Lorenzo sat in a chair, his hands cuffed behind his back, Eve sitting with his back to him, surrounded by soldiers armed with thermite rifles, the muzzle of which ignited slightly, the deadly weapon firing.

Although Lorenzo was sitting in the darkness of the platform, the tall walls obscuring his vision, the sound of the machine roaring could be heard in the dark night, so heavy and distant that Lorenzo could perceive the sheer size of the machine just by sound.

Something is going to happen tonight.

"So, that's who you really are, right? ”

Looking at the shrike in front of him, Lorenzo could hear him the moment he spoke, this detective was really sharp in some ways.

"Don't talk yet, let me guess. ”

Lorenzo said as he thought, everything in the past of the shrike was pieced together in his mind, and finally revealed his original appearance.

"To a member of the Demon Organization, the master of the lower town, the secretary of the nobles......"

Thoughts flew through his mind, and he was only one step away from the truth.

Lan Jade on the side felt that something was wrong, she pulled out the iron rod at her waist, and with the swing, the blade popped out of the gap in the steel, which was actually a slightly longer folding knife.

"There's no need, he'll guess sooner or later, all we're going to do now is a secret exchange, to know that this detective is really valuable. ”

The moment Lorenzo saw himself, it was clear to him that many secrets would become clear before Lorenzo's eyes, like everything in the sun, there is no shadow to speak of.

"So what did the queen name you like?"

Suddenly Lorenzo raised his head, his eyes seemed to see through everything, he already knew everything.

"These arms and weapons are not something that a gang boss can make, whether it is raw materials, production technology, or even research and development, it takes a very strong foundation to breed them...... Only the apparatus called the state can do it. ”

As if he had thought of something, Lorenzo was enlightened.

"In other words, is this what your true identity is? You are not the secretary of some nobles, you are the secretary of the queen, and the evidence of the crimes of those nobles in the lower city is all in your hands, and as long as the queen needs it, it will be the iron hand that strangles them. ”

"Lorenzo people are too smart to die quickly. ”

Lorenzo could have guessed these things in Shrike's expectation, or Lorenzo's failure to guess them was wrong.

"So I have enough price to pay for trust. ”

"Your trust? You are an uncontrollable stranger, and your words are really unreliable. ”

"At least we have the same goal now. ”

"What?"

"The Sacred Coffin. ”

It was the nightmare in the depths of the nightmare, the center of this chaos and vanity, the source of everything.

Shrike's pupils shrank, he didn't know how Lorenzo knew about its existence, obviously he didn't tell him, after all, at that time, Lorenzo was just a detective in his opinion, not a person who had something to do with the Demon Hunter Order.

"Don't bother, you entrusted me with the investigation of the case, didn't you? So it's normal to find some key information, isn't it?"

"So that's your price?"

"yes, so let's exchange the available intelligence and work together, okay?"

Lorenzo had no consciousness of being held at all, so many thermite rifles could melt him in an instant, but he shook his chair vigorously as he spoke, as if he didn't see it.

"Besides, Shrike you need me, those people don't want you to get the Sacred Coffin, as can be seen from the demons on that train. ”

The Demon Hunter has slain many demons in his short career, and his professional experience is far more extensive than that of everyone here.

"We still don't know where the demons came from, but we know very well how humans have become demons. ”

Lorenzo began his analysis.

"At first, when I was on the train, I thought it was a group of demons disguised as humans and infiltrated the carriage, but when I calmed down, I found that this was not the case, so many demons gathered together in one car is not realistic, the only result is that the process of mutation into demons takes place on the train. ”

The words seemed to touch something, and the shrike looked at the detective in front of him, and had known him for almost six years, but the shrike suddenly realized that he had never really understood the mysterious detective.

"You were there that night in the dungeon, right? ”

Lorenzo looked at the look on his face, you can read a lot from the look of a man, although the shrike did not speak, but Lorenzo already knew the result.

"They have the technology to breed demons, and even say that they have highly polluting things that can make people turn into demons in a short period of time. ”

Lorenzo is like a salesman, and finally reveals his true intentions.

"So the shrike you need me, a professional. ”

“...... I still think it's better to kill you or lock you up. ”

Lorenzo also understood that while Invig was rising to prominence, the Purgeing Mechanism was also expanding rapidly, and it was no longer the organization that hid in the shadows, it was the only torch after the dissolution of the Demon Hunters.

"Wait...... You are...... Eve?"

In the middle of this conversation, Blue Jade, who had been around, turned her eyes to the girl behind Lorenzo, her little face dirty, but somewhat familiar, and when Blue Jade approached, she realized that it was Eve.

"You...... Know me?"

Eve looked up, and the woman in front of her was wearing a domed iron helmet, heavily armed, and she couldn't remember this person in her memory.

At this time, the shrike also came over, and to be honest, the name was much more troublesome than Lorenzo, and looking at the girl, the shrike felt that his head was going to explode.

"Why are you here?"

"She's got caught up in demons. ”

Lorenzo didn't wait for Eve to speak.

"Her connection to the darkness is deepening...... I think you should know this concept too, right, fighting demons is like fighting in a swamp, and the harder you push, the more you will get into that swamp called darkness. ”

"She was discovered by a demon and entrusted me with her protection. ”

"Your protection means taking her on this damn train?"

Turning back the shrike with anger.

"She came to find me. ”

The two looked at each other, and there was an indescribable meaning in their eyes, like a roaring lion, meeting in a narrow way.

Eve sat on Lorenzo's back, she didn't know what was going on, but despite the presence of so many people with weapons, she was not afraid at all, these humans were much kinder than demons.

"I need to ask my superiors for advice. ”

"Then I recommend you hurry, after all, you look like you're in a hurry. ”

Shrike gave Lorenzo a deep look, and then the figure disappeared into the darkness, Blue Jade clenched the folding knife, the blade pressed under Lorenzo's throat, and it was not enough to be wary of this detective.

After about five minutes, the shrike at the end of the darkness returned, looking unhappy, and even somewhat deeply serious.

"It looks like we're going to have a short collaboration. ”

"Oh, let's get acquainted again. ”

With that, Lorenzo stood up, the chains that held him had fallen off at some point, and he stretched out his hand with a look of kindness.

"Former Demon Hunter of the Demon Hunting Order, Lorenzo Holmes. ”

The shrike was slightly shaken, this detective had long been out of bondage, so what was his conversation just now, an expression of goodwill?

"Purify the organs, the superior knights, the shrikes. ”

The two hands were held together, the last time Lorenzo had arrived in Old Dunling for the first time, and it was after this handshake that Lorenzo began his new life.

Suddenly, Lorenzo pulled Beroe over, and in Blue Jade's opinion, the two were only trusting and intimate, but in the process of getting closer, Lorenzo whispered in Berao's ear.

"You...... Your superiors changed their minds because of Eve, right, but she doesn't know you...... You should know what's going on in her, right? ”

The secret blood that has been lurking in Eve's body for an unknown amount of time can only be connected to the purification mechanism that fights demons in the shadows of Invig, but why does this girl have a connection with it?

Rather than answering the question, he asked.

"A new life has to leave the old behind the past, so what are you? Lorenzo. ”

A hearty smile appeared on Lorenzo's face.

"There is a premise for everything, just like principles or something, demons must be driven out. ”

The witcher said.