Island country.

Koto-ku, Tokyo.

Outside a church in a relatively private location, a girl with a shoulder backpack was ushered in.

The skin is fair and delicate, the small nose on the cute face is slightly straight, the big eyes are like two bright stars, and the slightly exposed dimples make his every move that is playful and cute.

She stood on the street outside the church, shaking her head and looking left and right.

Only a handful of residents came into view.

She tilted her head, thought seriously for a moment, and finally took a few more steps forward, and then suddenly turned around, bowed slightly, and looked at it with a suspicious gaze.

In the next second, there was a look in his eyes that was really like this.

In her eyes, there were suddenly two panicked people at the intersection behind her, inexplicably scattered to the left and right.

I heard that the gangsters in the neighborhood who affected the law and order have all been warned, and they have been so well-behaved recently that they dare not appear within a radius of ten miles of this church.

"I'm in college!"

John Wick's face was still the expression of the killer period, and there were no unnecessary changes, just looking at the girl who often came over in front of him.

The church is filled with soft candlelight, and the candlelight shines on the delicate decorations around it, filling it with a peaceful and mysterious atmosphere.

John Wick's eyes froze slightly, but he resumed sweeping motion.

"This monk's marksmanship is very accurate, pointing and shooting, although it is not as good as Nissan, but it can make me think of the shadow of Nissan when he came to the island country." Higa Makoto suddenly thought of what her sister Higa Kotoko had said about the monk.

Its appearance is not as ostentatious as the bustling city or the churches in the city, there are no ornate exterior walls and elaborate decorations, just simple stone and ancient glass windows, but so, it exudes a calm and solemn temperament.

She shook her head, ignoring the fact that someone was following her behind her, because she knew that the two people who were following her were members of the family.

Thinking of this, when he saw the man stop sweeping and look over, Higa Makoto hurriedly walked over and greeted.

The girl muttered as she looked at the church in front of her.

There were already two piles of fallen leaves next to him.

"I'm in college, Ernie-chan, why haven't you come back yet."

Higa Makoto smiled, "Yes." ”

"No, since there is a delusion, there must really be something wrong."

"Coming to Sister Irene?"

John Wick nodded and reminded, "Sister Irene is in church right now. ”

But Higa Makoto knew how good this man was, who didn't look like a deacon monk, didn't look like a monk like Ernie sauce.

Passing through the inner path, we came to the main entrance, and when I opened the main entrance, there was a small courtyard, in which several trees were planted, and under the trees stood a man in a simple and dark robe, and he was silently sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground with a wooden broom.

The man was a stout man, only a few minutes thinner than the figure she had always missed, with a thick, rugged beard that covered his chin and cheeks, and a long hair that reached the nape of his neck.

As she walked into the main building and disappeared, John Wick looked back in the direction where Higa Makoto had disappeared, and his eyes moved.

"Hmm." John Wick nodded, resuming sweeping motion.

"Brother John."

"The two people who were originally walking together suddenly separated to the left and right, no matter how you look at it, it's suspicious, right?"

Seeing this, Higa Makoto nodded to John Wick and continued walking towards the main building over there.

As if thinking of something, the girl looked at the door of the church, her eyes were a little distracted, and she sighed silently.

The church is small in size and stands quietly, as if it were an island of time, isolated and connected to the world.

Because this is the sister of his own bishop, although he is not his own sister, but so far he has more than once tried to exorcise the resentful ghosts involved in Higa Makoto.

At this time, Higa Makoto had pushed open the doorway that was peeking out of the gap, and looked over.

When their bishop did not return, there was a matter of the island country, which they never interfered with, but there was a matter of the Bhiga sisters, and they, the deacons of the Bishop of York, had been paying attention.

"Leave it to Sister Irene." He thought seriously as he scanned.

After coming to the church so many times, I also have a certain understanding of this monk.

At the beginning, she may have misunderstood whether Brother John was not welcome because of her paralyzed expression, but under Sister Irene's explanation, she realized that Brother John was a cold-faced monk, and she was definitely not as close to people as she seemed.

Even the supernatural events that plagued this place were all solved by this inconspicuous-looking man, shot after shot.

However, a speechless expression began to appear on her face, and she muttered in her heart.

She grabbed the shoulder straps of her shoulder bag with both hands and walked towards the door in front of her.

In such an image, it does not look like the bodyguards of the church, including the deacons and monks.

"Good!" Higa Makoto kept smiling and said, "Then I'll go look for her." ”

There are also several exquisite religious paintings hanging on the walls, the light of which shimmers mystically and divinely in the light.

In the center is a small but elaborate altar. On the altar were Bibles and crosses, which stood silently, exuding a solemn and sacred aura, and under the altar a figure was kneeling and praying.

The girl snorted, regained her posture and walked towards the church in front of her.

"Hmph, there's a ghost."

"Is it my delusion? I always felt that there was an ominous aura about her. ”

There is a serene and peaceful aura that permeates this figure, which can make one feel a kind of spiritual purification.

This is Sister Erin, whom she and the residents of the neighborhood respect.

Looking at this figure that seemed to be praying, Higa Makoto began to hesitate for a while, for fear of disturbing Sister Erin, and was hesitating whether to go in.

But at this moment, she suddenly noticed that Sister Irene suddenly bowed to the image of Jesus in front of her, made a cross on her chest, and then stood up in her eyes and turned to look at her.

"Makoto?"

Seeing the nun's warm smile, Higa Makoto had no choice but to walk in.

"I'm sorry, Sister Irene, I didn't know you were there."

But before she could finish speaking, Erin interrupted her and smiled slightly.

"It's okay, it's over too, come here."

Erin gestured to the row of stools next to her, and her every move was full of demure and peaceful, which made Higa Makoto look envious, and she didn't know what to do to have the temperament of Sister Irene, but she knew that she would never have such a temperament.

——

"Sister Irene, someone confessed to me again yesterday." Higa Makoto said a little depressed.

Erin sat next to her, listening quietly to what Higa Makoto had to say, smiling, and her eyes were glowing.

Because of her own bishop, she chose to contact the Higa sisters, compared to the cold, constantly busy Higa Kotoko, the closest person to them at the moment is Higa Makoto in front of her.

After Higa Makoto learned that they were the deacons and friars of the Bishop of York, they came to church almost once a day.

The time of stay is different every time, occasionally I will go back in a daze, and occasionally I will sit in a daze for a day and not know what I am thinking.

When she occasionally saw Higa Makoto show her troubles, when she began to try to ask, I don't know when it began to evolve into the current mode of getting along.

The other party confides, she listens, and occasionally gives advice.

"This is indeed surprising and gratifying news." Erin smiled gently.

Biga Makoto glanced at the nun and sighed: "Sister Irene, I feel that this kind of thing is so troublesome, I have sacrificed myself to dress up in the ugly direction, and there are even people who will confess!" ”

"It seems that you show a unique charm in interpersonal interactions, which is why you attract the attention of the other person." Erin smiled.

"Children, there are many kinds of likes, and some people don't necessarily just look at the appearance and appearance, but also because of your charm and inside."

Higa Makoto was stunned and sighed again.

"Looks like I'm going to have to keep a low profile."

Erin raised an eyebrow: "You don't like it?" ”

"yes, I don't like it, because I've already had someone I like." Higa Makoto Road.

"Forget it, don't talk about this."

As she spoke, Higa Makoto looked at Sister Erin seriously, pursed her lips and continued, "Sister Erin, hasn't Ernie Chan come back yet?" ”

Erin shook her head and said, "Not yet." ”

Higa Makoto was silent for a moment and said.

"It's been almost a year, I'm already in college, you say, will Ernie sauce be in any danger?"

Hearing this answer, Erin was silent, because this time, her own bishop took even longer than before.

Although because of this, after careful investigation, I know that the time it took for the Pope to enter the rift of the world and then return is basically based on years, and the fastest time is more than four years.

So the time it took for her bishop to go from entering the rift in the world to returning was actually a record-breaking, but when almost a year had passed, she was vaguely uneasy.

It's not that she doesn't have self-confidence, but this uneasiness grows over time, and she can't control it.

"No, I'm sure the Bishop will be back."

Seeing Higa Makoto's worried look, Erin smiled and reached out to stroke her hair.

"You have to believe in the strength of the Bishop, haven't you ever fought alongside the Bishop? I think you have a good idea of the strength of the Bishop. ”

Hearing this, Higa Makoto remembered the strength of York's gestures when he expelled the ghosts and ghosts at night, and felt a little relieved, but he also blushed because of the word fighting side by side.

"Actually, it's all Ernie Sauce doing it herself." Higa Makoto muttered quietly.

"I'm just a bystander."

Erin smiled, stopped stroking Higa's hair, and withdrew her hand.

"Makoto, can I ask you a question?"

Higa Makoto blinked and nodded.

"Have you ever been to any strange places?"

Hearing these words suddenly, Higa Makoto was really a little confused, and didn't understand what it meant, but when she watched Sister Erin stretch out her hand and spread her hand under her gaze, her pupils shrank slightly.

Because a small bug appeared in Sister Irene's open palm, and there was a wisp of resentment implicated in the insect's body, which meant that this bug was actually made of resentment, not a real bug.

"I've plucked out one of the grievances that followed you." Sister Erin said calmly.

"It's like it's changing."

After speaking, Erin closed her palms and clenched them into fists, and a white light appeared in the gap between her palms, and she forcibly eliminated this wisp of resentment.

"I haven't been anywhere." Higa Makoto looked at Sister Erin and said blankly, but when she thought of something, she replied seriously.

"I once went to a classmate's house, but I didn't feel anything out of the ordinary."

Erin spread out her hands and looked at the clean palms, thinking of her bishop's words, I have to say that it is indeed like what her bishop said.

People with psychic constitutions or humans with psychic powers or psychic talents are like a delicacy that attracts evil creatures, just like fate and curse, no matter where they are, they will encounter some dirty things.

"Kid, some things don't come to your door only when you see them with your own eyes." Erin smiled gently.

"That's what the Bishop said to me, and before you knew it, before you did anything, it actually came to your door."

Higa Makoto frowned and became serious.

"I haven't been anywhere other than to be a guest at that classmate's house."

"Looks like something is going on with your classmates." Erin said gently.

After following the bishop for so many years, she is no longer the nun who just came out of the convent before, but a deacon nun who has been through a lot of battles.

"Kid, can you take me to your classmate's neighborhood to have a look?"

Higa Makoto nodded, and was about to say something, but the figure that appeared at the main entrance interrupted her.

Brother John, who had been sweeping the floor in the courtyard, appeared, and his face was a little grim.

"Sister Irene, could you come out and have a look, I see something very strange."

Erin nodded, got up from the bench and walked towards the door.

Seeing this, Higa Makoto also hurriedly followed.

Led by John Wick, the group came to the green belt of the yard.

Creepily, the foliage of those decorative green belts is overgrown with disgusting caterpillars.

"It's." Higa Makoto looked at Erin, who had a calm face.

"It's a sign that it's been there." Erin said calmly.

"After I pluck the resentment from you."

As she spoke, Erin looked at Higa Makoto and continued, "It seems that it wants to devour the spiritual power in your body, so it will come over to see who is standing behind you, this may be a resentful ghost with wisdom." ”

Higa Makoto said helplessly: "I'll tell my sister." ”

This kind of thing, she has encountered more than once, she can only say that she is used to it, and there will always be marks left by evil things on her body, and this time the marks are not like hurting people but like looking for an opportunity to kill her.

"Well, I won't be going anywhere in the future." Higa Makoto thought depressedly, she was already so careful, she didn't expect to be targeted by dirty things.

"As it should be." Erin said.

"You should stay here until your sister comes, though."

"Okay!" Higa Makoto replied obediently.

"Brother John, boil them with holy water." Erin looked back at the disgusting caterpillar crawling all over the foliage.

"Otherwise, these bugs transformed by resentment will become its helpers."

John Wick nodded, took a small bottle of holy water from his bosom, uncorked it, and poured it down on the caterpillars.

Suddenly, the caterpillars were covered with foul-smelling smoke, and finally turned into cracked rocks and disappeared

(End of chapter)