Chapter 52: The second item: Picking up the item - Candy store
Shen Li still couldn't relax under the gazes of so many people.
The archbishop knelt before him devoutly and told him about the curse that had been plaguing the town.
"Yes, it must be a curse. In our town, someone dies every seven days!"
This story begins many years ago, when the town was still called Orange Town.
"I remember it very clearly. That day, we dug out a skull from under a fruit tree."
This story sounded familiar to Shen Li.
"In Mr. Charlie's father's orchard?"
"right!"
The archbishop was deeply impressed and said, "From that day on, one person will die in this town every seven days."
According to the Archbishop, everyone has died the same way over the years.
Over the years, every dead person found was dismembered, with the body cut into six pieces.
They are the head, two arms, two legs, and the torso.
The incident became more and more serious and many people moved away.
But there are still many people who are unwilling to leave their hometown.
The curse of one person dying every seven days continues. At first, everyone thinks it must be a perverted killer.
Later, missionaries came to the town and told everyone that it was not a killer but a demon.
Humans have no way of fighting against demons, because demons come and go without a trace.
After that day, everyone joined the Star-Breaking Cult one after another, praying for the church's protection.
The clergy of the church would calculate the time and on the seventh day of the demon's haunting, they would summon the congregants to the cathedral to pray for a whole day.
"This method is really useful! At least when everyone is together, no one gets hurt."
Those who die are often those who are unwilling to join the church and those who are left alone.
The archbishop has only one request, which is that he hopes Shen Li can continue to protect everyone from being harmed by the curse.
Faced with the extremely enthusiastic expectations of the believers, Shen Li agreed on the spot.
When the event was over, Shen Li suddenly thought of the lonely Miller and said to all the believers, "Go back and spend more time with your children."
The followers of the religion worshipped Shen Li as a god and regarded his words as oracles.
The blind man saw that Shen Li wanted to keep a low profile, so he issued an oracle on behalf of Shen Li when the show was over:
The god wants to hide in the world, so even if you see him on the street in the future, don't point out his identity in public.
Because the blind man was close to Shen Li, the archbishop called him a messenger of God who conveyed oracles, and the archbishop immediately became respectful to the blind man.
As soon as Chen Li returned to the dormitory, Yu Qianqian pushed him onto a chair.
"Tell me, what's wrong with you?"
The atmosphere suddenly became strange.
Especially Song Buyu, his attitude towards Chen Li was not as warm as it was at the beginning.
"What?" Shen Li still looked innocent.
"When we were looking for the tooth in the cemetery, you were so capable, but you stood by and watched me die when I was in danger? You are too cunning!"
It’s chilling just thinking about it.
"sorry."
Chen Li subconsciously apologized to Song Buyu first.
In fact, when Shen Li said sorry, Song Buyu had already decided to forgive him.
After all, he is a big shot, and he has to find a way out before he can curry favor with him.
He was about to speak when he heard Shen Li say:
"It's not that I didn't want to help you that time, but... I'm afraid of birds..."
Song Buyu immediately untied the knot in his heart.
So this guy is afraid of birds?
He looked at Yu Qianqian in disbelief, "But can you just casually mention such a weakness?"
Song Buyu was once again disappointed with his friend.
Yu Qianqian followed Song Buyu helplessly and criticized Chen Li:
"Wake up, a strong person should not reveal his weaknesses to outsiders casually!"
Chen Li still refuted with a simple look:
"But you are not outsiders."
Song Buyu and Yu Qianqian were both stunned.
It turned out that Chen Li never treated them as outsiders.
The two of them were particularly distrustful of Shen Li just now, and began to "interrogate" him as soon as they entered the dormitory.
The more I think about it, the more guilty I feel.
The blind man was late because he was conveying the "oracle" to the archbishop.
Yu Qianqian and Song Buyu appeared in their dormitory at this time. He knew exactly what these two people had done to Shen Li just now.
Although he has regained his sight, his hearing is still excellent.
I heard part of it through the door just now.
Chen Li is simple and unguarded towards others.
Doesn't mean he won't.
"You two, please come with me."
He left the door half open, and tried his best to hide his dark side when in front of Shen Li.
He even smiled when he called Yu Qianqian.
Yu Qianqian was bewitched by this smile and muttered softly:
"Why didn't I realize there was such a handsome guy in our camp before!"
The door closed.
In the narrow corridor, the blind man pulled out his cane and quickly put it against Yu Qianqian's throat.
Because Yu Qianqian was not on guard, and she did not expect that the blind man who had just smiled at her would suddenly attack her.
Seeing this, Song Buyu also took action quickly, but was stepped on by the blind man in just a few moves.
Just as he was about to yell, he saw the blind man making a hushing gesture to him.
He lowered his voice and said, "He is already very tired. If you yell and disturb his rest, I will kill you."
Song Buyu's chest was stepped on by the blind man, and if the other party exerted a little force, his ribs would be lost.
So they could only lower their voices and argue: "Are you crazy? We are on the same team! How can you attack your teammates like this?"
Yu Qianqian, who was being held back by a blind stick, also made a gesture of throwing and echoed in a low voice:
"We are in the same camp. Don't be impulsive. Calm down."
"Really?" The blind man strangled the lives of the two men by himself.
The blind stick against Yu Qianqian's throat exerted slight force, as if it would pierce her throat in the next second.
"Same camp? Then let me ask a question first."
In Yu Qianqian's opinion, the blind man was a little moody.
This kind of person will kill people based on his own likes and dislikes, which is extremely dangerous.
If you want to survive at this time, you must cooperate with him.
"Ask, ask." She forced a smile.
The blind man's face suddenly moved closer.
In the dim light of the corridor, the face looked extremely weird.
Especially those eyes, they are so beautiful.
"Shen Li, what are you afraid of?"
"bird?"
Yu Qianqian initially thought that her answer must be correct, but after hearing the answer, the madman pressed his blind stick against her vitals, making it completely impossible for her to breathe.
"Answer, wrong."
She saw murderous intent on the blind man's face.
At the brink of death, Yu Qianqian quickly corrected her answer: "I don't know, I don't know what he is afraid of!"
Song Buyu, who was being stepped on by the blind man, saw the blind man's expression and knew his intention.
He did not struggle, but lay there calmly and said to the blind man:
"We two don't remember what Shen Li said to us tonight, let alone his weaknesses."
"Don't worry, since we are in the same camp as him, we will naturally not betray him."
The blind man smiled sinisterly, "What guarantees do you have?"
"I am different from him. I will not easily trust any promises and guarantees. In my eyes, only the dead can keep their word."
Seeing that the blind man had murderous intentions towards the two of them, Song Buyu had to take his current situation more seriously.
"You can kill us, but Shen Li treats us as his friends. If we die, do you think he will be sad? When he finds out that you killed his friend, do you think he will still treat you as his own?"
Song Buyu stared at the blind man until he saw that the other party hesitated and gave up attacking the two of them, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
He guessed correctly. Although the blind man was stubborn, as long as the Shen Li was brought up, he would more or less think about it before taking action.
Someone is coming upstairs.
Du Ruo was dragged by the man with glasses to escape and had no idea what happened afterwards.
They didn't dare come out of their hiding place until they saw the people in the town returned safely.
Seeing the weird atmosphere among the three people in the aisle, Yu Qianqian, whom she hated, was also there.
Du Ruo quickly walked to Song Buyu's side, acting like a little bird, "What are you all doing here? What happened later? I was really scared at the time."
Song Buyu patted her back to comfort her.
It seems that he has a beautiful girl in his arms, but every word from the other party is a test.
The blind man was still there, so Song Buyu certainly didn't dare to say that it was Chen Li who solved the problem.
I can only make up a story: "The scene at that time was really terrible. Fortunately, the archbishop found a solution from the book and strengthened the seal... Baby, let's go into the house first, and I will tell you in detail."
The door closed.
Yu Qianqian did not forget to complain: "Two acting geniuses!"
She turned her head and saw the blind man. She suddenly felt a chill on her neck and quickly put oil on her feet.
The man with glasses stood at the corner of the stairs, looking at his goddess being hugged tightly in Song Buyu's arms, and couldn't help but clench his fists.
At this moment, the blind man passed by him and said something inexplicably:
"If I were you, I would kill all the competitors."
Like the devil's whisper.
The man with glasses looked up and met the blind man's eyes.
In the darkness, a faint red light burst out from the depths of the pupils.
Not like human eyes.
Early the next morning, Chen Li was woken up.
He discussed with the blind man for a long time last night and summarized all the information on the missing persons. He studied until dawn when he couldn't resist the sleepiness.
There was a commotion in front of the candy store, and the sound of a woman crying could be heard from time to time.
Shen Li put on his clothes, rubbed his eyes and asked the blind man, "What's wrong?"
The blind man opened the window and looked a little unhappy.
"Someone died."
"How could that be? Didn't they say they would kill someone every seven days? Yesterday wasn't the seventh day."
Shen Li leaned out of the window and looked down.
Mr. Xia Li was seen squatting on the ground, and in front of him, he covered several bodies one by one with blood-stained white cloth.
A breeze blew by, opening a corner of the white cloth, revealing Miller's head.
Miller's parents pointed at Mr. Charlie and cried:
"How could you let him go out alone! Miller...my Miller..."
The blind man watched all this coldly: "It's really ironic. When something happens to your own child, you blame others for not keeping an eye on him."
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