The Secret Code of Monsters.

Chapter 242: The Shadow of the Angel in Bristol
Board the train from Waterloo station to Bristol.

The journey takes ten hours.

Fernandez and Roland didn't have much luggage, but Shandel dragged two leather suitcases that were so big that they almost fit corpses.

Fortunately, this time they received a lot of travel expenses, so they bought the highest-grade carriage, which was spacious enough.

——You don’t have to squeeze with others.

The independent carriage was covered with soft carpets with golden and red lion patterns, and the wooden walls and ceiling were all upholstered. The raised patterns on the walls were inlaid with thin layers of gold, and a few popular oil paintings were hung on the walls. There were thick blue soft curtains on both sides of the windows, which could be used when the sun was glaring.

On the polished wooden table are placed all kinds of items for men and women, such as mirrors, lighters, dinner plates or multi-layered pastry plates. Except for the hidden storage cabinet under the seat for luggage, the entire carriage seems to be hollowed out from a huge and expensive piece of wood.

'It's worth the high ticket price.'

Fernandez had never been on a superlative carriage, and Roland had never taken a train before - only Cinderella Kratov, who skillfully paid a few coppers at the station, had a few considerate men carry her suitcases until they got on the train.

After unfolding the couch, hanging the curtains, and turning on the lights, Shandel stretched himself and said, "I don't really like sitting on an iron box. It's said that it can damage a person's head."

This 'supposedly' comes from a medical journal.

The most famous doctor today (now famous for another reason) Isaac Brown once commented on this: The shaking and noise produced by the iron box running on the metal track will destroy the human nervous system, which will damage the brain in the long run, destroy the mind, and turn people into crazy people.

Indeed, as he said, many people on the train had some problems to varying degrees: either they took off their shirts for unknown reasons and leaned out of the windows, or they danced and talked nonsense.

But all these strange behaviors returned to normal after getting off the bus.

Edward Snow holds another view on the "specific mental state" that these people experience on the train: perhaps the closed nature and crowded and stuffy environment of the lower-class carriage had a certain impact on people's emotions.

Apparently, it was Isaac Brown again.

"But never again."

Speaking of this recently famous doctor, Fernandez said with disdain: "I think anyone who can be deceived by that scam has no wisdom. He is already the top surgeon, but he can't get rid of his greed..."

This shocking scam is a hot topic in London. Citizens who have not participated in it discuss it almost every day, saying that if they were in this situation, when would they "leave" so as to take advantage of this scam to gain greater benefits - and the majority of those who remain silent are the real participants.

They scoffed at this, but were unwilling to really refute the other party: "If you participate, you will know that it is not so easy to quit."

They thought that this would expose their stupidity.

Of course, there are also people who actually make money from it.

Generally speaking, they are small businessmen who don't have much money.

These people don't have much assets and don't have enough credit to lend more money - which actually allows them to avoid the final fireworks.

"The recent 'gold foil case' is related to this group of people. I hope they can escape for a while longer." Fernandez's words were filled with malice.

The court was not responsible for this case, so they didn’t know many details, but they enjoyed watching the excitement.

Look at those detectives from the Supervisory Bureau... they are so overwhelmed.

Not only do they have to patiently deal with the "big guys" and extract the few truths from their mouths, but they also have to identify which of these truths are useful: once they piece together the clues, they can then use the "prophecy" of the ritualist...

That gang is probably all dead of old age.

Fernandez believed that not only was this group of people not in London, they had even already taken an ocean-going ship to another country to have fun.

"A very clever bunch of scammers." Fernandez took out a cigarette, asked Shandel, and lit it with the oil lamp on the table: "Huh... I guess they prepared how to deal with the prophecy long before ending this scam... So, there must be a ritualist among this group of people."

The so-called prophecy comes from the power of the ritualist of the road of "destiny".

But in reality, these people are not as magical as they sound - they belong to the 'non-Crown God' path. Apart from the prophecy with complicated conditions and vague answers, these 'fragile' ritualists who cannot perform the Great Bathing Ceremony find it difficult to participate in direct combat. Just as Fernandez was not happy to let Roland embark on a path without gods, the ritualists of the Crown God Path have the same attitude towards these mysterious guys.

Those with low rings look like cockroaches, and those with high rings look like mice.

Regardless of the strength, they are all equally disgusting.

"I have heard of a special kind of strange thing. That is the power that can truly be called 'prophecy' - not the crazy nonsense that comes out of the mouths of these witches and sorcerers."

Fernandez made a few casual remarks and then turned the topic to business.

News came from the church in Bristol that someone had seen an angel at night.

Angel.

As mentioned before, it is like the steam spirit of the "craftsman" and the light trace of the "thinker".

Angels are summoned by the practitioners of the "Saints" Road ritual - they wake up with the morning sun, and fall asleep with it when the sun goes out at dusk.

Angels can only be summoned during the day and disappear before nightfall.

They do not possess any frighteningly powerful force, and have been serving the Father of All Things for many years. Their symbolic significance is greater than their practical significance.

"The problem is, the news said, 'I saw an angel at night' -"

Roland continued, stroking the cigar in his hand.

There are two impossibilities:
One, angels don’t appear at night.

Second, as a 'summoned creature', it can only move within the ritual cycle - that is, one sunrise and sunset.

It is credible that it appeared for more than five days.

Who would summon an angel five days in a row?
The standard items of the "Saint" path never flow out, and except for the Holy Cross, it is almost impossible for a wandering "Saint" to exist - even if he exists, he would not be able to summon angels.

That's such a coincidence, isn't it?

What's more, the angel summoning ritual is not simple.

"They said they saw it with their own eyes - they saw the angel with their own eyes." Sitting opposite Roland, Cinder's blue eyes flickered and his words were full of malice: "The relationship between the Church and the Inquisition has been getting worse recently, isn't it, Captain Devinson?"

Fernandez, cigarette in hand, glanced at Cinder.

He knew what she meant.

Regardless of whether the 'angel' in this case is real or not, the fact that it has been handed over to the Inquisition means that there is a big problem.

“The ritualists of the local church will cooperate with us.”

Fernandez took a deep breath and put out the burnt cigarette in the ashtray.

If the creatures that appear are summons from other paths, the Church will definitely not be able to summon the Inquisition under the current situation.

But 'Angel' is different.

This creature with white wings has an absolutely transcendent status in the Holy Cross. It is not only a servant of the Father of All Things, but also the most familiar symbol of the Church to the followers of the Holy Cross, besides the cross.

The impact is too great.

While the Inspectorate is too busy tracking down that gang of scammers (or not), the Inquisition must send someone to resolve the matter as quickly as possible.

(End of this chapter)