Chapter 20 Spiritual Vision
In addition to the law enforcement officers, those who are extremely concerned about the recent murders in Nanwei City are of course the Golden Rule Church.
The church’s headquarters building is located about 20 kilometers east of the suburbs of Nanwei. This large-scale church building was planned and built after the Great Plague, which is what the upper and lower councils have done in recent years. It was the shortest resolution among the resolutions, for no other reason than that it was just a side decision-making project for the Golden Rule Church to be established as the state religion of the country.
The Golden Rule Church building has been under construction for the past five years. Even today, the church’s construction progress is only less than 70% completed, but even so, it has become the current Nan It is one of the tallest buildings in Weicheng and even in nearly half of the southern country. As long as it's not foggy, standing in a slightly more open area in Nanwei City, you can clearly see the towering, eclectic complex building in the east.
The state religion naturally needs to have the style of the state religion. The state finance provides the church with a sufficient budget and allows them to do whatever they want.
The planning, design and even construction guidance of the entire architectural theme are basically carried out independently by internal personnel of the church, because as a church with a relatively short history, the Golden Rule Church does not have an internal membership that is full of theology like other denominations. He is not a fatuous old man praying, but he has become a truly high-quality academic talent.
The initial members of the Golden Rule Church were actually a group of cutting-edge scholars specializing in various fields. This is why they were able to propose an unprecedented medical method such as blood therapy during the Great Plague.
This is different from the metaphysical behaviors such as pouring holy water and exorcism in traditional sects. Blood therapy is a bold attempt based on a stable and cutting-edge medical technology system. It is based on sufficient science. based on theory.
So while members of other sects could only pray to their Lord to save the common people, the Golden Rule Church reversed the trend of the plague and contained this disaster with practical actions.
And it’s not limited to the medical field. With the continuous expansion of the Golden Rule Church in the past five years, the church’s clergy have fully absorbed cutting-edge talents from various fields. You know, if you want to enter the church and become an ordinary The first condition that needs to be met to become a member is to fully receive national higher education. Of course, this is only a written regulation. The real threshold has already been raised to an unimaginable level due to fierce competition, even in some colleges and universities. Many professors are willing to give up everything and join the church as the lowest level church official.
In other words, in the eyes of ordinary people, the church is the savior who reversed a major disaster, and they are willing to offer their faith and loyalty for this life-saving grace.
But in the higher realm of academia, the church is the highest temple that integrates academic fields in various fields, especially in the medical field...
In short, the Golden Rule Church is like a church for those who stand Scholars who were confused about the ceiling position in their respective academic fields provided a brand-new way of thinking. It can even be said to have fed them some kind of poison, making them flock to it and become obsessed with it.
......
On the ground floor of the now-completed star clock tower of the church, the church officials in gray cloaks bowed their heads in front of the golden tree sculpture. After completing the prayer process with great piety, they came to the back. of the priesthood.
This official is Dillashaw, who had been responsible for tracking serial murders before.
In the main direction of the hall, in front of the desk, the priest in white uniform was concentrating on writing with pen and paper. He did not raise his head to look at Dillashaw, but when Dillashaw's footsteps stopped for the first time, Time spoke:
“Those black law enforcement officers seem to be hiding something from us.”
Dillashaw replied: “Yes sir, the contents of the public report on the serial murder case are false. Yes, they have made new moves recently but they are very hidden..."
"No, this is what I am talking about"
The pastor stopped the pen in his hand, raised his eyelids and looked at Dillashaw, then reached out and pulled out a piece of paper from the other side of the desk, holding the corner of the paper with his index finger and thumb and shaking it.
The paper has neat and beautiful handwriting, but some places are covered by black ink...
This is exactly the report document written by Rebecca.
Not long ago this document was kept in the law enforcement headquarters, but now it has appeared on the desk in the church's star clock tower.
The pastor released his fingers and the paper fell back to the corner of the table. He raised his hand to adjust the glasses on the bridge of his nose, lowered his head again and started writing, and said lightly:
"The law enforcement officer has found and killed the perpetrator. According to the past records of the school we have, nearly 15 pairs of eyeballs can provide enough 'spiritual vision' duration. They must have spied on something. Something that should not be touched by anyone outside the church...go find the person and bring him back."
Dillashaw carefully took the piece of paper and quickly scanned it. Everything described on paper.
His Adam's apple squirmed - "Gulu".
"Spiritual vision... does such a method really exist?"
Dillashaw majored in criminal psychology research in the branch of psychology during his student days. Committed to studying and gaining insight into the psychological problems of criminals from a psychiatric perspective.
After entering the church, senior scholars in the same research field, that is, the pastor in front of him, provided him with a new and unprecedented research idea... a deeper way of insight into people's hearts - spiritual vision.
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"I'm not discussing it with you."
The words from the pastor's mouth brought Dillashaw's thoughts back to reality.
"Yes!" Dillashaw took a deep breath. He quickly recalled everything and quickly went through all the information he had memorized before. After the brainstorming stopped, the image of a city guard came to mind. Appears in his mind:
"I think I should know who the real person who closed the case is."
"What the sinner peeked into should be some form of writing. Of course, writing is just a concept within the current status of civilization we live in. From the perspective of higher realms it could be any form of projection, so what you are looking for should be some kind of pattern, totem type thing... Here are some for you based on the knowledge I have access to A trivial reminder." The pastor continued to write.
“I’ve written it down.” Dillashaw’s attitude was extremely solemn.
“This matter has always been left to you to take full responsibility. You have been in the church for a few years. I may transfer to the contract organization in the next two years. By then, the position will no doubt be yours. Don't mess it up, remember... fear the blood of the old gods."
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After leaving the Star Clock Tower, Dillashaw rushed straight to Nanwei City and found Rebecca at the Law Enforcement Office without stopping.
"Is something wrong?"
Rebecca sat back on the chair, her slender legs folded on top of each other, the heels of her boots were placed on the edge of the desk, holding a cup in her hand, looking at After arriving at Dillashaw, he had no intention of getting up to receive him, and only glanced at him lightly.
"I might need to take a look at the latest crime scene." Dillashaw smiled.
"Then you may have found the wrong person." Rebecca rolled her eyes at him and shook her head.
The expression on Dillashaw's face did not change at all: "Based on the information obtained so far, I am very sure that I have found the wrong person. You are the law enforcement officer who is most familiar with this case. You Not only is he responsible for chasing the murderer... he is also responsible for escorting the victim to the hospital."
Click! !
After Dillashaw mentioned the word "victim", there was a pool of water on the wall on the left side of the office, and there were fragments of glass on the ground.
After throwing the cup, Rebecca shook the water stains on her hands with a very aggressive movement and looked at Dillashaw coldly: "You reminded me about what your church calls 'baptism', otherwise you would do it today. Please explain carefully, that child has been acting weird since he came back from church that day. I suspect you..."
"I don’t want to say too much. That's nonsense. Although the girl has lost her eyes, from now on, any expenses in her life will be paid for by the church until she finds a way to survive independently. If she has been unable to survive independently, the church will support her. For a lifetime, this is the blessing after being baptized by the Golden Rule." Dillashaw put forward his bargaining chip simply.
Rebecca was not an idiot. She stared at Dillashaw indifferently for a few seconds, then nodded and pulled out a blank page from the table: "I need a written commitment."
< br>"It has been prepared for a long time." Dillashaw took out a page of documents from under his cloak and handed it to Rebecca, adding: "It has the signature of Pastor Defoe and the coat of arms of the church."
Rebecca looked over the document carefully and then put it away and locked it:
"Which scene do you want to see?"
"Of course it's the one in the sewer. When I came in, I saw that all the nearby sewer manhole covers were sealed." Dillashaw smiled slightly.
Rebecca sighed. She knew very well that the church’s spies were all over the country, and some things could not be hidden from them no matter what.
......
A few minutes later, Dillashaw was standing in the underground passage where Milo and Robben fought that day.
The girls' clothes, toys, scattered hair and rotten eyeballs that were originally piled on the ground have been cleaned up.
The bodies of Robben and her daughter have also been transported out and buried.
After a while, the municipal management unit will take over this area, refill the excavated area, and dredge the water pipes so that there will be no more water on the road above.
Dillashaw walked around in this space of less than ten square meters for a long time. Rebecca waiting on the side was a little impatient and mocked:
“This is the sewer. You can’t burn this place down.”
At this time, Dillashaw's eyes were focused on the dark wall. The mark on his wall was dazed: "Burned? It is indeed a mark of burning. There should be some kind of pattern here, right?"
Some strange looks began to appear in his eyes.
The traces were deliberately erased.
Does anyone else besides Mr. Pastor know the meaning of the vision text?
Who could that be?
At this moment, Dillashaw's mind came to the name that had been obliterated on Rebecca's reporting document.
……
“I understand.”
(End of this chapter)