Chapter 62: The Stalker
"Did Sister Sasha hear your conversation?" William asked, looking at Renia.
The latter shook her head: "We hadn't reached the door yet, so she probably didn't hear."
William frowned.
Although this wasn't the answer he expected, based on the information currently known.
Facing such a strange thing as whispers in the dense forest, Sasha would definitely be interested.
Moreover, there was only this one clue at the moment, so William naturally wouldn't miss it.
So, after noting Hank Bayek's address, he left the church.
During this period, Sadie had been watching William's every move.
Seeing this priest leave, she also followed him from a distance.
...
Bishop's Residence.
Inside a tidy room.
A bright red patterned carpet covered the floor, and snow-white candles were lit by the wall.
In front of a heavy black wooden desk, Bishop Julius was rubbing his temples constantly.
In front of him lay a letter, signed at the beginning—Vatican Curia, Department of Sacramental Vessels.
Someone had leaked the news, and the Church already knew that St. Jehovah had lost a holy artifact.
The department responsible for managing holy artifacts had already sent an inquiry letter about this.
The other party demanded that Julius provide a clear explanation within a week, otherwise he would have to go to the Holy See personally for interrogation.
Currently, he had found reasons to stall, and at the same time suppressed this news within the church.
But if it really came to that step, losing the Bishop position would be a small matter.
Julius would likely be imprisoned in the "Land of Suffering" for "dereliction of duty."
The latter was a place dedicated to detaining those judged "guilty."
No one could come out from there.
He had heard some news that the Land of Suffering was built hundreds of meters underground, a place abandoned by sunlight.
There, the guilty expressed their repentance to the Lord through physical and mental torture.
Julius pinched his brow hard.
He picked up a wooden box on the table.
This originally contained a key that could open the secret room where the holy artifact was kept.
He had always kept this thing secret.
But after the Holy Word descended, he intended to pass the holy artifact to Sasha, so he showed it to her once.
The purpose was to make his daughter understand that he had already paved the most correct path for Sasha.
But unexpectedly, this rebellious daughter actually stole the holy artifact!
Julius's blood pressure rose a lot after knowing this.
He had contacted other churches in this parish, but there was no news of Sasha.
On the public level, Julius also investigated recent supernatural events.
But apart from the "cult ritual at the exhibition" incident before, no other special cases occurred locally.
Further away were the "Child Disappearance Case," "Men and Women Arm Amputation Case," and a town called Hawkins in the west, where the latter seemed to have opened an entrance to another world.
But these places were too far from "St. Jehovah," and Sasha was unlikely to go there.
"Sigh, I hope this child is smart enough to use that holy artifact to protect herself."
Julius picked up the phone, planning to use other Church connections to search again.
...
Outskirts, a few kilometers from St. Jehovah Church.
William paid the fare and got out of the car.
This was already the edge of the city, and following the road underfoot could lead directly to the neighboring state.
Along the way were some small processing factories responsible for providing raw materials such as fertilizers and equipment for the city.
William looked around and soon found a direction to leave.
About a minute later, another car stopped by the roadside.
Sadie threw down a few banknotes and chased after him quickly.
At first, she could keep up with William's pace.
But soon the latter's speed became faster and faster, and Sadie was also forced to speed up.
Until turning a corner, the priest's shadow disappeared.
"How is this possible?"
Sadie adjusted her hat, panting heavily.
She was hailed as the most outstanding demon hunter of the younger generation in the West and would never lose her prey.
But looking at the empty street at this moment, Sadie was a little overwhelmed.
In the next second.
Sadie's back suddenly sank, and then she fell backward onto the ground.
She tried to resist midway.
But unexpectedly, the force behind her was surprisingly large, and she couldn't resist at all.
Just like this, Sadie's face had intimate contact with the ground.
Pfft... pfft...
She spat out the dust in her mouth, only then seeing clearly who attacked her.
"You guy! What are you doing!"
Sadie looked at William resentfully.
The latter said nothing, just reached out to touch Sadie.
"You bastard!"
She struggled.
A moment later.
William threw the weapons on Sadie's body aside.
"Ma'am, using foul language against a noble priest is very impolite behavior."
He said in a flat tone.
"Typing a lady to the ground and stripping off her belt, is this something a noble person would do?"
Although her body couldn't resist, Sadie argued strongly.
William rubbed his chin and thought for a moment.
"Hmm... you have a point."
So, he dragged Sadie to the side, where there was a shallow pit containing some unprocessed fertilizer raw materials.
He pushed Sadie's face to the edge of the pit, then said again:
"Then I won't pretend. Speak! What is your purpose in following me?"
"You!"
Sadie just wanted to retort, but immediately smelled a suffocating smell.
She hurriedly held her breath and soon blushed.
"Didn't expect you to be tough." William praised.
At this moment, Sadie had the heart to kill this priest.
Pushing a lady next to a cesspit, letting her face be a few centimeters away from those things, and asking her to open her mouth to answer...
Is this how you interrogate people!
Sadie's body trembled; she knew she had reached her limit.
So, she made a difficult decision.
After inhaling a little "fecal gas," she hurriedly shouted: "Move me away first!"
William slowly dragged her back.
Huff... puff... huff... puff...
Although the smell didn't change much, Sadie still tried to suck in the air as much as possible.
"Hey! How can I answer you facing a cesspit!"
After recovering, Sadie questioned this priest immediately.
"Oh, sorry, sorry."
William looked like "so that's it," seemingly just realizing this matter.
"You guy...!"
Sadie gritted her teeth.
"Enough chitchat. Now I give you one minute to state your purpose, or else..."
William picked up several weapons on the ground.
"I will throw them into the pit first, and then let you use that pool of stuff to wash your hair properly."
Facing William's threat, Sadie clenched her fists.
How does the person in front look like a priest! How could the Church accept such a person!
Sadie felt her face hot; she had never been humiliated like this.
"Hmph!"
She snorted coldly and told the reason for her stalking.
"Thought I found clues, so you wanted to follow and see?"
Hearing this answer, William immediately grabbed Sadie and brought her to the edge of the pit, suspending her hair one centimeter above a certain viscous substance.
"A demon hunter interested in the Church's holy oil; do you believe this yourself?"
Seeing her hair about to be defiled, Sadie hurriedly said: "Wait! I'll tell!"
But William didn't mean to stop.
So Sadie could only endure the discomfort and speak quickly:
"The curse ritual once every ten years is coming."
"Only by obtaining that bottle of holy oil can the reshaping of the evil seal be completed."
"Otherwise, this world will fall into danger!"
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