Chapter 18: The Evangelistic Convention
On the same night, while Sophia and the others were worried about an unknown future, another young man, thousands of miles away, was too indulged in the bleak past to help himself. Please use this site.
Woke up in a nightmare again.
Julien Rousseau pushed away the quilt from his body. As for more than 60 nights in the past, his body was once again soaked in cold sweat. For more than two months, Julian lost sleep almost every night. Either you are awakened by a nightmare as you are now, or you refuse to sleep for fear of a nightmare in your heart.
It is different from the pain that the torture instrument called "Iron Virgin" inflicts on the **. If you were an ordinary person, you might have lost your reason and gone crazy in such a long period of mental torture. Julian wants to be a madman if he can forget his past, but he knows he can't, because there are still many important things to do. So he could only endure every night, the same nightmare that had tormented him all these days, and in fact, it was not a dream, but something that had really happened......
It all started two months ago with an evangelistic convention.
The morning of Madolu, the "holy place of knightly healing" on Pope Island, was as quiet and peaceful as ever. However, the people of the city of Madolu did not know that beneath the surface of calm was a thrilling bloody storm.
Pedo Sanatorium. The evangelistic convention, presided over by a senior priest appointed by the Holy City, began after lunch.
The so-called "evangelistic conference" is an activity used to preach doctrine and spread the gospel of light to people outside the church at the beginning of the establishment of the Holy Light Church, but with more than 1,000 years of armed mission, the current three continents of Olopa, except for the snowy federation in the far north, the doctrine of light has spread to almost every corner inhabited by human beings, unless the continent beyond the ocean is explored, it seems that the mission is no longer necessary, but the "evangelistic conference" as a tradition is still preserved. Compared to the general Mass, the time of the evangelistic conference is not strictly prescriptive, and the venue is not fixed, it can be a church, a square, a playground, a street, or even a dock.
Most of the people who worked and treated in nursing homes came to evangelistic conventions. Not only that, but even the residents who live nearby don't want to miss this sacred ceremony. Everyone cleansed their hearts and prepared for worship, and by the way, brought with them the gifts they were ready to offer to God in the light. More than 2,000 people surrounded the door of the sanatorium's auditorium, and in order to show the purity of their hearts, all nobles and commoners wore the most vegan clothes, the knights left their weapons and armor as second life in their bedrooms, and the women did not wear grease or jewelry. When the doors of the Great Hall opened, there was no confusion, and everyone lined up to enter the Great Hall.
At the entrance of the auditorium there was a clear water ditch, and all the pious people who participated in the sermon Oita obeyed the instructions of the priest, took off their shoes, washed themselves in the water, and then walked barefoot into the sacred hall. The wooden floors were cleaned and spotlessly clean. Because of the number of people, the rows of chairs that were originally placed in the auditorium were removed, and nearly 100 men and women in disheveled hairs, either sitting, kneeling, or standing, and the large hall of the sanatorium, which usually looked empty, was surprisingly crowded at this time.
First, there are more than a dozen boys and girls in white robes, singing hymns in crisp and beautiful children's voices.
Ten minutes later, the presiding priest of the sermon, Priest Yutanko, finally arrived, and instead of wearing the purple robes that symbolized his status as a purple bishop, he had changed into an ordinary black monk's robe, which made him look even more solemn and holy. With a smile on his face, he walked slowly to the front of the stage, and with the help of two assistants, sat cross-legged on the white marble pulpit. The believers, who were still in various postures just now, sat cross-legged on the ground one after another.
After leading the prayers of the faithful, Priest Yutanko began to preach:
"May the kingdom of the Lord come upon us;
May the light of the Lord guide us;
May the blood of the Lord cleanse us;
God created this world in the light, and the Savior saved us and other people;
However, the world is full of sin, and people live in sin every day......"
Many of the participants were so touched by the atmosphere of holiness that several of them wept with gratitude.
In the middle of this holy ceremony, in an unknown corner of the Great Hall, two figures quietly disappeared into a small side door. Evangelistic meetings were not as strict as Mass, and participants could leave or return halfway, so when the two men left, the people around them were unimpressed, even if they were aware of it.
Selina and Julian had planned well beforehand, and as soon as they entered the Great Hall, they chose a place where they could easily leave the arena and sit down. They don't have to worry about arousing suspicion when they leave, because the "apple tree", the beautiful nun who works in the sanatorium, will arrange for two other trees to take their place.
The two walked through the corridor to a small, inconspicuous room, where they found a set of nun clothes and a sergeant's clothes that the "apple tree" had placed in it beforehand.
"From now on, we will split up and meet at the designated place. Selina said. Even when working in the same place, the nuns and sergeants do not usually communicate much, and rarely come together, so they only attract more conspicuous attention when they go on the road together.
Julian, who understood why, nodded at Selena, then gently opened a crack in the door, and when he saw that there was no one outside, he pushed the door out, and turned to close the door. He knew Serena would leave through the other exit.
Follow the corridor until you reach the fourth junction and turn right, then another corridor and turn left at the second junction...... As Julian walked, he silently read the plan map of the sanatorium that he had memorized dozens of times in his mind. Maybe he was too obsessed with it, and he didn't notice it until someone walked up to him less than 1 meter.
Hearing the sound of footsteps coming at him, Julian immediately turned around, but the other man moved faster and grabbed him by the shoulder.
"Follow me and keep pace with me. The man said.
Even if Julian had rummaged through his entire head, he couldn't find any memory of the middle-aged man in the sergeant's uniform.
The sergeant said: "During the work of the sergeant in the nursing home, no matter where he goes, he must be in a row of two or three people, and wandering around alone like you will only arouse suspicion." ”
"You're also a member of the 'woods'?" asked Julian.
"That's right, my code name is 'Beech Tree', and I work in this sanatorium just like 'Apple Tree'. I'm her direct downline. ”
At this time, Julian couldn't help but look at the appearance of the "beech tree" with his spare eyes. Seeing that this man was about 30 to 40 years old, with a burly figure and a heroic air between his eyebrows, and that the weak girl named "Apple Tree" looked only 17 or 18 years old, and that she had become such a manly boss? Julian felt more and more that the world of spies was incomprehensible.
Due to Julian's early military training, there was nothing incongruous about walking with the "beech tree". Before they knew it, the two had already reached the fourth intersection. Julian naturally turned to the right as expected, but the "beech tree" grabbed him again and turned in the opposite direction.
"Are we on the wrong track?"
"Don't be smart. You may have memorized the map of the sanatorium, but you don't know anything about the sentry posts and patrol routes. ”
Although the words of "Beech Tree" sound a little harsh, Julian also understands that there is no better option at this time than to rely on this man.
Behind him, the voice of the evangelistic assembly became quieter and quieter, and the auditorium grew farther and farther away.