Pitch-black carriages came and went in the lower town, leaving ruts on the damp and muddy roads, converging beside a twisted building, and distinguished guests, dressed in masks, accompanied by attendants, into the gloomy gates.

The building opened its deep mouth, and there was a breath of ** from inside, and they flocked to it, and they were extremely happy.

Shrike leaned back in his seat, and from his vantage point he could see the whole casino, coins rattling against each other.

He liked it, and he liked his job, except when necessary, the shrike rarely appeared on the front lines, and his main duty was to stabilize the peace in the lower town, and to regulate everything secretly.

The room temperature was warm and soft, and people gasped for breath and held their chips tightly in their hands.

There's a huge amount of wealth circulating here, and most of it will eventually go under the purification agency, because such a huge organization is very expensive.

The waiter came from behind and filled the empty cup.

Shrike picked up the wine glass on the side, although he has been running the casino for so long, but he has not been infected with this bad habit of gambling, as the boss behind the scenes, he knows the rules here too well, the casino itself is out of the way, no one can win all the time, but the casino can.

He lifted his glass and drank, but the familiar taste was gone, and there was a strange spiciness, and the shrike spat out the wine at once, and at the same time there was a sound of laughter.

"If it's poison, you're almost dead. ”

The man laughed and sat down next to the shrike, who, without looking at him, took out the silver-white revolver from his bosom, a distance that could penetrate the enemy even through the steel plate with the caliber of the death knell.

As the regulator of the lower city, Beroe was not often assassinated, and he had long been accustomed to it and vigilant, but when the gun was pointed at the man, Beroe saw his appearance clearly.

"Can't you just walk in generously?"

The shrike looked at Lorenzo, who was dressed in the garb of a waiter, the wine he had poured for the shrike, but the shrike did not notice at all.

This neurotic especially likes to play like this after his acting skills are successful, sneaking in, presumably he did this when he worked for those noble ladies.

"I'm testing your security, and this can save your life in the future. ”

Lorenzo explained, but rather than what he said, the shrike was more likely to see that he just wanted to make a fool of himself.

"Tell me, what are you doing?"

"I haven't seen you for a long time, come and see an old friend, what's wrong?"

Shrike gave Lorenzo a blank look, "Do you think I'll believe it?"

People like Lorenzo don't come for no reason, like a scourge who blows up wherever he goes, and the shrike can't avoid him.

"Well, there are some things, more complicated things. ”

Lorenzo said and looked at the noisy casino, then shifted his gaze to the shrike and motioned, "You don't want to talk about this here, do you?"

Hearing him say this, the shrike's relaxed spirit tightened, and it seemed that this detective had a rare serious way to find himself.

"Follow me. ”

Shrike got up and led Lorenzo to his office deep underground.

"It's been a long time since I've been here, and it's a rare ...... Rejoice!"

Pushing open the door, Lorenzo sat on the sofa next to him, just like in his own home, with the large wooden table between him and him.

"I feel like we should have a stable bond with each other. Lorenzo was the first to say.

"Contact?"

"Yes, every time something happens, it's you who take the initiative to find me, but it's difficult for me to find you. Lorenzo said.

Lorenzo still doesn't know where the mysterious Broken Dome is located, and every time he contacts him, someone from the Purifier takes the initiative to visit him, and although Joey is his stable contact, this contact has been mysteriously missing for a long time.

Everything in the purifier was like a dream, and suddenly lost all traces.

"Actually, you're pretty good...... Or the power of the scavengers," Lorenzo exclaimed, "and the size and power of the organization has existed in Old Dunling for so long, and no one knows about your existence, perhaps some of them know, but it has been perfectly handled by your scavengers. ”

Shrike replied with a slightly indifferent look, "The Scavengers are a very special being, and of course their efficiency is terrifying, thanks to them we have been hiding in the shadows. ”

"But you don't want to discuss anything with me, the history of the Purification Mechanism, do you?"

Lorenzo shook his head, "Of course not, it's just that I've experienced something and become more curious about the city." ”

Old Dunling wasn't just what it seemed, it was a vertical city that stretched from the ground to the depths of the ground, crammed into dark corners with things Lorenzo didn't know about.

Lorenzo then fell silent, as if wondering which angle to start with, and after a brief pause, he asked.

"Have you found any whereabouts?"

The Shrike's expression became serious, and it was extremely important that those who possessed it would be able to create the strange and terrible secret blood, and they had been searching for its whereabouts since Lawrence's death.

"No, it's strange, but you haven't noticed a thing, Lorenzo?" said Beroe, "and Lawrence has been acting alone since he first appeared in our sight. ”

"At present, the Purifier has devoted a great deal of effort to search for any possibility of its relevance, but to no avail, and it has been suggested that perhaps Lawrence was really a loner, and that he would hide before the battle, so that after his death, no one would be able to find the forbidden treasure. ”

"It's a poss......ibility," Lorenzo whispered, after a moment's thought.

"Do you know what to do with the Emerald Thing? Those people are going to make a deal with the purifiers. Lorenzo said.

"You should ask Arthur, it's a diplomatic matter, I don't know. The shrike replied.

It's a deal between two behemoths, and they're just a cog in the machine.

"But this time, for the mission's visit, the Purifier will also join the security forces. ”

"Why?"

"Because it is highly likely that it is on the land of Invig. Shrike said in a deep voice.

Lorenzo looked a little surprised, "You guys are aware of this, too?"

"Don't think everyone is stupid, Lorenzo, can you think of it, we can't think of it?" continued Berau, "After several discussions within the Purification Mechanism, combined with the information you gave earlier, the Demon Hunter Order has a mysterious thing called the Stagnant Temple, right?"

"To be precise, it's the headquarters of the Demon Hunters, deep underground in the Cathedral of San Nalo. Lorenzo thought back to the eerie and quiet temple where the witchers were trained and implanted with secret blood.

"You said that the Witcher's Secret Blood Awakening was too high, and the Stagnant Templar would be aware of your location, and there is a suspicion within the Purifier that you triggered this mechanic in your fight with Lawrence, or maybe they didn't just want to trade an alliance......

It is also possible that their purpose is. ”

Lorenzo didn't expect the purifier to see it so clearly, maybe it had been a long time of cooperation, and Beroe knew very well what Lorenzo wanted to say, so he preemptively said.

"The Purification Mechanism was established in the shadow of the Demon Hunting Order, and at that time, your Demon Hunting Order was much more terrifying than demons, and we were probably the most vigilant about the Evangelical Church. ”

The Evangelical Church had a monopoly on the power against demons, and in order to break away from this control, the Purifier was secretly established and developed, and if the existence of the Purifier was discovered by the Evangelical Church at that time, according to Lorenzo's well-known process, the witchers infiltrated Invig and uprooted it with supernatural power.

"So, do you know the stowaways from Emerald Emerald I was recently tracking down a group of stowaways from Emerald and I suspect there's something wrong with them. ”

"Lorenzo, there are too many stowaways, too many, even if you increase your strength and investigation, there are still some fish that slip through the net. ”

"And if the side of the Fei Leng Cui really has the strength to sneak in, presumably with their power, we won't be able to search at all." ”

Those who can be caught are all stowaways who are not good at the level.

"Are you admitting your flaws?"

"It's just that you really can't stop these people with hearts, after all, if you crawl along the sewers, you can climb into the old Dunling, think about yourself, Lorenzo, you were injured like that, you climbed into the old Dunling, not to mention those who are well prepared. ”

Shrike said helplessly, this is one of the flaws that the old Dunling is difficult to hide, they can stop most of the people, but the small elite force is difficult to stop after all, and at this time, the snake system in the atrium needs to appear, the complex railway is densely packed throughout the city, and they have every strength to quickly put the elite into the battlefield.

Looks like the purifier doesn't have time to worry about that.

"But there's another piece of news for Fei Leng Emerald lately, and you might be interested. "Shrike seemed to have thought of something.

"What news. ”

"Do you know Cardinal Migar?"

There were some familiar names, and Lorenzo's mind flashed countless faces, and he faintly remembered the identity and deeds of this person's representative.

"One of the cardinals of the Evangelical Church, what's wrong. ”

The cardinals in red, the cardinals with power, they are noble beings second only to the pope, and Lorenzo has just killed one of them.

"From the inside of Fei Leng Cui, the new pope took office in a hurry, and the power was held by the cardinals, their original intention was to empty the new pope and make him a puppet of power, but who would have thought that the new pope was secretly accumulating strength and directly purging all opponents by force overnight. ”

Just by telling it, you can hear the smell of blood.

"Cardinal Migar was one of the opponents of the new pope, he did not die in the purge, but fled with most of the cardinals who were also opponents, and they fled with a lot of assets, which was a great blow to the Evangelical Church, but at the same time the new Pope also held all the power of the Evangelical Church in his hands, and his position reached the highest level. ”

Shrike also had to admire the new pope's methods, swift and deadly, without any justiologic justification, but an extremely violent repression, bloody but effective, and now there was only one voice left in the church, his voice.

The new pope's tactics were too tough and intimidating, but some thought that his methods could provoke the first church civil war in history. ”

"Church civil war?"

Lorenzo almost laughed when he heard this.

"What do they fight with? Blessed iron sword?"

The Evangelical Church has not been able to keep up with the times, and technology is far behind compared to Invig.

"So this may also be another purpose of the mission's visit, to buy arms, after all, we are the largest arms exporter. ”

"Is it so serious?" Lorenzo didn't expect.

"That's the difference between you and Arthur, Lorenzo, you're a lone wolf, it's no different if one person kills you and a thousand people kill you, you can only die once anyway, but Arthur and we are different, the purification agency is responsible for the whole of Invig, and so is the new Pope. ”

Shrike explained solemnly.

"We no longer represent individuals, but groups called organizations and even nations, although cruel, but that's it, think about what the evangelical church fears most? Compared with the backwardness of science and technology, the decline of status, what they fear most is the destruction of faith. ”

"Cardinal Migar fled with most of the cardinals, they represent the faith, and once they declare their rebellion......"

"It was heresy hundreds of years ago, and it is now. Lorenzo, who came from the church, realized the seriousness of the problem.

"There will be Michael Witches who will personally burn them at the stake, and of course the Witchers are almost dead. ”

"Yes, that's it, the situation is getting more and more complicated, and if Cardinal Migar finds the forces willing to help, it could be the first church civil war in history...... Or even a split in faith. ”

Shrike frowned, "Of course, this has not happened yet, it is full of uncertainties, and this is one of the reasons why we are quite stressed, and no one knows what the mission will do when it comes to visiting." ”

Lorenzo also felt a headache, but then he remembered someone, though he had been forgotten for a long time.

He didn't have much contact with the cardinal, after all, the duty of the Medanzo witchers was to guard the Cathedral of Santa Nalo, and the only time he had contact with them was to serve as their bodyguards, although it sounded a bit outrageous, but it was true, of course, guarding the Cathedral of San Nalo could also be understood as a security guard.

In any case, without those mysterious religious overtones, the church is essentially just a roaring machine.

It may sound like Lorenzo had protected Cardinal Lorenzo, but it was Lorenzo Medici, and it seemed better to call him Cardinal Medici.

It was an interesting old man, at least of the cardinals Lorenzo had come into contact with, and he was the most peaceful person for Lorenzo.

"So there's one more thing I'd like to ask. ”

Occupied by Berao's words, Lorenzo suddenly remembered his intention to come here.

"Shrike, do you know the Rat King?"