116: Co Back Early
Wangyou City, whether in terms of scale or economic developnt level, could indeed be considered an international tropolis.
But unlike other international tropolises, Wangyou City had largely preserved a portion of old streets that could showcase its cultural character, separately zoning them to form the West District.
Following the example of the West District, the city planning officials of Wangyou City continued to divide the rest into four other major districts: Central District, North District, East District, and South District.
Honestly, Evelia had complained more than once about just how lazy the person who nad these districts must have been to directly use directional words like north, south, east, west, and center to na the major districts. They couldn't even be bothered to think up nas like "XX New District" or sothing similar!
However, this did have its benefits. The specific functions of each major district were clear and easy to rember. The West District was a preserved old street area serving as a cultural heritage site. The Central District was the most prosperous comrcial and entertainnt area with the highest foot traffic. The East District was a residential and developing new area. The South District, due to its proximity to famous mountain and lake scenic spots, beca the area with the most developed tourism industry.
As for the final North District, it housed factories and power stations of various sizes, making it an industrial zone.
The Christian Orphanage was located in an area above the West District, quite close to the North District.
The buildings here were scattered here and there, but this also freed up a lot of land that could be used for different functions. The Christian Orphanage was a large orphanage built by the Church after consolidating a large plot of land.
Most tourists, upon learning that Wangyou City had such a large orphanage as the Christian Orphanage, would have a question. Would a highly developed city like Wangyou City really have so many orphans needing rescue?
The locals of Wangyou City had long grown accustod to this. After all, although Wangyou City was an international tropolis, it was also one of the cities with the highest cri rates in all of China. As for the reason for the high cri rate, one could only say that the sa factor that brought success also brought failure.
The West District, with its winding eighteen-turn alleyways and extrely rich old-ti character, although attracting large numbers of tourists who ca specifically for its reputation, had simultaneously beco a nest of evil. What started as just a few scattered groups lying in wait to rob tourists eventually ford into large and small gangs with organized cri characteristics. Moreover, due to the old alleyways being difficult to monitor, basically if you committed so cri, you could just hide in so secluded little corner of the West District, and finding you again would be very difficult.
Various criminal activities like child trafficking and organ trading were carried out secretly in the West District under these conditions.
Of course, the police of Wangyou City had also thought about wiping it out. But due to the overly complex situation in the West District, basically every ti they raided a hideout, the criminals would pop back up within two days.
Only the Watchers of Wangyou City, through the cheating tool of magic, could deliver so dinsion-reducing strikes against the evil hiding in the West District, making them not dare to be so arrogant.
However, this was ultimately just treating the symptoms but not the root cause.
For a long ti, due to various problems, more and more orphans who were separated from their families or had nowhere to go appeared. Looking at it this way, the Church establishing such a large orphanage as the Christian Orphanage in Wangyou City was a charitable act like sending charcoal in snowy weather.
However, in the past two years, the Christian Orphanage hadn't received as many orphans as before. This was thanks to a certain Miss Demon who was clearly a demon but didn't do bad things at all. Using Hell's Karmic Threads, she went door to door delivering "warmth" to those gang mbers. In the end, they were so moved that those who should be wiped out were wiped out, those who should turn themselves in turned themselves in, and those who should run away ran away.
But returning to the Christian Orphanage, it was also very different from the Church's other orphanages. In the past, when the Church built orphanages, at most they would send a few Fathers to handle the matter. On a slightly larger scale, they might at most entrust a retired old Bishop who was so bored at ho that he was about to grow mushrooms to co hang a "director" title and help out. It was impossible to have a current Bishop personally oversee the construction like with the Christian Orphanage.
Unless...
"Unless building the orphanage was just a cover. The true purpose of this place's existence is to hide certain things."
On the roof of the Christian building, Lina wore a pitch-black coat. She coldly swept her gaze over the practitioners busy below, carefully analyzing to Lola, who was sowhat interested in listening to her speak.
"When I left the Church, I once returned to Father's room to pack up his belongings. While organizing his cabinet, I accidentally opened a hidden compartnt in the cabinet and discovered this inside."
As she spoke, Lina showed Lola the item in her hand. It was a sowhat rusted key that looked very old.
"To figure out what this key was for, I spent a great deal of effort. And finally, the clues I investigated, including the matter I asked Miss Lola to help confirm, all pointed to this place. The Christian Orphanage that Father single-handedly established."
"Is this the reason you, Miss Lina, had to co to Wangyou City from across the sea at any cost?"
"That's right. I want to know what exactly Father left here. Because that might be the last thing Father left behind."
"But didn't your father leave other belongings? Isn't this key also sothing you found among his effects?"
"...The Church later took away all of Father's things. Not a single one remained. This is too strange. I can feel that there is an invisible big hand behind the scenes manipulating all of this. And this may also be related to the cause of my father's death."
Lina sighed softly. Her eyes, looking down at the Church flag below, were filled with disappointnt and indignation. She couldn't understand how her father, a dignified Church Cardinal, could have died so unclearly. Even the Pope showed no intention of investigating at all!
"Although I'd love to hear more about the Church's internal dark secrets, unfortunately, I still need to go back and prepare dinner for Her Highness the Princess. Do you need to save you so?"
"No need..."
"Alright, got it. But let's agree beforehand. Miss Lina, you can look for things, but you must prioritize safety. If things really are like you guessed and there's so unspeakable secret hidden here, then even if you were once a Saint Substitute, being discovered definitely won't end well for you."
Lola walked to Lina's side and gently patted her shoulder.
"Co back early tonight. Otherwise, Her Highness the Princess will be worried."
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