Chapter 925: The Victory Is Divided
As soon as this ruling came out, the four Benedicts slowly walked back to their places with bitter faces, and they could now feel what it means to be 'unpredictable'.
The corners of Lin Zixian's mouth hooked, and he slowly walked forward, calm on the surface, but his mood was excited.
It wasn't easy to get to this point, and he was locked up for ten days, but this was a tactic he had developed with Bruce from the beginning. Because there was no way, Bruce only had 62 votes, although he could not reach a two-thirds majority to be elected, but as long as he firmly held on to the sixty-two votes and did not outflow, others could not reach a two-thirds majority, which meant that others could not be elected.
So from the beginning, Lin Zixian knew that this election was destined to drag on until the last round of victory, and he was mentally prepared to 'go to jail'.
Agassi, who was seated, was also excited, excited, and his eyes were staring at the figure of Lin Zi walking slowly. If nothing else, Bishop Caesar continues to hold on to sixty-four votes, one hundred and eighteen minus sixty-four, which means that Bishop Henry can only get fifty-four votes at most. In other words, even if two votes are excluded, Bishop Caesar will be elected the new pope by a margin of ten votes, and if Bishop Caesar keeps his promise, he will become the chief bishop of the Holy See......
Thomas's eyes looking at Lin Zixian were also full of complexity, he never dreamed that Lin Zixian would be able to come this far, and the Julius Caesar in the underground world could become the Pope! Once the news spread, he couldn't even imagine what kind of sensation it would cause!
"Thomas, in order to ensure the fairness of the election, I would like the final round to be a direct vote." Henry stared at the approaching Lin Zixian, and suddenly turned around and said.
Lin Zi paused for a moment and said in astonishment: "What do you mean?" ”
The audience was silent, and the four Benedicts also stopped. Turning around one after another.
Thomas frowned, stared at Henry and asked, "You mean to have all the cardinals openly side?" ”
As soon as Henry nodded, Lin Zixian immediately poked his finger and stabbed at Henry, and shouted angrily: "Shameless old thief! I disagree! ”
He certainly disagreed, and once the cardinals were allowed to take sides, he doubted that the sixty-two would have the courage to openly stand on his side, and that they would not be able to take such a risk at this time.
Henry didn't care if he agreed or not, he had reached this point. He has already offended Bishop Caesar, and once Bishop Caesar is elected, he will definitely not let him go, so he must fight for it no matter what, and try to make the situation favorable to him. Seeing that Lin Zixian disagreed, he thought more and more that he had caught the lifeline.
Henry immediately made an excuse and said: "There are many incredible magic tricks in this world, such as the first vote in each round of elections has always been Bishop Caesar, and Bishop Caesar has almost always been sixty-four votes, it is difficult not to doubt. In order to restore the innocence of Bishop Caesar and elect a pope who will convince believers all over the world, I think it is necessary to vote openly! It is clear that there is a problem with Lin Zixian's votes.
"Fart!" Lin Zixian pointed directly at him and burst into foul mouth. Turning around, he shouted angrily: "Thomas, if you don't want me to win, just say it!" ”
Thomas was silent for a while, and said indifferently: "I don't have the right to decide, please ask the collegial panel to decide!" ”
This is tantamount to blatantly siding with Henry's side. Because he knew very well that the collegial panel was already under Henry's control.
To be honest, he didn't want Lin Zixian to be elected either, so that someone like Lin Zixian would become the pope. It's child's play, without violating the rules. He still hoped that Henry would be elected, otherwise there would be chaos within the Holy See. Although he has a good relationship with Lin Zixian, at the critical moment, he still stands on the side of the interests of the Holy See.
Lin Zixian glared at Thomas, full of anger that wanted to split. But he can't help it, he is weak here, and the forcible hand is not necessarily Thomas's opponent, not to mention that you can't grab this kind of thing by the forcible hand, and he almost exploded.
Some of the people present looked at each other, some whispered to each other, and Agassi looked nervous.
"Collegiate panel, please raise your hand if you are in favor!" As soon as he got Thomas's approval, Henry ignored Lin Zixian's objection and took the lead in raising his hand.
The five Benedicts raised their hands one after another, unanimously agreeing, and at this time they were all on Henry's side.
Lin Zixian nodded again and again, looking like he was ruthless. I saw him suddenly turn around and shout angrily in front of all the cardinals present: "How despicable and shameless some people are! To be honest, I just came up and was about to announce to you that I was going to give up the final election, because I felt that my own character was still far from the Pope, and I felt that I was not fit to take on such a heavy responsibility! But now that some people are deceiving people too much, I feel that my character is 10,000 times better than that of others, at least more qualified than him, and I have decided to accept the final choice of 'God', accept everyone's trust, and compete with him to the end! I say this, I don't mean anything else, I just hope you can think clearly about the consequences of choosing the wrong person, thank you! After speaking, he bowed deeply to everyone.
This is enough to make people worry, Thomas and the others are stunned, not to mention how worried Henry is, is it really fake? He came up and was ready to give up the election? This is already the last round, and isn't it unexpectedly that he is the only candidate when he gives up? Is it really self-defeating? Henry is a little dizzy!
There was an uproar below, and many people thought that Henry had brought it on himself. Only the sixty-two people who voted anonymously for Lin Zixian understood what Lin Zixian meant by this, and Lin Zixian had already made it very clear, so that everyone could think clearly about the consequences of choosing the wrong person.
Bishop Caesar's extremely angry attitude has been put on display, clearly threatening to warn them, if I lose the election, you will be miserable, this is a blatant threat to them!
Of course, although Lin Zixian looked very angry, this openly threatening remark was very clever, and no one could hear the threat except for the sixty-two people.
Some people who were hesitant by Henry's public remarks were immediately shocked by Lin Zixian's threatening remarks, and when they thought of the scene of being ruined and desolate, they had already made a decision about who to choose.
Therefore, the situation can change at any time, which is very dangerous, after all, competitors will not sit still, and people are always looking for opportunities to turn defeat into victory. If it weren't for Lin Zixian being able to hold down the field at a critical moment, it would be difficult for Bruce to hold up a dou even if he had the heart.
However, since Lin Zixian dares to come alone, he is not a vegetarian, even if he is weak, even if the other party has the right to speak, but who is he? He is Julius Caesar of the powerful underground world, he came from the bloody storm, he is a person who has died a few times, he is not even afraid of death, how can he be afraid of this, when it is time to turn the tide, he will never be merciful, and he also has the ability to make decisions on the spot!
Otherwise, he was afraid that he would not even be qualified to participate in the election, and he would have been overthrown by Henry before he slapped Henry's table.
He stood there alone, looking around at everyone with an awe-inspiring attitude, and was silently announcing to everyone, I am Julius Caesar, so I am here, I will stand here, and there is a kind of letting the horse come!
"Silence!" Thomas suppressed the noise in his voice, glanced at Lin Zixian's back with a complicated expression, and saw the back of the brother who was once born and died together, this momentum, this back, he was very familiar. It wasn't until this moment that he deeply understood Lin Zixian's truth that 'the Tao is not the same'.
"Bishop Daniel!" Thomas gently reminded Daniel, who was staring at Lin Zixian's back in a daze.
Daniel came back to his senses and coughed dryly, "Bishop Caesar, Bishop Henry, please stand on my right and left." ”
Lin Zixian resolutely turned around and strode to his right side. Henry stood to his left side, the two facing each other.
Daniel opened his arms to the crowd, pointed to the left and right, and said loudly: "If you think he should be the Pope, please step forward and be on his side!" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he was the first to walk behind Henry. Benedict, Cecil, Felix, Joyce, and the four also stood directly behind Henry, and there were five votes at once.
Lin Zixian suddenly looked back at the scene, staring directly at Agassi, someone on his side needed to take the lead, otherwise the others might not dare to take the lead on his side under the pressure of the six bishops.
Agassi understood what he meant, did not hesitate, quickly stood up, was the first to walk out of the cardinals present, and walked quickly behind Lin Zixian.
He can't help it, he has been hard-pulled onto the thief ship by Lin Zixian, and now everyone knows that he is the person who is Bishop Caesar, and he has been deeply branded as Bishop Caesar, even if he is not unlucky if others are elected, don't think about it, and Lin Zixian will definitely have an advantage when he is elected, so he can only be the first to support him in public.
I'm afraid that no one will take the lead, and it will be easy to do it if someone takes the lead. Lin Zixian turned his head to look, his eyes swept coldly over the cardinals present, some weak-hearted people thought he was looking at himself, stood up with a trembling heartstring, walked towards him hard, and stood behind Lin Zixian.
In fact, Bruce also had selfish intentions, and he didn't tell Lin Zixian who the sixty-two people were. Therefore, at the critical moment, he had to save himself and create a favorable situation for himself, so Lin Zixian was secretly putting pressure on those people.
One by one, the cardinals stood up, and the people gradually diverged to both sides. People who have ghosts in their hearts, worried that they will be liquidated by Lin Zixian afterwards if they don't give their support, and there are already people standing behind Lin Zixian, so they immediately hurried away, didn't dare to hesitate, and stood behind Lin Zixian.
By the time the sixty-three people were all standing behind Lin Zixian, it was obvious which side had fewer people.
Everyone is not stupid, there is no need to offend the new pope and make trouble for yourself. In addition, smart people are not in a hurry to stand on the side just to see which side will win in the end, and they are silently counting the number of people on both sides to bet well, one is sixty-three, it is already halfway through, and the winner is decided......
So almost all of the remaining dozen or so people walked behind Lin Zixian and stood on his side.
To Lin Zixian's surprise, behind Henry, who had a rather ugly face, more than a dozen people loosened one after another and actually jumped ship. As if they were in the wrong direction in confusion for a while, a dozen people lowered their heads to avoid Henry's murderous gaze, and went around in half a circle, hiding behind Lin Zixian's team.