Chapter 542: The Show
Bishop Kobler followed the corridor to the depths of the building.
It wasn't the first time he had visited the building.
The Pope's Auditorium was occasionally used as a place of honours, and it was here that Bishop Kobler was awarded the rank of Captain of the Third Holy Order at a young age.
In the past, it was a place of honor for the Bishop of Kobler, but now the glorious memories of the past have turned into a nightmare existence that torments the Bishop of Kobler.
But the memories are very clear.
He followed the crowd to the first prayer room in the auditorium.
In the past, it was a place for the Pope to pray, but this was only a front for the Inquisitors to raise a 'disembodied creature'.
Bishop Kobler also did not know what exactly this creature was, and its food source was completely unknown.
But its presence was felt by every Inquisitor, and the Inquisitors referred to it as the 'Messenger'.
'You just have to touch your gods. ’
Bishop Kobler's ears vaguely echoed the words of the hoarse voice.
The deity here refers to the statue in the prayer room.
He walked briskly into the prayer room and began to look around for the statue of the God of Light.
The light in the prayer room was very dim, so dim that I could barely see the figures around me.
But the Inquisitor had night vision, and Bishop Kobler's eyes were on the front of the prayer room.
The statue of the god of light has long since disappeared, replaced by a glowing flat surface on which a man appears to be being interrogated.
"Devil's trick!"
Bishop Kobler scolded in a low voice, he didn't expect that the Holy Daughter Herolia would betray the Holy City to such an extent.
In order to house the creation of demons, he did such a frenzied thing as tearing down the statue of the god.
The statue has disappeared, which also means that his mission has failed?
An anxious mood welled up in Bishop Kobler's mind, and his brain began to be swallowed up by a kind of confusion, for which he began to bite his thumb.
The force of the bite was so great that the blood on his thumb overflowed, and the pain made him barely calm his inner anxiety.
The breath of the messenger did not disappear.
Bishop Kobler looked around with his head raised, and he could feel the creature called the 'Emissary' still in the prayer room!
'The Emissary will lodge in the vicinity of humans and objects, and if the statue is destroyed, touching the surrounding humans may cause the Emissary to appear. ’
Bishop Kobler's voice sounded hoarse again in his head.
Touching the humans around you? Bishop Kobler looked up, and it was then that he realized that there were surprisingly many people sitting in the prayer room.
The prayer room benches were almost full!
Isn't this the Pope's prayer room, how can it be......
"Come here! Come here! ”
Suddenly, a cacophony of voices echoed throughout the prayer room, and Bishop Kobler suddenly raised his head and looked ahead.
He realized that this was no longer a prayer room, but a movie theater screening room!
The image created by the demon was unfolding before his eyes.
But this time, what he saw on the screen was not a demon...... It's a bunch of humans.
Bishop Kobler didn't notice what was in front of the film, but now it's a crowd of humans yelling around the bars.
A magic cart stopped outside the fence, and a group of chained men stepped down from it.
Is that... Jail?
"Do you want to bet today? Red. ”
"Gambling on cigarettes or gambling for money?"
The dialogue of the man in the picture echoed in the ears of the Bishop of Kobler, but he did not care about it at all, his gaze was withdrawn from the picture, and he looked at the crowd sitting below, and he could not stand here any longer in order to find the 'messenger'!
"I'll admit I didn't have any special feelings when I first met Andy, he looked like he would fall to the ground when the wind blew and that was my first impression of him."
Bishop Kobler walked towards the last row of people seated, and as he passed the group without leaving a trace, the lines of the character named 'Red' still echoed in his ears.
He remained focused on finding the whereabouts of the messenger until the Bishop of Kirbl had walked through the last row to the penultimate row, pretending to be a very picky spectator, and had walked through the gap between his seats.
A word ringing in his ears made Bishop Kobler's footsteps stop there instantly.
"You have been found guilty, so you have been sent here, rule one, no blasphemy! In my prison, I will not allow anyone to blaspheme. ”
This sentence caused Bishop Kobler to stop his movements and look up at the picture, where a man with glasses stood in front of all the prisoners.
"This warden is also a devout believer......"
"Those poor prisoners must be able to repent."
Bishop Kobler listened to the voices of the people next to him and understood the identity of the man with the glasses.
The warden, who is the administrator of the prison.
Bishop Kobler only reacted to the gods in it, and he ignored the intention to continue the work at hand, but it didn't take long......
"I believe in only two things, discipline and the canon... Here you have both, give your mind to God, your body to me, and welcome to Shawshank Prison. ”
This line from the warden made Bishop Kobler stunned.
He looked at Andy, the male protagonist in the picture, who had been washed by water.
When Bishop Kobler first joined the Holy Army, he had heard a similar line, which was, 'Give your mind to the gods.' ’
But the difference is... Bishop Kobler is a glorious Legion, but the male protagonist in the picture is a despicable prisoner.
Gods and canons, devout believers...... Isn't this a demon-made product?
"Without a doubt, the first night was the hardest, walking into the cage naked, as if you had just been born, the disinfectant powder made the skin feel like it was on fire, they threw you into the cage and closed the iron door, then you felt that it was real, and everything was gone from you in an instant......"
Red's monologue echoed in Bishop Kobler's ears again, and the mere line of 'everything is gone from you' made him stunned......
No... It's just a story that was made up by whom! Devil's trick!
Bishop Kobler, who understood this, once again withdrew his gaze.
He walked straight past the penultimate row, and after making contact with those people, he walked to the front rows in order not to be obtrusive, continuing to disguise himself as a spectator who picked a spot.
The audience's pious appreciation of the warden did not last long before the oppressive atmosphere of the night was quelled.
But soon... A cacophony broke the silence in the theater.
"I don't belong here!!"
In the picture, an obese prisoner shouts, and the other prisoners immediately start to heckle.
"Let me out!"
Bishop Kobler looked up at the prisoner lying on the railing, crying and pleading.
This scene inexplicably aroused the anger of Bishop Kobler.
"Stupid, begging for mercy in pain doesn't help." Bishop Kobler gritted his teeth and whispered.