Chapter Ninety-Seven: I Saw the Devil
Sharon hides in an abandoned room with scattered furniture and dust.
She only remembered that her mother was driving the car, and she was carrying the doctor Qi who made people feel quite reliable, and wanted to take her to a place she had seen in her dreams, just to cure her illness.
She knew she was sick and often did inexplicable things at night while she was sleeping. So she was very well-behaved and didn't say much, and completely obeyed her mother's arrangement.
The last image of the memory is that the siren sounded that night, and the whole car then collided violently, and then lost consciousness in front of his eyes.
When she woke up again, she found herself curled up on the couch of a roadside barbershop, dark all around, with no lights and no people. Later, he wandered around the street in a daze for a long time, but he didn't see a single figure.
The whole town seemed to be empty, except for the ashes falling from the sky, and only a dead silence remained.
As night fell, she saw shadows in the darkness in the distance approaching her. She was scared, so she went into the building next to her and hid in an empty house.
This hiding is until now.
There were also some canned pulp in the kitchen that had expired at first glance, and although the water in each bottle had evaporated to the last bbit, it managed to hold her up.
The dazed and helpless little girl would look out from the window every day, occasionally seeing a monster with no arms hobbling by, or someone with a hideous mask hurrying by.
She didn't see her mother or Dr. Qi, she didn't know where they were, or if they were still looking for her.
Boom...... Boom......
There was a sound of footsteps in the hallway outside the door, and she stopped when she went up to the floor where she was, and after a while walked to the opposite room.
She crawled under the bed, covering her mouth and shivering.
The lock on the door of the room was broken, and the door was not closed tightly, which is why she was able to sneak in in the first place.
There was a sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets on the opposite side, probably to no avail, and the chaotic footsteps of more than one person came this way again.
Two people, wearing rubber shoes and rubber clothes, walked to the kitchen to rummage through.
There is also canned pulp in the kitchen that was opened but not eaten!
Sharon suddenly remembered.
It's late.
A gloved hand had been grabbed from behind her back.
……
The interior of the church is exquisitely decorated, except that there is no statue of Jesus on the platform that is usually found in churches, but a portrait of a burning witch several meters high, with a circular table similar to an altar in front of the statue, and a huge cross painted on the ground in the middle. The whole space is very high, and there are solemn religious paintings on the ceiling and surrounding walls, giving people in it a sense of oppression that God is watching.
"Witch! Get them out! The crowd gathered at the door and surrounded Ross and Sybil.
Under the flickering candlelight, there were heavy shadows on everyone's faces, which looked particularly vicious.
One of the elderly women was the most agitated, rushing to the front of the crowd, her pale and thin fingers almost pointing at Rose's face, and exclaiming, "They are all evil witches! We cannot allow them to enter this most sacred place of refuge! ”
"We're just lost." Ross defended weakly.
The old woman did not listen to her and rushed up and shoved her towards the door. The crowd behind him began to shout again: "Get rid of them!" Get rid of them! ”
Syllable! Syllable!
Sybil fired two shots into the air, and fine pieces of stone fell from the ceiling.
The crowd finally quieted down, and Qi Qi was two steps away, but it didn't disperse.
"What are you doing? Now is the time for prayer. ”
A woman in a slim-fitting purple robe approached from the back of the crowd, giving way wherever she went.
She was about forty years old, with a hint of majesty in her gestures, her hair delicately coiled, and even some light makeup on her face, which was very different from the dirty appearance of other people.
The elderly woman who had been jumping the most happily just now stepped forward, bowed her waist slightly, and complained: "Chris Bella, it's good that you're here!" These two outlanders seduced my Anna and delivered her into the hands of demons. These two outlanders are witches! ”
"Eleanor, you must remember. It was Anna who did not act according to our rules, she was unprotected, she went out alone, trespassing into the demon's territory. Chris bella took Eleanor in her arms and patted her on the back to soothe, "Anna's end is because she didn't do God's will, and it has nothing to do with these two strangers. ”
In a simple sentence, the old woman buried her head in tears and seemed to accept this statement.
Chris Bella looked at the stranger from afar, and after a moment turned to the crowd and said, "Come back later to decide how to arrange them, now, it's time to pray." ”
As soon as the words fell, everyone faded away from the excitement just now, and sat on the long wooden chairs with a peaceful face, bowing their heads and waiting quietly.
Chris Bella led four relatively well-dressed parishioners to the altar, where she stood in the middle and the rest on one side, bowed their heads and began to pray.
“…… I saw them, and from before them all the earth fled from them, and there was no return to them. And I saw the dead, great and small, being judged according to their works. If anyone's name is not written in the book of life, he will be thrown into the lake of fire......"
Rose wasn't a cultist, and she didn't feel anything as she looked at the people in front of her who were whispering in unison, just glad that no one had come to trouble them, at least for the time being.
But Sybil on the side was stunned and muttered, "This is not the original text...... No, every word of this prayer comes from the Bible, but it's a patchwork...... They, they're trying to tamper with the Bible? ”
Born in the next town, she was also exposed to Catholicism since she was a child, and she was influenced by a lot, so she immediately heard the strangeness of the prayer, and her heart was extremely vibrating.
How bold are these people who dare to distort the original meaning and tamper with the Bible on their own?!
After some time, the chanting was voiced, and the prayer was finished. The crowd bowed their heads again and pondered for a while before they got up again and gathered around.
Chris Bella walked apart from the crowd with an intimate smile on her face.
Rose didn't notice anything, took two steps forward at the moment, and explained loudly: "We came to this town because we got lost, and my daughter is lost, and we have been looking for her in the town. I met Anna on the way, and I learned that the church can hide from the monsters in the dark, so we are here. ”
"I believe in you, kid. Anna's business has nothing to do with you. Chris Bella nodded slightly, then turned to Sybil and said, "They were just frightened by the demons in the darkness, and they have no ill will towards you. So, officer, can you put down your pistol? ”
Sybil looked at her face as if it was carrying holy light, and subconsciously put the pistol into the holster.
It wasn't until she was done that she suddenly woke up and looked up at Chris Bella, who was already talking softly to Rose.
In a trance, she felt like she had seen a demon.