Joey didn't catch even a hint of excitement or excitement on Duke's face. Instead, he looked stunned and surprised.
"Have you been to that place too?"
"Also?" Joey turned to look at Duke, this word revealed a lot.
"Shh~" Duke nervously made a silent gesture.
He stood up and walked slowly out the door, his eyes beckoning Joey to follow.
Outside the door, Norm stood there like a wall, looking at him with unkind eyes.
Joey shook his head slightly, followed Duke, and the three of them left the house.
We walked for five minutes without anyone speaking.
Joey looked calm on the surface, but secretly he couldn't hold back his restless mood.
The red moon, huge eyeballs, and four-legged beasts chasing people everywhere. Everything in the dreamland is like a dark cloud, making people depressed.
He touched his heart, which was beating rapidly: 'Bang, bang, bang'
If, as Joey suspected, Duke had also entered the dreamland and was able to escape, then he must have grasped an important clue - freedom of entry and exit.
Thinking of this, my heart couldn't help but get hot.
The biggest difficulty in exploring the dreamland is the inability to fight against those four-legged beasts. There are too many of them. Every time they want to explore deeper, they are discovered before they get very far, and then they run away without their lives.
At this time, Duke suddenly stopped.
Taking a long breath, he turned around and looked at the retro-style building hidden among the mountains with lingering fear. Only the vague outline and a red chimney could be seen here.
"Okay, you can talk here," he whispered.
Norm, who had endured the whole journey, had a displeased face and a cold snort from his nose. He took out the iron cigarette box from his arms, took out the cigarette and lit it:
"What did he say?"
Joey shrugged helplessly, spread his hands and said:
"I haven't asked yet"
As he spoke, he turned his attention to Duke and saw him with his head lowered with a deep expression on his face, not knowing what he was thinking.
After waiting for a while, he slowly spoke:
“He will notice us there”
"He? Who is it?" Norm asked seriously.
Duke shook his head blankly and said, "I don't know."
As he spoke, he saw that Norm's eyes were wrong and he seemed to want to hit him, so he quickly added:
"I really don't know who He is. I only know that that thing was attracted by the picture album. As long as anyone comes into contact with those things, they will encounter misfortune." He said the last two words very hard: "will die."
At this time Joey interjected:
"If you are so afraid of death, why do you dare to come back?"
Duke hesitated for a moment, and his eyes gradually became firm: "No matter how dangerous some things are, I must do them."
His voice was low and dry: "I have a sister. She is very cute and likes to sing. Every time I am unhappy, she will sing to make me happy."
"She could have grown up healthy and happy, but she disappeared. She disappeared so inexplicably. Do you know? That day, I felt like the whole world collapsed."
"I went to the police and they actually said that this person does not exist at all. Do you know how ridiculous this is? I have lived with my sister for so long, and the neighbors like her very much and will bring her candy. How could she not exist?"
Norm opened his mouth and was about to speak when he met Joey's gaze, which meant: don't interrupt. He had no choice but to give up and become a quiet listener.
"I suspect someone has abducted Hiiragi. Those neighbors are the biggest suspects. Hiiragi is so cute. Those policemen are with them and are helping them cover up the facts."
Joey's brows frowned more and more: Was it because of this that he couldn't even believe the deacons of the church?
"I checked on my own. I just wanted to look for clues in their house. Those hateful neighbors actually sued me for harassment. Who told them not to agree? I could only go in quietly. I didn't steal anything. This does not constitute harassment."
Joey's face was full of astonishment, his eyes widened, and he complained in his heart: Brother, this is not harassment, I will give you a thumbs up, or I will give you a little red flower.
"They said I was crazy and sent me to a mental hospital. I thought they were crazy. I escaped. The police cannot be trusted and the church cannot be trusted. I checked on my own. I found my sister's drawing book, which was full of drawings. I found a monster, I think that has something to do with Hiiragi’s disappearance.”
"So, which bookstore did you finally find?" Joey said.
Duke shook his head: "It's not just that bookstore, there are more than a dozen publishing houses that publish picture albums in Leah."
Norm took a breath and denied in disbelief: "It's impossible. If that's true, why didn't extraordinary events happen?"
Facts have proved that picture albums do have some inexplicable power. If they were released in large quantities, they would have caused riots long ago.
Duke made a light 'tsk' sound in his mouth, and looked at Nomu with an expression full of ridicule:
"Then you have to ask the deacon in the church."
The two of Joey looked at each other and thought of Harvey Jeffrey, the deacon of the rebellious organization. The person in charge of the Leah Church, and also the Sequence 9 of the Church, the Holy Knight.
In a small town like Leah, the church would only send one low-sequence transcendent to garrison it.
Here, Harvey is the most responsible person on the surface. If you want to cover up something, it is indeed easy to achieve.
Even if extraordinary events occur, they will be resolved secretly by the church and will not be exposed to public view. This is also to maintain social order.
Perhaps, the secret of the album had already happened, but it was hidden and no one discovered it.
Thinking of the hundreds of people who disappeared, maybe it was because of the picture album.
And another important point is that people do not disappear all at once, but gradually increase and accumulate. This way it won't attract much attention.
"Moreover, not all picture albums will attract His attention. As long as you don't deliberately do something, a picture album is just a picture album."
Joey raised his eyebrows and asked:
"Certain things? What do you mean..." Halfway through his words, he seemed to have thought of something and his eyes widened: "He cannot be reproduced!"
In Freya's studio, the appearance of the broken sculpture is still vivid in her mind.
"You should really become a detective." Duke looked at Joey intently. He had searched for this information for a long time before he could figure it out. He just mentioned a few things and he guessed it all. He was secretly shocked: Maybe these two people can really help me.
Joey noticed the change in his expression, thought for a moment, and said, "From the perspective of a transcendent, these are easy to understand."
"Indeed, that picture album is not popular among ordinary people, and no one would want to copy the things in it. I even think those paintings are ugly," Norm expressed his opinion.
"Only long-term exposure can be affected by picture albums. I found only nine problematic picture albums."
"Nine copies?" Joey and Norm exclaimed at the same time.
In other words, nine extraordinary events are taking place, or have taken place.
Norm's face became ugly. Nine extraordinary events, if you are not careful, may lead to an uncontrollable situation.
Then, many people will die.
The Church of the Seven Gods often checks and balances each other and fight secretly, unable to reach a unified opinion.
But there is one thing. The Seven Gods are unanimous in dealing with the outside world. They all hold the attitude of preferring to kill by mistake rather than let go of heretics.
Norm is not a local of Port Lia. After all, he has lived here for more than ten years, so he still has some feelings for it.
He didn't want to see that kind of situation. The tragic situation in Islamton was due to the birth of the evil god.
Thinking of this, his heart felt extremely heavy, as if there was a dark cloud hanging over his head, lingering and suffocating.
"Take me there now," he waved his hand seriously, "the album in question must be taken back."
At the same time, Noam also decided to apply for support from the superiors of the church.
Duke raised his eyes and looked at Norm's gloomy face. The momentum that an extraordinary person naturally exudes has a congenital suppression on ordinary people.
"Don't you suspect that I'm lying?"
Joey smiled coquettishly, reached out and patted Duke on the shoulder. He pursed his lips, motioning for him to look at Norm, and said:
"Do you think a disciplinary priest will be instigated by heretics to rebel? Don't compare him to Harvey, that is an insult. We will help you find your family."
From Joey's point of view, if a transcendent wants to take advantage of an ordinary person, it is very simple to tamper with the memory. To do this is very simple.
Just imagine, you clearly remember the existence of a certain person, but everyone around you says that this person does not exist. Anyone else would go crazy.
However, as long as these unreasonable things are linked to extraordinary beings, they can be easily explained.
Duke took two steps forward and pointed to the red chimney in the mountains.
"Death will attract His attention. Now, it may have been penetrated by His power. I don't know what that means."
"But I know one thing. The power that triggers the picture album will cause two situations, either disappearance or death, and the body must be disposed of immediately and cannot be placed with the picture album."
Hearing this, Joey's expression froze for a moment and asked tentatively:
"What would happen if you put it with a dead body?"
Duke's eyes froze, and his voice was slightly lowered: "You can't be..." At this point, he paused, shook his head and comforted himself: "It shouldn't be, his picture album has been disposed of by me."
Norm and Joey looked at each other with unnatural expressions on their faces.
Unrelated to anything else, the picture album found in Freya's house has been carried closely by the two of them and is now placed in a bedroom on the second floor.
"You wouldn't have disposed of the body until now."
The two of them didn't speak, choosing to remain silent.
"You didn't bring the picture album over, did you?"
Okay, no need to ask, just look at the expression.
Immediately, Duke looked solemn and said anxiously:
"Go back quickly"
Norm said calmly: "You haven't said what will happen if you put them together."
"Is now the time to talk about this?" Duke said and hurried back.
After walking for a while, I realized that the two of them had not followed me. I asked in shock: "Aren't you in a hurry?"
Norm's confidence comes from his own strength.
As for, Joey.
He frowned and roughly guessed what the so-called accident was.
Ruger Giles, appearing in that state in his dream, was probably trying to achieve some purpose through him.
Although it was just a guess, Joey was convinced that the group of people who went to sea together might not have died, but had all entered a dreamland.
Maybe they were lost in that dream and needed something to escape.
For example, the picture album is an introduction.
No, it should be said that it is most likely a key or a sign.
The key to that world, the signpost needed to leave.
After entering, what does a person need when he returns in a spiritual state? The answer is obvious, and that is the body.
Luger probably tried to take over his body that night, but failed.
Seeing the two people indifferent, Duke looked anxious: "You don't know what is about to happen."
Staring at the two people with scarlet eyes, he said hysterically: "Resurrection from the dead is resurrection from the dead. Can you imagine that a completely dead person is resurrected and becomes a completely different person after resurrection?"
"It's Him, the unknown being"
"At the beginning, he will appear in human form, and then slowly transform into a monster."
Become a monster? This was something Joey didn't expect. He thought about it and comforted him: "Don't be so nervous, isn't he there? Right, Lord Priest?"
Norm sighed softly and glanced back and forth at Joey and Duke.
I couldn't help but compare the two.
In his opinion, neither of them were extraordinary, but their ways of handling situations were very different.
Joey is calm and collected and can even analyze the situation.
Looking at Duke again, he seems a little irritable. Perhaps ordinary people have an innate fear of extraordinary events. No wonder he is.
"Wait for me outside. I'll get the album back first," Norm said as he walked.
Standing outside the wall of the small building again, Joey suggested: "How about you go get rid of the body, and I'll get the picture album."
Norm stared at Joey with a strange expression and said indifferently:
"I'm going to get the album." After saying that, he jumped over the wall and climbed in.
"Hey~ What's your look?"
It's not that Joey is afraid of dead bodies. He has seen them a lot in Senegal, where people starve to death every day.
But he felt that if a priest was accidentally lost in the album, he would feel insecure.
But then I thought about it, if there was going to be a problem, it would have happened a long time ago, and it would have to wait until now.
"Why don't you climb over the wall when there is a door? You're trying to be cool, right?" He rolled his eyes, pushed open the courtyard door, took two steps, and looked back at Duke: "What are you doing standing there in a daze? You still want me to move alone?" "
"Oh~" Duke followed quickly.
The bookstore owner's small frame of just over 1.5 meters can be easily carried by himself. He called Duke because he was afraid that he would run away.
Duke doesn't believe them, and Joey is equally skeptical of him.
Norm opened the door and walked straight to the second floor.
The last room deep in the corridor is where Joey lived before.
Walking in, the decoration inside is very simple, with a bed, desk, and two rows of bookshelves filled with books. The air is filled with a unique smell of ink and paper.
The picture album lay quietly on the desk. He stepped forward and accidentally opened a page. When he saw the content on it, his expression suddenly changed.
