Chapter 31: Giving
North Tivian, Cathedral District.
At noon, in a high-end hotel room on the streets surrounding the church area, Dorothy, Vanya, and Nefernis were gathered here. In the room where Nefernis originally lived, the three of them were sitting around a small table.
"What? You said that the students in the school will be used as sacrifices in the ceremony?"
Sitting on one side of the table, Nephnis spoke in surprise after hearing Dorothy's words, and Vanya beside her also opened her mouth in astonishment.
"Miss Dorothea, isn't Thorny already dead? Why haven't my students been liberated yet? Why are they being used as living sacrifices?"
Nefernis murmured in disbelief, while Dorothy placed her hands on the table and answered slowly with a serious look.
"The Thorn was just a small leader of the Eight-Pointed Nest with a low status. His death does not mean that the Eight-Pointed Nest's plan has been interrupted. In the underground of the school, a force has appeared to replace him, and it is more powerful than the Thorn. According to intelligence, their latest action now requires a large number of students to sacrifice alive."
"How could it be..." Listening to Dorothy's words, Nephnis felt a sense of loss. She originally thought that after killing Thornbill at the Heguan Bridge, everything would be over soon, but she didn't expect things to turn out like this.
"Miss Dorothea, should we quickly notify the Security Bureau? They are obligated to take care of evil priests like this." On the other side, Vanya said with a hint of worry, but Dorothea shook her head after hearing her words.
"As for the Security Bureau, I notified them through special channels yesterday, but I haven't seen any movement from them yet. To be honest, I don't expect them to take any action this time."
Dorothy said frankly that she had given the relevant information to the Security Bureau through Beverly a long time ago, but she didn't see them taking any action yet. Dorothy suspected that this might be the "influence" that Claudius and the others mentioned.
In previous eavesdropping, Dorothy heard that the Eight-Pointed Nest seemed to be able to exert some "influence" to reduce the threat from the King's government and even the Security Bureau.
What is this so-called "influence"? Dorothy is not quite sure. She guessed that it might be like the Holy Communion, where the Eight-pointed Nest corrupted some people in the Security Bureau to serve as traitors. It might also be a method that is more in line with their style, where they killed people in key positions and then replaced them with their own people. Of course, it could also be something else.
Of course, it is also possible that the Security Bureau has doubts about the intelligence on its own line. After what happened at Beisong Forest Farm, they have reason to suspect that they are being used as tools. No matter who it is, being used as a tool by others would be unpleasant. Regarding their own intelligence, the Security Bureau has reason to be more cautious.
"The Security Bureau... no response?" Hearing Dorothy's words, Vanya couldn't help but frown slightly, a look of worry showing on her face, and Dorothy took the opportunity to ask.
"Perhaps... can the church intervene in this matter? Sister Vanya, do you know any channels to report this kind of thing to the church?"
"Well... as for the church, unless they encounter heresy or a large-scale spread of paganism, they will not take the initiative to participate in the handling of extraordinary events."
Vanya responded to Dorothy's answer, and Dorothy spoke up quite unexpectedly.
"What? The church won't take the initiative to deal with extraordinary events?"
"Well, in a country like Pritt that has an official extraordinary institution, the church is always on the guest side. In various extraordinary events, the Security Bureau, as the government official, holds the primary right of investigation and disposal. The church generally exists as a supporting force and will only go out after accepting the invitation of the Security Bureau. If it is not a large-scale spread of paganism and heresy, the church will not take the initiative.
"Only in countries where there are no official extraordinary institutions and no power to build official extraordinary institutions, the church will assume the same responsibilities as the Security Bureau and act as the first investigator and handler of extraordinary events. In these countries, the church will often have more power."
Vanya explained, and after listening to Vanya's words, Dorothy almost understood what was going on. This involved legal issues. Pritt was an independent sovereign state, and a religious armed force like the Church stationed in its country would naturally be subject to certain restrictions and clear boundaries of power.
In Prit, the Security Bureau is the leading official extraordinary force, and the church can only provide support for issues other than paganism and heresy. Let's listen to Vanya's words. As long as there are countries with official extraordinary institutions and the church, the relationship is like this. Only those small countries that do not have the strength to establish extraordinary institutions will fully let the church help deal with extraordinary events in the country, but this is actually equivalent to giving up part of the sovereignty to the church.
Dorothy and Vanya were talking, but Nephnis, who was standing beside them, was confused for a moment because she didn't quite understand what they were talking about. It was not until they finished talking that she interrupted with a worried tone.
"Well, Miss Dorothea, could you please invite more people from the Rosicrucian sect to solve this incident?"
"Well... I'm afraid it's too late. The other guys all have their own tasks now. If we ask them to come here right now, it might be too late." Dorothy said this. She would not tell Nephnis that almost all the people of the Rosicrucian were already sitting in this room.
Listening to Dorothy's words, Nephnesse felt lost again, but before she began to lament, Dorothy smiled and added.
"But, actually, we don't need anyone else right now. Since the Security Bureau and the Church won't take action, we can handle them just by sitting here."
"Deal with them... Miss Dorothea, are you planning to..."
Hearing Dorothy's words, Vanya suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart. At this time, Dorothy turned to look at her and said with a smile.
"Ah, yes... Let us fight together once more, Sister Vanya, in the name of Akka."
Listening to Dorothy's words, Vanya wanted to refute something, but when she heard the word "in the name of Akka" and thought about saving innocent students, she couldn't refute it and sighed.
"May Akka bless us..."
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The King's Campus of Royal Holy Crown University, in the northern suburbs of Tivian.
In the afternoon, dozens of students gathered in the gathering place of the Secret Knowledge School, listening carefully to Avery's words. At this time, he, wearing a mask in front of the students, had taken over the position of Thorn, and was surrounded by the students' admiring eyes.
"As I said, a great opportunity is right before your eyes. In two days, I will lead you to witness unprecedented scenery and give each of you the opportunity to achieve extraordinary success!"
Avery was talking enthusiastically in front of the students, who applauded and cheered occasionally. In a shadow not far away, Claudio was watching everything in front of him silently. On a wall not far from Claudio, a small gecko was looking at him.
After taking a quick look at the "classroom" in front of him, Claudiu turned around and walked deeper into the gathering point. The little gecko continued to follow him, and after following for a distance, the gecko stopped.
In front of the gecko was a long corridor. The four sides of the corridor, up, down, left and right, were covered with a familiar and dense white spider silk. At the front end of the spider silk corridor, there were four guards guarding it, and above the corridor hung a chandelier emitting orange-yellow light.
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