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Zhang Xiao's footsteps paused slightly, but almost immediately he took up his steps again and continued walking, and at the same time asked with a puzzled expression, "What are you talking about, Father Harry?" I guess if I'm not mistaken, we only met for the first time today, so why would you say I stole your stuff? ”

Zhang Xiao didn't know if the old priest had really found something, but he wouldn't admit it himself, and in an instant he had already thought about how to deal with it.

The momentary pause was like an illusion, ordinary people couldn't notice this change at all, and Zhang Xiao's natural response was really impeccable.

The old priest was naturally an ordinary person, he didn't notice Zhang Xiao's momentary pause, but he didn't doubt his judgment at all, and continued without looking back: "Oh, child, I may be old, but there is no problem with my memory, you are right, we did meet for the first time today, but ......"

The old priest spoke of this, and continued in a meaningful tone: "...... It's not the first time I've seen that robe you're wearing. ”

As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves slightly, as if to prompt Zhang Xiao.

Zhang Xiao's heart sank, and now he somewhat believed that the other party had really discovered something, otherwise it would be impossible to have no doubts in the face of his performance.

Seeing the old priest's movements, although Zhang Xiao was still silent on the surface, his eyes were already looking at his sleeve.

The black robe didn't show anything special, and the clothes were clean, and there didn't seem to be anything special...... Wrong!

Zhang Xiao squinted his eyes, he didn't pay attention to it before, but now that he looks closely, he does vaguely seem to be able to see something on the outside of the cuffs!

It's just that the thing is also black, and it's not big, only the size of a fingernail, and it's completely attached to the fabric of the cuffs, so you won't notice it if you don't pay attention to it.

Even if Zhang Xiao saw something on it now, he couldn't see it clearly at all if he didn't raise his hand to look closer, so it was no wonder that he didn't notice that there was still the owner's "mark" on the clothes at first.

Zhang Xiao had no choice but to stretch out his hand and touch the slightly raised place with his fingers, and the touch from his fingertips made him sure that this should be an embroidered pattern.

“…… Vertical, horizontal, and vertical...... Is this H or Z...... And then in the middle is ...... Dot? ”

To the touch, it's two H's in a row, and there's a dot in the middle.

Zhang Xiao looked at Father Harry in front of him, and his heart moved, and he immediately understood that this should be the initials of the old man in front of him.

Embroidering initials on clothing is not uncommon in the West, and because of this, it is not surprising that Father Harry is sure that Zhang Xiao is the thief who stole his clothes.

Although Zhang Xiao didn't pay attention to it at first, he thought that Father Harry had a guess when he saw his clothes, after all, even if it was a priest's robe, the clothes were exactly the same style and size, and there were not many such cases.

Under this premise, the other party only had to go out of his way to find the mark, and it would have been easy to find the clue - Father Harry didn't even need to see it clearly, he just had to see the words embroidered there.

It's really a secret, Zhang Xiao didn't expect that the clothes he stole would still have marks, and now that he has been arrested by the other party, there is really no room for quibble.

sighed in his heart, but Zhang Xiao was not flustered, the priest should have discovered the truth when they first met, but the other party did not expose him in front of the second deputy of Hames, and he thought that he had another purpose.

"Then I don't know why you didn't expose me, Father?"

Zhang Xiao asked very calmly, without the slightest fear or crampedness that was exposed.

"Oh, kid, you should have answered my question first." The priest didn't stop walking, and his voice didn't stop, "What is your purpose in sneaking on the boat, stealing my clothes, and then taking the initiative to meet me?" ”

“……”

Zhang Xiao pursed his lips and was about to open his mouth to tell another lie.

It is impossible for him to confess, and even if he does, the believer of God in front of him will probably not believe his "nonsense".

But at this moment, the old priest in front of him suddenly stopped, Zhang Xiao looked up, only to find that they had arrived at the church.

Although the church on the ship is not very close to the monitoring room, it is not very far, and the two of them chatted while walking, and before they knew it, they had reached their destination.

"Let's go inside, I don't want to hear an improvised, error-ridden story."

After the priest finished speaking, he didn't wait for Zhang Xiao to respond, he pushed open the door and walked in.

Zhang Xiao looked at the old priest's back silently, pursed his lips and walked in.

It's just very weird, when Zhang Xiao stepped into the door of the church, the old priest who was obviously in front of him suddenly disappeared!

"What?!"

Zhang Xiao's eyes widened, unable to believe what he was seeing.

A great living man disappeared before his eyes, without a sign or a trace, as if the man had never appeared!

"What about people? He's walking right in front of me! ”

Zhang Xiao stretched out his hand and touched the front of him, but he couldn't touch anything, there was only air, no hidden space, no other obstacles, barriers, and enchantments.

There is nothing abnormal when you step on the ground, there are no hidden grids, and there are no traps.

In fact, Zhang Xiao also knew that there could be no hidden passage, after all, the old priest suddenly disappeared just now, not somewhere or hidden.

He didn't hear a sound, and his eyes didn't blink, but the strange thing was that as soon as Zhang Xiao stepped through the door, it was as if he had walked into another room, and the old priest who walked in earlier was not in it at all.

This scene was so weird that Zhang Xiao's face became ugly, and he subconsciously wanted to exit the door.

But at this moment, Zhang Xiao suddenly remembered something and stopped.

“…… Door? ”

Zhang Xiao recalled the first time something strange happened, it happened after he left the banquet hall, the whole cruise ship seemed to have become a dead land, and there was no one behind, but when he entered the monitoring room, everything seemed to return to normal, and the people who came and went seemed normal, as if the previous dead silence and emptiness were just Zhang Xiao's illusion; And now he left the surveillance room and entered the church door, which seemed to be the same as it had then, except that it had collapsed.

All of this seems to be related to the door - the door is the key to the "change".

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiao no longer thought about leaving, but took two steps towards the church.

At this time, he also calmed down a little, and found that the church in front of him was a little different from the first time he saw it.

I still remember the first time I entered this church, although there was no one here, the windows were bright and clean, and it seemed to be spotless.

However, although the church in front of you does not look the same, if you look closely, you will find that this place is still a little different.

Zhang Xiao walked inside, stretched out his fingers and touched the benches on both sides of the aisle, and sure enough, there was already a layer of dust on it that was not much or inconspicuous.

It's as if no one has come to this place for a long time, and no one has cleaned it.

But how is it possible that he was still here this afternoon (yesterday, actually, and now past twelve o'clock in the morning), and someone came to clean it at that time, how could it be like this now?

"Wait...... Speaking of which, I've been in church and I've left here, but why hasn't anything strange happened at that time? ”

Zhang Xiao squinted his eyes and thought carefully, and gradually, Zhang Xiao thought of something.

Zhang Xiao found that he had overlooked one thing, a very crucial thing.

In addition to the key to the "door", there is another key point in all these changes, and that is - time!

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