It rained again in the gloomy sky, and countless raindrops hit the door of the bookstore. This bookstore has no specific name. According to Oscar, his bookstore needs a very cool name to show the talent of the owner.
It's a pity that he hasn't thought about it yet.
Tick tick tick, the pale white water vapor surged again.
"It looks like your Nordro plan has failed."
Lorenzo had a sullen face, as if he could not bear the long silence, and he said to Oscar.
"There is no way. After all, in business, there are profits and losses... In fact, we didn't lose anything." Oscar said, he could feel Lorenzo's complicated expression, but he didn't know where to mention it.
"The purification agency cannot be trusted, at least not completely," Oscar said. "That's why you made that request to me, isn't it?"
"The Purification Agency... Yin Erweg's secret agency to fight against demons, but in fact it is said to defend human sanity, but we all know it well. They obey the mysterious Queen Victoria... Even if you Nordro
That's true, isn't it?"
"That's not the case. I have already said that monarchical dictatorship is not feasible here. Although Nordro is based in Inverg, Queen Victoria is only a slightly larger shareholder here. She cannot completely control us, let alone
Don't talk about the organization behind Nordro." Oscar said.
"Nation builders?" Lorenzo whispered about this mysterious organization.
Oscar is a member of it, and Nordero is just one of the external identities of this organization. If you think about it carefully, this is the most mysterious organization that Lorenzo has come into contact with so far, and he knows almost nothing about it.
"Would Queen Victoria allow an organization like yours to exist?"
Lorenzo didn't understand that Nordero's influence overseas was terrifyingly strong, with colonies spread on every coast, but such an organization was not under the complete control of Queen Victoria.
"There are no absolute enemies, only absolute interests."
Oscar squinted at Lorenzo and continued, "Isn't it the same with you and the Purge Agency? You can unite for the same purpose, but you are wary of each other because of small differences."
Lorenzo was silent, he was carrying the pseudo-Holy Grail, which was the most fearful thing of the purification agency.
"This world is very complicated, and it makes me scared. Sometimes I think it is scarier than monsters.
The mystery of demons, the mystery of alchemy...not to mention a huge mysterious organization like yours, the Nation Builders? What kind of country do you want to build?"
Lorenzo said calmly, he was just tired of all this.
"Furthermore, there are so many countries in this world, including Viking countries, Leiber, and Gaulnaro. They are more or less aware of the existence of demons, right? Then how do they fight against demons?
?These are all unknown, at least I don’t know, so what kind of organization is hiding in the same shadow?”
After a long time, he continued, "Although Shermans is dead, I have completed your mission as North Dro."
Oscar nodded, the Nordero family has a great business and there is no need to embarrass Lorenzo in this matter.
"Then what we said before..."
"It still counts. If you need it, we will assist you when you feel that the purification agency is threatening you."
"Do you think this is against Queen Victoria? Isn't it treason?"
"We are a very special group of people. I mean the builders of the country, not Nordro." Oscar explained, "Just like what is written in "Utopia", we are eager to build a beautiful country. What do you think of Britain?"
Can being an Erweg bind us?"
"The reason why Nordro's influence in Inverg is so low can be regarded as a concession to Queen Victoria to a certain extent." Oscar said.
"In other words, in the eyes of Queen Victoria, you are more like a group of rebellious officials and traitors?"
An uncontrollable and huge group, bigger than anyone imagined, spanning countless kingdoms and seas, with their flags on every continent, and the blazing sun never sets on their territory.
"No, it's very complicated. It has something to do with power and interests, and often this kind of thing is full of calculations," Oscar laughed, "But in the end, I'm just a bad book writer, so what does this have to do with me?
What's going on?"
"Some people are soldiers, some are politicians, and some are just bad book writers. Just perform their duties and build an ideal country."
"An ideal country," Lorenzo said, "such an ideal world, I don't think you can do it."
"Of course I can't do it, but you can't stop doing it just because you can't do it, right?
We have been established for a long time, at least longer than everyone imagined, but up to now we have only maintained Nordro and laid the foundation stone of the country bit by bit."
Oscar showed a mysterious smile and then said.
"Just like every story has a starting point, but somehow, our stories are all similar."
"What do you mean?"
"The story about the origin of the evangelical church in your "Gospels", to be honest, that story is really nonsense when you think about it carefully. A group of people couldn't stand this dark world, so one night, or after a hangover, they had
He had some strange hallucination, and someone told him that there was hopeful knowledge in the north.
So these people went crazy and brought back the forbidden knowledge about the secret blood from the north a few years later."
Oscar couldn't help but admire it.
"Even knight novels wouldn't dare to write like this...but it actually happened. After all, it's been so long and no one knows whether it's true or not."
"Then what does all this have to do with you, the builders of the country?" Lorenzo asked.
A few decades ago, if a priest heard Oscar talking about the "Gospels" like this, it would be complete blasphemy. The priest would probably fight the heretic on the spot, but times have changed, and Lorenzo doesn't care about that.
"Because our origins are also from the north... We are very special. There are some things I can't tell you," Oscar pretended to be mysterious, "But it's very similar to you. A few homeless people set sail from the north. They want to
To build an ideal country...and so the story begins."
Lorenzo's expression suddenly changed, and his eyes became stern.
"So what's going on with the book "Utopia"?"
Books are a very wonderful thing, a miracle. It is the stacking of different miracles together that builds the great civilization of mankind.
The emergence of books has made knowledge no longer affected by time. It can continue to be passed down in the hands of generations. It is also because of the emergence of books that human beings can record everything about themselves, thus giving birth to "history".
Lorenzo thought that a group of people were influenced by "Utopia" and went to build that ideal country, but now it seems that they appeared earlier than that book.
"'Utopia'? Plato is also one of our members. Although he has been dead for a long time, his works have indeed strengthened our ideas." Oscar's voice suddenly became depressed, "Of course, this is why I am a
The reason why those who write books are honored to be one of those who built the country is that they always hope that I can write something..."
Perhaps out of shame, Oscar did not continue what he said.
"Your recruitment criteria are indeed a bit strange..."
"Are you interested in joining?" Oscar suddenly asked.
Lorenzo was startled, as if he didn't expect Oscar to say that suddenly, and then Oscar continued to ask.
"Anyway, you have betrayed the Evangelical Church, and now the purge agency is a bit rude. Why don't you switch jobs and come to me?"
Lorenzo looked at Oscar's serious face, and after a long time he smiled.
"Forget it, I am a foreigner and do not belong anywhere. To me, the country is still... too great."
"Isn't it great to kill monsters?"
Oscar asked rhetorically, and then patted Lorenzo on the shoulder.
"Lorenzo Holmes, you are actually a great person. Although you are unknown, you have always been on the front line of fighting against demons. This has been the case from the past to the present. You have prevented many tragedies from happening.
"
Lorenzo was not happy with Oscar's appreciation, he just felt insignificant.
After reading Shermans' notes, Lorenzo realized that he had changed. Although the time was so short, Lorenzo had been thinking at home in Buscaro and on the moving iron snake.
What exactly do you want to do?
Lorenzo knew exactly what he wanted to do.
Eradicate all demons!
So... what to do?
Yes, how to do it? Before this, Lorenzo had always been filled with burning anger. He had not thought about deeper and more complex worlds. He just wanted to swing his sword angrily and kill all the monsters.
Seliu was right, he was a lunatic on the road to destruction, but the endless hacking and killing could not solve any problem, and monsters would still appear continuously.
It wasn't until he saw Shermans' notes, tracing the origin of the mystery of the demon, and looking for the root of it all that Lorenzo thought about it more deeply. Only then did he realize that there was more to the world than what he saw in front of him.
Of these, there are also things you can’t see.
The [Disease] is called the [Demon], and the [Patient Zero] is called the [Original Demon].
This world is shrouded in mystery and falsehood, and no matter how sharp the nailed sword is, it cannot cut it off.
Lorenzo didn't say anything, just lowered his head and remained silent.
"The North... Although I don't know the reason, it seems that your origin is the same place as the origin of the Evangelical Church." Lorenzo said.
Trace everything back to its source.
"I don't know, I just heard other members say this...but you have been hiding in the old Dunling for too long, Lorenzo, how many years, seven years?"
Facing the sad Lorenzo, Oscar said with a smile.
"Actually, the stories I wrote are all true... at least partially true."
Under Lorenzo's questioning gaze, Oscar finally changed his mind.
"Okay, apart from those artistic processing, I have really traveled to many places with Nordro's fleet. None of them are as advanced as the old Dunling, and they are not as powerful as Yin Erweg, but they are different places, and they are wonderful there.
Extremely.
I have witnessed pods of whales churning on the sea, huge glaciers calving, fighting cannibals in the rain forests of fertile lands, and passing through countless countries. There was even a moment when I wanted to set sail.
, towards the east, although it is far away, although it may never return.
Lorenzo, this world is very big, very big, so big that there are still too many things that we haven’t understood yet. Although Old Dunling is advanced and bathed in the glory of science and technology, in the end it is just a city.
"
Oscar really looked like an explorer at this moment. He had seen with his own eyes the scenery that was only left in books.
"Old Dunling is a microcosm of the world, but it is only a microcosm, not the real world.
In this city, you can't find all the truth, just like the stories people tell... and my words, these are things that have passed through others, and have been somewhat artistically processed, so they have lost their original meaning.
What it looks like, sometimes you have to see it all with your own eyes."
Oscar's eyes were fixed on Lorenzo's gray-blue eyes. Although Lorenzo didn't say it, he could feel that Shermans' death was not that simple. There was something hidden, but maybe due to some reasons, Lorenzo
Renzo didn't want to tell him.
"If the Purification Agency finally decides to join forces with the New Religion to violently contain the false Holy Grail in you, we, Nordro, the Nation Builders will provide you with assistance. I have already designed an escape route. As long as you leave Yin Erwei
Within the territory of the grid, just leave it to us."
Oscar is surprisingly confident in this regard.
"Route, what route?"
Lorenzo was a little curious. The purge agency in Old Dunling was tightly controlled with different systems and facilities. If they wanted to hunt him, Lorenzo was not sure whether he could escape alive.
"You will know when the time comes. We, Nordro, have also invested a lot in this thing."
Lorenzo thought for a moment. After all, he had been a detective for many years, so Lorenzo still had this acumen.
"Civilian airship?"
The main transportation between Old Dunling and the outside world is the railway, and the Atrium Snake System has long been firmly in the hands of the purification agency. It can be said that when the purification agency set its sights on Lorenzo, he wanted to rely on
It is almost impossible to leave Old Dunling by rail.
Then there is only the recently emerging civilian airship. As a new civilian thing, the purification agency needs time to control it. This is the only loophole.
Before Lorenzo could wait for Oscar to confirm his suspicion, he stood up and prepared to leave.
"What are you going to do?"
"What do you think I can do?" Lorenzo said nonsense, "The great Mr. Lorenzo Holmes, of course, went to kill the monster. Even if he didn't kill the monster, he was probably on the way to kill the monster.
"
Oscar looked at him and said bad things.
"Then can I write a knight novel based on you?"
"The Mysteries of Lorenzo Holmes"?
"Actually, how about I call it "The Legend of Demon Hunting and Demon Slaying"?"
Lorenzo laughed, and he didn't know whether he was amused by the damn name or because of something else. He ignored this strange writer with leaps of thinking, opened the door and disappeared into the rain.