Chapter 0453 - Advance or Retreat
c_t; Of course, there are precedents in history for the strongest person to become the Pope, and that is also a super genius like Henry. Hot--
Even, in terms of genius, Henry surpassed the Pope in history who surpassed the head of the Holy Knights.
But the pope in history did not choose this path himself, he can almost be said to have become a passive candidate for the pope.
At the time of his first 'exposure', the Holy See also planned to train him as the head of the Holy Knights. It was a time when the Dark Curia was still in its heyday, and the young man who later became the Pope, but at that time was just an ordinary knight, was ordered to follow a purple bishop and lead many knights to pursue a group of knights of the Dark Curia on the vast sea.
At that time, the speed on land and the speed in the sea were far less than today's, and this task took the knight ten years. They pursued them from Europe to the Americas, and by the time they finally completed their mission, the knight was already quite powerful.
The Purple Cardinal has died on the American continent, and the knight has long since grown into the leader of the few remaining knights. In order to allow the knight to command the knights more effectively, the purple bishop granted him the status of archbishop before his death.
After completing the mission, the Pope ordered them to return to the court, but on the way back, they were attacked by vampires.
As a result, by the time he finally returned to the Holy See headquarters in the Vatican in Europe, he was left alone, and the vampires had been wiped out.
Among the vampires, there were actually two vampire dukes, knights who had experienced more than ten years of turbulence, and already had the strength of the head of the Holy Knights at that time, and he was more than ten years younger than the head of the Holy Knights.
With great merits, plus he has been named an archbishop, and his strength is not inferior to the head of the Holy Knights, if he is allowed to join the Holy Knights again, the position will be very difficult to arrange. So the mistake was simply wrong, and the archbishop was promoted to the rank of purple bishop.
The death of the two dukes naturally aroused the wrath of the vampires, and their prince personally led the vampires to attack the headquarters of the Holy See.
After purifying the vampire prince with holy light, he was recognized by the entire Cardinal Order, and naturally entered the Cardinal Order and became a cardinal. (’)
At this time, the only obstacle to his succession as pope was the previous generation of popes who were still alive at the time.
At that time, the Pope was already suffering from a serious illness and was obviously dying soon.
Just two years later, the previous Pope died, and although he had not yet become Chief Cardinal in the Cardinals, the previous Pope convened the Cardinal in his dying years and decided that he would succeed the Pope.
It can be said that such a generation of popes came to that position completely because of chance, otherwise, he would also join the Holy Knights, and then step by step to achieve the fate of the deputy head and even the head of the group.
Henry, on the other hand, had already made a vow when he became a knight at the age of sixteen, and he only fought for the eventual cardinal of the Cardinals, and did not want to become a paladin.
Everyone knows that Henry's real purpose is the Pope, and this is understandable, and even the Pope has made it clear that he supports Henry.
Pope Peter II had his own considerations, although Christianity is now the largest religion in the world, the power of faith is inexhaustible, and the gap with Eastern practitioners has narrowed dramatically. However, due to the weakness of the Dark See, vampires, and werewolves for more than a hundred years, the Holy See actually has few opportunities to train its troops.
Fundamentally, a cultivator is also a martial artist, and fighting is almost the only way to make himself stronger. Relying on infinite cultivation alone is not enough to maintain a strong enough strength. This is why the Holy See prides itself on having access to Heaven for all, but it has always maintained a system of issuing missions so that the members of the Holy See can remain in a fighting state unanimous.
It seems that the gap between the Holy See and the East is indeed smaller than that of more than a hundred years ago, but Pope Peter II knows that the strength may have improved, but if the current Holy See is allowed to fight a battle with the Holy See more than a hundred years ago, it will definitely lose the current Holy See.
Today's Holy See, one by one, is pampered and pampered, and has long lost its fighting spirit and enthusiasm, and there is only one slogan left for the so-called service to God. In times like these, there is a need for a strong leader who can impress all members of the Holy See in terms of strength and command.
And Henry is undoubtedly the best candidate for this powerful leader.
With the unequivocal support of Pope Peter II, Henry took a completely different path from his predecessors.
Unlike the Holy Order, the diocese wants to be promoted, and it is more about seniority, as well as developing religious members and expanding the diocese. However, in today's world, there are not many believers who can develop, and dioceses have long been spread to almost every corner of the world. As a direct result, those who want to be promoted in the diocese can only rely on seniority.
Of course, Henry couldn't survive like this, so he had more than ten years of his handsome horses.
Although in this day and age, it seems that it is difficult for the Dark Curia to confront the Holy See, and the number of vampires and werewolves is far less than before, and even many vampires and werewolves would rather live the life of ordinary people, disguised as mortals to live in the bustling crowd, but as long as there is still the mission system of the Holy See and the existence of the profession of bounty hunter, then Henry will definitely not worry that he will not be able to have enough merits.
Pope Peter II was well aware of some of the unseemly methods he used during his years as a bounty hunter, and some of his schemes that he could not speak up to God. He acquiesced to all this, for he feared that if it continued like this, the Holy See would become an organization that looked powerful but was in fact empty.
In order to make the Holy See stronger, Pope Peter II acquiesced in Henry's actions.
In the past ten years, Henry has also grown from a 'hairy' young man to a scheming archbishop. His seemingly flukes of defeating the strong with the weak are actually the result of his careful arrangement. If the danger has been foreseen and prepared in advance, it is just an adventure. Only unknowable dangers are real dangers.
Henry's many lucky escapes, in fact, he has left a way out for himself. Of course, you have to fight hard, but if you really can't defeat the other party, Henry can at least get out of the way.
Others may not see all this, but Pope Peter II did it.
For Henry, Pope Peter II probably knew him better than himself.
It is precisely on the basis of this understanding that Henry's actions in Japan this time are clearly contrary to his usual cautious and thoughtful personality. Henry, who has wandered on the edge of life and death countless times, should never have made such a mistake. If the first time he only let one paladin and the diocesan bishop go to Zhu Xian, he really thought that the Eastern cultivator was nothing more than Er'er, then the second time, he actually allowed the remaining two paladins to challenge Zhu Xian, and he himself stayed in the hotel for a long time waiting for the ending, which was definitely not in line with Henry's 'sex' personality.
There are no flaws in the whole story, but Pope Peter II still feels deep doubts, especially when Henry said that he finally rushed to the home of Bishop Honda of the diocese, and saw the corpses strewn all over the ground, but he would return without worrying about the other party, and do his best to help Ashmir heal his wounds, which is simply a way out for himself, and Pope Peter II could not believe it.
Judging from Henry's whole experience and the prudence he usually showed, even if he was shocked and suspicious at the time, and lost his normal judgment, with the kind of caution in his subconscious, he would never have left himself any way back. The subconscious mind must have told him that it was an extreme irresponsibility to heal Ashmir in this way. If Henry really was such a careless person, he would have died countless times in the past ten years.
Pope Peter II certainly wouldn't question Henry to his face, because he didn't know the truth, and he didn't completely disbelieve Henry, and if he broke the heart of a future successor just for the sake of his own vague suspicions, there was no doubt that the gains outweighed the losses. Second, even if he was convinced that his suspicions were valid, he was not willing to expose Henry, a genius rarely seen in hundreds of years, and the future successor he had chosen, to be ruined for such a thing, which was also unacceptable to Peter II.
But he couldn't let Henry continue to be wrong if Henry really deceived him.
Therefore, Peter II made such a decision, and Peter II found an excuse to let Henry stay at the headquarters of the Holy See, and controlled his range of activities without 'showing' traces, but summoned two cardinals to discuss the matter.
First of all, of course, it is necessary to find out the identity of the 'female' and 'sexual' Oriental cultivators who clashed with Henry in Japan, this is not difficult, the Holy See controls the largest religion on the earth, and the clergy in those churches, although they cannot be counted as members of the Holy See, but the Holy See has no send, and they are absolutely obedient. For those clergy, the Holy See's orders undoubtedly represent God's will.
Zhu Xian's identity was quickly determined, and it was only necessary to check the flight records of the flights from Japan that matched the 'female' described by Henry.
confirmed Zhu Xian's identity, and soon determined the relationship between Zhu Xian and Xu Bansheng. And Xu Bansheng's identity was quickly understood.
So one of the cardinals, Crisantus, came to the Republic and came to Wudong.
Peter II is well aware of Christian's fiery temper, and he also wants to take advantage of Christianus's 'sexual' personality. If Henry is telling the truth, if Henry is hiding something, or simply making up a story, it will make the cardinal body lose confidence in Henry, and even affect Henry's future Pope.
And Peter II, who knew Chris Antus' personality very well, could fully predict that Chris would never negotiate with Xu Bansheng first, but directly found Zhu Xian. In this case, whether it is won or lost, at least Henry's problem will be covered up, and the Holy See will be able to advance or retreat in dealing with this matter.
Enter, you can break with the Oriental Mathematics Realm with great fanfare.
Retreat can show humility and understand righteousness.