body, as an 'old man' and 'core member' of the Discipline House, Ruilin knew where the 'high priest' was.

But her memory of the specific location was vague. She only knew that when she wanted to find it, she could find the way, but she didn't know where it was.

Those memories seemed to be in her mind, yet not there.

"Your words are as alluring as the devil's whispers,"

After a silence that seemed short and long, Ruilin looked at Howe and said, "But they are not enough to prove anything."

She pulled out the bronze dagger completely, "Unfortunately, you can't leave here and you can't achieve your goal. We won't kill you, but please cooperate."

Her teammates quickly surrounded He Ao.

He Ao glanced at the stubborn female warrior in front of him, shook his head slightly, raised his hand, and the shadowless sword floated behind him.

It seems we have to find another way.

At this moment, He Ao's expression changed slightly.

Across from him, Ruilin's blue badge also rang out, "Captain Ruilin, bus No. 32 is under attack."

Ruilin was slightly stunned, then reacted instantly, picked up the small card without hesitation, and asked loudly, "What number did you say? 32?"

　Four thousand two hundred words, a little stuck, let me sort it out.

　　(End of this chapter)