Benjamin was sleeping when the church people came.
Originally, he wanted to take out "Introduction to Magic" and the water element crystal and study them carefully. But because he thought that people from the church might appear at any time, he decided to hide them and not take them out yet.
Fortunately he didn't actually take it out.
At about one or two o'clock in the middle of the night, people from the church came. It was a middle-aged man dressed as a priest. He looked very polite and knocked on the door first. He waited for Benjamin to wake up in a daze and said "come in" before entering the room.
Apart from disturbing people's dreams in the middle of the night, he is indeed a very "polite" person.
When it comes to their mortal enemy, the mages, the people in the church behave in such a domineering and polite manner.
"Your Excellency Riise, the bishop was deeply moved after hearing about your deeds against the Fallen in the outer city. We would like to invite you to the cathedral to talk to you about your fight against the Fallen. I wonder if your Excellency will convenient?"
The pastor walked to Benjamin's bedside and said in a kind and calm voice.
When he first heard this voice, Benjamin couldn't help but think, this is a man who is really suitable to be a pastor. Even if this person says something like "I'm going to kill you," it can still make people feel that he is saying it for your own good.
Benjamin suddenly felt a little nauseous, as if he had eaten too much low-quality saccharine and was tired of it.
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll get up right now. I'm also trying to talk to the bishop about this." He wiped his sleepy eyes, sat up from his bed, and said.
What else could he say? The other party's words were a soft knife, leaving no room for rejection.
Besides, he also expected this scene.
"Are you ready for the fake memory to be extracted by the church?" Benjamin asked the system in his mind as he got up.
"The memory file has been created, all memory input has been completed, magic-related memory replacement has been completed, and it is being updated in real time. The memory input of the previous second has been completed, and the memory of this second is being input."
The system's sound sounded more reliable than ever before, and Benjamin was a little touched for some reason.
"...Thank you." He said in his heart.
If there wasn't such a thing in his mind, talking to him and getting excited, he could still stand up and play a role at critical moments. Benjamin may have collapsed now.
The system did not answer him, and was still repeating words such as "The memory input of the previous second has been completed, and the memory of this second is being input."
Benjamin suddenly realized that it was the work of memory forgery that occupied most of the system's CPU. The system does not have free memory to cause errors, which is why it appears to be so reliable.
Well, Bai was moved.
Just like that, Benjamin got up, followed the priest, and walked through the corridor of the Reese family in the middle of the night. Everyone in the family was fast asleep. They left the house without anyone else noticing.
Outside the gate of Rise's house, a knight was waiting there quietly.
Benjamin glanced at it and was a little disappointed. It was not one of the two knights he had just met.
I wonder what happened to them
Escorted by strange knights and led by priests, Benjamin once again came to St. Peter's Basilica. It was not the first time for him to come to the cathedral late at night, but every time he came here, he would feel an involuntary palpitation.
I wonder if these priests, knights, or bishops and popes here would also feel this way
"This is it, Your Excellency Riise, the Bishop is waiting for you inside."
Finally, they stopped in front of a door.
Benjamin couldn't help but feel a little nervous. His previous meetings with the bishop had all been in the confessional, and they had never spoken face to face. However, this time, the meeting place was chosen in a quiet room specially designed for priests to practice - the church was going to get serious now.
It seems that the strength of the elderly mage has attracted considerable attention from the church.
Benjamin looked normal, smiled at the knight and priest behind him, opened the door, and walked in.
Compared to the magnificent cathedral, the decoration in the quiet room is much simpler. Apart from the statues of gods and murals about Abel, there was only a table and a few books on the table. Apart from that, there aren't even any chairs.
The bishop has his back to the door and seems to be looking at the mural. After Benjamin walked in, he finally turned around and looked at Benjamin with a smile.
"Your Excellency Riise, you are finally here."
Before opening the door, Benjamin's heart was beating fast. However, when he entered the room and approached the bishop step by step, his mood became calmer for some reason.
Perhaps it was the system's constantly repeating sound that made Benjamin want to laugh a little, taking away all the tension.
He has nothing to fear anymore.
"My Lord Bishop, the outer city is really terrible. The fallen man waved his hand and created a giant wave. If it hadn't been for the cross you gave me, Lord Bishop, I would have died there!" He showed a somewhat frightened expression. said.
After many practices, his performance became more and more familiar.
"Your Excellency, you don't have much time, so I will tell you directly." There was no emotion on the bishop's smiling face, "You have met a new fallen person in the outer city, and he is also very powerful. Fallen one. In order to carry out God's mission, we hope to read your memory and look for some usable clues. Sir Riise, I wonder if you are willing to make such a sacrifice for God?"
really.
Benjamin just felt lucky in his heart. Fortunately, he was prepared, otherwise the game would really be over.
However, although he had already expected it, he still had a look of panic on his face and said, "Read, read the memory? Will this have any impact on me?"
The bishop smiled like an emotionless doll and reassured: "Don't worry, reading the memory will not cause any harm to you. You just need to close your eyes and it will be fine for a while. You won't even feel anything. "
Benjamin looked confused, as if he didn't quite understand what the bishop said, but he still nodded and said, "Just close your eyes, okay?"
As he said that, he also closed his eyes obediently.
But I was thinking in my heart that the critical moment had come.
Two seconds after he closed his eyes, he suddenly felt a pain in his head, but it was not severe. The system sound that had been repeating also stopped at that moment.
After a brief moment of dead silence.
"Successful! When the power of detection came in, I submitted the forged memory, and now the power of detection has also disappeared." The system said in his mind.
Hearing this, Benjamin finally let go of his hanging heart.
He simply opened his eyes. The bishop standing opposite him had his eyes closed at this moment, the smile on his face disappeared, and his brows were furrowed, as if he was looking through the memories forged by the system.
Seeing this, Benjamin felt a little unsure, and asked in his mind: "Is your memory okay? Will he feel something is wrong?"
The system replied very confidently: "A mere mortal, you still want to find out the bugs in my plot? What are you worried about? The person who can see through me has not been born yet!"
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Benjamin suddenly felt something was wrong.
The system... what kind of memory did it program for him