The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 301 Alice (asking for monthly ticket)
Xu Shu knew the way to the Starry Church very well.

Go out of the church gate, cross two alleys, walk a few hundred meters, and you will find the Starry Church outside the prison in the north.

Xu Shu was familiar with the route. After all, he had been there once before to see Lan Xin off.

It seems like it happened a long time ago, but when you think about it, it seems like it happened just yesterday.

Xu Shu walked silently to the door of the Starry Church.

Perhaps because of its geographical location, with an unsightly prison in front of it, the entrance of the church is not as lively as that of the Dawn Church. Instead, there are few pedestrians, and it looks like it is dying and lifeless.

Two young, beautiful and charming nuns were sitting dignifiedly beside a long wooden table at the door, patiently explaining something to an elderly couple in their sixties who came to pray.

Xu Shu walked up and politely stated his purpose of coming to meet their bishop.

He originally thought that the bishop was not so easy to meet, and was ready to reveal his identity as a senior prosecutor of the Judgment Department - just now, before Bai Sanxiang left, he handed him a work certificate to prove his identity.

Unexpectedly, the two nuns were very warm and approachable. They did not make any trouble at all and expressed their willingness to take him in.

The two even had a disagreement on "who should lead the way" and had a small duel over it.

They got into horse stance, hugged each other, and began to wrestle with each other, engaging in a thrilling battle - wrestling.

These two men were very powerful, both of them had reached the first level of extraordinary powers, and they fought fiercely, and their clothes and skirts were almost torn.

Xu Shu was really eye-opening.

In the end, the nun who was about 25 years old, with a big butt, plump figure, and was having sex in summer won and was given the right to lead the way.

The other nun could only continue to sit at the door and do the relatively boring work of interpreting dreams and comforting believers.

After entering the door, Aixia walked to the door where there was a wall full of what looked like a collection of antique coins. She picked up a list of believers' visitors from the cabinet and asked, "Sir, if you want to visit the bishop, you need to leave your name and address."

"Ok."

Xu Shu didn't mind and picked up the pen to leave his name on the list.

As for the address, he did not leave his home address, but wrote "Arbitration Department".

After finishing writing, he looked at Aisha quietly and found that Aisha had no intention of leading the way, but was also looking at him quietly.

"No, lead the way?" Xu Shu asked.

Aixia was also a little confused: "Sir, you, you don't know the rules at all?"

Xu Shu was surprised: "What rules?"

Aisha helplessly knocked on the shiny red-painted donation box next to her, which seemed to have a rather complicated structure, and cleared her throat and said:
"If you want to ask the bishop to solve your doubts, it depends on how serious your feelings are! If your feelings are one or two, you can only ask ordinary nuns to solve your doubts; if your feelings are two or three, you can ask senior nuns to solve your doubts! If your feelings are three or three, you can ask the bishop to solve your doubts directly."

"You asked to see our bishop right away. I'm sure you're really serious about this. Why are you asking me?"

Aixia looked at Xu Shu suspiciously.

After she said this, Xu Shu suddenly realized that there was a secret in the donation box. There was a strange thing on it that looked like a scale.

It has a gear and snaps together, shaped like an abacus.

The entrance for stuffing money is also very particular. It has three passages above and below, each with different scales and sizes.

Xu Shu looked to Aixia for help.

"Well, since you are so sincere, I will give you some general knowledge."

Aixia suddenly realized that this guy was actually a rookie, and had to give Xu Shu some enlightenment education.

Xu Shu then understood that different entrances represented "thoughts" of different denominations.

The coin slot below is for "copper coins", and each copper coin is ten yuan.

The coin slot in the middle is for "silver coins", and each silver coin is worth 100 yuan.

The biggest hole on it is for 'gold coins'. Gold coins are different, they cost ten thousand yuan each.

After Aixia finished explaining, she pointed to the wall full of metal coins and said, "These are all metals soaked in holy water. Which one do you want to choose? By the way, as the saying goes, gold sinks to the ground and stone is broken. Gold, silver and bronze represent your devotion to the goddess. They correspond to different meanings and are clearly distinguished from each other. You have to think carefully."

With this calculation, a gift of "one tael" is worth 10 copper coins, which is yuan each time.

A gift of "two taels" costs about 20 silver coins, which is two thousand yuan per time.

As for the "three taels" of thoughtfulness... looking at the size of the gold coin, it is estimated to be fourteen or fifteen grams, which means that only 15 gold coins are needed to make up three taels, but the price is a full !

Xu Shu was dumbfounded, then suddenly realized what had happened. He bowed and thanked her: "So that's what happened. Thank you, Sister Nun, for enlightening me."

My goodness, no wonder these two nuns had a fight over this just now, how can this be called "approachable"? You are calculating performance, right?

The painting style of this Starry Church was really beyond Xu Shu's expectations.

The Dawn Church is not like that. Look how pious the bishop there is. They really just want to introduce me to their 'Original Creator'!
Xu Shu did not bring any money, but he took out his work ID, spread it out on the donation box, and asked, "Please take a look at how much I am willing to give you."

Aixia took a closer look and smiled, "Even a rich girl can't stop this. Mr. Prosecutor, please come this way. I'll take you to see our bishop!"

Xu Shu shook his head, sighing that the world was becoming more corrupt and people's hearts were no longer the same as they used to be, but he would not go so far as to make things difficult for a nun on duty.

Aixia walked in front, her glittering skirt swaying, through the majestic and tall stone pillar corridor, and soon brought Xu Shu to a secret garden deep inside that was guarded by someone.

She stopped in front of a middle-aged nun who looked older, and drew a triangle of holy light very stiffly before reporting: "Please tell everyone that this Mr. Xu Shu is a senior prosecutor of the Judgment Department, and he has something to ask the Bishop."

The middle-aged woman's eyes seemed to be not very sharp, and she looked at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu immediately presented his ID.

The other party looked at it carefully for a moment, then nodded and said, "Wait a moment."

After saying that, she turned and walked into the flowers.

A few minutes later, the middle-aged nun came back and asked, "The bishop is busy and has no time to see guests. What do you want to report? I will help convey it when the time comes."

He's a bit arrogant... He's not as approachable as Yu Mingluan...

No, I can't think like that. Maybe I came at the wrong time...

Xu Shu secretly thought about it in his heart, and after a little consideration, he said without any expression: "I was asked by the Bishop of the Dawn Church, Yu Mingluan, to come and find someone. Her name is Alice."

"Alice?"

The middle-aged nun was obviously surprised, but she quickly covered it up and said, "I can't make the decision on this matter. Let me ask the bishop for you. Wait a moment."

Xu Shu said quickly: "Okay, thank you, sister."

The middle-aged nun glanced at Xu Shu, and her originally cold eyes softened a little as she said, "You're welcome."

After saying this, she went to the garden again to look for the bishop who was hiding somewhere unknown.

This time, she came back in less than a minute. She bowed and saluted before saying, "Mr. Xu, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. The bishop has agreed and said you can take Alice away."

"take away?"

Xu Shu was stunned.

He just wanted to recognize the person first, but he had no intention of taking the person away.

Are you kidding? I don’t have the time to take care of a child!
But on second thought, Xu Shu felt that the atmosphere of this place was not particularly happy, and Alice might not like it either, so it would be better to take her back to Dawn Church.

As Yu Mingluan's base camp, the Dawn Church will always be able to settle his adopted daughter. If all else fails, he can still find someone to adopt her himself.

Well, the archbishop died because of me, and he left behind this orphan. I can't shirk my responsibility for this!

Thinking of this, Xu Shu changed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and said, "Okay, thank you, sister."

"Come with me, she's in..." The middle-aged woman suddenly lost her voice, and after a pause, she said, "She's in the library. I'll take you there."

Xu Shu didn't ask any questions and followed behind obediently, walking around the garden, to a wide spiral staircase made of white stone slabs, and walked up.

The Starry Church is a standard dome building, and this staircase leads to the magic tower next to it.

When they reached the top of the tower, there was a room in the middle that was decorated like a church. The middle-aged nun asked Xu Shu to wait in the church first, and then she went into a confessional next to the church and whispered a few words to another nun who was praying inside.

After a while, the latter nodded, but did not get up, but continued to pray there.

Taking this opportunity, Xu Shu observed the place, especially the statue of the goddess.

He was quite curious about what kind of goddess the Starry Church would have.

It is worth mentioning that the Dawn Church does not have a "complete statue of God", but only the sun symbol that symbolizes God, and some human sculptures of former prophets and sages.

But when he saw this, Xu Shu was a little frightened.

The statue of the goddess of stars has no clothes on, and shows her perfect figure quite frankly. When people see it for the first time, they can't help but feel their hearts fluttering.

However, as a 'god', there is nothing wrong with him not wearing clothes.

The only problem is that the statue has no head.

What kind of statue is it without a head?
This feels a bit weird... Is this normal? I'll ask someone later...

Xu Shu withdrew his gaze and didn't look at it any further.

The middle-aged nun walked back and pushed open the side door, pointing to the end of the corridor inside and said:

"Miss Alice is in the library. It is not convenient for us to enter normally. You can communicate with her yourself. If she has no objection, you can take her away directly. When you leave, just tell... the library administrator."

The librarian was naturally referring to the nun who was praying in the confessional.

After saying that, the middle-aged nun left on her own.

Xu Shu thanked him, then turned and walked through the dim, black-carpeted corridor to the door with "Library" written on it. He turned the handle, found that the door was not closed, and walked in without any foreplay.

This library is not too big, about 300 square meters, and adopts a rather ancient design. There is a long desk in the middle, and on both sides are mahogany bookshelves filled with books. Outside the bookshelves are rows of desks, right next to the floor-to-ceiling windows.

The desk in the middle was empty, but almost every desk on the periphery was occupied. Nuns were sitting quietly at their desks, some reading leisurely, while others were taking notes, giving people a feeling of striving for progress and vitality.

Here, you can see the night view of the entire city, and the scenery is quite good.

This is the busiest time of the day, when you can see thousands of lights and a thriving life outside.

With the company of these girls who were reading quietly, Xu Shu suddenly felt a lot more relieved, and the tension of facing a tough battle was reduced a lot.

"Meow!"

Xu Shu closed the door quietly and heard a cat's meow.

When I turned my head to the side, I saw a rather fat, shiny-haired, clearly striped orange tabby cat lying on the workbench to the right of the entrance, on the chair that originally belonged to the librarian. It looked very sturdy and must have weighed more than ten kilograms.

Probably because it sees people often, this orange cat is very brave. When it saw Xu Shu coming in, it was not afraid. Instead, it lazily put its paws together, arched its back, and stretched.

Then, it went to the coffee table at the front desk, picked up a bag of plastic-wrapped crackers with its front paws, brought it to Xu Shu's feet, rubbed his ankles a few times, meowed, and then began to lick its paws gracefully.

"Hey, I didn't expect the nuns here have the leisure and elegance to raise a cat. It's quite smart and knows how to ask for help." Xu Shu chuckled.

It would be a shame not to rub this fat orange dog that comes to your doorstep.

He rubbed the cat's head hard several times before helping it open the bag of biscuits. He then kicked it away from the door.

It seemed puzzled, picked up the opened biscuit, and ran back to Xu Shu's feet.

Xu Shu kicked it away from his feet, and the fat orange man slid out on the ground.

"I don't have time to care about you, go play."

Xu Shu wiped his hands, walked into the library, looked around, and suddenly became extra.

The middle-aged nun just now didn't even bother to leave me a photo or anything. There are so many people here, and I don't know what Alice looks like. Am I supposed to ask everyone one by one?

After thinking for a while, Xu Shu coughed lightly, and then said in a rather uncivilized voice, not too loud but loud enough:
"Excuse me, I'm looking for Alice."

The library was originally very quiet, and his loud voice naturally disturbed everyone.

All the nuns looked towards Xu Shu, staring at him, but no one spoke.

Xu Shu repeated helplessly: "I'm looking for Alice."

Everyone just looked at him and said nothing.

Xu Shu frowned.

Why aren't you talking? Are you all mute?

He was about to shout for help when suddenly, the young nun who was closest to him first raised her index finger and said "hush", then pointed at Xu Shu's feet.

Xu Shu was stunned, looked down, and found that the orange cat came again.

"Meow." The orange cat was looking at him with a scrutinizing gaze.

"..."

Xu Shu also looked at the fat orange cat with scrutiny.

After a moment, he spread his hands and looked at the nuns who were looking at him: "Don't tell me this cat is Alice."

"Shh! Please keep your voice down. The administrator will be angry if she finds out. This is Alice. If you have anything to say, please talk to the administrator. She just left to pray." The little nun's voice was so soft and gentle that it made people feel suffocated.

The other nuns also nodded to Xu Shu and continued to read.

The corner of Xu Shu's mouth twitched. After a moment, he bent down, grabbed Fat Orange's neck, lifted it out, and closed the door.

……

"That damn Bai Sanxiang is going too far! That damn Yu Mingluan looks down on people!"

"How is this better than Tang Ying and Song Yuchun?"

"Can this also make people lose their ambition?"

"Shit, I thought I was being rewarded with a fallen nun to play with!"

"That's it?"

"a cat?"

"What do you think I am?"

Xu Shu was annoyed and left the library angrily. He picked up the fat orange and walked to the church outside and outside the confessional.

He stroked the orange cat's sturdy back and said, "Hello, someone should have greeted you. If there is no problem, I will take the cat away."

"Please forgive me... Please protect me... Great goddess..."

The nun in the confessional gradually lowered her voice, and after a moment, she opened the door and walked out.

This is a woman with a very mature and charming temperament, but her skin is fair and translucent, and she seems to be less than 20 years old.

Her eyes were slightly melancholy, like a lonely lilac flower drifting in the rain. She stared at Xu Shu for a long time and nodded.

Then, she walked back to the library, took out a "Book Borrowing/Returning Catalog", and handed it to Xu Shu:

"Write it here and sign your name, then you can take her away."

"it is good."

Xu Shu picked up a pen, looked at the handwriting left by the person on it, and began to write according to the format.

The date is December 2142, 12, 11: p.m.

The location is written as 'A Certain Magical Index Library' just like them.

If you want to borrow something, just write 'Alice'... Uh, what is a Certain Magical Book Library?
Xu Shu hesitated for a moment.

The female administrator said, "Put a note after the name, Cat."

"Oh."

Xu Shu thought about it and agreed.

Others received some very secret books, such as "Eleven Basic Rules of the Dual Cultivation Secret Art", "The Beginning and End of Forbidden Love", "Forty-eight Gestures to Make Your Partner Fall in Love", "Unable to Pull Out", "Different Ways of Loving: Youth, Middle Age, and Old Age (Part 1/2)", etc.

But I borrowed a cat and put it in there, which really looked out of place...

amount.

and many more……

No, what the hell are these book titles?

This, this is the value of the "Forbidden Book Library"! ?
I might as well get a cat!
Xu Shu was amazed and continued to sign his name as the recipient and pressed his fingerprints with red clay.

"Thank you very much. By the way, what is your name?" Xu Shu returned the catalog to the other party and asked casually. After all, he might come back next time.

The nun tilted her head and said faintly, "You can call me Alice. Um, Human Alice."

Xu Shu: “…”

Depend on!
I’ll just say it!

How could such an outrageous thing happen!
That middle-aged shrew just now was really something. Couldn't she explain things to me more clearly?

After a moment of silence, Xu Shu pushed the orange cat squatting on his lap onto the bench. He looked around to see if there was anyone around and said seriously, "Miss Alice, Bishop Yu Mingluan has something to say to you."

Alice sighed and asked first: "Is he dead?"

"It's unfortunate that he died in this accident. I will avenge him!" Xu Shu said with a serious expression.

Alice was silent. She looked at Xu Shu and said, "I believe in his vision, and I believe you can do it. What does he want to tell me?"

Xu Shu was silent for a moment and said, "He wants to tell you that he has never betrayed the human race from beginning to end."

Alice was stunned for a moment, then suddenly curled her lips and said sarcastically, "Why are you telling me this? Whether he wants to betray me or not is none of my business."

Xu Shu leaned back slightly.

Tsk tsk, it seems that the bishop’s adopted daughter is quite a tsundere.

But it has nothing to do with me.

Xu Shu said, "I have already told you. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can come to the Judgment Department to find me. My name is Xu Shu, and I can help you to a certain extent."

After saying this, Xu Shu bowed, stood up and was about to leave.

Alice suddenly said, "Take the cat with you. How can I leave if it doesn't leave? I've already signed the contract. You have to take responsibility."

"Ah?" Xu Shu turned around, somewhat confused.

What do you mean?
You want to leave with me too?

You don't want such a promising job as a librarian?
But this seems to work. This person is Yu Mingluan's daughter. When the time comes, I can let her take charge of the Dawn Church, and I can get rid of the Archbishop's last words...

A hint of malice flashed through Xu Shu's mind and he said, "Okay."

As soon as he responded, he saw Alice in front of him turned into a ray of destructive starlight and whooshed into the body of the orange cat.

"Meow meow!"

The orange cat first let out a scream, then shook its body a few times, and its entire temperament seemed to have changed.

She looked at Xu Shu and spoke slowly in a soft and gentle voice: "Sir, please take my bag with you. I don't want to walk by myself."

(End of this chapter)