"When will justice be served when a serial murderer commits another crime?"

After watching the news on his phone, the priest, who was enjoying the sun by the windowsill, lowered his Erlang leg.

With this addition, there have been a total of fifteen murders in Hagikai City this month, and the murderer will leave a strange rune every time he completes the crime, which is very evil.

What's even more bizarre is that every deceased died with a smile on their face, which looks extremely hideous under the lens of the night walkers (referring to the unscrupulous reporters who rushed to the scene before the police grabbed the headlines).

For a while, the entire Hagikai people were panicked, and the hair salon on the corner of the street closed early, which made the priest sigh.

"It's so crazy, it can't be Satan's group of believers, right? Heresy, it is indeed heresy. The priest took a bite of the melon and couldn't help but feel a little worried.

He is a "regular army", and theoretically has an antagonistic relationship with those crooked ways. What if the murderer suddenly remembers this on a whim?

The bright sunlight shone obliquely through the window, but the priest felt a little cold.

"It's already three o'clock in the afternoon, or ...... I'm going to close early today and go back to my parents' house, right? ”

Just as he was thinking, a young man walked in at the door. He was tall and thin in a black trench coat, and the half of his face was pale and sickly under the hood.

The man in the trench coat stopped in the center of the church and looked at the Father for a while, then at the confessional room on the side.

"Wait a minute."

The priest wiped his hands in understanding and trotted into the confessional room.

The man in the trench coat walked into the other end with a gloomy face, and said in a deep voice: "Father, I am guilty. ”

"Say, boy, if you have sinned, the Lord will forgive you." The priest said with a pleasant face.

"I killed my parents, I killed my friends, I ...... It shouldn't have come to this world. The man in the trench coat spoke in a heavy tone.

“……”

The priest's face suddenly became serious, and his body sat up a little straighter.

The murderer finds a priest to confess, which is very common in film and television dramas.

But in this city, the priest's usual job is only to talk about life with troubled aunts, and this is the first time he has done such a thing.

If it's usual, it's okay, but the serial murder case in Hagikai City is in a uproar, so he won't be lucky enough to be so "good", right?

"Talk, kid. Tell me about your sins, and the Lord will forgive your sins. Through an opaque curtain, the priest's tone was calm.

After all, the man in the trench coat uses the word to kill, not to kill or kill. His willingness to come to the door to confess shows that there is still room for things to turn around.

The man in the trench coat didn't answer his question directly, but after a moment of thought, he asked rhetorically, "Priest, have you ever seen a demon?" ”

"Demons?"

The priest frowned, this topic was not very safe in the first place......

He hurriedly replied, "Child, do you know why there is light in this world? ”

"Why?"

"Because the sun is engaged in high-heat nuclear fusion all the time, energy sources are constantly providing us with light and heat."

“……”

The priest asked, "Then do you know why there are no demons in this world?" ”

"You say." The trench coat man was noncommittal.

"Because it's not scientific." The priest said.

"Poof, hahaha, you're a really interesting priest......" the trench coat man laughed.

"It's just a mouthful of food, otherwise the Lord will have no other way to fill my stomach."

The priest did not feel ashamed, and continued: "Before I became a priest, I was also a top student in psychology with big dreams. When Nai was unlucky, I didn't even have a unit that asked me after graduation. At that time, I asked God many times, but I never won more than 50 yuan in the lottery. So this thing, it's useless......"

"And how are you ......?"

"How did you become a priest?" The priest fell into the memories and said in a somewhat vicissitudes of his tone: "You may not believe it, but I am actually a civil servant. ”

Man in trench coat: "......"

"In order to promote friendly exchanges at home and abroad, and to show the generosity and inclusiveness of a great country, Hagikai decided to build a church here. I was assigned here because of my major.

At first, I was reluctant, but after thinking that I was contributing to the construction of the country, I reluctantly stayed and gave up my childhood dream. The priest's face was embarrassed, and the words revealed the smell of "true fragrance".

Nonsense, how many people beg grandpa to sue grandma, but they can't finish this kind of leisurely and stable life.

"So, I'm in the wrong place?"

"Not really."

The priest spread out his hands, making himself more amiable, and said, "I also studied theology when I was fine, and I can help you if there is anything I don't understand." I hope you don't fall into this, there is no obstacle in life that you can't overcome. ”

"Then I'll talk about it."

The man in the trench coat sat up straight and began his story: "When I was eight years old, the school bus overturned uncontrollably into the river, and everyone but me died. When I was underwater, I saw the thing. ”

"Let's call him a demon, he's ugly like the legend. His skin was purple, his face was split into pieces as if he had been ploughed with a nail rake, and his fangs were crooked and stuck in his nostrils......"

As the priest listened, a picture gradually came to his mind, and he wanted to laugh, but he couldn't help it.

At this time, it's better to be serious.

"Then the devil said to me, that I am a calamity, and that this world, if there is me, there will be calamity." The man in the trench coat suddenly became a little irritable, lit a cigarette, and then continued: "I can't refute it, because it's not the first time that kind of thing has happened. ”

"When I was a year old, I went out to sea with my parents and the ship was shipwrecked. I floated alone in the sea for a day and a night before I came back to shore, and all the others perished; When I was five years old, the instructor in the yard took us to the amusement park, and the Ferris wheel broke down and collapsed, and in the end, I was the only one left......"

"Excuse me, can I stay away from you?"

"Not really."

The priest sat obediently, his eyes sour from second-hand smoke, and he did not dare to move.

He suddenly felt that what the demon said seemed to have some truth in it.

This guy is a lone star!

"Father."

"Huh?"

"I'm going to die, and I feel like that thing is coming for me. Assuming God is real, then tell me, what should I do now? ”

"Why die?" The priest asked tentatively.

"I was diagnosed with cancer a month ago, so I think I have a year to live." The man in the trench coat puffed out a puff of smoke and rested his head on the back of his seat.

"A month ago?"

Somehow, the priest suddenly remembered the news.

The murderer's first crime was almost a month ago.

Don't......

The priest's heart chuckled, and he immediately replied: "Of course, it is active treatment and a better life together!" ”

"If it can't be cured, it's just a matter of delaying it for a while. So, I knew I was going to die, so why did I wait in agony in my hospital room for death to come to me? The trench coat man smiled self-deprecatingly, his eyes hardened, as if he had made some kind of decision in that moment.

"Child, there is always hope, don't think about it!" The priest seemed to feel the murderous intent.

This guy can't really be the brainwashed heretic, right?

He wouldn't really be that unlucky!

"Father."

The man in the trench coat seemed unwilling to continue the topic and straightened his face.

"What's wrong?"

"With the private matter out of the way, let's talk about business."

"Business?" The priest's heart chuckled.

The man in the trench coat handed over a mobile phone and asked directly, "Do you recognize this thing?" ”

The phone showed a rune, which was drawn from a circle, connected by a series of twists and turns of different lengths. The final pattern is asymmetrical, and the corners of the closure are still protruding, and the obsessive-compulsive disorder is almost suffocating on the spot.

Isn't this the rune that the murderer left at the scene?

"I haven't seen it! Absolutely never! ”

The priest immediately made a decisive decision, but in his heart he silently swore in his heart, "O Lord, he forced me to lie, and it is not my violation of the doctrine." ”

"If you haven't seen it, you haven't seen it, why are you yelling so loudly?" The man in the trench coat looked at him in confusion, his ears buzzing.

"Sorry......" Father lowered his voice.

"Actually, you're lying, aren't you?" The man in the trench coat was next to the back of the chair, as if he had already seen through everything.

The priest hurriedly denied Sanlian: "I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense!" ”

"I'll be honest. Your seal hall is black, the spirit is scattered, and there will be a disaster of blood and light tonight. Why don't you discuss with me a plan to ward off foreign enemies. How is it? The man in the trench coat spread his hands, making himself look more amiable.

Unfortunately, in the eyes of the priest, he was even more hideous.

……

At the beginning of the day, the night gradually deepened.

Breaking away from the noisy crowd, a man in a hooded kafta stopped in front of the church steps.

Because of the work distributed above, the decoration of the church in Hagikai City is still in good shape.

The neatly vegetated courtyard, the ceremonial steps, and the heavy and sacred gate make this place the highest psychological counseling center for middle-aged and elderly women in Hagikai City.

On weekdays, when it comes to meals, there are no more believers, and the priest closes at half past five every day. But tonight...... The door of the church was hidden, and the dim light was shining from it.

The priest of the church doesn't have to work overtime, does he?

The hooded man's heart flashed with a hint of malice, and he walked up the stairs quickly. After seeing the runes painted in front of the door, that uneasiness turned into reality!

Strange circles, irregular folded lines, isn't this the rune of that serial killer!

"I'm a step too late!"

The hooded man narrowed his eyes, immediately lightened his steps, and quietly pushed the door open a crack to secretly investigate.

There is a ring of red candles in the quiet church. The priest lay motionless on the ground, the blood beneath him stained the charm red, emitting an eerie glow.

The hooded man closed his eyes, and two streaks of black air roamed through every dark corner of the church.

No one else.

After receiving feedback from the shadow, the hooded man stepped out from behind the door and came to the priest.

Although the priest had left a lot of blood, he still had a faint breath, and it seemed that the murderer's methods were not professional. And the circle of runes on the ground is just an ordinary ghost drawing rune, and it has no real meaning.

"Mimics?"

Imitation homicide, as the name suggests, is a crime in which the murderer uses the same method to pay tribute to another murderer out of admiration for him.

This phenomenon is mostly seen in some serial murder cases with distinctive characteristics, and the ritualistic modus operandi of the Hagikai murderer is even more likely to attract fanatics with abnormal brains.

"It's really idle and has nothing to do!"

The hooded man leaned down irritably, trying to find a useful clue from the wound.

At this moment, the priest turned over with great agility, and an object appeared in his hand, and it was aimed at the hooded man's face!

"Hmm!"

The hooded man snorted, covered his eyes and stepped back.

He never thought that he, who was so famous, would one day be plotted by chili water!

"I didn't expect it, Lao Wang!"

A familiar voice came from his ears, and the hooded man only felt a thump in the jaw and fainted.

"Hoo ......"

The "priest" shook his aching fist and wiped the blood from his face.

At this time, the real priest poked his head out from behind the gate and asked weakly, "Mr. Cheng, can I call the police?" ”