Byron's Blade

November 11, 26 p.m., Gaia, Century Center Avenue Federal Capitol Building.

An unconventional emergency meeting was held just an hour ago. Most of the participants were members of Congress who are also teaching staff, as well as a small number of ruling parties.In other words, it was a meeting between ecclesiastical politicians and the current ruling party, the Baath Party.

The ecclesiastical politicians are all Democrats, and the Democratic Party is also the largest opposition party. The supreme leader is Pope Douglas, who is in the absolute neutral camp and is also the supreme pope in the absolute neutral camp.The supreme leader of the current ruling party, the Ba'ath Party, is naturally the Federal President whose term has not yet expired, General Friesman. There are only five Ba'ath Party members who followed him in this meeting, but all of them are fighting with each other.

The theme of the meeting was to ask the church to lift the city-wide ban on Gaia and withdraw the church's system custody.And urged the church to be responsible for illegal actions during the ban.

This is undoubtedly a meeting in response to the big explosion that occurred at the Gate of Liberty this morning, and it was General Friesman himself who made this request.

However, an hour later, the scene was still stalemate, and the two sides refused to give in to each other.The Ba'ath Party attacked the ecclesiastics for being too extreme, and even arranged for a bomb to explode, killing more than 50 innocent civilians and injuring more than 80 people to varying degrees.This is the worst political action since the Ares swarm incident.

The church faction refused to admit that it was the bomb they set, and pushed all of this to the terrorists.No matter how the Ba'ath Party attacked them, they always put on a pitiful and compassionate expression and ignored them.

The Ba'ath Party did not slander at will. They collected enough evidence to accuse the church faction of arranging this bombing operation, such as the detailed information of the prisoner who controlled the bomb explosion and his relationship with the church. It was a cardinal in the church.

However, no matter how direct and obvious the evidence is, it is clear that the church faction has also thought of a way out for itself.One is that the prisoner is dead, and there is no proof of his death, and the other is that the cardinal was dismissed from his post before the explosion, and he is no longer a member of the church.

The meeting fell into a stalemate, and for another hour, the two sides had a heated debate on this. In the end, General Friesman and Pope Douglas ordered a temporary adjournment at the same time, and the meeting ended.

It was already 10:30 in the evening when the meeting ended, and Pope Douglas was the first to leave Congress in his special car.General Friesman did not leave in a hurry, but stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the president's private lounge in Congress, quietly watching the pope drive away.

"Father..." Sona's voice sounded behind him. Sona was rarely seen in military uniform, his beard was shaved off, his hair was neatly combed, and he wore a military cap. He looked much more energetic than usual, more handsome and upright.

"Oh, you're here, sit down and rest for a while, we'll go back soon." General Friesman beckoned kindly, his voice slightly exhausted.

"Father, it's another fifty lives. This time, you are no longer desperate to save these innocent people. You killed these innocent people yourself. What's the result? It doesn't have any impact on the church. The matter is overturned." After Sona came in, the first sentence was to accuse General Friesman of this action.

"Son, in a martial arts competition, you may be able to win with one move, but that is due to the great disparity in strength. Now we and the church are still far behind in strength. To create scars for them, we need to take it step by step. Quantitative changes can produce qualitative changes. Tomorrow, this news will be disseminated by several of our media, and the impact will not be zero, that's enough." General Friesman said slowly while sitting on the sofa by the window.

"How many more people do you have to sacrifice?" Sona frowned.

"Revolution always requires bloodshed and sacrifice. Peace and happiness are always based on death. It's not like you don't understand the truth, why are you still so naive?" Chuck Friesman rubbed the center of his brows, his tone already a little impatient.

Sona didn't answer, but his furrowed brows and clenched teeth showed the pain and incomprehension in his heart at the moment.

"We'll talk about this later." General Friesman slowed down, and said, "How are you preparing for the election for the vacant Aphrodite's garrison general?"

"Admiral Strong is ready. After the presidential election, the publicity work for the general's election will begin." Sona took a deep breath and replied.

General Friesman nodded: "This election is also very important. If Strong can be elected, we will occupy four of the seven generals. Lieutenant General Samuel in Sri Lanka, whoever comes up is a huge threat to us."

The rank of general in the federal army is also known as "quasi-general", which represents a kind of status and honor as a substitute for a general, and the actual power is not much different from that of a lieutenant general.Therefore, the candidates for the general election are generally senior military officers at the rank of general or lieutenant general.General elections will only be held when the position of general is vacant and no successor has been selected.The election of generals mainly depends on military merit, seniority, and personal ability, which are comprehensively evaluated by the six generals of the Heptagram Council.The reason for the election is mainly to see the support rate of the candidate general among the voters, and the support rate of the military accounts for 75%, and the support rate of citizens only accounts for 25%.

Therefore, general elections are extremely rare, and more than half a century has passed since the last general election.

After discussing the election of the general, the room fell silent, and I don't know how long it took before General Friesman asked slowly:

"How is your sister?"

"Just met Aunt Xin's people. I don't know if I have met Aunt Xin. I'm still waiting for news." Sona glanced at his father and replied with downcast eyes.

"It's good to meet, and I'm relieved to have your aunt Xin by their side." General Friesman breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and looked out the window, with deep and far-sighted eyes:

"Hope plan b goes well..."

***

While the father and son were talking, another conversation was going on in the low-key and luxurious limousine that escorted the Pope back to Gaia's residence.

"My dear Maxim, do you see that, the fox finally showed its tail today." Pope Douglas seemed to be in a happy mood, and his tone rose.Said to a white-clothed archbishop sitting in front of him.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Pope. The cunning Friesman can't sit still." Archbishop Maxim replied respectfully. He is Pope Douglas' most confidant, and he is in charge of the West Parish of the noble city, with a high position.

"He already controlled our bomber, but he detonated the bomb smartly, trying to create public opinion to attack us. But how much effect will it have? You arrange people to make some rumors about this matter, and press the old fox's head On the head, it's better to smear him in his tenure. We didn't wrong him, he did the explosion, didn't he? Hehehehe..." Pope Douglas laughed happily, thick and white The beard trembled with the laughter, the kind face, the joyful laughter paired with the sacred black and gold Pope's robe, inexplicably showed a strange kind of cruelty.

"But... that devil, did he escape?" Pope Douglas said suddenly, changing the subject.

"It seems so, otherwise Friesman would not have detonated the bomb."

The Pope closed his eyes, pondered for a moment and said:

"We'll search the city for a few more days until the end of the seven-day custody period. We can't take it for granted. In addition, make two preparations and inform the people of Artemis that it's time to exercise."

"Yes, His Majesty the Pope." Archbishop Maxim replied, and then said with a little worry:

"It's just that His Majesty the Pope, as you know, the mistress of Artemis never seems to agree with us. I'm afraid there will be difficulties in action."

When Pope Douglas heard this, he didn't answer right away. His gray eyes stared at Maxim for a few seconds before he opened his thin lips under his hooked nose and spit out the following sentence:

"Killing the devil is now our top priority. Anyone who stands in the way, no matter how powerful she is, will be eliminated."

Maxim's heart shuddered, and he nodded hastily.

"Also, has Sasha's whereabouts been found?"

"Not yet, Your Majesty."

"Investigate as soon as possible. Although there is little hope, I hope this woman didn't recruit us. I'm not worried that the gang of desperadoes will know about it. I'm afraid that they will stab us out and let the Pope of Turin know. We assassinated Winter. If Turin knows, it will be troublesome, that old guy is a dead-headed man, and he has the greatest power..." Pope Douglas raised his hand and rubbed his temple.

"Yes, this subordinate understands." Maxim nodded repeatedly, and then added, "Your Majesty, I heard that Winter's successor has already been decided. He is the Cardinal of the Stiles Regional Assessment Office. His name is It's called Elizabeth."

"Elizabeth? I haven't heard of it. What's the origin?"

"Before, I had been working in a church welfare institution. My rank was mediocre, and I belonged to the neutral and good camp. I was only a priest in yellow clothes after I joined the church for more than [-] years. But I was transferred to the Stiles Regional Assessment Office four years ago. A month later, she was promoted to a cardinal. Now she has been promoted to a cardinal in white in the southeast region of the main city. The past two years have been a bit too fast, and I always feel that someone is behind her to support her. But I checked, and she has a clean background and no party affiliation , is a free man. I guess he got lucky."

"Who gave the order?"

"It's an order from the Pope of Turin."

Pope Douglas rolled his eyes, and then said coldly:

"Old guy, he will also give me the trick of balancing. This is telling us that no one should fight for the territory in the southeast of the main city, so we brought a free man here. Let's be careful, the old Turin The guy is not confused, he may be staring at us."

Archbishop Maxim's face changed when he heard the words, and his expression became serious.

"This Elizabeth, you send someone to talk to her, try to win her over if you can, and keep an eye on her if you can't, lest she spoil our business."

"My subordinate understands."

***

The city of nobility, southwest of the Babel Tongtian Tower, the residence of the Pope of the Holy Church.

An old man in a white robe was sitting cross-legged in the middle of an empty meditation room. A huge curtain hung down in front of her, and the projector behind her was playing a surveillance video repeatedly.In the video, the protagonist wearing a prison uniform killed eight guards and two criminals pretending to be prison guards in an instant with incredible skill.After killing these people, she dragged two prison guards to the gate and detonated the bombs on them. At the end of the picture, the screen of the surveillance video was covered with blood and flesh.

The picture was played repeatedly, bloody and cruel.The old man watched intently, without saying a word.She has been sitting here for nearly three hours, and a video of less than 3 minutes has been watched hundreds of times, as if it will never end.

After a few more minutes, the old man finally moved.She stood up slowly, walked to the projector with a slight stagger, and turned off the video.Then he pressed the button on the bracelet id and said:

"Illya, come in."

"Yes, His Majesty the Great Pope." There was a reply from the bracelet ID.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door of the meditation room, and the Pope invited someone to come in, and a young and beautiful black-haired woman walked in.She is probably of West Asian or Eastern European descent, with profound features and a very beautiful appearance.Depending on age, no more than 30 years old.

"Take this video and seal it up, including all copies. Too many people will see the video, and it will cause panic." She said lightly.

"Yes." Elijah replied.

Pope Turin walked to the window, opened the thick curtains of the meditation room, and looked towards the east.In the dark night, the giant tower of Babel is brightly lit, and the lights of the tower's spire that sink into the sky illuminate the surrounding clouds with golden light, as if a holy flower bloomed on the top of the tower, making it even more sacred and great.However, the Pope's wrinkled face was full of worry, and he didn't know whether he was speaking to Illya or talking to himself:

"Why is it me? Why is it at this time...Holy Tower, can you tell Nine Gods that his poor servant does not want to be that eternal sinner...If I fail...I will continue It is shameless to see him. Unless, he can wake up and help his poor servant..."

"His Majesty the Great Pope?" Illya asked strangely.

"It's going to change..." Du Ling sighed softly.