"James Moriarty ......"

A voice sounded from behind Anthony, a name that made him a little delighted and a little uneasy, and every time he heard it, he was reminded of those cunning vipers.

"Actually, I've always wondered where you found this...... Strange maniac. ”

Samur limped over with a cane, looking embarrassed at the moment, with bandages wrapped around his body and his face pale.

He was hit head-on by the lacquered antimony knife and the bullet mixed with Canterella, but by that time Samuel had already inspired the power Yanar to the extreme, and the whole was already on the verge of demonization, and the bullet did not hit the heart, Samuel was able to survive the violent explosion and poison.

But this was only a barely surviving existence, and when the witchers dug him out of the crumbling ruins, his body was extremely strange, life and death appeared on this body at the same time, healing at the same time, and the flesh and blood were necrotic due to the toxin.

That brief period was hell for Samur.

Fortunately, with this great power, Samuel survived in the end, although a little embarrassed, but with the physique of a witcher, his injuries are healing rapidly, and he may be able to fight again in a few days.

"I warned you, Lorenzo Holmes is dangerous, very dangerous, and we still don't know what the effect of the false chalice on him is, and a rash attack will only cost us. ”

Anthony looked back at his embarrassed deputy, who had always given a sense of calm and calm, but at the moment there was a slight anger in his voice.

"This operation lost three witchers, but fortunately, it was a dark chess piece that we planted in advance, and the Purifier was not aware of their existence. ”

After the loss of the Book of Revelation, every active Demon Hunter has become very precious, and their secret blood is the most valuable treasure.

"It's none of our business, we don't know why Lorenzo is there, it's a damn encounter. Samuel said.

He had just woken up from a coma, and had come here to report to Anthony about the operation.

"Encounter?"

"Yes, we managed to invade Shermans' residence, but when I found Shermans, he was with Lorenzo......"

"How did he find Shermans?" asked Anthony.

"I don't know, but I think it has something to do with the letter. Samuel analyzes that although he has only only recently awakened, he feels more and more that this encounter is full of serendipity.

"Didn't we find Shermans with that secret blood letter? "But what is important about Shermans, a cardinal who has been in exile for a long time, who was on the edge of power even though he was once in the Seven Hills, suddenly took him seriously." ”

Anthony did not answer Samur's question, but only felt a bit of trouble, which was directly from the order of the new pope, and he needed Shermans to confirm something, although his question had been confirmed by the old pope, but Lorenzo's sudden contact with Shermans made Anthony suspicious.

Who sent this letter?

The Protestant Order did not know that the Purifier had already made contact with Shermans, and now Lorenzo's sudden behavior caused him to panic a little, according to the instructions of the new Pope, Lorenzo was most likely Lorenzo Medici, the mysterious and terrible old man who had finally found a way to immortality.

Perhaps everything he had shown in his previous encounters with Lorenzo was just a disguise, and Anthony felt pressured on this guy who had led the golden age.

Like this hazy curtain of rain, an unknown fog hangs over the Old Dunling, and hunters and monsters walk the streets of the city together, ready to kill each other at the moment of encounter.

"Our plans have already begun, and new instructions will be communicated to you as you adjust. ”

Anthony said to Samuel.

"Moriarty's plan?"

Samuel brought up the disturbing name again.

"You actually approve of what that madman did......"

Samuel knew that his words could not change anything, and he was just talking, and he felt that he was a sick fellow, but compared to Moriarty, Samuel's illness was still a kind of cure.

But that guy is different.

"Moriarty can be out of his control at times, but at least, he does do work wonders. Anthony said slowly.

"So where the hell did he come from? I hadn't seen him when I was in the Templar Order, and his swordsmanship was really bad. Samuel was a little curious, the witchers of the Protestant Order were basically from the Templar Order, but Moriarty was different.

"He's been selected by His Majesty, someone who can make His Majesty amuse. Anthony said.

He didn't understand this at first, and he didn't understand what qualified such a person to be a witcher, until Moriarty showed him his own strange talent.

A gift for fraud.

Father Antony was a confidant of the new pope, and in the eyes of the exiles, it was his sudden defection that turned the Knights Templar, who had been loyal to the cardinals, and led the new pope to usurp all power overnight and wear that magnificent crown.

But in fact, Anthony knew very well that all this was just the words of comfort to the exiles, he was not the key to all this, even if he did not rebel, there would be another Anthony who betrayed the cardinals, and the truth of all this was the formidable power of the new pope, as the witcher named Raphael, he was the master of illusions, and everyone was played with by him like marionettes.

Moriarty was given the same power as the new pope, not just a trust, but a new pope who felt that this power could be used by him perfectly, in a way, they were the same liars, one deceived the divine crown, the other deceived the sanity of others.

"You don't seem to like Moriarty, don't you often say you're alike?" asked Anthony.

"Similar doesn't mean same, Father. ”

Samur was a little reluctant to recall the madman, and said in a calm voice.

"The more similar we are, the more we know each other, don't we? Just like two people with the same preferences, we know very well how we can please each other, but what about two monsters who are similar?"

Samur watched Anthony's changing expression and slowly explained why he was afraid of Moriarty.

"What would you think if it were you? This is my own kind and I hugged it ecstatically? Or is it because of the similarity, so you also know what kind of terrible monster the other person is, so you feel wary and afraid?"

Samur walked to the side on crutches and sat down in a chair.

"Actually, the above thinking is normal, but Moriarty is different, I admit that I am not very normal, I am obsessed with that damn sense of victory, a sense of accomplishment, but I am just a little paranoid, but not crazy.

There is a difference between a paranoid and a madman, priest. ”

"You seem to know him better than I do. Anthony said.

"It's natural, we're similar, but different, I can understand his part, but can't peek into that crazy place. ”

Anthony was silent for a moment, and there were only the two of them in the huge study, which seemed a little empty, and countless materials were piled up on his desk.

"So you guys found Moriarty from a mental hospital?"

Samuel's voice rang out again, and he seemed to be curious about Moriarty's origins, and kept asking.

"I don't know. Anthony said.

"You don't know?"

Samuel's voice was a little agitated.

"He was brought by His Majesty, what do you think I have to ask for more?"

Anthony's gaze was also a little helpless, looking at the bandaged Samur, he continued.

"However, he is really disturbing, and sometimes I don't know what he will do, but His Majesty has a high opinion of him, saying that he is a person who can give people 'surprises'. ”

"The so-called surprise is uncontrollable, isn't it? I was with him during training, and he cut the tendons of a witcher, and he just thought it was funny, and someone wanted to teach him a lesson, but he used his power to send that guy to a mental ward, and you should know about it, right?

When the witcher activates the secret blood, the will of the witcher is always tested by erosion, and the power Raphael can implant a beautiful illusion to stabilize the will, and can also bring extreme madness...... The witcher was corrupted by the secret blood in the chaos of confusion and fell into madness. ”

Samur recalls the time of training, when the new Pope urgently needed a group of witchers to fight for him, extracted the secret blood from the dead witchers, and infused it into the bodies of the selected ones, and went through a hellish ordeal, so the new order was born in the bodies of the dead.

"And that's the peculiarity of Moriarty, Father. ”

"What?"

Samuel thought back carefully, that was the only time he had dealt with Moriarty, and it was also those times that he could not understand the man at all.

"I thought he was some kind of pervert, he liked to watch others go crazy, he liked to watch others suffer, he liked to take pleasure in these sufferings, then it would be simple to please this monster, I found a few death row inmates for him to play with, just hoping not to affect the other witchers anymore, but he refused. ”

"Refused?"

"Yes, he refused, I thought it would be a very interesting 'toy' for him, but he refused, he didn't think it was fun to torture a group of death row inmates......"

Samuel's voice trembled slightly, not so much in fear, but in confusion.

"For him, he does like the suffering of others, but there is a premise for this, and only if it is the suffering of people whom he finds interesting.

But he is a psychotic and crazy man with perverted fetishes, and how can we infer the preferences of such a person?"

Everyone has their own purpose and their own direction, but Moriarty feels like a poisonous snake that moves forward at will, and the golden beauty can't seduce him, but he will be motivated by some strange places.

"At the very least, Moriarty can sort of distinguish between 'hobbies' and work, and the plan he proposed is very good, and it is only after the crown agrees that it will be implemented. ”

Anthony picked up the glass of water and took a sip, knowing the stories that had happened before, he was still so calm.

"So what's the plan?"

"Lorenzo Holmes, who is suspected to be Lorenzo Medici and who is sure to be carrying a false chalice, is an extremely dangerous guy who fights against him and is opposed by the purifiers, and he is aggressive himself. ”

"Divide the two, and make the purifier find a way to give up Lorenzo?"

It wasn't a difficult puzzle, and Samuel thought of it easily.

"Is that so?"

Anthony nodded, and it looked like the plan had been rolled out in an orderly manner.

"But that's not enough," Samuel recalls the sword-wielding figure in the cellar, "and it's not been a long time, but I don't think that's enough to defeat him, let alone suspect Lorenzo Medici." ”

As a man of Emerald, Samuel was well acquainted with the deeds of Lorenzo Medici, an old man whose life had only been lost to time, and after so many years, he seemed to have come back to life in a young body, the final reversal of the chess game.

No, he hasn't completely won the time, and the Protestant Church and the New Pope won't let him go so easily, even if it's suspicious.

"So there are plans that only a sick person like Moriarty can come up with. ”

Anthony said at this time, his demeanor was amused, and he seemed to have been treating all this from the perspective of a bystander, but he was obviously the patriarch of the Protestant Order, the representative of Fei Leng Emerald.

"Lorenzo Holmes is a solid piece of iron, but sometimes it is not necessary to destroy it with great force, just to have a crack in it. ”

"Can he do it?"

Samuel was very uneasy about the uncontrollable Moriarty, who was like a restless lamb, ready to bring the shepherd to the ground.

"I don't know, but I'm here, isn't it?"

Anthony smiled, and as he smiled, the hideous scar swam like a centipede clinging to his skin.

"We are all pawns under the crown, on this chessboard called the old Dunling, and different classes see things differently, Samuel. ”

This operation can be said to be all in accordance with Moriarty's ideas, Anthony's existence has no meaning, in fact, Samuel is also aware of this, but Anthony is also a patriarch in his position, and Samuel did not dare to question him rashly.

"You're only aware of the enemy in front of you, but what about the potential?"

Anthony said as he picked up the letter, the letter that triggered the previous series of events, this letter was only seen by Anthony, and it was only after reading this letter that the pursuit of Shermans was made.

It was a little different from the letter Lorenzo had received, and it had an extra paragraph.

"Lorenzo Holmes is suspected of Lorenzo Medici. ”

Anthony was sure that the letter was definitely not from the Purifier, and on this chessboard called Old Dunling, there was another player who had never been seen, a player that everyone ignored.

He had secret blood and was aware of Lorenzo Medici's "immortality", and after much contemplation, Antony could only come to one conclusion.

The letter came from Lawrence's remnants.

"What do you want to do?"

Antony was the one who presided over all this, the chess player entrusted to the old Dunling by the new pope, and he was not hunting Lorenzo Holmes, but the greatest benefit that the new order could get in the old Dunling.

This benefit could be Lorenzo Holmes and his pseudo-chalice, or Lawrence's remnant, the lost Book of Revelation.

......

"So that neuropathy has already begun?"

Looking at Lawrence, who had just woken up from his seat, the plague doctor asked.

Lawrence had just broken out of the [gap] shuttle, his face showing a slight pain of fragmented consciousness, and after a moment of relief, he nodded, and there was some approval in his words.

"I didn't expect the new pope to find such a talent, no, madman. ”

"It looks like their plan is perfect, so perfect that you think it's good. The epidemic doctor said.

"yes, it's a pity that they never realized that they were already being targeted by me. ”

Lawrence said and recalled the child's face, a little cowardly, a little hearty, but also a little crazy, at that time the encounter in the Whitechapel was Lawrence deliberate, he wanted to start from Higg to balance Lorenzo, but unfortunately this chess piece could not be used.

But thanks to this, this piece has been able to burn today, and Lawrence has so easily intervened.