Overturned Tower

His footsteps were steady and powerful, not at all like an old man of this age.To support such a straight spine at this age, one must have an extremely strong and healthy body.

"Are you old or young..."

Russell showed a flattering expression, and immediately followed behind him: "I can live another 100 years!"

"It's not that easy."

The old man shook his head and said without looking back, "It's been almost two years."

Although he didn't look back, his voice was thick and heavy, oppressive like a tower.Even though she was standing in front of the two of them, Delphinium could clearly hear every word he said.

Russell stretched out his hand, and made a silent gesture to the delphinium beside him.

His incomparably light left hand tapped quickly in the void, and within a second he typed a sentence:

"Master Bishop, he may be a veteran of a hundred years ago."

veteran?

Seeing this extremely unfamiliar word, Delphinium even froze for a moment before she could think of the meaning of the word.

"He... used to be an angel?"

Even though there was a religious war a hundred years ago, mortals also participated in the war.

But mortals should not have such a strong physique.Even if he was only in his 20s when he participated in the war, he is already in his 30s and [-]s by now.

He is obviously not a long-lived soul relative. It is impossible to live so long and look "young" like an old man in his 60s.Unless he has been in a physical state maintained by the angel's halo for a long time... that's possible.

"It should be. I didn't dare to ask the specifics, but I guess it should be a very prestigious person."

Russell responded.

Especially after knowing the whereabouts of Paradise Bird's father... He felt this way even more.

Angels who don't have enough ability and status are not high enough, they have long been forced to hibernate and squeezed into juice by the church.Not to mention taking off the halo and becoming a human again.

Russell was distracted.

He said, I saved Hua Mingshu's daughter...

Russell saved too many people.He couldn't remember how many people he had saved, just like he didn't know how many slices of bread he had eaten.

However, the people who will be mentioned by the bishop... should not be that many.

If Russell remembers correctly, Paradise Bird's real name seems to be "Hua Yu".

Could it be that "Hua Mingshu" is the real name of the vest of "Detective"?

Russell had obtained this identity for nearly a year, and now he finally learned his real name—because even Paradise Bird didn't know what her father's name was.

As a defected angel, in order not to be discovered and pursued by the church, Hua Mingshu did not reveal his name to anyone.Even his wife doesn't know his real name.

Unable to return to his hometown, he can only live alone in a distant place until he dies, and when the descendants pay homage to him, they cannot pronounce his real name... This is undoubtedly unfortunate.

But on the other hand, there are some people who silently finish for him, some people choose to love him without knowing his name, and some people still love him many years after his death.

From this perspective, Hua Mingshu may also be considered lucky—compared to those truly unfortunate people.

Chapter 57 The Sacred Cemetery of Sogo Island

In fact, from Hua Mingshu's point of view, his plan was very successful.

Because after he disappeared, the church did not send soldiers to hunt down or arrest him, and even his angel halo was not taken back.It just locked his permission to log in to the Angel system, and then it seemed to have forgotten him.

Before today, Russell thought it was because the old pigeon was too small.

After all, he is just a "healer", the lowest subordinate angel.Perhaps the church has a casual attitude of "lose it and lose it" and is too lazy to pursue this matter—but, from this point of view, this kind of rebellious angel should also exist in other places. Not a lot.

But looking back now... Maybe Hua Mingshu is the special one.

After all, Russell has been exposed to so many empty islands and so many secrets, but he did not see the second defected angel again.Hua Mingshu also had no contact with his own kind.

And Paradise Bird was accepted by the church so easily, and was conferred the position of bishop on the first day, is it really just because she awakened the ability of a "saint" and can use the power of angel-level holy order without relying on the halo? ?

Will the church that sells "angel products" to mages and elves become so devout and humble to saints?

There are only seven angels on Happy Island, and two of them are with Paradise Bird... and they happen to be the one with the strongest fighting power and the one with the strongest protection ability.

That was more like protection than surveillance.If it's surveillance, they have no reason to trade Paradise Bird to the Special Operations Department and let her run around.The church has a lot of positions that can be arranged for her, and she can easily be kept in captivity and placed under house arrest.

When Russell thought of this, he probably understood.

The reason why the church didn't hunt down Hua Mingshu was not because Hua Mingshu's anonymity was really useful...but because someone took care of all this for him and paid the corresponding price for him.

That person is probably the Bishop.

He directly told Russell Hua Mingshu's name, not his code name.A hundred years have passed since Hua Mingshu left the Cyber ​​Church.He could still blurt out the name of the other party clearly; across an empty island, the Bishop knew that Russell saved the Paradise Bird...

If it wasn't for the name of Paradise Bird, it had spread all over the Seven Islands... It could only show that he was always secretly watching Hua Mingshu and his descendants.

So Russell was also curious - who is the Bishop?

And at this moment, Delphinium gently patted Russell's arm, asking Russell to seriously read the message she sent.

"——how should I address the Bishop? Just call the Bishop directly, will it be too alienated?"

"……I have no idea."

Russell hesitated for a moment, then gave the specified high-quality answer.

Seeing the delphinium's swollen cheeks angrily, Russell shook his head helplessly while stretching out his hand to deflate it.

"I really do not know."

He put out his hand to cover his mouth, and whispered in delphinium's ear, "People call him the Bishop, and my mother calls him that too... Everyone respects him, and no one knows what the Bishop's name is. The Bishop can come In terms of 'telling numbers', he is a big figure at the same level as our 'Godfather' and 'Dr. Zanbai' here."

Russell didn't even know what level of bishop the "bishop" was.Rather, for His Excellency Bishop, the title "His Bishop" itself has become the same code name as "Godfather" that people call him.

"—are you discussing my name?"

At this moment, the old man suddenly stopped and looked back slightly sideways.

Russell and Delphinium were startled.Although one of them is a ninth-level psyker, the other has touched the edge of the ninth level, and they are both big figures at the ministerial level of the head office... But just by being glanced at by the old man, they can still feel a feeling as if a primary school student was The head teacher gave him a look of majesty and terror.

"...Yes, I am indeed a little curious."

Russell reached out and pushed the delphinium back, motioning for her to hide and not speak.

After all, his identity and knowledge are different now, so Russell boldly asked: "May I know... your title and identity?"

"Nothing is impossible."

The old man stepped forward again, and said flatly: "There is nothing shameful about this kind of thing. There is no need to hide in the dark and discuss it secretly. If you ask, I will answer."

He paused for a moment, then continued to answer: "If you're asking about your position, someone used to call me 'General'; if you're asking about my relationship with Hua Mingshu, he used to call me an officer and also a mentor.

"Although he and I are both spiritual relatives of the dove family, in fact, I have no blood relationship with him. It's just because our spiritual relatives are the same, so we take care of him a little bit on weekdays. If you ask me, I used to use What is the past code name... then you will probably be disappointed.

"It's a very plain name. There's nothing flashy about it, and it's not flashy or personal. They call me 'White Feather'."

The old man said calmly: "Of course, Wendy and I have no blood relationship. When I gave him the code name 'Bishop', I actually wanted to retire... But now it seems that he still wants me to do it for a little longer. day."

"General..."

Russell chewed the unfamiliar word slowly.

He realized that he might even have underestimated the Bishop's age.He is far more than 120 years old... Maybe a hundred years ago, he was already an old man.

Russell suddenly realized something: "You...are not an angel?"

"I am human."

The old man replied flatly: "Purely human beings."

However, this answer seems somewhat ambiguous to Russell.He didn't clearly answer whether he was a former angel... or whether he and the church did not intend to regard angels as pure human beings.

Russell still wanted to ask, but their destination had already been reached.

Not all churches watch over cemeteries.On Sogo Island, guarding the cemetery is a very sacred job. Of course, it will not be built on flat ground...but it is as gorgeous as other buildings on Sogo Island.

The delphinium suddenly opened its eyes wide.

Surrounded by hymns, she finally saw what the "cemetery" on Sogo Island looked like.

In the center of the room is a jade carving of a female angel without a face.

She opened her arms wide, like a mother.There are three pairs of soft white wings behind her—but those wings and her body are both carved from pure white jade.

Surrounding her are triple golden rings that rotate at different angles and at different speeds.Under the extremely bright radiance above the head, it flashes a bright light from time to time at a position with a very coincidental angle.

The environment filled with rich wood incense is reminiscent of an old-fashioned library.

Apart from the direction of entering the door, there are seven different directions.There are a large number of "bookshelves" in every direction, and each shelf is full of jars of different sizes, styles, and degrees of gorgeousness.All the jars are covered with a glass cover, and a dynamic 'album' emerges above the jars, containing constantly changing color photos.

"Find 'Alice'."

The bishop spoke in front of the stone statue of the angel.

The angel stone statue issued a sacred sonata with overlapping female voices: "A total of 12 results were found."

"The one who died last year."

"Positioned: Xun is on the third side of the A plane, the first in the second row."

As the angel's chorus sounded, delphinium squinted and keenly saw a place not far away shone with light.

They didn't get very far.

The third "book shelf", the far left of the second row from top to bottom, is Alice's position.

Her "moving photo" is shining brightly to guide the way.And when Russell walked over, it scanned Russell's face, and it automatically opened the glass cover.The light also stopped.

"Do you need me to leave for a while?"

The old man asked with concern.

"Then thank you for your hard work."

Russell didn't say a few words of hypocrisy and modesty, but simply responded.

"If you don't know how to get out, just ask the guiding angel."

The bishop nodded, and said calmly: "There are still some things to do later——I'll wait for you outside the door."

Chapter 58 First and Last Photos

Alice's urn is not as gorgeous as others-studded with gemstones, etched with various complicated decorations, and handmade using various rare materials.

It was the most plain white stone box without any decorations on it.Not even the photo above, just one photo.

Alice, who looked like she was only in her 20s, showed a gentle and cheerful smile.

She is wearing home clothes, with part of her hair tied up in front of her left shoulder.The other part of the hair is casually loose behind her.

And she was squatting on the ground, holding the little Russell who looked only five or six years old.Intimate face close to face.

The young Russell had fluffy bob hair and wore a long-sleeved sweater with a sleeveless sweater over it. He was held in Alice's arms very politely. He didn't struggle at all, but showed a gentle smile just like Alice.The wet green pupils made him look more like a cute little girl.

"That smile..."

Delphinium murmured in a low voice, frowning.

With her familiarity with Russell and Alice, she immediately noticed the problem.

The similarity between these two people is not just because of their mother-child relationship... If you look carefully, you will find that Russell's expression is "exactly the same" as Alice's.

Because they are so similar...so after Delphinium realizes this, she will feel a little creepy.

And Russell guessed delphinium's thoughts.

He explained softly: "At that time, I hadn't awakened the memory of my previous life... I would instinctively imitate the people around me. And among the people I came into contact with, the most amiable and I think the most remarkable people were also It is my mother.

"In the beginning, Alice didn't realize the problem. Because children imitate adults, and she is a first-time mother, she also lacks some common sense... so until I went to school, she thought it was normal. Condition.

"Including the speed at which I learned listening, speaking, reading and writing, she didn't realize the abnormality. Because before I went to school, I basically only had contact with Alice... My tone of voice and clarity, including the expression and demeanor when talking to people, are all different. Exactly the same as Alice. She just thought I was smart and precocious and didn't realize the magnitude of the problem.

"It wasn't until I made other children cry that Alice first realized that my learning ability was abnormal."

"...Why did you make you cry?"

Delphinium was a little strange: "With Alice's personality, shouldn't she bully others?"

"I didn't actually do anything."