As the bald young man's incantation reverberated in the room, the group of young people kneeling by the bed began to emit distorted humanoid shadows.
After the shadows left their bodies, the young people seemed to be suffering from unbearable pain. First, they clenched their teeth, with the veins on their foreheads popping out as they forcefully endured it. After a while, they began to pray in a whisper with their teeth chattering. "O Great Sovereign of Truth, you're the eyes that can see through all mysteries, you're the book that records all knowledge …"
"O Lord who controls all the truth in the world, you're the embodiment of wisdom, the inheritance of civilization …"
"I kneel before you devoutly not for the sake of obtaining the power and wealth of the secular world, but for the desire for the 'truth' in my heart …" In order to vent the pain in his heart.
At the same time, after the shadows floated away from the young people's bodies, they seemed to be struggling and unwilling to completely leave. For this reason, they continued to stretch like dough and finally turned into thick ropes that gathered in the thin book held by the bald young man.
After the pages of the book, like a black hole that could swallow all matter, came into contact with the shadows, they integrated into it.
A few seconds later, a faint brilliance suddenly flashed on the opened book. Then, many blurred images gradually emerged one after another.
Looking at these complicated messages, the bald young man stopped chanting the incantation and muttered in a low voice, "Nalin has been staying in her room to surf the Internet, watching Jane Ginny's Daily Talk Show. Oh, girl, your mental quality is really amazing; Merrill has been relieving her nervousness by shopping today.
My Lord is a tolerant god who doesn't abstain from luxury and exaggeration. It's fine as long as you can calm your heart; Harrida has been exercising in the hotel gym in the afternoon and has even preached our doctrine to beautiful girls.
Ha Rida has been working out in the hotel gym this afternoon. He has even preached our teachings to beautiful girls. Although this is the most special time, you haven't forgotten to praise our Lord … "
With each sentence he uttered, one of the shadows gathered on the book would break. Among the young people kneeling around him, one of them would collapse, but with a relaxed expression, he would collapse onto the ground.
As time passed, more and more people were relieved of their pain. Unknowingly, only one person remained in a kneeling position.
This person's face was already as red as blood because of the pain, tension, and fear. The bald man moved his gaze away from the book and turned to the poor guy's face, revealing a ferocious look. "Ello, Ello, Ello, although I didn't see the cause of death of Joyce and Roy in the image of Truth, I saw your face together with the two of them.
You encouraged them to leave the hotel, didn't you? "
"N-No, it's not me who instigated it! It's not me who instigated them to leave the hotel, Sage Kamil!" Ero trembled all over as tears rolled down from his eyes. Stuttering, he explained, "This is all because after being chosen by my Lord as the Pledger, the others have become more devout, but Joyes has become more arrogant.
He does whatever he wants. This morning, he actually cast the Holy Word Spell on a beautiful waitress in the restaurant and controlled her. I stopped his crime because I was afraid of being captured by the surveillance camera, but in the end, he flew into a rage. For this reason, I had no choice but to ask Roy to bring him out to relax. Who would've known that such an accident would happen … "
The bald young man listened to Ethel's tearful complaint and remained silent for a while before closing the book. He watched as the last wisp of phantom rushed back into its owner's body and said, "Ethel, Joyes' arrogance has let him down. He's the Judas among the believers of the Truth and will be despised by the devout forever.
However, he's an indispensable role in tomorrow's ceremony. Now that he's died because of you, how do you think you can redeem it? "
Under the invisible pressure brought by Kamil's cold gaze, Ayrault's face turned from red to pale. After struggling for a while in his heart, he muttered, "Sage, I-I'm willing to take the risk of blasphemy tomorrow and replace Joyes to become the Wisher! Even if my soul falls into hell forever, I don't care!"
"Brother Ello, the fact that you can make such a choice shows the sublimation of your faith." The bald young man's eyes changed from the cold winter to a lively summer. "Tonight, we'll pray to God together and hope that He can accept the piety of your contribution and forgive your holy blasphemy.
In this way, perhaps after tomorrow, not only will you not be punished, but you'll also become a sage like me by the grace of God! "
"Become a sage? I-I'll also have the chance to become a sage and stand side by side with you?" Ello asked with his eyes wide open, as though he had found a broad road to glory in the swamp of despair.
"Of course it's possible, Ello. As long as you can get God's favor, what's impossible?" Kamil smiled compassionately and turned to look out of the window. His gaze seemed to penetrate the curtains and see the quiet night and the vast starry sky as he whispered, "Everything will depend on tomorrow …"
The leader of the Truth Society could not help but pray that everything would go smoothly tomorrow. On the other hand, his potential biggest enemy, Zhang Lisheng, was wearing ridiculously large clothes and was sitting in an open-air restaurant on the edge of Harvard's open campus. Holding a can of cold Coke, he looked thoughtfully at the noisy crowd not far away.
"Lisheng once again suggests that you try cold beer. Drink a big glass in one gulp and you'll know that this is the 'drink' you should drink on the streets in summer." Upon seeing the young man's unsociable and unsociable manner, a white man with a mustache sitting on the opposite side shouted.
After that, he pretended to look around and mysteriously took out a row of test tubes fixed in a shiny iron box from under the table. Lowering his voice, he added, "Of course, if the reason you said that you can't drink is because you think that beer is not strong enough, I still have some 'private business' for you."
This man had handsome facial features and a tall and strong body. When Zhang Lisheng saw him taking out the iron box, he suddenly saw Trish, who was by the side, stand up from the plastic chair and walked past Sheila to pick up a test tube filled with transparent liquid from the box. Gulping it down in one gulp, she breathed a long sigh of relief and shouted, "Oh, it's actually high-quality vodka!
Fred, I can't believe that you can get this kind of stuff from the open-air restaurant on campus. "
The US law had a strict prohibition on alcohol. The laws were different in each state, but the general situation was that young people could legally drink beer at the age of 18 and spirits at the age of 21. However, the prohibition on alcohol in public would only be lifted after the age of 23.
Even though the enforcement of the prohibition law was generally very loose on special occasions such as university celebrations, it was still easy to cause trouble if one was too arrogant.
"Trish, lower your voice! There's a young man who's not even 23 years old at our table. I don't want to bring any trouble to myself and the kind bartender who sold me the wine." Fred looked at the girl who had been losing her composure after drinking a few glasses of beer tonight and said in a whisper.
"Oh, 'Iron Man' Fred also has times when he's nervous too. If you're afraid yourself, then don't keep persuading people who don't want to drink to drink," Trish replied in a slightly tipsy manner.
Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment before realizing that the girl was defending him. Shrugging indifferently, he persuaded, "It's alright, Trish. You know that I'll occasionally drink a little red wine when I go to a restaurant in New York …"
"But you don't want to drink it now," Trish interrupted the young man's words and said loudly, "Don't you?"
The girl's continuous shouts made the scene a little awkward. With a cold expression, Fred took the opportunity to put the metal box filled with spirits back to the ground from the table to finish two test tubes of vodka. With the help of alcohol, he pointed at Zhang Lisheng and said gloomily, "Trish, all of you are protecting this guy tonight. Is this okay? Especially you, you don't even care so much about Herbert …"
Before he could finish his sentence, Sheila, who was sitting next to her boyfriend, frowned and stopped him, "Fred, you're drunk! Shut your mouth right now!"
"I'm not drunk, Sheila! The one who's drunk is …" Fred shook his head and said loudly. However, when he saw his girlfriend's cold gaze looking at him, he realized that things would become irreparable if he said another word. For this reason, he could only shut his mouth in frustration. After a moment of silence, he said in a low voice, "Yes, I'm drunk. The beer mixed with vodka in my stomach is really strong, but this feeling of dizziness is not bad.
How about it, Herbert? Let's have another drink. "
"That's a good suggestion, Fred! Let's have another drink!" A tall and thin man who was sitting next to Trish replied with a wry smile.
The gathering could no longer continue in such a situation. When the two depressed men who shared the same fate ordered another barrel of beer, Zhang Lisheng and Tina wiped their mouths with napkins at the same time. The young man stood up first and said, "I'm full. Herbert, Fred, it's nice to meet both of you. It's getting late, so I think we should say goodbye now."
Then, Tina also stood up and took her boyfriend's arm. She waved at the two depressed boyfriends and said, "Bye, Herbert, Fred!"
"Bye, Tina!
As for you, Mr. Zhang Lisheng, we've heard a lot about you. It's nice to meet you too. I wish you a pleasant evening. Oh, I really don't know why you're so popular with girls when you don't even drink beer! "Fred drank the entire glass of beer in one gulp and said in a drunken manner.
"Because there are two kinds of men in this world. One is me, and the other is other men." Zhang Lisheng shrugged and smiled. Then, he turned around and left with his girlfriend.
The two of them had only taken a few steps when Trish and Sheila caught up with them with slightly staggering footsteps.
The four of them walked on the brightly lit campus avenue of Harvard quietly. When Zhang Lisheng saw that the three girls did not speak after walking for a while, he suddenly said, "Trish, Sheila, how much do you know about the Truth Society?"
"The Truth Society? Isn't that a popular society in many famous schools on the east coast in recent years? I heard that it's a hodgepodge of fraternities, sororities, and reading clubs. Boston can be considered as one of its strongholds, right?" Upon seeing that the silent atmosphere was broken, Trish secretly sighed in relief in her heart.
Then, Sheila added, "Actually, there are many such societies that are very popular for a while in universities. Don't be fooled by how popular they are now. Usually, nobody will join them after a few years."
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