"I have admired the daimyo for a long time."

Ludon reached out and shook his hand with the other.

"Father Phuket."

To the Inquisition, to Luden, it's a name with a story.

The Inquisition continues to this day in another way, completely detached from the world, becoming an insulator of secular power.

If you want to keep a large organization running for generations, you need to keep enough fresh blood to keep the organization going.

It is impossible for the Inquisition to have both feet off the ground.

In addition to the disguise of the Strange Bird Bookstore, they also need a nominal leader, Father Phuket.

After a brief pleasantry, the two took a few steps forward, away from the filthy place of the confessional, and sat down at the prayer bench in the church, chatting like old friends for many years.

Fr. Phuket explained,

"I heard from you, and I rushed over."

Hearing this, Ludon thought for a little and said casually,

"Awu is here too?"

Fr. Phuket:.

"I now believe that you are Mr. Luden."

Father Phuket said with emotion,

"Even if you read all your information, you can only scratch the surface. Pardon my offense, can you help me, a mortal, how do you see through the truth in one sentence? ”

"It's actually quite simple."

Ludon said modestly,

"I've been with you for a few days, and I've read a lot of your information, and I have a more comprehensive understanding of the current situation of the Inquisition."

Father Phuket sat relaxed on the bench, clasped his hands and one arm on the back of the chair, looking sideways at Mr. Luden, his expression attentive and not missing a word.

Luden continued,

"The Inquisition of Inquisition should be divided into two departments, internal and external.

The internal department is the Strange Bird Bookstore, which is responsible for storing archives, recording events, and arranging eyeliner and manpower in various places.

But these are not enough, the secrets of the palace cannot fly out of the high walls, and it is impossible to record the world independently of the world. ”

Speaking of this, a light smile appeared on Ludden's face, staring at the other party's eyes, and casually pointed,

"Some of you have done your old job."

What does the Inquisition do best?

Assassinate? Compilation of history books? Trial?

No, they're the best at lurking.

The former family of saints has been infiltrated into a sieve by the heresy trial.

The Inquisition renounced the secular power of the Kingdom of God.

This choice ushered in the whole world for them.

Of course, they didn't dare to go too far.

"I decided to give up secular power, but in order to record history, I had to enter the WTO, but I was afraid of provoking the presiding judge, and to be honest, there are not many options left for you."

Luden spread his hands and said his guess,

"You must follow an Eternal, at least in a cooperative relationship, Al will not cooperate with you when she is with her, you can only cooperate for Awu."

Inside the church, there was applause.

Brilliant reasoning.

Mr. Lutden's words seem to condense the history of the Inquisition over the past few hundred years.

Only when they are at the center of power do they have the opportunity to keep track of everything.

And Awu, the Eternal, will be the center of power wherever he is.

Following Awu is the best choice and the only choice.

Since the Inquisition is at the service of Awu, Father Phuket can come from out of town when he receives the news.

And what about Awu?

The answer is self-explanatory.

"I see."

Father Phuket understood what Ludon meant, and his words changed,

"Your Majesty is not going to meet with you for the time being."

"I know."

Ludon yawned and said lazily,

"Although they have been gone for hundreds of years, people will always change, they will grow, and . . It's timid. ”

These four words are Luden's description of Awu's psychological state at the moment.

In particular, Awu knew that Mr. Luden's return would last for a long time, measured in years.

Therefore, the reunion is not the most urgent thing.

A decent reunion, yes.

Although Ludon has not been cultivating Awu for a long time, it is even shorter than Pongge.

However, Ludon is well aware that Awu has learned a very bad thing from himself: a sense of ritual.

The two didn't have much to talk about, just a few words of greeting, and then they were ready to separate.

Father Phuket said that they could be reached by any of the Strange Bird bookstores, and could even speak to the Eternals, if Mr. Ludon needed it.

Luton expressed his perfunctory gratitude.

After all, he never relented when he could gather wool.

"That's right, Mr. Luden."

The pale-faced Father Phuket stopped before leaving the door and looked back at Luden.

"We don't call it the Inquisition now."

"Oh?"

Ludon raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling that things were getting interesting.

"You have a new name?"

"Yes, His Majesty Awu has given us a new name, a new name, a new mission."

Father Phuket bowed slightly, like the humblest of servants, and said the name respectfully,

"Valhalla."

Valhalla?

Sitting in the public carriage, Ludon's body swayed with the carriage, recalling the previous conversation.

"Interesting name."

This world is a little more interesting than Ludon imagined.

With the study and summary of the past few days, the world pattern gradually became clear in Luden's mind.

There are four great powers in the civilized world:

The Divine Empire, the Little United Kingdom, the Highland Republic, the Snowfields Alliance.

Among them, the Shenbang Empire occupies the largest area of land and is nominally the most powerful, but it can be in civil strife for many years, the military system is chaotic, and it is unable to fight abroad, so it can only barely maintain the framework of the empire.

The Highland Republic and the Snow Plains Alliance, both split from the Divine Empire, are full of martial virtues and arrogant people, and are also contemptuously called barbarians by the Divine Empire.

The small United Kingdom, on the other hand, was a rising star, with the most powerful navy, abundant resources, and land trade, and occupied a place with the accumulated wealth of pirates and artisans exiled from the land.

In addition to these four major forces, there are also many dependent forces such as small countries and city-states on land.

As for the religious forces, it is simpler, there are three major religions in total:

The Congregation of the Thirteen Saints, the Congregation of the Holy Fathers, the Congregation of Our Lady.

The Thirteen Holy Churches are the faith of the Divine State.

The Congregation of the Holy Fathers is the state religion of the small United Kingdom.

The Congregation of Our Lady is the original worship of the Snow Alliance, who firmly believes that there is an immortal Mary who walks the world and brings wisdom and gospel to the world.

As for the Highlands Republic. They have a lot of mixed beliefs, they believe in a little bit of everything, and they don't believe in anything.

The economy is not much different from when Ludon left.

Technology has stepped back a bit.

Hundreds of years ago, Ludon saved up airships, machine guns, and large steam engines.

If there was oil, Ludon would have rubbed the engine by hand a long time ago!

With the death of Lutdon, the products of the cross-era were destroyed by the backhand left by Lutden.

And the skilled dwarven craftsmen, after receiving the empress's forgiveness, are granted a free land, away from the wars and chaos of human civilization.

In this era, although the steam engine is used, the utilization efficiency is not as high as it was back then, and there is a lot of room for improvement.

Now the most popular weapons, also muskets, artillery.

Revolvers, although they exist, are luxuries.

Listening to the sound of the brass bell of the carriage, Ludon came back to his senses and arrived at the station.

After swiping his monthly card, Lu Deng got out of the car, walked half a block, and returned to the orphanage.

As usual, Ludon spent a simple afternoon with the children, and in the evening he read alone in the house.

That night, it rained heavily.

Listening to the sound of the rain outside the window, Ludon blew out the kerosene lamp and prepared to sleep.

"Knock knock—"

An anxious knock on the door shattered the peaceful life of the orphanage.

Sister Fercy opened the door, and outside the door stood an inspector in a raincoat, with an angry face and a very loud voice, shouting,

"Call out your dean! And, say! Where is he in the afternoon and evening?! ”

Sister Fercy shuddered,

"In the orphanage, the director did not go out, the Holy Father was above, I was telling the truth!"

"Then go and call him down!"

Inspector Lei had a gloomy face and muttered in a low voice,

"Something is wrong."

A few minutes later, a well-dressed Ludon calmly walked down the stairs, and Inspector Ray casually threw a leather raincoat.

"Put it on, go!"

Only Sister Faisie, who looked dazed and slightly frightened, prayed in the midst of thunder and torrential rain.

She knew that the Inspector had not come to arrest Mr. Ludon.

The dean is a god state, if the inspector wanted to arrest him, he would have rushed upstairs to arrest people, let alone prepare a raincoat for the dean.

Even so, on such a bad night, going out to run errands is extremely risky.

Looking at the back of Ludon leaving, Sister Fercy meditated in her heart,

"May the Holy Father bless you, Mr. Luden!"

Following Inspector Ray out, Ludon got into the carriage.

"Dead again."

Inspector Lei's face was gloomy, and he scolded and said,

"This damn weather, it's endless, damn it!"

From Inspector Lei's mouth, Ludon learned about the situation.

An alcoholic reported that a dead body was found while vomiting in an alley.

When the drunkard reported the crime, Inspector Lei happened to be playing cards in the security team, and immediately took his brothers to the guys, and the soldiers were divided into two ways.

A team of men goes to the scene to check for clues, and he goes straight to the orphanage to find Luden.

Inspector Ray came to Ludon for two reasons.

First of all, he still suspected that Ludon was the murderer, at least not completely ruled out this possibility.

Not long after receiving the report, if Lu Deng was really the murderer, Inspector Lei could catch Lu Deng off guard.

And Sister Fesse's words provided Ludon with an alibi.

Of course, Ludon may not be the executor, maybe the mastermind or the mastermind behind it.

Secondly, if Ludon has nothing to do with the case.

Inspector Ray needs his help.

Last time, Ludon had already proven his talent.

To catch a madman like Jack the Ripper, you need a talent like Ludon!

In the long street of the night, horse-drawn carriages with kerosene lamps were speeding forward, and the car marks left behind were soon washed away by the rain.

When I arrived at the scene, it was dark, and I couldn't see my fingers, and I could only hear the torrential rain shouting in my ears.

The members of the security team took out kerosene lamps, and Inspector Ray took out a long tube-like thing, shining a warm light.

Luden was a little curious,

"What is this?"

"Flashlight."

At other times, Inspector Ray would show off this treasure.

At this time, he was not in this mood, but casually explained,

"It's the same principle as the street lamp of Shenbang, I don't know what's going on, it's very expensive."

Luden:.

Nuclear radiation lamps belong to yes.

Ludon silently stayed away from Inspector Ray, the source of pollution.

With the help of the light, quickly scanning the scene, Ludon came to a bold conclusion,

"This guy is out of the hospital!"

(End of chapter)