Chapter 2: Baptism
Acting head of the Gattuso family, a calculating businessman, Frost.
Genuine owner, never tired big stallion, Pompeii.
The sole heir, the noble son of Cassel, Caesar.
Chief Secretary, Kill Matt Persian, Patsy.
Four contemporary facades of the Gattuso family gathered on the outskirts of Rome. In the middle of the vast alfalfa fields sits a quaint monastery.
The monastery has a distinctly Roman architectural style, with thick brick walls, tall iron doors with steep spires, and a heavy cross vault on the inside.
The last time Caesar came here was on the day his mother died. He trampled through the alfalfa fields on his harley and painted a number of polite greetings on the walls of the abbey with red paint.
According to Caesar's outlook on life, it is best for a person to collapse before he is intubated. Lying in a dormant warehouse to survive will only become a ghost or a ghost.
In Caesar's eyes, these old monsters are not as cute as Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings".
"Sadly, Mr. Romulus is still not dead, has not lost his mind, and has not lost his ability to speak."
"Pompeii! Respect! β
Frost slammed his cane. In fact, he had mixed feelings for Mr. Romulus.
To this day, Romulus's real name is unknown, leaving only the honorific title of "Founder of the Empire". Because of him, there is the Gattuso family today, a modern empire.
But Frost was only a "commoner" in the empire, and long before he was born, he was in a different class from Pompey, Caesar, and others. Because of this, he cherishes his current position as the acting head of the family.
Today was the first time that the Senate had summoned all three of them at the same time, and Patsy accompanied them to record. Frost was nervous, pondering whether he had done something wrong lately.
In the whole Hunter Net incident, he was just an emotionless execution machine. As for the insider, it's no good to ask so much, and the most important thing is to keep your position.
The iron doors creaked shut, and the monastery was covered with green grass, but there was a pesky smell that Caesar couldn't tell. Not the smell of iron or paint, but a deeper discomfort.
Over the years, Pompeii has not thought of getting rid of the Senate, unplugging the dormant chamber or blowing up the abbey, and being a happy stallion from now on.
In fact, he thought about it many times, but Pompeii couldn't do it.
The monastery was actually a military fortress, defended by the direct forces of the Senate, and the crypt contained a double-digit number of immortals.
In addition to these overt powers, more important is the patriarch's own network of influence, each of whom holds part of the lifeblood of the family's vast estate.
The senators never forgot their origins, and the internal vendettas in the mafia family were more ferocious and swift than the war against the enemy.
The doormen in front of the church, there was a problem with their blood, and Caesar found that none of them had a heart rate of no more than 30. The Senate seems to be showing the young heirs of the family the power of the elderly.
The four of them unloaded all their weapons in front of the gate, and the guards whispered:
"La Cosa Nostra."
βla cosa nostra.β
The orientation of the interior of the church made Caesar feel even more uncomfortable.
Ξ±, Ξ², and ΞΆ are the six founding elders on the left, who are the rulers of the era when the Gattuso family left Sicily and rose to prominence in the secret party, and knew the family's darkest secrets.
Ita to the six patriarchs of the fallacy on the right. Although the Gattuso family was born in Italy, they profited greatly from World War II, and these six people were the rulers of that era.
The Twelve Elders looked condescendingly at the four people in the center of the hall, their faces expressionless.
Except for the three chairs, the light of the marble floor was empty. Coupled with this special spatial orientation, Pompey and the others are like prisoners on trial.
The center position directly in front of it was still empty, and the "judge" had not yet arrived.
"Hello, can you hear me? Hey, hey? β
Pompeii twisted in his chair with a hippie smile, and Caesar struggled to avoid Stallion Daddy with a serious expression.
The scythe fears these withered humans. Their appearance is as fragile as a pile of freeze-dried vegetables, and their skinny straight bodies naturally exude a colossal majesty.
The senators were not as young and energetic as Angers, which Caesar had assumed was due to their lower blood. But looking at it now, the actual situation may be that the bloodline is too high, and the high concentration of dragon blood is eroding their bodies.
A sturdy waiter, pushing a wheelchair with life-support facilities, came to the middle position.
The legendary Romulus took off his oxygen mask, revealing his face, which was covered in ravines and cold all over his body. Caesar felt that he might have weighed just over 60 pounds.
"Drink uh, drink uh......"
Desperate gasps.
"Pompeii, Caesar, glad to meet you, my child. It's a pleasure to meet you, Frost. β
Who the fuck is your child!
"The family's eternal friend, Mr. Friedrich von Long, was tragically killed the day before yesterday. There is one less ally of the family in the world. β
Frost and Patcy wondered at the same time, wasn't that an important informant pretending to be buying antiques in Beijing?
"But the glory of Gattuso's name will endure, and our empire will eventually be immortal. Therefore, from this day onwards, the Senate will take over all affairs within the family. β
Romulus coldly threw out important decisions.
Frost was stunned. There is an idiom called the picture of the poor dagger, this picture is not seen, the knife is on the neck.
Pompey hugged his bewildered brother, "Frost, you're going to have a happy retirement." β
"It is now up to the Senate to vote on whether to peacefully cede all the powers of the head of the house to the Senate."
Unanimously passed.
Patsy carefully recorded the agenda of the meeting, expressionless.
"You look like a bunch of wild monkeys wagging their tails and fighting for a banana."
Caesar commented.
Romulus did not respond, calmly reading from the text, slowly reading out the decisions of the Senate and the changes in the family's affairs.
"Frost."
When the heart-wrenched butler heard Romulus's call, a glimmer of hope burned in his heart.
The black-clad waiter walked up to Frost with a silver plate in a handkerchief.
"Thank you for your long-term hard work to the family, this is a merit you deserve. The Senate has unanimously decided to grant you baptism. β
Frost lifts the lid from the plate, which contains a beautifully decorated 10ml syringe. The alchemical power maintains the vitality of the injection, with a silver pattern wrapping around the needle, and at the end is the family crest of the Gattuso family.
The translucent liquid is a faint pink color, with a few hints of cyan light in it.
"The fetal blood of the first generation is enough to make the hybrid breed evolve in a leap. The Gattuso clan has been genetically screened for generations, and each clan can tolerate detoxified fetal blood, with only the difference between good and bad evolutionary effects.
When baptism is complete, your name will be Noble Licinius. β
The amount of information received for a time was slightly larger, and Caesar's brain was a little down. The first generation of fetal blood? And 100% evolutionary success?
There are only a handful of successful cases of fetal blood evolution in history. Fetal blood is only the least toxic, but compared to dragon blood, it is only the difference between dichlorvos and potassium cyanide, and it is easy to poison people.
What makes Gattuso's family special?
Caesar tried to hold Frost. Although he has always hated this uncle, there is still some affection between the two. After the death of his mother, it has been a routine concern that Frost often sends in.
But Lao Fu grabbed the syringe with both hands like a madman who had been quitting for a few days. He ignored the attendant's help, did not sterilize, and injected the fetal blood medicine directly into the vein.
Caesar looked at Stallion Daddy and saw that he was picking his nose and holding his phone in one hand to take a precious image of his brother's evolution.
The scythes brought back a lot of noisy sounds. Bones explode, muscles tear and regenerate, new blood gurgling, and a violent heartbeat of more than 280 a minute...... It's a symphony of evolution.
Evolution stops when Frost's hands produce cyan scales. Caesar looked at his uncle, who was twenty years younger, and felt a sense of depression under those golden eyes.
Romulus was slightly disappointed. Frost was indeed a useless race, and he had only reached that point after using potions. But it was also planned, and he was just a decoy.
The second potion was brought to Caesar.
"Caesar, your potential is unmatched. Complete the baptism of the bloodline and receive the glory of Caesar's name. β
Caesar noticed that the heart of the twelve elders was beating faster, and only Romulus did not move. In a dozen seconds, it has changed from a nursing home to a monster paradise.
All of them had undergone "baptism", superimposed on the power of the dragon, making Caesar feel as if there were twelve ancient dragons inhabited in the church. They themselves were the most important garrison of the Senate.
Caesar looked at his father, and the slut raised his legs and spread his hands. Pompeii was also baptized.
"I don't need your gifts. What is the source of these fetal bloods? β
On the bright side, it may be that the family quietly hunted down a primordial seed and found its cocoon and bled from it.
And if you think about it at worst, the conclusion you get makes Caesar shudder. He realized that the proportion of the Gattuso family's clan with wind attribute speech and spirit was too high. For example, his scythe, Patsy's dustless land, Frost's yin thunder.
This is an absolute anomaly in the half-breed world, and it can't be fooled by the purity of two bloodlines.
The bloodline inheritance of half-breeds is generally chaotic and complicated, and even the Beowulf family does not have this phenomenon, let alone the Gattuso family, which has a short history.
Romulus avoided answering Caesar's question.
"Sicily is a paradise on earth, but it is always trampled on by strangers.
It was we, silently chanting la cosa nostra, to drive away the Arabs, the French, the Spaniards, including Mussolini, with gang iron rules and double-barreled shotguns.
But after years of violent revenge, I realized that staying in Sicily would not protect Sicily.
Of all the families, we were the first to set foot on American soil, stripped of the Mafia label with arms, ships, and liquor business, and became known to the world as Gattuso.
And what about the others? Don Vito died in Sicily, Gambino's descendants degenerated into white-powder and red-light district businesses, and other families declined to compete for turf with African-Americans and Russian gangsters. β
Romulus gasped violently.
"The family knew that Mussolini was an idiot, that he was not even as good as the French, so our people went to Berlin to join the army.
After the unfavorable situation, the family withdrew its investment in the FΓΌhrer and achieved a number of important research results. We've turned to support the United States, and we're growing there.
Remember, Cosa Nostra! Remember, Caesar, our cause! Only the family can be trusted, and no power or thought is permanent.
Only the connection of blood is reliable. On the day we built our empire, Sicily was the new Rome! β
This guy is completely insane.
Caesar listened to Romulus's words and realized that there was no pride in them.
This is the ultimate warmonger, and all disputes, whether about the nation, beliefs, or interests, are just opportunities to grab benefits and suck blood from them.
In fact, not only the Sicilian dispute and World War II, but also the Great Depression, the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and even the war between dragons and humans, Romulus saw it as just an investment.
Find the right spot in it, place your chips and make a big profit. That's all, as long as the family gets the benefits.
Caesar was about to vomit and stood up.
"I ask again, where does the fetal blood come from?"
"Caesar, when you understand the pride of your family, you are qualified to be the master of this empire."
Caesar didn't bother to listen, and he was going to report to the headmaster about the situation at Gattuso's house. It would be advisable to set up a task force to conduct a detailed investigation into the family's problems.
As for himself, it would be better to shed the half of Gattuso's blood.
Romulus tapped the tabletop. In front of the open door of the cave, four strong men in black appeared, and three immortals stood silently among the alfalfa bushes, seven pairs of golden eyes staring at Caesar.
Caesar stepped out of the door with his right foot, and the terrifying murderous machine locked on his whole body.
The fear that the blood is about to freeze. He felt an ancient dragon staring at him behind him, how high was Romulus' bloodline......
The moment his body walked out of the door, Caesar had the illusion of death, and the superimposed dragon power caused serious problems in his mental state.
Three immortals appeared like ghosts five meters away and surrounded him.
"Young people are not sensible, the rebellious period is a rebellious period, you also experienced it a hundred or two hundred years ago. My son will listen to me, and I will educate him more when I go back. β
Pompeii jumped up from his chair in a somewhat comical position.
Without waiting for Caesar to refute, he lip slammed down with his back to Pompeii, the senators. There was also a manipulator of the sickle among the senators, who could not speak.
"With immediate effect, the heir of Caesar Gattuso shall be abolished and his name as Caesar shall be stripped of it."
Romulus ordered indifferently.
"Guards, take him to the confessional of the church, he is not allowed to leave until he repents."
Patcy noticed that after Romulus gave the order, the six founding elders on the left did not react, while the six on the right were at a loss, and Ita was even a little angry.
The Senate was not a one-man church of Romulus, and this order was not discussed in advance.
Li Wuyue stared at Caesar, this human being was worthless. His original plan was to let "Romulus" die a natural death, kill Caesar, and inherit the Gattuso family after disappearance.
"Baptism" is a necessary step. The chemical indicators of the dragon's body are too different from those of the half-breed, and only after using his fetal blood evolution can he confuse the public.
Lin Fenglong died too suddenly, and even the cocoon died directly. Li Wuyue suddenly lost her most important source of information and the external forces that checked and balanced the Gattuso family.
He didn't have the patience to take his time, and decided to rely on Romulus's identity to directly control the Gattuso family and crush all the enemies who stood in his way.
Caesar's guards surrounded him, and his strong bloodline made Caesar a little disheartened. A-grade is actually rotten street goods, numb.
Pompeii continued to count down to five as he held out his little finger toward Patsy.
Patsy's expression was solemn, did this moment finally come. Pompey had told him that when the plan was launched, he was the only one who could help Caesar.
"3, 2, 1, bang!"
Pompeii pressed a number on his phone, and the phone hung up the moment it was dialed. I hope my teammates are reliable.
The sluts winked at the guards and the immortals, trading the bottom line for time, and Patsy's dustless land was ready to go.
Li Wuyue lost her patience and got up from her seat, the galloping dragon blood activating the "decayed" body, and her bark-like face was covered with blue and black scales.
Suddenly, there was a sharp wind howl in the sky, and two Tomahawk missiles hit the dome of the church, and the explosion made the eardrums tremble.
After the baptism of the explosion, although the church was broken, the main structure did not have any problems, revealing the thickened bulletproof armor on top.
The twelve elders dragonized at the same time, glaring at Pompeii. And "Romulus" actually flew in the air, unleashing the realm of sky and wind.
"What's going on, it's impossible to ......"
Ita found that he seemed to be controlled by Romulus and could not move, as did the other five people around him, but the six founding elders including Alpha were very calm.
He seemed to understand something.
"Alpha! You already knew! β
"I am your ancestor, but not who you think I am."
Li Wuyue said, her voice changed from old and rough to young, elegant and majestic.
Pompey, who saw that the missiles did not work at all, looked embarrassed. Patcy carried the incapacitated Pompey, and Caesar hesitated, but still carried his uncle Frost.
Li Wuyue's expression was puzzled, why could Caesar and Patsy still move? The people of the Gattuso family, according to the ancient saying, are all dragon servants, and they are absolutely unable to act in his spiritual realm without permission.
With a wave of his hand, he gave the order, and the Guards and Immortals chased Caesar and Parcy as they ran away, exactly ten seconds after the missile strike.
The Senate defense system was activated at the highest level, and the bulletproof armor several meters thick enveloped the entire church without warning, and Li Wuyue's expression changed suddenly.
Pompey was rarely involved in the affairs of the Senate, but this did not prevent him from strongly supporting the construction of a defense system to protect the Senate.
And the problem is that his support is too strong, and even Li Wuyue can't quickly break through the bulletproof armor several meters thick.
The Dustless Land erupts.
At this moment, Patsy finally understood that he was not the sword of the family, but the shield that protected Caesar.
The two fled with Pompeii and Frost on their backs, and the vacuum realm forcibly fended off all enemies.
Patcy handed Caesar his phone, and a sharp sword was displayed on the screen.
"Damocles Systems welcomes your visit. Caesar Gattuso, please enter the system password. β
At this moment, the satellite, loaded with six tungsten rods, happened to be orbiting over the church.
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