Ever since he killed classmate Kyoko and Mr. Hanada, the gravekeeper has been suffering in his heart.
The Muraki couple, as well as other believers in the sect, kept saying that this was to save Kyoko and make Kyoko atone for her sins.
But when it came time to actually make Kyoko "emerge", none of them were willing to take action, especially the Muraki couple. It was obvious that they had come up with this plan themselves, and it was obvious that they all said they wanted to complete this "glorious" project by themselves. Why were all the tasks assigned to him in the end?
Is it really glorious to let Kyoko "emerge"?
If this is really the case, why are none of you willing to take action? And why do you even want me to deal with Mr. Hanada?
Yes, and Mr. Hanada...
When the tombkeeper sneaked into Hanada's house that night, the man drank a lot of wine and was drunk at the dining table, repeatedly chanting the name "Mayuko", which was the name of his daughter.
I heard that a few months ago, his daughter committed suicide by jumping off a building. Although there was no progress in the police investigation, neighbors in the surrounding blocks were saying that Mayuko committed suicide because she couldn't bear Kyoko's bullying...
Perhaps if you put it this way, Kyoko is indeed guilty.
But what crime is Mr. Hanada guilty of?
He lost his daughter and couldn't even get a fair verdict. When the gravekeeper sneaked into the house, the poor man was still numbing himself with alcohol, like a walking zombie.
The reason why he was killed was because the Murakis needed him to cover up the truth about Kyoko's "Eclosion", because the "Lord" cannot appear in front of the world at will, so Kyoko's return to the arms of the "Lord" was also involved. , nor can it be casually observed by those vulgar people.
Mr. Hanada, who had the motive to kill Kyoko, was the best cover for Kyoko, so they wanted to kill him.
In other words, Mr. Hanada...is not guilty?
He had not committed any crime, but was he killed casually because he wanted to cover up Kyoko's "emergence"?
No, it was not random. Mr. Hanada died for Kyoko and for the "Lord". Although he was not guilty, at least it was not meaningless...
He is doing it for the "Lord", and he is also doing it to obtain the salvation of the "Lord". This is not a crime...
The gravekeeper no longer dared to think about it. After that night, the memories of the battlefield resurfaced in his mind, constantly tormenting his heart.
He had no choice but to pray more devoutly and let the "holy water" pour all over his body to beg the "Lord" for forgiveness.
Before meeting the young Baihe police officer at the cemetery last night, the gravekeeper had just finished praying and came down the hill behind.
The religious order stipulates that when praying, every believer must wash his whole body and then pour it with "holy water".
"Holy water" is a special liquid with a pungent smell. The tombkeeper does not know what kind of liquid it is, but other male believers will feel hot all over their bodies soon after pouring the "holy water" on them, and they will be in contact with the cult. Female believers within the church can combine at will.
They say that this is to release their nature and return to their original nature, so as to get closer to the "Lord" and understand the true words of the "Lord".
But the gravekeeper may have injured his lower body on the battlefield, so he has never had similar emotions and is very tired of this behavior of other believers.
Over time, he stopped praying with other believers...
The young police officer Baihe is very smart and very powerful.
The gravekeeper always felt that the young police officer must have noticed something last night. Maybe the young police officer had even smelled the smell of "holy water" on his body and sensed the existence of the cult.
So, the tombkeeper told the Muraki couple his conjecture overnight.
What surprised him was that the Muraki couple had similar thoughts.
It seems that the young police officer also visited Muraki's house at noon yesterday. At that time, Mr. Muraki was praying in his room.
After hearing the noise downstairs, they just hurriedly changed their clothes and came out. Their actions seemed to make the young police officer notice something strange.
This made the Muraki couple very uneasy. When they were stared at by the young police officer's calm and profound eyes, they felt an almost instinctive feeling of fear in their hearts.
Mr. Muraki, who faced this gaze, could not keep calm during the entire conversation with the young police officer.
Did he find out? Does he know? What will he do to us next?
It was in this fear that the Murakis waited for the gravekeeper who told them what happened at the cemetery that night.
After the two parties exchanged their thoughts, they felt more and more that the young police officer must have found something.
He... is about to discover the existence of "the Lord"!
And the "Lord" cannot be exposed in front of these vulgar people!
As a result, the Murakis made a decision again. They wanted to kill the young police officer.
That's right, killing, not "feathering".
Because he is different from Kyoko, he will threaten the existence of the "Lord", he can only be killed to apologize to the "Lord", and he is not worthy of "emerging"!
The tombkeeper was silent.
Because he didn't think the young police officer was guilty.
On the contrary, this young police officer was talented and had arrested many criminals who had committed crimes at a young age. His abilities were so outstanding and his good deeds were so great. How could he be killed like this?
And, and...
What the gravekeeper didn't say to the Murakis was that he suspected that the young police officer might have figured out the whole story when he was at the cemetery last night.
This is an intuition, an intuition formed by the gravekeeper on the battlefield. In the case of last night, he just felt that the young police officer might have understood everything.
But the young police officer said nothing. He did not arrest him on the spot, and even said such words to him...
The police officer wanted him to surrender...so, was he really still a guilty person?
However, the gravekeeper was eventually asked by the Murakis to kidnap the little girl, the high school girl who was following the young police officer.
They seemed to have seen the special relationship between the little girl and the young police officer. They wanted to use the little girl to trick the young police officer out alone and then kill him...
The Muraki couple said that this was also the request of the "Lord" and that they did all this to protect the existence of the "Lord".
Protection...Does the "Lord" exist?
Is it "the Lord" who wants them to kill innocent people?
Just when the gravekeeper was confused, he saw Xiao Karasuma standing in deep thought outside the cemetery.
This little girl has been helping the young police officer investigate...
By the time the tombkeeper came to his senses, he had already knocked out Xiao Karasuma and carried her to the stronghold in the back mountain of the sect according to his previous plan.
However, the tombkeeper always had questions in his heart.
Is it really right for him to do this...?
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(End of chapter)
