"So you're digging this information out of Erin's mouth, and it feels like nothing......"

Hercule stared blankly at the sea at night, the cool sea breeze on his cheeks, making him feel a little cold.

"It feels like a lot, what's the matter? Isn't that enough for you?"

Lorenzo glanced at Hercule, who was sitting in his chair, and his gaze wandered back to the room behind him.

There was no room left for Erin, and in order to take care of her, she was placed directly in the living room, although it was said that she went to Lorenzo and washed her leather face, but no one would believe this woman who was full of nonsense.

"I need a lot of information, the more the better, and only with a lot of data can I guess what they want to do. Hercule said.

"What can you think of with all that you have? Hercule. ”

Lorenzo leaned out of the fence and looked out at the terrace below, it was already night, and the lights were still bright below, and people were drinking and laughing with their glasses.

"Just a few ...... Purpose, I can probably guess what they want to do. ”

Hercule closed his eyes in contemplation, the terrible sea slowed his thoughts a lot.

"Gaulna Lo has always been controlled by the faith of the Evangelical Church, but as the most secret institution in the whole country, the Iron Law Bureau is resolutely opposed to the existence of faith," Hercule's eyes narrowed slightly, "It seems that the Orthodox Church is their premeditated plan, Gaul Nalo does not want to be dominated by the Evangelical Church anymore, and now is the best opportunity to fight back." ”

"And that Currie Ferrey, though I've been lying in the room, I can still hear you talking, and from Irene's description, that Curry Ferrey is an out-and-out patriot, a staunch atheist, and extremely disgusted with the existence of faith. ”

Hercule said as he tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest.

"The enthronement of the Orthodox Pope, and the ships that set sail......"

"Do you have any plans?" asked Lorenzo.

Hercule shook his head and said helplessly.

"No, nothing, Lorenzo. ”

As he spoke, his gaze remained fixed on the sea in front of him, Hercule hated the sea.

"I hate the sea, Lorenzo, don't you think it feels like you've been on another world when you're above it?" Hercule said flatly.

"No matter which direction you look, there is an endless sea, and the only thing that can support you is the deck under your feet, and you may be able to follow the direction of the stars, but many times you will face endless rainstorms, as if you are in the world after death, no matter how much you struggle, you will not be saved. ”

He exhaled deeply and grabbed the big mouse in his arms.

"That's what I was like when I was shipwrecked, I felt like I was dead, and my soul was in hell, and this hell was an endless sea, and I would drown in it, and I would come back to life again, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on. ”

"We're in the middle of that sea right now, Lorenzo. ”

Hercule turned his head suddenly, as if he had changed as a different person, with a chill and a slight madness in his eyes.

"When the tide rises and gathers into a high wall, no one can stop it. ”

Lorenzo was silent, then asked.

"You really thought of something, didn't you?"

Hercule did not affirm, nor did he veto, but replied lightly.

"Actually, we don't need any planning at all, we already know the enemy's movements, as long as we reach Gaulinalo, confirm the location of the hostages, with your absolute force, no one can stop you from taking a man, not even an army can stop you. ”

"But there are things that monsters can't stop, Lorenzo. ”

"What is it?" asked Lorenzo.

Hercule thought for a moment, then smiled and said to him.

"Let you Mr. Holmos, superior in force, unparalleled in the world, but there are some things that cannot be solved by force, such as love and hatred, such as unpredictable people's hearts......"

He staggered to his feet, holding Poirot in one hand and his stomach in the other.

"Perhaps, war is doomed, Lorenzo. ”

Hercule's expression was pessimistic.

"Although the purpose of our trip is to prevent the outbreak of war, is it possible that our actions have hastened the outbreak of war?"

"The Iron Law Bureau, the Choir, and the establishment of the Orthodox Church, although I do not know about this military aspect, but from the available information, our enemies are in a hurry, and they are frantically creating monsters, as if war is going to start tomorrow. ”

That's why I'm going to solve it. Lorenzo said.

"But there are some things that cannot be ended by the power of one person. Hercule continued.

"Even if there is no choir, there will be the next class that will come out as a trigger for war...... As you said, they united in a bloc called the Rhine Confederation. ”

Hercule recalled the international situation, which he didn't care much about, after all, before being dragged onto the boat by Lorenzo, he could live well as long as he cared about his own one-third of an acre.

"Invig represents the pinnacle of existing industrial technology, and do you know who the second place is? It's Lybber, and there is a Gaul-Nalo between Invig and Lybber, and although there are railways and ships, exchanges have become more and more frequent in recent years.

There is also a special ore in that country, called cypress iron, which was used on a small scale centuries ago, when it was said that the blade of Leber was the sharpest weapon, and with the blessing of industrial technology, it was the easiest high-strength metal to produce on a large scale. ”

Lorenzo paused and nodded, he didn't expect the origin of the cypress to be like this.

"With the advantage of minerals, the absence of major wars, and the accumulation of technology, it can be said that in the Western world at present, Les Bo is the most likely country to surpass Invig, and over the years, because of these industrial developments and some messy reasons, these countries, whether it is Gaulnalo or Raoper and the Viking countries, their development has reached one.

Like a monster in a cage, industry and steel are its food, and the more it eats, the bigger it gets, until one day the cage can no longer hold it, until the monster escapes its bondage. ”

Hercule continued.

"Sometimes war is doomed, and we all need a war to complete each other's hatred and interests...... Maybe Invig is looking forward to that, too. ”

"Is it really as serious as you say?" Lorenzo couldn't believe what Hercule said, which seemed to him to be a bit ...... It's horrible.

Lorenzo didn't understand that it was not good for the world to be harmonious, why did it have to fight and kill? Lorenzo knew that such words came out of the mouth of a murderer like a madman who said he loved life.

"That's the difference, Lorenzo, you may be a strong warrior, but you're not a greedy politician, you know how terrible demons are, but sometimes, you need to know that sometimes people are worse than demons...... I've always felt that you know this better than I do. ”

Hercule patted Lorenzo on the shoulder.

"Anyway, be careful, I always feel that this operation is not as simple as it seems, and you are right, Haybold must be hiding something, he and Erin are like that. ”

His stomach was tumbling again, his serious expression was broken, and Hercule looked embarrassed, and he walked towards his room, but halfway through he turned back and looked at Lorenzo and asked.

"Do you think Invig really doesn't want war?"

Lorenzo was stunned, and Hercule didn't wait for his answer, asking himself a question.

"To be precise, Invig longs for a victorious war. ”

......

When Hercule had said this, he left, fell on the bed, and groaned again.

Lorenzo stood on the veranda in a daze, lost in thought.

He suddenly remembered a conversation he had made up for a private steamer, which he had saved up to buy a private steamer, which was parked in the port of Rendona.

Hercule lavished on the ship, which, according to his description, was a palace on the sea, full of food and gold, with everything to eat, drink and be merry.

He called the ship a refuge, and if war broke out one day, he would sail the ship to a no-man's sea and stay there for a few years before coming out.

Lorenzo thought he was joking, but in this way, Hercule was serious, and unlike Lorenzo, the guy who tried to stop everything, he felt that these things were predestined, like life and death, and human beings could not change it.

Walking into the living room, there was still a faint light in Haypad's room, and he was probably still looking at the strange room where Eve and Kestrel were dark, and the two guys were already asleep.

Tonight was Lorenzo's watchman, and someone needed to stay awake every night since the kestrel attack.

But it's a vigil, and more often than not, I can't sleep.

"Haven't you slept yet?"

Lorenzo noticed something as he passed by the couch and said to the sleeping woman.

After a while, Erin slowly got up.

"How do you know I'm not sleeping. ”

"The sound of breathing wasn't quite right, and I was noticeably quicker as I passed by. Lorenzo said.

Erin looked surprised, and then asked.

"Is it so sharp? Or do people like you have that ability? ”

Lorenzo didn't explain the witcher to Erin, he didn't think it was necessary, but even if Lorenzo didn't say it, with this woman's intelligence, she had more or less connected Lorenzo to the mysterious imagin.

"How much do you know about this?"

Lorenzo took out the secret blood, and the living room was dim, but the glimmer still reflected the blood in it, and the light dimmed.

"Not much. ”

Irene's smiling expression froze at the sight of the Secret Blood, but she disguised herself again and showed her charming smile again.

If the kestrel was here, maybe it could really be deceived by Irene, but Lorenzo knew very well what kind of person the woman in front of him was.

"Then change the subject. ”

"Is Mr. Holmes so fond of talking to someone?" asked Erin again.

"I just thought the vigil was boring, and I had ...... Work required. ”

Lorenzo lowered his head and looked at the blood in his hands.

Stasis Temple......

Based on the current information, Lorenzo guessed that the existence called the Stagnant Sanctuary that the Demon Hunters had been communicating with should actually be a [gap].

A gap that can only be communicated in one direction.

As for why every Demon Hunter can connect with it, the question is even simpler, Lorenzo suspects that all Demon Hunters have their secret blood from a single demon.

A demon that is still alive today.

There are things Lorenzo is destined to do, such as returning to the Basilica of Santa Narlo again, where there are still too many mysteries waiting for Lorenzo at the beginning of the story.

As for the secret blood in the hand.

Lawrence's remnants certainly don't have the same foundation as the Evangelical Church, and their secret blood is extracted from the bodies of those demons, and Lorenzo doesn't know, but ...... Perhaps, maybe Lorenzo can use this secret blood as a medium to trace its source and find the [gap] of that demon.

"Mr. Holmos?"

Erin's voice suddenly interrupted Lorenzo's thoughts, and he slowly raised his head and put away the secret blood.

"What are you doing?"

I saw that Erin was holding her face with her hand and looking at Lorenzo intently.

"Looking at you, even now I don't dare to think that you are so powerful, so easy to kill the choir soldiers, or a one-sided slaughter. ”

"I'm starting to get interested in you, Mr. Holmos. ”

Erin let go of her hand, she didn't have the slightest sense of self as a captive, and she looked like she was home.

"I've met a lot of men, and they can be seen by me at first sight, and what they like to go through is like being so calmly displayed in front of me. ”

"So that's how you played with the kestrels?" asked Lorenzo.

"Kestrel do you mean Mr. Moon?"

Whenever the word "moon" is mentioned, Erin can't help but smile.

"No, no, he's not worth my effort, he's easier to deceive than ordinary men, and almost all the things in his heart are written directly on his face, like an innocent little boy......"

At this, Erin finally laughed and gestured with her hand.

"But, such a big 'boy', it feels like a child, and when I hold out my hand, he will stagger over. ”

Lorenzo kept a straight face and said nothing.

"Why? I thought you'd be angry, I said that about your friend. ”

Erin's smile didn't last long, and she retracted.

"It's nothing, he's that kind of person, and you're right. Lorenzo said.

"Kestrel has a twisted life in a way, from crawling around the city to joining the purifier, and if you think about it, he lived in a twisted world from the beginning, and I had at least a good childhood. ”

Lorenzo reminisced about his experience with the kestrels.

"But there's no need to talk about him now, I want to ask you something else. ”

"What's the matter. ”

"About Ivar. ”

Lorenzo carefully observed Erin's expression as he spoke, and as expected, Erin was well disguised, but when it came to Ivar, her expression still changed slightly.

Erin Adler.

Lorenzo remembered how Haybold described him, like a femme fatale.

Beneath the beautiful skin is a dark and turbid core, this woman is like wearing a mask that cannot be taken off, and no one can see her true face.

Haybold has also said that perhaps the name Erin Adler is also fake, and that this woman is made up of lies and fraud.

Talking to her was always played by him, and although the contact was not long, Lorenzo sometimes felt that he had to [gap] to invade in order to guess what the woman was thinking.

But he didn't want to do it, whether it was to become more like a monster or for some other reason, Lorenzo only felt that if he solved it so roughly, it would be like cheating, and victory would be very boring.

Just like then he was more than capable of killing Moriarty, he didn't want to do that, that would just kill an enemy instead of defeating him outright.

"Tell me all about Ivar Rodbrock. ”

Lorenzo watched Erin closely, eager to see through the fragmented clues what Irene was hiding.