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Also in the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Nagasaki City

In a standard ryokan in the center of the city, a sturdy priest walked out of the hotel gate wearing a gray robe with a near-floor-to-bottom hem and round glasses. ∷ top ∷ dot ∷ small ∷ said, and at the same time on his right hand there was an extra dark black leather briefcase.

"I didn't expect that the evil demons on this east side were comparable to the evil demons that existed in the entire British Empire back then, it really makes people's blood boil, I don't know if this fight can make the Lord forgive my crimes."

As the priest spoke, a small delicate tin box appeared in his hand, and when it was opened, there were more than a dozen electronic components resembling nails stored inside the tin box, but all of them had been scrapped.

The priest had an approachable and smiling face all the way, and ordinary people couldn't see how much blood of ordinary people and ghosts had been contaminated with his hands at all, and there was no record of this person's identity and the General Intelligence Section of the Huaxia National Prison Department.

In the middle of the 19th century, the gradual unification of Italy began, and in 1861 the Kingdom of Italy was established, and the existence of the papal territories was threatened. The development of modern science and culture and the rise of socialist ideas and movements have brought the Roman Catholic Church to an unprecedented crisis. To strengthen the authority of the pope, Pius IX convened the first Vatican Sanhedral in December 1869, attended by more than 700 bishops and senior religious figures from Europe and beyond.

According to historical records, when the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870, Napoleon III repatriated the troops stationed in Rome, allowing the troops of the Kingdom of Italy to march into Rome and officially complete the unification of Italy. The Pope was forced to retreat to the Vatican Palace in the northwest corner of Rome; Successive popes were hostile to the new Kingdom of Italy and even forbade the faithful to participate in the public office of the Kingdom of Italy. In the same year, Italy recovered the other areas occupied by the pope, completed the unification of the country, eliminated the Papal States, stripped the pope of his secular powers, and was forced to retreat to the Vatican Palace.

However, this is not the case. At that time, Italy was extremely powerful, and China, a country in its own territory, was completely like a very glaring thorn in the side, and the pope's ruling power and religious consciousness spread very terrifyingly, which could easily make religious consciousness take root in its own country, and it was a very serious threat to its own land and rule.

Not only that, on February 11, 1929, the Italian government of Mussolini signed the "Lateran Treaty" with Pope Pius XI, and Italy recognized the Vatican as a sovereign state, and its sovereignty belongs to the Pope. It was stipulated that it would become an independent city-state from July of the same year. The full name of the country is Vatican City. The Vatican is a permanently neutral state. Its land is sacrosanct.

Who was Mussolini, one of the culprits of the Second World War, the founder of fascism, the same figure as Hitler, a tyrant whose life was dung and who was willing to step on the bones of thousands of corpses to reach the top of the world.

Historically, it appears that Italy did not want to offend hundreds of millions of Christians around the world in keeping China, but in fact it was because of an unknown war that broke out during these decades.

At the end of World War I in 1918, the victorious Kingdom of Italy entered the Vatican territory in 1922 with an army of 500,000 men and excellent equipment. It is intended to capture the Vatican. However, at that time, there were only about 4,800 members of the Vatican, and in the eyes of others, it was a war with no suspense at all. However, the outcome of the battle moved the king of Italy and even did not believe it.

A 500,000-strong and well-trained army, under the command of a good commander-in-chief, did not capture the Vatican in a single day, as planned.

The first battle lasted seven days, and 500,000 men lost 100,000 men in the war, while the Vatican lost only 1,000 men. Enraged, the Italian king of Sardinia retreated his entire army. On the same day, he ordered the main officers and cadres of the expedition to be killed.

However, there is a rumor that has spread throughout the Kingdom of Italy that there is a priest who is nearly two meters tall and wields two swords, and can single-handedly shake a thousand people, and this priest alone killed nearly 20,000 people in this war.

In the years that followed, no matter what kind of ruler the Kingdom of Italy was leading. No matter how elite an army is, there is no way to capture the Vatican. Gradually, divisions began to arise within the kingdom, and many powerful figures began to suggest that there was no need to waste military power on the Vatican, but only to sign a treaty peacefully.

Finally, in 1928, the Kingdom of Italy dispatched all the troops of the country and Garibaldi II himself led the country's top elite to the Vatican City Gate.

For the first time, Garibald II proposed the "Lateran Treaty" to protect and independent the Vatican, but there was a simple condition that the Vatican hand over the priest.

In 1929, Mussolini personally attended the signing of the Lateran Treaty with the Pope, and at noon on the same day, the nameless priest was beheaded in front of the public in the middle of Rome, the capital of Italy. In the eyes of the Italians at the time, the priest was a demon that threatened the whole of Italy.

However, on the day of the beheading, there were no celestial phenomena, or rumors of black filthy blood flowing after the head was cut off, and there was only a pious human head with bright red blood flowing under the butcher's knife.

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"Boom, boom!"

The priest sitting on the Shinkansen reads the Bible with his hand, and from time to time he holds his glasses on the bridge of his nose with his right hand. At the same time, I will discuss the influence of Christianity on contemporary culture with an old professor of literature at Nagasaki University on the other side.

The priest had great respect for the old professor's profound knowledge, like a diligent international student, tirelessly learning from the other party something he did not understand.

The old professor was also impressed by the priest's fluency in English and his unique views on Christianity.

"Please prepare in advance for those who get off the bus in Fukuoka City......"

Suddenly, the sound of a radio interrupted the conversation between the two.

"Fukuoka City?" The priest suddenly moved his gaze to the window, the blue sky, the prosperous and clean city, seemed to see something in the priest's eyes that ordinary people could not see.

"Mr. Priest, aren't you going to get off the bus in Tokyo?" Seeing the priest suddenly get up, the old professor on the side was a little surprised.

"The old gentleman suddenly remembered that I still have some things in Fukuoka, thank you for your knowledge teaching along the way. May the Lord be with you. The priest smiled and gave the old professor a string of crosses around his neck, and then entered Fukuoka City with his black briefcase.

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At this moment, it is in an abandoned underground water reservoir in Fukuoka City

Sitting cross-legged, Zhang Chen's breathing with his eyes closed had become very small, if there was nothing. However, in Zhang Chen's view, there is already a purple grid that spreads nearly three meters around him, and in the space constructed by these purple grids. As a result, the motion of atoms in the most ground state of an object is slowed down.

"Time is a continuous process, and I need to shorten, slow down, or even terminate the process."

Zhang Chen tried to perceive the moving objects around him, focusing his attention on a grid range. Try to start with a small area and slowly slow down the time of objects in a small area of space.

Double, double...... Ten times over!

When the flow of time slowed down to ten times, Zhang Chen's body was originally very slow and gentle to absorb ** energy to maintain the main soul of the time field, and suddenly became irritable.

"Stop!" Zhang Chen forcibly terminated the time field at the critical moment, and the whole person stumbled directly. The front row threw itself on the ground, gasping for air, and two or three drops of amethyst-colored blood dripped down the corners of his mouth.

"It's a bit of a rush for quick success...... It's good to be able to do this today, and the field can be formed in one day, which basically meets the requirements. ”

"Today? Isn't it still morning? Zhang Chen felt that he had entered a state of concentration, and it would not take more than half an hour at most to build the grid.

"It's approaching dusk at night, and if you're in that state to perceive the Avenue of Time, there's a big deviation from the speed of time in the outside world. Not only that, but it consumes a lot of energy on your body. According to the speed of your progress, if you feel it non-stop. The day after tomorrow we will be able to leave for the heart of the world. ”

"Later, go to the city to eat and keep your body's energy balanced, and before that there is a life-saving thing for you. After all, there should be something in trouble hidden in Fukuoka City. ”

"What life-saving thing?"

"I guess you know, right? With your mental power, it should be easier to accept, close your eyes, and I will release it slowly. ”

Zhang Chen didn't have any suspicions and closed his eyes. Then, the surface layer of the dark blue main soul inside the left chest overflowed with a strange energy that alternated black and white, heading towards Zhang Chen's brain.

"It is! ......" Zhang Chen had already sensed the familiarity of this energy, "Zhan Yun's Heavenly Eye!" ”

Soon, the alternating energy of black and white entered the Divine Sea, and quickly condensed and formed under the nourishment of liquid spiritual power. A spherical eyeball is formed.

An inch-long slit gradually cracked in the center of Zhang Chen's eyebrows, and an eye stood out. The back end of the eye is connected to the Divine Sea with a silk thread condensed by liquid spiritual power, and the Divine Sea is used as the source of energy.

"That kid's eyes were very good back then. Aside from you, this Heavenly Eye Cultivator is indeed the best choice for the container. You can figure out the use of the Sky Eye for yourself, mainly because it can greatly improve your perception ability. Very useful for the current situation. I need to take a break and be careful myself...... Don't mess with me. ”

"En......" entered Zhang Chen's body with the clown's projection, and Zhang Chen couldn't accept this sudden third eye for a while, and under his own control, the third eye on the top of his head slowly closed, and disappeared along with the gap.

Zhang Chen felt a feeling of his body's urgent need for energy, and quickly walked out of the underground reservoir and headed towards the brightly lit city. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ point / official account (WeChat add friends - add official account - enter dd), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the dd WeChat public account! (To be continued......)