moon shot plan

"Dead mouse?" An Ran hurried to the window, but saw the cemetery in the backyard below, and on the continuous spotless white sheet, there was a gray-black stain. It wasn't an accidental stain at all, but a fluffy mouse with a pointed head!

"This is not the mutant mouse from before!" An Ran yelled in surprise, pointed at the motionless mouse, and asked uncertainly, "Is it dead or just pretending?"

"Of course it is dead." Xie Yi was very sure: "It has been like this since before Anna came in."

"What are you talking about? A mutated mouse?!" Anna hurried to the window, and she saw the gray, dead mouse, her eyes widened immediately, and she said in disbelief, "How could it be... Didn’t we clean up the mutated rats once, how could there be rats in the monastery!”

"Have you ever been here before?" An Ran asked.

"Of course not, how could there be?" Anna said as she hurried downstairs: "Didn't you see that there are injured townspeople upstairs and downstairs here, and the blood on their wounds hasn't clotted yet. If the monastery There are rats in there, and these townspeople have been eaten long ago!"

"Besides, Alan and I investigate every day, how could those monsters get in!" Anna said, jumped down the stairs in a few steps, and rushed out the back door in one breath. Xie Yi: "I'll just follow along and take a look. You don't want to go down. Stay here and look at Lan Xin with your senior brother. Call me if you have anything to do."

After he ran out with Anna, he saw the corpse of the mutated mouse on the pure white sheet. He said it was a mutated mouse. An Ran felt that there was something different about it, so he squatted down and took a closer look, and found that it was a mutated mouse. His fur is thicker and his claws are sharper, and even the edges of the hooks are still slightly ginger-yellow.

"Anna, do you think this mouse looks a little different?" An Ran pointed to her the strange yellow color on its claws: "Have you seen such a mouse before?"

Anna looked at it carefully, and shook her head slowly: "No, and it died strangely... When we were talking downstairs before, the place was completely empty, and it hasn't been long since then. Then it suddenly appeared..."

"Where do you think it was before? Could it be hiding in the monastery?" An Ran asked.

Anna thought about it again carefully, and categorically denied: "Impossible, look at its teeth - they are clean and there is no blood on them. If it was hiding in the monastery, it would definitely not be able to resist attacking those townspeople. of."

"Besides, look at how fat it is... If it was here with us, it would have starved to death." Anna calmly analyzed.

"But..." An Ran couldn't help but said, "Have you never thought about who might have raised it?"

Anna suddenly raised her head and stared at him without saying a word. An Ran knew that saying this was leading her to doubt Alan, but in fact Alan was a demon who would eventually hurt her. Seeing that Anna trusted him so much now, An Ran really has no way to pretend that he doesn't know anything, he desperately hopes that Anna can recognize Alan's true face as soon as possible.

"Anna, listen to me—" However, just as he said something, Anna interrupted him. She looked behind An Ran and raised her eyebrows and asked, "Are you cured, Alan?"

"It's much better." Alan's face was still a little pale, but his steps were much more steady, and he looked much better than before, but when he looked at the dead mouse, his eyes widened and his eyes widened. Fists clenched uncontrollably——

"This, this is..." He stretched out a hand, tremblingly touched the dead mouse, An Ran coughed, stretched out his hand to stop it, and stopped him: "It's not good to touch it directly, you are not afraid of it What kind of infectious magic energy is attached to your body?"

"...I was so shocked." Allen choked up a bit, his eyes glanced coldly at An Ran, he stood up, and asked Anna beside him, "When did you find it?"

"Just now." After Anna finished speaking, she added, "But Xie Yi has already seen it."

"Xie Yi..." Allen repeated inexplicably, the veins on the back of his hands twitching.

"But why did mutant mice appear in our monastery?" Anna looked straight into his eyes, not hiding her doubts: "Alan, didn't we just check it yesterday? Why did a mutant mouse appear suddenly today? What about dead mice?"

"...Fortunately, it's only dead, who knows where it fell from." Allen slightly tilted his head and looked away, and replied evasively.

"This is not an ordinary dead mouse, this mouse died quite miserable." An Ran clicked her tongue twice, pointing to the blood that was slowly leaking from its sharp mouth, and said, "The bones are all crushed." Stop it, I don’t know who is so cruel, it’s definitely impossible to save him now.”

"That's right, I don't know who is so cruel, it really opened my eyes..." Allen sneered with the corners of his mouth, and then said: "It's just a mouse. If it dies, it will die. Who Will go out of my way to save it.”

"Okay, you two don't talk about these useless things." Anna interrupted them, sighed again, and said, "Go and call everyone out, as long as you can move, come out, if you really can't move Listen at the window too—"

"No matter where the mouse came from, it died in the cemetery, and this is not a place it can defile... We must hold a mass. Only hymns can cleanse the sin here."

"Mass?" Allen frowned: "Anna, I think this matter can be discussed again... I can't tell where this dead mouse came from, maybe it wasn't from the monastery at all, and you didn't have it at all." It must be like facing an enemy."

"Where did it come from?" Anna smiled and looked at him: "Tell me, what else is going on?"

Allen glanced at An Ran at the side, and said: "This kind of monster has never appeared in the monastery before... Why did they suddenly appear as soon as they came, and they were discovered by them so well? It is also possible that this monster is the one they didn't know Be careful bringing it in, for fear that it will be difficult to explain if it is discovered, so I killed it and discarded it in the cemetery."

Anna laughed: "How is it possible? They are demon hunters, killing monsters is fine, why do they still carry them with them? As dry food? Mutant mice can't eat them!"

"Okay, Alan, stop talking, I'm very tired today, do as I say, okay? Call the townspeople who can still walk down, and I will preside over a mass for them."

Anna rubbed her temples wearily, then looked at An Ran again: "Go and call, the mass will not be very long, I think Lan Xin can stay by herself for a while."

"it is good……"

The twinkling stars fell on the silent cemetery, the night wind blew through, and there was a burst of coolness. A thin layer of frost was formed on the withered yellow weeds, and the angel with wings on his back was sleeping peacefully on the grass. It seems to be going to sleep with the people in the tomb. [1]

The cemetery was full of people, but the mass was a solemn and solemn event. No matter how much the townspeople hated the person who presided over the mass, there was no noise at this time, and there were a few wisps of rain in the night sky , there seems to be a layer of hazy mist floating around, and in the mist, there is a leisurely singing voice:

The stars and the prophets testify;

The world will melt in fire,

That day is the day of God's wrath,

When the judge comes in the future,

Everything must be cross-examined and strictly liquidated,

How the soul will tremble!

Holy Spirit of Mercy, grant them eternal rest,

May eternal grace shine upon them. [2]

This song is so clear, ethereal and powerful that the people around couldn't help singing in a low voice. However, listening to this soul-cleaning hymn, Allen's complexion became worse and worse. There were more and more people, and his body trembled uncontrollably. Anna was the first to notice this. She stopped singing quickly, supported his precarious body, and asked, "What's wrong with you? You don't feel well? "

Although Anna stopped singing, the hymn continued. The notes and hymns penetrated into his mind like a spell, wantonly eating away at his soul. Allen clenched his fists, trying to restrain his physical changes, His magic power is very unstable today, if he accidentally changes his original form, everything he planned before will be over!

"I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable, Anna, can I go upstairs first?" he asked weakly.

"Okay, but... the mass has the effect of blessing. It stands to reason that it should be beneficial to your physical recovery. How can you still feel uncomfortable?" Although Anna was puzzled, she still said, "Sit next to me for a while, After the mass is over, I will take you back to your room to rest immediately."

Allen shook his head quickly: "No, don't bother you to send me, I'll just go back by myself."

"Come on, don't be brave. You were like this just now, and you told me that you are already healed, but it turned out to be so weak so quickly." Anna helped him sit on the chair, and said: "I won't let you go back alone. Don't worry, just wait a little longer, as long as I finish singing the last chapter."

"No, don't—" Allen yelled in fright. Seeing Anna looking over in surprise, he realized that he had lost all manner just now, and quickly explained: "Well, Anna, let me tell you the truth, I It’s just that I can’t listen to the Requiem, and every time I hear it, my soul is trembling…”

He came up with such a reason after deliberation, because he remembered that some mortals would have such a reaction after hearing the Requiem. As for himself, a demon—not only a tremor, but a shock, originally with his magic power It is no problem to survive this song, but the bad thing is that his magic power has been disturbed by the appearance of those people, and he is still in a state of disorder. It would be good if he can maintain his human form. Song, I'm afraid he will be demonized on the spot.

"The soul is trembling..." Anna murmured and repeated, staring into his eyes without responding for a long time.

Alan was afraid that she would doubt him, and he couldn't think of a better explanation for a while, so he simply kept doing nothing, pointed to Xie Yi not far away, and said: "I am not the only one with this kind of physique, I guess he is too. , I don't believe that he doesn't feel pain when he listens to the hymn, don't believe you ask him?"

Xie Yi and An Ran were watching from the sidelines, but no one expected him to say that suddenly. An Ran was taken aback for a moment, thinking he was talking about herself, so she smiled and said, "Are you joking? How can there be such a strange thing in the world?" Physique? When I listen to the hymn, I only feel tranquility and peace, and I don’t have the painful feeling you mentioned at all. If you want to find excuses, don’t look for me.”

"I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the person next to you." Allen pointed to Xie Yi: "If I remember correctly, his name is Xie Yi, right?"

"Ask him, how does he feel when he listens to the hymn?" Allen said, and he had no scruples at all. He leaned back and said with a sneer, "I don't believe his soul is not suffering."

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Note [1]: Here we refer to the statues of angels in Christian cemeteries, most of which are lying down

Note [2] The mass hymn is quoted from Mozart's "Requiem" in "Day of Wrath" and "Lord's Chant"