After solving the mouse issue, the next step is the hammer issue.
Jenkins "handed" the hammer to himself just now, mainly because he really didn't have time to make a deal with the Church of Mechanics. Now is the time, but believers of lies cannot appear immediately.
He didn't ask himself to keep the hammer, but temporarily handed over [Thunder God's Wrath] to the church for safekeeping. On the one hand, it is because this thing is not a gift, so it cannot be carried conveniently. On the other hand, it is because it is still considered a strange thing. If you bring it home, the cats and girls at home may be affected, so it is better to hand it over to the church. It's not too troublesome to take it back when you use it.
In addition to handing in the hammer, Jenkins himself dictated what he saw from the perspective of a bystander to be on the safe side. He emphasized the "Curse of Corpse Mechanization", a strange curse composed of multiple elements.
No one would have imagined that last year the gear craftsmen would spread the gear germs. It was not all for the purpose of concealing people's eyes and better looking for underground things. They were also for collecting experimental data. It is related to the spread experiment of epidemic disease.
But at this point, the curse that has already formed cannot be undone. After he explained the performance of the curse and the characteristics of probability transmission to Miss Bevanna, Miss Bevanna also realized that this is definitely no less than thirty years old. The catastrophe of corpse plague that spread to the whole world years ago.
Mixed with mysterious and extraordinary elements, the means of ordinary people can't deal with those corpses fused with machinery. Although the cursed ones fused with machinery have not yet appeared in large quantities, judging from the Difference Engine, the curse has already been spread. The Luthor that Jenkins saw was a special case of being fed a diluted solution of germs. The mass of flesh and blood fused with the textile machine a few days ago did not seem to be a "finished product". The corpse fused with the piano today was really the first one he encountered. a cursed one.
This sounds terrible, even more serious than the children of the mist, and the church must be ready. This time it is no longer just a matter of Nolan's city. Jenkins does not believe that the gear craftsmen who colluded with the Difference Engine just released the curse in Nolan.
Through Jenkins' bystander statement, Miss Bevanna also deduces that the monsters fighting the Believers of Lies are being manipulated by something underground. Not just Jenkins, but the Church understands how bad this means.
Therefore, after listening to Jenkins' report, Miss Bevanna was immediately busy passing the news to everyone. This matter will soon be passed to the Holy See, to every church. In any case, the Orthodox Church is the most powerful force maintaining the order of the material world. Even if it knows that the coming of the end cannot be stopped, it cannot just sit and wait for death.
At the very least, cultists like Treehouse and Cogsmith will be apprehended and brought to justice.
The day after tomorrow is the joint meeting of the Twelve Orthodox Churches, and Jenkins is not ashamed to continue to disturb the busy Miss Bevanna after dealing with the matter in hand for the time being. The original plan was to continue to read the materials sent by the Holy See in the church and prepare my own speech on the opening day of the conference.
But at two o'clock, Miss Windsor sent someone to deliver the note, and Jenkins left the church after reading it, and boarded Miss Windsor's carriage with the unusually well-behaved cat.
Feeney told Jenkins the other day that church children had temporarily stopped selling flowers on the streets because of choir rehearsals. But Fini was a little reluctant to part with the friends she had just met, so she entrusted Jenkins to take care of them.
Jenkins entrusted this matter to Miss Windsor, and Miss Windsor came to Jenkins this time because of this matter.
Now the tulips in Nolan market have far exceeded the usual price. Through reasonable supply control and some means of hype, the appreciation potential of flowers has not been squeezed out, and things continue to develop in a very good direction.
According to Jenkins' request, Miss Windsor asked her staff to distribute some not-so-good finished tulip flowers to Fei Ni's friends at a very low price. This matter is very simple, and there should be no problems. Even if someone takes a fancy to the tulips in the hands of the flower girls and is unwilling to spend money, Miss Windsor's people will help the girls.
The part where the accident happened was the part of picking flowers. According to the usual practice, there will be trucks carrying fresh flowers from outside the city to a fixed location in the city every morning. On the one hand, they will deliver flowers to small flower shops in the city. Let scattered flower girls have purchase channels.
Large flower shops usually have their own flower gardens outside the city and do not need to get goods from outsiders.
The flower girls collect flowers from their vans at a higher price, which is cheaper than buying them from a flower shop, and sell them to urbanites at a higher price. Today's accident happened in the morning, and for some reason, the truck didn't enter the city until around eight o'clock, and then encountered a big earthquake when the third-story metal black tower rose, which delayed some time.
By the time the girls picked up the goods, it was already 9:30 in the morning, so the flower girls who usually came scattered all gathered together to wait for the trucks, and the bosses of the flower shops let their employees watch Depending on the situation, more people than usual gathered in the unloading yard.
The unloading process was unremarkable, until the young people from the flower shop almost fought because of the competition. In fact, this is considered a normal thing, but it happened that someone jumped headlong into the flowers that were placed on the ground waiting for bulk goods, and then that person died.
When he heard Miss Windsor's introduction, Jenkins tilted his head and thought for a few seconds, but he just couldn't figure out how to die when he fell in the flowers.
"Did he fall to his death? Or did he have a heart disease?"
"No, the deceased was very young. Because someone was killed, they chose to call the police. During this period, someone accidentally touched the flowers and died. After the police arrived, according to the general investigation process, they believed that the flowers were poisonous. , a police officer died during the inspection, so the church was notified.
The little girls you asked me to take care of are still waiting in the yard, and the situation is a bit chaotic. I'm not sure if it's a giver thing, but fear it's a curse. "
As she spoke, she looked at Miss Yindi who had been silent in the corner of the carriage. Miss Magic is on leave today, only Miss Silver Flute is here.
"I'm not as good at finding mysterious traces as Miss Magic. I'm better at protecting them. So for safety, please take a look at this matter and bring those little girls out by the way. The church doesn't allow anyone to leave now. "
Miss Silver Flute said.
Now there are at least twice as many strange events happening in Nolan City than in previous days. Jenkins doesn't know about some unimportant things at all. He only pays attention to events that may be related to the end of the world, the tree house, and the Gear Craftsman Association.
Therefore, I was originally worried that after arriving at the scene, the gifted person of the Orthodox Church who led the team would not recognize me, but fortunately, it was the Church of Death who was in charge of handling this matter. The Church of Death is a local church. Even though he is not familiar with Jenkins, he can recognize Jenkins.
The place where the carriages were unloaded was the yard of the rented carriage guild in the south of the city. The police who sealed off the outside knew Jenkins Williams, so after only a symbolic inquiry about his intentions, they let him, Miss Windsor and a group of people The guards continued to walk inside.
Then I met the Giver team of the Church of Death who was in charge of handling this matter. Now there is only one entrance through the building in the courtyard. The two men guarding the door recognized Jenkins, but they didn't let him in because of this.
One of them asked Jenkins why he was here, and the other went to the yard to find the captain of the grave guard team.
It is impossible for Jenkins to say that he and Miss Windsor are behind the manipulation of the recent tulip market. The statement he made is related to Fenny. Just stating that the girls selling flowers in the yard are friends of his friends, so he wants to take them away.
This statement was a bit weak. Out of principle, Robin Rogers, the captain of the grave guard who looked skinny but taller than Jenkins, did not agree.
Jenkins is not angry either, after all, disagreeing is the right thing to do. He knew that the other party was worried that some contagious curse would be carried out and spread to the city, so he didn't ask again after being rejected, he just wanted to go into the yard to have a look:
"I want to ensure the safety of those girls, and I am also a very good giver. I know this is against the rules, but I swear that I will absolutely obey your arrangement. If you really cause trouble because of my entry, responsibility I can carry it."
Jenkins' words have been said to this extent, and Captain Rutgers will naturally not refuse any more. But he only allowed Jenkins to go in alone, and Miss Windsor, Miss Silver Flute and all the guards were not allowed to enter.
Jenkins didn't intend to involve them, and he doesn't know what's going on inside.
"I'll just settle this matter, thank you for telling me what happened here."
In front of outsiders, Jenkins behaved a little strangely to Miss Windsor.
"You don't have to be so polite, Viscount Williamette."
Miss Windsor also responded coldly, and then left with her people.
Jenkins then went through the door with Captain Rogers and entered the yard. He noticed that the door frame had been engraved with the holy emblem of the righteous god [End of Death], which is a unique means of restriction for believers of the God of Death.
The air today is still gray and foggy, and so is the yard used for unloading. No one who was in the yard at the time of the incident was let go. A small number of police officers were at the scene to maintain order, and three corpses were lying on the ground covered with white cloths. The girls, under the care of the female hired carriage dealer, gathered together and stood by the wall timidly, not daring to look at anything in the yard.