Dialogue is the meaning of communication, and it is only the situation that the election is interrupted for the second time due to the deadlock in the election, and this is all from the experience summed up from history, and there have been cases where the election took three years to elect the pope, which shows how fierce the competition is.

In order to avoid the recurrence of this ridiculous thing, there was a situation in which the preaching or this dialogue was interrupted, but it was useless, because none of the so-called cardinals in the face of interests were willing to obey the will of 'God', so it was established that the election should not exceed 30 rounds.

During the conversation, Lin Daguan was lonely, and this time even Joyce stopped coming to communicate with him, and the three bishops took turns running around the other rooms. There is no telephone network or anything like that to communicate with the outside, so Lin Zixian can only yawn and watch TV.

Early the next morning, a group of cardinals regrouped and gathered again in the election hall, knowing that there would be no more timeout for a third round. From now on, if the election is still deadlocked, it will be held until the thirtieth round.

Not surprisingly, the dialogue didn't seem to have much effect, Bishop Caesar still led by sixty-four votes, and strange things happened all the time, the first vote in each round must be Caesar.

In the back, even Lin Zixian himself was not surprised, and the feeling of cold in his back was gone. I am not afraid of ghosts when I often see ghosts, I feel that this kind of election is boring enough to lean back in my chair, there is no technical content at all, the facts are clearly here, Lao Tzu has the most votes, but a group of people just refuse to admit defeat, damn, you can't say anything, you have to follow the rules of bullshit.

It is true that there is no technical content, and the vote winners are except Lin Zixian. There are only six Henry, and the scope has not been narrowed any further, and there is a group of people who stand up to the six bishops and refuse to let go. Even if I saw the miracle of the first ticket in each round continue to happen, no one obeyed the Lord's will and forcibly confronted the Lord, and did not take 'God' into account at all, and it is estimated that all of them are hardcore subordinates of the six, insisting on the interests of the small group.

The days of the election were repeated meaninglessly day by day, and when the election reached the twenty-fifth round, Henry could not hold back again.

He was the first to come forward and vote under oath. He stayed on the stage and didn't go down, everyone had finished voting, and he was still standing there staring at the transparent glass ballot box, watching everyone vote.

From time to time, I looked at Lin Zixian. Thomas, who was in a tangled mood, walked over and asked with a blank face, "Bishop Henry, do you have any questions?" ”

Henry asked rhetorically, "Don't you think it's strange, Thomas?" Why is the first ticket in each round Bishop Caesar? There have been twenty-four rounds in a row, and it was him every time, and he had sixty-four votes each time. ”

Thomas groaned, he also felt strange, to be honest, his heart was even trembling, he was a little suspicious that it was a miracle. Because he doesn't see any signs of cheating. Every step of the vote is exposed to the eyes of all and is being monitored.

Lin Zi, who had been sitting quietly below, immediately stood up and said loudly: "Bishop Henry, if you are clear enough, you should remember that I only have two votes in the first round. Not every time there are sixty-four votes, and as a presiding bishop you should not lie with your eyes open, and I am quite skeptical of your character and doubt that you are qualified to continue to serve as the chief bishop of the Holy See. ”

The audience was in an uproar. This is tantamount to a direct attack on Henry, if Bishop Caesar is allowed to ascend to the papal throne, the position of Bishop Henry's chief bishop is estimated to be difficult to protect, which is a public difficulty.

Henry hated it so much that he was grabbed by the other party and couldn't refute it.

"Silence!" Thomas looked around at the crowd and silenced, and after the audience was silent, he looked back at Henry and asked, "Do you have any ideas?" ”

Henry gritted his teeth and said, "I want to draw the first ballot with my own hands and open it." ”

Thomas was silent for a moment and replied: "I can only defend, I have no right to change the election rules, and if the collegial panel is in favor, I will not object." ”

Henry immediately looked back at Benedict and the others, and the four bishops immediately stood up, looked at each other, and raised their hands one after another: "I approve!" Even Daniel, the papal refresher who was present, raised his hand in approval.

Lin Zixian, who was standing in place, turned around and swept towards the five people with cold eyes.

Unexpectedly, Benedict strode up to Henry's side and said loudly: "Bishop Henry, in order to ensure the fairness of the election, I think our collegial panel should personally review the ballots. ”

"Yes." Henry raised his hand first, Benedict, Cecil, Felix, Joyce, and Daniel raised their hands one after another, and all the six bishops of the collegial panel agreed.

Lin Zixian stared at Thomas coldly, Thomas glanced at him, and said slowly: "If the collegial panel does not object, and also in order to ensure the fairness of the election, I will personally supervise the review process of the six of you." ”

There was nothing to say about this, and there was no reason to oppose it, and the six people agreed together, so the rules for reviewing the ballots were temporarily changed, and this is the right. Some of the people below are talking to each other, as if they are saying that it feels a little too much.

Thomas nodded in agreement to the six, reaching out for them to start.

The corners of Lin Zixian's mouth tensed, his body stood straight there and did not sit down, he wanted to see what tricks these people could play in front of his eyes, and if he dared to do anything, don't blame him for being polite.

As a result, the nine deacons who had been selected by lottery did not appear again, Benedict personally shook the ballot box, Cecil personally opened the box to count whether the ballot papers matched the pollers, and Henry personally took one out of the pile of ballot envelopes and opened it.

Thomas stood right behind him and watched with his own eyes. After taking out the ballot paper inside the envelope, Thomas gently closed his eyes, drew a cross on his chest, and picked up the silver cross hanging on his chest and kissed it on the lips.

Henry's expression twitched, and his hands trembled a little. Benedict and Cecil, who were also the censors, watched his reaction, and their faces changed slightly, realizing something.

With great difficulty, Henry took up the pen and signed his name on the ballot paper and passed it on to the next one. After reading the names on the ballot, Benedict gritted his teeth and signed it cleanly, and quickly handed it to Cecil.

And Cecil can only do this, after signing the ballot, he was silent for a long time, and he dared to cheat for fear that Thomas, who was standing behind the three people, would immediately show the sword of judgment.

Sure enough, Thomas had already opened his eyes, stared at him, and said in a deep voice, "Bishop Cecil, do you have any questions?" ”

Cecil shook his head and said in a hoarse voice, "Caesar! ”

The black-clothed priest next to the big blackboard quickly wrote the words Caesar's vote, the cardinals below, you look at me, I look at you.

Lin Zixian, who was standing in place, immediately mocked loudly: "It's ridiculous, I know that most of the cardinals in the entire Holy See support me, and most of the cardinals in the ballot box are elected for me, and it is difficult to draw out others, but some people still don't give up, it's just stupid." I used to wonder why so many people chose me, why I was the first vote in every round, but now I finally understand, because God is watching, because God does not want to put the Holy See in the hands of some vile and shameless people, because you have no existence of God in your hearts, because God is in my heart, not on my surface, I am his most devout believer! ”

After scolding, he sat down immediately, so as not to attract Thomas's silence, and looked at Henry and the others coldly with his arms crossed. For him, there are not as many people as the other party, and there is no one who has the right to speak in the collegial panel, so he naturally has to take advantage of the ignorance of others to say it out loud, and at this time it is the grandson who is polite.

However, these words made Thomas's body shake slightly, but after reacting, he felt that something was wrong, because Lin Zixian had personally proved that he was not a believer, and he often despised them as believers who were mentally empty and uneasy and needed to find a neuropath...... If Lin Daguan didn't tell this truth, Thomas was still shocked in the oracle, and Thomas became suspicious of this.

The audience was silent. The faces of the six bishops were a little unbearable, but they were still Caesar's name when they came to the scene in person, and what else could they say.

Only the sixty-two voters who were forced to be helpless were already secretly scolding their mothers...... To put it nicely, it is strange that 'God' can be in the heart of your Caesar bishop, and there is a kind of don't threaten us.

Thomas duly reminded the six bishops, "Please continue. ”

Henry and the others could only continue with their heads, but they still couldn't change the situation of the election by themselves, and it was still Bishop Caesar who led by 64 votes.

A day later, the situation remained, with only the last two rounds of the final day......

The next day, the believers who had been waiting for ten days in St. Peter's Square were boiling, and it was already a crowded situation, because everyone knew that a new pope was going to appear today.

If the 29th round still does not elect a person with a two-thirds majority, then the two cardinals with the most votes in this round will stand up and let everyone choose one of the two, even if they do not reach a two-thirds majority, the one with the most votes will naturally become the new pope, and accept the devotion of more than a billion believers around the world.

It was still the six bishops of the collegial panel who reviewed the votes, but could not change the result, and Caesar's sixty-four votes were extremely strong; Henry's twenty-one votes; Benedict five votes; Cecil six votes; Felix six votes; Joyce nine votes; Daniel seven votes.

Seeing this result, Henry breathed a sigh of relief, he entered the runoff, and there was still a chance, those swing votes might still vote for him. The faces of the other five bishops were a little pale, and they had completely lost hope.

Under Thomas's coercion, Daniel, the president of the Papal Ceremonies, had to walk to the stage with a bitter face and loudly announced: "According to the election rules, the twenty-ninth round of the election has the most two votes to become the pope candidates, and the last round of voting, the others are automatically disqualified." Bishop Henry and Bishop Caesar, as candidates, will not be eligible to vote, please stand by my side and accept the final vote of all the cardinals! ”