"Question: Will you memorize the holy texts of the Holy See?"

"Yes, yes. ”

"Full text?"

"Yes. ”

"Good. ”

In the interrogation room, Chu Qing, who was sitting opposite the fraudulent girl, nodded, casually turned off the lamp that had been shining on the girl's face, stood up from the chair, stretched out a hand, looked at her seriously, and said:

"Well, do you want to be a new pope?"

"Huh?"

In the face of Chu Qing's sudden invitation, the girl froze there as if she didn't understand what the other party was talking about.

And if you really want to figure out the reason for the incident, let's first turn the timeline back to yesterday -

A large building in the inner city of Montgros, which was temporarily used as a makeshift meeting room for the heads of state of the four empires.

Only this time, a new face is about to appear in the four positions that have always been fixed.

"The next meeting with the three empires was mainly about the speeches of the emperors in the next few days, on the various activities of the election of the new pope, and on the question of the distribution of the territory of the former Concadas Empire. No. 1 held the tablet in his arms and said to Chu Qing, who was walking in front of him, "There are only two main questions, please answer the commander according to our predetermined script, don't make trouble for us in your own words, as for the remaining details, we will solve them when the time comes." ”

It's an exaggeration to talk about it.

Chu Qing, who was walking in front of her, felt his facial muscles twitch slightly, although he did sometimes do things that were not in line with the original plan, but in general, it didn't cause any big trouble, did he?

"But to reach a consensus, that is, to ......"

"Unified caliber," the No. 1 who walked behind looked straight ahead, the high heels under her feet made a crisp sound on the marble floor, wearing a professional suit, wearing a cat and cat tail decoration on her head, and a ponytail over her waist, she looked particularly down-to-earth and generous today.

"After all, this is a very important event related to the next pope, and if one of our four empires suddenly puts forward a proposal that contradicts the mainstream opinion during the event, I'm afraid it will also embarrass the Bright Sect. No. 1 said, "The most important thing is that if the candidates prepared by the Quartet themselves elect a new pope, and one of them suddenly reveals the true identity of the other party, not only will the Guangming Sect not be able to come to power, but the exposed person may also cause a war." ”

"Wait. ”

"Huh?"

"You mean the candidates?"

"yes, what's wrong?" Hearing Chu Qing's question, No. 1 tilted his head a little strangely.

"What candidate?"

"It's just that there is the support of the major empires behind it, and it is considered that it is very likely to become the seed candidate for the next pope," No. 1 said, spreading his hands, "This is a predictable situation, after all, it is really a loose selection system, wouldn't it be a pity if you don't take the opportunity to fish?"

"Maybe it's because the Bright Sect found out about it and put pressure on them. Chu Qing grinned.

This time it was indeed his mistake, this kind of selection activity was more lenient than the democratic elections of Athens, and he should have thought that there would be some loopholes in it.

But just like forgetting that No. 1 and missiles were a big killer weapon during the war chess exercise, this time he despised the group of guys who stayed in feudal society both in their minds and cognition.

That is to say, before the Sect of Light sends to each country to select candidates, these countries select in advance in their own spheres of influence, so as to select the best candidates who are most likely to become the next pope, and then provide them with economic and political assistance as if they were investments, thus increasing the likelihood of the other party being selected.

And if the candidate they funded became the new pope, it would be tantamount to making the Bright Sect, the supreme leader of the super powerful sect that ranked among the three major academies, owe him a favor, and the benefits that can be obtained at that time will be immeasurable.

However, considering the pressure that may come from the Bright Sect, they had no choice but to select the most prominent one to invest, rather than buying a large number of candidates to increase the odds of winning this investment competition, as No. 1 said.

It's like buying a high-stakes lottery ticket, and once you win it, you'll be in a good fortune.

"By the way, let's choose someone else?"

"Nope. ”

"Huh?"

"I mean, no," Number One said, "this matter is not on our list of key concerns, not to mention that we have been fighting all this time and have no spare manpower, and our record of this matter is, at best, that the other party notified us when they selected people to enter the country." ”

"Isn't this terrible!" Chu Qing couldn't control his voice for a while, and shouted loudly in this empty corridor.

"If we really let the candidates funded by those people become the next pope, how can we do anything to them, and how difficult the ten sects are to deal with, you don't know!"

"Calm down, calm down. Chu Qing, who looked like he was about to explode, Fan No. 1 with his hand, "Of course, my smart brain has taken this situation into account, and there is a reason why I didn't include this matter in the list of key concerns." ”

"Why?"

"Of course," said Number One with a smile on his index finger, "because I have consulted the relevant information and found that almost all new popes are chosen by the arbitrary discretion of the previous pope, and none of the candidates who are funded by various countries become popes." ”

"So?"

"Therefore, from the point of view of probability, the probability of this kind of selection, which is entirely determined by the opinion of one person, without regard to other factors, through the calculation of probability, to select a candidate who is financed by the major empires and selected according to the standard requirements can be said to be very small. ”

In other words, there is no need to invest at all.

"However, if there is any way to increase the probability of being selected, it is not impossible. ”

That is, according to the preferences of the old pope, and then relying on the arbitrariness of the other party, targeted funding candidates. ”

"Exactly. Number One nodded, and the cat's ears on his head trembled slightly, "But even if that's the case, there are still two problems that can't be solved." ”

"First of all, almost every pope can be said to be a person of pure heart, so it is difficult to know what the other person's preferences are. ”

In other words, even if you want to use a beauty trick, you have to consider whether the other party really likes women.

"Second, if you really only choose candidates according to the Pope's preferences, I am afraid that you will not be able to pass even the most basic selection, let alone think about the rest of the matter. ”

For example, people with small mouths are easy to find, people with big eyes are easy to find, people with white skin are easy to find, but people with small mouths, big eyes, and white skin are not so easy to find.

However, the second problem is not completely unsolvable, the main thing is to find out what the old pope's preferences are.

"One, put this incident on the priority list, shoot me a spy, and investigate everything about the old pope. ”

"Yes. ”

Chu Qing and the two walked to a gate that was two or three meters high, and after that, it was the conference room representing the four heads of state who had the highest power in the human race.

The two Imperial warriors standing guard in front of the gate snapped their feet together and saluted him, while Chu Qing nodded at them, and then put a headset the size of a broad bean on his ear while arranging his tie with the help of One.

"If there's anything new, we'll give you advice in the command room, so don't just talk about it yourself. Number One helped him pull the tie around Rab's neck, reminding him again.

"Understood, understood. ”

"One more time is enough. ”

"Good!"