Dragon Race: Lu Mingfei Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 233 Church
At 53:[-] p.m., under the ranks of the Swiss Guards wearing red, yellow and blue knight costumes, medieval knight metal plate armor, armed with axes and spears but with Steyr TMP submachine guns on their waists, led by Secretary Passy, ​​led Follow Caesar, Lu Mingfei and Finger into the quiet St. Peter's Basilica.

"Why did you meet in St. Peter's Basilica? Is the status and power of the Gattuso family so high? Or is it that the Gattuso family bought all the indulgences in the church?"

As Caesar was walking, he checked the relevant etiquette when meeting the Pope on Google on his mobile phone. Gattuso’s family believed in Catholicism in name, and he had never read the Bible and horses except for shouting “Hallelujah”. It's too gospel, and I don't know anything about related etiquette.

"This is the decision of the Pope himself, and it is an honor for the Gattuso family to meet in such a place. Besides, the Catholic Church no longer sells indulgences." Secretary Passi answered his young master's questions one after another in a low voice.

"By the way, does Gattuso's family charge the Vatican's very expensive electricity bill? Why doesn't the Pope turn on more lights? It's hard for me to get such an opportunity for cultural exchange!" Fingel complained in a low voice, walking in the In the dark corridor, the exquisite patterns on the white marble pillars on both sides of the corridor seem to be the gaze of the devil under the background of the shadows.

"The power system of the Vatican is not under the jurisdiction of the Gattuso family." Passi explained kindly.

"Captain, are you really sure there is nothing abnormal?"

"...Not yet."

Lu Mingfei was wearing a pair of sunglasses—the sunglasses were brought by Finger, otherwise, with the brightness of his golden pupils, he would have turned into an eye-catching high-beam knight at night; Everywhere he stepped, he checked for the presence of desecration and pollution while engraving the layout and route inside the world's largest cathedral in his heart. If there was a battle, where should his bolter be aimed at the first time.

Passing through a gate covered with three-dimensional painted carvings and patterns, Lu Mingfei and his party entered the brightly lit hall, which was completely different from the dim corridor. Nod in wonder.

Looking around is full of colorful patterns and exquisite and detailed reliefs. From the entrance to the church, there are famous art paintings and sculptures with the theme of "Bible" everywhere in this church. Little angels with wings can be seen everywhere.

Among them, Michelangelo's sculpture "Lamentation of the Virgin" is the most conspicuous. The grief of the Madonna hugging her dead son is vividly reflected, and the different brilliance reflected by the ground paved with colored marble gives the Madonna's grieving sculpture face Added a bit of weirdness.

This is a monument of the Renaissance, representing the highest achievement of Italian Renaissance architectural art.

The interior of this church is enough to accommodate 6 people at the same time, and the shape presents a huge cross. At the cross point, four spiral bronze columns support the bronze canopy carved by Bernini, which is as high as five stories. ;
Under the canopy is the Pope's altar. Pope Benedict XVI, the ruler of the Vatican and the leader of the Catholic sect, sits on the altar. The old man is still wearing the luxurious and gorgeous Pope's robes during the mass during the day. , holding a cross scepter, seems to be resting with eyes closed.

There are eleven statues erected on the eaves of the magnificent temple dome above the head, and the statue of Jesus Christ is in the middle. He is watching the 99 ever-burning lamps on the semicircular railing in front of the bronze canopy, and the bright rose windows are scattered with changing brilliance. , the hour hand on the Roman clock on the left side of the eaves is still a few minutes away from "IX".

"Although I may be a bit vulgar and blasphemous when I say this, how much does it cost to build a church of this size? And these artworks... It's a waste of euros to maintain!"

It was rare for Fingel to show an attitude of appreciating art. Before that, he had always had the attitude of "artwork? Can it be eaten?", as if the value of the throne of St. Peter was not as valuable as the black truffle roast duck in the Kassel cafeteria.

"Not only do you need money, but you also need a solid mechanical foundation to build such a super-large building. Early religion and science were tied together, and many scientists belonged to the church." Caesar said.

"Huh? I remember that Galileo was burned to death by the Catholic Church?"

"Have you returned all the content of your history class to Principal Angers..." Caesar's mouth twitched, "Galileo was only under house arrest, and Bruno was burned to death. The reason why he was burned to death was not because of science, but because he challenged The authority of the Catholic Church and the dominance of the Holy See... Although it is perfect to start a history class in this kind of place, but now I don't really want to be a history teacher to give you extra lessons on theology, philosophy and science..."

He looked around and said in a low voice, "I... always feel something is wrong. I don't know if it's my illusion."

"Something's wrong?" Fingel was taken aback, then retreated to Lu Mingfei's side: "Do you need to prepare for battle, Commander?"

"...Not for the time being, I haven't found any traces of heresy yet."

Lu Mingfei kept scanning every place he saw through the sunglasses, but to his surprise, this place was quite "clean", without any trace of chaotic power, it was completely a slightly gorgeous church That’s all—compared with the churches built on battleships, space orbits, or occupying the entire continent of the human empire, St. Peter’s Basilica is indeed only average.

The same is true for the pope, Lu Mingfei only saw an aging body riddled with diseases, which did not pose any threat.

"...Okay, let's go back after saying hello to the Pope." Caesar felt relieved, and with Lu Mingfei's personal certification, he would be fine. Next, he should figure out what concluding remarks he would use to end the meeting that hadn't started yet. .

The huge St. Peter's Church is terribly quiet. The gendarmerie that was supposed to protect the pope himself or the archbishop's deacon who followed the pope... None of these people saw it. The interior of the hall that can accommodate 6 people can't even gather six people. .

And His Majesty the Pope who "closed his eyes and rested his mind" seemed to be talking with Jesus Christ. He didn't know that Passy and his party walked to the altar. To avoid embarrassment, Passy said softly and politely:
"Your Majesty, on behalf of the Gattuso family, I would like to thank you for this visit. May the Lord's love and gospel be shared with every one of His people."

"This kind of security measures, if someone suddenly shoots the old man, then we will be like 'jumping into the Yellow River and we will not be able to wash it away', a standard movie opening." Fingel leaned to Lu Mingfei's side and joked in a low voice He said, and then he found that Head Lu's attention was all on the Pope and he was obviously not the kind of person who liked to listen to jokes, so he sighed in his heart that it would be great if the old Tang brothers were here, and they could chat with each other to relieve boredom.

"I know, children..." The old man slowly opened his eyes, as if he had just woken up from a dream, his voice was a little low, "Heavenly Father has already revealed to me your coming... Our destiny will eventually be Meet now."

His gaze swept across Passy, ​​Caesar, and Fingel successively, and finally... settled on Lu Mingfei.

His expression changed from easy-going and sleepy at the beginning to extreme disgust and hatred.

"Heavenly Father revealed to us...you are Satan who does not belong to this world."

"clang--"

As soon as the Pope's voice fell, the bell rang, and the hour hands of the clocks on the left and right sides of the porch eaves representing Roman time and Greenwich mean time stopped at the number "IX".

……

Three 10 minutes ago.

"Where are you going, Mom? Don't you plan on having dinner?"

Narberal put down the vegetable salad and macaroni with bolognese sauce that she had made by herself, and saw her mother, Ms. Romanle, walking out of her room with a somewhat gloomy expression.

"Could it be that the profane words I said about the 'Holy Cake' made my mother angry? This is terrible..." Narberal felt a little bad, and hurried forward to stop her mother to act coquettishly and apologize ...It was only then that she realized that Ms. Roman was wearing a solemn cassock.

"Mom... where are you going at this time?" She realized something was wrong.

"Go to meet the wisdom given by my lord." Ms. Roman turned her head, a "gentle" smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

But her expression was still gloomy.

Narberal started to get scared, and backed away again and again, unable to believe that this was her gentle and loving mother.

"My child, you have to go with me too..." Ms. Roman smiled and approached her daughter who was a little bit collapsed and panicked, "Your fate has also changed."

(End of this chapter)