big devil holmes

Chapter 31 Two Types
Priest Thompson is 48 years old this year, and he is a Contractor in the first stage of evolution.

At the age of 15, he started the dream of awakening; at the age of 16, he became a follower of the Holy See; at the age of 19, he was promoted to a priest with the best results of the year; The threshold of the second stage even has a weak symbiotic induction with his own contract demon.

This kind of resume can undoubtedly be called a genius. At that time, the "Holy Gazette" in London specially gave him a report of more than 3000 words, claiming that as long as he entered the second stage, he would definitely become a priest !
And after that, Padre Thompson's 30-year-old, first stage!

35 years old, the first stage! 40 years old, first stage!Until this time, at the age of 48, it was still the first stage.

The all-knowing and omnipotent Holy Light seemed to have played a little joke with him.

No matter how pious he is, how hard he works, he still can't cross the threshold. Even though the years lead his body to the highest point of life, and then start to slide, fall, until he is about to enter the decline period of 50 years old, he still stays in the That stage 20 years ago.

Time has washed away all his talents, from genius to mortal, this is undoubtedly a cruel torture.

However, even so, this former genius priest still prays the most devout prayers every day. He has no marriage in his life, let alone children, and even love and friends. Precepts in the monastery.

He seems to be using his whole life to verify the sentence in paragraph 12 of the third section of "Gospel of the Holy Light".
"Piety makes you strong, but if you expect it, it's not piety"

At this time, the sunlight shone through his meticulous hair, and he could clearly see his serious and extremely displeased expression.

For such a pious man, he must be bored from the bottom of his heart when he sees someone like Sherlock.

In his eyes, Sherlock is undoubtedly the kind of "relationship household" who has some influence in the family, but he is ignorant and only wants to come to the lower institutions of the Holy See to add some resumes.

Because this person has already experienced the canonization ceremony, but he doesn't even know the 'classification of contractors', which means that he has never participated in the contractor lectures before the canonization ceremony.

Waste from a typical big family
But boredom is boredom, Thompson can't really scold Sherlock;
After all, that letter of recommendation came from a high priest!
At the same time, as a monk, he also has the duties of preaching and dispelling doubts, so he can only suppress his dislike and give some simple explanations to Sherlock.

Contractors are divided into four stages. This is not a secret, it can be found in some popular books on the market.

But the two types of contractors are basically not recorded in those books, because this is something that is only told in the learning institutions established by the Holy See, such as monasteries——

They are [manipulator] and [symbiotic].

Let's talk about the former first, the controller. As the name suggests, he is someone who is better at controlling contract demons!

This type of people is often extremely smart, with amazing computing power, and can control their own contract demons to an incomparably fine level.

Take the old priest whom I met a few days ago as an example. His control precision has reached an extremely high level.

Every silk spinning and every movement of the spider's limbs is controlled by the old priest himself. In addition, there are also the strength of the attack, the feedback between gravity, inertia and behavior, and even Whether the next step will be missed, whether the next attack will be dodged by the opponent, what should be done after dodging, what kind of situation should be detoured, where to break through, where to be reckless, etc. All events, They are all controlled by the contractor himself.

Moreover, a momentary judgment or preset must be made before the manipulation.

This requires the contractor to have extremely strong brain computing power, so after the old priest saw Sherlock, he had great hopes for him to become a [manipulator].

The advantage of this type of contractor is that the demon is extremely powerful, and even has various extremely powerful functions, such as invisibility, hypnosis, transformation, etc., but the contractor itself is not very strong, there is no way, after all, all the energy is spent It's about manipulating demons.

Then on the contrary, it is a [symbiotic].

This kind of contractor has very weak control over his own demons. In most cases, it is enough to tear a void crack and release it, and then let it act according to instinct.

But the advantage is that the symbiote can use more energy to feel the changes brought about by the contract demon, thus making his body stronger.

For example, Deacon Baldr is the most typical symbiote. His body has already reached the level of being able to withstand hot weapons, and at the second level, he can establish a more reliable symbiosis relationship with the devil, so that the devil can not die. A wonderful life form that will not die by itself.

Of course, [manipulator] and [symbiont] are not absolute. It cannot be said that if you love meat, you must not be a vegetarian;

However, in the training system of the Holy See, it is still recommended that contractors work hard in one direction. After all, knowing a little about everything means that nothing is strong.

In addition to the four stages and the above two types of contractors, there is another very important feature that is the scope of control.

That is, the furthest distance between the contractor and his demon.

Under normal circumstances, the control distance of the "symbiote" is very short, and the distance of the "controller" is very far. Some controllers can even be two or 300 meters away, suddenly open the void cracks, control their own contract demons to kill the enemy, Then flee.

And if the distance between the devil and its contractor is too far, various situations may occur. Some may generate void cracks by themselves and return to another world, while some will break away from the contractor's control and start wanton slaughter. Weaker demons may even die directly, and the contractor will suffer extremely painful backlash.

In short, the control distance is also the key to determine whether a contractor is strong or not.

Priest Thompson dutifully explained these basic knowledge to Sherlock. Of course, he didn't care whether the other party remembered it at all, but just took out a document from under the desk:
"Arrive at the post before 8 o'clock every day. If you don't take any action, you will get off work at 5 o'clock. If you arrive late and leave early, you will be deducted a bonus. There will be a working meal at noon, and you will be paid on the 1st of each month. All tasks or actions will have double subsidies from the government and the Holy See. Free physical examination and psychological evaluation once every three months."

After finishing speaking, he pushed the document towards Sherlock: "Let's sign on the last page."

Sherlock took the file, flipped through it, and hesitated for a while.

Finally, he smiled apologetically:

"Mr. Thompson, you seem to have misunderstood something. I didn't come to work."

"What?" Reverend Thompson frowned.

"You must have not read carefully what is written in the letter of recommendation; it says that I am a detective who can assist you in carrying out your mission.
It's about 'offering help', not an obligation or responsibility to help you.

Therefore, if you run into trouble, you can consult me. If I am interested, I will definitely accept your entrustment.

Oh, by the way, my office just changed location recently, and the phone hasn't been installed yet"

As he spoke, he wrote something on the last page and handed it to Reverend Thompson.

Reverend Thompson took the contract in astonishment, glanced subconsciously, and found that there was an address written on the last signature: 221B, Baker Street.

"If you need help, come to me here."

(End of this chapter)