Chapter 35 The Butcher’s Soul
Milo gave Dillashaw a relatively satisfactory answer.
Although this is not a standard answer, it is enough for Dillashaw, who is eager to know the truth.
Dillashaw might be able to guess that Milo did not tell the whole truth, but he did not intend to use forceful means to pry open Milo's mouth. Of course, these are just speculations in Milo's mind. At least as far as the current situation is concerned, the church Dillashaw represents has not shown any obvious ill will toward him, and has also helped him solve his big trouble tonight.
Milo is quite satisfied with Dillashaw's transactional "mutual help".
But he didn't dare to lower his vigilance, because tonight he saw that the church's methods and strength far exceeded the aristocracy. Faced with such an existence, he could not be slack at all.
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"From the perspective of the law enforcement system, the serial murder case is considered closed, but it is far from over on my side. We should meet again, If you remember any details that you have overlooked before, please come to the church and come to me. We will not treat anyone who serves the Golden Rule badly."
This is what Dillashaw said to Milo before leaving. words.
He is showing his favor to Milo.
Milo also expressed his willingness to provide valuable information to the church (pretend).
Dillashaw is the first church member with real power that Milo has come into contact with, and he is also the person he can’t see through the most so far. When dealing with such people, he must always be vigilant. .
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5 o’clock in the morning.
A farce involving many forces has finally come to an end.
Ah, no, it should be a comma.
When the law enforcement agency headed by Rebecca was suppressed by a higher-level supervisory agency, the church suddenly appeared and expressed its position very strongly. All the Sherman family's secret arrangements All failed. Before they take action against the Varrokan family next time, they must carefully consider this relationship with the church.
At least before that, the Sherman family has to figure out what kind of relationship between Milo and the church is. Is Cillian’s hatred worth it to the Sherman family and the church? Make enemies.
No matter what, the Milo family got a chance to breathe, and there should be a period of calm before the next round of revenge from the Sherman family.
Milo is in urgent need of a fish big enough to help him eat the Sherman family.
At least Harrison got to be eaten.
For Milo, he did not feel the joy of surviving the disaster like his family did. After the crisis was resolved, what followed was a mountain of pressure.
We have to think of a solution.
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After Dillashaw left, it was as if nothing happened in the law enforcement facility.
From the beginning to the end, Rebecca never figured out what was going on between Milo and Dillashaw. She heard the conversation between the two in the prison cell through the iron door, and was naturally very surprised. She wanted to know what else happened in the sewer on the night of the incident that Milo had concealed. However, she could tell that Milo's family had a lot of secrets. Yujian felt a heavy sense of fatigue, so he stopped talking too much:
"I'll send someone to see you off."
"Thank you for today's matter." Milo knew Li very well. Beca's all-out action tonight carries great risks, so the "Thank you" he said was sincere.
"No need, I have my own judgment, not entirely for you."
Rebecca responded calmly.
She didn’t want people to think that it was because the person involved was Milo that she went to such trouble.
But there is actually one thing that Rebecca herself is not sure about. If she and Milo didn't know each other at all, would she still do it so brilliantly? You know, the aristocracy has always been a group that is difficult for law enforcement agencies to shake, and she may lose her three-cornered hat because of this.
Rebecca sat on the chair in her office, staring blankly at the ceiling, but soon she realized that the question she was thinking about now was an insult to her law enforcement uniform, and her eyes gradually From confusion to determination.
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It was already around 5:30 in the morning when Milo's family returned to the residential area with back-to-back buildings, which was the time when the fog in the city was at its heaviest.
A family is sitting in a carriage at the law enforcement station.
Although he survived the disaster, he didn’t say much along the way.
Little Finn had already fallen asleep nervously, and Kang, who was holding little Finn, frowned and said nothing the whole time.
Due to illness, Emma could no longer bear it. She was shaky when she got out of the car. Milo helped her into the house.
After the carriage from the law enforcement station left, Milo stood quietly at the door of his house and observed the street for a few minutes.
He was afraid of reckless revenge from the Sherman family.
After leaving the law enforcement station, the only one who can provide protection for his family is himself. To be honest, if it were him yesterday, he would probably choose to let the whole family stay at the law enforcement station until dawn, but Today, Milo has more confidence.
This confidence comes from the strange changes in his limbs.
Until now, Milo still can't figure out why his physical strength has doubled. The only explanation can only be the totem. All these strange changes are caused by his use of the totem to read. Coming after the experience of the dead Robben.
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“No wonder Dillashaw went to such trouble to get me.”
Milo looked thoughtfully at the wound on the back of his hand.
The help he had provided in the process of solving the case was definitely not enough for Dillashaw to use such means to help. The only reasonable explanation could only be that he was tracking the totem, and he could not let go without any clue.
As the only owner of the totem, Milo has basically zero understanding of the totem.
"If you can become stronger by looking at the experiences of dead people, then wouldn't I become invincible if I wandered around the cemetery for a month?"
Milo laughed at himself and rejected this naive idea.
He tried to punch the air, wanting to feel the strong power again, but this swing made him feel as if there was a knife stirring in his head, and there was an excruciating pain. He staggered and almost fell down at the gate.
Damn, what is going on?
He held his knees and gasped for air. He could not slow down for a long time.
This is not a matter of visiting the cemetery. The intensity of the pain made Milo feel like he was about to enter the cemetery.
Is it a sequelae?
Side effects?
Milo couldn’t understand.
His legs were shaking, and now he just wanted to lie down and rest.
But just as he was about to turn around and enter the house, a hoarse, eerie voice came from the thick fog a few meters behind him:
"Peeper~~The peeper who has been given spiritual vision... "
This voice is not unfamiliar to Milo. It is the crazy old woman in red robe who wanders around the streets and corners of Nanwei City all year round.
This person is like a ghost, her whereabouts are erratic and there is no pattern to follow. Whenever people think she may starve to death in a corner, she will appear on the street again.
Some people say she is a pagan and a witch.
Rebecca also mentioned similar rumors to Milo, saying that this old woman could do divination. Moreover, there were some people in the city who took the initiative to find her and exchanged money or food for some strange guidance. However, those people were basically dog gamblers. Who would deal with a lunatic if he was a serious person...
The witch was sitting on her knees at the door of an unoccupied house across the street. She was still wearing the same tattered dark red robe, her skinny hands were holding on to the weird walking stick, and her head was covered by a red hood. Her face could not be seen. Messy gray-white hair hung from the hood.
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Milo didn't want to talk to the witch, but just when he was about to turn around and enter the house, the witch said something in her trembling voice and he was startled. Luo had goosebumps all over his body.
"I saw...I saw another person's soul in you...a butcher with a sharp blade...a miserable soul."
Milo's breathing quickened instantly.
He never told anyone about his strange experience in the cemetery. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't know where to start.
But how did this old witch know?
The butcher’s soul? A miserable soul?
Isn't that Robben?
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With a feeling of apprehension, Milo crossed the street and came to the witch in red robe.
“What else do you know?”
He felt that the conversation between him and the madman was outrageous. Before this, Milo had no idea about the so-called religious thoughts of cows, ghosts and snake gods. It’s not cold, but what he saw on the night of the sewer incident overturned his previous understanding. Coupled with what he saw in the cemetery, Milo could only regard these as things beyond his knowledge. Not entirely nonsense.
"The Peeper... is really a Peeper. I didn't expect that someone could really improve spiritual vision to this level... Oh, the tentacles and minions of the Old Ones... You must have adapted to the torture of the nightmare stage, right? , it seems that you are still deeply confused and at a loss..."
The red-robed witch seemed to be sizing up some rare treasure, and stretched out one hand towards Milo, hanging in the air , the gibberish in his mouth was intermittent.
"But why, the disaster is still there... Hahaha, the old rulers you serve don't care about your life or death, Peeper... your fate is doomed, you can't escape..."
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“Can you speak well and don’t put seven or eight ellipses in a sentence?”
Milo could vaguely feel that the old witch in front of him knew something, but if she kept talking in this way, Milo would never be able to understand what she wanted to express.
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"Did you suddenly learn to use knives?"
The witch suddenly changed the subject, speaking clearly and shortening her sentences.
Milo raised his eyebrows: It turns out you can speak normally.
"Knife?"
He muttered, suddenly remembering that when he had a conflict with the private armed forces of the Sherman family in the cemetery, he cut open the middle-aged man's wrist joint with a precise knife, and what happened to him in the cemetery. During the melee, he used a dagger to cut open the horse's abdominal cavity...
This series of actions was something Milo had never done before, and he didn't think he could do it without a teacher.
And now after being pointed out by the witch, the answer quickly emerged in Milo's mind.
It’s Robben.
These are Robben's abilities.
"The Butcher's Soul"
Whether it is a precise cut into the joint cartilage, or a clean disembowelment, similar things have appeared in serial murders in the past. Butcher Robben is not difficult at all.
“So I not only saw his life, but also inherited his abilities?”
In fact, Milo had a vague feeling as early as the beginning. He guessed that he was not innocent. It's as simple as a bystander, because after finishing reading about Robben's experience, there are still many thoughts and emotions belonging to Robben lingering in his mind.
Now it seems that not only those thoughts remain, but also Robben's butcher knife skills.
“Is this the real use of that totem?”
Milo couldn’t understand the principle and mystery of it, but as a person involved, he could clearly feel it. The magic.
But it is unknown whether he has acquired Robben's ability, or whether Robben's soul is really following him as the witch said, and Milo has no way to believe it. The words of a madman.
"Let's make a deal, Peeper... Your Old Ones have cut off contact with you, and you need a guide... Without guidance, you will soon fall into the abyss forever, There is no room for improvement..."
The witch suddenly spoke and said some words that Milo didn't understand very well.
"What do you mean?" Milo frowned: "What is the Old One? What is the Peeper? You want to be my guide... Should I give you a salary or you? My salary?”
He knew that when these religious personnel deceive ordinary people, they always say some vague words, with some intimidation in them, to scare people. So Milo didn't care too much about "falling into the abyss". What he wanted to know now was what was going on with the splitting headache.
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"You have passed the first sequence - the nightmare."
The red-robed witch used her dirt-filled nails to draw a strange ancient Chinese symbol on the ground, then drew another one on the left, pointed at it and said:
"No matter what means you use to develop Spiritual vision, in short, you have successfully entered the second sequence. You are now a voyeur. Maybe you can survive, but you cannot stay in this stage forever. After you have viewed enough undead, you have obtained their Ability, power, but at the same time you will forget which one is your real life, and you will fall into madness."
"Nightmare...Peeper"
Milo Ruo. Thinking.
He seemed to understand a little bit.
But I didn’t fully understand it.
He asked tentatively: "Is there a third sequence?"
"You should first think about how to survive the Peeper sequence." said the red-robed witch. , let out a series of creepy laughter.
"Then what should I do?" Milo frowned slightly.
"Do you mean to accept my guidance?" the witch asked.
"I can think about it first." With Milo's character, he couldn't be fooled into believing it completely. At this moment, he was still 90% skeptical of witches.
"You will come to me again soon... Hehehehe... Remember, if you want to get guidance from me, offer the Holy Communion. This is the deal between us." The witch's voice hoarse.
“Holy Communion?” Milo, who had almost zero religious knowledge, felt extremely unfamiliar with this term.
"It's just blood and flesh. You'll understand it when you meet it." The witch's words were still clouded.
Milo shook his head:
"I sold it to you at this stage."
When he wanted to ask something else, he found that the street in front of him was empty, and there was no trace of the red-robed witch anywhere.
The dull air was filled with thick moisture, soaking into Milo's collar with a hint of coolness.
He shivered, shook his head and turned back home.
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(End of this chapter)