Who hid my body?

To be honest, he was not unfamiliar with such scenes, because he was also a priest, and he was responsible for celebrating the Mass for the dead in Petain. From being a small follower beside Luigi at the beginning to being independent later, he had seen a lot of things, but he didn't expect... The same thing happened in Somme.

There is no difference between the town of Pétain and the priests and family members.

He shook his head, throwing these thoughts out of his mind, and then, under the instructions of the leading Night Crow, the three of them walked towards the coffin.

Now Ulu didn't know what to do, and Bai Wei didn't tell him either. He just told him to follow the other night crows.

So they stood beside the coffin.

Then Ulu discovered that there was a small figure behind the coffin.

It was a boy. He was leaning against the coffin with his head buried in his arms. His shoulders were shaking, and he was obviously crying.

At this moment, Ulu was able to guess the relationship between the boy and the woman in the coffin.

Even though I have seen too many things like this, at this moment, an indescribable sadness still welled up in me.

He subconsciously wanted to walk forward and pull the boy up, but the footsteps behind him calmed him down and he stood still.

The priest came in. He obviously knew the little boy's existence. His face was full of pity: "Oh, poor child, don't be sad, we will let your mother rest in peace."

As he said this, he carried the boy out.

Then came the Mass ceremony.

The three Night Crows just stood silently around the coffin, doing nothing, like the priest's bodyguards.

This made Ulu a little confused, but he didn't show it.

Soon, the mass ceremony ended. The priest picked up the boy again, walked out of the room where the coffin was placed, and came to the relatives: "Ms. Feiss's soul has returned to the Rhine. Her husband unfortunately passed away three years ago. So I must ask, is there any relative willing to raise this poor child?"

The relatives who came to attend the funeral looked at each other, but no one was willing to stand up.

Uru stared at the scene in front of him in a daze, and suddenly heard the leader's voice: "Matthews, what are you standing there for? I want to recycle it."

He was stunned for a moment, and then saw the leader of the Night Crows took out a small black box and walked towards the head of the corpse, while another Night Crow stood at the end of the coffin, as if blocking the leader's view.

So he followed suit and stood on the other side of the end of the coffin, but he stood sideways so he could see the leader's movements with his peripheral vision.

Then, he saw the leader put the box next to the corpse's ear. After muttering a few words, a black insect crawled out of the ear and slid smoothly into the box.

Uru's eyes widened.

At the same time, the priest also took new actions.

"No one is willing to raise him? What a pity." The priest sighed softly, "In this case, this child can only return to the arms of our Lord. Don't worry, child, be strong, you will become a person like me."

Ulu turned his head suddenly and saw the priest gently supporting the boy's head. The scene... was exactly the same as it was twenty years ago.

At this moment, Ulu seemed to realize something. He looked at the insect being recovered again, then looked at the priest and the little boy, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

"Visas!" Uru asked in his heart, "Did my mother die because of this?"

"Is that why they want to kill my mother?!"

"Visas!"

He yelled at the top of his lungs in his mind.

"Speak, Visas!"

"Tell me, is this why my mother died?!"

"Visas!"

But no matter how Ulu shouted, Bai Wei just remained silent.

Like a dead person in a coffin.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 57 Is God’s power unlimited?

"Matthews, what's wrong with you?"

The leader seemed to notice something was wrong with Ulu and looked up at him.

That "truth" made Uru's body tremble violently. He looked at the two night crows looking at him, and even had the thought of "let everything be destroyed here" in his mind. But in the end, this thought stopped. He shook his head slightly and said in an extremely hoarse voice: "It's okay, I just caught a cold."

This completely broken tone did not make the leader too suspicious. He just nodded and said, "Then let's get it done as soon as possible and go back."

Then he closed the box.

The ugly black bug was sealed up like this, and was put into the loose cloak by the Night Crow Leader along with the box.

"The next one."

The Night Crow leader spoke briefly, and then led the way out of the room. Uru and another Night Crow immediately followed.

After seeing this, the priest nodded imperceptibly, stroked the boy's head again, and gave some instructions to the relatives, telling the boy to go to the church to find him at some time. Then he left with the three night crows.

As soon as he left the house, the priest put aside his previous kindness and solemnity. He glanced back and said calmly, "On the whole, it went smoothly. No one wanted the child, so it was a good result."

"Those chosen by the 'Sacred Worm' are all fruits that can be harvested." The leader, Night Crow, said, "The bishop has seen all of this... Matthews, are you really okay? I see that your body is shaking the whole time."

Ulu shook his head slowly to indicate that he was fine.

"It looks like you're not in good shape." The leader said, "Then let's set off to the next one quickly."

So they quickened their pace, and the priest couldn't help complaining: "Hurry, hurry ...

At this time, a thunder roared and light rain slowly fell from the sky.

Ulu raised his head, and the rain fell on the lenses of his mask, making his vision hazy and blurred.

"Visas, is this the truth you want me to see?"

He questioned Bai Wei again in his heart.

But Bai Wei still didn't respond, which made Wu Lu feel a little dazed, as if the dangerous existence had disappeared from his body, or even had never appeared at all. It was just an illusion, an illusion that lured him step by step to where he is now.

Although he really wanted to think so, unfortunately, Wu Lu knew that it was not true. Having been with Bai Wei for a while, Wu Lu had already gained a certain understanding of this dangerous existence.

In his opinion, Bai Wei did not respond, not because he did not want to respond.

But too lazy to respond.

It was as if he was mocking Ulu, “That’s not enough?”

He always speaks only when the dust settles, so his lack of answer now is the best answer.

In other words, the answer to “Is this the truth?” is – “More than that.”

Yes, that’s not all.

He asked me to keep watching...

Yes, keep watching.

Ulu reached out and wiped the rain off the lenses, making his vision clear again. It was even clearer than before because it had been washed with water.

He followed the night crows in silence, and at the same time began to think about this matter, recalling the past that he originally did not want to recall.

Those bugs seemed to be released by the bishop, which meant that the bishop killed these people. These people included the one who was already dead, and the hotel owner, Kaiya, who was the next one.

But what was the bishop's purpose in doing this? Why did he kill these people?

At first, Uru thought it was for the child. He could draw a similar conclusion from what the priest said just now. Boys that no one was willing to raise would be added to the Rhine, just like... him in the past.

But is this the truth? Or is this the whole truth?

If that was the case, then why did Kaia have to die? She had no son, only a niece from outside, and Rhine never wanted a girl.

And how many bugs were released? There were more than three Night Crow Knights in Som City. The area they were responsible for was actually very small. If we enlarged the area to the entire Som City, how many people would die from the bugs? Wouldn't it arouse suspicion if so many people died of an inexplicable disease at the same time?

Countless questions came to his mind, but Ulu tried hard to calm himself down.

Since Bai Wei wanted him to see it with his own eyes, he would watch it first.

After that, Ulu no longer spoke, nor did he behave strangely. He just followed the Night Crow in silence, going from house to house, looking at corpse after corpse, and collecting insect after insect.

And the previous doubts were gradually resolved as I gained more knowledge.

Every dead person they encountered today had worms in their bodies, which means they died from these worms.

But their ways of death were different. Some died of illness, and the symptoms of death were very different. Some died in accidents, either they suddenly slipped and fell into the river and drowned, or they ran head-on into a galloping carriage and were trampled to death by the frightened horses.

This seems to be the ability of the worm.

It allows these people to die in various ways without arousing anyone's suspicion. After all, as long as the way of death is different, no one will pay too much attention.

In other words, as long as there is this kind of bug, Rhine can kill anyone he wants.

Ulu's heart sank to the bottom.

Was my mother also killed by this bug twenty years ago?

Watching the team leader put away the boxes of bugs one by one, Ulu had to resist the urge to rush over and smash them to pieces.

This operation, which the team leader called "harvest", lasted a whole day. When the sun was about to set, they walked out of the last house, and this family also answered Uru's previous doubts about Kaiya.

The family had no sons, not even a daughter.

The couple died at the same time, without any children, and therefore no one could inherit their property.

So Ulu looked at the priest waving the deed in his hand with some pride and said, "This is the biggest gain of today."

Uru said nothing.

After meeting so many families, most of the previous questions have been answered.

Only the last few are left.

Just the last few pieces are needed to tie it all together.

Uru felt anxious.

Why did Rhine do this? Why did Bishop Corey kill these people? Just for their sons, just for their property? Just for these?

These questions severely tortured Ulu's nerves, making him feel that his head, which had been thinking for a whole day, was about to explode.

Then, he finally heard Bai Wei's voice: "Where does the church's power come from?"

Bai Wei's sudden answer made Wu Lu stunned for a moment, but he still answered subconsciously: "God of the Rhine."

"So..." Bai Wei paused, then said with a half-smile, "Is the power of the God of the Rhine infinite?"

Uru's body froze.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 58 This is a necessary sacrifice

"God's power is not infinite."

Standing under the statue of the God of the Rhine, Corey uttered these "blasphemous" words lightly, which made Heri behind him sweat profusely.

"Your Excellency the Bishop," Heri said with a wry smile as he wiped the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief, "Anyway, your words are a little too shocking."

"Don't react like that, old man." Corey turned around calmly and faced Hurry. "There are only two of us here. There are some things that are well known to everyone. In this case, there is no need to hide them."

"What you just said is not well known." He Li sighed softly, "But I understand what you mean, and this question..."

He raised his head and looked at the Rhine statue behind Corey.

“It’s definitely getting worse.”

After listening to Heri's answer, Bishop Corey nodded in satisfaction, and then walked forward slowly: "You can face this, which is much better than most people, at least than the old guys in the other three churches. They always refuse to face the reality, thinking that the power of the Lord is endless, but they are always unwilling to calm down and take a closer look. Rhine, which only relies on the power of the Lord, is no different from when the church was founded a hundred years ago. But other churches are different."

Corey walked over to Hurry and stood side by side with him.

And Heri also understood what Corey meant. When Corey stood under the statue of Rhine before, he was like the number one man under God, and the one that he, the high priest, needed to look up to.

But now, Corey was standing beside him, and the two seemed to be on the same side and in the same position.

Corey hoped that Hurry would let down his guard and say something bolder.

So after a little consideration, He Li spoke up: "It is not necessarily that the Lord's power is limited. We have no way to guess the Lord's power. We can only say that the power the Lord gives us is limited. Perhaps when the Lord gave the power to the Origin believers, he thought that this power was enough to use, but..."

At this point, Hurry couldn't go on.

Because if they continued to say this, wouldn't it be showing that their Lord is neither omniscient nor omnipotent?

As a high priest, he would never dare to say this, and this is the most he could say.