Ember Gun

  Chapter 314 The Bigger World

The gloomy sky rained down again, and countless raindrops hit the bookstore’s doorplate. This bookstore has no specific name. According to Oscar, his bookstore needs a very cool name to show the master’s talent. It's a pity that he hasn't thought about it yet.

   Tick and tick, the pale water vapor surging again.

   "It looks like your North Deloi abacus has failed."

  Lorenzo said to Oscar with a sullen face, as if he could not bear the long silence.

   "There is no way, after all things like business, there is a profit and a loss... In fact, we have not lost anything." Oscar said that he could feel Lorenzo's complex expression, but he didn't know where to mention it.

  "The cleaning agency is not credible, at least not completely believed," Oscar said. "That's why you made that request to me, isn't it?"

"Clean up organs... Inervig's secret organs against demons, but in fact it is to defend the sanity of mankind, but we all know that they are right. They obey the mysterious Queen Victoria... Even if you North Deloitte The same is true, isn't it?"

"This is not enough. I have said that the monarchy is not feasible here. Although North Dro is based on Inervig, Queen Victoria is only a slightly larger shareholder here. She cannot completely control us. Don't talk about the organization behind North Dro." Oscar said.

  "A country builder?" Lorenzo whispered this mysterious organization.

  Oscar is its member, and Norddro is also one of the external identities of this organization. Thinking about it carefully, this is the most mysterious organization that Lorenzo has come into contact with, and he knows almost nothing about it.

   "Queen Victoria will allow organizations like yours to exist?"

  Lorenzo did not understand that North Delro’s overseas influence was terrifying, with colonies spreading across every coast, but such an organization was not under the complete control of Queen Victoria.

   "There are no absolute enemies, only absolute benefits."

  Oscar squinted at Lorenzo, and then said, “Isn’t that the same for you and the cleansing agency, because you can be united for the same purpose, but because of small differences, you are wary of each other.”

  Lorenzo was silent, carrying a false Holy Grail on his body, which was the most fearful point of the cleansing organ.

  "This world is very complicated. The complexity makes me feel scared. Sometimes I think it is even more terrifying than monsters.

  The mystery of demons, the mystery of alchemy...not to mention a huge mysterious organization like you, the country builder? What kind of country do you want to build? "

  Lorenzo said calmly, he was just tired of these.

"Moreover, there are still so many countries in this world, the Viking nations, Leber, and Gallunaro. They are more or less aware of the existence of demons, right? So how do they fight demons? These are all unknown, at least I don’t know, so what kind of organization is hiding in this same shadow?"

  After a long time, he continued, "Although Shermans is dead, I can say that I have completed your North Dro mission."

  Oscar nodded, the Norddro family is big and there is no need to embarrass Lorenzo in this matter.

   "Then what we said before..."

   "It still counts. If you have a need, we will assist you when you feel that the decontamination agency poses a threat to you."

   "You can be regarded as opposing Queen Victoria, isn't it treason?"

"We are a very special group of people. I mean the builders of the country, not North Dro." Oscar explained, "As written in the "Utopia", we are eager to build a beautiful country. Can the identities of the Elwigs restrain us?"

   "The reason why North Deloitte's influence in Inervig is so low is to some extent a concession to Queen Victoria." Oscar said.

   "In other words, to Queen Victoria, you are more like a group of prosecutors and thieves?"

  An uncontrollable huge group, larger than everyone imagined, spanning countless kingdoms and sea areas, with their flags on every continent, and the blazing sun will never fall on their territory.

"Not really, it's very complicated. It has to do with power and interests, and often this kind of stuff is full of calculations," Oscar laughed, "but in the end I am just a stinky writer. What does it matter to me? What's the matter?"

  "Some people are fighters, some are politicians, and some are stinky writers, each of whom should perform their duties and build an ideal country."

   "An ideal country," Lorenzo said, "I don't think you can do it in such an ideal world."

   "Of course I can't do it, but I can't stop doing it because I can't do it, right.

  We have been established for a long time, at least longer than everyone imagined, but up to now we have only maintained North Dro, and lay the cornerstone of the kingdom little by little. "

  Oscar gave a mysterious smile, then said.

   "It's like every story has a beginning source, but for some reason, our stories are somewhat similar."

   "What do you mean?"

"The story about the origin of the gospel church in your "Gospel", to be honest, that story is really nonsense when you think about it. A group of people can't stand this dark world, so it happened on a certain night or after a hangover. After a strange illusion, someone told him that the north had a knowledge of hope.

  So these people went crazy and brought back the taboo knowledge about secret blood from the north a few years later. "

  Oscar couldn't help but admire.

   "Knight novels don't dare to write like this... But it just happened so practically. After all, after so long, no one knows whether it's true or false."

   "Then how does all this have to do with your country builders?" Lorenzo asked.

  A few decades ago, if the priest heard Oscar say that "The Gospel", it would be a proper blasphemy. It is estimated that the priest would fight this heresy on the spot, but the times have changed, and Lorenzo doesn't care about that.

"Because our origin is also in the north... We are very special, there are some things I can't tell you," Oscar said pretendingly mysteriously, "but very similar to you, a few homeless people set sail from the north, they thought To build an ideal country... so the story begins."

  Lorenzo's expression changed for a while, and his gaze became awe-inspiring.

   "Then what's the matter with the book "Ideal Land"?"

  Books are a very wonderful thing, a miracle, it is such different miracles that are piled together to build a great civilization of mankind.

  The emergence of books makes knowledge no longer affected by time. It can continue to be passed down in the hands of several generations. It is also because of the emergence of books that human beings can record everything about themselves, thus giving birth to "history".

  Lorenzo thought that it was a group of people who were influenced by the "ideal country" to establish the ideal country, but now it seems that they appeared earlier than the book.

""Ideal Country"? Plato is also one of our members. Although he has been dead for a long time, his writings have indeed strengthened our ideas." Oscar's voice suddenly fell. "Of course this is why I am a The reason why the stinky writers are honored to be a member of the country builders, they have always hoped that I can write something..."

  Probably out of shame, the words after Oscar did not go on.

   "Your recruitment criteria are indeed a bit strange..."

  "Are you interested in joining?" Oscar asked suddenly.

  Lorenzo was startled, he didn't seem to expect Oscar to say this suddenly, and then Oscar continued to ask questions.

   "Anyway, you have also deviated from the gospel church, and now it is a bit rude to clean up the organization, it is better to change jobs and come to me."

  Lorenzo looked at Oscar's serious face, and after a long time he smiled.

   "Forget it, I am a stranger, and I don't belong anywhere. The country is still...too great for me."

   "Isn't it great to hack a demon?"

   Oscar asked rhetorically, then patted Lorenzo on the shoulder.

"Lorenzo Holmes, in fact, you are also a great person. Although you are unknown, you have always been on the front line of fighting with demons. From the past to the present, you have prevented many tragedies from happening. "

  Lorenzo was not happy with Oscar’s appreciation, he just felt his insignificance.

  After reading Shermans’ notes, Lorenzo realized that he had changed. Although the time was so short, Lorenzo had been thinking about it at Buscarlo’s home and on the moving iron snake.

  What do you want to do?

  Lorenzo knew exactly what he was going to do.

  Eradicate all monsters!

  So...what should I do?

  Yes, how to do it? Before that, Lorenzo had always been cherished with burning anger. He had not thought about the deeper and more complex worlds. He just wanted to swing his sword in anger and slash all the demons.

  Seleu was right. He was a lunatic on the road of destruction, but this endless hack and slash could not solve any problems, and demons would continue to appear.

It was not until after seeing Shermans' notes, tracing the source of the mystery of the demon, and searching for the roots of all this, that Lorenzo thought about all this more deeply, and he realized that the world is more than just what he saw before his eyes. Of these, there are still things that I can’t see.

  [Disease] called [Demon], [Patient Zero] called [Original Monster].

  The world is covered by mysteries and falsehoods, no matter how sharp the nails are, they cannot be cut off.

  Lorenzo didn't say anything, just bowed his head in silence.

  "North...Although it is not clear what the reason is, it seems that your origin is in the same place as the origin of the Gospel Church." Lorenzo said.

  Go back to the source of everything.

   "I don't know, I just heard other members say this... But you have been in the old town for too long, Lorenzo, how many years, seven years?"

   Facing the sad Lorenzo, Oscar said with a smile.

   "In fact, the stories I wrote are true... at least part of them are true."

  Under Lorenzo’s questioning gaze, Oscar finally changed his mind.

"Well, apart from the artistic processing, I have really traveled to many places with the North Dro fleet. There are no old towns and advanced, not as powerful as Inervig, but it is a different place, and it’s wonderful. Extremely.

I have seen whales tumbling on the ocean, huge glaciers collapsed, fighting with cannibals in the rain forests of the fertile land, and passing through countless countries, and even said that for a moment I wanted to set sail. , To the east, although far away, although it may be gone forever.

  Lorenzo, this world is very big, very big, and there are so many things we haven’t understood yet, and although the old Dunling is advanced and bathed in the brilliance of technology, it is just a city in the final analysis. "

  Oscar really looked like an explorer at this moment. He had witnessed the scenes that were only in the books.

   "Old Dunling is a microcosm of the world, but only a microcosm, not the real world.

In this city, you can’t find all the truth, just like stories sung by people... and my words. These are things that have been passed through others, and have some artistic processing, so they lose their originality. Looks like, sometimes you have to see everything with your own eyes. "

Oscar stared at Lorenzo’s gray-blue eyes. Although Lorenzo didn’t say anything, he could also feel that Shermans’s death was not so simple and hidden, but it might be due to some reasons. Renzo didn't want to tell him.

"If the decontamination agency finally decides to join forces with the Protestant group to violently contain the false Holy Grail on your body, we, North Dro, and the builders will provide you with assistance. I have already designed an escape route, as long as you leave the English. The territory of the grid, just leave it to us next."

  Oscar is unexpectedly confident in this regard.

   "route, what route?"

  Lorenzo was a little curious. In the old Dunling, the cleansed organs were closely controlled by different systems and facilities. If they wanted to hunt down themselves, Lorenzo was not sure whether he could escape alive.

   "You will know at that time, we have also invested a lot in this thing."

  Lorenzo briefly thought about it, and at any rate he also worked as a detective for many years. Lorenzo still has this keenness.

  "Civil airship?"

The main communication between Old Dunling and the outside world is the railway, and the snake system of the atrium has long been firmly grasped by the cleaning agency. It can be said that when the cleaning agency sets its sights on Lorenzo, he wants to rely on it. It is almost impossible for the railway to leave Old Dunling.

  Then only the recently emerging civilian airships, as a new civilian use, the cleaning agency needs time to control it. This is the only loophole.

  Lorenzo didn't wait for Oscar to confirm his guess, he stood up directly, ready to leave.

   "What are you going to do?"

"What do you think I can do?" Lorenzo said horribly. "The great Mr. Lorenzo Holmes, of course, is going to hack the monsters. Even if there is no hacking of the monsters, most of them are on the way to hack the monsters. "

  Oscar looked at him and said bad things.

   "Then can I write a knight novel based on you?"

   ""Lorenzo Holmes Detective Collection"?"

   "Actually, how about I want to call "Devil Hunting and Slashing Monsters"?"

  Lorenzo laughed, and it is not clear whether he was amused by the **** name, or because of something else, he ignored this strange writer with a leap of thinking, opened the door and disappeared into the rain.

  (End of this chapter)