I kill gods in my dream

Chapter 297 Papal City Incident (4.2k)

"Can this be called magic?"

"To summarize with an outrageous theory, magic is nothing more than a deception performed with the help of props or techniques to make people mistakenly think that they have seen the truth. In fact, it is just a surprise carefully prepared by the magician, and I am just a surprise. Just with the help of props~"

Faced with Shikoti's disdain, Wu Shuang explained half-jokingly.

But this is just a backhand that he left unintentionally and cannot be called a backhand.

"Using the Miracle Hand can also be regarded as a prop?" Shikodi was speechless. He even used extraordinary items and said it was magic. It was too much.

"Why not? Isn't it all a lie? Besides, this is also a magic prop I prepared, so why can't it be considered a magic trick? Wait until I come out of the suitcase, and then I'll start talking to you again."

Wu Shuang struggled and reached for the zipper with difficulty.

Unlock it bit by bit, and be careful not to damage other props in the box.

Among the abilities of the Miracle Hand, in addition to being able to control puppets, it can also exchange places with specific things. These two abilities also belong to the left and right gloves respectively. If one of them is missing, he will have to scratch his head now.

He had already made a bunch of puppets a long time ago, which were easy to control and also used for various deceptions.

After all, he made these puppets with great care. Even an extraordinary person would have a hard time detecting the difference between these puppets and real people if they didn't distinguish them carefully.

And among the luggage he brought, there was such a puppet. It was originally a backup plan to prevent accidents with the luggage. It could pop out at critical moments to help him carry the luggage and run away.

The contents of this big box are all his props, so it would be a pity to lose them.

But it takes up some space in the glove storage space.

Because there are other props that take up more space in the gloves, and a bunch of fancy toys, such as cards.

So he put some less commonly used props in the box and took them with him. Unexpectedly, this inadvertent backhand played a role that he had not expected.

With a sway, the suitcase struggled to maintain balance, but in the end it fell to the ground weakly with a low cry.

"Oops!"

Now Wu Shuang no longer cares about being cautious.

I saw a hand stretching out from the zipper gap of the suitcase, and quickly opened the zipper, like a door to another world, and a person came out from inside, wearing a bowler hat and a tuxedo. Those who knew it thought he was a tourist from another world.

But Wu Shuang didn't care about being cool now, so he turned around and rummaged through his suitcase.

Inside are his disguise props.

All in all, it was just a pile of cosmetics plus various beards, wigs, etc. After being thrown down like this, the wig was nothing, but the condition of the pile of cosmetics was a bit bad.

"Don't tell me that you want to disguise yourself and enter the Papal City."

Shikodi, who saw this terrible scene through the camera, complained speechlessly.

Wu Shuang could only sigh: "Fortunately, I have a backup plan."

As he spoke, he took out the map of the Papal City obtained from inside the hotel, as well as the map of the city's underground secret passages, etc. from his gloves.

These maps are old and old. The old one looks like a century-old cultural relic at least, and the new one is less than two years old. Although it is still a bit old for real-time urban conditions, it is better than nothing. .

He laid it all out on the floor in the living room of his room.

Originally, he wanted to use a disguise to swagger in through the main entrance after obtaining the map of the Papal City. By then, he could do whatever he wanted.

But now, if something unexpected happens, he has no choice but to dig into the tunnel.

And I have to pray not to be caught by the judge.

Stacking all the underground secret passage maps together, using the light-transmitting map to overlap the secret passages recorded above with the current map of the Papal City, Wu Shuang studied the entry route.

Even if you want to drill a hole, you still have to know where to start.

On the other side, Edmund's actions were much simpler.

When he returned to the office, he wanted to launch an internal investigation. He only needed to write a report and submit it, with at most a little evidence. However, the previous incident of the Knights storming into the Hub Hall was still vivid in his mind, and even the evidence was omitted. .

Carrying the written report, he anxiously walked to the hub bishop's office.

Edmund was still a little nervous about initiating an internal investigation against a bishop. Apart from the fact that such a thing was rare, the key was that he knew that Bishop Alessandro might really have a problem.

This is quite exciting.

He didn't know if the other party would suddenly launch a counter-attack. He was right to test it, but he had no intention of causing a direct conflict.

Knocking on the door, he walked into the hub bishop's luxurious office, stepped on the soft carpet, and carefully placed the written report on the desk with a light brown luster.

Looking at this report, the already gray-haired hubby bishop slowly wiped his single-frame glasses and asked casually: "What is this?"

Edmund knew that this was a question with an obvious answer.

Because the report he handed in had already stated the key at the beginning. Although the hub bishop looked like he was in his seventies, his extraordinary physique could still keep him energetic. When he saw the words on the report, it was naturally not a problem. Asking He was just asking for an explanation.

He carefully considered his words and said: "Bishop, I privately think that this is a good opportunity. Bishop Alessandro's behavior of arbitrarily mobilizing the knights is obviously illegal. We can do this Find an excuse to put some pressure on him."

"at this time?"

The hub bishop's old but still bright eyes stared at him, seeming to want to find out all the secrets from him.

Edmund felt uncomfortable being stared at by his boss, not to mention that his move had an ulterior motive.

He also knew that this time period was quite sensitive.

The struggle between the two factions has become increasingly intense, and has even reached the point where a coup is about to break out. Now conducting an internal investigation is undoubtedly eye candy, and it is like smoking next to a powder keg, a pure act of seeking death.

But he still has to do it.

At this point, he has no way out. The internal investigation is indeed very controversial, but it does not necessarily lead to a quarrel. Moreover, the key point is what if, he really finds out something about the cultists. If there are related matters, then he will be able to successfully overthrow a powerful bishop and gain this incredible achievement.

Of course, even if he wasn't found out, as long as he didn't break up, he would still be the deacon of the Hub Hall.

"This is a good opportunity to suppress the increasingly arrogant arrogance and behavior of the reformists. Moreover, I think that this time we may be able to find evidence that can bring down Bishop Alessandro."    "How sure are you? ?”

After hearing this, the Hub Bishop stopped wiping his lenses, hesitated for a moment, and asked with a frown.

Faced with such a question, Edmund secretly gritted his teeth.

Because he didn't have much confidence that he could win this guaranteed ticket.

"About half." He tried to say something that even he didn't believe.

"Half." Upon hearing this probability, the Hub Bishop hesitated, stood up, and walked back and forth behind his desk, until he finally stood still and looked towards him, as if he had made up his mind, "I can give you an approval. , but this is your personal insistence and has nothing to do with the Hub Hall."

This is clearly a plan to make sure that if something goes wrong, he will be thrown out to take the blame.

Edmund had already been prepared for this.

When I was writing the report, I had already anticipated this situation and nodded in agreement.

"Yes, I know."

After getting the permission, Edmund didn't stop for a moment, quickly gathered people, and rushed towards the goal.

Rather than spreading the news throughout the Holy See and making Bishop Alessandro prepared, he hoped to catch the other party off guard. In this way, even if Bishop Alessandro really colluded with the cultists, it would not be possible. Perhaps at this time, if a coup or attack is launched immediately, even if the enemy is defeated, the loss will be much smaller than waiting for it to be ready.

Things went as he expected.

When he took the internal investigation order and walked into Bishop Alessandro's simple office, the busy bishop raised his head from the pile of official documents and looked at it with a frown and confusion. he.

"Internal investigation! Sir, please cooperate with us."

Edmund tried to make his voice more dignified, trying to make it sound unquestionable when he announced the investigation order.

But this didn't seem to have any effect on Bishop Alessandro, who was still looking at them with a frown.

After slowly scanning each of their faces with his eyes, he focused on the investigation order and confirmed the authenticity of the investigation order. He didn't show any abnormal expression and just sneered: "I still I thought that the trial court would come over with this piece of paper, but I didn’t expect that you would be faster. Tell me, what reason do you have to investigate me?”

"Unauthorized transfer of knights, attempt to cross the Pope into a state of emergency, and form cliques for personal gain."

The subsequent charges were just routine. After Edmund finished reading the report, he put it on the table. It didn't matter what charges were listed in the report. What mattered was how Bishop Alessandro reacted to these charges. .

To his surprise, the bishop was very calm and even explained:

"To transfer the Knights without authorization requires me to have the command authority of the Knights, but I don't have it. I just had a brief exchange with the leader of the Knights and suggested that he should treat the current emergency situation with caution. As for the state of emergency, I rushed to meet with the Pope as soon as possible and strongly suggested that a state of emergency should be entered at this time. A thorough review is needed in the Papal City. It is a pity that you stubborn and corrupt elements are always too late to make the Pope hesitate. As for other issues”

Bishop Alessandro paused for a moment when he said this. He spread his hands and said indifferently: "You go ahead and investigate. If you can find evidence, I will let you do whatever you want."

This indifference was unexpected by Edmund.

Although, in the struggle between the two factions, Bishop Alessandro, who had been fucked countless times, could show such familiarity and indifference, which is a normal thing.

But it was just because it was so normal that it made him feel incredible.

As a traitor who colluded with the cultists, Bishop Alessandro should be very nervous and agitated when faced with their sudden investigation at this critical moment. His investigation is very likely to find something. , or interrupt the other party's plan.

Faced with this situation, how could the other party remain calm?

Did he make a mistake?

Is it the Grand Inquisitor who is the traitor?

Hiss. That's not impossible. There are so many explosives buried under the Pope's city, but not even a hair can be found in the Inquisition. It makes people have to doubt the loyalty of the Grand Inquisitor.

Bang!

Suddenly, there was an explosion. It was far away and very small, but it also caught their attention. The bishop also turned his head to look curiously.

Outside the window, a plume of smoke was slowly rising from the distance.

"That's..." Edmund frowned in confusion. He remembered that direction was where the Knights were stationed.

Jingle Bell!

The phone on the bishop's desk rang suddenly, drawing the attention of everyone in the room back.

Everyone was staring at the jingling phone as if looking at a bomb.

Bishop Alessandro was probably hesitant as to who was calling at this moment, but under the watchful eyes of the Hub Hall personnel who came to investigate, the bishop calmly pressed the speakerphone, and then From the phone's receiver, there was a roar that instantly brought the atmosphere in the room to freezing point.

"Coup! It's a coup!"

Immediately, both parties in the room who heard this sentence looked at each other in shock, and the room became dead silent.

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rustling

Accompanied by the sound of a shovel digging into the ground, in a dark and damp dungeon corridor, a stone brick suddenly moved, and then was pushed open by a hand. After a few more bricks were opened, a top hat quietly stretched out. , as if he was testing the situation, and after confirming that everything was okay, he then poked out a gray-faced head, but his expression was particularly serious.

"Is this the court of justice of the Holy See?"

Wu Shuang asked hesitantly.

Shikodi's voice came from the earphones.

"Probably, the Holy See's Tribunal has always retained the traditional style of the Middle Ages. It is normal to have such a retro dungeon. And judging from the map, the location where you exploded is correct. It is exactly the location of the Tribunal marked on the map."

"But why is there no one here?"

"Perhaps they have all gone to arrest you? After all, you are the only cultist they have found. If they don't catch you, their faces will look ugly."

"That's good. This adjustment of the tiger away from the mountain is really thorough."

Wu Shuang muttered, crawled out from below, threw the shovel back, and carefully reset the stone bricks. He might have to run away from here later.

Just now, he was down there, finally holding the bomb given by the hotel, and with Shikodi's precise calculations, he opened a gap and finally managed to sneak into the Papal City without attracting the attention of others.

"What are you going to do?" Shikoti asked.

"Let's go see if there are any clues in the trial house first, and look through their sacred parchments."

As Wu Shuang spoke, he cautiously groped towards the exit of the corridor, and was a little confused, was there not even a guard in such a dungeon?

If you arrest someone, you won't have to transfer the guards as well, right? That's really flattering on him.

What happened that required so many people?

(End of this chapter)