Chapter XIII: The Hallows

Yi Chen's mouth let out a subtle laugh, and he looked at Jester who was sitting on the sofa with an embarrassed face with great interest. Kane sat in his old seat with his pistol, his left hand stroking the bruises on his forehead, and looked at Jester with a snort. One of Philie and Gore stood in the bar and wiped their glasses desperately, and the other leaned against the door of the room to watch the excitement.

Jester waited for a long time, but Yi Chen still didn't say a word, he smiled bitterly: "Boss, I'm sorry, what do you say, I'll admit it anyway." I just went over and looked at the wind, who knew I would face them head-on?"

Yi Chen snapped his fingers, took off his coat stained with a few blood stains, and said in a loud voice: "Aha, Jester, dear Jester, you are challenging two cardinal archbishops and more than a dozen bishops head-on, and you actually said that you just look at the wind." You are great, and you are an honest lamb who was once a servant of God. Didn't God teach you not to lie?"

Jester resigned himself and spread his hand, signaling to Kane and said, "Kane, I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry to get out, so I stunned you, you can do it, you can take revenge on me as much as you want, at most you will be beaten badly." ”

Kane smiled, "Well, it's okay, I don't have much interest in beating up a superpower, my hand will hurt." If this happens again in the future, please tell me first, and I will treat it as if you have knocked me out. Jester smiled bitterly, let out a long breath, looked at Yi Chen and said, "Okay, boss, there's no problem with Kane, what are you going to do with me?"

Yi Chen sat on the sofa opposite him and said with a smile: "That's it, because you hurt me, so let's deduct your dividends this year." Of course, Fatadio will give you a share of the proceeds, but you don't have a penny of the income from our own farms, do you agree?"

Jester laughed: "It's okay, I have enough money now, and I'm not Chekov, just deduct it." ”

Yi Chen nodded, his face became serious: "So, Jester, tell me, what is a holy artifact? In St. Paul's Church, there are actually two holy artifacts. Yi Chen told Jester about what he had peeped into, and these twists and turns attracted everyone present, and even Kane approached and sat on the sofa next to Yi Chen, listening intently.

Jester's eyes widened, "Oh God, damn God, two holy weapons? fuck, in this way, the strength of the Holy See has been strengthened again." His face was full of unwillingness, and his fierce eyes flashed at Yi Chen and asked, "Boss, why don't you kill those priests?"

Yi Chen smiled: "Why take the risk to kill them? I don't have any deep hatred with them, so there's no need to provoke them too much." Having them lose a knight's sword was enough to make them sad. ”

Jester laughed, "yes, yes, a holy sword with powerful attack power has been lost, and Van Uhst and they must be reprimanded by the Pope." ”

Yi Chen nodded, glanced at Phil, who walked in softly and closed the door, motioned for him to sit down and listen, and asked Jester, "So, what is a holy artifact, is it a truly powerful treasure blessed by God or angels?"

Jester shook his head and said, "The so-called holy artifact is a tool that has been handed down from the Middle Ages and has quite great power. Well, they weren't blessed by God or some bullshit angel, but because their original owners had a powerful spiritual practice that they couldn't match now. Their masters, who were generally devout ascetics, after laying down these weapons, continued to repent in front of the murder weapons they had used to slaughter, thus infusing them with powerful holy energy, giving them incredible power. ”

Yi Chen frowned: "Could it be that the monks at that time had more powerful holy power than the current bishop?"

Jester shrugged his shoulders: "Who knows? Anyway, that's the case, some of the tools that have been handed down at that time do have a powerful power that the current cultists can't match. Perhaps, because the clergy of today have begun to fall, the power they have received is naturally weaker than that of the ascetics of that time. Think about the clergy of the American diocese who forcibly annihilated boys at the beginning of this century, tsk, would this old man of God give them strength? If you don't kill them with thunder and lightning, you will probably be merciful. ”

Yi Chen sighed, nodded and said, "Perhaps, just like the cultivators in China, the ancient monks could easily reach the realm of the unity of heaven and man and ascend to the immortal realm, and the current monks ...... Even if the old ghosts I know are no longer as strong as humans, they still don't have the strength to soar, and there have been no immortals in China for hundreds of years. ”

Jester whispered, "There have been no powerful saints in Europe for hundreds of years, and perhaps people's hearts are falling, so no one is worthy of such a great force." ”

Yi Chen laughed: "No matter so much, then, what kind of procedure is the so-called identification of holy weapons and recognition of the master?"

Jester snorted disdainfully and said, "Identifying the Hallows is to ask a few cardinal archbishops to detect what kind of abilities an unknown Hallows has, whether it is attacking, defending, protecting, healing, or exorcism...... To put it realistically, it's a group of antiquities dealers appraising antiques. As for the so-called confession of the Lord, it is to let a bullshit knight with noble feelings, great strength, and pure body obtain the power of holy weapons and become a faithful thug of the Holy See under the auspices of the greatest, most just, most majestic, most holy, and most representative of the light of God...... That's it. ”

Yi Chen tilted his head slightly, frowned and thought about something, Jester suddenly laughed: "Of course, the blow that the boss gave to that bullshit Paul is enough to make the people of the Holy See cry, and generally if a set of holy weapons is incomplete, it can only exert 30% of its power at most." And after the Sacred Artifact is recognized, if the owner is killed or injured, at least for a year, he will not reattach himself to a new master...... So, this set of holy artifacts is equivalent to being a waste in a year, and of course, if the Pope is willing to do his part to fix that damn Paul, then nothing has happened. ”

Yi Chen said with a little regret: "Is this so? I would have killed Paul if I knew it...... Can the Pope treat a cripple whose bones are all broken and whose meridians are 50 percent broken?"

Jester licked his lips and smiled like a wolf: "Boss, if the Pope does his best and does not skimp on his physical strength, he can indeed save a person in a few days, even if that person is dying." Of course, we can save Paul from becoming a holy knight, can we? Boss, we have the strength, right?"

Yi Chen raised the index finger of his right hand, shook it in front of Jester, and admonished him: "No, Jester, you have to remember that if things are not done satisfactorily, then don't regret it, and don't try to force a remedy. Our current strength is not enough to deal with the current manpower of the Holy See. You have to learn to make trade-offs. You have already preliminarily set up a small universe, as long as you continue to cultivate, you are likely to achieve the effect of rebirth before me, and when the time comes, you will be a so-called immortal-level person, are you still afraid that you will not be able to retaliate against your enemies?"

Jester muttered, "Yes, yes, boss, I listen to you, I won't be impulsive anymore......" He shook his fist heavily, smiling viciously.

Yi Chen evacuated his muscles and bones, and said with satisfaction: "Then, all the problems are solved, Phil, when the morning dawns, you go to the gate to greet the newspaper and see what the headlines are, I am looking forward to the performance of the tabloid reporters of the British Empire...... I really don't know how the Holy See will hide certain things, but I'm really looking forward to it. ”

Yi Chen suddenly remembered a question again, and asked Jester strangely: "So, Jester, tell me, why don't those people of the Dark Council kill Paul? If they kill Paul and then destroy those two holy weapons, wouldn't it be more straightforward? I know that they cherish the lives of their members, but if they can fight the Holy See, they won't care about a little sacrifice, right?"

Jester said very simply: "The holy weapon can be destroyed, but the holy weapon that has already recognized the Lord, his holy power can never be destroyed." The Holy See can infuse the above holy power into any instrument with the same surname, although the effect is a little worse, but there is not much difference. ”

Yi Chen shouted: "I see, I understand." So, the best way to deal with these holy weapons is to seal them up, isn't it?That's why those lucky vampires are going to run away with the holy sword, and their supreme councillor has a way to seal the holy weapons, right?" Jester nodded in agreement with Yi Chen's statement, Yi Chen laughed, rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "Really...... I can't see such a fun thing, I really want to see the sealing methods of Western black magic, but it's a pity, it's a pity, the Dark Council will definitely not be happy for me to observe their actions. ”

Jester looked at Yi Chen a little strangely, he really didn't understand why Yi Chen was interested in this.

Yi Chen became in a very good mood, shouted and put up a table of mahjong, and began to gather to gamble, Fei Lijiao smiled and sat on his lap to play cards to him randomly, making Yi Chen lose for a while, and Phil, who was sitting under him, was smiling and eating cards again and again......

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When it was dawn, Phil went out to wait for the newspaper, and Kane was forced into the game by Jester.

Ten minutes later, a surprised Phil walked in: "Boss, there is no news in the newspaper about St. Paul's Cathedral. The press director of the Times vowed to send reporters to the first time...... Similarly, tabloids such as The Sun do not have any information about St. Paul's Church, not even more than 20 police officers who were suddenly seriously injured and hospitalized. ”

Yi Chen quietly snatched back a piece of eight cylinders from Fei Li's hand, threw a forty thousand out, and said indifferently: "Is this so? Very good, very good, Jester, look, look, the strength of the Holy See is not what we can imagine." Even the "Sun", which the British royal family's dogs dare to report on people, did not move at all this time. They're really powerful. ”

Jester snorted coldly, his face gloomy and he didn't speak, and he threw a card out indiscriminately, only to lose his hand to Gore, who smiled and ate his card.

Yi Chen stood up, stretched and said, "I'm so tired, I'm so tired, Jester, I'll warn you one last time, be honest, if it wasn't for your luck last night, my strength was enough to support you from a long distance, you would have been killed." Remember, you only have one life, and you can waste your life, but don't involve your partner. Let's all take a break, that's all there is to it this time, there is nothing more to say. ”

Vaguely, several people with particularly keen sensitivity, such as Yi Chen, Fei Li, and Jester, vaguely felt that there was some kind of strange vibration in the sky, but it was very weak, Yi Chen shrugged his shoulders, and pulled Fei Li upstairs without caring about himself.

An hour later, Yi Chen was woken up by Phil: "Boss, the people from Scotland Yard have asked to see you, well, a senior superintendent." ”

Yi Chen muttered a few words: "Senior Superintendent?Phil, have we had any fights in the field recently, have there been dead people or other violent crimes?"

Phil also shook his head in confusion and said: "Everything is normal in the field recently, a few kids who like to cause trouble have been taught a lesson and dare not come again, the wind is calm, and we don't have any handle in their hands." What's more, didn't you just send a batch of money to their head half a month ago?"

Yi Chen put on his face again with an unhappy face and went to the living room on the second floor.

The serious, about forty-year-old senior superintendent stretched out his hand with a smile: "Mr. Yi Chen, I have admired the name for a long time, it is really not easy to meet you." ”

Yi Chen's hand also stretched out and held his hand: "This is ...... I know almost all the officers at Scotland Yard, but you're rare. ”

The superintendent introduced himself: "My name is Victor, Carl Victor, you can call me Carl. ”

Yi Chen smiled secretly in his heart: "Carl, it's very similar to a dog's name......" However, on the surface, he still politely said to the superintendent: "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Carl." You're ......" he gestured as the two sat down on the couch.

Karl shrugged his shoulders in a unique British posture, shook his head slightly to express helplessness, and said: "I am in charge of some special cases, so I rarely deal with big people like you, and this time I also have something to ask Mr. Yi to cooperate." ”

Yi Chen bowed slightly: "It is our duty to cooperate with the police to maintain social stability, we are all law-abiding citizens of the British Empire, may I ask, what kind of case is the senior police officer of the Special Investigation Division?" From Carl's self-introduction, Yi Chen slightly guessed the institution to which Carl belonged.

Karl said straight to the point: "A special plane belonging to the Vatican Holy See was shot down by a light anti-aircraft missile, and it also crashed into a residential house. According to analysis, the attackers may have used Stinger missiles made in the United States, and we would like to ask Mr. Yi Chen, do you have relevant information? Do you know who has recently made a noise about buying such arms?

Yi Chen's heart moved, it turned out that the shock was because of this, the turning point of the Holy See was shot down? I don't know if there is a big man like the cardinal on it, if there is, I am afraid that the situation of crazy trials and crazy burning at the stake in the Middle Ages will appear again, right? The revenge of the Holy See is not fun.

Yi Chen smiled and said, "I'm a law-abiding citizen, Mr. Carr, do you think I'm going to sell arms? That's really terrible, how can I know these things?" Yi Chen's heart was a little drummed, his secret arsenal had eight Stinger missiles in it, in case Scotland Yard really had some information, then he really couldn't eat and had to walk around......

Karl stared at Yi Chen, and said sincerely: "Mr. Yi Chen, I don't say anything meaningless and hypocritical, what kind of character you are, you know it yourself, and we also have a little bit of information." However, compared to the other big bosses, you are the most self-contained, so we don't want to offend people like you. Give me something I want to know and I'll leave right away. ”

Yi Chen picked up the wine glass that Gore offered, took a sip lightly, and said with a smile: "Is that so......? Well...... That's a tough thing to do. ”

Carl looked at Yi Chen and said very seriously: "There is a lot of pressure on us from above, I hope you can understand." We have information about all the bosses in the City of London, but we are not very familiar with some channels, so we ask for your cooperation. The special plane that was attacked this time belongs to the Holy See, and it is likely that it will turn into a particularly serious incident because of the Holy See, if our comprehensive investigation damages Mr. Yi Chen's interests, I'm afraid this is also what you don't want to see, right?"

Yi Chen ignored his euphemistic threat, and said with a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water: "What do you mean, I still don't know, alas, but if you can promise something, maybe I can recall something." Since Carl himself admitted that they didn't know about some channels, he wouldn't know what he had in stock, and Yi Chen suddenly relaxed.

Carl nodded, and said knowingly, "If you can provide some unique and valuable information, of course, I will be happy to give Mr. Yichen some special care in the future." ”

Yi Chen smiled with satisfaction and said to Carl, "Thank you for your promise, a gentleman will definitely keep his promise...... Well, there's a special villa in a garden complex in London's West End, well, his roof is all golden, and his owner, maybe he knows something...... Of course, I didn't tell you that because of some relationship, did I?"

Carl looked at Yi Chen and asked a little puzzled: "What kind of person is this master? channel or intermediary?"

Yi Chen looked at Carl, rolled his eyes, and stopped talking, for a long time, after drinking the wine in his hand to satisfy Carl's appetite, he said slowly: "He? He's a big man, a heavyweight...... Hehe, fire-heavy characters. ”

Carl understood something, and secretly scolded Yi Chen a few times in his heart: "It is estimated that this heavyweight still has some unhappiness with you, otherwise why would you be willing to say it so happily?" But on the surface, he still smiled and expressed his gratitude to Yi Chen.

Yi Chen sent off the guest with a smile, and when he came to the gate, he asked casually: "Mr. Karl, why did those people attack the special plane of the Holy See? Is there any big man on it?"

Karl replied to him casually: "Big man, no, except for the two unlucky pilots, there is no one on it, what the hell are they trying to do? God forbid, the two cardinals are not on the plane, otherwise ......" Carl also had a little fear on his face, if the two cardinals were on the plane, I am afraid that the security measures of the British political axe would be attacked by Christians all over the world.

Yi Chen watched Carl get into the car and drive away, standing at the gate of Chinatown and pondering: "Well, the people on the plane are probably Si Gang's subordinates, so it is possible to escape from such a situation, well, there is still time to take the holy weapon...... Isn't Paul on the plane?"

Yi Chen suddenly smiled: "Very good, the Holy See's heart is really ruthless, just give up Paul like this, yes, it's just a year, a year later, a glorious holy knight can be born, what a wonderful thing, although the holy sword is gone, the power is not enough to fully exert itself, but I think it is at least a master......

Yi Chen staggered back, and the matter of the holy weapon was over, which was more or less complete. I don't know if the people of the Dark Council did these things, but what is the inside story, and what does it have to do with Yi Chen? Where did the holy artifact end up, and what did it have to do with Yi Chen?

At the same time, Bai Jiade and his boss were in a secret stronghold in London's West End, and the two watched in amazement as the Times newspaper reported on the attack in today's special issue......

Bai Jiade muttered: "Boss, these people we are looking for are too fast and too ruthless, right?"

His boss's face was also extremely ugly: "They are crazy people, actually, they actually directly hit the Holy See's special plane with missiles, God, I didn't mean to offend you...... Bai Jiade, pay them the rest of the money quickly, and we will leave England immediately. ”

No matter how much the wonderful people are dealing with the aftermath, their efficiency is still good, and they found a mercenary organization in one night, and these mercenaries directly attacked the Holy See's special plane with missiles, which is really wonderful.

Of course, at the same time, in a manor in the western suburbs of London, a member of the Dark Council was talking into the intercom and announced: "Your Excellency Councillor Goya, a guy hired our peripheral mercenaries to ask for the Hallows, and I ordered them to attack the Holy See's plane, do you have any instructions?"

Goya laughed wildly: "Hahahaha, it's really wonderful, did you order someone to do it? Very good, very good, tell them to hide...... Hahahahaha, we have already obtained the holy sword, and the special plane was destroyed, the holy armor must have been damaged, and the power of this set of holy weapons has been greatly reduced...... Very good, very good, you have done a good job, and when the next election comes, I will propose to promote you to high deacon. ”

It's really fun that things in the world have universal connections......

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