deformed bone

The air seemed to suddenly become quiet.

Sensing Calvin's avoidance, Vigily stopped at a loss. He was so close to Calvin, so close that Calvin could easily see the obvious injury and astonishment from the other's beautiful mint green eyes.

"Maybe... we should check the Internet for new articles or other gossip, I mean, about the corpse... Maybe it can give us more information?"

Calvin felt that his body suddenly became a little heavy.

He carefully avoided Virgil's instantly frustrated gaze, and dryly made an excuse.

It's just that the excuse was so fragmented and incoherent, which made his explanation more like a cover-up, which made the atmosphere between him and Virgil more awkward.

"Oh sure, yes we should try to figure out what's going on."

Vigilie said sourly, and he sat slowly on the other side of the sofa.That sweet smile still remained at the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were darker than ever before.Calvin felt guilty, and he didn't even dare to look at Virgil.

If the young man with the bright mint eyes could have been turned into a puppy, he would have drooped his tail, buried his face in his paws, and was whimpering by now—Calvin thought it was bad, but he couldn't help it. Hold your own thoughts.

Calvin took a quick glance at Virgil's limp, curly hair, almost wanting to reach out and pat the top of his head.

God, what the hell is going on.

Calvin asked painfully in his heart, whether it was his previous avoidance or the sense of guilt that could not be ignored, including the weird and sticky atmosphere between him and Virgil, all made him feel extra confused and at a loss.

He was a little confused about his thoughts and emotions, and his instincts were telling him not to try to figure out his true thoughts - he had a hunch that would bring huge troubles.

Thankfully, Vigilie is not the kind of personality who can't get rid of being immersed in depression. He picked up his mobile phone and quickly searched the web. At first, it should have been just to divert attention and relieve embarrassment, but in the end he really felt invested in the search for information.Calvin inadvertently peeped at Virgil's mobile phone screen, and the web pages and search platforms displayed on it were all new to him, full of geek atmosphere.

"Oh shit—"

Suddenly, Virgil frowned and cursed.

"what happened?"

Calvin couldn't help asking.

"One bad news or another bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

Vigily handed the phone to Calvin and said.

"Then let's start with the worst news."

Calvin unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief (Vigily seemed to have returned to normal), and then he took the phone from Virgili's hand.

After seeing the silently playing video on the screen, his face became uglier than Virgili's.

"God, what is this?!"

"An Adventist member who murdered his companions on a whim and committed suicide." Virgili added, "It just happened yesterday... Our vacation life must end a little sooner than expected. .When something like this happens, those damned guys will swarm like flies."

Especially after the fire in Angel Town, those damn Adventists must be extra sensitive about this kind of thing.

Virgil didn't make his words too clear, but Calvin had a tacit understanding with him.

Calvin's expression seemed to be covered with dust, and the corners of his mouth moved, as if he wanted to force a wry smile, but in the end he failed.

"If that's the case, my identity will be exposed too easily." He quickly took Virgili's words.

But what Calvin didn't expect was that Virgil shook his head: "No, I'm just worried that those guys will affect your mood. Of course, those people are troublesome, we have to admit it. But all troubles can be overcome Yes. What really worries me is that... you need a little space away from the scum of the world."

Vigilie met Calvin's eyes, and his eyes reminded Calvin of absinthe.

Green and slightly poisonous wine, and burning sugar cubes.

"It's you, and only you, that really worries me."

Virgil continued.

Calvin was slightly taken aback, and there was an extremely complicated emotion in his heart, like concentrated grapefruit juice, bitter and sour, but sweet.

He simply didn't know how to react to Virgili's words, but the latter seemed completely oblivious to the effect of his blurted words on Calvin.

He turned his head nonchalantly, then looked at the phone, his brows were slightly furrowed in confusion.

"...Did I forget to mention another piece of news, I found the information of the two police officers just now. God, even the screenwriter dare not write the resume of a police officer like this, because it seems too much. It’s not true. They are very powerful and very experienced—I have to say, Calvin, you were able to fool these two people today, and you are already one of the most perfect actors in the world.”

Virgili's unreserved praise made Calvin smile bitterly.

"Oh, don't say that, I'll be more anxious—by the way, I'm not the only one who fooled those two people with my perfect acting skills today."

Calvin said.

Vigily's pupils narrowed slightly, and then his expression changed quickly.

"Please, I'm just acting as I am, anyway, I'm happy to show myself as a playboy in front of those boring people—"

Oops, I got a little carried away.

Virgil's heart was raised high, but on the surface, he behaved as usual.Where Calvin didn't notice, he carefully observed the other person's expression.

The scariest thing about being a liar is being found out to be a liar.

Virgili recalled what he had done during this period, and couldn't help but feel regretful.If we take the character setting of an innocent art student as an example, Virgili has undoubtedly shown some flaws. He switches characters and virtual identities in front of different people, showing superb and proficient acting skills... that is, Calvin is now He didn't have time to think about it, but once he thought about it carefully, he could easily notice the contradictions in Virgili's body.

Virgili's whole body was cold, and he couldn't believe that he would make such a mistake.

【Ah……】

He heard a sneer, coming from the depths of his heart.He believed it was Fogg, and that made him hate himself even more.

No, the situation has not developed to the point of no control.

Vigily said softly to himself.

Everything is still in time.

"Vigily?"

At this moment, Calvin's eyes suddenly stopped on a message displayed on the screen.

"what happened?"

"The Adventist who was killed..."

Calvin feels bad.

The detailed news was automatically pushed to him through the association of the webpage after the video ended, but to Calvin, he felt as if an invisible person deliberately selected that message for him to see.

The message listed all the information about the victim in great detail - including her picture.

It was an ordinary and mediocre woman, a little haggard, and even just looking at the photos, she could see the emptiness and dullness of her life.

There seemed to be an invisible word written on her face: loser.

Vigily also noticed the news, his eyes flashed.

Theoretically speaking, Calvin should not have seen that message. It was a closed online forum, and even browsing the messages required quite complicated operations.

Virgili took the phone back seemingly naturally. He glanced at the message and noticed with some headaches that the grammar and spelling in it had a familiar atmosphere—it was the style of "Red Deer".

"Well, what's the matter? Is there a problem?"

Virgil asked casually.

"I think she looks familiar."

Calvin murmured absently.

"Maybe it's just because she looks ordinary? I think she looks like my French teacher—" As he spoke, Virgilie scanned the second half of the message, "She was dismembered, and then... …oh my God, you don't want to know the details behind it."

Virgil made a disgusted expression.

"I think it might be the internal struggle of the Adventist faction. I heard that the church is developing too fast and the internal struggle is very serious..."

"is it?"

Calvin asked suspiciously.

"I don't think you need to think too much. We won't be here for long, and I'll take you out before those nasty guys arrive."

Anyone could see that Virgil was trying to comfort Calvin.

Calvin hooked his lips reluctantly, just as Vigilie expected, and didn't delve into it too much.

But even Calvin himself didn't expect that in the next period of time, that haggard and empty face would always unconsciously appear in his mind.

He always felt as if he had seen her somewhere.

He didn't tell Virgili, the moment he saw that photo, many broken and blurred fragments emerged in his mind——

The woman's empty pupils still screamed, the saliva flowing from her lips, her convulsed body falling to the ground...