I returned to the dark woods, ready to deliver the final blow to the dying Ceres.

However, I came late.

In the faint light of the moon, I saw such a scene: the mortally wounded plaid shirt, with astonishing willpower, struggled to crawl to the side of the fallen Ceres, and then stretched out his palm, and dug into the bloody wound on the latter's flank, and smashed all the brain tissue inside like mashing tofu.

At this time, Ceres is not in a state that can drive psionic energy, how much consciousness does he still have? If he could think, what would he say about this situation? He must have never thought that he, a "mad scientist" with powerful spiritual energy who claimed to be a "mad scientist" who could die at the end of the day, would now die in this form at the hands of ordinary people who "never dare to fight back, even if they are sad and angry, they will only turn around and run away".

I walked over to the plaid shirt, he was dying and didn't even notice me coming. I wanted to call him by his nickname, but I stopped and struggled to figure out his real name from memory, and shouted, "Napomusino." ”

He reacted, and his head tilted to my side.

"Your body is hopeless." I say.

"Hmm." He answered.

After a while, he said, "Can you help me with something?" ”

"Tell me about it."

"Please kill us."

The "we" he refers to undoubtedly refers to the test subjects in Ceres' laboratory. They have been stripped of their hands and feet and all their five senses, their souls are imprisoned in a flesh prison of boundless darkness, their cranial nerves have been hijacked by special equipment, and they have spent an unimaginably long period of thought time, and they are unable to sleep and rest, but they are still alive. Ceres tried to rely on this condition to give birth to the Prophet, but normally doing so only made the subject's sixth sense, known as "inspiration", more acute. It was very difficult to produce a prophet out of it.

"Ceres once told me that my previous test subjects had completely deteriorated their minds. This is why he is always in need of more test subjects. "I can feel their hearts somewhat, and they can't return to the structure of their personality." ”

"So, what about you?" I said, "Don't you have any intention of living?" At this point, I remembered the Turin doctor, "I have a ...... Someone she knows, she may have been through the same thing as you, but ......"

At this point, I didn't think that was realistic, so I put it another way, "I mean, although you have that kind of body now, you may have the opportunity to connect your mind with a special puppet in the future and gain full consciousness and mobility." Just like you did before. ”

Also, unlike the Turin Doctor, he has no psionic powers, so he will not unconsciously destroy all of the puppet's perceptual systems and limbs while entering the puppet's body.

“…… I'm not much worse than the other test subjects. Now I am like a bubble dream, only a brief lucidity. Because I already know the truth, I will soon change back into the self that only knows how to go crazy in the silence and darkness......" He shook his head slightly, and after a while, he added, "She must be a very strong person, with a willpower that I can't imagine...... But she must have been very lonely and scared. I think you should be kind to her. ”

"I'm just working with her, not her friend." I say.

"Really?" He paused for a moment, then said, "We all feel like there's no better ending than tonight." ”

It seems that the test subjects have sensed the death of Ceres. Therefore, his attitude was even more resolute. I had no choice but to say yes.

"Thank you, the ......" he didn't continue. Only then did I remember that he had already given me his name, but I had not given my own name.

At this time, there was no one around, and he was dying in front of him, so I could have told my real name. I have no worries about that. But for some reason, I said, "Facelings." ”

He nodded, then said, "Thank you, Faceling. ”

After that, I fulfilled my agreement with Napomusino. After leaving the village, he first sent the inside information of the village to the telegraph agency and other news media companies in Beaver City, and a few hours later, sent the same information to the Beaver police.

I don't know what to do with the villagers of Harvest Village who have committed criminal acts because of the brainwashing of the withered believers, and this is far from a problem that I can solve personally. However, in terms of the law of the alliance, there are already relevant disposal methods. Even the beaver police, under the high attention of the news media, will work harder to some extent. However, it is still not to be taken lightly, and I will continue to follow up on this matter for a while later.

I also found something new in Ceres' laboratory, which was the correspondence and intelligence documents he had exchanged with other withering cultists, and although there was no direct clue about the remaining two main materials of the Withdrawal Medicine, if it was re-analyzed, there might be unexpected gains.

Also, with the help of these documents, I also understood why the swordsman was able to awaken psionic energy.

Strictly speaking, the swordsman didn't really awaken his psionic powers.

The reason why he was able to possess spiritual power was because of the "spiritual transformation medicine".

Yes, it was Inoue Renta who developed the Spirit Transformation Potion with the forbidden knowledge given to him by the Faceless Shadow.

Because the relevant information of the spiritual transformation medicine has long been transferred to the geocentric church, the geocentric church also has the technology to make spiritual transformation medicine. However, I don't know if it's because Inoue Renta deliberately left a hand, or because there are some technical details that only those who have the knowledge of the forbidden ingredients of the spirit transformation medicine can adjust, so the spirit transformation medicine made by the Church of the Earth is also flawed.

First of all, their psychic potion can only temporarily awaken the psychic energy, and if the medicine is stopped, the psionic energy will fall silent again; Secondly, taking the Psionic Transformation Pill will cause a huge burden on the physical body, and even gradually lose its lifespan with the use of psionic energy; Finally, the yield of the elixir is very low, and the cost is quite expensive. The swordsman is only eligible to take it because he participated in the internal registration of the Inner Church of the Earth and became a volunteer to test the drug.

At present, the Church of the Church of the Depths is continuing to hunt down the Faceless Shadow, and they seem to believe that the latter still holds the container that carries the "forbidden knowledge of the spirit transformation drug", and the forbidden knowledge has most likely returned to the container due to the death of Inoue Renta.

Speaking of Inoue Renta, I have to mention the black-haired young man in this incident - "Heart Demon".

This guy wearing cross crystal earrings is basically the same person as the black-haired young man who threatened Inoue Renta with Violent as mentioned by "Paul", a technical consultant at Beaver Pharmaceutical. He was undoubtedly the one who hypnotized the researchers of Beaver Pharmaceutical in that incident.

Combined with this incident, the scope of his activities is most likely Beaver City and its surrounding areas, and I must pay attention to him.

Next, there is the Buddha carving and the demon sword Tiger Tho. The former was temporarily sealed because it was too dangerous for me; The latter, on the other hand, lost most of its strength due to breakage and became a waste that only sucked the blood of ordinary people, so I also put it together with the Buddha carving.

As for the Anti-Psionic Shortcut, I also recovered it. Although the recycling process is quite bizarre, this can be discussed later.

In the end, I was going out and returning late, how to explain to Xu Shengxing - this is not difficult, because now Xu Shengxing has let go of his suspicions about me, so I still successfully made up excuses to fool the past. And that's an important factor why I set out so happily in the first place.

However, in addition to this, there is another question that I need to ask the doctor in Turin.

"Yes, the 'Inner Demon' is indeed a former student of mine."

At the home of the Turin doctor, she did not hesitate to admit my problem. This did not come as I expected, and some of the points that the demons advocated in their small memories were exactly the same as those that the Turin doctor had once expressed before me.

"Do you know he's been around Beaver City lately?" I asked.

"This is the first time I've heard of this." She shook her head, "Because I've been away from the Church of the ”

"I didn't expect you to take in students." I say this because the appearance of the Turin doctor does not match the word "teacher".

Hearing this, she smiled and said, "In a sense, aren't you also my student?" ”

"And he's not my only student. The Geocentric Church used to take in many talented orphans who wanted to raise loyal cadres from scratch, and I worked as an educator for a while. "At the time, I didn't call myself 'Doctor Turin,' but I had other nicknames." They called me 'withered' and sometimes added 'madam' to the end. It's also a well-known character. ”

"That nickname sounds like a withering believer." I say.

She smiled, then fell silent, and then said, "Perhaps I am somewhat responsible for what he has done." ”

Without thinking, I said, "Yes." ”

"You should dismiss me at this time." She complained.

And I continued, staring at her young face, "It's not just his evil deeds, you're a bad person yourself, aren't you?" ”

"So, what would you do with me if I said that I did many, many bad things in the past, Facelings?" She asked me.

"In order to fight the withering believers, I am willing to enter into a temporary partnership with the 'Doctor of Turin'." I told her, "But if it's 'Lady Blight,' I'll screw her head mercilessly." ”

"Well, then, please keep an eye on me, Mr. Faceling." She said something that would have made me a little criminal.

And at this time, I was thinking about what she just said I would do with her, as if I really had the qualifications, but what about the facts? Her past is all over the dirt and mud, but how have my hands ever been so "clean"?

When I'm like a superhero, even the body of a super-criminal is smashed to pieces along with public facilities, how can I not be a super-criminal who is overbearing in the eyes of some people and only cares about indulging in self-satisfaction?

Do I really have the right to dispose of her?

Of course, I think so, but I certainly won't think about it that much then. Even if you want to think about it, you have to think about it after killing. For me, whether or not I am qualified to judge the bad guys is nothing more than sentimentality that comes about during breaks.

"And after that?" I asked, "Why did you rebel from the Church of the Earth?" ”

"There's no dramatic psychological shift, it's just that I don't want to do that anymore, that's all." She said slowly, "Because of some ...... You know, I have thought about dying, and there has been a time when I wanted to find the best ending moment to end my life. It was during that time that I became able to see the universe that no one else could see. ”

I asked, "Like a prophet?" ”

"Like a prophet." She admitted, and continued, "Later, although I encountered a few times when I felt that it was very appropriate, I still didn't really die. ”

"Why?"

"Maybe it's because ...... I'm still a little unwilling. I also want to be like everyone else, to have hands and feet, to have eyes, or to be more extravagant, to have a healthy and complete body...... Then, one day, you can live a happy life. So...... I don't want it to end there. She paused and asked me, "Do you think I'm cowardly?" ”

"On the contrary, I think you are very brave." This is what I mean from the heart.

She nodded, "Thank you." ”

"Can you still see those things now?" I asked.

She shook her head and said, "After I finally made up my mind to continue my life, those things disappeared from my universe. ”

"I guess it's because I unconsciously rejected it." She continued, but there was no regret on her face, "Although it suddenly became inconvenient, even regret did not help. Originally, it was a universe inhabited by a sudden visit to the power of a sudden visit, just like an accidental radio wave. Once you make up your mind to look ahead, you can no longer see what is behind you. ”

What a wayward force. And so did herself. Thinking so, my eyes swept to the wall clock on the wall. It's noon, and it's time for dinner.

I turned to her and asked, "Are you also eating takeout today?" ”

"Yes." She said.

"It occurred to me that I hadn't eaten before I came."

"Do you want me to get one for you?"

"No need. I do it myself. ”

She suddenly said: "When you entered the door today, it seems that you did take a plastic bag, which contained ingredients?" Wait, but you just said that you suddenly remembered it......"

"That's just a casual remark." I replied.

"Really? So, can you make one for me? "She seemed quite curious about what I would cook.

"No, eat your takeout." I first refused, then added, "Of course, if you want to ask me to make another one for you anyway, then I can't think about it." ”

"Yes, I want to eat it anyway." She smiled and said in a pleading tone, "Kind Mr. Faceling, can you help the little, poor, hungry Turin doctor with a little food?" ”

"Since you've said it all......," I said, turning around, "then I'll do it to you once again." ”

With that, I walked to the kitchen. From this day on, I often eat here.