Scarlet Falls

Since it was Wei Wei who pulled Ye Feifei over, it was natural that Wei Wei had to send her back.

However, it was obvious that Ye Feifei was not in a high mood, and occasionally glanced at Wei Wei, looking a little resentful.

Inexplicably, he looks a bit like a poor student looking at an excellent student with envy but unwillingness.

It wasn't until she got to the jeep that she summoned up the courage and suddenly said, "Brother Wei, can you take me with you to investigate?"

"Huh?"

Wei Wei was a little surprised and said with a smile: "Aren't you going to patrol the streets anymore?"

"I'm almost tired of patrolling the streets..."

Ye Feifei burst into tears and said, "They still think I don't know. I don't have the right to patrol the streets at all. I wander around every day and nothing happens. The traffic policemen on the street are staring at me now when they see me." Look, you wonder if I want to steal the battery..."

Wei Wei was speechless, but he just smiled and didn't agree to anything...

"Brother Wei, please take me there, okay?"

Ye Feifei begged: "I really don't understand what the captain is thinking. It's obviously a time of shortage of people. The worker hasn't been found yet, and the missing child doesn't know whether he's alive or dead. Every minute late means more danger. This shouldn't be the case now." The best thing to do is to concentrate all your efforts to save that child. I also want to do my part, but he actually asked me to patrol the streets at this time..."

"Take you with me..."

Wei Wei pondered for a moment and looked at Ye Feifei's mournful but still beautiful face in the rearview mirror.

Wei Wei held his hand on the steering wheel and tentatively asked a question: "Are you angry with the captain?"

Ye Feifei's face puffed up and he said, "No."

Wei Wei laughed and said, "That's right. As subordinates, we need to understand the leader's intentions."

Ye Feifei blinked: "Huh?"

"The captain's perspective on the problem is actually different from ours."

Wei Wei looked very patient and explained with a smile:

"Our captain, as the person in charge of the Extraordinary Sheriff of Scrap Iron City, when he discovers a person who is suspected of being infected by the devil, the first thing he needs to do is to determine the type and severity of the incident, such as There are people suspected of being infected by demons. Does that mean that there are demon believers who spread pollution, or even demonic force fields that are more terrifying than demon believers?"

"Based on this principle, the captain sent people to the security hall. First, to see if he could be traced. But the more important idea is to immediately advise and guide the police team to make effective control to avoid a large-scale attack. event."

"The purpose of sending people to the mine is to conduct careful exploration to prevent a large number of demon believers from appearing in that place..."

"..."

"As for that little kid..."

Wei Wei paused, pursed his lips slightly, and then said: "Children are of course very important."

"I also believe that if that kid was in front of the captain, he would definitely try his best to save him."

"But what I have to admit is that in the process of handling this suspected supernatural incident, and in his responsibilities as the captain of the Scrap Iron City Sheriff, saving this child is not even as high a priority as defining this incident. It’s more important.”

"In other words, no single person's priority will be higher than the incident itself."

"..."

Ye Feifei was shocked by these words. Her eyes blinked. She seemed to have countless things to say, but they were stuck in her throat.

She understood the logic in Wei Wei's words, but she couldn't accept it for a while.

"You say he is an extraordinary police officer, but in essence, he is just an investigator."

Wei Wei sighed softly and said: "We are not the police, nor the army, nor even real administrators. Sometimes, things are not a question of whether we want to take care of it, but a question of whether we have the power to take care of it. In many cases, In the eyes of people, giving more power to us is inherently a kind of indulgence. The unchecked extraordinary is more terrifying than the first type of danger."

"Then let's..."

Ye Feifei was a little frustrated. After a while, he said, "Are we just going to ignore that kid?"

"Of course not."

Wei Wei turned his head, a vague approval seemed to flash in his eyes, and then smiled:

"What I just told you is just the captain's thoughts, or in other words, their working principles."

"But they are leaders after all, and everyone stands in a different position."

"They have big things to do and a lot more to be wary of."

"But the two of us were sent away to kill time, so why not spend our energy on saving people?"

"..."

"Um?"

The sudden turn of events made Ye Feifei turn his face violently.

After hearing Wei Wei's analysis just now, her mood had become a little depressed.

It was obvious that he didn't agree with this attitude, but he had a vague feeling that what Wei Wei was saying might be the truth, and he had to admit it. Just when he was feeling depressed, he suddenly heard Wei Weifeng's roundabout suggestion. He was so surprised that his smile spread across his face. Childish face.

But suddenly he reacted: "Eh?"

"I must have been sent out, but Brother Wei, why did you say that?"

"I was envious of you just now. You came later than me, but you were sent to do such an important investigation on the first case..."

"..."

"We are actually the same."

Wei Wei smiled and said: "The captain probably doesn't trust me very much yet. Of course, it may be a necessary process for new members to join."

"I am not involved in important work. I am only sent around to make routine inquiries. But for similar investigations, the people in the security hall may be more professional than us. Now let's ask them again the questions they have asked many times. , and what clues can we find?”

"..."

Ye Feifei intuitively felt that his thinking had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Only then did she realize that Wei Wei was in the same situation as herself.

However, if he didn't get the task, he would only complain in his heart, but he didn't mean to be angry at all.

He has such a good temper...

In addition, you can accurately figure out the leader's thoughts and have precise ideas...

Is this the pattern?

…

…

"In this case……"

Although Ye Feifei didn't seem to understand all of Wei Wei's analysis, her words immediately made her favor and trust in Wei Wei greatly increase. She thought for a moment, then saw that no one was paying attention to her, so she pulled away. The car door sat on the passenger seat.

While pulling on the seat belt and fastening it, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and whispered: "Then how do we start?"

"investigation."

Wei Wei started the car and replied with a smile: "Start the investigation from the beginning."

Ye Feifei obviously had difficulty understanding: "We know almost nothing, how can we start from scratch?"

"Actually, we can still analyze some clues."

Wei Wei smiled and said: "As I just discussed with the captain, there are only two possibilities for this phenomenon."

"Either this person himself has a similar hobby, or he has been infected by demonic power."

"There is no need to consider the former for now, otherwise I would have asked about it long ago."

"And if it's the latter, the key is whether he was inadvertently contaminated by a force field or thing related to demonic power and was infected, or he was performing some kind of ritual to please the demon and was preparing to actively exchange it for the demon's gift. Already..."

"..."

Ye Feifei was nervous for a moment and asked hurriedly: "Then which kind do you think he is?"

"Most likely it won't be a pleasing ceremony."

Wei Wei smiled and shook his head, saying: "The hearts of infected people who have been affected by demonic power have been distorted to some extent. When this distortion reaches the extreme, it is a complete degeneration. It is precisely because this distortion comes from From the heart, it comes from the soul, so what they do is more arbitrary, just like people's habits and hobbies, it seems more casual and disordered."

"But the act of trying to exchange some 'favors' from the devil through devil-pleasing rituals is more rigorous and even harsh."

"It can be said that there are countless rituals to please the devil, but each one has strict standards."

"The person performing the ritual must almost perfectly copy every step mentioned in the sacrificial code to have a small chance of success."

"Any mistake will lead to failure or even disaster."

"In this person's bedroom, although there are many dead corpses and they are all neatly nailed to the wall, the production of each 'specimen' is very simple and rough, without antisepsis or trimming. The hair, and even the production method, is just a long nail passing through the chest. There is no sense of practicing or improving oneself in it, it is more like perfunctory..."

"The ritual requires everything to be as controllable as possible, but his approach did not eliminate variables at all."

"So, I think he is not doing it to please the ceremony..."

"..."

Ye Feifei was a little stunned when he heard this: "Then...then why didn't you say it just now?"

"The leader was dressed in formal attire just now...showing off his knowledge!"

Wei Wei glanced at Ye Feifei in surprise and said, "Didn't you mean to make the captain's face look ugly?"

"..."

Ye Feifei was stunned for a moment, as if he understood the reason why he had never been entrusted with important tasks.

After staying for a long time, he subconsciously asked: "Then, what should we do?"

"That's what I want to ask you."

Wei Wei suddenly looked at her and said: "You have a good memory and you came here earlier than me. Do you know if there are some people in Scrap Iron City who have served in the Twelve Gods Church, especially in the God of Death system? A priest or a nun or a priest?"

"They should be the kind of people who quit the church after the Twelve Gods Church was banned."

"..."

Ye Feifei thought hard and hesitated: "It seems that there really is..."