Ed said this, secretly rejecting Adele's provocation in these words. Seeing that Ed did not show any emotion because of her words, Adele did not show any dissatisfaction, but continued to answer with a chuckle.
"Yes, there are many such people... It's a pity that you, Mr. Detective, are not among them," Adele said as she took another sip of black tea. After finishing the tea, she finally put the topic back to the main business and continued to ask Ed.
"Then let's get back to the point. The police have taken the meat puppet Byron to the police station. What are you going to do next? You can't keep controlling him forever."
"Of course not. In a moment, Byron will 'commit suicide' in the carriage on the way to the police station. In despair, the murderer will use the poison hidden on his body to kill himself. This way of death is consistent with his real cause of death, isn't it?"
Ed responded easily, and after hearing Ed's words, Adele answered with the wine glass in her hand.
"That's very thoughtful, Detective. I'm glad you're on our side tonight...
"Okay, we owe you a lot this time. You want to ask me questions, right? Ask now, and I'll do my best to answer them."
Adele told Ed that she had promised Ed before that if she could help find the real murderer, she would cooperate with Ed's questioning. After thinking about it, Ed asked the first question.
"After assassinating your uncle, these guys from the Wolf Blood Society want to discredit you. For a Beyonder like you, do you really need this mundane reputation?"
"It is indeed necessary, because this involves my spiritual accumulation, not just mundane affairs." Edell said lightly. Dorothy felt a little surprised when she heard her words, and then Dorothy controlled Ed to speak.
"Accumulate spirituality? You rely on fame to accumulate spirituality?"
"To be precise, this is not fame but performance, it is desire. The main method of spiritual accumulation I use is the 'Dance of Desire'. Simply put, it is a method of collecting desires to obtain the 'cup'.
"The spiritual expression of 'Cup' is the desire derived from biological instinct, especially appetite and lust. The gathering of desires can produce 'Cup'. When I perform on stage, I become the target of desire. When the desires from the audience gather in me, my spirituality can be nourished." Adele responded to Ed, and Dorothy immediately understood the reason.
'The gathering of desires can produce a 'cup', so if you are the target of a large number of desires, you can accumulate 'cups'? It turns out there is such an operation.
"This lust dance method feels a bit like the torture method of the Eight-pointed Nest. The spiritual expression of 'shadow' is fear, so being feared and becoming the target of fear can accumulate 'shadow'. And the 'cup' here is desire, and it is mainly appetite and lust."
Dorothy thought so in her heart. It seems that fame is indeed important to Adele. Because of the impact of the murder case, she may not be able to perform as before. If she is known as a "murderer", her popularity will definitely drop a lot, which may seriously affect Adele's spiritual accumulation.
"Collecting the audience's desires to grow the 'cup'? ...Interesting. Miss Adele, you are so popular and your performances are always packed. I guess my spirituality must be accumulated very quickly."
Dorothy manipulated Ed to ask Adele tentatively, but the other party's answer was very direct.
"Of course. With my current popularity, the spiritual power gained from performances is much faster than that from eating people. No wonder those guys set their sights on this."
Adele responded calmly, and Dorothy then opened her mouth to ask.
"Then the next question is, what exactly is your association? What grudges and hatreds do you have with the Afterbirth Cult and the Wolf Blood Society? Why do they want to go to such lengths to target you?"
"What grudges or hatreds are there? Oh, Mr. Detective, you are not from our Cup, right? It seems that you don't know how blood-eating is so popular. There is no need for reasons for hatred between extraordinary people in our Cup. In the eyes of a Cup who practices blood-eating, the most delicious meal is always another Cup."
Adele said this in a serious tone. Dorothy felt a chill when she heard her words. According to this statement, Wolf Blood Society was greedy for Adele's body, and it was greedy for food.
"A few years ago, the Wolfblood Society raided all other 'Cup' societies in Tivian for prey purposes, and almost destroyed them all. But the remnants of these societies gathered together to fight against the Wolfblood Society and formed a brand new society. This is us, the 'Scarlet Heart'. I can be considered an important member here. I have caused them a lot of trouble in the past. Many of them are eager to serve me to the table."
Adele continued to speak, and her words reminded Dorothy of what Mosans had said before. Under the threat of the Wolf Blood Society of the Afterbirth Cult, many "cup" societies that did not focus on blood-eating had united together, and now it seemed that it was this Scarlet Heart.
"From what you said, the Wolfblood Society is very powerful in Tivian..."
Ed said with emotion, and Adele nodded in response.
"Of course, it's not just Tivian. The Wolfblood Society has influence throughout Plit. Among the three major factions of the Afterbirth Cult, the Wolfblood Society has the greatest influence in Plit."
"The three major factions of the Afterbirth Cult? Aren't there more than one organization like the Wolf Blood Society in the Afterbirth Cult?" Dorothy frowned when she heard Adele's words. She manipulated Ed to speak seriously, and Adele looked at Ed with some surprise.
"Don't you know? It seems that Mr. Detective still needs to improve his knowledge of the secret world. In this case, I will give you a brief lesson."
Looking at Ed, Adele held up three fingers and slowly explained.
“The Afterbirth Cult was originally a cult that worshipped the Cupid, but because the Cupid had never had an oracle since this era, the cult’s actual worship was transferred to the Cupid’s many divine descendants through the Cupid. Among these divine descendants, there are three most powerful beings who have reached the level of true gods.
"They are, respectively, the Lord of Beasts, the King of Gluttony and Hunting, the Lord of the Wild with Eternal Hunger, the Gluttonous Wolf. And the Abyss Serpent, the Incarnation of Raging Waves, the God of Tides and Waves, the Eternal Thirst feared by all sailors. And the Wing of Plague, the Symbol of Disease and Corruption, the Eternal Filthy God of Scavenging, the Plague Vulture.
"The gluttonous wolf, the abyss snake, the plague eagle...the three of them correspond to the three paths of the cup, the beast path of the cup and the shadow, the wave path of the cup and the lamp, and the plague path of the cup and the silence. In the current afterbirth cult, the most important objects of worship are these three."
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