Chapter 137: So many years have passed, have you ever thought about your own problems?

"At first, it was just an inconspicuous little matter, so small that almost no one cared." Huoerfu put on a reminiscent expression and said:

"It was a Qimo Ling issued by the upper echelons of the Church, targeting a human girl of about twelve years old."

"According to the Qimo Ling, that girl had been possessed (polluted) by some devil (Outer God), and we needed to capture her and hand her over to specialized personnel to Purify her."

"Wait, twelve years old?" Edward interrupted Huoerfu, unable to help asking: "How long ago was this?"

He knew about the Qimo Ling; it was actually just a commission issued to the Transcendentalists within the Dark Night Church.

It sounded profound and mysterious, as if it were something very impressive, but in reality, it was just giving a different name to something or a matter that was already familiar.

Many things within the Church were like this; they just liked this style.

Edward did not want to comment too much on this.

It was just that he had originally guessed that the girl Huoerfu spoke of should be the current Scarlet Messenger, Natavia.

But how could the other party look like she was twelve years old?

Could it be that he had guessed wrong? "You didn't guess wrong." Huoerfu understood his meaning and said to him: "That was about two years ago."

"To me, that was just an ordinary mission; I've executed at least seven or eight Qimo Ling similar to that one, if not a dozen."

"Mercy and pity are meaningless; from the moment they are polluted, they only have two paths to choose from."

"Either become a lackey of an Outer God, with their body alienated into a monster, or be Purified by the Church's professionals."

"Those with good luck, whose degree of pollution is not deep, can still be saved; those with bad luck... then there is no way."

"It's a pity..." Shaking his head, Huoerfu said: "The one who executed this mission at the time wasn't me, but a newcomer who had just arrived at the Dark Night Church."

"That newcomer had a soft heart and let the other party go?" Listening to Huoerfu's words, Edward guessed.

"That's not it... Every Transcendentalist of the Church, before executing a Qimo Ling, undergoes systematic study and training; that kind of situation where someone has a soft heart and lets a person go basically doesn't happen."

Huoerfu smoked silently, and it was quite a while before he continued: "That newcomer couldn't beat the other party."

"Ah, this..." Now it was Edward's turn to not know what to say.

After a pause, Huoerfu added: "She was even polluted by the other party's power and almost didn't make it back from the Purification."

"Then what does this have to do with you?" Edward couldn't help asking.

"..." Huoerfu took a deep breath, and the cigarette in his mouth burned rapidly.

After a long while, he said: "That newcomer was invited by me."

"After that incident, she had a stroke of good luck and actually gained a constitution capable of channeling spirits, and furthermore, in the midst of Purifying the pollution, her spirit unexpectedly made a brief connection with the Dark Night Lady."

"Now, she is already a Second-tier Elite nun, while I am still a Second Rank Night Watchman."

"In terms of seniority, I am older than her, but in terms of status, I am already inferior to her..."

"Even in front of others, I still have to address her as 'My Lady'; it's just ridiculous."

"Tsk tsk..." Edward casually threw the cigarette on the ground and stepped on it, saying: "After so many years, you still haven't promoted to a Third-rank Transcendent; have you ever thought about your own problems?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Huoerfu immediately retorted.

"..."

"Ahem, I lost my composure."

After being silent for a while, he coughed lightly and changed the subject: "Let's continue talking about that Scarlet Messenger."

"Actually, after that newcomer failed, the Church successively sent quite a few Transcendentalists to hunt her down, but in the end, they all came to nothing." "It wasn't until a few months ago, starting from the first Dried Corpse Murder Case, that the other party became active again."

"At the time, the interior of the Church hadn't paid attention to this matter, until later, when the Guard Hall announced that the corpses would come back to life and had scarlet spots on their bodies, the people above linked these two things together."

"Later, we acted together with the Transcendentalists from the Guard Hall, but for some reason, the orders from above were very strange."

"They wanted you to capture that Scarlet Messenger alive, rather than dead or alive?" Edward recalled what Leinuode had said to him back then and asked.

"Something like that." Huoerfu nodded, then began to complain bitterly: "It sounds nice, but as a result, not a single High-level Transcendent came."

"That Scarlet Messenger is a Fourth Order Master; if no High-level Transcendent comes, don't we just have to rely on the Guard Hall's Mecha Unit?"

"But the Guard Hall couldn't possibly listen to our request to capture her alive; on one hand, the mission from above was pressing, and on the other, it was completely impossible to complete the mission."

"I originally wanted to find her location before the Guard Hall and then notify the Church's high-level members to let them send some powerful people over, but the search never made any progress..."

"It wasn't until three days ago that the situation finally changed—heh." Huoerfu said this with a dry laugh: "It's a pity it wasn't for the better."

"A priest named Father Chelman found me, and he held a medal in his hand that only high-level members of the Church possess."

"According to him, someone among the high-level professionals within the Church has already been eroded by an Outer God, but it is unclear exactly who."

"This is also the reason why they haven't dispatched high-level professionals, and that high-level member behind Father Chelman, in order to prevent there being a mole among the low-level members, did not reveal his identity, only letting Father Chelman come to pass on his words."

"At first, I actually didn't believe the nonsense of that Father Chelman."

Huoerfu spread his hands at this point and said: "After all, the medal could have just been something he accidentally obtained, and he didn't dare to say who the person behind him was."

"I'm not an idiot; how could I believe what just anyone says? So I warned him at the time."

"Unless the high-level member behind you really exists and speaks to me, I will not believe you."

"Then I left."

"And in the subsequent investigation, holding the idea of giving it a try, I asked Meiyin—uh, that's the newcomer I mentioned—to get some body tissue from that resurrected corpse from the Guard Hall."

"We tried to use spiritual channeling to obtain the information that the corpse had acquired before death."

"But unfortunately, we only intercepted the memory images of the other party being killed again after becoming a living corpse."

"And the one who appeared in the image was that eyewitness who provided the appearance of the Scarlet Messenger."

"It just so happened that at this time, that Father Chelman came looking for me again."

"He handed me a wooden box containing a translucent bead, claiming that this was a special tool capable of measuring that 'Bloodline' thing, and asked me to go find that eyewitness to test it."

"I really didn't know what to do at the time, so I went to consult with Father Yehua for a while..."

PS: Another whole chapter of dialogue.

The plot is actually something I had thought of in my head long ago.

It's just how to express it that gives me a huge headache.

There is too much information that needs to be expressed, and it is also very difficult to tie up the foreshadowing.

In the end, as I wrote, it turned out like this.

I hope a whole chapter of dialogue does not look too dull.

(End of chapter)