The Secret Code of Monsters

Chapter 202 Ch.201 Baby Stealing Case

Child stealing is extremely rare.

Rare because of trouble.

From the time a child is born until he is able to work, he has to live for at least five or six years - not counting premature death, the cost of these five or six years is enough to hire several good and obedient child laborers.

Who doesn’t have a few kids these days?

A steady stream of labor grows out of the mud like endless weeds. What stupid thief would steal a baby that still needs someone to take care of it?

There are a lot of good ones for six or seven-year-olds on the market.

baby.

Roland instinctively felt that something was wrong.

"Yes, I heard from my friends that many people have lost their children recently." William said as he knotted four leather ropes on the iron ring, and the four strands were constantly intertwined to serve as the first layer of whip core.

Roland pondered: "Well, your friend..."

The cobbler glanced at him.

"Everyone in the Collins family has a smart mouth...Don't listen to that person's nonsense. I can't keep up with the times, but I still have a few good contacts."

Mr. Cordoni obviously knew what his neighbor would say in private, and his always gentle tone also contained a bit of dissatisfaction: "What did old Collins say about me? An antique from the last century? I can't keep up with the trend." A stubborn iron hook that dies of hunger?”

He plucked the leather rope with force, bit one with his teeth, bulged the muscles of his two arms, yanked it to both sides a few times, tied it with a knot, and divided it into parts again.

"Uncle only said that you are a good father."

The cobbler chuckled twice, pressed his knees and looked at Roland sideways. "You know how he made fun of me when we met?"

Cordoni opened his hands and shook them by his ears.

"'Long live the tough guy,'" he imitated the old Collins' tone of voice, "'if you could use some of the bulging meat on your body to give it to your head, I'm afraid you wouldn't have to rely on me to support you all day long.'"

Roland hugged Alice and laughed a few times: "Uncle, I helped you with a little help."

"It's a life-saving 'little favor'...otherwise who can tolerate his mouth." The cobbler shook his head and went back to fiddle with the leather rope. "I asked Alice to go out less recently, for fear that the thief would take a fancy to her - even though she is embarrassed. They are all under one year old, but who can say for sure?”

Baby thief.

"I just talk to you casually, and you just listen casually. I have some knowledge, and I also know that you are different from those black leather sticks - you are more capable, but you don't interfere in everything... Oh, what about that kid? How are you doing?”

He did not lift his buttocks, holding the stool in his hands, rubbing his legs back with strength, and continued to braid the second half: "...I heard them say that I haven't seen that family for a long time."

They're all in the dungeons of the Inquisition.

Roland shook Alice's wrist with his index finger and replied casually: "Maybe it will take a while, sir. I'm just an executive. I can't say what crime he was found guilty of..."

William sighed secretly.

He could probably guess the fate of those young people who knew nothing about the world.

Roland's approach made him secretly happy and terrified.

What makes him happy is that the person with this terrifying power is familiar to him, and his uncle is an old friend for many years; what makes him afraid is that in addition to those young people, their families were also taken away...

This approach made William Cordoni think of the rumors:

It is said that these cold-faced black priests have no emotions.

He is a cold-blooded poisonous snake, a monster who can watch his family being burned to death.

Utility and ambition are natural instincts, which forced and roared to tell William Cordoni that he should get in touch with Rolando; and blood ties also roared in his brain, warning him to keep his daughter careful about the cold-blooded Collins and stay away from home. Roland in the drug store.

‘It is a supreme honor to die for God. ’

He had heard of those who were burned to death.

Terrible.

Gradually, both Roland and William Cordoni stopped talking.

The only sound in the room was the creaking sound of the leather rope being tightened again and again.

Alice fell asleep in Roland's arms.

…………

…

A few days later, as Roland expected.

In the trial court, Roland met the detective in charge of the case from the Supervision Bureau.

According to statistics: within half a month, a total of 137 babies went missing in London - the most in the East and South districts.

One hundred and thirty-seven.

According to the police detective from the Supervisory Bureau, this number is not very accurate: some families did not call the police at all.

When the Supervisory Bureau came to visit, many people falsely claimed that no newborns had been born recently. When the detective presented the neighbor's testimony, the couple argued that the baby was just the child of a distant relative.

It wasn't until the detective 'invited' them to stay in the cell for a night that they said that a stranger with a covered face and a voice that sounded like a man bought the baby for three shillings.

Taking this as an example, the detectives later pulled out more than a dozen families who did not report the crime.

Most of them sold their children for pennies or shillings, and then lied to the police detectives who came to visit them: they were either relatives or they had never had children.

The smarter ones would simply look worried and say that their child was lost and they were going to call the police.

preparing.

All in all, the number of one hundred and thirty-seven is not accurate. The actual number of lost babies is much higher than the statistical number.

This is a gang crime.

And, the Ritualist was definitely involved.

——There is no reason for any mortal organization to contain these creatures who only shout "me, me, me" and "eat, eat, eat" but cannot provide anything in return.

In addition, the missing person in the case is a baby...

Of course the police detective went to court.

This case is not easy to investigate.

"That's why they pushed it to the Inquisition."

Fernandez had never had a good impression of the vultures in the Inspectorate, but this case involved hundreds of babies, and he would not let this case go without his conscience.

"baby."

There are not many rituals that use babies.

According to the current records in the Inquisition Library, the most likely ones are the followers of the Eighth Crowned God: the White Crown Lord of the Wasteland, and the madmen of the Ninth Crown: the Creator of Flesh and Blood.

But Fernandez was certain that the Cradle of Flesh was definitely responsible for this.

Roland asked why the suspicion of the Ring of Eternal Silence could be ruled out, or maybe it was a wandering ritualist who was walking on the path of "Lament" or "Dry Bones" but had never joined the Circle of Eternal Silence...

'For in the City of London the Circle of Silence does not allow any Wandering Ritualist to tread either path - unless they join the Circle of Silence or the Holy Cross. ’

Roland asked again: 'So, could this be done by members of the Ring of Eternal Silence? ’

Fernandez still shook his head.

‘If it’s the Circle of Eternal Silence, there’s no need to hide their identity – it’s legal for them to purchase or raise ritual materials... ’

Ritual material.

Namely: a swaddled baby.

The purchase price offered by the Ring of Eternal Silence is not like that of the hooded thief. They will pay at least one pound for each baby so that the woman after giving birth can have money to live on and even buy some meat.

Extremely fair.

Best of all: they're legal.

Legal acquisition.

Crown God sect, Crown God believers, ritual materials.

Roland heard Fernandez mention this "not important" thing for the first time, and it was a little hard to understand - the question was the "difference".

'the difference? ’

Fernandez didn't understand Roland's doubts.

'It's certainly a huge difference. ’

‘The Cradle of Flesh is a cult, my deputy. They stole and bought the baby, of course, to perform that extremely evil ritual. ’

Roland asked again, what about the Ring of Eternal Silence?

Are their rituals, their rituals that use living babies, so 'not evil'?

In this regard, Fernandez explained:

'Of course not, Roland. However, the Ring of Eternal Silence is legal. If you believe that justice and evil are distinct, then there is no need to question their position. ’

Who decides what is illegal and what is legal—in other words, who decides what is a cult and what is a saint?

It’s mentioned in the Book of Eden.

This holy book, which is extremely lofty and dazzling in both secular and supernatural aspects, records the mottoes left by the gods to mortals.

‘Whatsoever you shall ask for according to my will, in truth, worship, and honour. ’

“To those who are unclean and evil, lift up my holy name and pour it out into the church together with your children, your inheritance, and your marriage. Hold fast the vision of the God of grace who made my body. ’

‘I will come among you and purify flesh and blood, and drive out the uncleanness. ’