The gloomy sky was raining again, and countless raindrops hit the door number of the bookstore, which had no specific name, and according to Oscar, his bookstore needed to have a very cool name to show off the owner's talent, but unfortunately he still hasn't figured it out.

Tick-tock, the pale white water vapor surged again.

"It looks like your North Dero plan has failed. ”

Lorenzo's face was composed, as if he could not bear the long silence, and he said to Oscar.

"There's no way, after all, there are profits and losses in business...... Actually, we didn't lose anything. Oscar said he could feel Lorenzo's complicated expression, but he didn't know where to bring it up.

"The purification agency is not credible, at least not completely," said Oscar, "and that's why you made that request to me, isn't it?"

"Removal of organs...... Invig fights against the demonic secret mechanism, but in reality it is to defend human sanity, but we all know that they are subordinate to the mysterious Queen Victoria...... Even you Nordero are the same, aren't they?"

"No, as I said, a monarchy doesn't work with us, and although North Dero is based in Invig, Queen Victoria is only a slightly larger shareholder with us, and she can't fully control us, let alone the organization behind North Dero. Oscar said.

"Nation builders?" Lorenzo whispered as he muttered about the mysterious organization.

Oscar is a member of it, and Nordro is also one of the identities of this organization to the outside world, and if you think about it, this is the most mysterious organization that Lorenzo has ever come into contact with, and he knows almost nothing about it.

"Would Queen Victoria allow an organization like yours to exist?"

Lorenzo did not understand that North Dero's influence abroad was terrifying, and the colonies were spread across every coast, but such an organization was not under the complete control of Queen Victoria.

"There are no absolute enemies, only absolute interests. ”

Oscar squinted at Lorenzo and continued, "Isn't it the same with you and the Purifier, because you can unite for the same purpose, but because of small differences, you are wary of each other. ”

Lorenzo was silent, carrying a pseudo-chalice on his body, which was the most feared point of the purification mechanism.

"The world is complicated, and it makes me feel terrified, and sometimes I think it's even more terrifying than demons.

The mystery of demons, the mystery of alchemy...... Not to mention the huge mysterious organization of yours, the Nation Builders, and what kind of country do you want to build?"

Lorenzo said calmly, he was just tired from it.

"Moreover, there are so many countries in this world, the Viking kingdoms, the Lepber, Gaulnalo, they are more or less aware of the existence of demons, right? How do they fight demons? These are unknown, at least I don't know, so what kind of organization is hidden in this same shadow?"

It was a long time before he continued, "Although Shermans is dead, I have completed your mission in North Drow. ”

Oscar nodded, the North Dro family has a big business, and there is no need to embarrass Lorenzo in this kind of matter.

"That's what we said earlier......"

"It still counts, and if you need it, we'll help you if you feel the purifiers are a threat to you. ”

"Is this considered a rebellion against Queen Victoria, not treason?"

"We're a very special group of people, and I mean the builders, not North Drow. Oscar explained, "As it is written in 'The Ideal Country', we aspire to build a good country, do you think that the identity of Invig can bind us?"

"The reason why Nordero's influence in Invig is so low is partly a concession to Queen Victoria. Oscar said.

"So in Queen Victoria's eyes, you're more like a bunch of thieves?"

An uncontrollable and vast group, larger than anyone could have imagined, spanning countless kingdoms and seas, with their flags on every continent, and the sun never setting on their territory.

"No, it's complicated, it's about power and profit, and often this kind of thing is full of calculations," Oscar laughed, "but after all, I'm just a stinky bookwriter, so what's my business?"

"Some are warriors, some are politicians, and some are stinky writers, and each one should do his job and build an ideal country. ”

"An ideal country," Lorenzo said, "such an idealized world, I don't think you can do it." ”

"Of course you can't do it, but you can't stop doing it because you can't do it, right?

We've been around for a long time, at least longer than anyone thinks, but now we're just maintaining North Drod, laying the foundation of the kingdom little by little. ”

Oscar smiled mysteriously and continued.

"It's like every story has a beginning, but for some reason, our stories are somewhat similar. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The story of the origins of the evangelical church in your Gospels, to be honest, is really nonsense when you think about it, a group of people who can't stand this dark world, and they have some strange hallucinations one night, or some hangover, and someone tells him that there is hope in the north.

So the men went mad, and a few years later brought back from the north the forbidden knowledge of the secret blood. ”

Oscar couldn't help but admire.

"The knight doesn't dare to write that...... But it just happened, after all, so much time has passed, and no one knows whether it's true or not. ”

"And what does all this have to do with you nation-builders?" asked Lorenzo.

A few decades ago, it would have been a proper blasphemy for the clergy to hear Oscar say the Gospels, and it would have been imperative that the clergy would have fought this heretic on the spot, but times have changed, and Lorenzo doesn't care about that.

"Because our origins are also northern...... We're special, and there are things I can't say to you," Oscar said mysteriously, "but like you, a few homeless people set sail from the north to build an ideal country...... And so the story begins. ”

Lorenzo's expression changed, and his gaze froze.

"So what's going on with the book "Imaginary Country"?"

Books are a wonderful thing, a miracle, and it is these different miracles that are piled up together to build a great civilization of mankind.

The advent of books has made knowledge no longer affected by time, and it can continue to be passed down in the hands of several generations, and it is also because of the emergence of books that human beings can record everything about themselves, thus giving birth to "history".

Lorenzo thought that a group of people had been influenced by the "Ideal Country" to establish that ideal country, but now it seems that they appeared before the book.

"Plato, who is also one of our members, has been dead for a long, long time, but his writings have indeed cemented our ideas," Oscar's voice suddenly fell, "Of course, this is why I am a bad writer, and I am honored to be a member of the nation-builders, and they have always wanted me to write something......"

Probably out of shame, Oscar did not continue to say the rest of the story.

"Your hiring criteria are indeed a bit strange......"

"Are you interested in joining?" asked Oscar suddenly.

Lorenzo was stunned, as if he didn't expect Oscar to say this suddenly, and then Oscar continued to ask.

"Anyway, you have also turned away from the gospel church, and now the purification agency is also a little unkind, so it is better to jump ship to me. ”

Lorenzo looked at Oscar's serious face, and after a long time he smiled.

"Forget it, I'm a stranger, I don't belong anywhere, and the state is still ...... for me It's great. ”

"Isn't it great to cut down demons?"

Oscar asked rhetorically, then patted Lorenzo on the shoulder.

"Lorenzo Holmes, you are also a great person, although you are unknown, you have always been on the front line of the fight against demons, from the past to the present, you have prevented many tragedies from happening. ”

Lorenzo was not happy with Oscar's appreciation, he just felt small.

It was only after reading Shermans's notes that Lorenzo realized that he had changed, and that although time was so short, at Buscarlo's home, on the marching iron serpent, Lorenzo had been thinking.

What exactly do you want to do?

Lorenzo knew exactly what he was going to do.

Eradicate all demons!

So...... What to do?

Lorenzo had been burning with anger until then, he didn't think about the deeper, more complex worlds, he just wanted to swing his sword in anger and slash all the demons.

Seleuc is right, he is a madman who is on the road to destruction, but this endless slashing and slashing will not solve any problems, and demons will continue to appear.

It wasn't until he saw Shermans's notes, tracing the origin of the mystery of the demons, and searching for the root of it all, that Lorenzo thought more deeply about all this, and he realized that the world was not only what he saw in front of him, but also what he could not see.

The [Plague] known as the [Demon], and the [Patient Zero] known as the [Primordial Demon].

The world is shrouded in mystery and falsehood, and no matter how sharp the nail sword is, it cannot cut it off.

Lorenzo didn't say anything, just bowed his head and was silent.

"Northern...... I don't know why, but it seems that your origins are in the same place as the origins of the Evangelical Church. Lorenzo said.

Go back to the source of everything.

"I don't know, I've just heard the other members say that...... But how long, seven years, seven years, you've been in the old Dunling, Lorenzo?"

Facing a sad Lorenzo, Oscar said with a grin.

"Actually, the stories I write are true...... At least partially true. ”

Under Lorenzo's questioning gaze, Oscar finally changed his tune.

"Well, aside from all the artistic processing, I've really been to a lot of places with the fleet in North Drow, not as advanced as Old Dunling, not as strong as Invig, but it's a different place, it's wonderful.

I've seen whales churning on the seas, I've seen huge glaciers break down, I've fought cannibals in the rainforests of the Fertile Lands, I've passed through countless countries, and for a moment I want to set sail to the east, far away, though I may never return.

Lorenzo, the world is big, it's big, it's so big that there's so much we don't know about it yet, and the old Dunling, though advanced and bathed in the brilliance of technology, is just a city after all. ”

Oscar really looked like an explorer at this moment, and he had seen the scenery that only remained in books.

"Old Dunling is a microcosm of the world, but only a microcosm, not the real world.

You can't find all the truth in this city, like the stories that people tell them...... And my words, like my words, these are other people's things, more or less artistically processed, so they lose their original appearance, and sometimes you have to see everything with your own eyes. ”

Oscar stared at Lorenzo's gray-blue eyes, although Lorenzo didn't say it, he could also feel that Shermans's death was not so simple, there was something hidden, but maybe for some reason, Lorenzo didn't want to say it to him.

"If the Purifier finally decides to join forces with the Protestant Order to violently contain the false grail on you, we in North Dero and the Builders of the Nation will assist you, and I have already devised an escape route, as long as you leave the territory of Invig, the rest will be left to us. ”

In this regard, Oscar was unexpectedly confident.

"Route, what route?"

Lorenzo was a little curious, he was tightly controlled by the Purifier in Old Dunling with different systems and facilities, and if they wanted to hunt him, Lorenzo was not sure if he would be able to escape alive.

"You'll find out then, and we in North Dero have invested a lot in this stuff. ”

Lorenzo thought for a moment, he had been a detective for many years, and Lorenzo still had the acumen to do so.

"Civilian airships?"

The main communication between the old Dunlin and the outside world is the railway, and this atrium snake system has long been firmly grasped by the purification mechanism, it can be said that when the purification mechanism sets its eyes on Lorenzo, it is almost impossible for him to leave the old Dunling with the railway.

Then there is only the recently emerging civilian airship, as a new civilian thing, it takes time to control it by the purification mechanism, and this is the only loophole.

Lorenzo didn't wait for Oscar to confirm his suspicions, he stood up and prepared to leave.

"What are you going to do?"

"What do you think I can do?" Lorenzo said foully, "the great Mr. Lorenzo Holmes, of course, is going to cut demons, and even if he doesn't cut demons, most of them are on the way to cutting demons." ”

Oscar looked at him and said bad things.

"Can I write a knight based on you?"

"Lorenzo Holmes Detective Collection?"

"Actually, I want to call it "The Legend of Demon Hunting"?"

Lorenzo laughed, not knowing whether he was amused by the damn name or something else, and he ignored the strange writer who had made a leap of thought, pushed open the door and disappeared into the rain.