Chapter 321 1-42
The lobby on the first floor, where "Machinery Hivemind" was standing just now, was soon filled with the team members of "Nighthawks". Most of them crowded up to the second floor and were getting ready in the bathroom. The rest were waiting at the door, paying no attention to the stench that filled the room.
Soon, with the sound of heavy footsteps, Leonard, wearing full body armor, walked in and stood on the expensive-looking carpet at the door.
This armor is different from Loen's current full-body armor, which is more decorative than practical. It has strong lines and no unnecessary decorations except for the necessary parts. It looks like an ancient object dug out from a tomb thousands of years ago. On the front of the breastplate, the left shoulder is stained with a dark red blood stain diagonally downwards, as if someone has splashed it, making people shudder.
As he walked into the room, the surrounding rich rotten stench seemed to be blown away by the invisible wind, and turned into cold, humid air. Several Nighthawks shivered under the drastic temperature change.
"Quickly, help him take off his armor and put it on next in order," Soest followed him through the door and immediately ordered, "Leonard, hot water is being prepared in the bathroom on the second floor. Go and take a bath immediately, otherwise you will have to sleep in Goddess's arms."
This handsome man with black hair and blue eyes no longer had the bohemian attitude he had in Tingen, only the perseverance that had settled deep in his heart remained. He raised his visor and quickly took off the heavy armor with the help of his companions. He found the stairs leading to the second floor and rushed up three steps at a time. Behind him, the strange armor was emitting a fierce cold air. The other Nighthawks who replaced him took off his coat and began to put on the leg armor. Soest pressed the pocket watch and restarted the timer.
Rushing into the bathroom, Leonard didn't even bother to close the door, quickly took off his clothes, and then lay down in the bathtub with white mist. The skin in contact with the boiling water quickly turned red, making him look like he was cooked, but he didn't care. Instead, he buried his head in the water to prevent any trace of his skin from being exposed.
In the transparent water, silver-white liquid oozed out from Leonard's body everywhere, like lines drawn by mercury all over the body. They quickly spread and disappeared in the hot water, and at the same time lowered the temperature in the bathtub. In less than half a minute, the entire tank of boiling water dropped to the freezing point, and a thin layer of ice even condensed on the surface.
It wasn't until the silver liquid stopped oozing from all over his body that Leonard emerged from the ice water and breathed a long sigh of relief. The water on his body slowly evaporated under the action of body temperature, and condensed into mist due to the low surrounding temperature, making his strong body somewhat hazy.
Seeing that the Nighthawkss outside the door had left, he turned his head and whispered:
"Old Man, do you know the origin of this Sealed Artifact?"
"When asking the elders, you should be polite," an old voice emerged in his mind, "It is probably formed by the High Sequence characteristics of Giant Pathway, but compared to Sequence's own ability, the bloodstains on the armor are the real source of this Sealed Artifact's power. It comes from a certain ancient god before Great Cataclysm..."
As if he was used to the vague way of speaking in his head, Leonard did not continue to ask, but stood up, found a towel to dry his body, put on his clothes again, and walked out of the bathroom.
"By the way, when Beyonder from 'Machinery Hivemind' left just now, I saw a somewhat familiar figure. Do you have any impression of him?"
When he reached the stairs, he suddenly remembered the feeling at the door and asked again in a low voice.
"Ha, if you think you know them, you should ask yourself," the old voice sneered and replied, "I don't know them."
Subconsciously, Leonard felt that this mysterious "Parasite" who had been with him for three years was hiding something, but before he could think about it, Nighthawks, who replaced him in "1-42", walked up to the second floor and went straight to Jason Beria's bedroom. He used Sealed Artifact's tracking ability to find the location of this "Desire Apostle" and was ready to solve this trouble in one fell swoop.
He could only keep up with his teammates quickly, but there was still suspicion on his face.
"Is that armor just now the 'dangerous Sealed Artifact' you called it?"
On Machinery Hivemind's carriage, Angel looked at Ikanser sitting opposite her and asked curiously.
The moment she boarded the carriage, she felt a searching gaze directed at her, coming from the silver-white armored carriage "Nighthawks", but this feeling only lasted a moment, so she was not sure whether it was an illusion.
"Yes, I can only say that it is very dangerous and difficult to control, so Nighthawks requires all outsiders to leave."
The executioner said in a mysterious manner.
Unfortunately, I already know that it is called "1-42", and it has killed an entire city... It seems that "Eye of Wisdom" Isengard Stanton is interested in this Sealed Artifact The understanding is not from Machinery Hivemind, he should have other information channels, such as Nighthawks, or even Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom from Lenburg...
Angel thought to himself, nodded, and did not continue to ask.
Then, their conversation inevitably turned back to the Devil Family, and "Desire Apostle" Jason Beria.
"It's best that you continue to stay together after you go back. This morning I received news that three family members of Detective who were unwilling to accept our centralized protection died tragically in their own homes. Two were in Hillston Borough and one was in North Borough. The cause of death was internal bleeding caused by excessive fear. In layman's terms, they were scared to death."
Ikanser said in a lowered voice, as if this could enhance his momentum.
"But you don't have to worry too much. Now that Sealed Artifact is out, Jason Beria shouldn't survive for long. That full-body armor can eliminate the opponent's Anti-Divination interference and easily find the target. The location will not trigger the dangerous intuition of 'Devil', and it has the ability to easily kill Sequence 5. It can be said to be the nemesis of this type of Pathway Beyonder."
"It sounds really reassuring," Isengard said with a smile. After leaving Jason's house, the old smoker was finally allowed to use his pipe, so he started puffing away at the window, "But I have a doubt, 'Desire Apostle'Z Beria must know that Orthodox Church of Backlund has the means to deal with him, so why does he continue to provoke Detective who are protected by the church, and even after being plotted and injured yesterday, he still persists?"
This is indeed a doubt in everyone's mind, especially after "visiting" Jason Beria's mansion just now, they learned that this person's elegant and wealthy identity has a crazy nature hidden in his seemingly calm appearance. At this time, they are even more unable to understand the behavioral logic of this "Desire Apostle".
"Perhaps, he really loves that 'Devil Dog' and regards it as his only family, so he wants to avenge it even if he gives up his long-established identity?"
Caslana frowned and tried to analyze.
"Unfortunately, that's impossible," Isengard shook his pipe and shook his head slightly to deny the female Detective's opinion, "'Devil' Sequence 8 of this Pathway is called 'Unwinged Angel' means losing the conscience of a normal person and gaining various abilities exclusive to Devil, and this Sequence is also called 'Coldblooded'. Do you think that after this stage, he will still have the kind of 'love' you mentioned?"
Sherlock also nodded at this time and agreed with Isengard's analysis, "I think so too, but if this is the case, Jason Beria has attacked so frequently these days, even regardless of his own injuries, the true intention is worth exploring."
He looked at Ikanser, the meaning was obvious: it's time to touch your "Arrodes".
The latter smiled awkwardly and waved his hand, indicating that he had not taken the Sealed Artifact out of the church, but he also promised to use the Sealed Artifact as soon as possible after returning to the "Machinery Hivemind" station. Based on the clues at hand, he would continue to inquire about the whereabouts of "Desire Apostle".
"Now, they must be trying their best to find 'Jason Beria', the ruthless killer who killed dozens of people and buried their bones under his home, haha, haha..."
In the shadows, a pair of blue eyes gradually emerged. Jason Beria, who was being tracked by major churches, slowly walked out of the corner and came to the center of this spacious attic.
He quickly took off his clothes and pants, then stretched out his hand and tore his scalp from the back, just like taking off a piece of underwear, tearing off the entire human skin!
Under the torn human skin, there is not bloody human tissue, but another human skin, another "Jason".
His brown eyes were cold, his brown hair was slightly curly, and his figure was no different from before he took off the previous layer of human skin. After taking off the entire thin human skin, he folded it carefully and put it into a huge suitcase beside him. In addition to a secret pocket for storing the human skin, the suitcase was filled with stacks of large banknotes and heavy gold bars, which seemed to be worth at least tens of thousands of pounds.
After closing the suitcase again, the new "Jason" came to the attic window and looked into the distance. In front of this luxurious villa with a glass greenhouse full of bright red roses, a spacious street connected Empress Borough's main thoroughfare: King's Avenue.
At the end of the road, a four-wheeled carriage was driving out of Kingdom Parliament, slowly approaching here.
That's his real goal.