Everyone present immediately brightened up and turned their attention to Old Green. The Fallen Angel incident was like an unjust case that left their small team at a loss as to how to proceed and where to go.
Quinn Adams appeared in time and pointed out a path. They followed this path and rescued Old Green. What Old Green said next may be the core of the entire incident.
Only by figuring out the whole thing can they know which way to go.
Old Green turned a deaf ear and continued to eat barbecue and drink beer. Everyone was not in a hurry and just spent their time.
After a few minutes, Old Green burped comfortably, sat cross-legged on the ground, and looked at the cement on the ceiling, "Come to think of it, this happened 48 years ago..."
... ...
Stormy Night, Holy See Archives.
It was three-thirty in the morning, and lights stayed on all night in some parts of the Holy See.
One of them is the archives, which is manned in shifts around the clock. Sometimes in the middle of the night, people would come over to look for information.
The dragon knight wore the silver armor of the Discipline Knights and walked through the quiet corridor expressionlessly. The dim light illuminated his stern face, making him look even more inhuman.
The knights of the Order of Discipline are inhumane in the eyes of members of the Holy See. They will stare at you with cold eyes, and then secretly check your personal relationships, finances and other private matters.
Once they find out that you have neglected your duties and used your power for personal gain, the blade of justice will fall.
As the leader of the Discipline Knights, the Dragon Knight is hated by everyone and everyone is afraid of him. There are not many people who are brave these days.
But at the same time, everyone trusts him, because this guy is single-minded, doesn't understand what personal relationships are, and always handles things fairly.
The Archives Department of the Holy See is as big as an ordinary university library. There are no miscellaneous books in it. It stores the biographies of the Popes, Heads of Knights, Cardinals and other figures of the Holy See; the chronicles of the Holy See; major events that have happened in the past years, etc.
"Dragon Knight!" The administrator in charge of guarding the door stood up and bowed.
The dragon knight nodded and walked straight in.
The crisp sound of boots stepping on the smooth marble floor echoed in the silent archives room.
The dragon knight purposefully dug into the chronicle bookshelf, looking at the timetable year after year.
Walking in the clock of time is like opening the door to history, experiencing the glory and decline of the Holy See, which makes people sincerely awe of time.
History books are the greatest creation of mankind, bar none.
"1972..."
found it.
The year 1972 is written right above the bookshelf. On the corresponding shelf, in addition to the Chronicles of the Holy See, there are also some corresponding deeds. The records in the Chronicles are mostly secular affairs such as personnel appointments within the Holy See.
For a whole year, the biggest personnel change in the Holy See was the death of the head of the Knights Templar. Dragon Knight remembered that it was about ten years later, in 1982, that Pace officially became the leader of the Knights Templar and took off the title of acting leader.
That year, he was still a teenager and went to watch the ceremony as a knight's apprentice. The Pope personally held a coronation ceremony for Pace.
The Dragon Knight is a person with awakened spiritual power. He can turn the pages very quickly and quickly finished the 72 years of personnel appointments and other contents.
"Quinn shouldn't let me read these. Well, let's look at the mission records." The Dragon Knight stuffed the book back and pulled out another book. This one is a book that records the Holy See's external missions and events.
For example, in 1972, the president of the Association of Superpowers came to visit. The Pope cordially received him and had an in-depth exchange of views on the relationship between the Holy See and the Association of Superpowers and major international and regional issues of common concern.
The Pope noted...
The president said...
Things like this will not be recorded in the chronicles, but will be recorded separately.
The dragon knight read through it carefully. Except for the death of Green Adolphe, nothing major happened in the year 1972.
After turning over and over, the dragon knight suddenly froze.
He opened the book as wide as possible and saw shallow, jagged marks of tearing.
This means that one or several pages of paper were torn out in a very meticulous manner. If the Dragon Knight had not been careful and opened the book to the maximum, the missing pages would not have been discovered at all.
If nothing else, what Quinn Adams asked him to find was recorded on the missing pieces of paper.
Obviously, something must have happened in 1972, and the people behind the scenes wanted to hide it, so they tore off the pieces of paper recording the contents.
"The clue is broken." The dragon knight frowned.
Quinn Adams must not have expected this situation.
"He asked me to find the information from 1972 myself, which means that I should have been able to find the answer here. But now that the clues have been cut off, it only means that the people behind it have noticed this."
The paper was recently torn off.
The dragon knight turned and walked to the reception desk. The young administrator lay on the table and took a nap, making a slight snoring sound.
The dragon knight knocked on the table, waking him up. The administrator stood up in panic, with his back straight and his eyes still bleary: "What are your orders?"
"Look at the surveillance of the past two days." Dragon Knight said.
There are surveillance cameras everywhere in the archives, and the surveillance content is stored for 72 hours. If someone secretly tears up the information, surveillance can reveal his true colors.
But Dragon Knight was disappointed. The surveillance camera facing the bookshelf in 1972 was deleted.
"Hey, why is there no more?" The young administrator was also confused and scratched his head.
"Who was on duty that day?" The Dragon Knight said without changing his expression.
It was normal for the surveillance to be cleared. As the leader of the Discipline Corps, he had investigated cases that could circle the earth. He was used to seeing big storms and waves, and even smarter guys had seen them.
Whatever you do, it will leave traces that cannot be cleaned up.
If you feel like you have no clue about something, it's because you haven't found any clues.
Not a big problem.
"Joseph Charlotte," the administrator answered.
Dragon Knight nodded, "Help me find the backup data from 1972."
Behind the administrator is a storage cabinet that is as high as the ceiling, similar to the medicine cabinets in ancient Chinese medicine shops. Each small cabinet has a year written on it, and a USB flash drive is stored in it. The USB flash drive contains backup data of the relevant year.
After finding the USB flash drive, the administrator said: "The backup data cannot be taken away. Do you want to look at it now?"
The dragon knight hummed, walked in, sat in front of the computer and browsed the backup data.
As he expected, the backup data was the same as what was in the book, which meant that a small part was missing.
The dragon knight asked casually: "How long have you been managing the archives?"
"Six years."
"Have you seen the information from 1972?"
A shrewd detective must learn to take the initiative to look for clues. Instead of staring at the clues in front of you and looking down. That kind of detective has no soul.
"No." The administrator shook his head.
A shrewd detective must be aware of useless efforts.
The young administrator carefully glanced at the handsome profile of the dragon knight. He frowned, his eyes full of disappointment. This boss acted strangely today, making people confused. He had the courage to ask: "If you want to find more backups, there should be more backups from this year."
The dragon knight suddenly raised his head, his eyes burning: "What did you say?"
"From 1970 to 2008, my teacher participated in the compilation of all materials. The teacher has a habit of keeping the failed products or defective materials during the printing process," the administrator said.
"Where?" The dragon knight suddenly cheered up.
"It should still be kept in the basement."
"take me!"
The administrator was frightened by the dragon knight's piercing gaze and nodded repeatedly.
There was a door at the end of the archives, and behind the door was a spiral staircase. Along the stairs, they came to the basement.
No one has been here for many years. The books stored there have been fermented for many years, and there is a strong musty smell in the air.
The young administrator found the light switch. The white incandescent lamp made a hissing sound, flickering on and off. These bulbs had not been replaced for a long time, and the voltage was unstable.
There are many books stored in the basement, stacked on top of each other. They are placed on rusty steel bookshelves, and the books are covered with dust.
The administrator covered his nose and frowned: "There are too many books, and I can't tell which one it is. Maybe there is one, maybe there isn't one."
The dragon knight nodded: "You can go back to your post. I can just stay here alone."
The administrator left, closing the iron door gently but not heavily, making a crisp but not loud "clang" sound in the darkness.
The dragon knight rummaged slowly, not in a hurry, he had a lot of time. The books in the basement were all defective products left over from the printing of those years. Some of them were not well typed, and some had problems with the paper during printing. This book They were all destroyed, but due to the habits of a certain administrator, they were accidentally kept here.
Half an hour later, it was found.
The book in the Dragon Knight's hand is exactly the same as the one above, but there was a problem with the ink during printing, so it was classified as defective.
Holding the book in his hand, he did not read it immediately, but hesitated for a moment.
What Quinn Adams wants to tell him is in this book. Thinking of the recent Fallen Angel incident and the Blood Knight betrayal incident, it is likely to be related to the two of them.
Take a deep breath and open it.
Based on his feeling, he flipped through to a similar position. Sure enough, the content above was something he had never seen before.
"On February 11, 1972, information about the activities of cultists came from the outskirts of Karus. They used human blood as paint to draw magic circles, suspected of sacrificing to evil gods, and imprisoned the souls of the dead innocent people, turning them into hatred. Spirit..."
Cultists are crazy, a collective name for blood descendants who have no humanity. They are superstitious, bloodthirsty, and their views are inconsistent with those of normal vampires. Terrorists are purely bad people, who are anti-human, or who enjoy killing and destroying people. The definitions of the two are different.
There have been a lot of cults in Europe throughout the ages. In fact, they are somewhat related to the Holy See. Some small countries with strong materialist ideas usually don’t have cults, and those who do have them are from outside. Because there is no breeding ground for cults.
"The Holy See successively sent three knight squads to deal with it. All of them died at the hands of the cultists, including the elite squad led by deputy leader Carla Thomas."
"More and more knights are being killed by cultists. On February 20, the Pope personally led Green Adolphus, the leader of the Knights Templar, to fight against the cultists..."
Thanks to the silver alliance of "CzLB", just discovered it. I've been so busy lately that I haven't even looked backstage. I'm very excited and will update more tomorrow.
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