Alex understood perfectly well that Anthony's death was a landmark case.
It meant that events once set in stone had begun to show variables, that the situation was gradually heating up. No one knew what terrifying thing would happen next.
This terrifying unknown was like an indissoluble mass of dark clouds hanging over Gust Town. The gloomy, oppressive atmosphere even made Alex feel suffocated for a moment.
"Could this be an isolated incident?" After returning to Kruya Church, Alex quietly asked Angel, who was concealed nearby.
"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?" Angel said.
The day after Anthony's death, clouds of sorrow still shrouded Gust Town.
After getting up, Alex discovered that Father Bolunlang had remained in the church all night without sleep. His face was pale and grief-stricken as he knelt before the statue of the Father God, praying silently.
Only when he saw Alex arrive did Father Bolunlang slowly turn his head. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to recite the holy scriptures by the river."
Father Bolunlang fell silent for a moment, then nodded. "Go. But Gust Town isn't safe now. Don't go anywhere too remote. Better safe than sorry."
Alex nodded in agreement, then left the church beneath Father Bolunlang's gaze.
What Alex did not see was that, after he left, Father Bolunlang's eyes grew dark and profound. At last, with helplessness in his eyes, he let out a deep sigh.
"You once hinted that Father Bolunlang's core wasn't on the right track. But just now, I saw him praying devoutly for Anthony. It didn't seem fake." Angel asked curiously. The night before, while Alex had been sleeping, he had taken a stroll through town. When he left, Bolunlang had been praying devoutly in the church. When Angel returned at dawn, he was