An infinite journey starting from paradise

She did gather the members who had left the church and publicly announced the disbanding of the church, but the female students who were originally organized by her did not obey her orders at all.

Many of them have become addicted to this decadent and dissolute life. Many of them have changed from simply "seeking excitement" to "doing business", and from the original free transactions to the traditional "import and export trade".

The thrill of orgasm, the easy money, the sweet words of the customers, the sense of guilt from self-indulgence... all these things fascinated the girls. They no longer cared about Tsukishima Orihime or anyone else.

"We joined the sect to oppose the authority of family and school and pursue our own freedom, not to join the sect for the sake of that stupid fool who wanted to kill us.

After receiving such an answer, Tsukishima Orihime could only leave in disgrace, and she was completely isolated for "betraying" the people of the sect.

As for compensating the victims' families, as mentioned earlier, the victims basically have no relatives alive, so even if Tsukishima Orihime wants to repent, she can't find the right person.

"what should I do?"

Lin Shangren seemed to have read Tsukishima Orihime's thoughts. He said, "Even if you become a nun in this life, or a nun who devotes your life to God, it can't make up for your sins. It's like dying to atone for your sins. It's just self-consolation."

"But... what should I do? I... really don't know how to dissuade them?" Tsukishima Orihime said tearfully, "I originally just wanted to rebel against the school with them and seek freedom, but I didn't expect it to develop like this."

"Figure it out yourself."

Hayashi Naoto was not interested in redeeming Tsukishima Orihime and those female students who had gone astray. He had saved Tsukishima Orihime in order to use her as bait to lure out the murderer, but he did not expect that he would catch Kusaka Tatsuhiko that night.

In short, he's not a benevolent god, and he has no obligation to teach and save every fool. For those who seek a sense of existence by selling their bodies, and who mistake indulgence for freedom, he chooses to let go of his desire to help others and respect their fate.

Lin Shangren shook his head and was about to leave when he heard Tsukishima Orihime say, "Why do you want to kill even Imai? She clearly never betrayed me. Among this group of people, she is the only one who truly believes in the so-called '㏡ㆡツ浮'!"

"What did you say? Jin Yiyao has never sold her body? How do you know?"

"what?"

"answer my question."

"Hmm...Kimura has always been resistant to doing that kind of thing. She joined us simply because of the story I made up based on the 'Nenis' Egg'.

She's very interested in the occult. I heard her say her father was a reporter who investigated mysterious incidents and reportedly died unexpectedly while investigating something. That's why she's particularly interested in the occult.

"Did her father die eleven years ago?" Lin Shangren asked.

"This...I don't know."

"Are you sure she hasn't had sex with anyone?" Lin Shangren asked again.

This is very important. Tatsuhiko Kusaka identified his targets by staking out female students who were willing to sell their bodies in some red-light districts.

If Konami Haruka had never sold herself, there would be no reason for Tatsuhiko Kusaka to identify her as a victim.

"And mysticism..." Lin Shangren rubbed his neck and fell into thought.

When I was investigating the situation of Haruka Ima and Yui Nishizono, I heard from the female students in the judo club that Haruka Ima was obsessed with mysticism and was investigating some magic experiments of the Japanese military.

At first, Lin Shangren didn't pay much attention to this information - there was no reason why a disappearance case in a girls' school would be related to the Japanese military.

However, today, with the discovery of the Dark Bible, the clarification of the demon summoning incident eleven years ago, and the understanding of the dark secrets of the demon, the dark secrets of the demon have been revealed.

"Clue summary: First, eleven years ago, Takagi Hiroko accidentally obtained the Dark Bible and experimented with its magic, performing a demon-summoning ritual. This ritual caused her to lose her memory, and the innocent girl sacrificed, Kitami Reika, became possessed by a demon. She used magic to retaliate against Student Council President Madoka Komada and teacher Chiyo Takigawa, who then obtained a copy of the Dark Bible.

Six years ago, Madoka Nami relied on her family background and the organization "Dark Bible" to establish the Tenkei Society. One of its followers, Kaoru Fukamizu, committed serial murders for the magic ritual of parthenogenesis. Painter Shinsou Mamiya took the opportunity to kill people.

The painter Mamiya Shinshin, seemingly having made a bargain with a Warp demon at some point, acquired artistic talent and mastered the technique of creating psychic corpse wax. He is also suspected of possessing a copy of the Dark Bible.

At this moment, Kusaka Tatsuhiko is killing people according to the incomplete magic ritual of resurrection in "Neneth's Egg". And the one who inherited Mamiya's knowledge of mind image magic and joined the group of the genie, is killing people according to the magic ritual of resurrection in "Neneth's Egg".

Although a series of events are scattered, there is one thing that runs through them all: the Dark Bible. In addition to the events eleven years ago, the other cases are also closely related to the events of the previous year.

The material of the carpet is made of natural stone, and the material of the carpet is made of natural stone. The carpet is made of natural stone, and the material of the carpet is made of natural stone.

Lin Shangren took out the strangely bound black parchment book from the shadows.

"A magic book written by Jesus, Saint Peter, and the devil, containing all sorts of strange, evil, and lascivious magic. Takashiro Hiroko, eleven years ago, was an ordinary high school student. How did she come into possession of this book?"

And if this book was written by Jesus, how did it end up in Japan?"

This question arose the moment Lin Shangren got the book. He searched many times for information containing the two keywords "Jesus" and "Japan" in the vast amount of information in his mind, but all he got were nonsense stories from street literature such as "The Prophecy of Haiowa" and "Takeuchi Documents" that were full of conspiracy theories.

For example, Jesus traveled to Japan after turning fifty, found a woman in Aomori Prefecture, had three children with her, and ultimately died there. Or perhaps Jesus, Confucius, and Buddha all studied in Japan, and even Genghis Khan was Japanese.

Rather than believing this, it is better to believe that Hong Xiuquan is truly the second son of God, and Jesus is the world's first substitute messenger.

"How many more restrictions should we add?" Lin Shangren pondered. "World War II, Nazi occult experiments, transfer, Japan."

Soon, the face of the shampooer appeared in Lin Shangren's mind. As everyone knows, Seer, Himmler and Hermann Meyer were very interested in mysticism. They even set up a metaphysical force, used astrology to predict Allied submarines, used prophecy to speculate on the Allied advance route, and also conducted research on super powers and UFOs.

Seer himself was also very interested in the holy relics of Jesus: he had sent people to look for things like the Shroud of Turin, the Silver Coin of Judas, the Spear of Longinus, and God's toilet paper.

During Germany's defeat in 44, Hitler ordered the delivery of many of his occult and alchemical artifacts to Japan, his Allied nation, hoping they would magically reverse the tide of war. He also sent uranium ore to Japan in the hope that it would develop an atomic bomb. However, before the submarines carrying the uranium reached Japan, the country was struck by a second atomic bomb.

So, is it possible that this "Dark Bible" was sent to Japan by Germany?

"Most of the magic in this book deals with sex, summoning demons, and resurrection. The conditions for resurrection magic are so harsh that it's of little use in warfare. And the strength of the summoned demons is just so-so. I can just kill them with two swords, not to mention high-intensity firepower. While demons can telekinesis and fly, and can perform decapitation attacks, their impact on the battle won't be significant.

The truly powerful magic in this book is the Curse of Corruption."

Lin Shangren looked at his skill bar.

"This magic does have the potential to rule the world. However, even if my previous hypothesis is correct, it still doesn't explain why this book ended up in Takagi Hiroko's hands. Besides, these are just hypotheses.

It seems I need to pay a visit to the former high-ranking officials of the Japanese military. Originally, I planned to keep them until the grand trial in my motherland and then kill them all. That would be more ceremonial, but it seems I have to take action now."

Although the Japanese military had been dismantled by Emperor MacArthur in accordance with the Potsdam Declaration in 1945, it was still quite easy to find those high-ranking officials who had originally belonged to the military. Some of them had actually been killed by Lin Shangren.

"Looks like I have to work overtime tonight."

The author says:

Author's Note: There will be another chapter later.

Chapter 112: Offering your life voluntarily?

Lin Shangren wanted to kill those high-ranking officials who originally belonged to the old Japanese Army Ministry and Navy Ministry, and the group of insects also wanted to find Lin Shangren.

Since our story has always been told from Lin Shangren's perspective, there is not much mention of how the Japanese officials reacted after Lin Shangren dealt with those damn bastards.

From Lin Shangren's perspective, killing is not a big deal. He just does what he needs to do. He continues to deduce the case while pushing the girl down, as if everything is going well.

So, does this mean that the Japanese government has no response to the series of family-annihilation crimes committed by Hayashi Shangren?

How is that possible? That's impossible!

Ever since the murder of Abe Kozo and his entire family, Japan's public security, or what was once Japan's Tokugakuko (Special High Police), has been furious. A high-ranking official was murdered, and his entire family was exterminated with such imaginative tactics, and in Tokyo! To dare act so arrogantly under their noses is like a thief trying to get himself killed (sucking shit).

This is no longer an ordinary criminal, we must strike hard!

Just when the newcomers of the former Special High Section were eager to show their skills, Lin Shangren used a series of mind-blowing cases to teach these spies a lesson.

Just the day after Abe Keizou's family went bankrupt, Suzuki Teiji, the former general affairs director of Japan's Asia Development Board, was wiped out with a similar method.

The autopsy results of these two cases have not come out yet. On the third day, Okawa Shumei, who pretended to be crazy and stupid to avoid the Tokyo Trial, was also executed along with his entire family.

The circumstances of death in the three cases were strikingly similar: all were beheaded and placed in a mausoleum, with all kneeling facing west. However, the causes of death varied; some were dismembered alive, while others were poisoned and then dismembered. The directions in which the bodies knelt also varied slightly: while all faced west, some were facing due west, southwest, or northwest.

Similar cases continued unabated. After several days of investigation, Japanese police were convinced that this series of crimes was the work of a single organization, possessing immense armed forces and assassination capabilities, capable of easily and quietly dispatching large groups of security personnel. Their targets were high-ranking Japanese officials who had participated in the invasion of China, with their bodies prostrated in the direction of the lands their armies had invaded.

Based on the above characteristics, Japanese public security speculates that the organization that committed this series of cases is likely to have close ties with China.

But how is that possible?

How could such a well-trained team sneak into Tokyo without them noticing? China had just completed its socialist transformation, so how could it have the energy to send people here?

With these doubts, the Japanese public security began a further investigation. Although their investigation results over the past few days cannot be said to be fruitful, they can be said to be better than nothing.

While the serial assassinations of high-ranking officials remained unsolved, a series of massacres targeting religious groups was quietly occurring. The enraged Japanese public security authorities had no energy to investigate these cases, leaving them to the police. However, the police were short on manpower, and the serial murders committed by Tatsuhiko Kusaka and Shinji Mamiya had limited the Metropolitan Police Department's manpower.

Just then, Lin Shangren pulled off another major stunt for them—he blew up Sugamo Prison, using explosives from the US military stationed in Japan. His methods were the same, and although this time he used two swords to physically chopped the scum into pieces, the kneeling and apology part was still there.

It was done by the same mysterious organization.

This time, the Japanese public security was completely defeated. Damn, what kind of people are these? They kill people and blow up prisons, and they even steal from the US military stationed in Japan?! You can kill my people, and you can steal my father's explosives, but you can't use my father's stolen explosives to kill my people!

The extremely angry Japanese police were furious.

There was no way, there was no clue. This group was extremely skilled and cruel, killing families with impunity, and now they were confirmed to have high-explosive weapons. Rather than catching this group, the Japanese police were more worried that they would break into the Imperial Palace and kill Hirohito's entire family.

Therefore, the main task of the Japanese public security changed from actively arresting people to waiting for the opportunity, and strengthened the protection of the royal family and high-ranking officials who had participated in the war of aggression against China, in the hope that the murderer would fall into the trap.

Of course, they couldn't just sit back and wait. The task of taking the initiative should be left to the Metropolitan Police Department. After all, they far outnumbered the Public Security Bureau. Even if they had cases on hand, they had to put them aside when faced with a matter of national security. Prioritize investigating Tokyo and its surrounding areas, searching for traces of the mysterious killers. If you have enough blind cats, you'll always find a dead mouse!

However, what the Japanese public security could never have imagined was that the well-trained assassination team they thought was actually just a crackpot, and he was now chatting with a "big blind cat" among the Japanese police.

Moon World Cafe is located near Kichijoji Station.

Lin Shangren sat at the bar and gently stirred the black coffee in his cup with a coffee spoon. Today, for the first time ever, he added a lot of sugar to it - reasoning and searching for information in his brain consumed a lot of physical energy, and he needed sugar to recharge himself.

Yuzumi Jiasan, who was sitting next to him, looked a little depressed. He said, "Mr. Lin, we have found the body of that guy named Mamiya Xiner."

"Corpse?" Lin Shangren asked knowingly.

"He was also killed in a very brutal way," Yuzumi replied.

"Where's the body? Was it sent to Natsume?"

"No... The case has been stopped and closed directly, and the body has been sent to the forensic hospital." Yuzumi Kazo replied.

"Stop it?"

"The Metropolitan Police Department has ordered us to solve the current case as quickly as possible and then devote all our energy to hunting down the assassination squad hiding in Tokyo."

"what?"

"Just get rid of Abe and those other bastards." Yuzumi said, "I really don't want to deal with those cases. Who knows..."

At this point, Yuzumi lowered his voice. "Who knows, they might be our comrades. After those right-wing guys die, people in the organization will have a chance to fill the gap. Thanks to that group of killers, the pressure on the organization has been reduced a lot. Although the factional fighting is still going on... it's getting better at least."

"Come to think of it, that group has committed so many serious crimes, and the police and public security haven't found any clues at all? Is there really no progress?"

Uozumi Kazuzo shook his head and added, "Not yet, but it's hard to say in the future. The person in charge of those cases at the Metropolitan Police Department is quite capable, and his reasoning ability is on par with Tokisaka and Akigo... but perhaps a little worse than Mr. Hayashi's."

"Oh? From what you said, Yuzumi, you are very familiar with that person?"

Uozumi Kazuzo replied, "We were originally comrades. He was a non-commissioned officer, while Tokisaka, Akigo, and I were privates. We were sent to China together, captured together, and educated together by Mr. Nosaka in Yan'an. Ultimately, Tokisaka and I joined the Party, while Akigo continued his life as a wanderer."

That guy, Yaginuma Ichi, quickly took the position his father had arranged for him upon returning to Japan. He became the Metropolitan Police Department's Superintendent General at a young age. His father had also been a high-ranking official, but he had been dismissed a few years earlier, though he hadn't been affected much.

He's very capable and unscrupulous. He often exploited Tokisaka and Akigo... He was also involved in the case six years ago, and in the end, it was he who climbed to a higher position by stepping on the truth that Akigo sacrificed his life for.

Tokisaka was also disheartened by the death of his fiancée and Akigo, and soon resigned from his job..."

"Is that so?" Lin Shangren took a sip of coffee and then continued, "In that case, Yuzumi, you must protect me. After all, I'm helping with the investigation because of our personal relationship. If Mr. Yaginuma were to target me, I might get into some unnecessary trouble."

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin. We won't get deeply involved in cases involving high-ranking officials. Rather than this, Mr. Lin, can you help me analyze the recent cases against the government officials and the relevant departments?"

"Difficult." Lin Shangren said, "They were all killed with one shot, and there are no extra features. We can only confirm that the murderer has excellent marksmanship and uses sophisticated firearms. He may be from the military. The target is a cult. Maybe it was a revenge killing." Lin Shangren fooled.

"revenge?"

"Aren't there many soldiers returning from the battlefield suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder? Many of them believed in cults and were defrauded of their wealth. Of course, it could also be because close relatives were harmed by cults. There's too little evidence and too many possibilities, so I can't do anything."

Just when Lin Shangren was frantically trying to trick Yuzhu Jiasan, Hatsune Amamiya, a waitress at the Moon World Cafe, walked up to Lin Shangren somewhat awkwardly.

"Mr. Lin..."

"Oh, it's Hatsune. What's going on?"

Amamiya Hatsune looked at Lin Shangren, then at Yuzumi Jiasan beside him, and then said, "Mr. Lin, Lady Yuque asked me to pass on a message to you. She wants to invite you to sit at Xuebai to express her gratitude. She also has...something she wants to discuss with you."

"Tonight?" Lin Shangren asked. "I'm afraid it won't be possible tonight. I still have things to take care of."

"No... Lord Yuque said you can come over anytime if it's convenient for you. It's not urgent."

"Is that so? Okay. Tell Uchika-sama that I'll visit you tomorrow night. Thanks, Hatsune."

"Well... then I'll... take my leave."

Hatsune Amamiya blushed slightly and walked back to the kitchen of the cafe.

"Mr. Lin, do you also know the snow-white proprietress?" Yuzumi Jiasan asked curiously.

"I just did her a small favor." Lin Shangren replied with a smile, "It's getting late. I should go now. I have some things to take care of. Goodbye."

As he spoke, Lin Shangren walked out of the Moon World Café, holding the black umbrella upside down. Looking at Lin Shangren, dressed in all black, Yuzumi Jiasan felt as if he was going to attend a funeral.

Lin Shangren walked out of the Moon World Cafe. He originally wanted to drive directly to the home of the lucky unlucky guy whose family was going to be killed tonight. However, when he just walked to the Packard car parked near Kichijoji Station, he suddenly stopped.

Through the perception of shadow touch, he discovered that a group of people were quietly following him.

Lin Shangren was certain that these people weren't from the police or public security bureau. After all, the Japanese authorities wouldn't have needed to be so sneaky if they wanted to cause trouble for him. And Mamiya Shin'er had also told him that the Black Mother Cult was planning to assassinate him.

"Oh, finally a murderer has thought of killing the detective before he can solve the case?" Lin Shangren thought to himself, "That's interesting. Let's play tricks on them."

Lin Shangren did not get into the car directly, but walked into a deeper alley in a twisting and turning manner, and his walking posture was almost as coquettish as Mei Yangyang.