"I knew it would turn out like this."
Looking at the boisterous group of people in the room who were chatting without any discipline, and the Supreme Pontiff who was the pinnacle of this world, Uncle Zaku shrugged and sighed while maintaining his signature frowning expression, "Don't worry, I'll be fine.
Uncle Zaku maintained his trademark frown and sighed as he shrugged and said, "It would be easy to explain if we, the scourge of the common people, had joined the scene. But now, even Uncle Zaku had arrived. The situation had suddenly become strange. I looked at Uncle Zaku standing in front of the Supreme Pontiff with a frown. I suddenly fell into deep thought. However, before I could say anything, Louis XIV … Oh, the Supreme Pontiff took the initiative to break the silence.
"I didn't expect that you would be the first one to break the contract. Zaku, how many years has it been since we last met? Did you arrange this? "
The Supreme Pontiff's voice was deep and his words carried a lot of weight.
Suddenly, the entire room became quiet. Icetis, who was chatting with Sandora, raised her head and glanced at us. She suddenly whistled loudly. Sandora punched her.
"Interesting." I didn't know when Liliana had crawled to my side and rubbed her head against my body. "Boss, these two uncles have a gay relationship!"
I shivered and hurriedly threw this unlucky girl out of the room.
The Supreme Pontiff had continuously misunderstood our identities from the very beginning. This was due to his habit of making decisions based on his own feelings. We had barely been able to get a word in to explain the situation. But now, he had once again made up the facts with his own imagination. Uncle Zaku, whose identity had suddenly become extraordinary, laughed mischievously when faced with the Supreme Pontiff's questioning. "You're still the same as before. You only rely on your own judgment. I don't have the guts to make arrangements for these people. To be honest, I've been scared to sit with them recently. However, I had indeed guessed that today's situation would develop like this … "
He stopped talking halfway. But I knew what he meant. It was because his family had been destroyed by us. Uncle Zaku knew how dangerous these powerful creatures were. He knew that wherever we went, we would be a great disaster. So, he knew that we would be a disaster wherever we went … Zaku's eyes lit up.
The Supreme Pontiff pointed at Uncle Zaku. He had done this action no less than four times. Every time, there would be an "intruder" that would come out of nowhere. So this time, he subconsciously looked around to make sure that no one would jump out from the cracks in the floor. Then, he boldly said, "You …"
As soon as he said that, Bilena lifted the tapestry on the wall and walked out. This woman, who always wore a serious expression, now had a melancholy expression on her face. She nodded at the Supreme Pontiff.
The Supreme Pontiff's shoulders were trembling. Then, he looked at his finger and sighed. I was really afraid that he would take things too hard and chop his hand off.
At this moment, I was also repeatedly looking at Uncle Zaku and Bilena. All kinds of experiences told me that a huge secret was about to unfold in front of us. This secret was so important that even the most thirsty gossipmongers could die without regrets. One was the Supreme Pontiff who ruled the entire civilization, who had appeared out of nowhere three hundred years ago. The other was a dispirited middle-aged uncle who lived by picking up scraps and buying on credit. What kind of secret could there be between them? And now, there was also Bilena. If I didn't hear wrongly, this big sister called him 'Brother Pope'!
I felt that the things that I had made up in my mind could be thrown into Qidian with a few million words. It would be enough to buy a two-bedroom apartment. Of course, Shallow Shallow, whose eyes were already shining, should be even more amazing. If the things that she had made up in her mind were sorted out, she might be able to realize her ambition of earning enough money to buy a three-bedroom apartment.
In addition, I had already started to guess that the real name of the Supreme Pontiff in front of me was Gundam.
"Alright, it seems that something is really going to happen today." The Supreme Pontiff's voice sounded very calm. At least, he was very calm from the beginning to the end. This was the only thing that qualified him in the eyes of Sandora and I. "Bilena, I never thought that you would appear in front of me again. So, what kind of comedy is going to happen today? Or could it be that you have finally changed your mind and want to return to my side? "
"It's not a comedy. After they appear, it's usually a farce." Uncle Zaku silently looked at me and spoke rudely. This was because he was familiar with us. If it was four or five days ago, he wouldn't have dared to act like this.
"Then, at least explain who they are." The Supreme Pontiff calmly sat on his luxurious chair. Facing two old acquaintances, he didn't show any fluctuations in his emotions. He was as calm as when he was watching a group of adults and children wreaking havoc in his room. "I should have known that in this world, other than the Twelve Knights, there are only the two of you who can let people enter and leave the Papal Palace so easily."
"No, there are still others." Uncle Zaku sat down on the mountain of chairs with a distressed expression. "The Sage can do it."
The Supreme Pontiff was silent for a moment. "This isn't funny."
"Yes, if it's possible, I really want to cry right now! Look at what you've done in just three hundred years! "
"What?" The Supreme Pontiff supported his head with one hand and assumed an indifferent posture as he leaned back on the velvet chair. "This world is so peaceful. There are no more fights. Everyone no longer has any conflicts. Bullying and discrimination have also been eliminated. A reincarnated person like Bilena doesn't need to be looked down upon by others. You also don't need to be called a beast. Isn't this the world that we yearned for in the beginning?
If you really want me to say what I've done, I can only say that I've completed our dream too perfectly. "
Zaku silently looked at the man in front of him who had hidden all his expression under the mask. The other party was wearing a luxurious black robe and was lazily leaning back on the luxurious velvet chair. On the other hand, Zaku was wearing a coarse work suit. He was sitting there with his legs crossed and his back unshaven. The contrast between the two of them was as clear as the absolute value. But somehow, I felt that they were gradually forming some kind of … connection. I couldn't explain it clearly, but there was that kind of feeling. It was as if two old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years were sitting opposite each other and slowly getting familiar with each other again.
"Do you still remember the Glory of Radiance?"
Zaku asked in a low voice as he tugged at the wrinkled work suit on his body.
"You still have that thing? I thought it should have been melted down long ago. "The Supreme Pontiff shrugged and said.
"No, the old Glory of Radiance is still there. Not long ago, it even flew once again. Although it might not be able to live as long as you and I, that old fellow is still great. However, when it came back, it was missing a few parts." Zaku silently glanced at Sandora when he said that. I knew that he should be thinking about his thirty or so seats. "The last time you rode it, you were still a simpleton whose mind was filled with heroism."
"But when it returned that time, you threw me and my twelve brothers and sisters into the burning isolation layer of the ruins."
Bilena couldn't help but speak with a suppressed voice. "But brother, you were already dead at that time. We still didn't know at that time … "
"We still didn't know what that light had brought to us. That's why I've never held a grudge against you because of your decision at that time." The Supreme Pontiff looked at Zaku's eyes through the mask. "You didn't do anything wrong at that time. Your real mistake was that you rejected my plan after I brought my twelve brothers and sisters back to the human world. You refused to take on the mission that you were chosen for. Among the fifteen who survived the trial, only the two of you rejected the glory of being the savior. But that's all in the past. I heard that you've been wandering around since then. In recent years, you've even returned to your old profession. It's a good thing that the establishment of that adventurer group hasn't been canceled. And there's a little girl by your side now … Oh, could it be Bilena's child? "
Zaku didn't answer him. Instead, he looked back at us with a probing gaze. But no one had the time to care about him. Shallow Shallow was busy typing on the Information Terminal. She thought that she would be able to publish a book today. Most of us thought so too …
Of course, everyone's ears were perked up. I had already filled in more than two million words in my head.
"Her name is Miriya. Of course, she's not my and Bilena's child. Heh, I knew that your eyes have been following us. But you don't seem to know her origin. Fourteen years ago, Bilena and I returned to the ruins that we had explored together. Near the core area, we found a functioning ecological cabin. It's easy to guess, isn't it? There's a baby girl inside. At that time, you shouldn't have hurriedly led the twelve knights to Tyranny. Otherwise, you might already have thirteen knights. Miriya's talent is even higher than yours. She might be an ancient person that has survived from those ruins. "
Uncle Zaku seemed to have made up his mind to attract enough attention today. The shocking secrets that came out of his mouth jumped out one after another. I almost didn't dare to imagine just how many ups and downs this fellow had experienced in the first half of his life. It would be a waste if he didn't become the main character.
From the start, we were a bit curious about Miriya's identity. You see, she doesn't have parents, she doesn't have any background. She only has a mutant ID that Uncle Zaku spent two hundred dollars to find someone to forge. She's born with the ability to control ancient weapons that aren't inferior to high-level cultivators. More importantly, she was picked up by Uncle Zaku from some ruins. In all fairness, I really didn't believe that a pair of strange parents would risk their lives to enter an ancient ruin to abandon a baby girl. If you had that kind of effort and courage, what couldn't you raise? So from the start, Miriya's life story was a novel!
Now, Uncle Zaku had personally revealed a piece of information: When he picked up Miriya, she wasn't in a pile of cloth bags, but in an ancient ecological cabin. Miriya might be an ancient person that had survived from the ruins until now. As a result, the room was once again so silent that you could hear a pin drop.
"I really made the right choice to come today." Icetis whistled again. Sandora gave her another punch.
For the first time, the Pope showed an emotion other than calmness after hearing the news. He stood up abruptly and pointed his finger forward. However, he quickly retracted it. "Sure enough, I should have noticed that little girl earlier. You've hidden her too well. It seems that besides the Sage's blessing, we also gained something. We obtained thirteen ancient weapons, and you actually obtained a real ancient person. It is said that those ancient people were mortals that the Sage doted on the most. Every single one of them was countless times stronger than a modern person. Moreover, all the ancient weapons in this galaxy were specially made for them. It seems that the real winner is you. "
The Pope spoke quickly. Heavy breathing could be heard from under the mask. "Ha, I still haven't forgotten the righteous words you said when we parted ways three hundred years ago. I didn't expect you to break the agreement today. Which ancient person's power allowed these people to easily break through the defense of the Papal Palace?"
The Pope had been analyzing the situation by himself. I could feel that this usually calm person was now nervous. Sandora and I had completely entered the mode of watching a show. The juicy news that popped up one after another had almost made us forget why we had come here. Shallow Shallow was still developing her masterpiece according to the situation. I leaned over to take a look. There was a line of words on the Information Terminal: The Princess had beheaded the hero with a sword and lived happily ever after with the Demon King …
I remembered that she was indeed writing the story of Uncle Zaku at the beginning.
"You really haven't changed at all. You are always living in a state of self-righteousness." Zaku laughed. "Alright, the time for reminiscing is over. I'm afraid that these important people are tired of listening."
As the uncle spoke, he stood up and faced us. "To be honest, I really don't want to show my face in this place anymore. But I'm afraid that this guy will spoil things. I'm afraid that you won't like his character. "
"Who are they?"
The Pope's voice came from behind Zaku. He was no longer as confident as he had been at the beginning. It seemed that he had finally realized that there was a problem with his deep confidence in his judgment. Hearing that, Uncle Zaku shrugged, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Luna shook her head at the Pope. "You are mistaken, Brother. These are the leaders of the Sages. They had just returned from the defense line of the Divine Fog Star yesterday. They wanted to see how the successor would perform after they left this world. Brother, forgive me for being blunt. I'm afraid that your performance is terrible. "
"It's not just terrible. It's terrible." Icetis shook her head. "The degree of the firmness of the faith might be acceptable, but the character is really terrible. I can't imagine what kind of disaster this world will become if you were to live for another three hundred years."
Because he was wearing a mask, the Pope's expression was a mystery to us. However, he suddenly stood up and waved his arm. He sounded very agitated. "Huh? This is the story that you have made up together? Zaku, three hundred years have passed. Is your brain broken? Don't you think that if we just used another method … "
"You'd better look outside." I kindly interrupted him. I raised my hand to signal the Pope to pay attention to the window behind him. At the same time, a bright blue light flashed through the window, casting a distorted light and shadow in the room.
Faint noises came in through the gap of the window that was not completely closed. Bruna went forward to push the window open. Instantly, the entire room echoed with the shouts from the square, mixed with the roar of the engine from high up in the sky. The Pope turned his head in shock. He seemed to understand something and walked stiffly to the window.
The magnificent interstellar battleship was gradually descending from the sky. The blue psionic shield and the halo of the force field dyed the square below like an avatar. The originally deserted streets were now filled with civilians running out of their homes. They were flocking to the big square where the Pope's palace was located. The noisy and chaotic voices of the people and the low sound of the spaceship's engine were like waves that constantly stirred the eardrums. The Holy Knights who were originally in charge of maintaining order in the square had also lost control. They crawled on the ground, trembling as they worshipped the psionic flash in the sky, bathing in the blessing of the blue light.
The Pope stiffened in front of the window for a long time. I didn't know what his current mood was, but it must be very subtle. For a fanatic who had been hypnotizing himself to become the successor of the ancient Sage since 300 years ago, what he was most afraid of was not the heathens, but the Sage who was really standing in front of him.
This was like saying to everyone you met outside, "I and XX brother are sworn brothers, we will go through life and death together." After saying it for half a year, you basically believed it yourself. In the end, suddenly one day when you were eating fried paste noodles outside, a burly man opposite you stood up and said, "I am XX, what are you doing?"
That would be stupid.
The Pope's situation was similar to this, just a little more advanced: he had fooled billions of people for hundreds of years.
At this moment, the door of the room was pushed open from the outside. A person wearing the same black robe and smooth spherical mask rushed into the room. "Pope, outside …"
The person stopped abruptly in the middle of his sentence. He was stunned to find that he was being watched by a room full of people. Then his eyes fell on Zaku and Bruna, and he could not help but gurgled twice in his throat.
"You go out first." The Pope waved his hand at the person who had barged in and said in a low voice, "Ask them to wait for me in the hall."
I felt a little sorry for this guy. Logically speaking, he should have contributed greatly to Mobrador's development. Although his methods were not very likable, the current "peaceful and prosperous" of this galaxy was indeed due to his rule of massacre. But his biggest weakness was that he was a little too chuunibyou.
"Sit down. Those spaceships will only hang in the sky for a while, and no one will come out from them. In a few seconds, they should be typing subtitles in the sky. Oh, look, the subtitles are out. "Uncle Zaku came to the Pope's side and put his hand on the Pope's shoulder like an old friend. Regardless of the Pope's mood, he just pointed at the spaceships of the Empire that were typing a bunch of unknown symbols in the sky." They are all small spaceships. The huge battleships in the Divine Fog Planet war would not enter the atmosphere easily. You don't have to bother studying those words. In fact, they are meaningless. They are just used to scare people. "
Liliana immediately jumped out and said that those subtitles were all her work.
The Pope sat back on his chair in a daze with Zaku's help. He did not know how chaotic his mind was. What had happened today was no longer something that could be resolved with just the word 'calm'. Bruna glanced over. She got the answer from my and Sandora's gazes and sighed.
She closed the window and isolated the waves of shouts from the square outside the room. "Brother, take off your mask. You are fired. You did not pass the test."
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