"The first time I met Lian Na was at the beginning of the school season. I remember it very clearly. What a beautiful and gentle lady she was..."
The dim light cast by the crystal chandelier, inside the cafe, Carter looked at the embossed decorations on the wall, his eyes were lost, as if caught in some kind of memory.
"At that time, Lianna had just lost her husband, and she was still wearing a black gauze. Well, the skirt she was wearing was the latest style in Casper City!"
Although Carter looked affectionate, Wu Ming secretly rolled his eyes when he saw his appearance.
With Carter's dignity and personality, I'm afraid it's more likely that he will fall in love with each other with time, right
"Well, in a nutshell, it's a process in which a customer falls in love with a waiter..."
Wu Ming raised his chin: "And then?"
"real… "
Carter said in a sad tone: "I once considered marrying her, but Lianna refused. She loves her husband deeply, and there are still unspeakable secrets. I respect her choice, and gradually stay away from her, occasionally for her. Introduce a little business... The normal kind! Until recently, I saw the injuries on her body, and she didn't answer when I asked her several times, so I came up with the idea of following her... "
"So did you find anything?"
Wu Ming was a little curious.
"She seems to belong to some secret sect, often goes out alone, and gives a lot of money to others..."
Carter grabbed his hair with both hands: "That must be a cult! If it wasn't for its bewitching, how could my Lianna leave me?"
"Cult?"
Wu Ming touched his chin.
It seemed probable that the widow, newly widowed again after the war, would indeed need some spiritual comfort.
"However, how can we make a conclusion before seeing it?"
He shook his head and grabbed Carter: "Do you know where they gather? Take me to see!"
"what you up to?"
Carter suddenly looked up.
"It's just a little worried about the safety of the landlord. If something is really wrong, we just need to fulfill our responsibilities as good citizens!"
Wu Ming blinked.
"You mean...inform the police station? No!"
Carter shook his head in despair: "Lianna won't agree, I'm still afraid... afraid of her..."
If under the bewitching of the cult, he committed any crime and was used as a clue, once he was arrested and taken to the police station, even Lian Na would not be able to escape the punishment of the law.
"Huh?"
Wu Ming looked at Carter in surprise: "You actually thought of this, how clever!"
In fact, no matter how Carter looked, he was admitted to the Binaforth University of Commerce, an absolute elite among ordinary people.
"But do you think if she continues like this, there will be good results?"
Wu Ming grabbed Carter's collar unmoved, and lifted him up: "The sooner the cancer is cut off, the better, any hesitation will only get in more, and you who specialize in finance, don't you think so?" Do you know how to cut the meat and leave?"
Carter was shocked, his eyes turned red, and he suddenly made up his mind: "Okay! I'll take you there!"
…
As Madam Lianna's admirer and a stalker who followed her more than once before, Carter took Wu Ming out of a small church in the suburbs very familiarly.
"Lianna used to come here to pray, and after the original priest left, a guy who called himself Pastor Redwin occupied the place, often speaking about teachings, who knew that after gaining the trust of the nearby residents, he secretly Carrying out activities of worshiping evil gods!"
When Carter said this, he gritted his teeth quite a bit: "He said that people are born to suffer, and they must obtain joy and spiritual peace from suffering..."
"It's so clear..."
Wu Ming looked at Carter in surprise: "Then why are you following Lianna?"
"I... I just want to protect her. If anything happens, I will definitely rush in!"
Carter clenched his fists.
Wu Ming was a little speechless. It seems that the boy wandered around this church not once or twice.
He could imagine the embarrassment of Carter watching Lianna enter the church, waiting silently, like a stone statue, until Lianna left and retreating.
"This is... youth!"
Wu Ming sighed, and looked at the window of the chapel, where orange lights leaked out.
"Is there a ceremony tonight?"
"Redwin only conducts simple sermons during the day, and only in the middle of the night will the true core believers be notified to come and hold evil ceremonies!!"
Carter gritted his teeth, but Wu Ming blinked, as if he had already guessed something.
"Let's go!"
He walked out of the woods and swaggered towards the church.
"Wait a minute, there are hunting dogs near the church, it will be very dangerous at night!"
Carter was in a hurry and ran out.
"You mean, these big dogs?"
Immediately, he saw a few vicious dogs drooling around Wu Ming one after another, with their tails between their legs, looking flattering and obedient.
"Let's go back!"
Wu Ming patted the head of one of the big black-haired dogs, and it immediately seemed to understand human words, and returned to the kennel with a few companions without making a sound.
"What's going on? Don't they only listen to Redwyne?"
Carter was dumbfounded.
"I have some experience with raising dogs!"
Wu Ming perfunctorily came to the side of the church, and deftly flipped in through the window.
"Come or not?"
Carter was a little hesitant, but after seeing Wu Ming beckoning, he still gritted his teeth and stretched out his right hand.
It seems that they are very reassured about the defense of the dogs outside, but the defense inside the church is quite lax, and even though it is in full swing, it is not Wu Ming's opponent at all.
After walking through a corridor, some faint voices reached Wu Ming and Carter's ears.
Mentally grown up, they naturally knew what this meant, and Carter couldn't help but blush.
"Oh? Is this a 'cult ceremony'?"
Wu Ming opened a layer of curtains, and through the window, he could see messy clothes all over the place, as well as whips, screams of men and women, etc. The abuse was mixed with desire, and it did have a strange charm.
It's just that he frowned, and shook his head slightly: "And used medicine? It's really not particular!"
"How is it? Did you find Lian Na?"
He patted Carter on the shoulder.
"No... no!"
Carter's voice was dry, and it was really difficult to find a specific person in this crowd of worms.
"She's not here!"
A moment later, Carter confirmed.
"I thought, I know where she is?"
Wu Ming pressed his eyebrows, but suddenly opened his eyes: "Follow me!"
The two passed through the messy hall and came to the entrance of a basement. Carter was surprised to see Wu Ming walking down without stopping.
Using mental power to scan, everything in this church cannot be hidden from Wu Ming.
In the darkness, a faint voice came.
It was the sound of whipping, women screaming and weeping, and cursing.
"Bitch, why is this the only thing? Didn't I tell you that I want at least a thousand gold dollars this week!"
A vicious male voice came, with a loud slap on the face.
"It's Madam Lianna!"
Carter's face tightened, and he followed the sound and walked over.
There was a room in the basement that was shining with light, and through the gap in the door, a scene that filled Carter with righteous indignation emerged.
The originally dignified Mrs. Lian Na's cheeks were red and swollen, she fell to the ground pitifully, and said in a low voice, "No more... All my income is here..."
"You are violating the will of the gods!"
In front of her was a grinning middle-aged man with a whip in his hand: "You forgot! Which god saved you when you were in pain and helpless? It was the god of pain! You swear that you will serve it forever, dedicating body and soul to it!"
"My faith in my Lord has never changed!"
Madam Lian Na knelt down and said.
In the secret room, there is also a black monster statue.
But Wu Ming was very disappointed to find that although the statue looked hideous, there was no trace of extraordinary aura on it, which meant it was just a bluff.
"No! You still have reservations!"
Redwin's eyes were deep, as if he wanted to see the depths of Lian Na's heart: "You said you could sacrifice everything for the God of Pain? Then why didn't you sacrifice your house?"
According to his inquiries, the apartment was quite valuable.
"No! That's the only thing Wilson left me..."
Madam Lianna shook her head desperately.
"Bitch!"
Redwyne was furious, and slapped him again: "How dare you be disrespectful to my god?"
"Your husband is dead long ago! No! You don't have a husband, and the God of Pain is your destination. Your husband is everything to you!"
"asshole!"
boom!
The wooden door was kicked open brutally, Carter couldn't bear it any longer after seeing this scene, he rushed in and punched Redwyne in the face: "You bastard, you bastard, you deserve to go to hell, what the hell are you doing?" What did you do!"
"Are you... Carter? And Mr. Steven?"
Lian Na raised her head in surprise, but a horrified expression appeared on her face, as if the biggest secret had been revealed, full of panic.
"This bastard, I'm going to kill him!"
Carter growled and pumped his fists.
Snapped!
It's just that his fist reached mid-air, and was grabbed by a strong arm again: "Boy, are you courting death?"
Redwyne stood up slowly. At this moment, Carter realized that he thought it was just a fat pig and a bedbug that oppressed believers, but when the other party stood up, he was a head taller than him, and the muscles on his body bulged, making him look quite strong, powerful, and huge. The figure almost engulfed him.
"I don't know how you got past those baby guards outside, but now, you're dead!"
Redwyne easily suppressed Carter's resistance with one hand, and touched the beaten face with the other hand, his eyes were gloomy: "Speak! How do you want to die?"