After the honey badger finished speaking, Cardinal Dominic did not answer immediately.
She was silent for a while and then asked: "His Majesty the Pope, what do you think?"
——The Eternal Pope is here too?!
The honey badger was suddenly startled.
Is it the new one... or the old one?
She ran away immediately when she saw that the saint had been assassinated and was in ashes. Although her escape failed, she didn't know who the new pope was.
...It can’t be the Gray Saint who has already become amber, right?
In this case, maybe I will still have a chance...
A glimmer of hope arose in the honey badger's heart.
Although the saint did not become immortal because of her assassination, she was more or less involved in this matter.
Doesn't the opponent's superiority also have something to do with him?
But then, Aiwass's voice sounded.
"One million gold coins... This price is quite reasonable, and it is indeed a huge amount of money. But I really didn't expect that the Hawkeye organization would take such a big risk for a mere million gold coins.
A fifth-level master assassin comes to die.
"By the way, I still have six million gold coins on hand. If I take part of it, can I entrust the Hawkeye organization to kill someone for me?"
……etc?
Is this voice Aiwass Moriarty?
The honey badger opened her eyes in astonishment, but the unquenchable holy light filled with the power of devotion made it impossible for her to see anything clearly.
If it was just an ordinary strong light, she should have adapted to it for such a long time. But she does not have the adaptability of the path of dedication... This is equivalent to draining her own adaptability and then continuously injecting it into the future.
The power of devotion would hurt her body, but she couldn't use it.
Therefore, her own power was gently sealed.
At this moment, the honey badger only felt that his brain was in chaos and his blood was cold——
According to her previous analysis, Aiwass is clearly the son of the moon!
As an assassin organization that has been hunting down the Moon Children for hundreds of years, Hawkeye is also quite familiar with many of the Moon Children's secret professional heritage.
The Children of the Moon do have a rare branch of the path of devotion - a profession called "Moonlight Scholar", which requires the Children of the Moon to serve the Eternal Self alone.
With this close relationship, it is indeed possible for Aiwass to become the Cardinal of Eternity.
Moreover, the cardinal robe Aiwas is wearing is also black, which symbolizes the eternal self!
...But, doesn’t the Pope have to be an elf?
According to Hawkeye's information, only elves have the opportunity to complete the advanced magic of the Nine Paths...
Just when her mind was in chaos, she heard Aiwass chuckle and say: "I'm just kidding. It's impossible to hire...according to the rules of the Theocracy, you have to work for us to pay off the debt."
……What's the meaning?
Is this...not going to kill me?
"First remove the shadowless light sequence, Cardinal Dominic. Then add another piece of clothing to this lady."
"Let me state in advance, Your Majesty the Pope - she can control any shadow she comes into contact with and teleport when she comes into contact with it. If she escapes, it will be quite troublesome to catch her again. And she may also hold you hostage..."
Cardinal Dominic said seriously.
"Then let her hold her hostage, I don't care."
Aiwass just smiled and said.
Soon, the honey badger felt that there was an extra layer of clothes on his body. His cold body warmed up in the blink of an eye... and then, the light sources in all directions also dispersed.
As a fifth-level adaptor, she adapted to the new ambient light almost instantly and saw everything in front of her clearly.
It was indeed Cardinal Dominic himself, not some recording device.
And Aiwass, Lily, and...that fake Isabel.
The expression of the honey badger is extremely complex.
She opened her mouth, but in the end nothing came out.
"As for Alice... I will let her go. After all, she is indeed an innocent child. It seems that there is no life on her hands yet."
Aiwass said gently: "And she still has a photo of me and Isabel in her hand. I'm quite looking forward to the day when she will publish the photo.
"——Of course, a reprimand is inevitable. Even the Theocracy will be a little troubled by such naughty children."
"...Aren't you going to kill me?"
The honey badger asked reluctantly.
"Why, do you want to die?"
Aiwass asked rhetorically.
"But I am after all..."
When the honey badger said this, he suddenly got stuck.
——Wait a minute, I wasn’t the one who assassinated the Saint? But why was I the only one who was caught? But I clearly didn’t do it...
unless……
She opened her eyes slightly, as if she understood——
——Unless the pure white saint is not poisoned at all.
"...The saint has already become amber?"
the honey badger blurted out.
But everyone present seemed to have not heard this sentence.
Not only Aiwass and Cardinal Dominic, but even Lily and Isabel showed no reaction at all... It was as if she didn't say this at all. It even made the honey badger doubt whether she really said it.
.
"Although you tried to assassinate the saint, you did not cause irreversible consequences after all."
Aiwass just said leisurely: "Besides, you are kind to me.... In theory, you also have some special contributions."
……I see.
Is it because I "assassinated the Saint" that Aiwass had the chance to become the Pope?
Honey Badger thought this in his mind, thinking he understood what Aiwass meant.
Besides her, Cardinal Dominic had another answer in his mind:
It was precisely because of her assassination that the scandal of the Pure White Saint was covered up.
But no one knew that Aiwass was actually talking about something else.
——It is precisely because of her failed assassination that the Saint still has a chance to succeed to the throne. Therefore, the Theocracy will not be divided due to other cardinals competing for the position of the Pope. Since the Theocracy will not be divided, then it will
There will be no long-lasting civil war between separate regimes.
In other words, the "Tree and Amber Disaster" had been solved silently before it happened.
It's just because there is a scapegoat like Honey Badger, that's all.
"However, even if there is no 'decomposition', the value of Ms. Honey Badger still needs to be developed."
Aiwass said: "After all, her motives are bad, but the end result is good... That's up to you, Cardinal Dominic.
"-Oh, by the way, even though Cardinal Loki is dead. But we still have to pay the balance of the murder he paid for in the name of the Cardinal--the Theocracy cannot be in debt, can it?"
Hearing his words, both Honey Badger and Dominic's expressions became strange.
...His Majesty the Pope, do you want to listen to what you are saying?
But when Cardinal Dominic thought about it, he felt that Aiwass was right.
Although in essence, Honey Badger is the one who takes the blame. But her coming to the Theocracy to take risks shows that the Hawkeye organization has reached its limit... This money is nothing to the Theocracy, but it can be given to Honey.
The badger came as hush money.
——Just keep the blame firmly on your side and don’t think about changing your confession.
And this can also be used as conclusive evidence of Cardinal Loki's crimes - you know, there are still a number of Cardinal Loki fans among the people.
Moreover, if the Hawkeye organization's poverty is not solved, sooner or later they will carry out other dangerous missions. By then, as an extremely sharp knife, they are likely to cause uncontrollable disasters. For example, this time...
If their assassination was truly successful, it would be equivalent to a mere one million gold coins causing a major crisis in the Theocracy.
It would be better to take this opportunity... to recruit some of them. Even if we don't expect them to kill people, at least we can let them warn the Theocracy if a similar situation occurs again.
——Isn’t it just asking for money? How much money they give, can’t we double it?
"As expected of His Majesty the Pope!"
Dominic sighed: "I will make good use of her.
"And there will definitely be no loss - the Hawkeye organization will come to redeem people. Even if they don't have money, there will always be something else to pay off the debt..."
But at this moment.
A strange and warm wave suddenly surged in the air.
It was as if Si Zhu had arrived in person - an incomparably warm light filled everyone's hearts.
The next moment, a girl with extremely childish appearance appeared out of thin air.
That was a girl who looked to be only thirteen years old at most.
Her hair is pure white, and her pupils are also silver-white. She wears a thick red and black robe, which reveals complex patterns - like deer heads and thorns.
Black thorns spread from all directions in the robe, embedded in her collarbone, neck, ears, and forehead. On the top of her head, the sin thorns crossed to form a sacred crown.
"...His Majesty the Pope?"
Cardinal Dominic was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously revealed the identity of the girl - she was the previous eternal pope.
But the former pope just looked behind Aiwass seriously.
The girl's body is condensed with powerful and surging power.
