Overnight, almost half of the small gifts that Leo threw out were picked up by people. What is interesting is that the vast majority of people who picked them up handed them over to the churches of their respective faiths as soon as they got them. Only a few

A few for my own collection.

For Leo, it doesn't matter even if the things are handed over to the church. When those things come into play, even the devout believers of the church will be affected. As for the final impact, it is unknown what the result will be.

, everything is left to fate to decide.

Early the next morning, Leo and his party left the hotel, took the tickets, and headed to the pier to board the Lisa Beauty cruise that the couple had booked for them.

However, something seemed to go wrong. After the group arrived at the pier, they found that the pier was blocked by church armed forces. It was not difficult to tell from their clothes that they should be from different churches.

Later, from conversations with people around them, Leo and the others learned that a cruel and secret massacre occurred in the dock area last night. Several ships docked at the dock were affected, and the sailors who stayed on board were all killed.

died on the ship, and the Lisa Beauty that Leo and the others were going to board was one of them.

After hearing the news, Leo couldn't help but turn to look at Sylvia, as if asking if this was what she did after leaving the hotel yesterday.

However, Sylvia also had a blank look on her face, and after seeing Leo's eyes, she glared at Leo dissatisfied, and then shook her head.

In fact, while looking at Sylvia, Leo knew that his guess must be wrong. Even if Sylvia wanted to do anything, it would never affect their own schedule.

Leo released the mental net and checked the situation at the dock. Soon, he had completely explored the internal and external conditions of the accident ships.

As people around them heard, all the sailors on those ships were indeed dead, and they died miserably. Their bodies were split open by sharp weapons and broken into many segments. Blood covered the ground and stained the walls.

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There are investigators and detectives dispatched by churches and chambers of commerce to take charge of every accident ship. Just because the Lisa Beauty is special, senior clergy from various churches who originally returned to the Old World to participate in the holy ceremony would all come to the Lisa Beauty, so this ship

There are several times more investigators on board than on other ships.

Judging from the current investigation, the person who caused this tragedy seems to have come here for the precious items stored in the cabins of these ships, because these ships have lost various amounts of items, and the items were

The value is very high, so high that it can buy more than a dozen similar ships.

The lost items all seemed to come from the same chamber of commerce. The reason why this chamber of commerce did not entrust all the goods to a ship was mainly because it was worried that if the ship had an accident at sea, all the goods would be lost.

It's all lost. If they are transported separately like now, even if part of the goods is lost, as long as the other goods can still be transported to the destination intact, the loss can be made up, and even a lot of money can be made.

This method of transporting goods is the most common method here, so when the investigation came here, no one had any doubts about this chamber of commerce, but began to look for opponents and other enemies of this chamber of commerce, because there were signs from the scene

It seems that the people who attacked these ships came for these goods, so they have been eyeing these goods for a long time. It was not until they saw the opportunity last night that they took action decisively, so they are looking for the opponents and enemies of this chamber of commerce.

It has become a major clue. After all, with such a large amount of goods, even if this chamber of commerce is strong, it will inevitably be strained.

However, after Leo learned the complete situation of the accident ships through the spiritual network, he felt that the detectives from the church and the chamber of commerce, as well as the police detectives, must have all made wrong judgments.

Although the lost goods were valuable, there were other goods of greater value in those ships. If those who killed and robbed the goods had really been staring at the goods on these ships for a long time, they would definitely know what they were.

There are other cargoes of higher value on several ships.

Since those people can move a large amount of goods without anyone noticing after killing someone, then they can also calmly move away other goods with higher value. However, the actual situation is very strange.

The goods were placed next to the lost goods, but nothing happened. This is obviously contrary to common sense.

Some of the detectives also discovered this and spoke out, but they were quickly refuted. The reason given by the refuting person was that those people came for that chamber of commerce, so other goods came to those people.

Say it's not important, there's no need to spend extra effort moving it away.

Regarding this statement, Leo felt a little want to laugh. Obviously the people who objected completely regarded those who killed people and looted goods as moral models. They could just complete the task and turn a blind eye to the huge benefits they could easily obtain.

What's more important is that Leo feels that the direction of these people's investigation was wrong at the beginning. They completely regarded this incident as a vicious murder and robbery incident, and it was targeted at a certain chamber of commerce, so their investigation direction was focused on

The goods themselves and that chamber of commerce were discussed.

But through some small clues that the detectives and police detectives failed to find, Leo analyzed that the person who did this was probably for the Holy Sacrifice Ceremony Group sent by the church to the Old World.

The reason why he made this judgment was that among all the accident ships, only the hull of the Lisa Beauty was damaged, and the damage was in the first-class cabin. In other words, before the damage was repaired, the first-class cabin of this ship was damaged.

It was no longer suitable to receive guests, so the church members had to switch to other ships to go to the Old World to attend the holy ceremony.

Although on the surface, this does not seem to be a problem and does not affect the itinerary of those in the church, in fact, a closer comparison will reveal that the church's itinerary has been affected, and it has been greatly affected.

The Lisa Beauty cruise ship is a land cruise ship. After setting sail from the port of Santa Pelia, it does not directly cross the ocean and reach the old continent on the other side. Instead, it continues to sail towards the northern ports until it reaches the northernmost port, and then

Cross the ocean and head to the northern ports of the Old World.

In terms of route distance alone, it is obvious that the route of the Lisa Beauty is more than twice as long as that of a transoceanic ship that sails directly from the Port of St. Paulia, and the time it takes to reach the destination of the church personnel will naturally be doubled.

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Although Leo didn't know what secrets were hidden here, he could feel that for the person who planned this accident, the choice of route, changes in voyage and time, etc. should be very important, otherwise he would not

He would risk offending the St. Paulia Port Chamber of Commerce and the Church by doing such a bad thing.

At this time, the couple found out that the Lisa Beauty might need to be detained at the dock, waiting for the follow-up investigation to reach a certain stage before it could be released, so they expressed their apologies to Leo and the others, thinking that there was something wrong with their arrangements.

Sylvia comforted the two of them for a few words, and then asked them what they planned to do.

Faced with Sylvia's inquiry, the couple were a little at a loss because the captain of the Lisa Beauty they knew had already been taken to the police station at the pier. It seemed that he would not be able to come out in a short time, so

The couple don't know what to do now.

Sylvia asked the two of them to go back to the hotel with them, and at the same time told Penny and Joan to inquire at the dock if there were any other ships heading to the Old World.

The couple had no objection to Sylvia's arrangement, so the group of people went their separate ways. Leo and the others also returned to the previous hotel, booked a new room, and stayed temporarily.

After returning to the room, Leo told Sylvia the results of his analysis of various information after scanning the mental network on the dock. Sylvia quickly made a judgment after hearing this: "

It should be related to the main churches of these churches in the Old World. The holy ceremony they participated in this time was probably not simple. If my guess is correct, the transoceanic ship that the church members transferred to this time was probably not simple.

Something will happen too."

After hearing this, Leo frowned and said, "In this case, we have to leave as soon as possible, otherwise when something happens to them, St. Paulia Port will definitely use the method of closing the city to stabilize the situation."

"To be honest, I really want to stay." Sylvia said with excitement.

Upon hearing this, Leo looked at Sylvia to make sure she was joking, then nodded and said, "In that case, let's stay for a while."

"Forget it! I'm just talking." Sylvia quickly changed her mind, shook her head, and rejected her previous idea.

Leo was a little confused after hearing this and asked: "What's wrong with you? You are not the kind of hesitant character. There is something wrong with you now."

"Isn't there something wrong with you too?" Sylvia retorted with a smile: "You didn't talk about fate before, but you don't believe in fate."

After the two said these words, they both couldn't help but froze for a moment, and then looked at each other with serious expressions on their faces.

Although the conversation between the two just now was just an ordinary joke, it also hit some key points, that is, there seemed to be some changes in the two people's personalities unknowingly.

Afterwards, the two of them checked their physical and mental status, but neither of them found anything abnormal.

"When did the abnormality begin?" Sylvia asked to herself.

Leo directly extracted the memories of the past period of time from his own memory, then quickly compared and analyzed them, and quickly got the results, and said: "Qiao An."

Hearing this, Sylvia was stunned for a moment and said, "He has such a powerful ability that he can subtly affect you and me?"

Leo thought about it calmly and said, "Maybe he doesn't, but the existence behind him is unknown."

"You mean the vain heart?" Sylvia said in a deep voice.

Leo nodded and said: "Void Heart is one of the most mysterious gods in the world. Judging from the fact that the missionary sites of the Church of False Heart all exist independently, it is obvious that the gods of other churches in the world should all be familiar with Xu Hu."

I have some scruples in my heart, but it is not clear whether the reason for the scruples is that the false heart will subtly affect the minds of other gods, or for other reasons."

Sylvia was silent for a moment and then asked: "Does Qiao An know about this?"

Leo smiled and said: "I guess he doesn't know, maybe he doesn't even know that he has been paid attention to by the false heart, otherwise he would not choose to follow us instead of staying in Nice City and becoming

Paladin of the Church of False Hearts.”

"Why does the vain heart pay attention to him?" Sylvia frowned again and asked.

Leo thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it's because of the Eye of Truth."

Hearing this, Sylvia thought for a moment and nodded.

Although the Eye of Truth and the Heart of Falsehood conflict and restrain each other in terms of power, this conflict and restraint can also play a complementary role at a specific opportunity.

However, the quality and quantity of the alien god-like cells made from the flesh and blood of the True Eye in Qiao An are too small to produce a large enough effect. Therefore, even if the vain heart pays attention to Qiao An's situation, I am afraid that it will not be enough.

Won't put too much effort into it.

Thinking of this, Sylvia suddenly smiled and said: "Although the accident at the dock seems to be hindering the schedule of those churches, if we analyze it on ourselves, it may be that the delusion is secretly working, and we want to

Stop us from leaving."

Hearing Sylvia's guess, Leo couldn't help but be stunned, and he also felt that it was possible. If Qiao An deliberately stayed as bait to catch big fish out of delusion, then Leo himself might have come from a certain place.

On the one hand, he should be considered a big fish, because he has the divine mark of the Eye of Truth on his body, which is closer to the essence of the Eye of Truth's power than the alien god-like cells in Qiao An's body.

Therefore, it is logical that the False Heart will do something targeted, such as using Qiao An to influence the mentality of the people around him, creating turmoil to prevent Leo from leaving his attention, etc.

However, after thinking about it calmly, Leo quickly rejected Sylvia's speculation, because according to common sense, even if his delusional heart had some thoughts, it should not prevent Leo from leaving the New World.

Go to the Old Continent, because the Church of False Heart is more powerful in the Old Continent, and it is easier to use the power of the Church to deal with it.

Leo said in a deep voice: "No matter what, wait until Qiao An comes back to see what's going on with him."

Sylvia also nodded, agreeing with Leo's suggestion.

However, what surprised both Leo and Sylvia was that Joan and Penny had not returned in the afternoon, and Leo scanned the city through the mental network and found no trace of them.

This incident not only did not embarrass Leo and Sylvia, but made them both happy, because no matter what happened, at least they would not be bored.

Just when Leo and the others were about to go out to find the whereabouts of Joan and Penny, they were suddenly stopped by someone. The person who stopped them was someone from the St. Paulia Port Police Station, and the reason for stopping them was because they had been with them before.

The couple who were together turned out to be stabbed to death on the street at noon, so people from the police station came to the hotel to learn about the situation, and learned from the hotel waiter that the couple stayed with Leo and the others.
Chapter completed!