Sherlock Holmes

In the Empire, there are three categories of people.

The first type is people who can be seen everywhere, citizens, vendors, neighbors on the street, etc.

The second type is people who can only be met with a little effort, starting from the nobles who live in the large manor, to the popes of the major dioceses. Even if you try your best, it is not impossible to talk to the current emperor. .

As for the third type, they are people who will never be seen.

The old god envoy in front of you is one of them. Maybe some people want to see the general of the advance army in front of the gate of hell, or the leader of the expedition, General Patton. There is still a one-in-a-million chance that the old god Sir, there is not even a one in ten million or ten million chance.

In the entire church, except for the disabled servant of God, no one knew what the old God Envoy looked like, so when they saw the huddled object covered with golden cloth, they couldn't believe it. It's all like this, can you still be alive?

The supreme justice of the trial court stood up. His name was no longer important. In the past few decades, few people directly called him by his name. Even his most satisfied students would just call him teacher. , so the title [Justice] is enough to represent his identity.

The judge walked towards the flat car that was being pushed over and bowed slightly with a clear sign of respect: "Thank you for coming."

The crouched body on the flat car did not speak, but trembled slightly. If you listened carefully, you seemed to be able to hear waves of inaudible moans coming from under the golden cloth.

The justice's voice was raised slightly so that everyone in the church could hear clearly: "I have certainly considered the connection between the target and the Holy Light, so I will not be blind before solving this problem. to launch a plan to capture the target."

The people around them fell into a kind of silence. They didn't quite understand what the justice said. If the Holy Light deliberately favored a certain person, how could this problem be solved?

"So, I contacted the Holy Light Temple a month ago, and I reached a certain level of consensus with the old divine envoy." Having said this, the chief judge of the trial court took a deep breath, and then It seems that the next words require a lot of determination to say:

"Throughout the entire Holy Calendar, the Holy Light is undoubtedly standing from the perspective of all mankind, protecting us and watching us. No individual can be favored by the Holy Light without any cost, and the life of a single individual can never be affected. Even in changing Holy Light's decision, even Master Dante, who saved the world, never received active communication from Holy Light.

But Sherlock Holmes is an anomaly, and he can influence Holy Light's judgment to some extent.

The Holy Light is an omniscient and omnipotent great being, how can it be changed by the thoughts of an ordinary human being.

Even three months ago, Sherlock committed a sin that was absolutely impossible to be forgiven in the Holy Light Temple, but the Holy Light still did not punish him.

This is not normal Holy Light.

Therefore, the old god envoy speculated for a long time in absolute panic, and finally got the explanation for this phenomenon.

That is——the holy light is contaminated! "

"." The whole church had been silent just now, but at this moment, the silence above the silence was completely reflected. People suddenly stood or sat motionless, with unprecedented panic in their eyes and ears. I felt that the whole world was filled with the sound of my own heartbeat, which was deafening.

"The Holy Light is contaminated."

"Holy light! It's contaminated!"

From under the golden cloth, some whispers finally came out. The withered body used all its strength, but it could only make such a sound. There was incomprehensible pain in the sound. He was wailing. It's heartbreaking.

"That person has polluted the Holy Light! He is a devil, the most terrifying devil!"

The old divine envoy trembled, as if he wanted to change his crouched posture, and raised his head with difficulty. Several divine servants pushing flat carts on the side realized this, and immediately stretched out their hands to lift some of the golden cloth.

Through the lights in the church, the rest of the people saw an unprecedented horrific scene.

The body under the cloth was ragged with white bones. Literally, there was not an inch of skin on the body that was already dry and unsightly. It was all stripped clean alive, and the dry and slender muscles were weakly attached to the bones, but Not much blood flowed out, only the muscles that were constantly spasming due to pain. This was the source of the subtle tremors.

However, as if this pain was not enough, countless nails and chains were embedded in the old divine messenger's leaking bones. They just traveled around the internal organs and bones, and the bone marrow flowed out between the cracked bones. Watching It gives people excruciating pain.

"I'm guilty! A servant of the Holy Light is actually questioning the Holy Light. I'm guilty!" Because the cloth was lifted, the cold wind easily blew through the unprotected bones and marrow, causing him even more unbearable pain. It also made his tone rise a bit higher again, making those who listened feel hairy all over:

"But the Holy Light is polluted, and we, the servants, have to shoulder the responsibility of purifying the Holy Light. During this period, all the sins will be borne by me alone. I am willing to suffer the ultimate pain in the world during my lifetime and fall into the endless hell after my death. I only wish. It can kill evil spirits and purify the holy light!"

This roar may be the sound made by the old divine envoy who has exhausted his energy. He is not explaining anything, but convincing himself with piety. He may also be praying to the Holy Light in an extremely painful way. After that, , he curled up again feebly.

The servant of God beside him expressionlessly covered his body with cloth again, leaving him immersed in the extremely cruel criminal law. A servant of God stepped forward, bowed to the chief judge: "From now on, the Holy Light Temple will , will fully cooperate with you to capture the evil spirit."

The miserable prayer just made by the divine messenger brought back some people's attention. They frowned and didn't quite understand how the Holy Light Temple would cooperate with them in catching Sherlock.

The servant of God seemed to have thought of everyone's doubts, and then took out a small black brick from his sleeve.

"Is this...?" the justice asked doubtfully.

Although he holds the highest position in the imperial government and the Holy See's judiciary, he still has never seen such a thing.

"This is the branch of the Holy Light." The servant of God explained, and then pressed a button next to the object in his hand. A piece of green light instantly lit up on the rectangular object, and countless incomprehensible green characters continued to appear. It changes, and if you watch carefully, you may even feel dizzy.

"These are the things we laid out in the expedition route to the Antarctic continent." The servant of God explained: "The Holy Light spreads through these branches. No one can explain this mode of propagation, but there are records in the Temple of Holy Light. , in the early days of the Holy Calendar, the first servants of the Holy Light buried these branches throughout the empire until the entire Holy Light enveloped all continents.

Now we have decided, in conjunction with the ultimate goal of capturing the evil god Sherlock Holmes, to close the Holy Light branch at his location to block his connection with the Holy Light.

Of course, this behavior undoubtedly offended the majesty of the Holy Light, so after capturing the target and successfully executing him, all the servants of the Holy Light Temple who participated in this plan, as well as the envoy himself, were all sentenced to death. We Willing to die to capture the evil god! "

They probably stayed in the Temple of Holy Light for too long. When these servants of God spoke about this matter, their voices were particularly calm, but when they heard it in other people's ears, they didn't know how many huge waves had been set off.

The Temple of Holy Light is the most sacred existence in the empire, and the servants of the gods or the old envoys are also the most noble people in the empire, and these people will die collectively because of the goal of this mission.

Well, no matter how absurd this thing sounds, the facts are already before our eyes. Some people wiped the sweat from their foreheads, some people exhaled slowly, and some people simply couldn't swallow it for a long time. The saliva that went down made me cough.

There is no precedent in the entire holy history of turning off the Holy Light within the empire. Almost no one even knows that the Holy Light is transmitted through this small black box, and no one knows that this kind of thing can be turned off.

However, since the old divine envoy has made up his mind to die, how should the Holy Light be turned off, how long should it be turned off, how wide the scope of the turn off is, whether it can be turned on in real time after being turned off, and whether it will trigger the invasion of large demons during this period, etc. , should have been carefully considered.

"On behalf of the entire empire, I would like to thank the Temple of Holy Light for its dedication. You play an important role in the bright future of mankind." The chief judge of the Tribunal said sincerely: "But here I still want to make sure that the temple can really Can you guarantee that while isolating the connection between Shylock and the Holy Light, there will be no irreversible risks?"

"The main branches of the Holy Light are in the mountains below the temple. We will only turn off the Holy Light within a certain range around Sherlock. During this period, some void cracks may form, and third-level demons may appear. Direct invasion into the hinterland of the empire, but the chance of this is very small. If it does happen, then the army can only be called in to suppress it. But no matter what, as long as the target can be killed, these losses are within the acceptable range."

"As long as the target can be killed, these losses are within the acceptable range"

In a deserted building complex on a street in a certain city, Sherlock leaned against a bald wall, looking at the dialogue presented in text before his eyes, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "These guys are doing this... What are you talking about, as if you are defining me as a devil without permission."

The words have not yet fallen

"If according to primitive understanding, the existence that threatens the entire human race is defined as an evil spirit, then it seems that they are right to call you that."

Beside his ears, a deep red voice sounded calmly.

"Come on, I didn't actively end up living in this situation."

"But according to my estimation, if you had adopted Lord Dante's advice, your current situation would be a thousand times better."

"Yes, but how could I be like Dante and spend the rest of my life in a small town? I will be suffocated to death." Sherlock shrugged and said, "Okay, don't worry about this. You Aren't you worried now? From what your servants say, they seem to think you have been bewitched by me and are planning to shut you down."

"I need to correct what you said. First of all, I will not be shut down. They can only manipulate the signal transmission switch connected to the artificial sun console to briefly shut down the connection between me and the signal transmitter. This has no effect on me. any impact.

Secondly, it is you who should be worried, because if the signal connector is turned off where you are, then you will no longer be able to get any help from me, and at the same time, you will no longer be able to summon any demons.

By then, you will be alone again, and your opponent will be the entire empire. "