The Holy See covers an area of 044 square kilometers and has a permanent population of about 800 people. It is surrounded by a six-meter-high city wall and has more than 1,500 cameras covering all corners of the country. It is the country with the smallest territory and smallest population in the world.
Xie Lun was in this country within a country at this time, wearing a black divine robe, a small hat on his head, and holding a Bible. At first glance, he looked exactly like other priests.
Based on the memories of Richard and the two masked men, Sherron can basically determine that the masterminds behind the three of them should come to the Holy See in the next few days. And this person should be related to the "rabbit's foot" written on the small piece of paper he obtained from the Continental Hotel in Paris.
In addition, Amanda, who has been under Sherron's surveillance, also came to the Holy See.
This woman, who was obviously possessed by the devil, had been going in and out of various large and small churches in Europe since she obtained the iron box at Fornan Manor.
It seemed that this woman wanted to use the key in the tin box to open a certain door. But she would not have thought that the key in her hand was actually a fake.
Sherron used the ability of the "Tainted Shroud" to move the real iron box away when Amanda shattered the magic circle, and then copied an identical box and put it back in its place.
The replica box is equivalent to a locator, reporting Amanda's location to Sherron anytime and anywhere.
And Xie Lun will catch this woman today and interrogate her for the purpose of doing all this.
Sherron held the Bible and walked slowly through the corridor toward the back garden. But as soon as he reached the entrance of the garden, he saw a figure quickly jumping down from the city wall diagonally opposite.
That part of the city wall was relatively remote, and there was a row of evergreen trees in front of it. If it weren't for Xie Lun's keen eyesight, ordinary people might not have been able to spot the intruder.
There was a steel rope hanging behind the man's back. As soon as he landed, the steel rope, carrying a roll of clothes, rose into the air very quickly and disappeared on the wall.
In the blink of an eye, the man came out from behind the tree. He was already wearing divine robes, holding a Bible in his hand, and even had glasses on his face.
sure.
Sherron stepped forward with a smile on his face, nodded to the intruder, and passed by.
interesting.
As we all know, the Holy See today is completely different from what it was during the Crusades. It has lost its control and influence over secular political power, so countries and the Holy See are on the same page.
So what happened to this intruder
Only strictly trained agents can have such a strong backside and sophisticated equipment that can deceive surveillance cameras.
Xie Lun just glanced at it casually and found that there was something added to a camera on the wall, covering the lens, so that the intruder could successfully climb over the wall and sneak in.
Xie Lun used his peripheral vision to look at the intruder who quickly left the garden and walked deeper into the corridor. Right now, it was better to catch Amanda first. For other things, it was better for him to do more than to do less.
Walk through the garden, pass through a spacious corridor, and finally push the door into a luxuriously decorated and magnificent hall.
There were already many men and women standing in the hall, all in neat suits and jewels. They all looked like they were rich.
Holding champagne in their hands, these men and women gathered in front of a spacious staircase. On the stairs stood an old man in a red robe, saying something with a smile on his face, causing bursts of applause from time to time.
Sherron pretended to be an ordinary priest passing by and walked through the crowd. As he passed by, he couldn't help but want to laugh when he heard the cardinal's words.
Although he only listened to a few simple sentences, the core meaning was obvious, that is, the Holy See wants to make money again. You damn rich sinners, why don't you spend money to eliminate the disaster and ask God for forgiveness...
Xie Lun suppressed a smile, lowered his head, quickly walked through the stairs and walked into a small door next to it. A priest standing next to the cardinal looked at Xie Lun's back suspiciously, glanced outside, and immediately two priests quickly chased after him.
Behind the small door is another corridor, but there is an iron door standing next to it. The iron door that was supposed to be locked was now open through a gap.
Xie Lun reached out and pushed open the iron door. Behind it was a spiral staircase. The steps were covered with dust and spider webs hung on the corners. It was obvious that no one had been here for a long time.
Just on the dusty steps, you can clearly see a line of footprints, walking down the steps.
Xie Lun took out a flashlight, turned it on, stepped in, and reached out to close the iron door. A faint blue light passed by, and the iron door that had been pried open instantly returned to its original state.
After a while, the two priests chased after them, reached out and pushed the iron door, and found that the iron door was still locked, so they continued to chase forward.
After the two priests left, another priest appeared in front of the iron door. He looked at the locked iron door solemnly, reached out and made a cross in the air, turned around and left quickly.
Sherron walked down the steps a few times and found that he should be at the bottom of the hall now. In front of him were the pillars used to support the weight of the building above. Apart from this, there was no other passage.
"How can this be?"
Xie Lun looked at the disappeared footprints, frowned, stretched out his hand to press on a pillar, closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, a weak blue arc centered on his palm and spread to all sides.
With a "rumbling" roar, these pillars began to move. When Xie Lun opened his eyes again, he saw the originally chaotic pillars lined up on both sides, forming a passage.
Footprints reappeared on the somewhat damp ground.
Xie Lun walked into the passage again, and gradually wisps of black mist began to fill the surroundings. Soon, her eyes were shrouded in black fog that made her unable to see her fingers. Even with a strong flashlight, it could only illuminate a distance of two to three meters at most.
Xie Lun did not panic, but continued to move forward resolutely. After walking like this for an unknown amount of time, the black mist suddenly dissipated, and he stood in a circular secret room.
Burning torches were hung on the walls around the secret room, illuminating the entire secret room. In the center of the secret room was a stone coffin, and Amanda was kneeling in front of the coffin, holding the black key and tinkering with something.
"I knew I couldn't hide it from you." Amanda laughed softly without even turning her head. "Azazel warned me not to underestimate you, but I didn't believe it. Now it seems that his warning was right. You are indeed no ordinary mortal."
Sherron said nothing, but took out a bottle of holy water and a cross.
"Don't waste your time. Those ordinary things have no effect on me."
Even so, Amanda stopped her hands, stood up, and turned to look at Sherren.
Her eyes were as black as ink.
"That coward Azazel doesn't dare to do it himself, so why should you be the scapegoat?"
Sherron took out another Bible, spread it on the ground, opened it and turned to a certain page. Holding the cross and holy water, he smiled at the somewhat nervous Amanda: "Then shall we continue flirting, or shall we get to the point directly?"
Amanda didn't speak, and suddenly opened her mouth wide, and a stream of black smoke spurted out, carrying strong winds and shrouding Sherron.