Chapter 217: First Entry into the Vatican
Even if Lao Maozi wants to restart the Earth Telescope program, it will be after the Third Vatican Convention. The top priority is to get rid of the dog skin plaster that lingers behind him.
As the ancestor of the world's powerful ghosts, "A" will not die for a day, and we will not be stable for a day, and the only hope for killing it is the heroes of the world in the Vatican.
The Vatican Council was held twice, in 1961 and 1987. When the Vatican Convention was first signed, only exorcists from nine countries were present, and the content of the convention was relatively simple.
But by the time of the second Vatican Conference, the number of member states had expanded to more than 40, and until now, there are still exorcists represented by countries and regions who have applied to join the Vatican Convention, but because the threshold has been raised, many applications have been rejected.
If in the circle of exorcists, what is the most important thing? There is no doubt that it is the Vatican Council that takes place only once in decades.
The conference had nothing to do with politics and was more like an academic discussion. On this day, as long as there is a certain reputation in the world, all of them will receive an invitation to the Vatican meeting.
Of course, it's up to you whether you go or not.
Because there was only a three-day delay at the 100,000 Mountains, we arrived at Rome International Airport by private jet before the Vatican meeting began.
But the city of Rome is noticeably different now, full of tourists from all over the world.
Of course, Rome is originally a tourist city, and it is normal for there to be more tourists. It's just that in our eyes, the image of these tourists is too strange.
At the very least, the few black guys who came out of the airport with us didn't look like ordinary tourists.
No way, have you ever seen a tourist topless in front of a large public, with colorful feathers on top of his head and colorful oil paint on his face?
I was a little amused, so I took a few more looks. Unexpectedly, the other party was quite arrogant, raised a middle finger at me, and said a language I didn't understand.
He Zhonghua said, people are scolding you for being a beggar.
It's also a bit funny to say, we look at them with strange images, and people naturally don't like us. Moreover, our group of people escaped from the 100,000 mountains, and our bodies were smoky and messy, even if there were spare clothes in the private jet, they could not change the mental exhaustion and vicissitudes of life.
Zhang Wuren said to me: "This is an exorcist from the Americas, who calls himself Aracasta, which translates to mean Guardian of the Jungle. ”
It is said that when the Vatican Convention was first established, a cardinal archbishop of the Holy See rushed to the Republic of Honduras to invite the Grand Elders of the Jungle Guardians to the Vatican City for a meeting, and sincerely invited them to join.
After all, the Guardians of the Jungle represent the Mayan Temple, not to mention what kind of abilities they have, this influence alone is enough to increase the weight of the Vatican Convention a lot.
Moreover, the cardinal archbishop was a great figure in the church at that time, a strong candidate for the next pope, and he rushed to the Mayan temple with the senior priest, the Holy Knight, which was enough to show his respect.
But the Guardian of the Jungle just sent an exorcist with a bird feather on his head and said, "What Vatican Convention?" Sorry, haven't heard of it.
The elders of the Mayan temple refused the Holy See's invitation without even seeing him, and did not even give the cardinal a meal. This made the cardinal so angry that his nose was crooked, and he brushed his sleeves away on the spot.
After the news spread, no matter how generous the Holy See was, it didn't have the slightest favor for this group of arrogant jungle guardians.
Later, the cardinal archbishop became the 260th pope, and the number of members of the Vatican Convention also increased, not only China's special case department, the North American paranormal research and defense agency joined, and even those old Egyptian temples and old monks of Tianzhu also submitted applications.
There are more and more members of the Vatican Convention, and at this time the great elders of the Mayan temple are in a hurry, and they have submitted applications to join the Vatican Convention more than once, but the Holy See at that time was the rule-maker, and naturally had the right to approve it.
They hated the arrogance and rudeness of the year, and every time they applied, they rejected it for various reasons.
Since then, the Guardian of the Jungle has become a joke in the circle, and this incident has made the Grand Elder of the Mayan Temple particularly angry, but there is nothing he can do. There's no way, the world's top exorcists have all played together, how can you not take us to play?
So even if they are faceless and skinless, every three years, the Jungle Guardians of the Mayan Temple have to submit an application to join. Even if every application is rejected, it can only be handed in.
If there is anyone who is happiest about the convening of the Third Vatican Council, it is undoubtedly the Grand Elder of the Mayan Temple. After all, if the rule-makers are no longer the Holy See, then the biggest obstacle to their accession to the Vatican Convention will be removed.
It's no wonder that these birdmen, who have been so low-key and humble in the past, have just arrived at the Rome airport, and have become so arrogant. Also, when the grandson has been a grandson for so many years, he finally has the opportunity to raise his eyebrows, and everyone has to be scared.
Seeing the group of birdmen leave the airport, get into two Mercedes-Benz business vehicles and drive away. We were a little bit of a problem, because we had invitations, but none of us had ever been to the Vatican Conference.
It would be nice to say that Xu Jianqin of the Special Cases Division was here, but the Special Cases Office has a very transcendent status in the international community, and it is estimated that he would have been invited to the Vatican in advance.
He Zhonghua muttered dissatisfiedly, saying, although we are here as folk exorcists, we have to give a guide? This blind face wants us to go on a rampage?
While we were muttering, two well-dressed white men with professional smiles on their faces came over, first asking in Japanese, and then saying another in Korean when we didn't respond.
Zhang Wufu said impatiently: "Can you speak Chinese?" ”
The blonde girl looked at us in surprise and said, "Hello, we are the staff of the Church's reception, are you the exorcists who have come to the Third Vatican Council?" ”
I looked at her in surprise and said, "It's strange, there are so many people at the airport, how do you know that we are exorcists?" ”
The girl didn't answer, just smiled lightly and said, "My name is Ou Yixi, the black-clad pastor of the church. Where are your invitations? ”
Later I learned that the Holy See had sent hundreds of ushers to receive exorcists from all over the world in order to hold the Third Vatican Council.
These ushers work in pairs, consisting of a priest and a knight. Most of them were black-clad priests and low-ranking knights. Only when there are some specific targets, such as the Secret Cases Division or the Paranormal Research and Defense Agency, will the white priest and the Holy Knight be used to guide them.
Although our connection scale is the lowest, you don't have to scratch your face. At that moment, Zhang Wuren and He Zhonghua took out their red invitations, and then handed them to the black-clothed priest.
Here, by the way, the red invitation represents the folk exorcist, and some organizations with an official background use the golden invitation. For visitors from regions that are not party to the Vatican Convention, black invitations are uniformly used.
The black-clad priest frowned unconsciously when he took the red invitation, and then immediately returned to normal. At this time, I realized that Zhang Wuren's red invitation was dirty, and there were traces of smoke and water on it.
There's no way, Lao Zhang and Lao He went to the 100,000 mountains after they got the invitation, and they were lucky not to leave the invitation inside, how beautiful do they want to tidy up? But I guess in my heart, these two invitations are probably the dirtiest of all the participants, right?
After all, as long as the folk exorcist receives an invitation to the Vatican meeting, who doesn't hide it as a treasure?
Zhang Wuren didn't care, for him, it didn't matter if it was clean or dirty, as long as it could be used. He said loudly, "Sister, do we have a reception vehicle?"
Ou Yixi returned the invitation to Zhang Wuren with a professional smile on his face: "Every invited exorcist will have a special car to receive them, a few gentlemen, please here." ”
She looked at everyone, her eyes hovering twice around Xiangrui's corpse, but she didn't speak. Come to think of it, there are so many exorcists in the world, some like to raise ghosts, some like to raise zombies, and some like to raise those Gu worms and scabies, and one more zombie here is nothing at all.
There were two Mercedes-Benz vans parked outside the airport, and judging from the license plates and specifications of the vehicles, they should be the same vehicles that took away the birdmen. Presumably, it is either rented or an asset belonging to the church.
After we split into two groups and got into the van, the driver led us on the roads of the city of Rome.
I have to say that the usher selected by the church is quite eloquent, and along the way not only introduced us to the customs and customs of Rome, but also some local taboos. He also talked about some things you must know to participate in the meeting, such as the place, the way, and some precautions.
According to her, the Vatican meeting will be held tomorrow in a Vatican church. Because of the large number of people who participated in the meeting, everyone arranged to rest in the city of Rome before the meeting began.
When it was dawn, we would be taken to the Vatican by a dedicated driver.
Attending meetings on their turf and wanting us to live abroad? Actually, this news makes me a little uncomfortable, but when I think about it, the Vatican is such a big place, and it is similar to a small town in China, right? Suddenly, so many people came to the meeting, and it was a bit too busy.
So I was balanced again.
Zhang Wuren asked casually, how many people attended the Vatican meeting?
Ou Yixi didn't hide it, she tilted her head and thought for a while, and said, "There are about two thousand exorcists, right?" And that's not even counting the staff and translators that some organizations bring in. ”
I said, "Only two thousand exorcists?" ”
That doesn't seem like a lot, does it? You must know that there are about 20,000 exorcists recorded in the Guangte Case Office, and this is only in China. If you put it in the whole world, there must be at least hundreds of thousands, right?
Ou Yixi smiled lightly and said, "Not all exorcists are qualified to come to this meeting. ”
I immediately understood what she meant.
Although there are many exorcists, only the top ones are invited to the Vatican. Of the 20,000 exorcists recorded by the Special Cases, there will definitely be no more than thirty who are qualified to participate in this meeting.