"You guys."

Rika Kawashima raised her head, and her eyes, which were as unwavering as stagnant water, reflected the calm but difficult to hide her surprised expression. She sat down in her chair with her legs down, her expression unchanged. Her hand rested on her thigh, and pale and sharp knuckles were faintly visible. Izumi then shifted his gaze from her to the wall behind her, the green handwriting was disorganized, almost all written in kana, but he could feel a little serious, but the content was a little confusing—words such as "Ouroboros represents the unity of the world, we must eventually become one, just like the isocrystals and the world are fruits and branches", "The so-called messengers of God are angels who come to this world to give divine punishment, and on behalf of His will, the fruit will eventually bear fruit...... He looked at Ji Gao Shinowu, who also looked confused, but her brows were slightly furrowed.

"Hello, Rika Kawashima. I'm Nanase Ishida, the deputy head of the Investigation Department who came to interrogate you on behalf of the base. Even though he could detect a little swaying, Ishida Nanase still looked inviolable during the interrogation, and even made people feel a little awe, "We have learned some about you through the past records of the hospital and the base. Is it what you wrote on the wall? ”

"Yes, Dad asked me to write it. Dad said, this is something that must be remembered, I almost forgot. ”

"Your father, do you mean that I will cross Kawashima?"

"Yes. Right? I forgot, I'm sorry, here it is? ”

"This is Sodom Prison, didn't the guards tell you?"

“…… Yes. ”

Rika Kawashima showed a somewhat confused expression, as if she was digesting cellulose that could not be digested, and understood Nanase Ishida's series of questions. The latter seemed to realize that the other party's pace was slow, so he stopped asking questions, but slowed down his expression a little and said: "It's okay, you can answer slowly, but please don't run away from the question, my ability is enough to read through your thoughts." ”

As she spoke, a silver, pen-shaped isomorph was placed on the back of the chair behind Rika Kawashima, a stone's throw away from her main artery, undulating as if she could breathe. It seems that even after seeing Rika Kawashima's sluggish and harmless appearance, at least he is not completely hostile to her, but Ishida Nanase is the one who almost pierced his skull during his interrogation, and it is impossible for him to show mercy to a dangerous person. The interrogated girl turned her head to look at the pen and slowly reached out towards it, the tip of which penetrated the finger, leaving a green glow on the wound. However, as if not satisfied, the crack where the light was located gradually widened, and the nib of the pen was more and more buried—before the pen could pierce the finger entirely, Ishida Nanase hurriedly put the pen away, and instead let it hang in mid-air, out of the reach of Rika Kawashima. Yet even so, she tried to stand up and touch—

"Don't move!"

In a hurry, she slammed the table and got up, Kawashima Rike sat down as if she had woken up from a dream, but there was a rare sense of loss in her eyes, she wanted to say something but closed her mouth, and squatted on the chair again. The scene suddenly fell into a deathly silence, until Izumi Huangbo tentatively opened his mouth to break the silence: "...... What were you doing just now? ”

The robot used for the rear recording is squirming. Rika Kawashima stared at her healing finger and muttered, "That, it doesn't smell like Daddy." ”

"Daddy's taste, do you mean ......?"

"There is no spring barren wave, yours, there is no such taste, Daddy's is. Dad said it was a very important taste, I wanted it all, no, there was something missing. Why do you guys, have that, but, it's strange, obviously everyone, should. ”

Repeating words of unknown meaning, the words behind her wall shimmered faintly. Nanase Ishida frowned as if he had captured an important ingredient in the sentence: "Anything that smells of your father must be ...... by you Wait, Kawashima, take your time and answer my question slowly, okay? If you want to see what I'm capable of, I'll let you see it later. ”

Rika Kawashima nodded slowly but earnestly.

"What do you mean by 'father's taste'?"

"It's a daddy's breath, something. Like, this. Rika Kawashima held up her fingers that had not yet healed, "Flowing out, isocrystal, Daddy gave me this." ”

"Your father gave you this?"

Shinomai Yoshitaka pinched Izumi's hand and mouth-licked him to remind him of the research on Aoi's drunkenness that Mariko Hinomi had mentioned earlier in the conference room. Indeed, this is very likely...... Izumi Araba lowered his head and thought about it, but to be honest, it can't be ruled out that Rika Kawashima's scattered thoughts are just trying to express the idea that "she was born from her father's side". Its authenticity remains to be examined...... I don't have to go through a medical examination. Speaking of which, can such a thing as an emissary constitution be inherited?

"Yes, I am, Son of God, so, give me this, I am, Son of God."

"Son of God".

This has never been uttered from the mouth of Fumitsuki Otani or Makino, but it seems so clear and eye-catching. It doesn't even take a guess to know that this is definitely an important position for the Eternal Life Society. Before Nanase Ishida could ask another question, she tilted her head and continued to explain: "Representative, God's will, and, I'm sorry, forgot, but this should be ......" Before she finished speaking, she jumped straight out of her chair, carefully counting the symbols on the wall, her fingertips stopped at one of them, and she could vaguely make out a line "On behalf of God's will to bring true salvation to the world", "Almost, that's it." ”

"Is there anything you have to do as the Son of God?" Shino Yoshitaka straightened up as if noticing something.

"Must ,...... Like, not yet, dad said, wait. ”

"Wait......?"

"Wait, when the time comes...... I don't understand either. Am I going to wait here, ? ”

“…… I'll tell you later. ”

I really didn't know how to answer this question, and Ishida Nanase had to go over vaguely.

The communication with Rika Kawashima was not unsmooth, but it just gave Izumi Araha the feeling that she was also an unaware member of the matter, and just happened to be involved in this matter. However, as if there was a crestry in all the light, even this kind of thing was subtle and difficult to believe. Rika Kawashima looks like she is twelve or thirteen years old, but in terms of her reflexes and ability to understand things, she looks more like a baby who has been socialized for the first time. The Investigation Department compiles the information and cannot help but come to similar conclusions.

"Judging from your abilities, Vice Minister Ishida, it seems that she is not lying, and those words are true. But because of this, it is even more troublesome, perhaps because of Kawashima's personality and status, those people may not tell her the truth—at least not the truth she should know. ”

At this time, everyone has more or less completed the task at hand and is preparing for the final finishing work. One of the members of the organization group said this, saving the data-based information to the cloud. Nanase Ishida did not respond to him, but turned to the members of the image analysis and asked, "Is the thing on the wall basically cracked?" ”

"Yes, after some corrections, the full version has also been saved to the cloud, so you can take a closer look at it later. The content on the wall, if I'm not mistaken, should be similar to the content of the "Eternal Life Society Canon" that Minister Otani gave us earlier. ”

"Although there is a shadow of religion, what is done is not at all like what religion should do......

"But then again, what is religion if you think so?"

The person who brought up the topic of religion was slightly stunned.

"Ah, of course, there are already three major religions in the world that have been defined, and there are many people who have turned to these religions after the Xenomorph Cataclysm, or have found a different way...... But let's be honest, after all, this kind of thing is also spiritual comfort, right? Whether the gods exist or not, at least we won't be able to witness it with our own eyes anyway - unless, as they say, we're dead or the real end of the world has come. Although, according to the Eternal Life Society, we have already seen God! ”

"It's hard to say, if such a thing really exists? But after all, it's not something we're responsible for, is it? But God is also not obligated to take responsibility for us—"

"Ah, I think we're talking about something terrible. It's best not to let Mr. Hitami hear it. ”

A brisk voice rang out from behind them. Fumitsuki Otani didn't know when he had returned here, and the smart bracelet was faintly glowing. People who had been discussing religious topics immediately shut up. Shibasaki Hitomi's temper and personality are not unaware of them, although that person usually always puts on a comfortable and harmless appearance, but if you take business with him casually, you may be ridiculed from the inside out......

"How's the investigation going, Ms. Ishida?"

"The interrogation of Rika Kawashima has been completed, and all the information is stored in the cloud, and the preliminary analysis can begin in a moment. What about your side? ”

"I've just finished meeting the Eternal Life Society, and I said that the first project of the festival will start soon, but it needs to be postponed for a while because of the absence of the Son of God. It seems that we can't reveal the purpose of imprisoning Rika Kawashima yet, and if we don't put it back after a while, we may be counterattacked by them. The main thing is that we don't know much about their techniques and don't know how to fight back......"

"That's why we need our investigation department to go out, minister, don't be too anxious, at least we have that kind of strength, right?"

"Needless to say, you know it!"

"However, there is one more thing that I decided on the spot, although it was not my intention, but there is no way to do it." Fumitsuki Otani paused as she said this, with a hint of indescribable hesitation in her tone.

"What did you do?" Nanase Ishida turned to look at him.

"Just say what you have, minister, your words are basically not wrong, we still know this kind of thing!" One of them smiled and spread his hands.

"And even if there is any emergency, it will be better to leave it to us and the messengers when the time comes."

“…… It's nice to think so, but it's about the messenger. Otani Wenyue smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I let Paper Ancestor-Jun pass the believer assessment of the Eternal Life Society. ”