As the morning sun had just climbed over the horizon of Los Angeles, and the waters to the west had not yet reflected red, a dozen young Catholic priests had begun to get busy in front of a small office building with a huge cross in the beach area of Santa Monica, and a dozen young Catholic priests were in and out of the small building, putting luggage in a van parked in front of the building. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"This is leaving?"

In the open space in front of the door, Archbishop Márquez Costello stood in the backlight, watched his belongings being loaded into the car, sighed long, and looked up at the sea not far away.

He has ambitions as vast as the Pacific Ocean, but he can't carry them out, and he is forced away by a Hollywood director......

Thinking of this, the depression in Archbishop Márquez-Costello's heart flared up again, and his old face was instantly covered with earthworm-like wrinkles.

He knew very well that when he returned to the Vatican this time, he would probably never come back, and would probably stay in the position of a librarian or reference manager until he retired.

"Murphy Stanton!"

The name popped into the mind again of Archbishop Márquez-Costello, "Cardinal Archbishop, Pope...... All of this came to naught in front of him. ”

"Your Excellency......"

A young priest approached and asked, "It's over, when is it time to go?" ”

"Let's go!"

Archbishop Márquez-Costello turned and walked towards a black car, and when he opened the door, he turned his head and looked again at the huge cross on the roof of the small building behind him, this time he lost badly, and so did the Catholic Church.

Even if the opponent is just a Hollywood director!

Getting into the car, Archbishop Márquez Costello closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, and instructed the driver in front, "Go to the airport!" ”

The black sedan started slowly, turned into the highway from the front of the office building, and drove all the way to Los Angeles International Airport.

Archbishop Márquez-Costello did not look back, knowing that he would never come back, that the Holy See needed a person to take the blame, and His Excellency Pope Benedict XVI also needed a person to bear the blame in the face of pressure from the whole Church.

Unfortunately, the direct planner of this incident is the best person to take the blame.

Three days ago, Archbishop Márquez-Costello received an official notice from the Holy See, presumably the pressure on the Vatican side is really great, and he can't even wait to find a suitable candidate to take over the position of Archbishop of the Diocese of South-Central California, so he must return to the Vatican before the day after tomorrow.

Although far from the cardinals of the Holy See, Archbishop Márquez-Costello is also well-informed and has already inquired about what awaits him.

Sitting in the car, for the first part of the road, Archbishop Márquez-Costello could still keep quiet with his eyes closed and pretending to sleep, but the closer he got to Los Angeles International Airport, the more unwilling he felt the ambition hidden under his old body!

Came with great ambition and left unattended......

How can Archbishop Márquez Costello, who strives for the Pope, accept this huge contrast?

"I ......"

Archbishop Márquez-Costello suddenly opened his eyes, saw the Los Angeles International Airport terminal looming in the distance through the front windshield, and whispered to himself, "I...... Unwilling! ”

Both of his hands trembled, and he seemed to be very emotional.

"Your Excellency......"

The driver in front seemed to hear a voice behind him, but he couldn't really hear it, "What do you command?" ”

These words woke up the somewhat bewitched Archbishop Márquez-Costello, who was a man of rich experience after all, took a deep breath, calmed down a little, and said, "It's okay, keep going." ”

After these short words, Archbishop Márquez-Costello gradually calmed down, even if he was unwilling, what was the use? A series of plans formulated by him not only did not succeed in allowing Catholic forces to penetrate into Hollywood, but instead were chased and intercepted by many media, making Catholicism face the harshest winter since entering North America.

He didn't know much about other dioceses, but in recent months, the diocese of South-Central California has seen nearly a third fewer people go to Catholic churches on average every weekend!

What kind of concept is this? Archbishop Márquez-Costello is well aware that in such a situation, even if he is the Pope, he will change the regional archbishop.

Los Angeles International Airport is located there, and whether Archbishop Márquez-Costello wants to do it or not, it's getting closer and closer.

Archbishop Márquez-Costello came with a lot of beauty, how could he leave without a drop-off?

Inside the international airport terminal, two people who were also preparing to fly did not go to their gates, but went to the security gate of the flight to Rome to wait for the arrival of Archbishop Márquez-Costello.

"You're so boring."

Pulling the baseball cap on his head, Gal Gadot adjusted the ponytail on the back of his head and said to Murphy, who was looking at the entrance to the terminal, "Isn't that interesting?" ”

Murphy shrugged, "My old friend is leaving Los Angeles and may not come back in the future, so why should I send it off?" ”

Two days earlier, he had received the news that Archbishop Márquez-Costello was returning to Italy on a flight to Rome this morning, and that he was also going to Venice, so he had booked a ticket for a later flight and had come to wait for the old friend in order to give him his last ride.

"Old friends?" Gal Gadot couldn't complain, "You just want to rub salt on Archbishop Márquez Costello's wounds, right?" ”

"Archbishop Márquez-Costello has fallen into the well." Murphy said as a matter of course, "If I don't throw a few rocks into it now, how can I be worthy of my dealings with him?" ”

Gal Gadot pouted, too lazy to say anything more about Murphy, his fiancé was never a good guy anyway......

Whatever the reason for the start, the Archbishop of Márquez-Costello has caused Murphy a lot of trouble, and now they just happen to bump into each other, and Murphy says that he wants to see him with his own eyes.

The winner, of course, has to give the loser a ride.

Standing here and waiting for a while, Murphy looked at an old man in a priest's hat, accompanied by two young priests, slowly walking towards him, who seemed to be thinking about a problem and did not see him and Gal Gadot at all.

"Here we are." Murphy whispered to Gal Gadot, "His Excellency Archbishop Márquez Costello has arrived. ”

Gal Gadot rolled his eyes and reminded, "Don't go too far. ”

Because there are not many people in the airport, no one has noticed Murphy yet, but they are public figures after all, and if there is something about Hollywood superdirectors angrily denouncing the Catholic archbishop at the airport, it is really not very good-looking.

Murphy shrugged, "Am I that kind of person?" ”

He really just came to give Archbishop Márquez Costello a ride.

Entering the terminal of Los Angeles International Airport, two of Archbishop Márquez-Costello's entourage went to check in their luggage, and the other two escorted them to the security window.

If it were placed in Europe, a religious figure of the rank of Archbishop Márquez-Costello could go through a special passage without such trouble, but in the United States there is no need to think about it.

As the time to leave Los Angeles drew closer, even figures like Archbishop Márquez Costello began to feel depressed, not even noticing that there were people waiting for him near the security entrance.

As Archbishop Márquez Costello approached the security entrance, Murphy gave Gal Gadot a look and took the initiative to greet him.

"Your Excellency......"

An entourage saw Murphy and quickly reminded Archbishop Márquez-Costello, "Someone is coming. ”

Archbishop Márquez-Costello raised his eyes to look, and with just one glance, he recognized who the person who had come over was who, and his anger burned from his heart to his brain in an instant.

"Your Excellency, it's been a long time." Like an old friend, Murphy greeted Archbishop Márquez-Costello and said, "I heard that you are leaving Los Angeles, so I came here to give you a ride." ”

Archbishop Márquez-Costello's face was flushed with anger, and it seemed that he would flare up at any moment, but the thought of what the person opposite was doing immediately raised his vigilance.

He quickly stopped, and at the same time unconsciously stepped back, opening up the distance between him and Murphy, "What do you want to do?" ”

"I'm just here to see you off." Murphy said lightly, "I'll say goodbye to you." ”

Archbishop Márquez-Costello couldn't seem to believe Murphy's words, "That's it? ”

In his impression, this is a sinister, mean, shameless and mad dog-like person, how could he be kind enough to send him?

Murphy smiled, "That's it. ”

He is not an outlaw in the earliest days, and with his identity and social status, he naturally will not do something too tasteless.

Having said that, I went out of my way to see the down-and-out appearance of Archbishop Márquez-Costello, which is actually very tasteless, but he himself does not admit it.

Archbishop Márquez-Costello was still skeptical, not believing Murphy's words at all.

"Your Excellency...... Archbishop," Murphy said lightly, "goodbye! ”

Archbishop Márquez-Costello's lips moved, and finally squeezed out a sentence, "Goodbye." ”

Two of his attendants walked past Murphy and straight into the security gate, where Archbishop Márquez-Costello glanced back, and Murphy grabbed Gal Gadot and walked to the other side.

"Goodbye?" His face turned from red to white, "Murphy Stanton, we'll never see you again!" ”

Murphy didn't do anything or say anything, and now there is no need for that at all, and his presence here in person is in fact the biggest mockery of Archbishop Márquez-Costello.

Shortly after Archbishop Márquez Costello entered the security checkpoint, he and Gal Gadot also entered another security checkpoint to board another flight to Venice for the closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival, which was about to arrive.