Endless Debt

When the night has not completely fallen and the day has not completely dissipated, at this moment of dawn and dusk, the townspeople gathered in the square in the center of the town, waiting for the priest's sermon.

Boluogo found the location of the square easily, and his appearance directly attracted the attention of the surrounding townspeople. However, this town was already unknown. Since falling into the rift valley, its contact with the outside world has become even more difficult. It is progressively weakened.

In this closed town, the appearance of any stranger was extremely conspicuous. Even if Boluoge wanted to hide his whereabouts, it became difficult. Fortunately, he did not force it deliberately.

This time Bologo had clear identification, so he didn't have to be sneaky, and the weapons were hidden in the suitcase. From the outside, it looked like it was just an ordinary toolbox for surveying.

After inquiring, Bologo roughly understood what happened in Greystone Town since the Decay Epidemic.

First, as Bologo knew, the big earthquake changed the terrain and claimed the lives of many townspeople. Some people wanted to leave, and some wanted to stay here. It was not until about a month after the incident that Gray Stone Several crimes have occurred in the town.

"What happened?" Bologg asked curiously.

"Someone dug up the ruins, found the bodies of the deceased, stripped off their belongings, and buried the bodies in the eye-catching ruins."

When these things are mentioned, the faces of the townspeople are full of disgust. Such blasphemies can easily arouse people's common anger.

"The Sheriff investigated for days and nothing came of it until...until the priest got involved."

When the priest is mentioned, the townspeople's eyes sparkle and they excitedly tell his legend.

"Another morning, the priest found the police chief. He said he had clues about the criminal, and then he led the police chief to find the criminal... It was Gami, damn Gami who committed such crimes. "The townspeople gritted their teeth.

Borrogo asked, "Has Gami been tried?"

"Of course," the townspeople said, "he was judged by God."

god?

Bologg noticed this word, and it was obvious that the plot was somewhat different from what Bologg had imagined.

"The priest said that when Gami committed a crime, he happened to be discovered by him, so he persuaded Gami and influenced him, and Gami also chose to repent to him under the influence of the priest. He knew that his sin was serious, so he In the early morning of that day, under the witness of the police chief and others, he set himself on fire."

"Self-immolation?" Aimu said in shock.

It was a little difficult for her to understand the changes in Jami before and after. Someone who could commit such an act of desecrating a corpse must not be a kind person, but he was actually convinced by these words? Or even say that he deeply repented of his crimes and chose to self-immolate?

Even if he is tried by law, he will be imprisoned for many years at most, which will not endanger his life at all, but he himself chose to die in such a cruel way.

Could it be that Gami is a pious person and doing this kind of thing is just a temporary obsession?

"Just solving a case is not enough for him to receive such respect, right?"

Bologg looked around. More and more townspeople were gathering here. It could be said that almost everyone in the town came just to listen to the priest's sermon. What made Bologg even more uneasy was that almost every person in the town came. Everyone wears more or less sacred objects related to their faith.

It seems that under the priest's operation, the whole town has fallen into the arms of God.

"This is just the beginning of a series of miracles."

There was fanaticism in the eyes of the townspeople, and they told Bologg patiently about the power of the priest. Bologg had seen this look too many times, and it was very similar to those fanatical believers who preached to newcomers.

The townspeople said, "The disaster triggered riots, and the riots brought grief and crime. At that time, in addition to Gami desecrating the corpse, there were many people taking advantage of the chaos to do evil, which made the police chief exhausted. At this moment, the priest stood up and Under his counsel all sinners repented of their sins and accepted their punishment.”

Boluogo felt vaguely uneasy, "What punishment?"

"Self-immolation, hanging, beheading... whatever."

When he said this, the townspeople's bodies couldn't help but tremble, not because of fear, but because of excitement, "No one forced them, they voluntarily confessed to the priest and voluntarily chose this punishment."

A proud smile appeared on the faces of the townspeople, "In the following months, with the grace of the priest, the order of Greystone Town was perfected, and it became a heaven on earth without any crime."

"Because all criminals will take the initiative to repent and accept punishment in front of the priest." At this time, another town citizen intervened in the topic and continued at the end of the sentence.

"It's not just the disappearance of crime," another person said. "The priest worked hard to run this town. He opened trade and built welfare projects. He made everyone live a good life."

Voices rang out one after another, and everyone responded. Boluogo looked around. There were men and women, old and young. Everyone was telling him about the greatness of the priest, and everyone had a heartfelt expression on their face. smile.

But Boluogo couldn't sympathize with them at all. He only felt uneasy and scary.

Boluogo took Aimu's hand. In a corner where the townspeople couldn't see, their palms overlapped slightly. Under the power of the overlapping shadow of their hearts, the two hearts briefly resonated.

"They deified the priest...or in other words, the priest used some power that we don't know to control the town and promoted himself to a god in the hearts of the townspeople." Boluogo's voice directly spoke. Aimu's mind rang.

Aimu asked, "Do you want to report to the decision-making room?"

"No rush, I want to see what that priest is like."

Bologo held Amu's hand tightly, squeezed through the crowd, and walked forward. When the last ray of sunlight in the sky disappeared and countless torches rose around the square, a dark figure stepped forward. He walked up to the high platform calmly, the golden cross on his chest shining brightly.

"Good evening, everyone."

The priest's voice is very smooth and deep, with a reassuring feeling, as if you can let go of all your guard when facing him.

Bologg looked at the priest's face. Unfortunately, the flickering firelight failed to illuminate the entire face of the priest. Bologg could only see that he was wearing a pair of brown glasses. Except for the golden cross on his chest, this was his face. The only external features.

The priest, as always, first opened the book and followed his memory to see where he should start. Then he glanced at the townspeople, or believers, who came. Among them, the priest noticed at a glance that Boluogo and Aimu.

Under the operation of the priest, Graystone Town was divided into two areas, one large and one small. The large area is where the old townsfolk live and is also Graystone Town itself. The small area is newly developed outside Graystone Town. In an area, a trading post was established there, and around the trading post, a circle of living areas was born.

No matter how closed Greystone Town is, it still needs to exchange materials with the outside world. However, foreigners from the outside world cannot stand the somewhat crazy worship of the priest by the residents of Greystone Town. For this reason, they only stay near the trading station. Activities rarely go deep into the town, let alone participate in sermons in the square.

Over time, the two areas, large and small, were divided into new town and old town by the townspeople. Under the leadership of the priest, the old town turned into a perfect society that eliminated crime, while the foreigners in the new town just wanted to live in peace. Making money and not caring about anything in Old Town.

So when the priest saw Boluogo for the first time, he regarded this stranger as a stranger from the new town. He felt a little comfort that everything he did had some results.

First the old town, then the new town, and then the surrounding areas. The priest believed that under his leadership, all evil would be annihilated.

"Oh? We have two new guests today," the priest asked. "Are you also interested in faith?"

Boluogo shook his head directly and said without hesitation, "I'm just curious."

The priest had a smile on his face. He didn't say much. He just greeted Boluogo and then began his sermon.

The sermon ended without lasting long, and there were no interruptions in the middle. As for the abnormality, there were no exceptions.

Bologo had killed many cult leaders. These guys who had no prenatal education would always write some nonsense scriptures to deceive others. Bologo thought that the priest was also of this type, and he even prepared the following. Intend.

For example, secretly attack the priest, break his spine, and then interrogate him.

But when Boluogo listened carefully to the content of the sermon, he found that it was just a very ordinary sermon, and even said it was exactly the same as the scriptures circulating on the market.

Borlog didn't believe in God, but Adele did. Whether it was during the war or when he was released from prison, Borlog often listened to her talk about these things. Even if he didn't believe in it, Borrog was somewhat influenced by it. .

From this point of view, this priest is unexpectedly normal, even upright.

Improve the security of the town, bring the crime rate to zero, boost the economy, and ensure that everyone in the town has enough to eat...

It seemed that Bologo had nothing to question him, but Bologo still discovered the problem.

Old Town is so perfect, as perfect as heaven on earth, as if everyone's desires have been curbed and all evil thoughts have been influenced.

Boluogo knew that this was impossible. He never felt that people's desires could be curbed, nor that evil thoughts could be dispelled, unless there was another force threatening them and forcing them to become noble. .

Thinking of this, Boluogo couldn't help but smile on his face. He really understood this part very well, just as he did.

Building a kingdom of heaven on earth is easy.

Just absolute, unstoppable violence.

…

The new town built around the trading post was small, but had all basic living facilities. After realizing something was wrong here, Bologo did not leave. Instead, he stayed there and looked for opportunities to take action.

After booking two rooms at the hotel, Boluogo tidied himself up briefly and prepared for his next move.

"Do you want to come with me?" Boluogo asked Aimu.

"Of course," Aimu said, "Just the two of us acting together, the goal may be a bit big."

Aimu said and took off his clothes... There was nothing strange about them. Under the removed clothes, there was a second skin that was close to the body, like a black leather jacket.

In the dim light, Aimu's body is like an elegant black silhouette, with artistic arcs dividing the boundary between light and darkness.

After briefly moving her body, Aimu then tied up her long hair. She paid attention to Boluogo's reaction, but found that the guy was indifferent.

Aimu was a little disappointed and sighed helplessly, "What are you going to do?"

"Go and see the priest and talk to him," Bologo said.

"You don't seem like a person who likes to chat." In Aimu's eyes, Boluogo was always silent.

"That's true, but life is life and work is work," Bologo said seriously, "There will inevitably be flaws in a person's speech."

"Um."

Aimu agrees with Bologg. Bologg may seem slow, but when it comes to work, you can trust him completely.

Stretching out her hand, Aimu held down Boluogo's back. After a brief pause, her entire palm sank into Boluogo's body, and the area where the flesh and blood overlapped shimmered.

Aimu continued to move forward and completely penetrated into Boluogo's body. With the blessing of the secret energy and the overlapping shadow of the heart, the two merged into one.

Boluogo could clearly feel that there was something extra in his body. He thought it was a cold snake crawling on his brain. A faint blue halo shone in his eyes, which made Boluogo's already chilling temperament Added a bit of spookiness.

"To be honest, I don't know how strong we will be if we join forces now?" Aimu said curiously.

Bologg slowed down his breathing, so that his breath almost disappeared. When Bologg unfolded the etheric shield, Aimu also activated the etheric shield. Under the double shielding, Bologg's etheric reaction completely disappeared, and even his own The sense of existence has also become thinner.

"let's go."

Boluogo murmured to himself, grabbed the suitcase, and left the hotel directly like a silent ghost.

In order to communicate with the outside world, Greystone Town set up an elevator along the cliff near the new town, as well as a switchback corridor attached to one side. This scene is not unfamiliar to Qiu Shang Town in the Great Rift. Designed this way.

Shortly after Boluogo left, the elevator slowly descended in the darkness, bringing another group of strangers to the new town. However, these strangers did not bring any goods and did not look like they were doing business.

He looked at the town with cold eyes, and his breath was vaguely mixed with the disgusting smell of blood.

"Did they lose contact in this small town?"

A low voice sounded among the strangers. The strangers stepped aside one after another, and a tall figure walked out. His face was covered by a red hood, and the exposed skin had an inexplicable blood color.

"In the end what happened?"