This NPC really has a problem

The clouds are gorgeous, and the birds seem to pass through the clouds.

The melodious bells echoed over the city.With the ringing of the evening bell, the priests who were scattered throughout the City of Reflections rushed back to the main church by the Jinghu Lake one after another.

Most people have already waited in the main hall of the cathedral in advance, because it is time for the bishop to give lectures after the bell rings every Sabbath.

Lu Ren and Bai Zhu hid in the corner of the main hall, surrounded by tall citizens of the City of Reflection, which well covered their figures.

Although Lu Ren said to pack up his things and run away quickly, they were empty-handed at this time.The game's item bar has played its biggest role in history, so that fake NPCs and players will not be too obtrusive among the people who come to listen to the scriptures.

Before coming to the main church, they waited almost an afternoon for Xu Yan and Chen Jin.The agreed meeting place was the central square. Lu Ren and Bai Zhu idly fed the pigeons in the corner of the central square for an afternoon, and did not see Xu Yan and others.

Not only did no one see it, but the messages sent in the past also fell into the sea without any reply.

The City Lord's Mansion is heavily guarded, and it is difficult for them to even get close.Without knowing anything about what happened in the City Lord's Mansion, Lu Ren and Bai Zhu could only wish Xu Yan and the others good luck.

Going to the cathedral was decided by the two of them after careful consideration.

Although it seems that the bishop is most likely to be an enemy rather than a friend, it will be a matter of time to contact him. If you contact him early, you will not be unprepared when the danger comes.

They haven't planned to confront the bishop head-on, so they just hide in the crowd to observe this gentle and compassionate old man.

Lu Ren is much more familiar with Bishop Lanna than Bai Zhu.

He quietly looked at Bishop Lanna for a long time. The appearance of Bishop Lanna was no different from what Father Lu Ren remembered, but Lu Ren felt that he had changed a lot.

Just a feeling.

Perhaps only someone who is familiar with Bishop Lanna like Father Lu Ren can feel it.

In the memory of Father Lu Ren, Bishop Lanna was a compassionate man with great love in his heart, he saw the misery in the world and empathized with him.In his view, the world is the same, no matter rich or poor, men and women, old and children, he pours the most sincere love into everyone, the current Lanna Bishop still looks like this, but Lu Ren feels it is false.

Is it true?Lu Ren couldn't give a firm answer.A seemingly absurd idea emerged from his mind. Some things were too real to appear false.

It's like asking a question: Are the citizens of the City of Reflections good people?

The subconscious answer given by the person being asked must be mostly yes.

How can an evil person locked up by a key given by the gods not be a good person?Even the slightest evil will not arise in their hearts, and there will be no purer people than them in the world.

But after thinking about it, it is doubtful whether these people can still be called human beings.

They are dolls without souls, puppets controlled by keys.

Sometimes the definition between good and evil is vague, and in different situations, there will be different standards.

For example, the citizens of the City of Reflections will not tell lies. Lying is defined as a sin in this city, but in reality, very young children know that lies can be well-intentioned.

Let's talk about what Lu Ren saw on the first day he came to the City of Reflections.

The old woman who refused to use the key was tied to the stake and burned.

The key defines the good and evil of various things. According to the rules of the key, if you don't use it, you will be evil. It means you don't want to be an absolutely good person, and you don't want to give up the evil in your heart.

Then it is a kind thing for the city people to punish the old woman.

But in the eyes of an outsider like Lu Ren, who is good and who is evil?

The citizens of the City of Reflection used the key, and Bishop Lanna, who brought the key to the City of Reflection, also used the key.

Lu Ren believed that the former Bishop Lanna was undoubtedly a good person. Even though he seemed extremely pedantic in some places, such as refusing to bow to evil and would rather sacrifice Father Lu Ren, he was still a kind person.

But facing the current Bishop Lanna, Lu Ren was unable to make such a definition.

He is the one who makes the citizens of the City of Reflections become neither human nor ghost, and there are many things that I don’t know have much to do with Bishop Lanna. corpse.

Bishop Lanna didn't bring about a better city, he made the City of Reflections look like heaven when it was actually hell.

Bishop Lanna's voice was not loud, but the main hall was quiet enough that the sound of preaching could be heard by everyone.

Except for Lu Ren and Bai Zhu, probably everyone was quietly listening to the teachings of the gods in the classics.

Because the surrounding area was so quiet, Bai Zhu couldn't even whisper to Lu Ren.

But he really couldn't listen to Bishop Lanna's words, just like listening to a science teacher read from heaven when he was studying. The key question is not how much he can listen to, but how long he can last without falling asleep.

While Bai Zhu was idly admiring the murals on the wall of the main hall, he suddenly saw a person in the shadow.

When Bai Zhu saw that person for the first time, he ignored it, but only found out the second time.

He stood there quietly, as if it was a plant growing out of the shadow, and it was about to merge with the shadow.

Bai Zhu was stunned.

He didn't know how long he had been silently watching Lu Ren and Bai Zhu.

After Bai Zhu's gaze rested on him, he made a gesture to signal Bai Zhu to come with him, and pointed to Lu Ren beside Bai Zhu.

After finishing everything, he took a step back and disappeared from Bai Zhu's sight.It was also at this time that Bai Zhu realized that there was an open secret door behind him.

The special structure inside the main hall makes it seem that there is no shadow, and every place is illuminated by sunlight.However, where there is light, there will be shadows. Those shadows that are not noticeable and often ignored are the hidden doors of the main hall.

Before the man left, Bai Zhu gave Lu Ren a hand to signal him to look.

The shadow was that the man's face was not clear, but Lu Ren still recognized the man through the vaguely visible attire.

—That's the bell ringer.

While watching Bishop Lanna on the altar, Lu Ren and Bai Yi carefully squeezed through the crowd to leave the main hall.Perhaps in order to accommodate more people, there are no chairs in the main hall, and the people who come to listen to the scriptures are close together.When Lu Ren and Bai Zhu didn't want to attract attention, the crowd was their best concealment, but when they wanted to leave, the crowded crowd became an obstacle on their way out.

Even with all their precautions, some noises were made.

Even in such a quiet scene, since the main hall is spacious enough, those sounds are so subtle that they can almost be ignored. Lu Ren has been paying attention to the changes in Bishop Lanna's expression, but he doesn't seem to notice.

……

Lu Ren and Bai Zhu finally came to the secret door where the bell ringer left, and left the main hall through the half-open secret door.

Not long after they left, Bishop Lanna seemed to glance at a certain shadow.This seemed to be just a casual glance, and the speed and tone of his speech did not change at all. No one noticed this detail.