13 Minker Street

Chapter 706 Karen's List!
From the bookshelf to the desk, from the floor to the chandelier, from the potted plant to the pen holder, in this office, every possible place to stay is filled with crows.

There are more of them, there is really no place to get down, so they can only hover around there, the sound waves formed by the flapping of wings, the moment the door is opened, it is like a tidal wave.

Every crow means a priest's active registration.

On the premise that the chief bishop made it very clear that there was almost no chance of the volunteers surviving, his office was full of crows who signed up.

"Hehehe...hahaha...hahaha..."

The Chief Bishop of Burne opened his arms and let out a hearty laugh.

In the past, he lived in darkness, and his family layout made Pamires teach "vacate the cage and change the bird", completely becoming a vassal of order.

This was a long and painful period, and what supported him to walk in the dark all the time was these "twitters" who were destined to appear in large numbers although they had never been "called".

Bourne turned his head slowly, looked at Karen, and said:
"Some people, when they see a negative incident in the church, they will get excited, they will get excited, they will wave their hands, yelling and thinking that the whole religion is dark.

Their brains are not even as big as the two walnuts below them.

Covering with one hand can make them mistakenly think that what they see is the whole world.

They have no way to see the overall situation, so they tend to be pessimistic, resentful, extreme, and negative.

Karen, I dare say that I am the person who has seen the most dark sides in the divine religion, and the darkness I have personally dealt with is too many to count.

But I never despaired, nor was I depressed;

Although, occasionally, there will be a little bit of loneliness.

However, I never felt alone.

Since this era, our Order of God has risen from step-by-step struggles, won the battle against the light, and developed into the world's number one God religion in the past 1000 years.

This is the best proof.

It proves that there are many, many people like me who may not speak or make a sound at ordinary times, but silently contribute and support in their own positions.

If this god religion is all those dirty priests you have encountered, it is impossible to get to where it is today, right?

After all, this is a divine religion that can have the first order of knights, a divine religion that can make people willing to continue to dedicate to its cause even after death.

I don't know them, and they probably don't know me, but the fact tells us that each other's true existence, I, we, will never walk alone. "

Karen didn't speak, and said unabashedly that he was also shocked by the scene in front of him.

He has seen Qihe's greed, he has seen the filth of Naton's house, yes, negative stains, it is indeed easier to attract people's attention, make your eyes focus, but ignore it, in fact, the order of God Inside, there's plenty of Pavaro.

"Clap clap clap!"

Bourne clapped his hands, and all the black crows turned into pieces of black spell paper, which were neatly stacked on the desk and piled high. That was the list.

Karen turned and closed the office door.

"Karen, there are no ice cubes, but there are herbal teas, do you mind?"

"do not mind."

The two sat on the sofa facing each other. Karen picked up the cup of herbal tea, took a sip, and frowned slightly. Not only was it cold, it also had a slight fishy smell, and he didn't know what kind of strange tea the chief bishop was drinking.

Bourne said, "There is a sacred matter that can be decided by you."

"You don't want me to choose volunteers, do you?"

"Yes, that's what I meant."

"Don't you think this is too cruel?"

"Cruel?" Bourne shook his head, "You have to go through this stage, Karen, and I don't think you can't bear this bit of cruelty."

Karen shook his head, but he didn't directly say no. Just as he and Byrne teamed up to pressure Gaspar to let her abide by the rules in advance, there are rules to be followed when he gets along with Byrne.

Bourne continued: "Many times, we hope that we can live a purer life, but reality often does not give you this kind of treatment. Therefore, some things must be done by someone, even if it looks dirty. My own hands cause inner moral uneasiness. Everyone wants to be the sacred and dust-free Sandy in the sacrificial activities, but the sacrificial altar must be cleaned by someone with a broom and rag, and we are such people.”

"I see."

"The plan over there is 20 people, and the list is best selected before dawn tomorrow, for quick training.

Because we have to tell them what happened and what the consequences will be if this matter is not dealt with in a timely manner. As for the danger and the ending of life that would be worse than death after being polluted alive, we must also be clear about it. Make it clear to them. "

Karen nodded and said, "It should be."

"Yeah, the biggest difference between our order gods and other gods is that our teachings never promote abyss, heaven, the embrace of the moon, eternal destination, etc., which are the warm hometowns that believers can go to after death; There will be no preaching of the happiness of the afterlife and the degree of redemption, and there will be no description of the god of order opening his arms to welcome your soul to rest...

We will only tell believers that life is this time, people have only this life, even those who entered the First Knight Order, they are very clear that they are already dead.

We oppose reincarnation, we despise the abyss, we despise the moonlight, because we believers in order only look at the feet.

So, the real greatness of order is that it will not give you false dreams to trick you into making so-called sacrifices.We will tell you what the purpose of the sacrifice is, and at the same time call on you to use your only one life to contribute to the maintenance of order. "

Karen picked up the unpalatable herbal tea, took another sip, and said, "I just feel that discussing the greatness of sacrifice in this atmosphere is a little emotionally unsound."

At the bottom of Karen's heart, she still cared about this happening.

He actually regrets it now. If he had known that if he didn't intervene, the experiment would fail, then he wouldn't have to hesitate that day. He would directly work with Neo to break the situation, save Luther, or give Luther a "heart attack" the natural end of this class;

Anyway, no matter what, the ending should not be worse than it is now.

"Yeah, it's really uncomfortable for us to send people to pay for their lives to clean up the mess caused by others.

However, things have happened.

Even if it is necessary to pursue accountability, that is a matter for the future. What we have to do now is to show courage and responsibility, and first completely resolve the danger in front of us.

In the final analysis, we still have to do things first.

I know, you think that what those people did violated the teachings of order, and I think that although those people behaved as bastards, they could understand a little bit. This matter has failed now, but what if it succeeds?
Especially in the context of the prophecy of the return of the gods, our Order God, as the number one God religion today, is actually facing the greatest pressure of change. If we can grasp the power of the gods now, it will also be a great deal for the future. s help.

Ugh……

In short, things in this world are not children's books. Justice and evil, right and wrong, have never been so easy to distinguish. Even, it is 'live', and it will repeat itself on the line of right and wrong. Jump sideways.

Just leave it alone, right? "

"Correct."

"Candidates, you should hurry up and decide."

"Ah."

Bourne rang the table bell, and the waiter brought dinner, and Karen had a copy in front of him.

"It's not as delicious as the dishes at your house, just enough to fill your stomach."

"Ok."

Karen was in the office, having a light dinner with Bourne...or a supper.

Then, the two left the office together, walked into the elevator together, but separated on different floors.

Bourne still needs to continue to attend the follow-up meeting, and Karen here is Deron, who is going to take him to see Pirlo.

When I received Delong, I could clearly see the exhaustion on the old man's face, but he held a thermos bucket in his hand and smiled at Karen: "The wontons my wife made for me, let's eat together?"

"Your wife sent it in person?"

"Well, she was waiting for me under the Academic Affairs Building just now."

Karen didn't say that he had just eaten, but nodded with a smile: "Okay."

Knocking on the door, a middle-aged man opened the door. He looked at Karen and said, "I am Nebas, you are Karen. My teacher often mentions you. He said that your talent is much stronger than mine."

Karen noticed the details of the pattern of the robe worn by the other party, which is a dark red aggregate, which means that the other party's position in the Dinger District is at least a department director. In terms of hierarchy, he is and is now the regional bishop Deron's peers.

Of course, to be a member of the expert team of this incident is definitely not an ordinary role.

It's just that the attitude of the other party is very clear, deliberately omitting the positions of both parties, a bit like a senior meeting a junior, or...a senior meeting a new closed disciple of the master.

"Hi, I've always been grateful to have Mr. Pillow's guidance."

"We can communicate more in the future. If you come to Dinge District, you can directly find me, and I will take you to meet more friends in the circle."

This is polite words.

Karen knows that his reputation is very famous, but he is not pleasing to the eye. This "senior" must have known about his existence.
It's nothing more than that Pillow himself is in the office now, and he has to perform for his own teacher.

"Okay, I'm honored."

Seeing Karen's other formation teachers at the back, Deron felt a little uncomfortable, but after thinking about it, he was not Karen's teacher, but Karen's grandfather.

Well, the vinegar smell dissipated immediately.

After Nebas greeted Karen, he greeted Deron immediately.

When everyone came in, they saw that Pillow himself was sitting on the desk smoking a pipe in a disfigured manner, and there were seven people sitting on the sofa in front of him.

Two from the Religion of Principle, five from the Religion of Order, and there is a pair of young men and women in the Religion of Order.

Pirlo asked, "Deron Goodman?"

"My lord." Deron saluted Pirlo.

"Don't, don't, I'm retired now, so logically I should salute you." Pillow interrupted Deron's salute, "Sit down and discuss things together."

As he said that, Pirlo knocked on the pipe again and rearranged the shredded tobacco.

Nebas took out the lighter and prepared to light the teacher's cigarette.

Pirlo avoided it, but looked at Karen.

Karen came over, glanced at the desk, picked up a box of matches placed there, and lit it with a "click".

Pillow moved the pipe closer, took a puff of pleasure, and let out an intoxicated sigh as he exhaled the smoke.

Seeing this scene, Nebas could only smile wryly.

Parents can't treat their children equally, let alone teachers, and parents will be somewhat scrupulous, but teachers can often be very biased.

Pirlo asked Karen: "How much of the notes I gave you last time have you read?"

"It's all over." Karen replied truthfully.

Pirlo asked again: "How much do you understand?"

"It's all over."

"Oh, you boy." Pillow took another sip from his pipe, "you still need to put in some effort."

"You teach, sir."

Pillow was very satisfied with Karen's attitude. Of course, he also heard Karen's deep meaning of "reading everything".

I gave him such a thick note, and I was able to "read it" in such a short period of time, which is already very remarkable.

"Can we continue, Pillow?"

The old man in the robe of order asked Pillow with some dissatisfaction.

Pointing at him with a pipe, Pirlo said to Karen, "Karen, this is Joseth Bonn, one of the organizers of this experimental project."

Jose frowned and said, "Don't waste time making an introduction, right?"

Pirlo shrugged and said, "Joseth, please pay attention to your attitude. You have caused such a big trouble by doing this kind of experiment in the York City area. Now the minister of the Whip of Order in the People's Congress is standing In front of you, if your attitude is any worse, be careful that my student will beat you up directly."

"you……"

"What are you? Karen, the Minister of Law Enforcement of the York City Region, you should read the newspaper, haha, my student has a bad temper, he can really do something to beat you, anyway, you are retired, no one knows In a superficial position, if he beats you, it is not considered a crime."

Karen looked at Joseth with a slightly cold gaze.

At this time, the young girl beside Jose stood up and said to Karen, "Please pay attention to your attitude."

When Karen heard this, she took the initiative to walk over to her.

Jose stretched out his hand and pressed his female student's shoulder: "Malina, sit down."

"is teacher."

Jose said to Karen: "For the mistakes we made, God's church will hold us accountable in the future. Let's deal with the difficult situation in front of us first, can we?"

Karen was noncommittal and sat down on the sofa.

Delong opened the thermos, took out a fork from it and gave it to Karen, Karen took the fork, and ate the dry wonton made by grandma with grandpa.

Jose looked at Deron and said, "Can you talk about the situation on the front line while eating?"

"Okay." Mr. Delong didn't have the slightest stage fright. He really talked about it while eating. After all, he was the one who could marry his grandmother. The "ups and downs" in the family for so many years have also been experienced.

After Delong finished speaking, Pillow and the others began to discuss. There were two plans in total. One was to seal the cave in what combination after the artifact inside was successfully taken out, and the other was to seal the hole if the artifact inside was not successfully taken out. If it comes out, how to adopt long-term stalemate means.

Karen couldn't get in the way. After eating the wontons, he just sat there and listened in silence.

In fact, these discussions are not of great significance to Karen, because they are all large-scale formations that need to be implemented by a team, and a lot of precious formation materials are also required.

The individual technical level is not high, and the difficulty lies in the group.

After the discussion was over, Pillow led Jose, Deron and others to change to a larger conference hall to discuss the next step with other parties.

On the sofa of the original temporary office, only Karen, that Marina and another young man remained.

Karen didn't bother to talk to them, and silently packed up the thermos.

"You always have a cold face, won't you restrain yourself a little?" Malina asked.

Karen took a deep breath and let it out slowly, without speaking.

The man next to him said, "My name is Kuito, Kuito Al Dinks. Nice to meet you, Minister Karen."

"Hello."

"My younger sister likes you very much. Although she is still studying in a church university, there are many clippings of you on the wall of her room."

"Thank you."

Karen stood up holding the thermos, ready to leave.

Marina also stood up and said to Karen: "Our fault is only that the experiment failed!"

Karen looked at her and said, "If I didn't expect you to help solve the problem at hand, I would definitely ask someone to arrest you and your teacher and put them in the prison of the Whip of Order."

"Who are you scaring!"

Cuito raised his hand and said, "Malina, I believe our minister can do such a thing. He is not trying to scare you. In my sister's words, this is the charm of Minister Karen."

Marina took a few steps forward, almost touching Karen's body, and said:
"We will make up for the consequences of our failure in the experiment. I am good at formations, and Kuito is good at running holy artifacts. He and I have been selected to enter the cave to take out the artifacts and sacred artifacts. teach over there.

So please hold back your emotions, because we are making up for it with our lives! "

Saying that, Marina pointed to Karen with her finger.

"oops!"

Marina let out a scream, her fingers were grabbed by Karen, and she twisted downwards. The severe pain caused her to turn sideways and bend down.

Immediately, there was a fluctuation of spiritual power on Marina, but even more violent fluctuations came from Karen.

It means that if you continue to fight, then I will beat you hard without any politeness.

Marina finally canceled her plan to fight back, but stubbornly shouted: "Let me go!"

"I don't know how your teacher taught you the rules. I just want to tell you that if you make mistakes, you can make up for it yourself. This is a truth that even kindergarten children understand. Therefore, you have no right to be here to make people think you How amazing."

Kuito tried to persuade her: "Minister Karen, don't break her fingers, she will break the formation in the cave."

Karen let go of his hand and said, "If you die in the cave, no one will feel sorry. You should have died there, and so should your teacher."

"You dare to insult my teacher, you... ah!"

Karen exerted strength again, and Marina let out a scream. This time, she felt that not only were her fingers, but even an arm was about to be dismantled.

"Do you know that our region will select 20 people to assist you in completing this mission? Do you know how many of them can survive?"

Marina stopped talking.

Karen let go of his hand again, picked up the thermos bucket and walked out of the office.

Cuito stepped forward to check Marina's situation, and asked concerned: "Are you okay, why are you messing with that lunatic, you haven't heard of his previous deeds?"

"I just can't stand the look in his eyes."

"It's not wrong for him to see you that way."

"But we are not wrong, this experiment itself is not wrong!"

"Okay, yes, yes, I think, in a few days, if we can still come out of the hole alive, then we can continue to discuss the issue of right and wrong while suffering from the pollution."

Marina glanced at Kuito and asked, "Are you scared?"

"I don't want to die, do it!" Cuito suddenly roared, "I originally continued to study with the teacher for a few years, and then I was able to go to the temple for further training. In the end, I had the opportunity to be a waiter in the temple of artifacts. Now, I don't want to. I think I can come out alive, or, if I am lucky enough to come out alive and report the mission, I will probably commit suicide."

"Then you can mention it to your teacher and say that you don't want to go in."

"How do you mention it? Who told my teacher to participate in this project with your teacher? If the students don't go in, should the teacher go in first? Besides, if we fail, don't they have to go in again?"

Kuito clenched his fist, waved it twice, and suddenly smiled again,

Said:

"Besides, I'm a believer in order. Some things, even if they have nothing to do with me, I have to do. Not to mention, they still have something to do with me. So, Minister Karen was right just now."

"what?"

"As an order, what's so great about going to that place."

……

Karen didn't go back to the office, but went straight to the downstairs of the Academic Affairs Building, walked into the flower garden in front of the building, found a bench, sat down, and took out a cigarette.

At this time, the thermos bucket that was originally placed by his side was picked up, and it was his grandmother, Mrs. Tang Li.

"Grandma, you haven't left yet."

"Why, didn't you just come down with the thermos because you knew I wasn't leaving?"

Karen silently lit a cigarette.

"Where's your grandfather, still in a meeting?"

"Ah."

"Things, I heard from your grandfather, because you are involved."

"It has nothing to do with me."

"Karen, don't get me crazy. In short, you are not allowed to go, let others go!"

"I never said I was going, what's going on with you and grandpa?"

"Think about your parents, Karen, divine contamination... really don't touch it."

Karen slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, his eyes were a little blurred.

"Aren't you just hesitating whether to go or not?"

"I haven't, Granny."

"Promise grandma, you won't go."

"Okay, grandma, I promise you, how could I go, my position is so high, and it's not my turn to go, there are so many people who signed up to go, even the teller in the window on the first floor of the Academic Affairs Building The servants of God have signed up."

Mrs. Tang Li was holding the thermos, and she didn't know how to answer this question.

For a long time, she could only ask with concern:
"Karen, are you okay?"

"What can I do, but I want to sit alone for a while, grandma, sorry."

"I understand that you are people who have to do things, so I will go back first. Tomorrow I will continue to deliver meals to your grandfather, and I will also bring you a copy."

"Thank you grandma."

Mrs. Tang Li left.

Karen leaned back on the bench, facing the sky, with his hands spread out, shaking the ash.

In fact, Karen is very clear that his resistance to pollution is extremely high. Without considering other protective measures, there should be no one in the entire Academic Affairs Building that can prevent pollution better than himself.

But that is not ordinary pollution, it is divine pollution, and the situation inside is unknown, and there must be other dangers besides pollution.

If you go in by yourself, the survival rate will be higher than others, but it will not be much higher.

"Ugh……"

Karen dropped the cigarette butt and bowed her head.

On the steps in the distance, Vic stood there, looking at his minister sitting in the flower garden.

Bourne's figure appeared beside Vic, stretching his waist: "Damn, it looks like it will be open until dawn."

"Your Excellency." Vic immediately saluted Bourne.

"I came out to get some air, what are you doing, oh, looking at your minister?"

"Yes, I feel the minister is hesitating."

"Hesitating?" Bourne suddenly smiled when he heard this answer, "It seems that you really don't understand your minister."

"What?" This sentence is a bit too "lethal" to Vic now, because he is now a "believer" of Karen. Fortunately, Mr. Alfred is not here, otherwise he will have to drag himself into ideological politics Class is over.

"By the way, is the list ready?"

"Not yet, we have to wait for our minister to make the final delineation."

"Okay, remember to rush me, the list must be fast."

"Yes, Chief Sir."

Bourne stretched again, and at the same time his figure disappeared from the spot.

Just as Vic continued to worry about the phrase "You don't know your minister", Karen had appeared in front of him without realizing it.

"What are you dazed for?"

"Ah, Minister."

"Go, go back to the office and work."

"Okay, Minister."

Karen took Vic back to Bourne's office, and he sat directly on the chief bishop's office chair. In front of him were several piles of tall registration forms.

"Minister, can we choose now?" Vic asked.

Karen didn't answer, but clapped his hands, and with the pull of spiritual power, the spell papers turned back into crows and began to fly around the office.

Fortunately, these crows are all made of paper. If they were all alive, there would be enough bird droppings left by the Chief Bishop to repaint his office.

Karen reached out and picked up the "Light of Symmetra" that was placed on the chief bishop's desk, which is almost the standard equipment on the desk of every Priest of Order.

On the desks of Whip of Order members, there must be an additional copy of "Order Regulations".

"Oh, it's actually the latest version."

The dignified chief bishop actually has a copy of the latest version of Symmetra on the table. He really has no sense of identity at all. The older the version, the less deletions and revisions, and more authentic records can be seen.

What Karen was looking for, however, wasn't something to edit, but stopped on one of the pages.

What is recorded here is the God of Order's suppression of the God's Burial Ground.

After the death of a god, the body left behind will become a terrible source of pollution. The place where the god is buried is a place of huge pollution.

In the Age of Light, the God of Light chose to negotiate to make the place of the God's Burial quiet.

In the era of order, the God of Order refused to negotiate, and entered there alone. After leveling the ground of the god's burial, he asked Kevin, oh no, let Ranedar exile him.

In Ranedar's memory, when the almost omnipotent God of Order came out of the God's Burial Ground, he was clearly wounded.

Karen: "Hey."

Vic was originally sitting at the secretary's desk, watching the crows flying around, and then heard the sudden laughter from his own minister, which made him even more confused, and at the same time, his panic increased.

"So, grandpa and grandma are not just worrying for no reason, it's just that I am a little belatedly aware of it. I really never thought that I would take the initiative to face it, but there is no escape in my dictionary."

Karen rubbed her fingertips over the written record:

"Your deeds are the object of praise and worship by others, but they have become the lower limit for me."

Karen raised his hand, and the crows who had had enough of "frolicking" fell back down again, turning into several piles of sign-up lists.

"Vic."

"exist."

"Come here and screen, and choose 13 from here."

"Huh? Minister, shouldn't we choose 20?"

"Because I have already selected 7 people, I will report the names to you, and you should record them first."

"Oh, yes, Minister, you say."

"Leon, Philomena, Murray, Ventura, Alfred..."

Karen paused.

Vic immediately shuddered, and shouted out while recording, for fear of missing: "Vic!"

Karen nodded, and tapped lightly on the table with his fingertips:
"Karen."

Vic recorded it and handed the list to Karen.

In addition, he himself felt a little surprised that he didn't have the slightest fear or panic, but felt relieved. He even smiled and joked:

"Minister, hehe, if something unexpected happens, will we be wiped out?"

"Hehehe." Karen also smiled, "Vic, please record the words for Alfred who is not here now, and then pass it on to him."

"Yes, Minister."

Vic immediately took out a small notebook, which was the same type that Alfred carried with him.

Karen stood up and put the list of 7 names on the thick registration form in front of him:

"We must stand in front of them."

(End of this chapter)