When I arrived at the door of the conference room, I saw a certain uncle in a black suit suddenly breaking through the door and then deeply embedded into the wall.
However, when my footsteps approached, Sicaros, who was just a second ago making the passersby worry if he would just die and contribute to society, suddenly came back to life. He pulled his head out from the wall, then tidied up his uniform that he would never change out of in two seconds. He took off his sunglasses that had already turned into skeletons and gave a military salute.
"Boss! Commander Sicarro, mission completed! Report! "
Mission completed my ass! You sold watches in front of the Papal Palace to be repatriated! What kind of mission completed is that!? Did you really have to throw everyone to the Vatican just to save a plane ticket, you bastard?!
I rushed up without hesitation and did a sweeping kick. Then, I threw a left hook. It didn't send him flying. This bastard was too tanky. I had to use some real skills. I took a step forward and twisted my waist. I gathered energy in my dantian and threw an inch punch. Sicarro quickly lowered his head and apologized.
"Boss, I admit my mistake and accept my punishment!"
I almost choked because I didn't throw an inch punch. However, what really made me choke was that this guy finally admitted his mistake?
"Boss, I shouldn't have sold watches in front of the Papal Palace. But that place is full of Romans. I can't sell the watches! If I didn't sell two watches, I would be too embarrassed to come back and say that I and the foreign city enforcement officers … Hey, boss! You can't use anti-ship weapons indoors, boss! "
I can't take it anymore! Look at the kind of people I usually have around me! The commanders are either selling pirated watches or mutton skewers. They are so poor that they can't even open their own stores. They would be moved to tears when they come to my house for a meal. The newly trained scorpion soldiers can't even tell the difference between a vending machine and a psionic device. The angel I raised doesn't even have an average IQ. There is also a mother of a child who only reaches my waist!
There is also a lord who plans to conquer the world sitting in this room! Pandora, stop hiding! You were just studying the world map, right?
"I was just confirming the geographical location of the target." The 1.2-meter general looked up at me with a stiff face. "The situation of the scattered islands and human countries around Italy is very complicated …"
The situation in Italy is complicated, so why the hell did you draw a blockade over Antarctica!
Uh, Italy?
In an instant, I seemed to have thought of something. However, a fleeting thought was harder to grasp than time itself. If I tried to recall it now, it would seem that there was nothing left.
However, it seemed that God didn't want me to be lost for too long. Not long after, I received an unexpected invitation.
From the old fox, Aresta, that fellow invited me to the ancient tomb to have a chat with him. In any case, I feel that there's no difference between that damned place and an ancient tomb.
After witnessing my and Lin Xue's ability to suddenly disappear from the room last time, Aresta didn't even send a loli to guide me this time. He directly put on an attitude of 'I'm waiting for you here'. His attitude was extremely disrespectful. I was holding back a bellyful of anger at Sicarro just now!
"Yo, old fox, we meet again."
After skillfully using the teleportation device in my portable space to break the messy spatial interference inside and outside the lifeless building, I stood in front of a tube and casually greeted the other party.
"You don't seem to be in a good mood. Could it be that my invitation arrived at the wrong time?"
Aresta maintained his zombie face without moving an inch. His low and calm voice came from all directions.
"Your invitation came at the wrong time because I've never been used to being ordered around." I waved my hand at the man in the tube in annoyance. Then, I took out the folding stool as usual. Damn it, I'm not that damn rich second generation Lin Xue. Besides, as a boss, I have to be different from an employee, right?
"Then, I hope the news I brought you can make you slightly happier."
Aresta seemed to chuckle softly and said so.
"Hmm?"
I frowned, not knowing what this old fox was planning.
"Originally, it should be an absolute secret to the other people in this city. However, as a mysterious and powerful 'outsider', I think such a secret should be meaningless from the start …"
"Get to the point, or I'll just go to the next page … Err, just get to the point."
Aresta was stunned for a moment. After calming his nerves, he said, "According to the information I recently received, you seem to be looking for the whereabouts of a person?"
The atmosphere became stiff for a moment. Then, I stood up and took two steps forward.
"You're prying into something you shouldn't know, human."
Look at this sentence, what a boss!
Aresta didn't show the slightest bit of emotion towards my cold attitude. Instead, he said slowly, "That is just something that I accidentally found out. I always have a wide range of information channels. The information that came here might not necessarily be my will. What I want to say is, regardless of why you are so concerned about a human, I have a piece of good news. The whereabouts of that human has already been grasped by my channels."
"I know." As I spoke, I swung my arms and returned to the folding stool to sit down. Speaking of which, after occupying Lin's dragon chair, I was really looking forward to it. Should I get Bubble to create a fully hardened one for me? "Sylvia should be in the vicinity of Italy. The Roman Orthodox Church is currently transferring her. Although their motives are unclear, I never care about the motives of those who I don't like."
"It seems that even though you are an outsider, your intelligence gathering ability is rather strong. However, other than that, I should have some other things that you are interested in. For example, the whereabouts of the human that you are concerned about. I am rather confident about this as I have firsthand information."
"The famous Aresta is now just like a second-hand information broker. However, you have succeeded. You can speak now."
"The Roman Orthodox Church is preparing to launch an attack on the campus city in Venice. This is all the information I can provide, but it should be rather useful."
So that's how it is. In an instant, the cause and effect of the matter became clear.
"It seems that the Roman Orthodox Church is considering destroying the entire scientific side." I smiled casually. The thought that flashed in my mind previously surfaced. "Old fox, you have schemed against us once again. That's right, if that is the case, we have no choice but to take action and snatch that girl back from the hands of the Roman Orthodox Church."
At this point, everything seemed to be clear. Ever since he came into contact with Sylvia, Aresta had treated the latter as his chess piece. Of course, that strange girl should also be one of the cards in his hands. The reason why she was snatched away was probably to allow him to carry out his plan. Perhaps, our search for a certain existence in the campus city had already caught the attention of this sly old fox. In any case, after she was snatched away, the old fox felt that he could allow us to loosen our muscles.
And this only made me more disgusted with him.
The tragedy of the Misaka sisters, the fact that they were involved in all sorts of disasters, everything that Kisayama Harusei had experienced, and even the recent outbreak of the Fantasy Master Mitaru, it was highly likely that he had a hand in all of this. He had schemed against everyone and treated everyone as something he could manipulate. This time, not only had he schemed against us, but he had even used the innocent Sylvia as a one-time sacrifice!?
Perhaps, I should find a time to wake him up …
But right now, the most important thing was to solve the problem of Sylvia.
Aresta smiled softly. His tone was as calm as ever. "Please don't be so impatient. This is only a part of our original deal, isn't it? You will protect the safety of the campus city as a guarantee for a safe life here. This incident should be an unexpected one, and I didn't expect that girl to be involved. Due to the subtle relationship between the two factions, I can't directly use the power of the campus city to stop the Roman Orthodox Church. So, I can only seek help from you as external aid. "
With a warm smile, I walked in front of the man in charge. "That's right, we will protect the safety of the campus city. Even if the Roman Orthodox Church intends to use the Queen of the Adriatic Sea to destroy the campus city, we will still deal with that ancient antique from centuries ago. But since everything was planned by you, and even Sylvia was just a bait, please don't talk to me with such a hypocritical attitude. How about it?"
The other party was silent for a moment. Then, he said calmly, "As expected, 'Outsider', you are not simple. However, this is only a deal between us. On the premise that we do not infringe on each other's interests, pointless confrontation will only weaken each other …"
"Of course, I won't deal with you now." I smiled kindly and snapped my fingers. "I just want to tell you one thing. The initiative has never been in your hands."
After saying that, I didn't wait for his reply and disappeared from the room in a flash.
After a full ten minutes, the lights of the extinguished instruments in the room returned one by one. Then, a low and gentle voice with a strange tremor sounded. "Aresta, I didn't suggest you to use this method to ask for help from a foreigner."
"Even you are afraid of it?" Aresta said in a low voice and didn't say anything else.
Based on the original plot, I could roughly guess what the Roman Orthodox Church was planning to do now.
The movements near Venice, the obscure magic waves, and the abnormal gathering of the Roman believers. There was only one thing that they needed to cause such a huge commotion in that place, the Queen of the Adriatic Sea's fleet.
It should have been the tragic fate of the youth in the previous sentence, but now, it has fallen on our heads. Could it be that the world is fair like what Lass Lin said? If you are unlucky, then there will definitely be someone else in this world who will be able to enjoy happiness?
The problem is, why is my bad luck even worse than the girl in the previous sentence, you bastard!
After returning to the research institute, we first sent off the few young girls who had almost turned this place into their entertainment center. After considering it for a while, we decided not to let Zuotian Lei participate in this matter. Although she was the commander of the Empire in name, that was an accident. We couldn't really let her get involved because of this. After confirming that Museyama Harusei had started to familiarize himself with the existence of the Schilling Computer and was obediently staying in the underground information center, I gathered Shallow Shallow and the others for a discussion.
"The Queen of the Adriatic Sea's fleet, or simply referred to as the Queen's fleet, is an antique from several centuries ago." Shallow Shallow, who watched anime with me when she had nothing to do, had a rather good understanding of the plot. "It was a strategic weapon created by the Roman Orthodox Church before Venice belonged to the Roman Orthodox Church. In order to fight against the powerful water capital known as the Queen of the Adriatic Sea, the Roman Orthodox Church created this strategic weapon. The purpose of the entire fleet was not only to fight against the powerful naval forces of Venice, it was also to protect their mothership, the Queen of the Adriatic Sea. That ship was equipped with the most powerful deterrent magic that the Roman Orthodox Church had created. It was a large-scale urban annihilation tactic. Together with the Saint Peter's Cross, it was known as one of the 'Ten Forms of the Holy Spirit' that Rome was proud of. It was launched in two stages. The first stage was to turn the entire city into ashes. The second stage was to destroy the people, items, and culture in the city … Originally, to prevent such a weapon from falling into the enemy's hands and being used against them, the Roman Orthodox Church installed a targeting device on it so that it could only be used to attack Venice. However, in the original plot … "
Lin Xue took over the conversation. "In the original plot, the Roman Orthodox Church used the Crucifix to remove the targeting device so that it could be used against any city, such as … the school city."
I shrugged. "We all know that the plot has disappeared. The Heavenly Crucifix Church has yet to appear. We also have no idea where Sister Yannis, who was used as a sacrifice, is."
"That's the worst part." Lin Xue rubbed her forehead. She seemed to be very tired. "When I looked at the future just now, I realized something. Even I can't see the target of the Roman Orthodox Church's attack this time."
Then, we looked at her in shock.
"Are you going to say … that Sylvia is being used as a targeting device?"
This was a terrible situation. Lin Xue's prophecies had never been wrong before.
Only the heavens knew why the plot had escalated to such an extent. However, our top priority now was to stop the Roman Orthodox Church's actions. Regardless of whether it was their actions of destroying the school city or Sylvia being sacrificed for such a senseless clash of forces, we couldn't tolerate it.
I immediately contacted the British Puritan Church. Fox Lady Laura. Although she was as sly as Aresta, at the very least, she was loyal and reliable to us. If we wanted to deal with matters regarding magic, it would be best to consult with an expert. To be honest, I felt that our own angel wasn't always reliable.
After learning of the Roman Orthodox Church's plan, even the usually steady Laura, who was a member of the Crucifix Church, couldn't help but say, "Those fellows are crazy." Even though the British Puritan Church was opposed to the scientific side, they had never thought of such a crazy idea. Yet, the Roman Orthodox Church was actually capable of doing something like this!
"Although it is top-secret information of the Roman Orthodox Church, I still have some understanding of that thing."
Just as I had guessed, that fox lady wasn't completely clueless about the Adriatic Sea Queen's fleet.
In the original story, even that foodie Indicus was able to learn about the Adriatic Sea Queen's fleet. As the person with the highest authority in the entire British Puritan Church, Laura would definitely know more secrets. And in front of the 'Messenger of the Lord', she definitely wouldn't hide anything.
In the video, Laura seemed to be busy combing her super long hair, which was so long that it could be tied into a bow. She was fiddling with an exquisite silver comb as she slowly explained to me. Not far behind me, Alaya, who acted as the light source and background girl, was drooling as he looked at the comb that seemed so comfortable to use.
In order to prevent it from being destroyed in a single blow, the structure of the flagship is a unique block-like structure. Every part of the flagship is a separate module with its own magic structure. In other words, it would be quite troublesome to destroy it unless the entire thing is blown into pieces. Of course, I believe that this wouldn't be a problem for you. The problem lies in another point — the entire Adriatic Sea Queen's fleet is filled with all kinds of defensive spells. Even though it is an antique from the last century, magic items usually don't decrease in value with the passage of time. Those magic items are still useful today. The person in charge of the Adriatic Sea Queen's fleet from the Roman Orthodox Church is Archbishop Diageo. He seems to be a devout and righteous person, but in reality, he is an unscrupulous person. If it's to destroy a heretic, he would do anything, even going against an angel — as long as it isn't an angel registered in the Roman Orthodox Church's records. "
"In other words, it is very likely that he will launch a large-scale attack after discovering our infiltration. He might even use Sylvia as a hostage. It seems that you won't be able to help with this matter."
"I'm sorry, Lord Angel." The fox girl revealed an awkward expression as she twisted the small silver comb in her hand. "Although the excessive growth of the Roman Orthodox Church might affect the safety of the English Puritans in the future, from the standpoint of the Cross, I can't openly attack the believers of the Lord."
"Oh, then let the Lord do it himself. By the way," I rubbed my chin, then my eyebrows twitched slightly. "Laura, can you stop torturing that comb?"
If you want to torture that comb, just pinch me from behind, you bastard! Isn't this girl planning to shed her hair these few days? Why is she torturing her wings all day long?!
Laura: "… I will inform you again if there is any new information …"
After saying that, the archbishop, whose face was about to twist uncontrollably, turned off the video in a panic. I reckon that she went back to memorizing the Bible in order to rebuild her respect for the Lord.
Meanwhile, we began to prepare for our trip to Italy — helping a certain God of Seduction, who had retired from his position as the Emperor of Tragedy, to solve a huge scientific problem.
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