Dominate the Treacherous Realm

　　 The fourth story is called "The Devil of Fingers", which is also a story that happened in the town of Black, which is not known how far away. Compared with the first three stories, which have obvious directivity, this story does not explain to the end what is causing all of this.

　　 Sleepy came and woke up again, Jenkins stood in his pajamas on the street in the south of the town. The weather is dim and the wind is roaring. This is probably the season of late autumn and early winter. There are no people on the street. Judging from the style of the buildings facing the street, this is probably not what happened in this era.

　　 took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, put on a black robe and changed another look, then stepped onto the street and walked forward aimlessly. In the three stories of "The Ghoul in the Cemetery", "The Tragedy of Pine Cone" and "The Girl in the Lake", there are clear characters and story lines, but now "The Devil of Fingers" is more like folk rumors. , Only recorded this phenomenon, but did not mention the specific story.

　　 "At twelve o'clock at midnight, placing any **** together in front of your eyes, and aligning your fingers with the entrance of the alley or street, will attract a demon who can fulfill all your wishes, but all this comes at a price."

　　 He repeated the general meaning of the story. Understandably, he wanted to warn people not to make wishes at will and not to be insatiable, but if it happened in reality, it would be more troublesome. This story sounds like it is describing phenomenon-type crooks. Generally speaking, these types of crooks are quite troublesome.

　　 This is a long past, the structure of the town is very different from the town of Black at the end of the eighteenth century. But the area of ​​the town is still not that big, so it took Jenkins some time to successfully find the church in the town.

　　 I don’t know which period it is. The church in front of me obviously belongs to [Night and Secret Church]. The location of the church almost coincides with the Reaper’s church at the end of the eighteenth era, except that the gray-black stone building in front of it is definitely not the one where Jenkins and the colleagues of the Sage’s Church stayed.

　　 The action of standing in front of the church and looking up quickly attracted the attention of the night watchmen. Not long after, someone invited Jenkins in to talk, and Jenkins followed in.

　　 "How do you call it?"

　　 asked the middle-aged man who brought Jenkins a teacup in the slightly shabby conference room. If unsurprisingly, the Level 4 bestower in front of him should be the strongest in the region in this era.

　　 "Sorry, for some reason, it is not convenient for me to reveal my name."

　　 Jenkins shook his head.

　　 "Then why did you come to Blacktown?"

　　 The other party asked again that he is indeed responsible for investigating any suspicious persons entering the parish. As for being so polite to Jenkins at present, it is probably because there is a unique method to judge whether a stranger is a gifter, or the attitude towards the gifter in this era is different from that of the 18th century.

　　PS: The recent subscriptions are extremely bleak...

Chapter 1472 The first thousand four hundred and forty-nine

　　 "My identity? Oh, I am actually a..."

　　 Jenkins abruptly created a vocabulary while thinking about it:

"Demon hunter, yes, I am a demon hunter, who specializes in hunting demons. I heard the rumors that demons appeared in this town, so I made a special trip over here. Things are more complicated than I expected, and I am not here. Smelling the disgusting smell of sulfur on the devil, I think it exists in the shadow of the town. It shouldn't be as simple as the devil, right?"

　　 "Devil Hunter?"

　　 The night watchman captain glanced at Jenkins, but did not question the profession.

"I'm afraid you will have to go for nothing this time. The weird thing in the town is definitely not a demon, it is a more terrifying existence than a demon. I can't tell what it is, probably an event or phenomenon. "

　　 "Crook? It's really tricky."

　　 Jenkins nodded:

"If it's not a devil, then it's not my job. I will leave the town as soon as possible, and it won't cause you trouble...Speaking of which, have you reported this matter? If the devil gets out of control, I think The strength of the town alone should not be enough to suppress or solve it."

"It has been reported to the Central Diocese, but you also know that various strange things have happened frequently in various parts of the world recently. Unless there is an uncontrollable disaster in a remote rural town like ours, it will be difficult to wait in a short time. support......"

　　 said this, he suddenly looked at the young man who claimed to be a demon hunter in front of him:

　　 "Apart from the devil, are you good at anything else?"

　　 "It depends on how much I can get paid."

　　 Jenkins said seriously.

　　 Things were settled very quickly, and the local church paid for it in exchange for Jenkins to investigate the bizarre incident that happened in the town. The church probably never thought that he would be able to solve this matter completely, so the reward is not that much, but according to Jenkins' calculations and guesses, this money should be considered very generous in this era.

　　 The advantage of cooperating with the church is that it can obtain more information. Jenkins also learned at this time that the "finger devil" did not appear recently. This is a legend that has been circulating in the town for a long time.

"We don't know whether it is the legend that made the non-existent things deceptive, or the devil between the fingers was actually noticed in the long past. Most of the townspeople living here in this era know this legend, but the bold people in the past did not care about it. No matter how much I tried, I couldn’t see it successfully. Until three months ago, the youngest son of the Boko family who lives in the east of the town tried the summoning at night, and then the whole family went crazy. We also spent a lot of effort. Only from the crazy little Boko knew what he had done."

　　 "Has anyone tried a similar summoning since then?"

　　 Jenkins asked.

"After this incident, we used some means to warn the townspeople not to make similar attempts, but this had the opposite effect. Those brave people always like to try exciting things. As the number of people going crazy gradually When they increase, they realize that the church is not aimless, but the demon seems to have passed many summons and has the ability to appear in the town at any time. Now even if no one actively calls, sometimes the townspeople walking at night will be in the alley. I touched it with my mouth."

　　 Except for appearances and witness records, the church cannot provide more effective help, nor does it know the ability or weakness of that thing. However, numerous folklore studies and documentary records have vaguely portrayed to Jenkins what the so-called "finger devil" is.

　　In his opinion, even among all the tricks he encountered, the devil between the fingers should be the most dangerous type. This kind of demon spirit, which is most likely born in folk rumors, has the ability to make a wish, is more weird and dangerous than any other kind of crook.

Dad has told Jenkins many times to be careful of similar things, but in the relatively stable Eighteenth Century, almost all of these tricks have been sealed or contained, at least in the records of the Church of the Sage, there has been no such thing in a thousand years. Of tricks.

　　 "So how did people in the past deal with this kind of thing?"

　　 While selecting ceremonial materials in the church, Jenkins and the night watchman chatted about this topic, and the night watchman told Jenkins that he didn't know.

　　 That night, Jenkins came to an intersection in the west of Blacktown alone. Just before midnight, he put the thumb and index finger of his right hand together in front of his eyes, and then made the gap between the fingers and the intersection level.

　　 The moon was covered by the floating clouds for a few seconds. When the front came back to light up, a tall and thin man with a slender face and bare head and hands appeared in the field of vision between his fingers.

　　 He was wearing a tawny robe with a water sac and a rolled parchment in a cloth belt around his waist. Under the feet are ordinary cloth boots, and the overall dress looks like the style of the desert area.

　　 "Oh, it looks like an incredible visitor is coming from the town."

　　 He said without waiting for Jenkins to speak, his tone of voice was hushed and emphatic, like a drama actor on stage. Compared with the face, the large eyes with extremely unbalanced proportions looked at Jenkins with interest, and when he spoke, he raised his hand and touched the extremely short hairy beard on his chin.

　　 "I came to you to make a wish."

　　 Jenkins said.

　　 "Yes, people always come to me to fulfill their wishes, but this time it won't work, I can't fulfill your wishes."

　　 "Why?"

　　 "Because you want to expel me from here, but I don't want to leave here yet. Maybe you can change your wish and let me guess, maybe you want more powerful power, or a brand new weapon?"

　　 Hearing these words, Jenkins' eyes narrowed. The thing on the other side that doesn’t know what a creature is, the options provided are all related to power, but what he is using now is his true appearance. The desire corresponding to this face should be "hot love" or "Successful career".

　　 Since the other party said this, it means that he believes that the seemingly weak Jenkins needs power. In other words, the other party is very likely to know the false identity he fabricated in the church today.

　　 The church is blessed by the power of the gods, and there is no possibility of conversations being tapped, so...

　　 "My mentor has told me many times that I must never make a wish lightly. Sorry, I don't think I need you to fulfill any wish."

　　 "Well, outsider, here is a piece of advice: Get out of here as soon as possible! There are more secrets in this town than you think."

　　 As he said, the man retreated into the shadow behind him. The black aura dissipated as he disappeared, but still shrouded in the sky above the town.

　　PS: Someone asked me to tweet the book: "Bingjiao Strategy Notes", author: old believer

　　 Can three girls experience the Shura Field at the same time?

　　 Yes, even only three steps are required.

　　 First of all, we need a sick jiao, a pervert, and a normal person.

　　 Then, they form a stable reverse triangle love relationship and a stable positive triangle love relationship.

　　 Finally, let them stay together.

　　 Look, it's just like that.

　　——

　　 The lone vampire, the sunny and kind-hearted commissioner of discipline and the student president who hides the ill-feeling attributes.

　　 This is the three people who have a defect in their understanding of love, but are eager to be loved. They are pursuing their own happy stories in a world that hides madness and mystery.

　　 A chic and warm love comedy staged in many tragedies.

Chapter 1473: Legend of Horror

　　 "Conspiracy and betrayal are really in the style of fairy tales."

　　 Jenkins sniffed, turned and left this cold crossroad. Even though it was early morning, he still didn't care about breaking into the church, and then awakened everyone in the church until the captain of the night watchman met him under the sacred emblem in the main hall of the church [No Light Moon].

　　 "What is the relationship between that fingertip devil and you?"

　　 Jenkins asked in full view.

　　 "Sorry, I don't know what you are talking about..."

　　 said the man who had been intimately providing intelligence to Jenkins during the day.

　　 "We are standing under the holy emblem of the gods. If you are willing to swear to the gods that it has nothing to do with that thing, I will turn around and leave the town now."

　　 Jenkins said calmly.

　　 The main hall of the church swaying by candlelight fell into a terrible silence. Others realized what it meant, and whispers and discussions hummed through the crowd like the sound of flies.

　　 "It's useless, it's not something that mortals can defeat. Blacktown is the place of original sin. The existence of this town is itself wrong."

　　 The captain of the night watchman with his head down suddenly said, then he turned around and crashed into a stone pillar aside. His strength was so great, the sound of the impact was stamped in everyone's ears.

　　 Jenkins dashed up when he fell to the ground, and put his palm on his sunken forehead:

　　 "I won't let you die, do you think you died?"

　　 The captain of the night watch did not die in the first place, which gave Jenkins a chance to rescue him. But the man who was barely awake didn't say anything any more, his eyes were fixed on the bed and looked at the ceiling, no matter what question Jenkins asked, he didn't answer.

　　 Jenkins can only ask the current bishop of the church to find out what the "place of original sin" is "destined to be destroyed" just now.

The bishop knows this, and this is also one of the many legends in this small town. In the story passed by word of mouth, in the long past, when Blacktown was not even Blacktown, there was a very dangerous and powerful one. Things were born here and almost destroyed the world.

　　 "But that's just a legend. Even if it is true, I don't think it has anything to do with the present."

　　 the bishop reminded.

　　 Betrayers appeared in the night watch team, especially the betrayer or the captain. This is a huge scandal for the parish. That night, the home of the captain of the night watch was thoroughly searched, and the church found an ancient book in his study. The book looked like an occult book written by ordinary people and used to deceive the people, but after identification, it was discovered that there were actually some rituals used to summon evil spirits.

The 　　 ritual claimed that the underground sleepers in Blacktown are an ancient city, and some powerful things in the city can be summoned by the method in the book. The ritual in the book has a corresponding method of dispersal. Although the purpose of the original night watchman captain summoning the evil spirit is unknown, this does not prevent everyone from finding the ritual.

　　 When the sky was just beginning to light up, all the clergy and night watchmen in the diocese started the ceremony together under the holy emblem of the dull moon in the main hall of the church.

　　 As the faint resonance of prayers spread from the church to the town, the townspeople also opened the door and looked at the church lit by hundreds of candles.

　　 Jenkins, standing at the door of the church, looked up at the dawn sky and saw the black auras hovering over the town converging together, and then being dispersed by the bright magical light escaping from the church.

　　 The "demon" I saw last night appeared in the light of dawn at the last moment, his phantom and the clouds overlapped, and he laughed and looked at the town in the sky. Even though the figure fades a little in the rays of the rising sun, there is no unwillingness or fear on his face.

　　 "This place is destined to usher in its original destiny, which is already destined for a long time."

　　 This is the only thing Jenkins can hear from the laughter. He doesn't understand what it means.

　　 After everything was over, the bishop gave Jenkins the promised reward-a few pages of ancient books, and he woke up from the bed in the bedroom again.

"This time the story is a bit anticlimactic, but the good news is that the background of the accident finally began to involve local secrets. This is most likely related to the reason that the master made me involved. In ancient times, what happened on this land What happened?"

　　 Jenkins mused, and then put the new page together with the original three stories.

　　 The original book "Secrets of Black Town" contains thirteen short stories, but now there are only four stories, and he has already touched the corner of the truth. Calculating the time and progress, I can finish the book before dawn, and Jenkins is not going to sleep tonight.

　　 Without reading the fifth story immediately, Jenkins left the bed again and knocked on the door of the old bishop's bedroom of the Church of Death. It is almost eleven o'clock, but the old man has not fallen asleep yet, because the doctrine of the [Death and End Church] believes that the best sleep time should start at the moment of end and rebirth, which is around twelve o'clock.

"The Church of the Great [No Light Moon]? Yes, because the town of Black is relatively remote, once the church is established, it rarely moves. Before about the 15th century, it was the site of [Night and Secret Church] until Changes only took place during the religious wars, and these are clearly recorded."

　　The old bishop is very familiar with the history of the area.

　　 "Then do you know the ancient local legends about disasters?"

　　 Jenkins asked again.

　　 But this time the old bishop failed to give an answer, the myths and legends circulating may also be lost, and the information passed on by word of mouth is even more likely to be lost. The long-standing stories heard in the fourth story no longer exist in this era.

　　 Back in the bedroom, the chocolate still curled up beside the pillow, as if sleeping or angry.

　　 Jenkins didn't understand what happened to his lively cat tonight. He suspected that he was neglecting it because he patronized the book, which made the chocolate sulking.

　　 But this guess also seems to be problematic. Upon hearing the sound of Jenkins entering the door, Chocolate screamed lazily and stood up to welcome him back. And when Jenkins got under the quilt, the cat recovered to shrink into a ball again.

　　 "I don't know if there is a doctor in Blacktown...maybe it should be a psychologist."

　　 He thought very worried, but there is no good way. It took a long time to open the "Secrets of Black Town" again. The name of the fifth story is "The Man in the Closet".

Chapter 1474 One Thousand One Fifty One Chapter People in the Closet

　　 Just like every story just now, it is a fairy tale full of educational significance. "The Man in the Closet" is born out of the children's childhood fear of the closet at home. I hope that readers will understand that the only way to overcome fear is to face fear.

　　This theme is very interesting, because among all the furniture, closets and bed bottoms are the few that have the possibility of hiding humanoid creatures, which is enough to cause the timid and fanciful children to have reveries.

　　 reappeared in the town of Black, which is not so far away. Jenkins stood under the rain canopy of the temporarily closed clothing store for renovation, looked up at the gloomy sky, and then noticed something unusual on the street.