On the rooftop, Apirius had put away his smile, and looked into the distance again, entering into a state of cold and rigorous rational calculation once again.
The addition of the Immortal Phantom Sword undoubtedly added a lot of certainty to his plan.
However, politicians should not be superstitious about probability. Even if there is a 99% chance of success, there is still a 1% risk of losing everything.
As the lord of a city, he must make good use of every card in his hand.
He took out his cell phone and dialed a special number. The cell phone signal passed through the atmosphere and reached the Vatican's space-based communication base station satellite, and then after special transcoding and encryption, it reached Solomon City on the Apennine Peninsula again.
Inside the Sistine Chapel, a slender hand answered the phone.
"Your Excellency, Lord of Apirios."
"His Holiness Pope Innocent."
"Your crusade is causing me some trouble."
"Really? The Holy See has fully anticipated this, and it shouldn't harm your city of Olympia."
"Even so, the nightly bombardment is still annoying, especially when we are also preparing for the demon tide at the same time."
"From what I understand, you want to ask the Holy See for assistance."
"The Holy See is eager to negotiate, so this call came. The mortars are just a disgusting means. What we are going to discuss next is the main point."
"Yes. What kind of assistance does Olympia City need?"
"Space-based tactical nuclear bomb."
The Pope's voice on the other side was silent: "Leviathan?"
"Didn't the Vatican detect a huge life signal at the bottom of the Aegean Sea? I thought you were monitoring the entire world all the time."
"Of course, that's why I'm concerned. Raphael has more than 300 processes monitoring the Leviathan, and we don't think it's likely to wake up in the short term."
"Can the Holy See ensure that it will 100% not be awakened by the next demonic tide?"
"No, the word 100% will not appear in science. It is only used in theological propaganda."
"Your seamless switching between science and theology is astonishing, but I am not an ignorant believer." Apirius said in a deep voice:
"I'm a politician, not a scientific researcher. As long as there is a probability of more than 50%, perhaps scientific researchers will believe that it will happen based on mathematical expectations."
"But even if the success rate is 99%, politicians must eliminate the remaining 1% of possible risks."
"Even if this will most likely cost you extra in the negotiations?" Innocent chuckled. "Well, after all, this is beneficial to the Holy See."
"What's your offer?"
"We demand that the city of Olympia and Emperor Otto cut off all contact, including withdrawing all extraordinary people from the Holy Solomon Empire."
"You should understand that the city of Olympia does not have the transcendent status in the supernatural world that the Holy See has in the scientific world. I can promise to do it, but please don't have unnecessary extra expectations."
"Of course. But the Crusaders' bombardment and siege will continue, which will help to intensify your forces' hostility towards Emperor Otto."
"And to the Holy See as well."
"The Church does not care about worldly hostility," Innocent said calmly, "The only target the Church has been fighting against has always been the Antichrist."