Who hid my body?

But now, he doesn't pretend anymore.

"You..." Ulu said through gritted teeth, "You have been lying to me all along."

"Lie to you?" Bai Wei asked, "What did I lie to you about?"

"...You said you wanted to see me, to see what I have accomplished."

"There's no need to beautify yourself." Bai Wei said calmly, "My original words were, you are a disgusting maggot. I want to see if a maggot like you has a pole to climb up, will it become a maggot that disgusts the world. I didn't lie to you, didn't the Knight Commander who was killed by you and me look like he had eaten three pounds of maggots before he died?"

Wu Lu couldn't laugh at Bai Wei's joke, which he didn't know whether to call a joke or not. He gasped heavily and said, "You, you, you wanted to kill me from the beginning."

"No, Ulu." Bai Wei said, "From the moment you got my finger, your life is no longer in your hands."

"You bullshit!"

"Think about it, if I hadn't found you in the beginning, what would have happened?" Bai Wei said calmly, "Wouldn't the Knight Commander have shown up? No, no, no, he came here just to find my finger. If it weren't for me, you would have been found by the Knight Commander in the beginning. Do you think that when the Knight Commander found my finger on you, he would have said to you calmly, 'Hey, old buddy, can you please give me this finger'?"

Ulu was suddenly speechless.

"It seems that you can figure this out." Seeing that Ulu had no intention of chopping him off for the time being, Bai Wei slowly loosened Ulu's neck, and then moved his left hand in front of Ulu's eyes, curled up four fingers, and then stood up with the middle finger "looking" at Ulu, "Let me tell you, if it weren't for me, you would have died two days ago. The Knight Commander would not give you any chance to explain. After all, the propaganda of the major churches is that my body parts have polluting power, and if they are touched, they will be polluted by me. So why should he listen to the explanation of someone who has been polluted?"

Bai Wei was not making this up, this was Ulu's fate in the original plot.

A fleeting little person who died in vain.

Ulu obviously understood this and his face gradually turned pale.

"So, Ulu." Bai Wei said word by word, "I didn't take your life, I saved you. If it weren't for me, you would have died two days ago. The murderer was not Kelsey, but... yourself. When you bought my finger from that black market merchant, you had already sentenced yourself to death, understand?"

This bloody truth instantly drained Ulu's already limited energy and spirit. He collapsed against the wall with a dead look in his eyes.

It was unknown how long it took before his body began to tremble again.

"It's all the same, you're all the same!" He was a little hysterical, "You and those guys are all the same! You all want to kill me!"

"That's still different. They don't want your life. They just want to turn you into a bug. But I'm different. I can turn you from a bug back into a human, but the price is your life."

Ulu was speechless again.

"People seek revenge, but dogs only bow their heads." Bai Wei said coldly, "You should have died like a dog or a worm, but I turned you back into a human, and you are still alive today. You should be grateful to me, not resentful. Do you understand?"

Bai Wei's words were harsh, and Ulu subconsciously wanted to refute them, but he couldn't find a reason to refute them for a moment.

He knew that what Bai Wei said was right. Kelsey was still calling him a bug at the last moment. And the moment he killed Kelsey was the happiest thing that had ever happened to him in the past twenty years.

But would you lose your life because of this?

Wu Lu was naturally unwilling to do so. His mind was spinning rapidly, and a vague idea gradually came to his mind. But before the idea could take shape, Bai Wei spoke again: "You are thinking that now that revenge is over, you can just chop me off and throw me away, and then live in anonymity... Although the risk is great, it is better than being 100% sure of death, right?"

Wu Lu shuddered subconsciously when his thoughts were exposed, but he still raised his head and stared at Bai Wei: "Will you stop me?"

"Although I do have the ability to stop you, there's no need. If you're determined to leave, I can't do anything else with only half of your body under my control." Bai Wei raised his index and ring fingers in a very humane way, making it look like his middle finger was shrugging. "Instead of standing there stiffly, why not make a deal?"

"trade?"

"Yes." Bai Wei nodded, "Take me to Som City."

Ulu's eyes widened instantly: "Do you think I'm a fool? That's... Bishop Corey's territory! I'd die if I went there!"

"High risk, high reward."

"What kind of reward can you give..."

"Don't you want to know why your mother died?"

Ulu was stunned.

"How is it?" Bai Wei smiled slightly, "This is... a new deal."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 40 Forty Because He Met Me

One of the four great churches on the Rhine, the city of Somme.

Corey closed his eyes and tapped the table with his fingers, making it impossible for the waiter beside him to guess what the archbishop was thinking. Corey had been in this state since he brought the news of Knight Commander Kelsey's death half an hour ago, as if he was asleep.

It was unknown how much time had passed, so long that the waiter was about to fall asleep standing, when Corey suddenly spoke up: "So, it was Uru who killed Kelsey?"

The waiter woke up from his trance and subconsciously raised his head. He found that Corey had opened his eyes and was looking at him. When he raised his head, his eyes met Corey's.

At this moment, the waiter felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave.

Corey's eyes seemed to have an inexplicable power. Just by making contact with that gaze, he felt that all the negative emotions in his heart were magnified at this moment, magnified again and again, to the point that he could hardly stand and staggered and almost fell.

Fortunately, Corey quickly looked away, allowing the waiter to stand firm.

The waiter didn't understand what kind of power that was. He just felt that he had not rested well and had an illusion, so he quickly apologized: "Sorry, I'm sorry, Bishop Corey, I..."

"Answer my question." Corey neither pursued nor explained, but simply repeated his previous words, "Kelsey, was it Uru who killed him?"

"According to the report from the Knights' adjutant - yes." The waiter knew that Corey hated ambiguous answers, so he said in a serious tone, "No one else was found at the scene."

"That's strange." Corey muttered, "Whether it's [Forbidden Item 24] or [Forbidden Item 29], the rules they contain are not combat rules. With Uru's level, how on earth can he defeat Kelce?"

The waiter didn't answer because he knew Corey wasn't asking him either.

After thinking in silence for a while, Corey spoke again: "That is to say, we lost a Knight Commander, several knights, and a priest... After paying such a huge price, we not only failed to recover the [Forbidden Item] in the hands of a rebellious little priest, but we can't even figure out whether the [Forbidden Item] is twenty-four or twenty-nine, right?"

The waiter broke out in a cold sweat instantly. Although he knew that this matter had nothing to do with him and Bishop Corey would not vent his anger on him, the pressure released by Bishop Corey at this moment was indeed not something that a small waiter like him could bear.

After all, Corey is a bishop and can better bear the existence of "God's gift".

"Whatever." Finally, Corey sighed softly, and the waiter immediately felt the pressure on him dissipate. "It's okay if I lost it. Even though it's Visas' body part, it's not that important after all. It's okay if I didn't get it. I just hope it doesn't fall into the hands of troublesome people."

The waiter asked curiously, "Isn't it in Father Uru's hands now? Why do you say..."

Corey glanced at him and said calmly, "Do you think he can keep it?"

The waiter choked suddenly.

"The finger will eventually fall into someone else's hands." Corey thought for a while, and then said calmly, "So, we are not without a chance. Uru was able to kill Kelsey, which means he has other means besides the finger. I hope these means can allow him to live a little longer, until... we find him in the end."

The waiter asked, "Then why don't we continue to send two teams of knights into the town of Petain? Father Uru is likely still stranded in the town, right?"

"There is no time." Corey shook his head. "We have kept that town secret for too long. The other three major religions have also set their sights on that place because of Visas' body parts. Now everyone is watching. We cannot let more people die in that town."

Then, Corey paused, and then spoke slowly.

"'God's Choice' has ended, and 'God's Grace' should come."

……

"God's grace! God's grace!"

"The Rhine God has mercy on the world and brings food to the hungry believers!"

"Praise the Rhine God!"

Two days later, in the small town of Petain, everything changed.

New priests entered the town with knights in shining armor. They pushed cart after cart of food and reawakened the town that had been silent for many days.

The people who still had a bit of strength left rushed over like crazy and roughly snatched the food from the hands of the new priests, but the priests did not show any dissatisfaction or anger. They had kind and gentle smiles on their faces, and they really looked like messengers sent by the God of the Rhine.

They will end the famine,

They will restore order.

When they come, everything will be fine.

The little boy held his silly sister's hand and stood blankly on the street, staring at the hopeful scene in front of him, without moving for a long time.

A priest walked up to him, slowly squatted down, and spoke with compassion: "Oh, poor child, how come you are so hungry? Is this your sister?"

The little boy nodded slowly.

"It's so pitiful. This world is so unfortunate." The priest sighed softly, and then asked the little boy, "Do you want to enter the Rhine? Then let me take care of you and your sister?"

As the priest spoke, he reached out and gently stroked the little boy's head.

"From now on, I won't have to go hungry anymore... What do you think?"

No more...starving?

Looking at the priest in front of him, who was dressed in bright and beautiful clothes, had a kind face and made a promise to him, the little boy subconsciously agreed.

But at this moment, the image of another priest suddenly flashed through his mind.

He was dressed in rags, he was swearing, he punched and kicked himself, but...

The little boy slowly shook his head at the priest in front of him, which surprised the priest. Obviously, he did not expect the little boy to refuse. But before he could ask, the little boy trotted away with his silly sister.

And this scene was seen by someone not far away.

"Don't you want to go and meet him?" Bai Wei said calmly, "He probably won't report you, right?"

“Ahem… no… ahem, it’s not necessary.” Ulu, who was wrapped in a black robe, coughed up blood and shook his head slowly: “He and I… are not familiar with each other.”

"Yeah, you don't even know his name." Bai Wei asked, "Don't you feel regretful?"

"Regret...where is it?"

"Is this the first time in your life that you risked your life to save someone? Is this the end?"

Wulu was silent for a while and said, "I saved him just to prove one thing."

"Prove you're not a bug?"

"No, I'm the bug."

Bai Wei was a little surprised to see Wu Lu admit that he was a bug. This was the first time Wu Lu surprised him: "Then what do you want to prove?"

"I became a bug because I met Luggie."

Ulu took a final, deep look at the little boy, lowered the brim of his black robe, and turned away.

"But he became a flower because he met me."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 41 You Shouldn’t Have the Courage to Come Back

"Cough cough...cough cough..."

In the narrow carriage, a passenger wrapped in a black robe had been coughing non-stop since he got on the train. He even coughed up blood several times, which made people wonder if he was infected with some disease, and they subconsciously stayed away from him.

Only one little girl came over and carefully handed over a handkerchief: "Uncle, are you feeling unwell? I have..."

Before the little girl could finish her words, the passenger in black robe growled, "Why are you pretending?", which scared the little girl so much that she almost dropped her handkerchief.

The man in black robe raised his head belatedly, looked at the pale little girl, and shook his head subconsciously as if he understood something: "Sorry, I'm not talking to you."

Not talking to you?

Who are you talking to then?

The passengers in the car suddenly felt that the man in black robe was not only in poor health, but also his brain didn't seem to be working very well.

Wulu didn't know how to explain it, because when the little girl was talking to him, Bai Wei in his mind was also asking about his situation, which made him not know which one to reply to for a while, so he replied to the little girl instead of Bai Wei. After replying the wrong way, Wulu seemed to hear a playful laugh deep in his heart, but he didn't know if it was his illusion.

"Sorry, no thanks." Ulu said to the little girl, "I just need to rest more."

After rejecting the little girl, Ulu heard Bai Wei's voice again: "You are too tense mentally and physically, you should relax."

Ulu thought coldly: "Isn't my body caused by you alone?"

"Yes." Bai Wei responded calmly, "If it weren't for me, you would be lying in the dirt now, and you wouldn't have to worry about whether your health would deteriorate."

Ulu was speechless, not knowing how to refute. After a while of silence, he spoke again: "Visas, will you really fulfill our deal?"

"Tsk, your mentality has changed." Bai Wei did not answer the question immediately, but said slowly, "You used to call me Lord Visas, but now you call me by my name?"

"Why should I continue to use honorifics to a dangerous creature that wants to kill me?" Ulu said coldly.

“Ha, that’s true.” Ulu saw his left middle finger shrug with the index and ring fingers again, which made the corners of his mouth twitch slightly. “But it doesn’t matter. I have never cared much about red tape, at least not as much as your God. Next time you encounter something, just pray to your God. He will come to save you.”

Ulu was speechless again.

It has to be admitted that in terms of eloquence, the gap between Ulu and Bai Wei may not be less than the gap between their strengths.

"It's really boring to argue with you. You just stopped talking while arguing." Bai Wei continued to shrug, "Then let's get down to business. You asked me before whether I would fulfill the deal between us... Aren't you just talking nonsense? I proposed this deal. Would I go against it?"

"Who knows?"