"You're Makoto Kyushu, right? Thank you for coming to help! May the Lord bless you! ”

At the door of an old Gothic church, a thin man dressed as a priest pushed the frame of his glasses and bowed to Makoto Kyushu.

Makoto Kyushu's job today is at a church near Ochanomizu, where he is in charge of chores such as cleaning and tidying up and receiving guests.

The church, called the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, was founded in the last century by Russian missionaries and was originally only open to Orthodox Christians. However, as times have changed, the church is now open to Christians of all denominations.

According to Christianity, the "Holy Trinity" refers to the fact that the Lord God they believe in is a "Trinity", consisting of the Supreme Father, the Son who came into the world to save the world, and the Holy Spirit who spreads the gospel.

Shinto and Buddhism are the majority of religious beliefs in Wano Country, and Christianity accounts for a very small proportion. Because of this, most of the churches in Wano Country are relatively deserted except for wedding ceremonies, at least not to the point where high school students need to be hired to help.

Yet today.

"Is this the church that is linked to Tokyo/Demon Order?"

"Where is the stamping point for offline events?"

"Hurry, hurry! According to SNS, drawing a card in front of the statue of the Holy Child in a church can increase the probability of drawing an SSR card! ”

Early in the morning, the entrance of the church was already crowded with tourists, most of whom were young people and houses.

"As you can see, this is the case~" The priest smiled calmly and explained the current situation to Makoto Kyushu:

"Our 'Holy Trinity Cathedral' has recently collaborated with a popular mobile game called "Tokyo/Demon Order", and we are going to hold a large-scale offline exchange meeting here."

"There will be a lot of guests these days, and our staff here will definitely not be able to cope with it, so I have to ask you to help."

"Understood, I'll try." Makoto Kyushu nodded.

Before coming to work here, Makoto Kyushu learned about the situation here in advance.

Tokyo/Ghost Order, also known as Tokyo/Demon Order, is a popular mobile game of the moment. Not only in Wano Country, but also in other countries, it has a lot of fans and discussions, and is loved by mobile gamers all over the world.

The game is set in a fictional "Tokyo" infested with demons, and the protagonist is an exorcist with a "psychic body" who has the ability to subdue and defeat demons. The theme of the story is for players to survive in this dangerous city, constantly collect demons to expand the team, and finally find a "Gensokyo" where there is no longer the danger of war and everyone can be happy.

As for the gameplay and operation mode of the game, it is the most classic gacha collection and cultivation of mobile games. If you want to get a stronger and more beautiful character, you need Krypton gacha.

In order to make players more willing to pay money, the card characters in the game are basically all handsome guys and beauties.

Since the theme of this game is "killing spirits and catching ghosts", the game company borrowed myths and legends from all over the world and adapted the more famous gods, demons and monsters into card characters.

For example, they recently launched a new character, "Jeshua the Son Incarnate", based on the biblical "Jesus the Son". It is probably to turn the "Jesus" in the Bible into a beautiful girl, so that in addition to having the virtue of the virgin of "compassion for the world" in the original book, she will be endowed with attributes such as "black belly" and "motherhood".

Some players were worried about whether this character would cause dissatisfaction among religious people, but the result was beyond everyone's expectations, and the popularity of this character rose after its launch, which once caused a boom out of the circle.

There are even clergy of Heguo who expressed their love for her on social media, saying: "The Lord has no appearance and can pity the world with all appearances, which is also an aspect of the world of Shengfa."

Because of this, the game company decided to take advantage of the popularity of this character and find a large church in Tokyo for offline linkage, so as to hype up another wave of topics.

When Makoto Kyushu came to the door of the church today, he saw signs and signboards printed with anime beautiful girls on both sides of the road, which made the solemn atmosphere of the church funny.

As for why the church agrees to such an absurd linkage activity, it must be that the game company has given enough money.

Although they arbitrarily disguised the religious figures they respected and made them game characters, they still put such signs at the entrance of the church, which somewhat damaged the image of the church. But churches and religious groups also need money to operate and maintain, and even self-proclaimed incorruptible believers will not be unable to live with money.

Kyushu Cheng didn't comment much on this, anyway, he came to work today, and he didn't really want to mix in the rest of the complicated things, and there was no need to think about it.

Under the priest's orders, Makoto Kyushu changed into a priest's black robe uniform and began today's work.

The interior of the church is very spacious, and the gentle orange light fills the room, which does not make people feel dazzling, but can feel a bit of sleepy tranquility.

Rows of benches are neatly arranged, and a row of cushions is placed in front of each chair, which is said to be convenient for believers to kneel and pray.

In contrast to the religious reliefs and paintings on the walls, the most striking thing is the tall statue at the back of the church, depicting a man with a crown of thorns hanging from a cross, staring blankly at the prayers.

"This is our Savior, Jesus the Son." The priest looked at the statue and introduced Makoto Kyushu:

"I'm sorry, little brother Kyushu may not understand, right? I'm talking too much. But if you're interested, I'll tell you more. ”

This priest is obviously more sensible, and Makoto Kyushu is only here to work, and may not have much interest in religion. At this time, rushing to preach will only make Kyushu Makoto disgusted and rebellious.

"It's okay, I'm not religious, but I don't mind listening to you a little bit." Makoto Kyushu is more open-minded: "But before that, let's focus on work first." ”

He did not believe in religion, but he did not regard it as a beast of prey, and he did not reject it in every way.

In a sense, religion is also a part of the humanities, an embodiment of human culture. It is also quite academic to understand religion with the mentality of "learning about different cultures", and then to study the development and progress of human beings.

"What the little brother of Kyushu said is, I will hand over today's work list to you." The priest smiled slightly, bowed slightly, and said, "I'll leave it to you today." ”

Moments later, Makoto Kyushu got the job list.

The church has a generally peaceful and laid-back atmosphere, just like his work today.

Lead the way for travelers who participate in offline activities to prevent them from getting confused with the believers who visit normally; Help maintain the order of offline activities of mobile games, and provide guests with gifts linked to tea and games; Finally, the garbage left behind by the guests is sorted out

Sorting out the list, Kyushu Makoto has to do some relatively light jobs, and the church also hires other temporary workers, so there are not many jobs that really fall into the hands of Kyushu Makoto.

However, the most troublesome situation is that there are occasionally some unruly guests.

"Hey, hey! Morishita, come here! This is the statue of the man hanging on the cross! For example, at this moment, a yellow-haired young man in a white jacket walked up to the statue of the Holy Son and shouted:

"I read on the Internet that standing in front of this statue and drawing cards can make ten consecutive SSRs!"

"It's coming, it's coming!" Another chubby young man strode over, his steps so heavy that the wooden floor creaked as if it were about to be crushed:

"Hey, this statue looks so funny~ This man is so funny when he is crucified!"

The two were noisy and noisy, which had already aroused the slight dissatisfaction of some normal worshippers and tourists, and they all cast surprised eyes.

However, the two apparently didn't notice the gaze of the others, took out their phones and began to draw cards for the game.

"Out out! Buddha bless! Izanagi God bless! The yellow-haired man swiped his fingers across the screen with what he thought was very chic, still in a loud voice that ignored the gaze of others:

"Damn! Not out!! Why!! Are there all deceptions on the Internet?!!! This is my last shot!! Ahh!!hhhh It's all a lie!! his Buddha! ”

"Don't make noise! It's all because you're too unlucky, you don't understand if you don't save it! The chubby man pushed the frame of his glasses, sneered and began to draw cards:

"Look at me, what's this statue called. Oh yes, Son Judas bless! Son Judas bless me out of SSR! ”

The next moment, he looked at the colorful light on his mobile phone, and jumped up and screamed excitedly, and the floor was trampled again: "Oh oh oh oh ahh Look at you! I got it!! I'm in, I'm in! I'll just say you must be too unlucky!! Look at me!! No scams on SNS!! ”

"Don't show off, you bastard!" The yellow-haired man suddenly jumped like thunder, turned around and scolded angrily: "I told you not to show off!" Shut up! I'm going to smash this broken statue! This garbage place!! ”

The two of them had no regard for the feelings of others, and the noise resounded throughout the church, once again destroying the quiet atmosphere of the place. The normal worshippers couldn't hide the anger in their eyes, and those who came to participate in the offline activities of the mobile game couldn't help but feel embarrassed and embarrassed for them.

However, even so, no one was willing to take the initiative to stop these two people.

The so-called "bystander effect" is still playing a role steadily at this moment.

Anyway, there are a lot of people here, and if you don't make a move, someone else will do it; If you are the first to stand up, you don't understand the atmosphere, and it may be embarrassing; If you stop it, you might get revenge on those two. A whole range of ideas is trying to prevent people from standing idly by and watching intolerable vicious events.

"Excuse me, two." Kyushu Cheng couldn't stand it anymore, and walked up and said sharply to the two:

"Please respect the order when you visit and take care of the feelings of other tourists. You're making such a big fuss that it's already made a lot of people angry. ”

"Huh?" The two of them were stunned for a moment, then looked at the eyes of the people around them full of gunpowder, and their momentum suddenly withered, and they said "I'm sorry" again and again, and fled out of the church in dismay.

Seeing the two leave, Makoto Kyushu breathed a sigh of relief.

He originally thought that things would make a bigger fuss, such as that the two might not be convinced and do it on the spot

But now it seems that these two tourists themselves are not big villains, but their quality is relatively low, but they are better than listening to persuasion.

At the same time, the other people around me also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to themselves, "I'm glad that someone did it for me" and continued to do their own thing.

"Thank you so much, little brother Kyushu." A moment later, the priest who had received him earlier also hurried over, presumably busy with other matters just now, and did not have time to come to mediate the scene.

"It's okay, it's a gesture." Kyushu Cheng said lightly: "It's just a matter of standing up and persuading, anyone can do this kind of thing." ”

"What a humble one, little brother Kyushu." The priest smiled and bowed slightly.

“.”

It wasn't until the sun went down that the orange afterglow fell down the church skylight, and today's work finally came to an end.

Today's offline game event ended half an hour ago, and Makoto Kyushu and others are cleaning up the garbage left by the guests and cleaning up the church.

"Thank you for your hard work, you can go and change your clothes after work, and then come to me to receive your salary." The priest said, "In addition, we have prepared dinner for you, which is a little bit of our heart, and I hope you will not dislike it." ”

After the final cleaning, Makoto Kyushu changed back into his clothes and found the priest.

"Here, please use it slowly." The priest gave Makoto Kyushu a stack of bills and handed him a plastic dinner plate.

On the plate is a chunk of whole-wheat bread, a slice of sweet butter, a serving of self-heating pasta, and a jar of purple grape juice.

Although it's not sumptuous, it's free anyway, and you don't eat it for nothing.

Makoto Kyushu came to the table provided for them by the church, and he was joined by four young people, and after a brief conversation, it was discovered that they were all recruited to do odd jobs.

Two of the four are college students who work part-time to support their living expenses. There are also two who have entered the society and usually work in convenience stores and other places, and they happen to see that the hourly wage of part-time jobs here is higher, so they come to earn some extra money to subsidize the family.

Makoto Kyushu, a high school student, is the youngest of the four.

Everyone ate and talked, but they didn't have anything in common with each other, so in the end, everyone ate silently and didn't say a word.

This meal is sparse and ordinary, if there is anything special, it is probably that after Kyushu Makoto drank the bottle of grape juice, he felt a lot better, his whole body was full of energy, and his heart was beating faster.

Probably added some sports drink ingredients?.Makoto Kyushu guessed.

In Christianity, the fuchsia drink of grape juice and red wine is a drink with religious significance, symbolizing the "blood of the Son", and it is no wonder that priests would put a bottle of grape juice in their meals.

After eating, the crowd left the church one after another.

Makoto Kyushu carefully collected his salary and walked towards the door of the church.

Before leaving, probably out of curiosity, he glanced back one last time at the statue of the Son directly behind the church.

The man crucified was still staring ahead with a compassionate expression, and there was no pain reflected in his eyes at all, and it happened to meet Kyushu Makoto's gaze.

It is said that in the Bible, this man named "Jesus" is hailed as a hero of all mankind and saved all mankind with his own life.

However, myths are myths after all, and there are probably no heroes who can save all mankind in reality.

However, Kyushu Makoto hopes that there can be an existence in this world that is enough to save all mankind and make everyone happy. At least then his martial arts would no longer need to exist.

He would rather let the martial arts he has always insisted on lose its meaning, rather than see it become "more and more meaningful".

Just like many literati in ancient times, they loved to write poems that ridiculed reality and satirized the past and the present, and wrote the injustices they saw in officialdom, workplace, and life into poems to criticize.

Available if allowed. They may wish they would never find inspiration again in their lifetime, never be able to write such poems again.

"Well, there's no point in thinking about it so much. I'm going to be working here for the next few days, and I probably won't come back after that. Kyushu Makoto smiled with relief and turned around to leave.

At that moment, he met the priest who was lighting a candle at the door.

"Are you interested in Him?" The priest asked curiously.

"Did you say the 'Holy Son'?" Makoto Kyushu shook his head: "I'm sorry, I'm really not interested, but I still want to thank you for providing me with such a high-quality part-time job opportunity." Thank you, Father. ”

Makoto Kyushu is very satisfied with his work at this church today. Take more money than usual, work less than usual, and get a dinner.

The church's offer of this kind of salary is obviously with the mentality of "paying benefits". Moreover, the recruits are poor people who are not well-off and need to rely on part-time jobs to subsidize their livelihoods.

"No thanks, kid. We held a business event with a game company this time, and we got a lot of revenue. The priest smiled peacefully:

"I thought about simply using the opportunity of recruitment to help some poor people in need, and recruiting you to work so that you can get some money to improve your life with dignity."

"Then you're bothered." Makoto Kyushu thanked him: "I will come back to work in the next few days, so please take care of me at that time." ”

"Of course." The priest bowed slightly: "I would like to thank you again for stopping the kindness of those two disrespectful tourists this morning." You are a brave child. ”

"That's a little thing." Kyushu Makoto thought about it and waved his hand inconsequentially:

"But this is the first time I've heard of churches working with something as unrelated as a mobile game, so it's inevitable that something like this will happen."

"Yes, I was also worried about this happening, and it was a price that had to be expected." The priest undeniably admitted:

"But we also had our own considerations, so we agreed to the deal."

"Yes, I understand you." "It takes money to run a church, and this kind of activity can attract many people to the church, and some of these people can develop into believers," Kyushu said. ”

"Christianity is in decline in the country of Wano, and if you want to survive, you have to keep the bottom line of the precepts, be with the light, accept the baptism of the local culture, and let go of your resistance to money." The priest put down the candle in his hand with a little reluctance, but his eyes looked firmly at the statue of the Son:

And even if it seems to outsiders to be an affront to God, we do it to spread the Gospel to the world for the benefit of the world. As long as we remain sincere and sincere, God will not blame us. ”

"That's right," Makoto Kyushu nodded knowingly.

This kind of professional god stick, when he speaks, he does not leave his faith. But not all religious adherents are bad.

There are many cults in the world that commit crimes in the name of religion, but there are also religious groups that operate with the idea of "benefiting the people of the world" and regard helping others to do good deeds as a form of spiritual practice.

At least this priest should be a believer who loves to do good, so Kyushu Makoto is not interested in religion, but he does not hate him.

After a few more words with the priest, the two said goodbye.

The next day, Makoto Kyushu continued to work at the church.

In fact, he likes the working atmosphere. The priests and nuns here are very easy-going, and even if the temporary workers do something wrong, they do not blame them, but mostly comfort them with soft voices.

If it weren't for the clergy's obnoxious tone and often cold preaching, Kyushu would not have minded working here forever.

In the evening, the day's mobile game linkage event ended again.

There were no unexpected events worth noting today, and everything was smoothly landed. Mobile game companies have gained popularity for offline linkages, churches have also earned linkage fees, and it is said that some young people were attracted by the atmosphere after coming to the churches, and were persuaded by priests and nuns to believe in their denomination.

It doesn't matter how many of them followed the trend, but the church did attract a group of believers through this event.

There are three days left after that, and Makoto Kyushu will continue to work here for three more days.

He received today's salary and enjoyed the free dinner provided by the church.

"I'm taking care of you again today." After dinner, Makoto Kyushu said goodbye to the priest who received him on the first day:

"Thank you, Father. See you tomorrow. ”

"It's all right, kid." The priest still smiled peacefully, and drew a cross on his chest, looking quite professional:

"Depart, may you have a good and peaceful day, and may my Lord continue to have mercy on you and bless you."

Kyushu Makoto turned around and wanted to leave, but his footsteps stopped at an inopportune time.

He saw a familiar figure push the door open and enter the church.

This is a girl with a side ponytail and a coat, and her face touched by the moonlight shows the coldness of a big lady, and at the same time a little tired, but she still does not smile and is very serious.

"Qing Gong Temple Qing Gong Police Officer?" Kyushu Makoto was stunned.

Unexpectedly, the person who came turned out to be a Qing palace police officer who had not been seen for a long time.

The Qing Palace officer obviously noticed him as well, and said hello: "You really work here, I see that your position has been here for the past two days." ”

"I didn't expect to meet a Qing palace officer here, what a coincidence." Makoto Kyushu subconsciously looked at his watch.

To this day, his whereabouts have been monitored by the police. Although it made his heart furious, it was also to protect his safety from the KJ organization, and he couldn't refuse.

"That's right. The dessert from last time was ok. The Qing Palace officer pursed his face slightly, and pretended to be bland: "For the sake of mangoes, thank you." ”

"It's good that you're satisfied, but I want to thank you for your help." Kyushu Makoto smiled kindly: "By the way, how could a Qing palace police officer come to such a place?" Is there something wrong with me? ”

"No, it just happened to be here for something to do." The Qing Palace officer shook his head and urged: "This has nothing to do with you, you go first." ”

"Goodbye then, Officer Qing Palace." Kyushu Cheng is naturally interested, so he will not stay again.

“.” After seeing Kyushu Cheng leave, the Qing Palace officer sighed lightly and whispered, "This guy is still alive, it's good." ”

Then she sat quietly on the prayer bench, closed her eyes and pondered, as if she were thinking about something.

Seeing this, the priest greeted him: "This girl, no offense. Listening to what you just said, I should call you Miss Qing Palace, right? ”

At this time, the church was deserted, and only one guest remained, the Qing court police officer, so it was no wonder that it was noticed by the priest who was about to close his business.

"You can call me that." The Qing court officer sat up straight and looked at the priest in a ladylike manner.

"I don't think you're a cultist." The priest continued: "But you obviously have something on your mind, and that is why you are here, right?" ”

"I've heard from colleagues that a quiet place like a church might help me relieve my mental stress and let me let go of some bad memories." The Qing palace officer's eyes were a little regretful:

"Unfortunately, I don't think it's working, and I'm sorry if it caused trouble to your business."

"No, no, no, it's okay!" The priest waved his hand and said kindly: "Even if you are not a believer, as long as you have any unpleasant past, I am willing to listen to you." It would be great if it could help you. ”

"Okay. My mother was killed when I was seven years old, and I spent the next decade tracking down the killer. The Qing palace officer blinked, and suddenly said slowly:

"It's a pity that the murderers are very cunning, they are a very secretive criminal organization, and killing my mother is just one of their many unspeakable crimes. No matter how hard I tried, I never caught their feet. ”

"I'm so sorry about that." The priest shook his head and said dejectedly: "May God bless you and the poor lady's soul, and may the murderer be apprehended soon." ”

"Thank you. But based on my years of investigation, I learned that one of the operations of this criminal organization is the research and development and smuggling of a special banned drug. The Qing palace officer took out his police ID card and continued:

"It's not a drug in the traditional sense, it's not addictive, but it's still harmful. This criminal organization will put this drug on the society and test it on innocent citizens. And their methods are very clever, even if the police find an anomaly, they will not find any clues about this organization. ”

"It's disgusting. Demonic behavior! The priest clenched his fist indignantly, but a bead of sweat inadvertently flowed from his forehead.

"So, Mr. Priest." The Qing Palace police officer showed his police ID card: "Can you please explain why the ingredient of this potion was detected on the temporary worker boy who left just now?" ”

“！！！” The priest looked stunned and took two steps back.

"Also, I conducted random blood tests today on visitors who have visited the church in the past month and have drunk the "sacrament grape juice" provided by your church, including those who came to participate in the mobile game linkage two days ago. The test results found that some people had this banned drug in their bodies, and some people claimed to have experienced uncomfortable symptoms. The Qing court officer continued:

"Mr. Priest, could you please explain this?.Heh, no, I think it would be better for you to go to the police station and explain again."

"You, you, you.!" The priest panicked and subconsciously retreated to escape.

"Bang dang!" "Boom la la ——!"

The next moment, a heavily armed police force burst into the church, shattering the windows and jumping in.

Faintly, the priest could hear the roar of a helicopter circling and many large lights shining in, as if the last judgment was coming.

"I am a criminal police officer of the Special Scientific Countermeasures Division of the Public Security, and we currently suspect that you have a deal with the illegal organization "KJ", and we are assisting them in smuggling and testing illegal drugs." The Qing Palace officer turned his back to the light behind him and said coldly:

"All members of the Holy Trinity Cathedral are subject to arrest, and those who resist have the right to shoot them."

The soldiers and police officers behind him immediately stepped forward to carry out the arrest, and the church was in chaos.

"I didn't! I don't know anything! They just gave me money and they never said what a banned drug it was. I was deceived by them!! ”

Behind him came the priest's heart-rending roar, completely losing his solemn and steady demeanor.

The Qing court officer ignored it and turned around and walked out of the church slowly.

In fact, if it weren't for the sudden report of "Detection of ingestion of "Sage Mixture" from Makoto Kyushu's surveillance watch two days ago, she didn't want to add extra workload to herself and applied for this arrest plan urgently.

As she said, the KJ organization is cunning.

The church was probably semi-tricked into cooperating with the KJ organization and became their testing site. The person in charge of the church probably thought that this was just an ordinary energy potion, not a banned drug that was put on the wanted list by the police.

The church should have mixed the "holy medicine" into a "religious drink" such as grape juice, and the dosage was not large, so Kyushu Makoto did not notice it, and there was no obvious drug reaction.

But even if the owner of this church is arrested, it will only be a loss for the KJ organization to use up and discard the minions.

However, the Qing court officer. She Qinggong Temple Elizabeth, even this kind of little minion will not let go.

As she says, the KJ organization is her mother-killing enemy.

And in order to pull this organization out of the layers of darkness, she will keep going. Abandon superfluous emotions and kindness, and trample on all obstacles.

Especially after suffering a deflated meal in Yokohama and almost dying in Huangquan before, the hatred in her heart became stronger and stronger, which made her more determined to uproot the KJ organization.

Perhaps the incident that almost killed her was the warning of the KJ organization, telling her that she was definitely not an opponent of the organization. But she will never allow herself to fall down because of this setback, give up her obsession with avenging her mother, and live as a muddy walking corpse.

"Wait, KJ." The Qing court officer stood at the door of the church, looking up at the bright summer moon, and in his ears was the miserable cry of begging for mercy coming from the church:

"Someday, you'll all pay for your mother's death. No matter how good you are! ”

(End of chapter)