Chapter 3: The Orphanage and the Devil
The orphanage where Lin Can lives is called Hope Orphanage.
When it comes to the Hope Orphanage, the old people in Pearl City can't say a few words.
Here's a story.
The special feature of the Hope Orphanage is that it is affiliated with the Cathedral of St. Vula next to it.
In the last century, two Portuguese men came here across the ocean to preach the Church.
These are two foreigners with simple qualities, who are here to promote knowledge, help local people, use their medical knowledge to treat people for free, and even spontaneously go to local primary schools to teach foreign languages to children. These actions have been greatly respected.
In those years, they have almost completely integrated into the lives of ordinary people, and people can see them in vegetable markets, on the streets, and on such daily occasions.
However, in the decade of the Red Turmoil, the two men were demonized by the people, branded as the capitalist right, and tortured them to death. How cruel the methods are, history books will not record.
It was not until the end of the turmoil that the people ended spitting on the two Portuguese priests, and Huo Ran woke up and realized how wrong he had done and hurt the two sincere Portuguese.
In order to commemorate them, people built this cathedral for them next to the primary school where they once taught, and built this orphanage of hope, so that they could accumulate public virtue and ascend to heaven.
This is the origin of the church and the orphanage.
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Lin Can returned to the orphanage and was about to go to the cafeteria to eat, when he heard someone behind him call him: "Brother Lin Can, wait for me to eat together." ”
Lin Can smiled when he heard this, and looked back at this little Zhengtai with thick eyebrows and big eyes, it turned out to be Guo Xiaojian, 14th Five-Year Plan
A young boy.
This kid is not an orphan, because he was born with a good appearance, he was adopted two years ago. His parents used to be cooks in a restaurant in the city, but now they have saved money to contract the canteen of the orphanage. Therefore, Guo Xiaojian, who is in junior high school, still comes back here to eat every day after school.
In fact, Guo Xiaojian's adoptive parents originally wanted to adopt Lin Can, but Lin Can was already as old as Xiaojian today, so he had to give up.
Lin Can has always regarded Guo Xiaojian as his younger brother. However, when I looked at him today, he seemed to be a little gloomy. Lin Can couldn't help but be a little worried and strange: "Xiaojian, what's wrong with you, your face is so ugly." ”
Guo Xiaojian sighed: "Don't mention it, I ate potato chips in class, and I was caught by the teacher and punished me to buy a box of potato chips for each of the class, and it must be a ...... for Kebik"
Lin Can was speechless and said with a smile: "Okay, is the money enough, it's not enough for me." ”
"That's enough, Brother Lin Can." Xiao Jian smiled gently, and then changed his words: "It's you, it's about to take the college entrance examination, your grades are so bad, if you can't pass the exam, you will be in trouble, my mother said that I want to tell you a family affair in the countryside." ”
Lin Can couldn't help but have a headache, his grades were not good on the one hand, although he was the son of the night, he didn't have good grades.
On the other hand, it was Xiao Jian's mother who gave herself a marriage. I can't get into college, and then... Blind date with a rural girl who has never met and doesn't know how tall or fat she is?
Oh, my God...... Lin Can felt that if the son of the night fell to this point, it would be a miserable death, and he was really sorry for himself.
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After eating, Xiaojian went to take a nap, and Lin Can was also about to go, but was stopped by an old man with a rosacea.
The old man was seventy years old, dressed in shabby clothes, and although his face was sloppy, he was tall and had broad shoulders and arms, and he was not dying.
"What's the matter, Daddy. It's not going to be me fighting again. When Lin Can saw that it was him, he immediately rolled his eyelids.
This old man is the director of the welfare home, Lin Shutong.
Uncle Lin loves Lin Can very much and raises Lin Can as his own grandson. So let Lin Can follow his surname.
Lin Shutong is said to be a martial artist, and several of Lin Can's moves come from his instructions.
Because Lin Can's body was too poor when he was a child, Uncle Lin thought about letting him learn martial arts and improve his physical fitness, but he didn't expect him to do anything.
Lin Can used to be too lazy, three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, one and a half moves, and the speed of learning was as slow as a snail.
Now I regret it a little, because relying on the strength of the Children of the Night, his own quality is a little worse, so Lin Can also began to take the initiative to exercise in his spare time.
"Stinky boy, how many of us normal humans can beat you? Don't do it with me at night. Do you dare? The last time I tried to make a move with you, you played tricks, flashed around, and couldn't catch your figure at all, and it was really a crime to do it with you. Old man Lin scolded with a smile: "You kid is really the nemesis of martial artists in the secular world, and the things you practice are different from ours, and they are better than a fart." ”
"Hehe, don't dare. I'm an old man, your opponent. Lin Can said very consciously. Because the old man is the one who knows his details.
There's actually a secret here. The true secret of the Children of the Night.
The people who died under Lin Can didn't know that the son of the night, the son of the night, was superhuman at night, and during the day, he had no ability, he was a soy sauce player, which was embarrassing.
Except for Father Lin, Lin Can never dared to let others know this secret...... This is where his weakness lies.
After Lin Can laughed a few words, he suddenly lowered his voice and said, "The task of the black list last night has been completed, and the money will hit the card we reserved tonight at the latest." But... Although the amount this time is relatively high, there are 500,000 yuan, Dad, I haven't asked you, can we make up for the shortfall, and how big is the gap? ”
"Bishop Peter has something to look for you, you go right away, I'll look for you later, don't forget." The old man didn't answer him, but changed the subject directly, and snorted angrily. It seems that he was born without a good face, and he doesn't like anyone.
Lin Can sighed, and said in his heart that this deficit is probably not so simple, and Old Man Lin is afraid that he doesn't want to put pressure on himself.
But hearing the latter words, Lin Can suddenly looked straight, restrained Fang Cai's joking appearance, and said, "Got it." ”
Lin Can never knew that after so many years, the orphanage had already owed such a large amount of money.
Every year, more and more abandoned babies and disabled babies are sent to the Hope Orphanage, however, in comparison, the donations from the society are getting less and less, and these two differences directly illustrate the indifference and ruthlessness of social humanity.
Lin Can knew that Old Man Lin was a good person, and he couldn't bear to turn the bread given to the child every day into half, and he couldn't bear to see the two layers of quilts that the child covered in winter become a thin layer. However, in order to maintain the supply of each person before, how easy is it to face the ever-increasing number of people?
Therefore, Old Man Lin used his previous relationship to borrow a large sum of money from an old friend with a shy face. And the pressure of repayment, since Lin Can's demonic ability awakening took the initiative to ask for it, Old Man Lin had never told Lin Can these things.
This is the problem that the orphanage is currently facing.
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The church is next to the welfare home, and the interior is somewhat dark, with dense Western frescoes on the walls, and several folding windows the size of human heads, through which light is inserted, like a few needles. The atmosphere is eerie. After Lin Can entered, he went up to the second floor.
Compared with the school and the orphanage, Lin Can seems to be a different person at this moment.
The door of the worship room was open, and a rickety Caucasian man in a repair suit, holding the "Old Testament" in his hand, he had no hair, and looked like Voldemort in "Harry Potter", with his back to Lin Can, and his eagle-like fierce eyes were breathtaking.
He was the Archbishop of St. Peter's Church.
"Mr. Peter". Lin Can bowed respectfully.
"You went to the black list to receive a mission again last night?"
"Yes, the welfare institute is very tight, and the director asked me to find a way." Lin Can said lightly.
"Children of the Night, I'm leaving." The old man's dry voice was like a deep swamp.
"Yes, you've been dragging your feet for half a century, and you're finally leaving. Mr. Peter. ”
"I wanted to go to heaven. Can twins bloom in hell. The old man's words were obscure.
Except for Lin Can, no one knew that this scrawny old man in the West was actually one of the two Portuguese in the last century.
He didn't die, but his lover did.
Two men fell in love, which is ridiculous and normal, but it is just because God made them grow the wrong organs and appearance.
They are hunted down by the Western Orthodox Church because they are demonic forces. Even though they didn't do anything, it's like a human seeing a snake in the yard, and although the snake didn't bite and didn't want to bite, what was the person's first thought?
They are even believers in God, but they are not recognized by the Orthodox Church.
"The power of demons is great, not only to destroy, but also to protect. On behalf of Jehovah, I ask you, Son of the Night, to use the last demonic power in this world to keep this church and the orphanage. I think something will happen here soon. ”
"Mr. Peter, I think I will." Lin Can changed his usual indifferent appearance and became serious.
In fact, the real name of the Children of the Night should be, Demon.
The Bible records that demons are the power of the fallen. It is a symbol of hatred. The black pupil, which is the same as that of humans, is the most vicious of fruits. The demon was formed by the sand that Lucifer threw on the earth when the archangel died.
The power of the devil is close to the power of God, so it must be restrained by nature. Coincidentally, the name Child of the Night is interesting, because only when night comes he has demonic powers, and during the day, he is just an ordinary person.
Lin Can was discovered by Mr. Peter, and when Lin Can was sent to the welfare home as an abandoned baby, Mr. Peter felt the power of a demonic prototype, which shocked the heavens.
So Mr. Peter is Lin Can's teacher, he once told Lin Can that since ancient times, there have been two kinds of demons, one is the black demon to which Lin Can belongs, and the other is the white demon. The black devil is the power of the beast, and relying on the progression of power, it can destroy everything with powerful physical functions. The White Demon is the power of the elements, which can absorb the power of the elements and control the natural elements at will, the earth, water, and the hot wind.
"In this world, apart from you and me, there are no demons anymore." Peter sighed, his withered face looking vicissitudes......
"Well, here you go—" A black and white cross appeared in Peter's withered hand like a twig.
"What is this?"
"I can't give it to you unless it's a last resort. But I'm leaving, if you have any questions in the future, I can no longer answer you, this pendant may be able to give you the answer, it... It can make up for the lack of demonic power in you, but there are consequences, take it back and study it yourself, I hope you can use it. ”
The black and white pendant is full of simplicity and heaviness, Lin Can took it and solemnly put it in his pocket.
"Remember, it's called, damned. Like demons, it is a power close to God, and Heaven does not allow such things to exist. ”
Lin Can was shocked when he heard this......
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After the conversation, Peter let Lin Can leave.
After leaving the church, Lin Can went to find Old Man Lin as promised. He wondered if he was going to be given another task.
In the last few years of missions, the Nightchildren have never lost to anyone.
As the difficulty of the task increases, the challenge of the opponent becomes bigger and bigger, and Lin Can also knows some of the faces of the back of this world.
The division of martial artists in the world is the four levels of heaven and earth, and each level is subdivided into three equal divisions in the early, middle, and late stages.
The only time it was tricky was when I met a master master who practiced the Chinese internal exercises. Mainly because it was the sunrise time when night transitioned from night to day, and the power of the Nightchildren was about to reach its limit.
In the secular world, even the Yellow Rank is rare, and Lin Can's strength, if you have to compare, is already equivalent to the peak of the late Yellow Order, and the strength of one foot into the Xuan Rank. And if it is a real competition, the early stage of the Xuan Rank may not be Lin Can's opponent. Because he's so perverted.
Moreover, the power of demons that is superior to humans has various abilities, such as Lin Can's night vision ability, teleportation ability, strength enhancement ability, and so on.
Moreover, as the demon's abilities continue to awaken deeply, more perverted skills will be discovered by Lin Can. Basically, it is equivalent to ascending one order, and you will awaken new demonic abilities.
The biggest difference between the awakening of demons and the exercises in the world is that there is no need to practice any mental methods and exercises, and demons are a type that directly grows by themselves as they change over time. It's like a person's fist, 10 years old is a level, 15 years old is a level, and 20 years old is also a level. The amount of power is left to natural variation.
There is another method that Bishop Peter once told Lin Can, that is, every time he dies and is reborn, the demon's body will be recreated to cover the original ability, and the strength will increase greatly and terrifyingly!
However, Lin Can was reluctant to try, because that occasion would definitely not be far from death.
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Came to the dean's office.
Old man Lin was smoking, and the socks on his feet were rotten with two holes, and they were shamelessly placed on the table. A face full of ** expressions.
"Old man Lin, you are too comfortable in this little life, let's talk about it, what's the matter, won't it be a lack of funds again, isn't the money for the purchase of dining tables and chairs just given to you." Lin Can said unhappily.
Old man Lin glanced at him, shook his head incomprehensibly, and said something that made Lin Can startled: "Someone is going to adopt you."