In the name of the true god

Back at the police station, Stefan Nolan opened the bottom drawer of his desk, took out an arrest warrant, and handed it to Jude.

Jude keenly noticed a thick stack of wanted posters in the drawer, and Stefan Nolan had taken the top one.

This also suggests that Stefan Nolan remains quite interested in the case and may review it from time to time.

"Take a look, does this ring a bell?" Stefan Nolan asked expectantly.

Jude looked at the old wanted poster.

Many years have passed, and the photo on the wanted poster has faded somewhat. However, it is still relatively easy to recognize that the man is in his twenties, with narrow eyes, a slightly flat nose, a bit overweight, and a receding hairline.

After carefully calculating and confirming based on physical characteristics and age, Jude was certain that the person in the wanted poster was the fat wizard.

But to be absolutely certain, he secretly checked it again using the law of contact:

Is the person in this wanted poster the entanglement wizard who passed on the Law of Contact to me?

Is the person in this wanted poster the entanglement wizard who passed on the Law of Contact to me?

Is the person in this wanted poster the entanglement wizard who passed on the Law of Contact to me?

Thanks to the slight connection he made with the wanted criminals through the warrants, he also had a clear causal relationship with the fat wizard.

After only three repetitions of the questioning, the answer quickly came to Jude's mind—

Yes.

it's him!

A witch doctor who came to the attention of the Holy Church at least twenty years ago!

The fact that the arrest warrant has been preserved to this day is enough to demonstrate how much the Holy Church values ​​it!

So, who exactly is he?

Why keep the Möbius strip ring for yourself?

And why can it simultaneously "endow" itself with the power of the law of contact and the law of similarity?

Jude suppressed his excitement and hurriedly flipped to the back of the wanted poster.

However, it seemed as if fate was deliberately playing a trick on them.

Apart from a frontal photograph, there is no other information to be gleaned from the arrest warrant.

Name.

Bounty money.

Basic information.

Nothing at all, just a blank page.

What kind of arrest warrant is this?

"Why are there only photos?" Jude asked, puzzled.

"That's how it was when the Holy Church sent it to us. I asked them about it at the time, and they said that wanted notices that are too old have long been withdrawn, and the relevant information has either lost its reference value or will be specially sealed. In short, it will no longer be made public," Stefan Nolan said. "These wanted notices that only have photos were all obtained by the department from the church."

"They actively sought it out of the church? Just for a photo?"

Stefan Nolan explained, "Many homicides are limited by technology, and it is difficult for us to determine whether it is suicide, accident, or homicide... Therefore, we need to obtain a batch of wanted posters of heretics from the church to find witnesses to identify them, in order to determine the nature of the case and ultimately determine whether the church needs to intervene."

strangeness……

If the purpose is to help detectives determine whether a case is related to "heresy," there's no need to be so cautious as to only provide a photo...

After all, they were all people who had been publicly wanted before. No matter how sensitive the situation was, it shouldn't be necessary to hide their names...

But Stefan Nolan didn't seem to be lying to himself; there could only be something else going on with the Holy Church...

"Understood..." Jude didn't ask any further questions, but simply turned the wanted poster back to the front, wanting to get more information from the only clue.

"How was it? Do you remember?" Stefan Nolan gave Jude two or three minutes to observe quietly.

"It doesn't seem like it." Jude pondered for a moment, offering no valuable feedback. "Of course, it's also possible that I don't remember clearly... Sorry..."

Stefan Nolan smiled helplessly, but still showed understanding: "It's been so long, it's normal not to remember. Thank you for coming with me again."

Jude returned the arrest warrant to Stefan Nolan: "It's nothing, we're colleagues, we should help each other out."

"Thank you... I'll try my best to look into the wallet matter for you again." Stefan Nolan was actually a little touched by Jude's words. "Could you leave me your address? I'll contact you if there's any progress."

The wallet wasn't lost at all.

But Stefan Nolan is a serious detective, and it wouldn't be bad to have him as a friend.

Jude gave his address and then left, saying he needed to hurry back to his post at the prison.

After waiting outside the police station for ten minutes, he approached Stefan Nolan with an apologetic look and showed him his wallet: "I found the wallet; it's in the car."

"Thank goodness it wasn't lost!" Stefan Nolan exclaimed with delight, genuinely happy for Jude. "Then please sign the case closure form for me."

"Okay." Jude signed his name readily on the case closure form.

If I can help Stefan Nolan slightly improve the case closure rate this month, then it's not a waste of him accompanying me on a stroll around the docks.

It was a little past five in the afternoon.

Jude drove back to the suburbs.

Considering that his shift wouldn't start until 7:30, he went back to No. 27 Hearthstone Street to feed the little golden retriever and the little Siamese cat one more time.

"throat."

The door is pushed open.

Connor arrived unexpectedly and was sitting on the sofa flipping through his notebook.

"Brother?" Jude saw the notebook and inwardly felt a sense of foreboding, but outwardly showed a restrained expression of slight surprise. "What brings you here?"

"I saw a candy store downtown today and bought you some fruit hard candies," Connor said, pointing to the gift bag on the table.

Fruit hard candy...

That guy is really thoughtful...

"Haven't had this in a while, I wonder if it still tastes the same." Jude casually changed into his slippers, stepped forward to open the gift bag, and casually popped an apple-flavored hard candy into his mouth. "Mmm...delicious! Bro, have one too."

"Yes," Jude said without batting an eye. "It's my first time having pets, so I have to be careful and keep a record of their habits."

Connor didn't seem to suspect anything.

After all, he had specifically instructed me to "be more careful."

Jude's ability to carry out his orders perfectly shows that he takes his words seriously.

Where did you go this afternoon?

"Afternoon? I finally had some time, so I drove out for a stroll." Jude took out a piece of ham from the kitchen, beckoned the little golden retriever and the little Siamese cat to him, and slowly broke the ham into small pieces, feeding them one by one.

Seeing this, Connor stated his main purpose for coming: "I heard you danced with Warden Melanie, who oversees the First General Ward?"