"Lord of all,

Mother of the Truth,

Your followers revere you as the one and true,

or was, or future, or present,

Where your light shines,

It's true.

contrarily

then it is vain. ”

After the second word was read and the Light hymn was sung with the Light believers, Yorkham Jones closed the Light and entered the confessional room.

The familiar bell rings in my ears, and the first hand that reaches in every day must be trembling, as if announcing that there is nowhere to place all beings in the world, and only light can soothe.

After sorting out his thoughts, Yorkham Jones shook the hand in front of him:

"When all things are lost, the light will take away everything, including your pain and remorse. Believers in the Lord, now I will listen to your heart in the place of the Lord. ”

"Lord, my Lord, your believers' sins are unforgivable! I have bought and sold guns and explosives for the sake of my own livelihood and that of my family! Lord, I have sold them to the devil! The explosion of the Banrud Bridge last night is a reflection of my sin!"

"Lord, the devil will blow up other places, maybe next time a good person will die, the devil's weapon is I gave you, the evil is caused by me... Lord, your believers have defiled your Light, and He has brought harm to the world. ”

The voice speaks of remorse and his suffering, he wants to be punished, and he wants to be forgiven, this is a flower that blooms at midnight, and only in the dark night, when the light is weak, will it bloom 'the flower of repentance'.

"The opening of the flower of repentance is the self-judgment of the heart, and the voice of your heart is the voice of the Lord. Listen, my faithful, to the sound of sleepless midnight, and in the faint light the Lord will tell you everything..."

...

As the Light Believers walked out of the confessional room, Yorkham Jones said to himself:

"One step closer to you, Mr. Bomb, who betrayed the faith of humanity. ”

Then the bell rang again, and the familiar, white, slender and clean hand came in again.

"Lord, can the light really be shared with all beings?"

"My believers, the light shares everything. ”

"Good or evil?"

"My believers, life and death. ”

"Then why does the light judge the wicked?"

"My devotees, there is always a gloom in the world, and under the gloom, the light disappears, and the flower of evil blooms, and you do not judge, but bring new light to them. ”

Suddenly there was no sound on the other side, and the breathing was heavier than yesterday, but it was different from yesterday, yesterday it was scared, and now it was excited.

"Lord, last night I dispelled the gloom with light. ”

"My believer, you don't need to tell the Lord, the Lord is in your heart. ”

At the same time, Yorkham Jones handed a 'knight' pawn to the 'angel'.

After receiving the chess piece, the slender and clean ten fingers were retracted, and his breathing became even shorter:

"Lord, when will you judge me. ”

"My devotees, the light will come on December 24, 1085. ”

...

Looking at the pocket watch heading towards 13:30, Yorkham Jones smiled and whispered to himself:

"Are you going to get off work... But that's not your style, my Shinichi. ”

As soon as Yorkham Jones finished speaking, the bell rang, and two people walked in on the opposite side.

Neither of them reached for their hands, so they weren't here for the Goddess of Light, they were for Pastor Yorkham Jones.

The person on the other side seemed to hesitate, walking back and forth in the small confessional room for a long time before he made a sound.

"Pastor Jones, could you please answer a few questions? ”

Yorkham Jones smiled and asked:

"Mr. Shinichi, why don't you wait until I'm done with work and find a place to drink mead and talk?"

On the other side of the confession room, Shinichi Kaneda covered Officer Paber's mouth and replied with a smile:

"Mr. Jones, under the light, there is no vanity! For a pastor who absolutely believes in the light, this time and place should be the most suitable time to ask. ”

"Sure enough, it's the innocent and cute Mr. Shinichi. ”

Yorkham Jones sighed inwardly and said:

"Mr. Shinichi, then you ask. ”

"On November 25th, you worked part-time as a security guard at the Guns & Roses Bar because you paid for Mrs. Marin's daughter's illness, right?"

"Yes. ”

"On December 1, Mr. Jones applied for an M75 pistol from the police department and requested six rounds of ammunition, could you please explain why?"

"The day before I applied for a pistol, there was a big brawl between the guns and the Rose Bar, and I applied for an M75 pistol to ensure my own safety and the security of the bar..."

"But Mr. Shinichi, it seems that this matter is not your turn, even if you want to cure me for misusing my position, it is Sheriff Will's business. ”

"Of course, my priest, did you run out of the Guns and Roses Bar with your pistol in hand at 11:40 p.m. on December 3rd?"

"Yes. ”

"It takes about 15 minutes to get from Guns N' N' Bar to Deep Waterway. The time of death of Mr. Thief happened to be around 11.55 on the night of December 3, and the police also recovered 6 M75 pistol bullets from the scene of death... Pastor Jones, should you explain these things?"

"Mr. Shinichi, as a fan of yours, I admire your reasoning. But Mr. Detective, I was still a patrol officer at the time, so even if I killed Mr. Thief, according to your earlier inference that '5 bullets were fired by Mr. Thief', then, even if I did kill Mr. Thief, it would be a normal occupation!"

As he spoke, Yorkham Jones's voice suddenly became louder:

"Then Mr. Detective, if I did kill him, then why did I run away?"

"Ha! Mr. Jones, I didn't say you killed! I just want you to explain where you were during this time, and where the bullets in your pistol went!"

"Mr. Shinichi, Daurson Street is notoriously chaotic, do you think six bullets will not be used? As for that blank time, I was lost because I was chasing Mr. Thief, and no one could prove it to me. ”

In the confessional room, listening to Shinichi Kaneda's conversation with Yorkham Jones, Officer Paber was speechless in surprise.

But Shinichi Kaneda was thinking about something else:

"Why is it that the more you answer, the more holes Mr. Yorkham Jones has? Is he really so stupid, or is he hiding a secret?

Yorkham Jones didn't want Kaneda Shinichi to think, and asked directly with a smile:

"Mr. Shinichi, do you still want to ask me why I didn't say that I knew the deceased when I prayed to the deceased?"

"Of course, Mr. Jones, how do you want to explain that?"

"If I say, 'I'm just trying to embarrass Sheriff Will?', will Mr. Shinichi believe me?"

"Haha, of course I believe it! After all, Sheriff Fat Will is notoriously annoying. ”

In the confession room, cold sweat was already dripping from Shinichi Kaneda's forehead.

Yorkham Jones didn't play his cards according to the usual routine, and what Shinichi Kaneda was looking for was the truth, including the truth about the 'Knights' pawns, and it seemed that the conversation was getting farther and farther.

Officer Paber is now like a frightened baby, he never thought that the important suspect in killing the thief would actually be the pastor of the Church of Light.

Of course, it's not because Officer Paber is stupid, but because he belongs to the Church of Light himself, so it's impossible to think about Yorkham Jones.

"Mr. Jones, please explain the origin of the king. According to Ms. Ava, you came home around 1 a.m. on December 4 with a dirty child on your shoulder!"

"You, the dead Mr. Thief, the little girl, happen to be three people, and the information from the murder scene fits perfectly!"

"Mr. Shinichi, because of the Night Lady, we have not installed street lights in the Norkeland Kingdom so far!

"In the black clothes where I can't see my fingers, how can Ms. Ava see that I am carrying a man on my shoulder? My detective, are you going to write a detective novel with me as the main character?"

As he spoke, Yorkham Jones laughed:

"Hehe... As for Ching, my detective sir, there are too many homeless children in the Kingdom of Norkland, and without the help of the Church of Light, I am afraid that thousands of people will die every winter. ”

"Mr. Jones, do you remember the pear blossom wood you bought?"

"Mr. Shinichi, you just came out of my house for dinner earlier, and you have seen with your own eyes that Pear Blossom Wood has turned into a star beautiful girl. ”

"Reverend Jones, I didn't ask you what you used the pear blossom wood for, why are you in a hurry to explain? Could it be that the knight's chess piece around Mr. Thief's neck was carved by Mr. Jones?"

"Haha... My Mr. Detective, you love to joke. ”

At this moment, the little brother Dada, who was delivering the newspaper, suddenly ran into the church and shouted:

"Pastor Jones! ”

After hearing this, Yorkham Jones walked out of the confessional room and looked at Shinichi Kaneda and Officer Paber who walked out together:

"Mr. Shinichi, your question may be delayed. ”

"I've finished asking what I wanted to ask, thank you, Mr. Jones, for answering it for me. As Shinichi Kaneda replied, one hand was in his pocket playing with a button, which belonged to the priest of the Church of Light.

"My priest, do you really think that I have not found evidence?" Laughing inwardly, Kaneda Shinichi looked at Paber and said:

"Officer Paber, yesterday's bet was that I lost. ”

"No, no, no, no! I lost. Paber hurriedly shook his head.

When he said that he 'lost', Kaneda Shinichi did not show discouragement.

On the contrary, a high flame ignited in the eyes of Kaneda Shinichi, and through the question and answer just now, he had proved that Yorkham Jones was here for himself, and the secret of the 'knight' pawn was the final truth.

As long as it is unraveled, the victory belongs to him Kaneda Shinichi.

The beating of the heart like now, Kaneda Shinichi has not felt it for a long time, in addition to the onset of the disease, the last time the heart beat so violently was because of the decades-old unsolved case: the 'Heart Digger' Holy Nail.

Walking up to Dada, who was panting, Yorkham Jones asked:

"Mr. Dada, what's wrong?"

Dada gasped for 1 minute in a row, and Fang replied loudly:

"Pastor Jones! The Heart-Digger has reappeared, and Officer Will has asked you to pray for the dead. ”

Instead of answering, Yorkham Jones looked at Shinichi Kaneda, with a bit of provocation.

Hearing the reappearance of the 'Heart Digger' that he had not been looking for, and seeing the defiant eyes of Yorkham Jones, Kaneda Shinichi's heart seemed to jump out at this moment.

Looking into the eyes of Yorkham Jones, Kaneda Shinichi tightened the priest's button in his pocket and told the true oath in his heart:

On top of a rice field, the sky is only gloomy, and without the sunlight, the rice field is no longer golden, and some are only gray, death-like gray.

The only one who shone was the boy in the rice field, and his long flaming red hair stood up was the only light under the haze.

"Pastor Yorkham Jones! Swear in the name of Detective 'Shinichi Kaneda' that all the truth will be revealed! If the light cannot judge evil, then Shinichi Kaneda is a candle in the darkness!"

"A new detective in Kaneda, bloom! Leave your light to the world, this is the glorious light of mankind!"

Detectives and priests with different beliefs, staring into each other's eyes and smiling enigmatically, walked out of the church together and headed towards the murder scene of the 'Heart Digger'.