Volume 1: The Coming Shock Chapter 17: The Church

The violent gunfire startled the resting pigeons in St. Mary's Forest Park and flapped their wings in panic. The pedestrians on Perolan Street were also frightened by the sudden gunshot, and they ran around with their heads in their hands, when did the residents of the rich area experience such a thing?

The picturesque scene against the golden background changed its flavor in an instant, and all the reserve and elegance disappeared, leaving a mess in the streets.

Because he had discovered the aiming point of the sniper rifle in advance, when the gun rang out, Munch immediately held his head in his hands, half-bent over, and quickly ran to a wall less than 2 meters away from him, with a portrait of Sammy. But Bane went crazy the whole time in the opposite direction of Munch's movement, and in the process of stalemate, Bane bared his teeth and didn't listen to Munch's instructions at all, and finally broke free from the rope and ran away in chaos.

Kingill's heart-rending screams continued. Quietly hiding by the wall for a while, and seeing that there was no second gunshot, Munch cautiously poked his head out and saw what was in front of him.

Not far from Munch, Ginger sat on the ground, his hair disheveled, without the slightest hint of his previous high elegance. Teddy in her arms, with a round bullet hole in his head, was oozing blood, and Teddy's body hung limply from Ginger's arm, blood dripping down her arm. Beneath her, a pool of dark red and bright red blood gathered.

Bane lay right next to Kingill, licking Teddy's hanging little paws with his tongue.

"This man's target is Teddy in Kingill's arms." Bobo whispered in Munch's ear. "Look at the bullet holes left in the ground behind her."

Munch, alerted by Bobo, learned the woman's name, and noticed that about 5 meters behind Kingill, a small inconspicuous hole was emitting smoke.

"According to the ballistic simulation, the gunman chose an angle that cleverly avoided Kingill's body." Bobo continued, adding, "Do you know who she is? ”

Munch shook his head, but his eyes were staring at Bane not far away, thinking of the misunderstanding that occurred last time, if he rashly appeared in front of Ginger again, it was estimated that it would not be so easy to leave.

"She is the second wife of Sammy Anderson, the first consul of the city of Toccana. Perhaps......" Bobo paused, "perhaps this accident is just a warning that may affect the political landscape of this city." ”

Munch had never cared about politics and didn't take Bobo's analysis to heart, and now he only thought about how to get Bane out of this place of right and wrong. As is customary, after 5 minutes, the patrol police will cordon off the entire block.

Munch quietly approached Kinggil's location and beckoned to Bane, trying to wake him up in a lost state. Bane glanced in his direction, stood up abruptly, and barked at Kingill, the corners of his mouth stained with Teddy's blood, and his teeth covered with bloody thickness, looking terrifying and ferocious.

Ginger, who had lost his face, was even more panicked by Bane, his eyes were out of focus, and after screaming, he fainted.

Munch saw that the opportunity was just right, and walked up to him in a few steps. Unexpectedly, Bane turned around, rushed between Munch's legs, and ran all the way to the gates of St. Mary's Forest Park, running towards a church in the distance.

The ground was covered with a string of bloody paw prints, pointing in the direction of Bane's disappearance.

Sirens sounded at the entrance of the neighborhood, and the roar of police patrol aircraft changed from small to loud, forming a search queue over the area where Ginger was, intersecting and circling.

"It's not good, you have to leave immediately, otherwise you will be in trouble if you are interrogated by the police." Thinking that an uninvited guest had just arrived at home, the secret room of the illegal body modification was already in a semi-exposed state, and if he was listed as a suspect by the police again, he would be in a very passive situation.

Almost instinctively, Munch ran into St. Mary's Forest Park in the direction in which Bane had disappeared.

A large part of the park is covered by natural lawns, and the winding paths are dotted with low bushes, dividing the full lawn into several areas.

In the center of the lawn, where all the paths meet, a ring of tall fir trees is planted, and a 66-meter-high Gothic church is hidden in the middle.

With Ginger as the center of the circle, the patrol aircraft began to gradually expand the scope of the search, and Munch looked at the unobstructed lawn landscape in the rest of the area except for the fir in the center, and cursed in his heart: "Damn geometric landscape design!" There is no possibility of hiding at all! ”

Because of the nervousness, the sweat of Munch's palms dripped to the ground, forming random dots. He had no choice but to run desperately towards the fir wall, praying that he could avoid the search of the patrol aircraft.

The search surface approached faster than Munch could run forward, and seeing that his position was about to be exposed, he made a mistake in his busyness, his heel did not exert force, his body lost its center of gravity, and he fell forward. At the same time, the drone also flew to the area where Munch was located.

Munch closed his eyes, waiting not for despair, but for a cool sensation, a cooling sensation that spread from the top of his head to his whole body, and then, a dark black film evenly covered his body.

The patrol aircraft flew overhead at a constant speed, and the imagined sharp alarm did not sound. Nothing happens! I didn't even feel the pain of falling!

It's Blackie! Munch looked down at the state of the shadow under his feet, and instantly understood that the substance covering his body was Xiao Hei's body, which wrapped Munch and formed a natural barrier to block the scanning signal of the patrol aircraft.

Under Black's protection, Munch soon made his way through the fir wall to the entrance of the church.

Standing in front of a tall building, everything seems so small. Directly opposite Munch is the bell tower of the church complex, where the breeze blows, the branches of the fir trees rustle with their lush needles, and the giant pendulum on the bell tower does not move at all, looking majestically over everything on the ground.

There was a small black dot at the top of the pendulum, which flashed by, and Munch thought that he was dazzled and had caused floaters, but he didn't care.

Munch raised his arm and opened Bane's movement trajectory, revealing that it was now inside the church.

The main entrance of the church was heavily sealed, and the copper knocker was covered with dusty chains. With his hands on his knees, Munch kept panting, and the dust rising around him turned into several oblique rays of light that hit Munch's face. He pushed, and the door closed tightly, and the gap between the doors was so bad that even the blade could not be inserted.

Walking around the church, on the left side of the gate, on the wall composed of several small minarets connected together, Munch found a broken stained glass window, the broken surface around the glass has been cleaned, and there are a few stones piled up under the wall, looking at the scratches on the ground, it should have been moved from the landscape belt of the square.

Bane's sharp cry came from the broken window, and Munch didn't have time to think about it, holding the edge of the windowsill with both hands, and kicking hard with his feet against the stones, and his body entered the interior of the church lightly.

As soon as Munch looked up, he was immediately shocked by the sight in front of him. A large mystical pattern hangs in the middle of the church, slowly swaying in the wind. In a main pattern similar to the shape of an X, there are a pair of small circles on the upper and lower sides, and a pair of large circles on the left and right. Also written at the bottom of the pattern is the phrase: "Follow the Apocalypse!" ”

A promenade of divinity connects the main entrance to the east and the altar to the west, while the hanging motif is located just in the center of the straight line. The promenade is lined with beautifully carved stone pillars, each of which supports a semicircular arch with green banners in different scripts with prayers and blessings. Under the huge dome and the afterglow of the evening, the whole space adds a touch of mystery.

"Is this a church?" Munch muttered cautiously, overwhelmed by the mash-up of elements in the church.

"St. Mary's Cathedral, originally a place for worship, was temporarily left unused because of the Sami Reformation." Bobo's explanation came at the right time, "In the process of idleness, it was applied for by the Equal Rights to Life Association. The slogans and patterns you see are all added by them. ”

"Oh? Will affirmative action? Munch had some impressions of the name, at the unveiling ceremony of the memorial monument, Sammy had mentioned this association in his speech, and Anthony was still one of the core founders, but after so many years, Munch's knowledge of this association was limited to the name.

Bane's scream rang out in front of Munch, bringing him back to his senses from shock. Looking around, on the ground not far from the wall, I found a few scattered bricks, and looked at the trajectory of the fall, which should have been used to smash glass before. Munch picked up a piece, held it in his hand, and followed the direction of the sound into the stairwell behind the stone pillar.

"Don't make a fuss! Bain! Don't bother me to get down to business! I know, I shouldn't hypnotize you, I apologize to you! A man's voice came from inside the stairwell.

Munch pressed against the wall, slowing down, his grip on the brick harder. "Bobo, analyzing the frequency of the voice just now, I always feel a sense of familiarity." Munch covered his mouth with his hand and commanded in a low voice.

"Bang dang!" The sound of metal crashing against the ground echoed through the empty church. Bane's voice immediately disappeared, and without waiting for Bobo's analysis, Munch was in a hurry, grabbed the brick, and rushed out.

In the corner of the stairwell, Bane was desperately biting a black backpack belt, and a police telescope was standing on the ground, while a man in his early twenties, with a somewhat fat figure, was panting and clutching the other end of the backpack belt, his glasses sliding down the bridge of his nose, almost falling off.

Munch almost said the man's name along with Bobo: "Calvin? How are you again! ”

"It's too late to explain, come up with me! There's someone on the clock tower! The murderer of the shooting! As Calvin spoke, there was another unusual noise in the church.

Two men and a dog, with surprisingly consistent movements, appeared under the dome of the church as fast as they could.

A man in black with an animal mask, half-crouched on the dome, stared straight at the few below. He took out a triangular laser device from his clothes, gently cut a small hole in the glass dome, pressed his palm against the hole, and threw a brass-colored metal object down.

Just as the two of them were staring at the constantly rotating metal objects in the air, the man in black jumped up with the help of the glass dome, soared up to a height of at least 10 meters, made a flipped direction in the air, unfolded the wingsuit flying equipment behind him, flew into the distance, and disappeared into the gradually dimming skyline.

There was a crisp sound, and cracks began to create in the dome from the black-clad man's jump point, spreading out in all directions. With a "bang", the entire dome collapsed instantly, and the glass shards mixed with countless tiny metal decorations poured down like a torrential rain.

"Run!" Calvin frowned and shouted in horror.