Chapter 159 The whole of Backlund is looking for believers of the stars
Backlund.
Late at night, in the alley of a street in the East District, there was cross-flowing sewage, randomly discarded garbage, and a foul smell.
"ah!"
"ah!"
Two screams in succession disturbed the sleeping residents nearby, as well as the drunkard who happened to be walking by the alley.
The miserable screams sounded like they were being tortured. The already deep and dark alley became more mysterious and terrifying.
Nearby residents chose to call the police and waited for about two hours before the police station less than 1,000 meters away sent two police officers to check.
They had a security stick hanging on their waists, a gun in their right hand, and a flashlight in their left hand. They cursed in disgust: "You're up so late at night, why should you call the police? Is there something you can't wait until tomorrow?"
Call them scolds, they are already here, and they naturally need to give an explanation to their superiors.
Soon, they went deep into the alley and came to a trash can. There was a strong smell of blood. The light swept across and blood was trickling from the two mutilated corpses.
The most disgusting thing is that the chests of the two corpses were torn open and the large intestines, small intestines, liver, heart, lungs and other organs inside were taken out.
On the face of the deceased, the eyes were wide and frightened.
The two police officers endured the feeling of nausea and vomiting, looked at it for a while, ran out of the alley, and then returned to the police station to reply to their superiors.
As for protecting the crime scene?
No one wants to stay in that damn place forever.
…
The next day, Xio mysteriously came to Forsi's bedroom with a newspaper.
"Something happened. Two bodies were found in the East District last night. The death conditions were simply horrific."
As Xio spoke, he handed the newspaper to Forsi.
Forsi asked curiously: "Don't people die often in Backlund? Why are you paying so much attention to this case today?"
"Do you remember that I told you last time that Mr. A was offering a reward to find the apostle of the stars. These two people lied about information and wanted to defraud the reward, and then they were brutally killed by Mr. A's people."
Xio had a frightened expression on her face. She had briefly considered this idea, but she quickly rejected it. It was really unwise to offend someone like Mr. A.
If she hadn't resisted the temptation, she would have been the one who died last night.
Forsi read the newspaper and became even more curious: "It didn't mention who the murderer was. How do you know that those two people were killed by Mr. A's men?"
"Because it was Mr. A who spread the news himself, saying that he wanted to give everyone a warning."
"oh."
Forsi nodded slightly, feeling a little guilty. The crazier Mr. A became, the more scared she became.
"Alas, I don't know where those believers of the stars are hiding, otherwise I would have received a huge reward."
Foer thought for a moment and said, "I think this bounty is terrible. You should just give up."
"Well, I have indeed given up and let everything take its course."
"??"
Forsi looked at Xio in confusion, and Xio smiled and said: "Now the wild Beyonders in Backlund basically know about Mr. A's reward for finding the followers of the stars. It is estimated that official agencies have also begun to investigate the so-called believers of the stars. The competition is too high, I guess there is no hope.”
"ah?"
Forsi's face changed slightly. Has this made everyone aware?
Doesn't that mean that all the Beyonders in Backlund are looking for themselves?
"Forsi, what's wrong with you? Your face seems a little bad?"
"No, it's okay. I'm just curious why Mr. A made this matter such a big deal?"
Xio said matter-of-factly: "Of course it's because he couldn't find the so-called disciples of the crowd, so he took the wrong approach. Well, Mr. A is really crazy. I have to be careful in the future and try not to have contact with him."
"That's it."
Forsi then quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
…
Brave Bar.
In the billiards room, Maric and Hasta were playing.
Hasta is not good at this sport, but with his barbarian physique and luck, he is able to fight Maric back and forth.
Mainly because Maric's level is relatively average.
As Maric put the last shot into the hole and won the final victory, his face was filled with a proud smile, and he raised his chin slightly and said: "Hasta, you still need to practice more in this area."
Hasta just smiled and said nothing. He just missed a few balls deliberately to give Maric a chance to catch up and win the game.
This is a form of bribery.
Deliberately showing off one's own shortcomings to highlight the other person's strengths so that they can be praised without feeling embarrassed, thereby achieving the purpose of bribery.
For example, when a minister plays chess with the emperor, the minister can be evenly matched with the emperor at the beginning, but when the crucial move comes, he deliberately makes the wrong move, and is defeated by the emperor in one fell swoop.
After winning, the emperor was delighted and pointed out where the minister had made the mistake. If he had made the mistake in another position, he might have lost.
The minister naturally showed a regretful and enlightened expression, and then he praised and flattered him crazily.
This is five thousand years of wisdom.
How could Maric know this routine? He was very happy because he won the game.
Hasta thought this situation was good. Maric was happy to win and took the opportunity to digest the potion.
Maric, who was in a happy mood, looked at Hastur with a very satisfied look, thinking that he would play more games with Hastur in the future.
"Are we going to play a few more games? This time I have to increase my bets and win back the 20 gold pounds I lost before."
Hasta took the initiative to invite him, and the bribe had been successfully paid. He didn't mind letting Maric feel what cruelty was.
"Don't be unconvinced, be careful and you may lose more later."
With a proud look on his face, Maric smiled and agreed to Hastur's invitation to fight.
Then, Maric lost three games in a row, with a blank expression on his face. He looked at his club blankly. He felt that there must be something wrong with his club that caused Hasta to lose three games in a row.
"Reality is so cruel sometimes, Maric, you need to learn to accept reality."
"..."
Maric put down his golf club and sat down to the side, drinking wine. Hasta also poured himself a glass of wine and drank it happily.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Maric was ready to let go of the frustration of his failure when Sharon's voice came softly.
"The reason why you won just now was because he deliberately let you go."
This sentence made both Maric and Hastur's expressions stunned.
"He seems to have a bad taste. He likes to watch you get carried away and then be beaten severely."
Sharon came to an empty seat on the right side of Hastur and gave her another stab.
"Hasta!"
Maric stood up and stared at Hastur with an evil look, tending to take action if he disagreed.
"Ahem, don't listen to Sharon's nonsense. You were able to defeat me just now because of your own strength, not because of my betrayal." Hastur hurriedly defended himself.
"Did you just bribe Maric?" Sharon said again to dismantle Hastur.
"...Sharon, when did you come here?" Hastur saw something was wrong and hurriedly changed the subject.
"Haha, Hastur, I think we need to have a good chat."
Maric put his arm around Hastur's shoulders and walked to a nearby room, followed closely by more than a dozen living corpses.
Bang bang bang!
After a fierce collision, Hasta and Mariqi returned to the billiards room.
What was a little different from before was that both of them had some color on their faces.
"The barbarian's fist is really heavy." Maric sighed and rubbed his nose.
"You're actually fighting in a group. Maric, you really have no martial ethics at all."
Hastur was quite resentful about the battle just now. Without using his extraordinary abilities, he was the one who pinned down Maric and beat him up, but he couldn't handle the fact that there were too many living corpses of Maric.
After the interlude, Maric mentioned the business of tonight.
"Recently, many people in Backlund are looking for followers of the stars. There have been more than a dozen tragedies. Among them, several extraordinary people with good strength have died because of this incident."
Hasta frowned slightly and said, "Is the matter already so big?"
"There are many people hiding behind and adding fuel to the flames. They deliberately cause killings just to expand the influence of this incident."
"Aren't they afraid of being targeted by official agencies and the Zhengshen Church?"
"The Seven Orthodox Churches also used the fermentation of this matter to issue huge rewards, also in order to find the believers of Qunxing."
Hastur chuckled and said, "I really don't understand how much magic power the followers of the stars have to allow so many forces to target them."
Maric said in a deep voice: "Sharon and I had received this commission before this incident, but it was later cancelled."
Hasta just thought about it and knew that the commission that Maric and Sharon received came from Bernadette.
The reason for the cancellation is that Bernadette herself is a veritable believer in the stars.
"These messy things should have nothing to do with me, right?"
Hasta was a little confused as to why Maric and Sharon were so solemn. Could it be that they saw something?
Maric's face was solemn and his voice was low: "Originally, it really had nothing to do with you, but recently we discovered that someone is secretly collecting your information."