Chapter 52: The Rhine Covenant
Hurry stood outside the lounge, looking at Tim who was dying with his eyes open not far away, and the blood that covered the entire lounge. His brows were tightly furrowed, and he immediately retracted the foot that had already stepped into the room.
"What happened?" He Li turned around and asked the knight who was maintaining order at the scene, "How did it become like this? Who did it?"
"Report to the High Priest," the knight reported, "We are still unable to determine who the murderer is, because he had already..." before we arrived.
The knight raised his hand and pointed to the only window in the lounge.
"He jumped from there. The corridor outside the window faces the street, so he was able to escape quickly. Apart from a blood-stained priest's uniform, we haven't found any other clues for now."
Heri's eyes widened immediately: "Bloodstained priest uniform? Is this a fucking inside job?"
"According to reports from a few eyewitnesses, there was indeed a priest who interacted with Father Tim," the knight said, "but his identity has not yet been investigated."
"How did this guy in there die?"
"Father Tim lost too much blood. He had eighteen sharp wounds in his abdomen."
...Being stabbed eighteen times?
Harry didn't want to talk anymore.
Isn’t this way of killing too LOW?
The two priests fought, using neither magic nor divine powers, they just stabbed the person to death with knives... Although low-level priests could not use magic in battle skillfully, such battles, or murders, still made He Li feel that they were too low-level, and he did not want to get involved.
In fact, there was no need for him to intervene in a murder case of this level, but he was the person in charge of this library, and the dead priest was nominally his subordinate, so he came to take a look.
After watching it, I realized that there was really nothing interesting to see, so I waved my hand and prepared to leave.
But at this time, a knight brought two young priests to him and said, "High Priest, these two guys have been at the crime scene the whole time."
Heli stopped and asked, "What?"
"They both had been sleeping at the crime scene and only woke up when we arrived," the knight said. "According to what they said, they lost consciousness after drinking the tea prepared by Father Tim. We just detected hallucinogens in the tea."
LSD, sleep, and teenage priests.
Putting these key words together, Hu Li could guess what happened without even looking at it.
The uneasy expressions on the faces of the two young priests and their disheveled clothes directly proved this point... However, they were indeed two low-class guys who could afford to kill such a bastard.
"So you two are the source?" He Li said calmly, "Are you anxious because the spoils are not evenly divided?"
The two young priests exchanged blank glances, not understanding what Harry was saying.
But Hu Li was too lazy to explain. There was no need to delve into such an obvious matter, so he just left it to his subordinates.
"etc."
A steady voice sounded behind Hurry. Hurry was slightly startled, then turned around suddenly and saw Archbishop Corey appeared behind him at some point.
"Bishop Corey?" Hurry was very surprised. "Why are you here?"
"I heard something happened here." Corey walked over slowly, "A priest was brutally murdered, and...he was severely injured in the abdomen with a sharp weapon."
"Yes." Heri nodded. "He was stabbed 18 times. The murderer was very cruel."
Although he said so, He Li was still very confused in his heart. A murder case of this level should not alarm the bishop.
But Corey just said calmly: "Kelsey once told me that Father Luggie died in the same way."
...Luggie?
After a moment of hesitation, Heri remembered who this name belonged to, and guessed what Kelsey meant. His face changed drastically: "You mean, it was Uru who did it? He came here? But how is this possible? Why would he come here specifically to kill a librarian?"
In the face of Hurry's barrage of questions, Corey simply said, "Don't worry, we will figure it out."
In fact, Corey came here not only because Tim's death was very similar to Luke's, but also because...
Corey gently touched his left eye. He could feel the restlessness beneath the calm surface of the left eye.
It wants to bite again.
"Hurry, you!" Heri, who had come to his senses, immediately ordered the knight, "Find the portrait of Father Uru of Petain in the archives of the cathedral, and send it here immediately!"
The knight was about to agree, but was interrupted by Corey: "Don't bother."
Hurry was stunned again. He watched Corey walk up to the two young priests and gently stroke their faces.
"Haven't these two children seen them?"
He Li immediately understood what Corey wanted to do and subconsciously raised his hand: "Bishop! Let the knight go back and get the portrait now. It won't cost much..."
"Look at my left eye." Corey smiled at the two young priests, "Then recall the appearance of that priest... Don't be nervous, relax, we will take it slowly."
The two young priests were a little nervous at first, after all, they were facing the archbishop, but they gradually recovered after Corey's comfort. With trust in the bishop, they looked at Corey's left eye together.
Those eyes are like stars, making people unable to help but sink into them.
...It's too late.
He Li put down his hand with a complicated expression.
About half a minute later, Corey slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he understood everything.
The murderer's appearance had already been reflected in his eyes from the minds of the two young priests.
It was Uru.
"I didn't expect it." Corey said softly, "It's really you... You really dare to come back."
Then he paused, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Alright." He murmured, "I'll take that finger."
After saying that, Corey turned and left without looking at the two young priests again. The two young priests just stood there blankly, all the emotions in their pupils had disappeared, leaving only... dullness.
It's like turning from a person into a doll.
Heli walked up to the two of them, shook his head helplessly, and then instructed his knights: "Take them both to the choir, and assign them a physical job that doesn't require any brains."
"Yes! High Priest!" The knight stepped forward immediately, "Come with us."
The two young priests stood there blankly, as if they didn't understand what was being said.
The knights could only pull them away.
Harry shook his head and was about to leave, but then he heard a "puff" sound.
He turned around and saw a package fell out of the arms of the two young priests. It was obviously something they had been holding in their arms before, but now they could no longer hold it.
Hurry walked over, picked up the package and opened it.
There were two books in there that had been read to pieces.
The Rhine Covenant.
(End of this chapter)
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