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The carriage stopped outside the East End, and Crean, with his cane and top hat, entered the slum from a relatively modest neighborhood.

This time he did not contact Maria, and also divined her in advance, confirming that Miss Maria would not be in the neighborhood.

After all, the commission has been completed, and the Ernst Foundation is suspected of colluding with Aurora. A detective who has nothing to do, he has no reason to come to the East End frequently.

Besides, he'd decided to stay away from the Hidden Order.

Walking for a while, he saw two familiar figures coming out of the fairly neat apartment in front of him.

They were all young girls, one seventeen or eighteen, the other fifteen or sixteen, and it was none other than Freya and Daisy, the daughters of Liv, the pulver. Daisy also spotted Crane and immediately smiled brightly:

"Good afternoon, Detective Moriarty!"

Crane smiled and asked in surprise, "Daisy, didn't you go to a public elementary school?" ”

Following the appeal of journalists such as Mike Joseph, and the promotion of the Goddess of the Night Church, the city government of Beckland used Capin's estate to establish a charitable fund dedicated to helping women and families who had been harmed by Caping.

The fact that he did not choose to inject funds into the Ernst Foundation made Crane feel a little regretful, but after all, the other party is a hidden organization in the skin, and it is not incomprehensible that the Orthodox Church has made such a decision.

He asked Old Kohler about Miss Maria's attitude, and Old Kohler replied quite naturally:

"Miss Maria is very pleased."

"Won't she feel that this is a contempt for her?"

"How so?"

Old Kohler was a little surprised, and then naturally smiled and said to Crane, "Miss Mary will only be glad that we have been helped, as long as those who help us have no bad intentions." ”

"Rebirth: The Great Age of Waves"

"Do the people in charge of the Foundation think so?"

"I don't know." Old Kohler said, "I've only seen Miss Mary." ”

Through this conversation, Crane learned more about the Ernst Foundation, and understood that this is basically a secret organization where good people live together, and they don't preach their faith, so it's no wonder that the gods are willing to give them space to live, and are willing to allow a secret organization to operate in the world of ordinary people...... But this kind of real charity activity to help the poor is a bottomless pit at all, even if they have their own jobs and industries, it is difficult to afford it, how much does it cost?

Crane felt sore when he thought about the expenses.

Daisy's family took advantage of this opportunity to move from a dilapidated apartment with a poor security environment to the edge of the East End, from one room to two rooms, separating the "laundry workshop" from a place to sleep and eat.

In addition, Daisy was compensated for her attendance at a public primary school, and she was delighted that the 3 pence a week for tuition and the corresponding meal allowance were covered by the newly established charitable fund.

The reason why Crane is strange is precisely because public elementary schools are only closed on Sundays, and Daisy's point should not be here.

"The school is very close, so I took advantage of the lunch break to come back and help Fleya deliver the washed and dried clothes to the guests' homes, and she and her mother were too busy." Daisy replied calmly.

The most immediate impact of her going to school is that Liv and Fleia have less laundry per day, and their family income has dropped significantly, and if it weren't for Mike's help in applying for a subsidy from the charity fund, they wouldn't be able to sustain their current lives.

Therefore, there is no doubt that Friya has no possibility of entering a public elementary school, and when Daisy and Crane talk about the school, her eyes show envy and pain that is difficult to hide.

Not yet eighteen years old, she could only watch her sister go to school quietly.

Crane noticed this detail and deliberately reminded Daisy, "You really should know that your mother and Freya are working hard, and you should treat them well." ”

Daisy nodded seriously and said:

"I've thought about it, and when I stabilize it, I'll take advantage of the evenings and Sundays to teach Freya what I've learned during the day, and I'll be her mentor alone!"

Fleia's eyes blinked suddenly, and she couldn't help but lower her head.

"Good, that's good." Crane complimented, said goodbye to the two sisters in a good mood, and turned to another street.

After walking some distance, a golden-brown haired girl with a suitcase trotted past Crane. She was plainly dressed and neat, her hair was meticulously combed, and she wore a red bow hair ornament tied at the back of her head, which did not look like a person who lived in the East End.

Crane glanced back suspiciously, and saw the girl running towards Daisy and Friya, who were greeting her, so he guessed that it was Daisy's friend or classmate, and was no longer curious.

……

Seeing Alia arrive, a nervous and expectant expression immediately appeared on Friya's face, Daisy was also a little nervous, but she politely resisted the urge to ask, and waited until Alia stood firm and the three of them greeted each other before Daisy mustered up the courage to speak:

"Miss Alia......

"Just call me Alia!"

Daisy nodded, but her nervousness did not ease: "Alia ...... May I ask why the gentleman with the red hood, who is very good at speaking, and the gentleman with dark green eyes next to Miss Maria, have not been here lately? ”

"The day before yesterday they said they would bring some bread and jerky to the unemployed workers next time they came......

"A lot of people are waiting, they want to hear them, they want food...... Are they really not coming? Won't you come in the future? ”

This...... Alia, who was not yet a member of the Pilgrimage Sect, did not know the truth, but Miss Maria seemed to be helpless. The answer to her was that the two gentlemen and their subordinates would not be coming anytime soon, because they were in trouble and might need to hide for a while. So Alia shook her head with a wry smile, and said cautiously:

"Those two gentlemen have been busy lately."

"It should be back in a while."

Friya's face turned gloomy, and she asked again, "Alia, is the next recruitment time for Miss Maria's factory confirmed?" ”

"There's no plan for this yet."

Alia replied immediately, and seeing the disappointed expressions of the sisters opposite, she smiled again and added: "But it seems that the Foundation will soon have plans to recruit new clerks, and if Friya can master two thousand words and read and write by March, she can come to work first, Miss Maria still hopes to help you live a better life!" ”

"Two thousand words? Read and write? ”

Friya was happy at first, then looked at Daisy hesitantly, "I...... In three months, am I likely to learn that much? Alia, please continue to help me keep an eye on recruitment......"

Unexpectedly, Alia immediately smiled: "Don't worry, I can teach you too!" ”

"The school is about to have winter break, and the tickets are too expensive, so I stayed in Beckland this year, and my fellow villagers went back to visit the dean instead of me."

"Ahh So ......"

"Yes, I'm going to the foundation's charity school, and I didn't do very well in my sewing class, so I taught arithmetic and reading and writing." Alia smiled and encouraged Freya, "Miss Maria said that I can continue to work odd jobs to save money, your new home is very close to the school, you can find a time, I will go to your house to teach you alone!" Believe in yourself, Fleia, with the help of Daisy and me, you will definitely be able to master reading and writing. If you make it to the Foundation as a clerk, then we will be colleagues from now on! ”

After speaking, she looked at Daisy with blazing eyes: "Daisy, you have a strong learning ability, you are still young, and you are still more than four years away from adulthood, do you want to consider studying hard with all your heart and mind, and then apply to college?" ”

"I ......"

Daisy faltered, she looked at Freya and then at Aria. She suddenly felt that the dream that she couldn't think of, and could only think quietly alone in the middle of the night, was suddenly closer to her.

As if the clouds had lifted, she dared to imagine herself sitting in a university classroom, Friya working on paperwork in a clean office, and her emaciated and hunchbacked mother not having to do the hard work of being able to snooze comfortably by the fireplace in a warm room.

"I will...... I'll try, Miss Alia. ”

Daisy wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and rejected the clean handkerchief handed by Alia: "Freya, we must, work together!" ”

300

On the way back, Crane went to the "Brave" bar, and was surprised to learn that Caspars, the arms merchant who had sold him pistol bullets and explosives, had died at home.

This made Crane feel a little sorry, but the other party should not come back after he escaped, and it was somewhat worthless to lose his life because of greed for money.

Not surprisingly, Miss Sharon's visit to the "Brave" bar caught Miss Sharon's attention, and soon after getting into the carriage, the ghost in an intricate black dress quietly descended.

He took the opportunity to ask the other party if he had any clues about his Sequence 6 potion main ingredient "Human Skin Phantom", and as a result, he got information about the mausoleum of the "Amon" family. Upon hearing the name, Crane's mind immediately conjured up a smiling figure wearing crystal-polished monocles, classical wizard robes, and a peaked floppy hat.

But this kind of place is obviously not something he can explore on his own, so Sharon gives him another clue:

Just recently, at a party she attended, one of the High Sequence Extraordinaires promised that if someone could complete the task she had given, she would fulfill any reasonable request and receive any 'below the High Sequence' Extraordinary Item.

"What mission did she give?"

Sharon has been sitting dignified and straight:

"She said that in the shadow of the Carpin Eucalyptus and the Demon Killer Eucalyptus, there is a mysterious ghost of the 'Black Emperor' at work."

"Her mission is to investigate the true identity of this ghost."

…… Crane believed that if he was drinking water at this moment, he must have sprayed uncontrollably to the other side.

A member of the Dusk Hermit's Society? Because the "Black Emperor" took away the spirit of the "Apostle of Desire" Beria?

But Belial and the demon dog weren't killed by me! Why not find Mr. Edward Vaughn? Isn't she more obvious than me?!

Members of the three major churches and MI9? Purely to find out the truth about the events with Kapin and Beria?

Every one is possible, and every one cannot be ruled out! Crane didn't show anything unusual, and asked thoughtfully, "What kind of person is she?"

Sharon was silent for two seconds, as if reminiscing.

She went on to describe: "Female, over 7 meters, with a well-proportioned figure, long chestnut hair, disguised, black leather boots, and only occasionally attending parties, which first appeared more than two months ago."

Love to wear black leather boots, female, high-sequence strong...... These three keywords were connected together, and they suddenly hooked a certain memory of Crane!

Isn't this the "eldest daughter of Russell", Bernadette Gustaf, whom Mr. Edward casually introduced to him at the Russell exhibition?! It seems to involve a grievance from a hundred years ago, and I was glared at by her at the time, and I almost left sequelae!

Even that night, when he stole the "Black Emperor" card, he encountered Bernadette there, and when he escaped with the help of the power above the gray mist, and had to shout for help to get attention because of the side effects of the "Master Key", he met the female demigod again as Sherlock Moriarty.

I took the blasphemy card created by her father, and it appeared everywhere, it was normal for her to have her eyes on me, but why did she only look for the "Black Emperor" and nothing else...... Crane's thoughts raced, and he smiled slightly:

"I'll help her keep an eye out for it, and hopefully something will catch it."

There will be no harvest in this life! He added without hesitation in his heart.

301

Back at home, there was still some time left before eight o'clock in the evening as agreed with Emlyn, and Crane decided to take a leisurely rest, count the gold pounds that were about to leave him, and then have dinner before heading back.

As he sat in his easy chair in his living room reading a magazine, Crane suddenly remembered something:

You seem to have woken up suddenly last night?

What woke up because of that?

He frowned and thought for a while, I don't know where the research showed that when people unexpectedly wake up in their sleep, their intelligence is like that of a baby, and they have no other thoughts than to continue sleeping. With the help of the soothsayer's memory and simple divination, Crane gradually recalled some of the details of the dream, as if he had seen the basement of Miller Carter's house, and the rooms that had been blown up by himself, and which originally housed blasphemous statues.

Why did you dream about this all of a sudden? Could it be Pound from the baron?

Well, when divining Pound at that time, he did seem to have a long crawling movement...... Could it be that he really climbed in?

Why I didn't think about it when I met Miss Sharon, but I didn't know the situation at the time, so I'd wait for the divination to see.

Crane sneered as he expertly walked four steps backwards and whispered to the gray mist. After sitting on the seat belonging to the "fool", he took out a pen and paper and wrote the divination sentence:

"Changes in the basement of Miller Carter's mansion."

Repeat seven times, closing your eyes. Crane chooses dream divination, which allows him to use the gray mist to get more detailed revelations.

But, unprecedentedly, in the moment before falling into a light sleep, he suddenly felt a strange hint of heart.

One bizarre image after another flashed in front of his eyes, and Crane didn't think much of it, allowing his thoughts to be pulled forward by his subconscious. Gradually, some of the images began to become clear, and he saw a strange carriage arriving at 8 Williams Street, pulling two tall black horses with hideous heads, scales, and flames from their nostrils, driving a translucent figure with a look like a black coat.

Crane was startled.

But he subconsciously didn't take it to heart, the evil god "True Creator", the righteous god "Eternal Sun", and the angel Mr. "Gate" have all visited here, and he is still sitting here on top of the gray mist.

This scene flashed, and soon, another scene came to Crane:

A hand knocked on the blood-soaked door, and behind it was the evil spirit trying to bewitch him and Sharon. There was no sound in the dream, and the mime-like picture was supposed to be a conversation between the two people, and then the picture shook violently and collapsed into a chaotic light and shadow. By the time it stabilized again, the gate had disappeared and the people inside were empty.

Let's go? The evil spirit was taken away? Who exactly?

Crane held his breath and continued to look down, he saw the black carriage moving down the deserted street, his eyes cast through the glass window, and he passed two inconspicuous figures, and then—the hand that knocked on the door appeared again, and his eyes followed the hands, arms, and shoulders upward, and when he reached his neck, Crane actually felt a hint of familiarity, but he couldn't stop it, he saw the other party's face, and saw the face of the predecessor whose temperament was calm and elegant, and at first sight could make people feel as if they had known each other for a long time.

But at this moment, the shadow on this face outlined a cold and sharp expression, and the dark-eyed boy stared at a certain part of the carriage, revealing an aura that made people shudder, frightened and wanted to surrender.

This is the Abyss Angel, Edward Vaughn!

Crane had been mentally prepared when he saw the demon horse, but he was still taken aback.

Why did Mr. Edward know where the evil spirits were?

Why did she go and let the evil spirit out?

How do you explain this to Miss Sharon?

Crane's mind was in turmoil, and just as he was about to wake up from the dream divination, a change suddenly occurred.

In the final picture, the angel of the abyss, who was looking at the carriage somewhere, suddenly moved, as if it were a figure in an oil painting. She turned her head slowly and slowly, and the eyes burning with blue flames met Crane's eyes with a suffocating and terrifying sense of oppression!

The picture is still still, but she is alive, as if the next step is to leave the world of the picture!

“…… Fools who do not belong to this era......"

"The Mysterious Juggernaut ...... above the Grey Mist"

"The ...... who is in charge of good fortune ...... the King of Yellow and Black? ”

The demon's murmur rang in his ears, and Crane's scalp exploded, nearly forgetting to breathe, and he was about to wake up without thinking. The dream was suddenly shattered, and Crane opened his eyes reluctantly, and at this moment, he saw a circle of prayer ripples swinging behind the seat of the "Fool", and Edward Vaughn's prayer sounded a second time, but the content was changed:

"Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun."

His eyes widened, his chest heaved violently, and he was more desperate than ever to know where the other party had learned the name of the "Fool" and the name of the Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun.

Crane's mood swayed dangerously from side to side, and the thought of fleeing and staying appeared at the same time, and he couldn't make a decision for a moment.

TBC

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Give me back the comments!! Give me back the comments! Give me back the comments!!

Ask me if the ending is HE or BE.,I'll punish you all to go back and re-watch the testimonials on the shelves.,I'm tired of saying HE outside the BE text!

By the way, the plot of this article has been changed to this point, should you think it's still ...... My HE is the kind of happy ending that decays and joins the Earth camp, or because he can't beat the second place in the light gods, so let's just work together to protect the world, right?

Think big! This article is anti-routine!