This is absolutely unacceptable! It's against the law."

Discussions about the supply of the disrespectful cargo ships were not brought directly to the temple, but were first "lifted" from among the commoners to the council chamber beneath the temple, where philistine theories and battles were engaged. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Then please tell me about Pevus Feng Qing, if the current reserves of magic powder on the whole island are less than half of the three ships transported this time, do you really want to 'categorically refuse'?"

"No is no allow," Pevus von, the representative of the Inquisition, gave an impatient look, "it's a matter of principle!" Why should the servants of the true God bow down to the savage people of the other world? ”

If it had been left on the ordinary, the chief of material management who said this would have been detained a big disrespectful name and pulled out for approval. The current Inquisition has actually "shown great restraint", but only in this matter has the high-ranking instructed him not to give in unless the archbishop intervenes.

"Just let your mother's fart go." At this point, it was the turn of the representatives of the Agriculture and Food Bureau to sit still. "Who had the cheekiness to go to the warehouse every week to carry away the flour after hindering the islands' land reclamation program? Grain will not be allowed to come in today, nor will wheat be planted tomorrow. No matter how sharp the sword of the church is, can it be conjured up to eat in the end? ”

Not only in the eyes of the ordinary people, but also in the eyes of many high-ranking members of the Bimoon Church, the Inquisition is becoming more and more worthy of the label of "die-hard". It is true that many of the things they insisted on in the past would have allowed them to be the vanguard of the interests and honor of the Church, and even of "national security"—but that was the good old days when the Church could still control its rhythm, and what about now?

In a state where the Church's contact with the outside world has been almost completely severed, the Inquisition is the "least pragmatic" of institutions. What kind of country is suitable for what kind of national strategy, after the blockade of the Bilunar Church, it is natural to implement a new national strategy and work policy, but the Inquisition is not aware of this at all.

They are still as savagely restrained as before, even interfering with the actions of various departments at will, and they will prohibit all acts that "harm the national body" - as if doing so will allow them, the whole church, to climb out of the abyss and return to its former glory.

Normal people don't think that way - but unfortunately, brains are good things, but not everyone can have them. On such a sinking ship, not only do you have to help scoop water, but you also have to stand on the helm and command loudly. This kind of person will become the target of public criticism, and there is no way to do it.

"It's all temporary!" Pevusvon argued loudly, "The people of the other world will eventually fail, and all this is a test of our faithfulness by the true God!" What you do will only disappoint the true God, not only will it not save you, but it will destroy our hopes! ”

"So far, it's these beautiful words that have been turned upside down." On the other side of the table, representatives of foreign affairs also calmly opened fire. "It's not that no one in your Inquisition is abroad with our subordinates, who are all very devout fanatics like you. What do you think? Mr. Swordblade, do you think they should be left alone and accept an unknown fate? ”

Mifune's actions can be said to be unofficial "last resort". And if the Church officials allow a ship to go to sea in the form of a smear mark once, there must be a second one--the bigwigs, who have long complained about the arbitrariness of the Inquisition, have long been complicit in order to control the situation in their favor before the archbishop, in short, as long as they can open their mouths.

Of course, the archbishop is also inclined to their side. This is, of course, related to the nature of the Inquisition: it is a secret service in the service of the present gods, an intelligence agency, and is directly accountable to the living gods. It has the authority to investigate and even torture anyone under the throne, which is a lingering shadow over the heads of any bureaucracy in the Bimonthly Church.

No one is bold enough to speak before the present God of the world, weakening or even dismantling this "sword of the church." But secretly, they naturally have an attitude of "weakening if they can weaken", and "do not bow to the underworld forces".

On weekdays, everyone can make a fortune with one step, so they naturally swallow their anger at the "underworld forces". Over the years, the Inquisition of Heresy has gone from judging heresy to beginning to punish the "traditional interests" of certain departments, and this behavior of stretching its hand longer and longer has been seen and remembered by everyone.

Everyone knows that the top boss of the Western Expeditionary Army is a young man appointed by the Heresy Inquisition, and there are many high-level interests that are completely disdainful - how can a secret service be involved in the distribution of interests in the army, while other departments can only stare around Elta and the other world?

But then things turned out to be very unexpected. Instead of being eaten by the military, the fat of the otherworldly people and the Elta continent came back to life and grew teeth, biting the face of the church all over the blood.

After this successive defeats, the Inquisition is naturally known to have some blame for it. But instead of wanting to take the blame, the Heresy Inquisition divided the military from the side of the people and the chamberlain, and invisibly pushed all the pots away.

As a result, there is a general consensus at the top of the church that the Inquisition will be responsible for the current siege of the church—whether it is the primary responsibility or not, it is impossible not to bear no responsibility at all, right?

So in the next moment, Pevusvon's push turned into a major point of loss.

"That's the responsibility of the navy, the blockade line of the people of another world is there, why can't the navy break through it all the time? I think it's necessary for us at the Inquisition to file an investigation and see who is wasting the huge amount of money that the Navy requests every year! By the way, there is also the fire and explosion near the Navy Yard a few days ago, and we will also investigate it......"

Among the bigwigs attending the meeting were people who did not have a navy, but there were also diplomatic aspects that had close ties with the navy. The archbishop squinted slightly, and he could see the burning gaze of those who were dissatisfied with the Inquisition and with Pevusvon. It's time to make a move—that's what he told himself.

The man who wields the sword of the Church, Archbishop Lavrenki, must also suffer a little. The rotating archbishop almost didn't even have to think about it to stand in opposition to Pevusvon - the presiding officers of the continents were also clergy of the same level as him and Lavlenki. For the sake of his own political career or the future of the Bimonthly Church, of course, he has no reason to favor one over the other.

I saw that the archbishop, who happened to be on duty, coughed lightly twice, and then struck the sound of the hammer in the silent council room:

"We really need to confirm the situation of the overseas branches, re-establish contact, and then decide whether to continue to stay, transfer to independent work, or withdraw."

At this point he glared at Pevusvon, and the meaning was clear: he had gone too far.

"As the rotating archbishop today, I have summoned you to this meeting not to settle responsibility, let alone to shirk responsibility. It is a fact that ships without ecclesiastical markers are now able to move unhindered across the ocean. It is also true that we urgently need to send supplies overseas, as well as to confirm the safety of people and overseas property. We may have disrespectful thoughts and practices, but how can the facts themselves be disrespectful? ”

With such desperate words, Pevusvon lost even a little room for maneuver, and could only hang his head obediently.

"Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that people from other worlds want to stretch the line and catch big fish." "So I suggest that the number of ships to go to sea in this way should be kept as small as possible, preferably no more than double digits." ”

"At present, all kinds of materials in our country have bottomed out except for grain, but compared with materials, it is the hearts of our people who are losing more than the materials, and you must understand this. We want to give God's subjects some hope that they will see the day of victory. ”

Everyone secretly rejoiced, with the help of the archbishop, the matter became a nine times out of ten. As for the Inquisition, which it has always vigorously opposed, it is only natural that there will be no profit in this operation - not even the corners and corners.

"As for the specific responsibilities, I will naturally take them all in. I will also take the lead in explaining to the present God. Seeing that everyone in the council chamber was satisfied, the archbishop stood up against the table. You just have to do it, the sky is falling, and we old bones are still on top. ”

The archbishop's "the heavens are falling" refers naturally to the fact that the Inquisition will not accept the decision of this council and go to the temple from its own special channel of speech. If they were allowed to operate behind the scenes, they would inevitably have to suppress these resolutions and cause a bloody storm at the top of the church.

The best measure, that is, "the old man on his bones", is for the most virtuous old man in the human division of the church to personally find out the matter with the gods of the world. It is inevitable that you will have to confront the insidious villains of the Inquisition, and even directly find out the matter in the temple.

The two sides of the temple conflict naturally feel that they are the life of the Continuation Bimoon Church, that they are devout believers, and that they are the hope of the church's revival. They may all know that the ship Chinese released at this moment is not a life-saving clue, but a life-seeking noose - but neither the traditional bureaucracy nor the Inquisition wants to make it clear at this time, but continues to tinker within the framework of theocracy in an attempt to save the imprisoned archipelago......