Chapter 125: A week later
The waves were churning and the wind was whistling. Akado stood at the bow of the boat, looking straight into the distance against the wind and waves, and his clothes were flying with the breeze, as if he wanted to see their soon-to-be destination through the other side of the ocean.
"Because of your last sexy operation, we couldn't sit through regular channels, whether it was a plane or a boat." Lilith stood behind him and looked at him resentfully.
After a pause, she continued to complain: "But we are all vampires, and we will be wanted by them sooner or later. I understand this, but..."
"Woo~"
The whistle is roaring like a giant beast. A huge cruise ship rides the wind and waves on the sea. No matter how big the wave is, it cannot shake it.
The ship's name is the Nock. It is an ultra-large crude oil transport ship. It was once the longest ship and the longest artificial floating object in the world. Its length is more than 1/4 mile, longer than the Eiffel Tower lying down horizontally, with a displacement of more than 8 million tons, which is twice as large as an aircraft carrier.
"Even if you grab a ship, can you grab a normal ship?!" Lilith roared hysterically: "This ship is really super conspicuous, okay?! It's just like telling them that we are here! It's impossible to dock, okay?"
"This ship is big," Akado said with his back to Lilith.
"I know it's very big!" Lilith roared.
"I haven't sat there."
"It seems like I've been sitting there! This is not the key to the problem!! Why don't you rob the aircraft carrier if you are so awesome??"
"Aircraft carrier?" Akado raised his eyebrows slightly, turned around and asked curiously: "What is that?"
"I don't know, stop asking," Lilith pressed her hand on her forehead and said with a black thread on her head: "If you ask again, I'll commit suicide."
"You can't die," said Akado.
"I know! You don't need to remind me!" Lilith shouted angrily like a furry cat.
"Are you starting to get tired of immortality?" Akado grinned.
"No!" Lilith replied angrily.
"I don't know how many people are not old enough to die. How could anyone be so pretentious that they dislike the immortality of old enough? There is no such person, right? No, right?" Lilith's tone was quite sarcastic.
Tiktograms appeared on Akado's forehead, and he raised his mouth and faintly showed his hideous and sharp teeth: "What a pretty unlovable servant."
"Hmph~" Lilith snorted and turned her head.
"How long will it take for us to get to the Vatican?" Acardo asked.
"It's early, Britania and Europe are still separated from the Atlantic Ocean, and even if you go forward at full speed, it will take a week." Lilis looked at him with a faint look, "If you don't make trouble, we will arrive in ten hours on the plane."
"A week?" A light flashed in Akado's eyes, "It seems that he can't catch up with this grand banquet."
"What exactly do you want to do when you go to the Vatican?" Lilith asked curiously, "Are you going to seek revenge on the Holy See?"
"Revenge?" Akado repeated, "Although I really don't like them, I have no revenge with them."
"Cha? No? You are a vampire! Are you not a natural enemy of the Holy See?" Lilith looked like you don't tease me.
"There has never been a natural enemy in this world." Akado said, his eyes hidden under the red lenses, unable to see his inner thoughts.
Lilith muttered in a low voice, unable to hear what it was, but she could still hear the word "two" in a vague way. After a pause, she continued to ask, "What are you doing when you are so anxious to go to the Holy See?"
Akado turned his head and continued to look into the distance: "Go to fulfill a...a promise from many years ago."
...
"Father Clauli! Father Glen! Father Thomas!" In St. Peter's Basilica, the old Pope Zarahag Soster, wearing white-haired, wearing gold-framed glasses, leaned over to the coffin in grief and cried bitterly, "God, who... has it been so cruel to exert such a cruel hand on your servant!"
At this moment, St. Peter's Basilica was full of people. Except for Mark and his group standing in the corner, they were basically wearing white and clean priestly costumes. They had a solemn expression and whispered to each other. Although the sound was not loud, it sounded like they were praying in a low voice with the blessing of the echo of the empty church.
Several archbishops in the cardinals surrounded the bodies of several priests who had been placed in the coffin, and their faces were blushing and their necks were thick.
"Blasphemy! This is blasphemy!!" Massimo Marazina, one of the Cardinals, shouted angrily, "This must be a group of evil heresy, provoking us, blasphemy against the gods! This is a declaration of war! A naked declaration of war!"
As soon as the words came out, the discussion in the church became louder. Then, some people started to shout.
"Finding the murderer, he will be sentenced to death!"
"They should be tied to the stake and burned by the sacred fire to clear their sins!"
"Find out the murderer! Find out the murderer!"
...
"Did they always be like this before?"
Seeing the believers who were really going to tie the murderer they caught to the stake and lynched, Eric couldn't help but whisper in Harris' ear.
Harris raised his eyebrows slightly, and he turned his head and pressed it to Eric's ear and whispered: "Father Clauli, Father Iglan, Father Thomas, these dead priests are all bishops of nearby cathedrals. He has a great reputation among Catholics and is the candidate for the next Pope and Cardinal. Now their sudden death is definitely a major blow to the Holy See, and their death is still so miserable. They pierce the skin with thorns and hang upside down on the cross and bleed to death, which is full of provocation to the Holy See."
"It means killing the crown prince and letting the royal family die?" Eric said metaphorically.
"It's not that serious, but every pope candidate needs the Holy See to cultivate it. Talent is also very important, which is equivalent to a talent gap in the Holy See." Harris said.
Mark and Eric nodded, and during their conversation, the cathedral became quiet again.
Because Pope Zarahag slowly stood up from the ground, and with a wave of his hand, the whole church was silent, which showed his prestige.
Zarahag turned his back to the believers, and looked at the priests with a deep voice: "May your souls rest in the arms of the Lord."
After saying that, he drew a cross on his chest, "Amen."
Several archbishops in the cardinals and the rest of the believers also learned to draw a cross on their chests together and whispered.
"Amen~"
The sound echoed in this church, which sounded particularly shocking.
After saying this, Pope Zarahag seemed to have become much older. He brought these priests, both teachers and friends, and sometimes they are similar to their sons. The old pope admired and looked forward to them very much, but he did not expect that there would be unexpected events in the world...
He sighed lightly, then looked at Harris on one side.
"Captain Harris, I didn't expect we would meet again so soon."
Harris shrugged helplessly, "Fate is always so wonderful."
Magicians appeared in Britania, Onmyoji, witches and Hundred Ghosts appeared in the East Kingdom, and Sword Immortals appeared in the North Chen Kingdom. EU, one of the three kingdoms in the era of separation of the Three Kingdoms, obviously cannot drag on this.
Within this month, EU almost went crazy and searched for all the legends in Europe, trying to find out the supernatural powers belonging to EU. As the largest mystery in the entire European continent and the main protagonist of most European legends, EU officials naturally cannot ignore this point.
A week ago, Harris was ordered to conduct an investigation into the Vatican, roughly collecting texts, but for seven or eight days, there was no progress except for making Harris a non-Catholic with a wider range of knowledge than ordinary Catholics.
Finally, with the consent of the Pope, Harris also asked him once. Harris never wanted to remember the scene of that day again...
...
The two people's inquiry conversations are as follows:
"Sir Pope, I'm sorry, this was an inappropriate inquiry, but it was the order from the superior."
"Reassured, Mr. Harris, I am happy to answer any lost lamb who is interested in the Lord."
"...Since that's the case, I'll just say it straight to the point."
"Tell me."
"You guys... should have that?"
"What?"
Harris frowned and looked at the pope's confused look, and his heart was filled with thoughts.
Either, the pope really doesn't know anything, or... they are still deliberately hiding.
According to Harris' interrogation experience, no information can be revealed at this moment, so it is better to cheat him... Thinking of it, he took a deep breath and said to Zarahag with a look as if he knew everything.
"Don't pretend to be the Pope. With the current environment of this world, it doesn't make any sense for you to hide it anymore, we all know."
“???”
The Pope frowned: "Mr. Harris, I am here to help you solve your doubts, not to guess the riddles. If you continue like this, I will be unable to accompany you."
"Sorry." Harris quickly apologized, and he was silent for a moment, "I mean... your Holy See should have supernatural powers, right?"
"What are you referring to?"
"It is the power of holy light, paladins, priests, use the power of holy light to bless themselves, condense shields, weapons, etc., priests have the ability to heal or even resurrection..."
Harris seemed to be a little lost in his words. When he came to his senses, he met Zarahag's slightly strange expression, and suddenly his words stopped.
Zarahag got up from his seat and came to Harris and patted him on the shoulder.
"Sorry, Mr. Harris, the conversation may have been over. I need to preside over the baptism ceremony next."
As he said that, Zara Hagdon stopped when he was about to leave the room, turned to him and said.
"Actually I can understand you, Mr. Harris. When I was a child, I actually fantasized about growing a pair of wings, but...you know, before I became a believer in God, I was a doctor of medicine. Judging from the human structure, it was impossible to grow wings at all. Do you understand what I mean? In fact, logically speaking, your age..."
Halfway through the conversation, he seemed to feel something was wrong, so he changed his words and said, "Sorry, it's too late, so I'll leave first."
As he said that, he exited the room...
Chapter completed!