Please charm this NPC

After resting for more than an hour, the investigators were full of energy, and even Aliya, who was pale and weak due to the overdraft of magic power, returned to her usual bright and charming.

Seeing that the time was almost up, the three got into the car and drove to Priest Thomas' house.

Since Ran Wenyu's deputy chief priest was specially invited for a banquet this time, all five high-level officials from the sub-religion were present, and Ran Wenyu finally matched these people with the information.

Priest Kevin is about 30 years old, very elegant, and his temperament is quite similar to that of the middle-aged Priest Thomas. No wonder he was favored by Priest Thomas and became his student.

Priest Jona is a serious and solemn old woman who doesn't like to laugh and has a gloomy and indifferent look on her face, but she is well-bred and treats Ran Wenyu without any mistakes.

Priest Jacob is the complete opposite of Priest Jona. He always smiles, has a big heart, is fat, has a big belly, and has a humorous conversation, which is easy to be liked.

Priest Anthony was much more taciturn, with few expressions on his face, and his words and deeds were rigid, rough but patient and meticulous.

Being able to become a high-ranking member of the branch, the five priests are all outstanding among them, and their personal characteristics are also very distinct.They wanted to build a good relationship with Ran Wenyu, so the whole dinner was naturally enjoyable and extremely harmonious.

After the meal, the crowd did not disperse immediately, but was taken to the living room by Priest Thomas, where they sat down on the sofa in twos and threes, holding coffee, black tea or red wine and continuing to talk and connect with each other.

As the focus of this dinner, Ran Wenyu was naturally surrounded by priests, while Gerak and Alia became marginal figures.While dealing with the flattery of the priests, Ran Wenyu winked at them, and the two investigators immediately understood, and told Priest Thomas that they wanted to walk around, and then with the help of Ran Wenyu, they obtained permission to move freely—— After all, Ran Wenyu was a distinguished guest, even if Priest Thomas was unwilling, he could not refuse Ran Wenyu's request.

After being able to move freely, Aliya and Gerak split up and started investigating in the house without any trace, while Ran Wenyu also started his own routine.

After drinking the red tea, Ran Wenyu suddenly seemed to think of something, and asked Priest Thomas with a smile: "When I checked the personnel file today, I saw that you have a little grandson, doesn't he live at home?"

If someone else asked, Priest Thomas would probably not answer, but Ran Wenyu's identity is different. Priest Thomas smiled bitterly: "You mean Louis? He lives at home, but this kid has entered a rebellious period in recent years. Instead of studying hard, hanging out with a group of half-grown children, often not at home, it is a headache, even if I, a grandfather, want to take care of it, I am powerless."

Speaking of his grandson, Priest Thomas is like the most ordinary old man, full of love and helplessness.Ran Wenyu originally wanted to take this opportunity to meet this child tonight, chat with him, and find out some news about his parents, but at this moment he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

So much for the topic about Louis, Ran Wenyu turned his attention to the huge painting hanging in the most conspicuous place in the living room.

This painting is an oil painting, which probably belongs to the abstract school. Anyway, Ran Wenyu, an art idiot, can't understand it.Large expanses of strong and bright colors are laid on the canvas, which looks chaotic on the surface, but in fact is orderly in chaos. At first glance, it is bright, bright, lively and lively, but if you stare at it for a long time, it will make people more and more frightened.

Everyone knows that in nature, the more colorful animals and plants are, the more likely they are poisonous. This is a publicity and danger warning.It is such a feeling that this painting brings to the viewer.

Under Ran Wenyu's gaze, the colors on the painting seemed to flow, converging into a colorful and mysterious vortex, as if they could suck people into the painting in the next second, it was obviously such a bright and beautiful color, but it made people feel sad I felt the paranoia and madness hidden in the works of the painters.

KP: 【Savoring this painting, you seem to have a silent and spiritual communication with the painter who has long passed away, and you are infected by the strong emotions expressed by her under the brush.Now, please pass a SANCHECK that reduces 0 for success and 1D3 for failure. 】

The voice of KP made Ran Wenyu finally withdraw his spirit from the oil painting.Only then did he feel that his heart was beating extraordinarily violently, and his back was slightly wet with sweat, and his whole body felt a little lingering.

KP: [Sanity check: Ran Wenyu, 80/27, successful. 】

Ran Wenyu breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't dare to look at the painting carefully, but moved his eyes to the lower right corner of the painting, and found a flamboyant "Shirley" written there.The lines of the letters are completely integrated with the picture, and it is difficult to find the existence of the signature without looking carefully.

Looking at Priest Thomas again, Ran Wenyu pointed to the oil painting that he sanchecked, and asked with a smile: "Is this painting painted by your wife? Shirley, I remember your wife's name is also the same." ?”

"Yes, this is exactly the painting of my wife Shirley." Thomas smiled, and turned his head to look at the oil painting. His eyes were full of smiles, and even his tone softened. Obviously, the relationship with his deceased wife was very good, " Shirley is a very talented woman, she is simply my muse. Everyone who sees her works will be infected by the bright and powerful emotions she expresses. Oh, that's right." The corner of Priest Thomas' mouth raised Raising it high, the words are full of showing off and pride, "You must know the stained glass window in the temple of Sabos Island, it is also the work of my wife! At that time, the high priest solicited the style of stained glass from the congregation, I don’t know how many artists in the world have come up with their most proud works, only Shirley stands out and has been recognized by the high priest and even the gods!"

The more Thomas talked, the more excited he was, his cheeks were flushed with excitement, his eyes were abnormally bright, and his always refined and gentle expression finally revealed the madness unique to fanatics.Following his narration, the other four priests also became excited, and continued to echo and praise Shirley's talent. After all, being able to design stained glass windows for the holy place in the minds of all believers is not just Shirley's own glory. , is the most proud achievement of the entire Pugos branch.

Surrounded by five mentally disturbed priests, Ran Wenyu's hairs stood on end.Just when he was at a loss, a heavy knock on the door suddenly resounded throughout the hall, waking everyone from their abnormal frenzy.

Immediately, everyone in the living room turned their heads subconsciously and looked in the direction of the sound. Even Gerak and Alia, who were searching, were startled and ran back to the living room to check what happened.

——And the one under everyone's gaze was a young man with streaked silver hair and an unruly expression.

The boy was about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a black T-shirt with a skull printed on it, and a pair of ripped jeans on his lower body. He took back his right foot that was wearing Martin boots and kicked the door just now, and threw the schoolbag in his hand to the door. On the ground, staring at the people in the living room was like looking at a group of disgusting maggots.

"Fuck, lunatic!" He cursed unceremoniously, then ignored everyone's expressions, tossed his hair, and walked towards the second floor. He bumped into him, and the ruthless look made Jerak dodge subconsciously.

The appearance and departure of the young man was like a bucket of cold water being poured on their heads, which made everyone lose their interest in talking, and the living room was filled with a strong smell of embarrassment.

After a moment of silence, Priest Jona stood up first, and bowed to Ran Wenyu and Priest Thomas: "It's getting late, I think, I have to leave first, I'm really sorry."

With Priest Jona taking the lead, the other three priests also got up to leave.Obviously, they were not at all surprised by Louis's attitude towards them, nor did they feel angry or dissatisfied.However, now that Louis has returned, it is not suitable for this party to continue.

When the matter developed to this point, Ran Wenyu couldn't stay with the cheek and had to stand up. Gerak and Alia were also very interested and quickly stood behind Ran Wenyu.

Priest Thomas smiled bitterly, sent the guests to the door, and apologized to Ran Wenyu repeatedly, asking him to forgive his grandson's rude words and deeds, but Ran Wenyu naturally didn't care about this, and gently comforted him that he didn't need to care.

Leaving from Priest Thomas' house, the investigators boarded the car again and drove to the high-end hotel that the religious group had already booked for Ran Wenyu—of course, in order to be able to act in unison and to protect Ran Wenyu's safety at all times, Alia and Jie Lak also opened a room for himself, which is on the left and right sides of Ran Wenyu's room.

Next, the three of them gathered in Ran Wenyu's room to exchange what they had gained tonight.Arya mainly investigated the rooms on the first floor, while Jerak went to the second floor.

Aliya didn't gain much here. She walked around the first floor and noticed that Shirley's paintings were hanging in every room, and took pictures of them one by one.Because she paid close attention to these paintings, Aliya carefully observed them, and thus lost a lot of SAN values, but she didn't see any reason.

In addition, what is more special is the study of Priest Thomas.There are all kinds of strange and mysterious items in the study room, and the bookshelves are also full of books that are not serious reading at first glance-but these abnormal things are quite normal for a senior cultist .

As for Jerak, he found some clues that he didn't know were useful or not.There are three rooms on the second floor, one should belong to Louis, it is locked and Gerak cannot enter; the other is the bedroom of Father Thomas, there is a photo of him and Shirley in it, and Shirley's paintings are also hung; The third room is an empty house. According to Jerak's judgment, this room should be the room of Jones and Merry.

There are very few things in this room. After all, all the items of the couple were destroyed in the fire about ten years ago. The most eye-catching ones are Shirley's paintings and the photo frame on the bedside table. In the photo frame are a man and a woman. , about 30 years old, if nothing else, it should be Jones and Meili.

Gerak took photos of the two rooms and handed them over to Ran Wenyu and Alia for review.

After talking about the information they had investigated, Gerak and Alia stopped talking, and both looked at Ran Wenyu, only to find that Ran Wenyu was holding on to his phone, frowning slightly, as if he was distracted.

"Master Deputy Priest?" Jerak was very surprised by Ran Wenyu's absence. After all, he was very concerned about the investigation, and he could be regarded as the backbone of the two investigators.

Ran Wenyu was brought back to his senses by Jerak, and he raised his hand to signal his mobile phone: "I don't know if it's a coincidence or a clue."

This is the first time for Aliya to see Ran Wenyu's dignified appearance, and she can't help being very curious: "What is it?"

"Do you still remember the stained-glass windows in the Temple of Sabos Island?" Ran Wenyu asked, seeing that both of them nodded, and then continued, "I just sent a message to Anfeier, asking where these stained-glass windows are. When was it replaced, he answered me...it was ten years ago."

Hearing this impressive timing, the two investigators froze for a moment, and then showed the same daze as Ran Wenyu.