Thanks for the invitation. I am a parasite in Terra.

Given the current situation, do we really have to start with the local church?

After thinking for a moment, Dario then looked at his students.

Elini followed him on the road with her head down, saying nothing.

She will experience this sooner or later, when she is able to become an independent judge.

but not now.

"Alini."

"I'm here!"

It seemed that he didn't expect the teacher to suddenly call him, and his reaction seemed a little big.

"There's a change of plan. From now on, I'll be in charge of the investigation in the church area, and you'll be in charge of the residential area."

"Understood, teacher."

Elini nodded, and then walked towards another route without further ado.

Obedience to orders is also a compulsory course for inquisitors.

Watching Elini go away,

Dario placed his hand on the hand cannon at his waist.

Then, next, we should go to the place with the most doubts at the moment.

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"How beautiful! How great!"

"No matter from which angle you look at it, this is a creation of God!"

"Powerful life, unparalleled adaptability - but why! Why does it refuse to wake up?"

Lei Ke looked at the huge piece of flesh and blood in front of him with red eyes.

The tiny mass of matter was able to continuously assimilate and absorb other life forms to replenish itself. After discovering this, Bishop Leco became almost crazy with excitement.

At this moment, several distorted faces can be seen in the piece of meat.

It takes a lot of nutrients for it to expand like this.

It is obvious that Leco has found the most suitable "feed"

but why?

Why is it just constantly absorbing and expanding itself?

No matter what method he used to stimulate him, he could not change his current inertia.

It's like falling into hibernation...

"No, it shouldn't be just like this!"

He said, and then thought of the believers of the Deep Sea Church...

"Yeah, it shouldn't be like this! It's just that there aren't enough of them—"

He growled, and then showed a crazy expression.

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[? ]

"What's wrong?"

Walking on the streets of Saltwind City, Laurentina realized that something seemed to be wrong with her left room for a moment.

[Feeling like... connected to something?]

"?"

"connect?"

[It's a very subtle feeling, as if we were connected by a line.]

"Can you feel where that thing is coming from?"

[No... that breath is very weak.]

"weak....."

Laurentina was stunned for a moment, then as if she remembered something, she suddenly asked.

"Wait, Zuo Jian, if you don't deliberately control the blood leaving my body now, it will wither and turn into blood mist in a few seconds, right?"

[That's right. After all, keeping the separated parts alive would waste the nutrients of the main body.]

"Then if the blood was taken from you while you were unconscious before you woke up, how long would it survive?"

Laurentina asked seriously.

Zuo Jian understood what the other party meant in an instant, and then he replied.

[It’s hard to say. If the amount is not large, a month is not a problem. Moreover, if it is too far away from the main body, it will unconsciously forage for food to ensure its survival.]

"We have to find the local church! Damn it, I should have followed that Inquisitor earlier. He must be here for this too!"

"Can you control it once you get close?"

Without much hesitation, Laurentina jumped directly onto the roof of a residential building nearby and began looking for a nearby building similar to a church.

[Theoretically, yes, but I have been away from it for too long and I need to get back in touch with it.]

"What if there is no contact? What will it become?"

Zuo Jian thought for a moment, and then remembered the only request he made when he was reincarnated.

[Survive.]

If you want to survive, nutrients are necessary.

The most convenient way to supplement nutrients is...

"person?"

"Damn it, I didn't think of that!"

"Those psychopaths from the Deep Sea Church better not do anything stupid with that blood!"

[My intuition tells me that this is highly unlikely - wait... the feeling is getting stronger?]

[Is someone providing it with nutrients? Hiss...wait...something's wrong.]

The left pupil showed some discomfort.

[What disgusting thing did he feed it? That thing...wait, that part seems to have woken up due to the stimulation?]

"what?!"

Chapter 18, Mutation

"What? Why are the guys from the Inquisition here?!"

Lei Ke grabbed the collar of a believer beside him and roared inappropriately. Then, before the latter had any chance to explain, he pushed him away.

Then he looked with red eyes at the huge piece of flesh and blood behind him that was covered by high-strength glass.

At this moment, in the center of the flesh and blood, a mass of blue tumor seemed to have been forcibly stitched together, filled with a strange sense of life.

"It's almost there! He will be awakened soon!!"

"*Colombian swear*, do you want me to just abandon the existence in front of me like this?"

"Bishop, these things are not worthy of you..."

"these things?"

"You call Him these things? And you say He is worth it? What do you know? If He is not worth it, then what do you think is worth it?"

Having said that, Lei Ke suddenly sneered.

"Yes, I remember now. The guys here are just a bunch of idiots who have unrealistic fantasies about the incomplete lives in the sea."

"Bishop, even you shouldn't say such things."

Unexpectedly, the believer in front of him actually refuted him out loud.

The latter had long heard that the bishop in front of him had no respect for God, but the other party's attainments in research forced him to maintain basic

respect.

But even so, he could not imagine that the other party could belittle the church's faith so blatantly.

Is it because of that piece of flesh and blood? What on earth is that ominous thing?

Just looking at it made him feel a deep chill.

"But now is not the time to argue about this. We should evacuate here, Bishop. Everything buried in the church basement cannot escape the eyes of the Inquisitor."

“.....You are right....”

"You know..."

"?!"

Before the cultist could react, Leko quickly inserted a tube of red liquid into his neck through a needle.

"Ahhhh!"

"You are right. I cannot take this great creation away from here. However, I will never give up on Him no matter what!"

"For this, I need a hotbed where I can transfer Him."

"As for the results that have been completed... leave them to the Inquisitor."

As Lei Ke spoke, he showed a crazy expression, then dragged the fallen believer into the secret passage, and then pressed the button.

With the creaking sound of the mechanism operating, the glass cover surrounding the huge mass of flesh and blood opened.

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Snap....Snap.....

The hard-soled boots stepped on the cold and damp floor, and the smell of decay and fish filled the small space.

Dario took off his mask and sniffed the air in the basement passage. After confirming that it was safe, he lit the lantern in his hand.

A purple-red flame was released from the Inquisitor's lantern, dispelling the surrounding darkness and illuminating the road ahead.

He leaned over and looked at the muddy ground with footprints.

"It's very fresh...but is it still too late?"

After thinking for a moment, he decided to continue moving forward with the lantern.

Although the fact that the believers disappeared en masse after learning of the Inquisitor's arrival was already suspicious, he still needed more evidence.

Evidence that proves how harmful this deep sea church is to Iberia.

"If nothing goes wrong, traces of the missing people can also be found here."

"Help...me..."

!

While he was thinking, he heard a faint cry for help, as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

The left channel?

Dario ran towards the source of the sound with one hand on the hilt of his sword and the other holding the lantern.

Soon, as he moved forward, a figure lying on the ground appeared in the darkness dispelled by the firelight.

Judging from his clothes, he seemed to be just an ordinary resident nearby.

However, the other person looked even weaker than he looked outside, and it was obvious that he had not eaten properly for a long time.

"Save...me..."

Faced with the other party's call for help, Dario did not hesitate too much. He quickly stepped forward, and just as he was about to rescue, his pupils widened.

When the firelight got closer and illuminated the figure lying on the ground, Dario discovered that this person's body was only the upper half? ! !

The huge wound looked as if it had been eaten directly by something, revealing the broken spine. Scattered on the ground was a red carpet made of internal organs and blood.