As the faith center of one-sixth of the world's population and the smallest country in the world, the Vatican has a permanent population of no more than 800 people, most of whom are clergy.
The Vatican City is marked by the Vatican City Wall.
To the north are the museum and tennis courts.
To the east is an old park with a long history.
To the southeast are the Theological Seminary and the railway station, and to the south is St. Peter's Church and the accompanying square.
Three Mercedes stopped in front of a not very famous chapel near St. Peter's Basilica.
Tang Song got out of the car and gave West, who was wearing a priest robe, a big hug.
"Long time no see, Father West!"
After greeting West, Tang Song asked several bodyguards to carry down the gifts that had been prepared long ago.
The boxes were opened one by one, filled with exquisite silver crosses. West took one from Tang Song and felt the weight in his hand. His eyebrows raised immediately.
Looking at the number of crosses in the box, West's smile became even warmer.
Under West's guidance, Tang Song had a good tour of this holy city in the eyes of Catholics!
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The disappearance of members of the Gambino family caused an uproar in Rome.
As an old mafia family, all direct descendants including the Godfather disappeared overnight.
This was a sensational thing in Rome and even in the whole of Italy.
You should know that the Gambino family has been passed down for hundreds of years, and its influence spreads throughout the political and business circles in Italy.
The Rome police were under pressure from their superiors and were asked to solve the case within a deadline.
The Roman police used all means, and through informants and various traces of the underworld, all the evidence of the Gambino family's disappearance pointed to the same group of people.
Unfortunately, before the Roman police could take any action, Tang Song and his party were invited to the Vatican.
Just as Tang Song was touring the various attractions in the Vatican under the guidance of West.
An assassination operation was quietly carried out throughout Rome.
In a high-end apartment in Rome, a rich second-generation man dressed in gorgeous clothes is celebrating with a group of friends with champagne.
Uh, celebrating the death of my entire family.
Because according to the principle of succession, after the death of his grandfather, father and several brothers, he will be the first heir to the family business.
Compared to before, I can only withdraw a pitiful amount of pocket money from the family fund every month.
He could already imagine his extravagant life in the future where he would spend money like water.
In the bathroom, he pressed ******'s head and released his desire to the fullest.
At this moment, a ray of reflected light shone into his eyes.
He looked out through the bathroom window in confusion.
On the rooftop of a high-rise building one kilometer away from the apartment building, Fox pulled the trigger of the sniper rifle with a confident smile on his face.
Rome City Hall,
A well-mannered middle-aged official wearing glasses just drove out of the city government gate.
A crooked truck was driving straight towards him.
"Senator Gambino, Senator Gambino..."
The middle-aged official only felt dizzy and vaguely heard someone calling his name. Then, everything went dark in front of his eyes and he could not see anything.
A drunk man staggered down from the truck with his hands raised in panic and was pinned to the ground by a group of city government guards.
The president of a foreign trade company was accidentally electrocuted to death while taking a shower at home after get off work...
A variety of seven or eight cases were soon brought to the Rome Police Department.
These cases all have one thing in common: the victims have the same last name.
They are all members of the Gambino family.
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Clear water, black bread, and two slices of green vegetables; this was the penance meal of the Inquisition.
Nowadays, few priests eat this kind of thing, except for some real ascetics.
They are somewhat like the ascetics in India and the pilgrims in Tibet.
He ate simple meals every day and practiced prayer and practiced devoutly.
Tang Song stayed in the Vatican for two days and seemed to have found the secret of the Holy Power of the Church in these ascetics.
The holy power practiced by the Holy See is said to be a form of practice, but it can neither improve physical fitness nor prolong life.
Their powers mostly rely on the so-called holy instruments. When a priest puts on these instruments containing holy power, he can instantly possess extraordinary combat power.
In the name of curiosity, Tang Song borrowed two so-called paladin armors from West and studied this holy weapon.
Combined with his observations of the practice of the Vatican's ascetics, he had a general understanding of the source of the Vatican's power.
Their power is borrowed, although, of course, the word "borrowed" may not be the right word.
The people of the Vatican pray to the mysterious existence, the "God" in another dimension, and offer their faith and spirit in exchange for this holy power.
However, there are only a few people in the Holy See who can contain this kind of holy power in their physical bodies.
Therefore, the people of the Vatican attached the power from prayer to the armor and weapons they used.
This is what is called the holy vessel.
The older the history of a holy artifact, the more powerful it is, because it has been blessed by the prayers of successive users.
Although Tang and Song did not know what the use of "God" was for believers' prayers and spirituality.
However, in this world, if Tang Song remembered correctly, there was a group of people who could also borrow the power of the Latitude Demon. The best among them were the ones who truly borrowed without returning.
Tang Song watched an ascetic monk in a linen robe walking by with a bowl of water in his hand.
He couldn't help but shook his head. He couldn't enjoy this kind of ascetic life.
Ding-a-ling!
Tang Song took out his cell phone and took a look. The note on the phone number was "Kane"!
… … …
In East Africa, eight modified Hummers are speeding across the savannah.
Kane sat fully armed in the passenger seat of the first Hummer, holding a satellite phone in one hand and a map in the other, studying them carefully.
"Two tons, I understand, Boss, I have everything ready!"
After Kane hung up the phone, he glanced in the rearview mirror.
Behind him, Ulysses Klaue was tied up in a tortoise shell position and thrown on the back seat, with a ball gag stuffed in his mouth.
"Drive another twenty kilometers in this direction!"
Kane measured on the map with a ruler and spoke to the German soldier who was driving.
"Yes, sir!"
“Woo woo woo…”
Ulysses Klaue struggled to and fro in the back seat, his screams coming from the ball gag turning into whimpers.
Half an hour later, the convoy arrived at the edge of a cliff.
Kane got out of the car and walked to the edge of the cliff. On one side of the cliff was a rushing waterfall, and the rushing river water flowed into the deep pool under the cliff.
Looking from a high place, there is a lush jungle on both sides of the lake.
"It's right here. Go down the waterfall and swim to the bottom of the pool to break through Wakanda's energy shield!"
Ulysses Klaue's voice was hoarse as he was hung in the air by Kane's rope behind him, and he said helplessly.
… …
At the boundary of Wakanda's energy shield, there is a deep pool under a waterfall. Beside the pool is a dense forest with weeds as tall as a person. Even hunters from Wakanda would not come to such a place where there is no road.
A map was placed in front of Ulysses Klaue, who was untied and was gesturing on the map with his hands.
"This is the mining area of Wakanda. This is where they mine vibranium. There is a warehouse dedicated to storing vibranium. This is where we stole our vibranium ore!"
After Ulysses Klaue pointed out the direction, Kane simply had him tied up again.
"We will be divided into two teams. I will lead one team to sneak into the mining area to steal ore. After getting enough ore, I will retreat along this route.
Ster, you bring a team here to support and set up a sniper point!"
A big German man nodded to show that he understood!
"Check your equipment! Don't leave any identity-related items behind!"
At Kane's command, everyone checked their equipment, guns and ammunition.
Kane took out a bunch of badges from a tactical backpack and distributed them one by one.
The emblem features an octopus-like figure with an octopus-like head.
Everyone pinned these badges on the inside of their collars.
… … …
Unlike ordinary metal veins, vibranium is formed by extraterrestrial meteorites hitting the ground, and its strength is unmatched.
After centuries of research, the Wakanda people have developed a technology that uses ultra-high frequency vibrations to decompose ores.
In the mining area, many low-level people in Wakanda were busy mining pieces of vibranium ore and loading them onto mine carts.
High-magnetic levitation mine cars pull cartloads of rough ore out of the mine.
Outside the mining area, there is a special refining plant where the rough ores will be further processed and refined.
The refined vibranium metal ingots are stored in special storage warehouses.
Every once in a while, the royal family would send people to transport these vibranium metal ingots away.