Chapter 5: The Strange Bible

wind

Blow up the white curtains

Leon stood by the window with his hands in his hands

Luther walked away from the bed

Don't dare to look at the corpse bed again

The few words just now were shocking enough for the fledgling Luther.

Will you manipulate your own corpse?

What hell？

Isn't this really the world of Harry Potter or mummies, and when it comes to good science, it's all magical monsters in the guise of science.

A good high-ranking priest has to make himself a Frankenstein alone, and he can still control his own body?

How to manipulate, marionette?

Luther, who was no longer able to complain, leaned against the snow-white Roman column, looked at Leon who began to pretend to be forced at the window, and suddenly had a desire to give him two slaps to correct his worldview. Tell him it's not you who's wrong, it's the whole world.

But

The most powerless thing people are often is not believing in the reality in front of them

"What's wrong? Not convinced? ”

"I don't believe it!"

Luthor felt that his greatest sincerity was to say these three words to give you the greatest counterattack in the world.

Of course, it is inevitable to be slapped in the face.

"You can imagine a high-ranking priest who committed suicide by slitting his wrists, writing a demonic oath in the house with his own blood!"

"That's a sarcasm to pray to the enemy with oneself as a sacrifice!"

"Hehe, so what do you think is the truth?"

Leon seems to have discovered that the most precious thing about Luthor is his groove.

Very interesting question.

"I don't know what your magic is, and if such a thing really exists, then everything seems to be taken for granted."

"In fact, we can not only find problems in death itself!"

"Oh?"

"It can be analyzed in terms of motivation, but so far, there are too few clues."

Leon shook his head in disappointment like a child without a toy.

……

"We can now unlock her secrets"

Luthor tightened his shirt and prepared to start his new class.

"We can go to the scene of her crime and say, that will be more atmospheric!"

"Uh... Good"

Luthor felt that he had discovered Leon's true face, which was actually under the face of the iceberg

Neurotic?

Is it more atmospheric to explain at the scene of the crime?

Did Detective Conan set it up for you?

……

The main hall looks like a palace, and there is a seal at the door.

Leon tore off the seal and pushed open the closed door.

Cough.. cough

A musty smell came to my face

Luthor covered his face with his sleeve, only to find Leon enter the room with no different face.

It was a very empty room, about 100 square meters, with a bed hidden by a curtain on the left, and a dresser next to it, and everything neatly arranged.

On the right wall, in addition to the fireplace, there is a huge oil painting on the wall.

It seems to be a portrait of the Virgin.

The portrait has been obscured by bloodstains

In an empty hall

The pentagram drawn with blood had turned purple-black, and the burned-out candle was at five points of the pentagram, mixed with a musty smell that made Luthor gag.

Leon crouched on the ground, touched the blood that had turned black with his hand, and gestured with his hand to the length of the candle's wick.

Stand up.

"If I hadn't come here, maybe I would have doubted it, but for now, I'm sure."

"What?"

"The dead have taken refuge in the arms of the devil!"

“？”

"You should know what the pentagram means, right?"

"Well, the symbol of the devil"

"It's really ironic that the cardinal priest of the church has taken refuge in the arms of demons."

Luthor didn't bother Leon to become nervous again, just wondering what had happened.

"Now, you can say it, right?"

Leon took off his gloves and put them on the windowsill, like a sluggish old man circling the pentagram.

It's like a music master, pulling open the notes behind the secret.

August 12

The deceased returned to the room on this day and slit his own wrist with a knife, smearing the blood from his wrist on the floor and walls.

Place candles at each corner of the pentagram

Then he sacrificed his own blood to the demons

Because the position of high priest no longer satisfied her

Those hypocritical flattery

Civilians prayed trivially

It made her feel extremely bored

So she wants to satisfy herself through demonic power

Eliminate the need for time to be obtrusive

So, she sacrificed her life with this ritual

"But what's the use of that?"

"Didn't you say this is a world of science?"

"She succeeded, she sacrificed her blood and life to become a different way of being."

……

"What do you mean?"

"She became immortal"

“？”

Luthor still didn't understand that a man had bled dry, and then he was still alive.

Isn't this a zombie?

Zombie?

"You can interpret her as a walking dead who only has consciousness."

"Ahh

"That?"

"Rest assured, she's dead now, and it's impossible to move anymore."

"In other words, she sacrificed herself, and then what she got was that her body turned into a zombie-like thing, but the consciousness was still there?"

"Yes, so she was able to preside over the celebration the next day, but no one found out at the time."

"If you look closely at the pictures given in the case file, you will see that there are blood marks on the gloves she is wearing."

Luthor stood near the door in a more comfortable position, far away from the eerie pentagram.

"So, she's in control of her own body!"

"So, what about later?"

"Don't worry, look here"

Luthor was called to Leon and watched for a slight black mark in the middle of the pentagram.

Leon swiped his finger across it, his hands covered in black ash.

"What is this?"

Luthor didn't know what it looked like the bottom of the pot was ash.

"It seems that things are not as simple as they seem."

"What's wrong?"

"Looks like there's a third person."

"The third person? Wait, who's the second person? ”

"Another Dead Man"

"You say it's the male priest?"

"Yes"

"But isn't he dead, why is there anything to do with this case?"

"Even if you're dead, you'll have a connection, not to mention..."

Luthor's mind hadn't turned yet, but if he thought about a walking corpse who could sacrifice himself, then maybe there would be another male priest who sacrificed himself.

After all, I'm in a magical world right now.

yes

The wizarding world

A magical world of special science.

Maybe when you look back, it's not uncommon to see a nine-and-three-quarter station.

"I'm going to check on another case file and the body, and if I guess right, there should be a third person."

"Luther, go to the priest's room and see if you can find a sharp murder weapon."

"Huh?"

"Alone? Do you have to go? ”

Luthor looked at Leon a little embarrassed.

After all, it's still a little scary to go to the deceased's room alone.

And I heard him say that there is a third person who exists.

The third person?

It must be a murderer.

"Go and come back quickly, I'll be waiting for you in the morgue~!"

"Okay"

"It's going to be okay, is it?"

"Don't worry, it'll be fine"

……

Luthor walked away

Leon's voice could be heard in the distance

"Kenshin is sharp!"

Luther's body shuddered

Of course, I know that the sword heart is very sharp, but I would rather not use it.

……

As a complex that sits in the office all day long and becomes an otaku in seconds when he gets home from work.

Although he likes swords, what man doesn't like the beauty of cold weapons.

I like it, I like it

When you really need to use weapons to defend yourself

Luthor froze

Can you not be cowardly, no matter how good the movie is, it is fake!

The left hand holds the scabbard and the right hand holds the hilt

Luthor walked in a rather incongruous walking posture to find the room of the other deceased

……

"If I were you, I would never open that door!"

When Luthor tore off the barrier and seal set up by the police, and his right hand was already on the handle of the gate, suddenly a voice came from behind.

This is a nun who is cleaning

A nun with a white veil covering her face and walking without a sound

But I hadn't seen her before

When did he come behind him quietly?

Luther's right hand left the doorknob and rested on Kenshin's hilt, the cold touch of his palm calming him down a lot.

"Don't be nervous, young man, I just don't want you to see filth."

"I'm here to investigate"

"I can tell that ordinary people don't come here with a knife."

The nun's voice was low, and her forehead and the corners of her eyes were wrinkled with uncovered white veils.

But Luthor didn't think it was kind.

A man who appeared silently behind him

Let his hairs stand on end

"If the haze is covered for a long time, someone will forget the light!"

Luthor lowered his voice, imagining himself as an exorcist, wandering the battlefield of light and darkness.

"It's not good for you, but you're right"

Immediately, the nun dragged the broom away

call

Luthor let out a long sigh of relief

This church is weird everywhere, and it's better to be careful.

……

Chirping-

Open the door

It's the same as the structure of the previous crime scene, but it's a little smaller, and no one has cleaned up the room, so it seems that in order to protect the scene, no one came on the day of the incident.

A dark red pentagram occupies the entire floor

The oil painting on the fireplace is also bloodstained

There is an upside-down cross on the wall, and the traces of the victim's body being bound to it can be faintly seen.

Luthor surveyed every corner of the room

The slender and long murder weapon that Leon said was not found

However, compared with the previous crime scene

There are a few differences

There are no burnt candles at each corner of the pentagram

Moreover, the blood mark of this pentagram and the blood stains around it seem to use more blood than the previous room

There was not the slightest trace of blood on a Bible scattered on the floor, which looked out of place on the floor where blood stains were everywhere.

Luthor picked up the Bible and found that there was not a trace of blood stained on it.

Could it be that the murderer deliberately placed it here

Used to disrupt the audio-visual?

After scouring every nook and cranny and finding nothing that could be used as a murder weapon, Luther picked up the suspicious Bible and headed for the morgue.

……

Bluestone slabs on the pavement

Yellowing leaves and a chilly wind

A Bible that looks like a disguise for the scene of a crime

Luthor unintentionally flipped it open

You're dead! You're alive again! But do you know the value of your own heart? Judas!

Forehead-

The Gospel of Luke?

He's dead?

Live again?

It's like magic

Luther flipped through the Bible quickly

And didn't find out

The road ahead

It has led elsewhere.

……