I'm a villain, not a devil

"Sir, could you please give me a moment to introduce our great Lord to you?"

In the early morning, the meeting place gradually became lively. A man in a papal robe was introducing several men who were gathered together waiting for work.

Embroidered on his robes was an abstract sun, the symbol of the Golden Dawn.

Although the men gathered together were not believers, they also knew the origin of the Golden Dawn. They looked at each other, and one of the older men said slowly: "This, um..."

"Bishop." The other party reminded with a smile.

"Oh, Bishop." A hint of surprise flashed in the man's eyes. Is the Golden Dawn sending out Bishops to recruit believers? It seems that everyone has had a hard time recently.

He thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency the Bishop, we are just ordinary civilians. To be honest, we don't have much money to donate to the church, and we can't spare much time to pray every day."

He was going to say something impolite, but he was a bishop after all, so he had to be polite.

The bishop did not say much. He just smiled and shook hands with several people. "It doesn't matter. Even if you are not ready to receive God's gift, the Lord will still bless you. The great God of Nothingness will always watch over you and bless you to enter a peaceful dream."

As he spoke, he leaned slightly in the other direction and put his fist against his heart.

That is the newly built Gate of Dawn. Since its 'move', the Gate of Dawn can no longer emit soft light and illuminate the entire city once it is opened as before, but it can still be seen clearly after it is opened.

After saying this, the bishop left and headed towards where the rest of the crowd was gathering.

After the other party walked away, the workers who were still there muttered: "In the past, the Golden Dawn had strict requirements for recruiting believers. However, if you become a believer, you can bask in the sun when the door is open... Now it is different from before. It seems that they have not had any new blood joining in recently."

Another person followed suit and said, "That's right. In the past, there would never be a bishop of this level to preach in person... To be honest, if nothing had changed, I would be happy to join. However, the construction of the statue of the founding father is expediting, and we have to take ten days out of a month to work on it... Sigh."

A slightly younger person complained, "Originally, I could save a little bit every month. I was planning to save money for a few more years so that my wife and I could have children. By then, I would have saved a little for tuition. Now, I have to work for one-third of the month without any salary. I really don't know what His Majesty is thinking."

As soon as these words were spoken, the others immediately glared at him.

The older worker scolded, "What are you talking about?! It is our honor to contribute our strength to your majesty!"

"You are such an ungrateful kid!"

"We are just some of the people we know. If you were anywhere else, you would have been arrested and taken to the police station long ago!"

After a series of scoldings from several people, the young man who had just spoken immediately lowered his head in shame.

After the little incident, the atmosphere between the few people was a little awkward, and it only got better when the foreman who was recruiting workers came.

After working for a whole morning, the young man who had been scolded was in a bad mood, so he simply ran outside alone during lunch time.

While chewing corn paste sprinkled with earthworm powder, the man secretly put the only piece of dried crazy beast bacon into his pocket. He swallowed hard and muttered softly: "It's true, Your Majesty, doing this kind of thing is a waste of money and labor. My wife and I haven't eaten meat a few times this month... I can't even save any money... What's wrong with complaining a little?"

He waved his fist in defiance, even though there was only air in front of him.

"Damn it, you're making people work for free. We're at the frontline fighting. If you let me do some logistics, it would at least be a contribution to the army. What's the point of building a statue now?"

He was eating while cursing and feeling indignant, but he didn't notice someone coming up to him.

"This gentleman..."

The young man was startled by the voice, and then he immediately realized what would happen if someone heard what he said, and his face turned pale instantly.

The person who appeared before him was the bishop who had preached to them in the early morning.

"My Lord, Bishop..." The young man's face turned pale.

The Golden Dawn is the only officially recognized sect in the Empire. It is obvious that they are in the same boat with His Majesty the Emperor.

It’s broken, it’s broken…

Just when the man thought he was in trouble, the bishop said something unexpected.

"Sir, you have many dissatisfactions and many needs. Why don't you try praying to our great Lord?" The bishop said with a gentle expression.

The young man was stunned for a moment, then asked tentatively: "You just arrived here?"

The bishop shook his head: "No, I heard everything you said just now."

Seeing the young man's face turn pale again, he immediately added: "But I think what you said makes sense."

The young man was stunned again: "You..."

The bishop smiled and said, "The great God of Nothingness casts his eyes upon this world, and of course He sees the sufferings of the people."

A look of compassion appeared on his face. “I cannot guess the Lord’s thoughts, but the Lord’s teachings have made me understand the suffering of all living beings. I sympathize with you for everything you have experienced.”

"So, what does the Bishop mean?" the young man stammered.

The bishop gently grasped one of his hands and said softly, "Why don't you try praying to the great Lord? Perhaps you can find something different..."

"Great...Lord..."

The two walked towards the nearest church, and a new believer seemed to have been recruited.

"That's it, Boss," Black Fox said softly.

He and Sean had been watching for the entire morning.

Sean nodded thoughtfully.

The young worker was not an isolated case. In just one morning, Sean saw the bishop find dozens of people with similar situations.

Moreover, the bishop always looked for people in similar situations. He looked for people who gathered together, usually in small groups of five or six people, including workers waiting to be recruited, women who went out to work, and even children playing in pairs.

Every time, after he finished his sermon, the crowd would politely refuse, but there would always be one or two people who would express their complaints against the emperor.

Naturally, those who complain are blamed by their peers and often end up alone.

At this time, the bishop will appear again, and after a few words, he will take the other party into the Vatican to pray.

Seeing Sean put down his arms, Black Fox added: "Boss, after you said that last time, I asked the brothers to pay special attention. This bishop is not an isolated case. Many people from the Golden Dawn preach near the church, and what happened is basically the same as what you saw."

His eyes were a little serious. "Because this is not the first time. In fact, the Golden Dawn people started preaching a long time ago, and our brothers were used to it, so they didn't notice anything wrong. In addition, our brothers usually blend in with the crowd, but those missionaries have never preached to our people, so no one noticed this before."

Sean narrowed his eyes slightly. He had basically dealt with all his men, from gang leaders to small leaders, all of them had excreted black nematodes. This was Sean's way of ensuring the "purity of the team."

Now it seems that the Bishop of the Golden Dawn seems to have a vague ability to identify whether the black nematodes are still active in the host body.

Looking at Sean, Black Fox tried to ask, "Boss, due to the special nature of the church, it is not convenient for our people to go in. Should we send someone disguised as a believer to go in and take a look?"

Sean shook his head and rejected his suggestion: "No, if the bishop has special abilities, the church will be even more special, and we will be discovered if we sneak in... Follow the people we saw today."

"Yes, I understand."

At night, people who had been busy all day finally returned to their cabins and began a rare rest.

Today, the young man who was scolded by his coworkers and finally entered the Golden Dawn Church to pray couldn't help but tell his young wife what happened today.

His wife's reaction was not unexpected: "Oh my God, you have been discovered. You will be sent to the police station."

"I know, but wasn't everything I said true?" the man said irritably.

"But……"

At this moment, outside the house, Sean, who was in the shadow world, widened his eyes in surprise.

As expected, after the man came out of the Golden Dawn church, the black nematodes' vitality dropped drastically, and it seemed that they would fall into hibernation at any time.

What's even more shocking is yet to come. The black nematodes seem to be contagious to each other. The man's wife should have been unaffected, but after talking and having intimate relations with her husband, the black nematodes in her body began to wilt.

Is dormancy contagious? However, the man's coworkers did not experience the same thing.

Is it because of family?

Living together for so many years and having emotional ties, the connection between the two will indeed be much closer at the etheric level. Combined with the concept that black nematodes are spiritual creatures at the etheric level, it is normal that this kind of transmission only occurs between family members.

In addition, before being influenced by the bishop and the Church of the Golden Dawn, this man already had some hidden dissatisfaction with the emperor, which had never appeared before.

Or maybe it was because the Black Pigeon Prison flew away, and the prisoners who were the source of the black nematodes moved away from the imperial capital...

This is easy to explain. Some people are born with stronger mental strength, so they are naturally more resistant to black nematodes.

No difference was noticeable before, but after the Black Pigeon Prison flew away, the connection between the black nematodes and the main body was severed, and the difference became apparent. Some people began to subtly resist the influence of the black nematodes.

And the Golden Dawn seemed to be able to capture this...but the strange thing is, if it could capture this, why did it have to be preached collectively when a crowd gathered?

And he was rejected every time... Afterwards, he would secretly find the person in the crowd who had stronger mental strength and was already resisting the black nematodes on his own, and then speed up the process, causing the black nematodes to fall into a deep sleep.

Apart from this, can it be understood that the Golden Dawn is now selecting the ordinary people with the strongest mental power in the entire imperial capital, allowing the black nematodes in their bodies to fall into dormancy and infect their families?

If this is the case, according to previous speculation...

Sean's pupils shrank slightly.

Well hidden, Cardinal Carrado...

The Golden Dawn is in league with the Emperor.

No wonder the Golden Dawn is the only sect recognized by the empire, and no wonder the Golden Dawn has not developed much over the years and is confined to the imperial capital.

Wait, does this mean something else?

The fourth prince, Bai Si, is a student of Cardinal Carado...

In an instant, memories of the past flooded into Sean's mind.

At the beginning, he was able to get hold of Elisa Lam's handle because she stole the emperor's personal seal and wanted to enter the highest level of the imperial treasury to get a treasure for Bai Si.

After that, many things happened, and in the end, Elisa Lam's wet nurse pushed all the blame onto the third prince Bai You, who actually did nothing, which eventually led to Bai You being imprisoned.

From the overall perspective, Bai Si is the biggest beneficiary of the whole thing and the source of the whole thing.

Another point worth noting is that the emperor has been running the empire for so many years. It is true that he has been ill and has not had the time to take care of too many things, but he should not be unable to manage even his own personal seal, right?

Elisa Lam returned the private seal without being discovered, and it seemed that the emperor knew nothing - but did he really not know?

If Sean was not involved in this matter, then it was Elisa Lam who obtained the treasure and gave it to Bai Si... Then, what if the seal was discovered?

Sean felt that even without his involvement, the matter would eventually be blamed on Bai You.

Elisa Lam was just a fuse, a tool who knew nothing. When she made decisions, she was always influenced by Bai Si and her wet nurse, and the wet nurse had always been Bai Si's person.

Oh, and there’s also what happened before.

The emperor sent someone to convey the order, allowing Bai You to be released from prison, but still depriving him of his qualifications as the third prince, and almost openly asking Elisa Lam to stand on Bai Si's side.

It seems normal, but if you look at it in conjunction with what happened before, it becomes interesting.

The emperor didn't ignore these princes and princesses...

Golden Dawn is the one that is truly in cahoots with the emperor, and Bai Si... is the heir he has always been optimistic about.

Sean couldn't help but sigh in amazement.

The emperor's methods are powerful enough... However, there is a question here, why is Bai Si favored by the emperor?

He is the youngest among the princes. Is it because the youngest is popular?

However, one thing is certain, the emperor is indeed actively putting the black nematodes in the bodies of some people with high mental power into hibernation...

As I was thinking, suddenly, Noah sent me a reminder.

"You have been summoned, Saint III."