Inside the room, an elegant lady was sitting at the very center of the room.
The lady wore a white robe with a veil over her face, a bright holy halo hovered above her head, a pair of wings filled with holy light could be faintly seen behind her back.
She was one of the most powerful rulers in the world, the most powerful Professionist, the most mysterious legendary figure, a peerless existence.
She was the Pope of the Holy Church.
At this moment, she was looking down at the three cards in her hand and muttered: "He is about to take away the most precious thing, awaken the sleeping dead, and bring a calamity of death to the Holy Church"
Following her words, the three Cards of Fate suddenly leapt into the air and burned to ash.
Seeing that, the Pope muttered: "It's good, fate has finally been unraveled"
Gu Qing Shan looked at her Holo-Brain and asked in a low voice: "What happened to that thing?"
"Time's up! Time's up! "Anna's worried voice came from the Holo-Brain.
"The machine is ready, sir" the princess goddess replied.
"Hm? Who are you talking to? "the Pope looked at her.
"A friend, a taxi driver" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The Pope scowled: "Let's not waste any more time, please introduce yourself, young representative of death"
Gu Qing Shan closed the door, walked into the room, and sat across from the Pope on a chair.
"Hello, I am the Freedom Federation's Holy Empire embassy's first-class military officer, Zhang Ren Jia"
"What did you take from the exhibition room?" the Pope asked.
"A painting of princess Anna and her father" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Honesty is a good virtue, I hope you will continue to maintain it, lest you suffer unforgettable pain" the Pope said.
When she was about to ask again, Gu Qing Shan suddenly said: "I have a question that I've always wanted to ask your excellency the Pope in person"
After a brief moment of silence, the Pope smiled: "How brave of you, perhaps I should let you know the situation you're in"
"No, no, no, your excellency the Pope, it's like this"
Gu Qing Shan cleared his throat and said: "This question has always been hidden in the deepest part of my heart, I can't help but ask. If you can answer my question, then I'll answer all of your questions truthfully"
He continued, "I will tell you the plan of our operation, the people, and our goal."
"I will not deceive the Pope in any way."
"Even if you want me to betray the Union and join the Holy Empire, I won't say a word"
"Or do you want me to continue infiltrating the Freedom Federation as a spy? That's fine too. I'll definitely do as you say. "
"But answer my question. It is my only request."
"Can I?"
Hearing this, the Pope's raised hand paused for a moment.
All he had to do was answer a question. Not only would he be able to learn the intentions of the Federation, he would also be able to obtain a decent chess piece. Why would he waste his energy?
If he dared to lie, he would naturally be tortured to let him know the consequences.
The Pope thought it over and very easily made his choice.
"From now on, if you can serve the Holy Church loyally, I don't mind answering one of your questions, ask away" she said.
Gu Qing Shan organized her words and asked: "Why don't you ever fight against the Apocalypse?"
"Whether it's the sea monsters, the Man Killer Fiends, or the Game of Eternal, every country has made statements about them, even the Emperor of the Empire and the Martial Saint of the Federation have personally led an army of Professionists to exterminate the Man Killer Fiends, but why haven't you done anything?"
"The Holy Empire is on the verge of collapse, and ever since the Holy Church seized power, they haven't done anything, why is that?"
The Pope didn't think it would be this question, so she looked at Gu Qing Shan in surprise.
"The Holy Empire isn't your homeland, why do you care so much about it?" she asked.
"What I care about is the survival of this world"
"Why?"
"Because once the world heads towards destruction, all life forms will not be able to escape the fate of death and wither, even you and I are the same"
"Facing the Apocalypse, there are those who can change it, and those who can't" Gu Qing Shan continued, "but you, have the ability to"
The Pope was even more surprised, half talking to Gu Qing Shan, half muttering to herself: "As far as I know, at every moment of life and death, humanity will fall into endless self-killing, losing all rationality, fighting to the death, becoming hysterical"
"They will form their own organizations, kill the weak, take women by force, steal all resources in a frenzy, when faced with a powerful calamity, they'll take the place of others, and when they die, they'll take everything from them"
"Humans are arrogant, jealous, easily angered, lazy, greedy, lustful, gluttonous, filled with endless sins, they aren't worthy of me reaching out to save them"
"But you're also a human" Gu Qing Shan said.
"I'd rather not be such a lowly and sinful creature" the Pope replied.
Gu Qing Shan went silent.
"There's a contradiction here" he then asked: "If you hate all of this, why did you kill the Emperor and seize the Holy Empire's power?"
"It seems I only need to answer one question"
"But your answer is incomplete."
"There are some things that an ant like you doesn't have the right to know" The Pope's tone suddenly became cold, "I've suddenly lost interest in your allegiance, tell me your background and mission objective now, don't wait until I'm in a worse mood"
Gu Qing Shan grabbed the void of space.
The Earth sword appeared in his hand.
"Tsk tsk, that's not right" the Pope shook his head regretfully, "seems like you need to see hell first"
"I've seen a lot of hells" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He suddenly disappeared.
"Hm?" the Pope was surprised.
A sword appeared out of nowhere, stopped about a meter away from her, then couldn't go any further.
Seven bronze arms appeared out of nowhere, blocking the Earth sword's blade.
Bam!
With a dull sound, the 60,000 tons of force struck the seven bronze arms, causing a small shockwave to spread.
The seven bronze arms didn't budge.
The Earth sword suddenly retreated, turning into dozens of blurred images, flying up and down, attacking 71 times in a blur.
But every time the sword was about to hit the Pope, a bronze arm would appear to stop it.
From the void of space, more and more bronze arms appeared, at most, there were over a hundred of them at once.
They were trying their best to stop Gu Qing Shan's attacks.
When Gu Qing Shan put his sword away and retreated, the bronze arms had already disappeared into the void of space.
"Not bad swordsmanship, unfortunately it's too weak"
The Pope calmly sat where she was, commenting on Gu Qing Shan's swordsmanship.
Suddenly, a card appeared from the void of space in front of the Pope.
The card was vibrating intensely right in front of her, as if trying to express something.
The Pope took the card, thought for a bit, then lightly nodded.
She looked up at Gu Qing Shan: "Very well, your body is full of sin, my Holy Apostle wants to cleanse it"
"After Hurt has used 300 different punishments on you, you'll probably understand"
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