No. 3 Levitt Street, on the high-rise building directly opposite.
Joey's windbreaker was blown by the night wind. He tightened the Gaussian hat on his head and turned around to disappear into the darkness.
It was obviously difficult for him to find useful clues on his own. Early the next morning, Joey found Norm, and this informed him of another news: Freya was missing.
"Maybe we can cooperate!" Joey suggested.
Norm frowned. He was already worried about Freya. He didn't want to see Joey in the first place. The only reason he met was because of Joey's persistence.
He originally planned to deal with the matter, but now Joey's words actually made him a little more interested.
"I don't think you have any value"
Although the words are ugly, they are indeed Norm’s true thoughts.
"What if I say that I know the reason why Teacher Freya disappeared?"
The atmosphere at the scene instantly dropped to freezing point because of Joey's words. This was the extraordinary agitation factor that Norm unintentionally exuded.
"You'd better think clearly. The price you will pay for deceiving a priest is beyond your ability to bear."
Joey nodded and said calmly:
"I suspect that Teacher Freya's disappearance is related to a clay sculpture."
Hawkins University is a single-family residential complex for teachers.
Norm pushed open the door of Freya's house. The inside was the same as when he came last night. Except for the damaged monster sculpture in the workshop, there seemed to be nothing strange.
Joey stepped forward, picked up the pieces on the ground piece by piece, and then put them back together.
Norm waited in confusion and anxiety. A pile of cigarette butts had been thrown on the ground.
Leah Pier is originally a remote small port. There are tens of thousands of such ports in Isamotte. The garrison sent from the Holy Church is only a Sequence 9 Paladin. It can be seen that the Holy Church does not pay much attention here. .
As a disciplinary priest, he is not responsible for Lia Port and Hawkins University, but for serving only one person, Freya.
The room was filled with the smell of cigarette smoke. He was concentrating on doing things but he didn't feel it. Now that he stopped, Joey covered his nose in dissatisfaction and complained:
"If you smoke like this, you'll get lung cancer sooner or later."
Norm threw away the cigarette in his hand and crushed it with the sole of his shoe as usual.
"Lung cancer, what is that?"
"A disease of body organs caused by smoking." Joey put the last piece together, stood up and opened the window.
The fresh air immediately makes people feel like they are reborn.
"This looks very strange!" Norm stared at the clay sculpture with burning eyes and said without looking back: "Extraordinary person, even if the heart is necrotic, we can repair it."
Got~
The joyful mood I had just brought up was completely ruined.
I had forgotten that this world is not a technological society, but a theocratic society.
"Don't look him in the eye"
Norm smiled with a fearless look on his face: "I feel the extraordinary energy and Freya's breath from this clay sculpture."
Joey reminded again:
"His eyes have the ability to make people dream, so be careful."
Norm walked around the clay sculpture twice, and the disappointment flashed in his eyes.
"Those things can only affect ordinary people like you. They have no effect on me."
Joey smiled, licked his dry lips, stepped forward quickly, and turned his head slightly to look at the face of the clay sculpture.
Sure enough, that kind of energy was very weak, and it was completely different from last night.
He gently held his chin and thought.
"Perhaps it was because he had been broken into pieces that he lost some of his characteristics."
"It's possible." Norm nodded and started looking for other clues in the room.
Freya's disappearance was not at the school, but on a ship leaving Port Leia, which led to the fact that his initial tracing direction was not here.
Also because of Joey's reminder, he is now ready to investigate from the items Freya came into contact with.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Joey was sitting by the window to rest, holding a picture album in his hand. It was said to be a picture album, but it was more like a messy manuscript. Many of the paintings were half-finished.
Norm is in another room, which is Freya's bedroom, and he attempts to find Freya with the help of certain rituals.
The ground was covered with intricate patterns drawn in chalk, with an iron pot used for cooking in the middle.
"The light that illuminates the dawn, the beacon that leads the way in the dark world, tell me if Freya is safe."
Wow~
A ball of flame suddenly shot up from the iron pot, and Norm circled around it, his limbs dancing in a strange and uncoordinated posture.
Freya's personal belongings were reduced to ashes one by one in the firelight.
"Tell me, where is Freya?"
"Where is Freya?"
~
The eyes were filled with firelight and seemed to be filled with heat.
The burning flame gradually extinguished, and finally only a trace of flame remained.
Norm still refused to give up, the arc of his dance became wider and wider, and more and more things were thrown into the brazier to burn.
Suddenly, the door opened, and he looked over subconsciously, his face full of anger. At this time, someone dared to interrupt his ritual magic.
Joey stood at the door with a look of astonishment on his face. Pinch your nose, the smell of burning fabric in the room is terrible.
"What are you doing? Are you trying to set the teacher's house on fire?"
The expression on Norm's face was very dark, and in this moment of distraction, the last spark was quietly extinguished.
Seeing this, he looked dejected. He didn't know whether it was due to excessive spiritual consumption or something else.
Joey took a few steps forward, saw the patterns on the ground, and knew that Norm was using ritual magic, but it looked like it had failed.
"You can't blame me for this." Joey waved his hand to clear the relationship: "You should know that when it comes to extraordinary things, it's best not to try to use ritual magic."
Norm looked at the big boy with a green face in surprise, and was silent for about ten seconds before saying:
"You know a lot," he said, glancing at the ashes on the ground: "This is just an attempt, and I got the results I wanted."
If it was only speculated that Freya's disappearance was related to Chaofan, then the guess has been confirmed now.
Between extraordinary beings, they possess many incomprehensible characteristics, which repel each other, attract each other, or, whatever is said, must be known.
While you are pursuing Him, He may also be looking at you.
Therefore, in events of extraordinary design, no one would choose to use ritual magic unless absolutely necessary.
Because they will all be avoided by the other party, what your ritual magic draws may point to some elusive existence.
Based on this, a profession, detective, was derived.
They are responsible for handling extraordinary events.
The result of Nome's ritual magic is obvious. Freya's disappearance is an extraordinary event, because the direction guided by his magic is not within the scope of Leah, but a more distant place. The distance from Leah to that place is very far apart. .
Even so, he was not happy to be interrupted.
In his eyes, Joey was always a young student or an ordinary student.
To put it bluntly, given his status, if it weren't for Freya, Joey wouldn't even have a chance to stand with him.
Although the hierarchy in the outside world is not as harsh as Senegal's, there is still a high profile that a transcendent person should have.
Norm frowned and asked:
"what have you found?"
Joey didn't speak, but silently stretched out his hand to make a shushing gesture, and motioned with his eyes to go out and speak.
It wasn't until he left the gate that he opened his mouth and said:
"Due to ritual magic, some existence may be paying attention there, and he may eavesdrop."
Norm took out the cigarette case from his arms, lit one, and said in a deep voice with appreciation:
"You are very smart and cautious, no wonder you survived."
Joey knew that what Norm meant by surviving was that of the group of lovers of extraordinary events, he was the only one alive now.
In response, he could only smile awkwardly and handed the album he found to Norm.
Norm opened the album and looked at it, then stared at Joey with a puzzled look.
"Turn pages as fast as possible"
Although Norm had an unhappy expression on his face, he still did as he was told. Soon he realized something was wrong, his body trembled slightly, and his eyes gradually became darker.
This is very similar to stop-motion animation. When the pages of the album are turned quickly, the original incomplete patterns become a complete work.
The painting shows a monster with an octopus head, just like the clay sculpture.
Joey gently touched Norm's shoulder. He trembled all over, as if waking up from a dream, and threw away the picture album in his hand with lingering fear.
"See Him?" Joey asked.
The cigarette in Norm's hand burned out, and he didn't know it. He put it in his mouth and smashed it several times before he realized it.
"What on earth is that thing?" As a disciplinary priest, he was still caught in the attack.
The moment the red eyes appeared, he lost control of his body, as if there was a suction force that wanted to pull him into the album.
"Those are not important." Joey bent down, picked up the album, closed it, pointed to a line of words on the cover, and said, "This is the important clue."
If possible, Norm didn't want to look at that picture album again. At the same time, he also noticed that Joey was different and could analyze the problem calmly under such circumstances.
He threw away the cigarette in his hand and straightened his clothes. This was the first time he looked at Joey.
"What do you need me to do?"
Norm's words were very straightforward, without any mince words, and there was no longer the contemptuous look he had before.
Joey was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said:
"We need to go to the publisher of the album." He pointed to the address on the cover: "9 Levitt Street"
Norm turned his head and looked at him, paused for a few seconds, and said, "Livit Street, I need to apply to the higher-ups."
"Didn't you give the order to block Livit Street?" Joey's breathing gradually became faster. This was something he didn't expect.
What exactly is going on in the church, even if Nomu, who is a disciplinary priest, is allowed to enter, it needs to be reported.
Judging from his performance, he is not responsible for what happened on Livit Street.
This situation is very strange. As a client of Harvey Jeffrey who was arrested at the time, Norm was excluded from the church. This incident itself is abnormal.
Norm did not explain anything, but said: "Go back first and wait for my news."
They agreed on a time to meet tomorrow. After the two separated, Joey returned home, ate some simple food, and waited quietly for nightfall.
Unsurprisingly, his spirituality appeared in the dreamland.
I didn't meet Barbara this time. Obviously, the experiment had a certain time limit and was not conducted every night.
Although he didn't meet Barbara, he did meet a large group of four-legged beasts. Because of his size, he was blocked in an alley for a whole night, and until he woke up, he was unable to explore more areas.
He went into the bathroom to wash up, picked out some clothes that were more suitable for sports, and hurried out to meet Norm.
With Norm's identity cooperation, they easily entered the blocked Levitt Street.
The blockade here is aimed at suspicious persons. The ambushes of the Public Security Department will not interfere with the lives of ordinary people.
Without Nomu, let alone getting close, anyone who behaves strangely will be arrested by the Public Security Department in minutes.
Joey walked side by side with Norm, occasionally glancing at the camouflage personnel passing by, and asked:
"Can these ordinary people catch Harvey?"
Norm turned his head slightly to look at him and chuckled:
"Are you too underestimated by the Sheriff's Department and too high by the extraordinary?"
"Shouldn't it be right?" Joey looked suspicious.
In his view, extraordinary beings have unparalleled abilities and a long lifespan, and can crush ordinary people in every aspect.
"Your idea is very dangerous." As he said this, Norm looked Joey up and down with a scrutinizing gaze, and then said, "Pagans like people like you the most."
"Ordinary people are the foundation for the operation of the entire world. The strong are just pioneers. Excessive thirst for power will make you lose yourself and your humanity."
"Are you thirsty for power?" He couldn't deny this.
"Why do you think they are ordinary people? Maybe they are an angel walking in the world, or a clone of a god."
Hiss~
Looking at Norm's half-smiling face, Joey couldn't help but take a breath.
Doppelgänger, angel?
This cannot be ruled out.
Many extraordinary people will not even use their own power throughout their lives, and they will die as ordinary people until they die.
For example, if he doesn't want to be exposed, no one can find out that he is an extraordinary person.
Of course, these depend on the characteristics of the transcendent.
Some are overt and some are introverted.
For example, warriors are the most easily distinguishable extraordinary beings. This kind of extraordinary beings do not focus on strengthening their magic, but on strengthening their physical bodies, which gives their bodies unique extraordinary characteristics.
"Do you know about the Mechanicus?" Norm asked as they walked. The two of them had arrived at No. 9 Levitt Street.
"I just graduated from Hawkins University"
He was almost speechless. The meaning of Norm's words was no less than Do you know what one plus one equals?
Isamotte's teaching system is managed by the Church of Machinery and Knowledge.
"The communication tools and means of transportation that you know are all developed by the church." He paused for a few seconds before continuing: "This is not the reason why they can enter the Zhengshen Church."
Joey is actually very strange about this.
Among the Churches of the Seven Gods, the Church of Machinery and Knowledge is the weakest in terms of combat effectiveness, but it ranks among the top three.
Looking at Joey's confused expression, Norm faintly spit out two words from between his teeth: "Arms"
Without the Internet, information is destined to be inaccessible. Coupled with the remoteness of Lia Port, people's cognition is narrow.
Even if you enter school, the knowledge you have access to is very limited, which is also a means of creating class barriers.
Joey once believed that the world without the power of the gods would be like the backward old era of the previous life. Norm's words seemed to be about to open the door to a new world for him.
Perhaps, the technology in this world is not as backward as he imagined.
