Man in the old days, Lord of the Seven Sins

Chapter 93 Do you know the origin of this painting?
A dark, gloomy room.

Filled with decay, fishy smell.

Dappled light shines from the broken glass onto the grey-brown viscous liquid on the ground.

Beside the tables and chairs lying on the ground, a female body whose abdominal cavity was completely opened was placed on the sofa beside it in a strange posture.

The head is twisted in a kneeling position, and the hands are raised high, holding a heart in the hands.

A large number of shattered internal organs were piled on the floor beside it.

It was artificially constructed into a weird portrait.

Rhodes walked into the house, frowning.

The picture in front of me cannot be said to be exactly the same as the pose of one of the women in the painting that John is studying, but it can be said that there is a 90.00% similarity.

"This is?"

Rhodes glanced at Paul beside him and asked in a low voice.

"We rushed over immediately when we received the report. At first we thought it was just an ordinary kidnapping case, but following the reports from the people at the scene, it was said that several men in gray robes had come out of this house. In this house, we found this scene."

"Obviously, some people deliberately put the kidnapping case on the bright side to attract people's attention. What they really want to do is to complete the painting!"

Paul said with a serious face, and at the same time, there was a trace of solemnity on his round face.

In his past career, Paul has never encountered such a bad crime.

"Do you know the origin of this painting?" Rhode squatted on the ground and began to examine the portraits made of broken internal organs.

What it shows seems to be some kind of ancient sacrifice.

"Officer John said that this is a portrait created by the lunatic painter Pigman when he was young, and it is included in his personal work called "Apocalypse."

Paul recalled, telling what he knew.

"Ah."

No wonder Rhodes felt a sense of déjà vu when he saw the painting John was studying.

Robert has an authentic Pigman in his collection.

The exaggerated line drawing and weird and grotesque style of painting have hardly changed.

It's just that I didn't expect that Pigman's paintings would be artificially copied by those secret societies.

"So, is that group of secret societies planning to artificially reproduce the painting called "Apocalypse"?"

After checking the internal organs, Rhodes confirmed his guess.

The portraits made of internal organs, apart from symbolizing some kind of weird sacrificial ceremony, also contained some ancient texts, although he didn't know these texts.

But following Margaret to the library a few times, Rhodes also has a certain basic understanding of ancient texts.

He recorded the identified ancient texts in his notebook.

"You mean, those people are artificially imitating the "Apocalypse"?"

Paul's face was pale. Although he vaguely had such a guess in his mind, when this matter was confirmed, he would inevitably have a panic thinking.

There are a total of nineteen characters in "Apocalypse". In other words, if the group of bastards from the secret society cannot be caught in time, at least eighteen more victims will appear randomly.

Thinking of this, Paul couldn't stay any longer, and he decided to tell Chief John about it.

Rhodes narrowed his eyes as he looked at Paul who hurried out.

Actually, there was one more thing he didn't say.

Rhodes picked up a piece of lung among those shattered organs.

On the lungs, there was a very familiar symbol engraved on it.

The closed head of an octopus is inlaid in a pupil.

The eye pupil is in the middle of a diamond symbol.

On both sides of the pupils, countless twisting black tentacles squirmed like living creatures.

This is the symbol that appeared on the golden altar in the depths of the unnamed village before.

"Aesop, do you recognize it?"

Rhodes asked subconsciously.

"Of course, this is the symbol of the Dagon Church. The Voda who was killed was a member of this church."

Aesop made a supplementary note.

Rhodes narrowed his eyes, and basically confirmed the identity of the specific members of this secret association.

"Is there a way to find their gathering point?"

"If they try to summon the Lord of the Abyss, maybe I can sense it, but if they summon other beings, I won't be able to sense it." Aesop responded.

"Ah."

Rhodes walked towards the female corpse.

John and Paul have completed the most basic inspection and information collection.

The rest of Rhodes is actually finishing work.

Confronted with a thoroughly twisted corpse.

After Rhodes made a basic inspection, he performed an ancient etiquette and began to help him restore his former appearance.

Do everything possible to give her the dignity she deserves after death.

Rhodes carefully put the broken and damaged internal organs back inside the corpse, and stitched them up in an orderly manner.

The opened abdominal sutures were restored.

Rhodes finally closed the lady's dying eyes with his hands.

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, may you rest in peace."

Rhodes covered the corpse with a white cloth placed aside.

At the same time, he picked up the tray with a thin slice of lungs engraved with the symbol of the Church of Dagon that he had cross-cut on the side, and walked out of the room.

At the door, Rhodes met John and Paul who rushed over.

"The investigation has made preliminary findings. Have you identified the church that this symbol symbolizes?"

Rhodes handed the tray to Paul.

Paul departs with his newfound clues to find the special storage container.

John looked at Rhodes solemnly.

"When I checked just now, there was nothing, why did it pop up again?"

"Maybe it's the nature of the lungs to expose this sign after they've dried up."

Rhodes explained a sentence, and at the same time tore off a piece of paper that recorded those ancient words in the notebook.

"This is the text message made up of those broken internal organs. You can send someone to find out what the specific content of the message represents. If you don't want to be scolded by the public before the next victim appears, do it as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

"This time I really trouble you. If possible, I hope to get your help in the future. I think this matter is very involved!"

John glanced carefully at Rhodes, and at the same time was about to express his doubts.

"Actually, I have seen the authenticity of this painting before."

"Have you seen this painting?"

"Yes, that day, I followed Director Joseph to the house of Sens. In the study of that councilor, I saw the authenticity of this painting!"

John's face looked too heavy.

The investigation of the matter is likely to be stopped due to some resistance.

"I'm going to declare that this incident is a group kidnapping incident in name, and at the same time investigate this incident secretly." John said in a low voice.

"Is there any news about the kidnapping incident?"

Rhodes looked at John in surprise. After washing his brain last time, this guy seems to be able to use his brain.

"Yes, just now Leiner sneaked up to tell me that he saw a familiar thing on one of the kidnappers, because Leiner was the first to arrive, when he came, the kidnappers Just as I was about to leave, I happened to be seen by him."

"Well, let's start with the kidnapping."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)