Sherlock Holmes

There is an essential difference between the Holy See and the government:

The former relies on faith, is in the heart, relies on the Holy Light's true protection of the human group, and the spiritual sustenance that human beings need in the face of disasters.

The latter is a necessary life, a necessary condition for human society to live in groups. Streets, houses, jobs, and salaries are the basic conditions that everyone must have if they want to survive.

To put it bluntly, the existence of the Holy See depends on the pious worship of believers, and the existence of the imperial government is that it must exist.

This natural difference means that the Holy See does not need to make too many practical contributions. The word "faith" alone can gain extremely huge mass power.

At the same time, it will naturally lead to the fact that its foundation can only rely on faith, and it can only rely on the inner beliefs of believers. If one day, humans no longer worship the Holy See, then the Holy See will inevitably die.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Holy See, the first generation of popes clearly saw this clearly, so the Blood Prison came into being.

[Any person above the Pope has no right to interfere with the operation of the Blood Prison]

This rule is just like the Holy Light Temple, which is naturally noble and not subject to laws.

Because faith can make people blind, and when piety reaches the extreme, there will be no distinction between right and wrong. The Blood Prison is affiliated with the Holy See, but it is not under the jurisdiction of the higher-ups of the Holy See. As long as it does not affect the normal operation of society, even if the Pope comes to fish for people in person, he will not be able to distinguish between right and wrong. It is absolutely impossible. Even if the saint's biological mother is imprisoned here, she will not be affected by any amnesty order, because this kind of behavior will cause the collapse of faith and shake the foundation of the Holy See.

This also leads to the fact that the higher the status within the Holy See, the lower the influence on the Blood Prison. If you reach the position of the Pope, your ability to control the Blood Prison will be basically zero. Her Majesty the Holy Lady wants to remove the Blood Prison. Every person in prison must go through layers of review and approval, and a reply can be given within a month, which is considered fast.

As for the prisoners held in the blood prison, they are naturally the most vicious and vicious ones.

It is the most terrifying place without any hope. It is cruel, bloody, and devoid of any humanity. As long as you step into the blood prison, it means losing all your rights as a human being. According to legend, new prisoners eat the first meal after entering. are red-hot nails.

This statement may originate from the people's suspicion of fear, but no matter what, a crazy killer like Godfrey, who has assassinated more than a dozen clergymen, stayed in the blood prison for two or three days before he could do anything again. He also lost any arrogance, completely surrendered, admitted all his crimes, and allowed the Adjudication Department to deal with him at will, just to leave that terrible place.

Erin lowered her head slightly, without much hesitation: "I have money, I have a lot of money, can I do anything?"

This is a very straightforward statement. A woman like Irene rarely expresses her attitude in such a clear and without any metaphor in front of others.

But at this time, she spoke out her biggest reliance without any scruples:

"I know that the location of the Blood Prison seems to be in a deep mountain. I can buy all the facilities around that mountain, the developers of the roads, the ownership of the railways, and all the supplies that are used to transport food and drinks within the Blood Prison. I can pay for it. In the next ten years, there will be an executioner for all the expenses of every jailer and his family there. He will always have a family and a child. I can be responsible for the education of his children in the next few decades, so that his descendants will have no problems. To live a life without any worries, I just want him to take care of a certain prisoner. In short, I should be able to do something, right."

She said softly.

But when Mrs. Hudson heard these words, she felt a little resentful for some reason:

"What's the use of your money? That bastard killed the emperor of the empire! Do you think you can influence an event on this level with money? Don't talk about money. In order to save him, I am willing to abandon my identity as a Holy See Saint, but It’s of no use!”

Mrs. Hudson didn't know what was so good about that bastard guy, why a woman who appeared out of nowhere cared about him so much and was willing to spend so much money on her. This woman seemed to be prettier and more mature than herself.

Well, these are not important, at least not at this time, because the two of them have the same purpose, to save the hateful lunatic first, and the rest will be discussed later.

"The existence of the Blood Prison is very special, and it is difficult for members of the Holy See to have any impact on it."

"But it's a prison. If there are prisons, there are people. Since there are people, there must be something that can affect them!" Irene said, suppressing the anxiety in her heart. She is a businessman, and she clearly understands the relationship between people and society. There must be an intersection. The existence of the blood prison is definitely not just for torture and punishment. It exists to warn and deter. To put it bluntly, it is for the stability of human society.

So, someone must have something to say.

Even if the person imprisoned inside is the murderer of the former emperor.

Thinking of this, Irene was suddenly stunned. She raised her head and looked at Her Majesty the Saint in front of her seriously: "Tell me, can the Emperor do anything?"

Franklin's first experimental funding was provided by Irene.

His energy laboratory was funded by Irene.

Even all subsequent experimental expenses and even political campaign expenses were funded by Eileen.

So in front of the new emperor of the empire, Irene has sufficient speech capital.

I just don’t know what kind of help this new king can give in this incident.

Dilifeni Administrative State, although it is divided into a state region, there are not many cities here. It is located in the driest area of ​​the planet, there are not many people, and it is surrounded by mountains, but there are not any mining industry, and in the northwest of this administrative state, there is an unnamed mountain range, located in a huge no-man's land of more than a thousand kilometers.

There is no water source, no vegetation here, just endless mountains and weathered rocks. The temperature difference between day and night is 50 degrees, so not many animals can survive here. It is truly a place where birds do not poop.

And right in this mountain range, an institution that makes people throughout the empire fearful is located here.

Blood prison.

In fact, not many people in the entire empire know what the Blood Prison really looks like. After all, there are very few people who are qualified to enter the Blood Prison and can live to tell about what it looks like.

But everyone knows that there is a purgatory on earth, where there are punishments that would make normal people tremble when they hear it. The screams there have not stopped for decades, and the smell of blood can break through the thick rocks, making the whole body tremble. Every mountain exudes the frightening smell of blood.

I don’t know if this description is an exaggeration, but it is undoubtedly very shocking.

Somewhere in the nameless mountain range, a high wall made of rock and steel stood quietly in the scorching sun. The main body of the blood prison inside did not have any buildings. It penetrated deep into the mountain range. Only with the help of Those natural air circulations provide internal breathing, and if you want to get out, you have to either go through the only exit, or break through the rock wall of the entire mountain range.

On the outside, due to special landforms, the daytime temperature here is nearly 40 degrees. The dry breath evaporated in the desert can raise the human body surface temperature to about 50 degrees. In this extreme environment, , it only takes 20 minutes for a person to reach his physiological limit and pass out.

At night, hundreds of kilometers of unobstructed strong winds can suppress the temperature to minus 15 to 20 degrees Celsius. Under such wind force, human skin can't even endure it for 10 minutes, and it will lose moisture quickly, eventually leading to Dry, cracked, peeled off, then suffered widespread frostbite and ulceration, and finally died.

Therefore, there is almost no need for too many security facilities here. Even during the second demon invasion, few demons survived in this desolate land. Under the wind and sand, there are still many demon remains. Remains.

At this moment, it was ten minutes into the night, and the heat accumulated throughout the day was quickly taken away by the strong wind in half an hour, leaving only the rapidly decreasing coldness.

Within the Blood Prison, in a somewhat too spacious and open area, some prisoners were eating.

They are so calm, or so lifeless. Even when they eat, they just mechanically chew and then swallow. Maybe they don't want to do this, but they dare not not do it, and even eat slowly and cannot eat. They will all suffer the most terrible punishment.

This is the case here, even the most basic requirements such as food and water are full of despair

And just then.

"Danglanglang~~"

There was a sound of chains being dragged on the ground, and all the prisoners who were eating suddenly raised their heads and looked in the direction of the shadows.

His eyes were filled with fear.