I, Stone Golem, only want to forge.

Chapter 96 Organs Outside the Body

Diaz thought about what he had traded with the dwarves.

The tower of mages, the village, and the papacy.

These three, on the surface, seem to have no connection to him as the captain.

But upon closer reflection...

The slave traders had connections with their fleet, and probably some connection with the captain as well.

And the slave trade happens to be inextricably linked to the Papacy.

And so, Diaz suddenly discovered that two things that seemed completely unrelated were suddenly connected!

If the things the dwarves made for the Papacy were somehow connected to these captured slaves.

Therefore, the captain who had direct contact with the slave traders would very likely try to interfere with the shipment!

As for why the intervention was carried out, and how it was carried out?

That's an unknown.

However, the captain touched the Vatican's shipment.

This is indeed the only reason Diaz can think of that bastard being associated with dwarves so far.

"I have a feeling that bastard messed with that shipment! It's a shame he's dead, we can't even ask him. No, I need to find the other captains!"

Diaz immediately felt a surge of anger rising from his heart.

He's working himself to the bone to drum up business, and these bastards not only don't cooperate, they're always messing around and sabotaging his work!

Diazon was furious and wanted to confront the captains.

"No need to look, they're all dead."

However, Sri shook his head and stopped him with a single sentence.

"Are they all dead?"

Diaz wasn't saying he hadn't thought about it, but he felt that Siri's tone clearly implied something else.

"Didn't I previously incite that crew member to commit murder?"

Diaz nodded, recalling the old Taoist robe that had been turned into a tree.

"When he arrived, he found that the captains were all gone. Upon asking, he learned that, apart from you, who did not directly transport slaves, the other captains seemed to have all gathered in one room."

After Siri finished speaking, he leaned down and gently placed his hand on the captain's head.

Several vines emerged from his sleeves and pierced his skull.

"So how did they die? Were they also killed by the dwarves?"

Diaz asked a question that he himself thought was unlikely.

After all, if it were true, Sri wouldn't have needed to go to such lengths to explain it.

"No, actually they weren't dead when they arrived, or rather, they were in a state of being both dead and alive."

Siri frowned, and after slightly organizing the scene he wanted to describe, he began to speak.

"They were like nuts, their shells were opened, and all their internal organs, such as the brain, heart, lungs, and small intestine, were taken out and placed in jars."

Then the body was sewn back on, leaving only a few holes through which tubes connected the organs from the jars back into the body.

Diaz's mind went completely blank upon hearing this description.

To be honest, he couldn't even imagine what this scene would look like.

So let alone feeling nauseous or disgusted, it didn't even evoke any negative emotions.

"I don't quite understand what you're saying. What do you mean by 'the jar contains organs connected to the body'?"

Sri shook his head; the North also had its share of methods for torturing people.

What about hanging people up and dismantling their ribs to use as wings, or taking out their small intestines and stomach to force-feed them?

He'd seen similar strange things before, but this one was truly bizarre.

"Moreover, their techniques were very disciplined. Whether it was the sutures or the IV tubing, everything was done in an orderly manner, which is clearly something that only educated professionals in the relevant fields could do."

Siri sighed, then turned his gaze to the corpse under his command whose head was pierced by vines.

"I originally wanted to extract the memories from this corpse, but the memories were destroyed the moment the corpse died, and the souls of the captains whose organs were removed disappeared directly."

This kind of technique, which involves the soul and memories, is definitely not something that any small force could achieve.

He gathered up the vines, stood up, and shook his head.

Diaz naturally thought of the Papacy.

"They can't still be from the Vatican, can they? Has the Vatican really become like this?"

"It's not necessarily their doing, but there's a high probability they're connected. Although things are stable inside the Vatican now, it's probably only temporary. The last Holy War didn't get to a clear conclusion, and who knows, we might have to fight it again in a few years."

When Siri mentioned the Papacy, his expression became even more subtle.

"So, all leads have gone cold now?"

Diaz rubbed his temples and suddenly felt a headache coming on.

He was just a crew member with a little bit of cleverness, so how come now that all the captains are dead, there's this major incident that seems to be somehow connected to him?

"Actually, there are still clues."

Siri picked up the branch he had given Diaz, examined it carefully for a while, and then asked to confirm.

"Did that nun touch this branch?"

Diaz nodded.

"I touched it, and I touched it for a long time."

"That's fine then."

Siri's eyes flickered slightly, and the branch shattered on the spot, turning into dust that shot out.

However, when Sri looked in the direction where the powder flew out, Ziguang showed some surprise.

The nun's position seemed to be somewhat close to Mr. Murphy's.

He could only discern a rough distance, so he wasn't entirely sure.

However, if there was a chance that the other party knew Murphy, Siri was a little more cautious in his actions.

Before long, a figure flew directly over from a distance.

With a soft thud, it landed on the seat, bounced a few times, and then settled firmly into its seat.

Needless to say, it's obviously elegant.

Suddenly, she had no room to resist and was pulled over by a tremendous force.

His gaze was blank for a moment, then he immediately became alert and looked around.

Upon closer inspection, I found myself back in the bar!

And standing in front of him was Diaz, whom he had just met not long ago.

This time, however, he was accompanied by an unfamiliar old man.

"Is this it?" Sri asked.

"yes----"

Diaz was no less shocked than Yaz when he saw the person who had suddenly appeared in front of him.

He initially thought that Sri and Ya were on the same level, but now that he saw how easily Sri had captured the nun, he realized that was not the case.

Clearly, the gap between these two people was as vast as the gap between him and the nun.

"Is it still the Inquisition, and a succubus at that?"

Siri was far more knowledgeable than Diaz, and he recognized the nun in front of him at a glance.

Especially the succubus identity at the end.

It wasn't that his identity was particularly special, but rather that he had recently encountered Ye.

That person was also from the Vatican, and according to Old K, Ye became like that because he kept purifying succubi.

No sooner had he heard what someone was saying than he encountered a succubus nun.

He simply couldn't help but connect the two.

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