The basement of the Church of St. Selena, inside the guard's room outside the Chanis Gate.

Leonard Mitchell leaned back in his chair, his legs raised, resting on the edge of the table, his eyes empty and unfocused.

Even after being treated by ritual magic, his face was still very bad, as if his serious illness had just been relieved but had not yet begun to improve.

At this moment, the strong people sent by the Templar are rearranging the seal behind the Chanis Gate, because of the loss of St. Selena's ashes, their opinions are contradictory, some people want to make up for the lack of power with new holy relics, and some people think that there is no need to be so troublesome, after all, for the entire Night Goddess Church, the holy relics are very rare and precious, and their idea is to reduce the position of the night team in Tingen's market value, and transfer the items that have living characteristics or have difficulty in sealing here to the headquarters Tranquility Church or the Bakerland Parish, leaving only the part that is easy to care for。

They intended to send a telegram asking the Pope to convene a council, to be voted on by the archbishop and the senior deacons.

Leonard felt nothing at all about these arguments, he felt as if he had become a living corpse, without pain, without sorrow, without excitement, without excitement, unusually numb, unwilling to even face other people, wishing only to be alone in the corner.

Occasionally, he wondered why the "killer" had taken only Crane's extraordinary traits and left Captain Dunn Smith's.

Click, click, click, footsteps echoed through the hallway, and Siga Teang, with a white bandage on his right arm, appeared at the door of the guard room.

While Dunn and the others were besieging Megoos and trying to free the city of Tingen, she and the internal caretaker of Chanismen were also fighting against some of the seals, and if it weren't for the timely arrival of the "Substitute Punisher" and the members of the "Heart of the Machine", if it weren't for the reinforcements sent by the Templar finally arriving, she would have lost her life tragically.

But even so, the old internal caretaker did not make it to the end, and died in his post.

"Leonard, I found the Captain, there is an undecoded telegram in the Captain's office, it must have been from the Templar before. Part-time writer Siga Teang began.

Leonard's turquoise eyes rolled for a moment, and the whole person finally came to life, and he vaguely remembered that he had heard the sound of a new telegram coming in, but at that time, the battle was about to break out, and neither he nor Crane had the heart to pay attention.

"What's the content?" Leonard noticed that his voice was unusually dry.

The white-haired and black-eyed lady Siga Teang replied without hesitation:

"Watch out for Ince Zangwill, watch out for the seal '0-08'. ”

"Ince Zangwill, the defector archbishop, the 'janitor' who failed to be promoted...... Seal '0-08', an ordinary-looking quill ......" Leonard first whispered blankly about the memories he could dig up, and then tilted his ears.

He narrowed his eyes suddenly, and the decadence and frustration in his body disappeared at the same time.

"I see...... Leonard retracted his legs and stood up, his green eyes burning as if there was a flame.

He looked at Siga Teang and said:

"I'm going to apply to join Red Glove. ”

"Red Glove" is the code name for the elite team within the night watch, generally speaking, each night watch team is stationed in the local area, each has its own jurisdiction, and cannot go outside the jurisdiction to hunt down criminals without permission, and some evil guys always shoot a different place, which causes a lot of inconvenience.

To this end, the Church of the Night Goddess has set up a "Red Glove" within the Night Watch, who are carefully selected elites and even have mastered some of the holy relics, and their mission is to reinforce the night watchman squad that sends signals, as well as to track and capture the evil people who are concerned without restrictions.

In some circles, they are known as "trackers" and "hounds".

"'Red Glove'? But their minimum requirement is sequence 7...... Moreover, the Red Glove faces a much greater danger than the average Night Watch Squad. Siga Teang said with concern in confusion.

Leonard sketches a smile without a smile:

"I'm almost ready to be promoted. ”

His eyes turned cold, and he gritted his teeth and muttered to himself silently:

I want revenge!

Ince Zangwill, you must live until I am strong!

"Okay......" Siga sighed as he seemed to guess Leonard's thoughts, "we're going to have half or more of our team of new faces, and even if it's a night watchman, it's rare to see such a tragedy......"

Leonard's eyes darkened, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"Have you disposed of the corpse?"

"Hmm. Siga nodded visibly.

Leonard took a sharp step towards the door:

"I went to inform their families. ”

I face the last thing I want to face.

I'll go......

............

At 2 Daffodil Street, Melissa sat on a single sofa, studying the three tickets in her hand, studying the text on them, and studying the printed dates and seat numbers.

Benson sat at her side, smiling at his focused sister, his body very relaxed.

Suddenly, they heard the sound of the doorbell being drawn, jingle, jingle.

Melissa glanced at Bella, the maid who was busy in the kitchen, and with the three tickets in her hand, she got up with a little confusion and walked to the door with small steps.

Her black hair was much more moisturized than before, her face was no longer thin, she had a beautiful blood color, and her brown eyes were even brighter.

Twisting the handle and pulling the door open, Melissa was stunned for a moment, for she didn't know the visitor.

This is a young man with dark hair and blue eyes, and he is very good-looking, but his face is unusually pale, and there is a deep sadness in his eyes.

"May I ask who you are?" Melissa asked, confused.

Leonard put on a black suit over his white shirt, and replied hoarsely:

"I'm a colleague of your brother Klein. ”

Melissa chuckled inwardly, instinctively stepping behind Leonard, but finding nothing.

She asked in a trembling voice:

"Where's Crane?"

Leonard closed his eyes, took a breath and said:

"I'm sorry that your brother Klein died at the hands of a vicious criminal in order to save some people, he is a hero, a true hero. ”

Melissa's eyes widened slightly, her body shook a few times imperceptibly, and the three tickets in her hand slipped to the ground weakly.

They are face up and have the name of the play "The Return of the Count".

............

In the living room of Moretti's house, Leonard barely dared to look at Melissa and Benson opposite.

But his mind always flashed the other party's appearance involuntarily:

The girl full of youth opened her eyes and did not say a word, her pupils were not in focus, and she was quiet like a doll.

The man who looked a little like Klein tried to maintain a normal posture, but he was always stunned from time to time, and he would speak more than half a beat slower.

"That's the way it is, I'm sorry I couldn't stop it in time, Blackthorn Security, the police department and those who were helped promised a pension of about £6,0......00," Leonard said with a slightly wandering gaze.

Suddenly, Benson interrupted him and asked in a hoarse voice:

"What about his corpse? I ask what about Crane's corpse?"

He pursed his lips and paused:

"When will we see him?"

"Within the company, now. Leonard replied sadly.

"Okay. Benson tugged at the stiff corners of his mouth and said, "I'll go to the bathroom first." ”

Without waiting for Leonard to respond, he quickly entered the bathroom on the first floor and slammed the wooden door shut.

Walking over to the sink, Benson unscrewed the faucet and let the tap water run down.

He bent down, buried his head, held the water in both hands, and kept slapping his face.

Clapping and patting, his movements suddenly stopped, and there was no change for a long time, and only the sound of running water echoed in the entire bathroom.

It took dozens of seconds for Benson to raise his head and look at the washing mirror, only to see that his face was full of water droplets, and his eyes were so red that he could no longer hide them.

............

A few days later, a corner of Raphael's cemetery.

After Dunn's funeral, everyone gathered in front of a new tombstone with a black-and-white photograph of Klein, a bookish one.

Melissa stood in front of the grave, her eyes glazed and unfocused, but Elizabeth next to her was wiping away tears.

Leonard, Benson, Frye, and Bright carried the coffin and walked over and placed it in the grave.

After the priest's eulogy and their respective prayers, the mud rustled and began to fill in, and the black coffin was obscured little by little.

At this time, Melissa half-crouched down and threw the bronze whistle that had been found on her brother's body.

Leonard looked at this scene sideways, his heart was very sour, and he admired the strength of this girl, after knowing the bad news, she had not cried or made trouble, and the silence was distressing.

The grave was filled in and the slate was covered, and Leonard took one last look at Klein's tombstone, which had three lines:

"The best brother;"

"Best brother;"

"Best colleague. ”

In the sad atmosphere, the people of Blackthorn Security gradually left, and Selena and Elizabeth also took their leave at the urging of their families, leaving only Benson and Melissa at the scene.

"I'm going to hire a cab to come ......" Benson was in a very bad state, like he hadn't slept in a long time.

"Okay. Melissa nodded slightly.

Seeing her brother's back go away, she looked back at the tombstone in a daze.

Suddenly, she crouched down and buried her face in her arms.

In the silence, I don't know how long later, Melissa suddenly scolded in a muffled voice:

"Stupid!"

She cried out, silently, incessantly, unstoppably.

............

Raphael Cemetery at night.

The bronzed-skinned Azik stood in front of Klein's grave with a bouquet of white flowers, and did not speak for a long time, and finally sighed and said to himself:

"I'm sorry, I'm ten minutes late. ”

"But I should know who it is......"

He stooped down and laid down the bouquet of flowers, turned and left the cemetery, and also left Tingen, but did not take the bronze whistle.

The crimson moonlight shines here, with indescribable silence and coldness,

Suddenly, the stone slab that sealed the tomb was flipped over, and a slightly pale hand came out of the dirt.

Stretched out!

Wow!

The slate was pushed open, the coffin lid was pushed open, and Crane sat up, looking around a little dazedly.

His memory was still fixed on the shiny leather boots and the palm that held the urn of St. Selena, and then it was like falling into a dreamless sleep.

Crane instinctively lowered his head, unbuttoned his shirt, and looked at his left chest, only to see that the hideous wound and the missing piece of his heart were wriggling and healing, just as he had seen the hole in his temple in the mirror healing rapidly, the only difference was that this time it was slower and harder.

PS: Thanks again to the big guy for the tip!

Well, when the first part is finished, I will be in", some of the information, basically can be summarized, reasoned, and associated with before, and there are no spoilers involved, you can think about it in advance and see how many you can match. (Pretend there is no such thing as adding more, but seriously, I definitely hope to add more thanks, but I think that telling a good story is more important than adding, if you can't have both, choose the former, after all, I'm also in my 30s, and my energy is far less than before)