big devil holmes

Chapter 51 The Emperor
Emperor of the Empire.
Of course, the empire must have an emperor. Even in this strange era when all people believe in the Holy Light and the power of the Holy See spreads all over the world, the emperor is still an inevitable existence.

This is not just a habit, or the result of years of brainwashing by the ruling class.

But because people need to live.

Any life must strive for survival, and survival requires food, resources, spiritual recognition, self-awareness, etc. To put it bluntly, human beings will inevitably take the pursuit of interests as their criterion, and in the process of pursuit, they need Where there is conflict, there will be a group. With a group, there will inevitably be a balancer of interests at the human level.

Then the emperor will appear!

This is an inevitable trend of social existence. It may appear in different names and forms in different periods, but it can never be erased.

Even if one day, the Holy See is destroyed, the Holy Light dims, and the faith falls apart.

The emperor is still the emperor.

And today's emperor is a respectable old man named [Augustin Ferdy].

In fact, if his name is not deliberately thought about, it will almost be forgotten subconsciously, because he has been in power for nearly 60 years, and the people of the empire have already closely integrated his identity with the emperor.

During his reign, the empire has experienced from decline to rise, toughly survived the second demon invasion like the dark age, steam technology has been vigorously developed, the economy has not regressed, and the population has shown a steady growth trend. Three subordinates The Great Chamber was established, the Empire Act was amended, and the Management Committee consisted of more than 300 members in various fields of the empire. Judiciary, civil affairs, farming, taxation, inter-regional coordination and supply, etc., almost every section showed hundreds of The most perfect situation in years.

Emperor Augustine can almost be called the most outstanding emperor in the modern history of mankind after the gate of hell was opened.

so.
When he heard Priest Thompson say that this task was ordered by the emperor himself, Watson had to be silent again.

Why did His Majesty the Emperor seek the holy son of the Holy See?
Although he could imagine that the secret power struggle between the Holy See and the government must be extremely cruel and long-lasting, but on the surface, the two sides have always maintained a very harmonious attitude, so why is it suddenly so eye-catching on the day of holy love? It is time to contact the high-level officials of the Holy See in private.

Moreover, he is the candidate for the next Pope right from the start, and there is no step-by-step process at all? !

This kind of thought flashed through Watson's mind. He didn't plan to think about it, because he knew that he would definitely not be able to think of the reason.

But just when he raised his head, he happened to see those white hairs engulfed by sunlight on the head of priest Thompson in front of him.

Suddenly, he realized a possibility that he had ignored for a long time.
Augustine the Great is over 80 years old.

Even if those old monsters from the School of Life Sciences can prolong his life by many years, so what. Can an old man who looks like he is dying, really be able to continue to sit on that chair?
Is that not
It's time for the succession of the throne
Seeing Watson's enlightened eyes at that moment, Priest Thompson said slowly, "No matter what you think of, please always remember your identity.

You are just a commoner in Lower London, not an aristocrat, let alone a member of parliament. The only reason you can get in touch with this kind of task is because you work in London's security management agency, and at the same time, you are the person with the best appearance , that's all.

And you also need to understand that besides you, there must be many people looking for His Highness the Holy Son. Such an important task cannot be entrusted to you alone. You are just one of countless channels to choose from.

So. You just need to complete your task seriously. "

Priest Thompson spoke seriously and slowly, as if he was afraid that the young man in front of him would miss a little bit.

Watson smiled and nodded. He knew his boss's intentions. In this kind of task, the executor must not be a little bit slack, but let alone go overboard.

"Thank you." He said from the bottom of his heart.

Get up and leave the office.

Building B, 221 Baker Street.

Sherlock has returned to his apartment.

The experience of the underground tavern last night is still vivid in my memory, the confused scene, the assassin who suddenly appeared, the flames in the alley, and the bloody revenge that a lord pope will probably carry out on himself.
All these incidents broke out in such a short period of time, it is estimated that it has exceeded the upper limit of the acceptance of a commoner in the lower city.

However, Sherlock didn't care about that.

As I said before, he is only interested in unsolved mysteries, so compared to the above things, the guy named John Watson seems to attract his attention more.

Oh, and there was one more thing he cared about, and that was his contract demon.

Now, he opens the apartment door.
I still don't know what the relationship between the bug-like tentacles and the distorted sun in the sky is, but since looking at the huge eyeball in the sun, Sherlock can see the area where the tentacles crawled in reality .

And after a whole night, the tentacles had already climbed the entire room, and divided the stairs at the door and the area with a radius of about 100 meters on the street into Sherlock's territory.

This speed really surprised Sherlock, because judging from the speed of the small tentacle before, it must not be able to climb so fast.

Did something change in the dream?
Well, the puzzles have to be solved one by one, and I haven't fallen asleep yet, so let's try to see what kind of limitation I have on the range of control of the demon.

So Sherlock came to the window and looked at the street below. There was a dark alley across the street, which happened to be where his domain was, and it was not easy to be noticed.

He concentrated and quietly tore open a void crack there.

Very well, the rift in the void can be easily torn open in his own domain, and immediately after that, the dog walked out with his head held high and his chest held high.

There is no difference from the last call.

Next, Sherlock decided to try to see if this guy could move outside the realm;

However, when he was about to control the carrion dog to go out.
"Ok?"

he was taken aback

Because he found that in the depths of his consciousness, there seemed to be a weird feeling of 'the meaning is still unfinished'.

Sherlock hesitated for a moment. Although he thought it was stupid to do so, he still followed the thought in his mind and turned his attention to the alley across the street again.

Concentrate slightly
Immediately, he was a little surprised to see.

The second void crack.
Torn apart by himself.

(End of this chapter)