On Silver Road in Renekton, an underage boy was running in the streets selling thick newspapers in his hand.
"Sir! Urgent news! Do you need a copy?"
When passing a man, the newsboy stopped to ask, but the man gave him a loud purr in response.
The little boy was stunned for a moment, but the siren suddenly sounded behind him, and a police officer on patrol came to arrest him.
"How many times have I told you! Mobile vendors are not allowed on Baiyin Road! Stop right there!"
The child was so frightened that he ran away quickly, but dropped a newspaper at the man's feet.
The man was also awakened by the sound of police sirens, but what he saw when he opened his eyes was a funny cat-and-mouse thing.
This kind of thing often happens in the city of Renekton. Many mobile vendors will come to the core areas of Silver Road and even Independence Square to sell items. After all, these places are full of wealthy people.
However, the police department also attaches great importance to this area, and it is really difficult to conduct unlicensed business under the eyes of the patrol police.
The man who woke up was none other than Victor Damon. He had been resting for a long time after being discharged from the hospital. The Anti-Suppression Department had never assigned him a new task, and he had almost nothing to do these days.
He knew about Is Ben and also knew that Will's steel smuggling business was basically gone, which had a huge impact on their income.
As a result, Will kept looking for new partners, hoping to negotiate a 50-50 agreement.
In the past, Isben was too greedy, which led to the collapse of the cooperation between the two parties. Now, 50-50 achievement is Will's bottom line, and he must ensure his own interests.
However, this kind of profit was too little attractive to the captains. Will's constant lobbying failed to arouse the heart of any captain.
In the end, he had to turn to Mike Campino for help, and after the latter learned that Victor was discharged from the hospital, he proposed to have a meeting to discuss it first.
The discussion was scheduled for tonight, and Victor fell asleep on the road out of boredom, and was eventually woken up by the sound of police sirens.
He picked up the fallen newspaper, and the title immediately caught his attention.
"What the hell? Only four of the five major churches are left now? Have Hermes removed?"
The absurd content immediately shocked Victor.
He read the entire report carefully, and after learning what happened at the Hand of God Council, he felt even more ridiculous.
It is said that in the middle of the meeting, representatives of the other four major churches received the "oracle" at the same time and united to completely eradicate Hermes!
As a result, the originally harmonious meeting and the representatives who were familiar with each other suddenly "drawn swords" towards the representatives of Hermes after receiving this bizarre oracle, triggering an earth-shattering conflict.
What's very impressive is that through the Flower Tower's ability, Greybean actually sent over the scene of the battle in the form of black and white photos.
Due to today's lacrosse shooting equipment, Victor could only vaguely see the messy streets.
The text description is: The battle caused a street in the capital of the Greybean Empire to disappear entirely...
Unfortunately, Dr. Jacob Lonutt, the Hermes mentor who attended the meeting, was not killed, but managed to escape from the scene.
Only his assistant, who was also a student, died in the conflict.
At the end of the report, a reporter made a subjective comment, believing that Hermes' mentor was probably a knower, which was why he was able to successfully escape under the joint stranglehold of the four major churches.
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Victor didn't know much about Hermes, but he didn't know it at all.
The inner data room of the Ministry of Defense also contains some information about Hermes.
Not only the Anti-Suppression Department, but also the Inspection Bureau also had their information, and Victor occasionally caught a glimpse of it when he went to look for it.
Compared with the other four major churches, Hermes' personnel are particularly scattered, and there is no country that mainly believes in the triple greatness, so they have no political background.
Therefore, in the face of such a major change in which he was criticized from the "good god" to the "evil god", no government would stand up for Hermes.
Their followers were hanged and rounded up, and they were left alone and helpless.
However, this sect is different from the traditional esoteric cults. They are more like scholars than religious members. The doctrine only has a philosophical "Seven Laws" as a rule of faith, and does not involve any "dedication" at all.
"Sacrifice", "massacre", "sex" and the views of subverting the regime.
So why are they excluded by the other four major religions?
In Victor's opinion, if one of the churches really needs to be branded as a cult, the most appropriate one is "Blood Rose"...
Before the death of the purple-robed priest, Victor didn't know much about the Blood Rose. Even when he saw the believers guarding the Flower Tower, Victor thought they were just harmless ascetics.
However, after Elold's death, he accidentally looked up some clues and records, and Victor realized that the teachings of the Blood Rose were encouraging humans to indulge their desires.
Not only "sexual desire", but also appetite, violence, greed...etc.
Victor found it incredible that this kind of thing could sneak into the five major churches.
Is it because Blood Rose has a physical form? Tantras are all asexual?
Then why is the Church of the Afterlife in Red Earth not among the five major churches?
Victor didn't understand.
However, the great mentor of Hermes was also unlucky. He was invited to attend the Hand of God Council and was seriously discussing business matters, but he was immediately "stabbed" by the people at the meeting.
I believe that among the attendees, the representatives of the churches must be at least secret evangelists, right?
Even deputies like Victor are already seers of the Third Secret. I believe there may still be wise ones among the members of the Hand of God Council.
If Mr. Jacob can escape, he will most likely be a knower.
After putting away the newspaper, Victor took a deep breath, took out his pocket watch, checked the time, and put the matter behind him.
After all, it has nothing to do with him.
Oddly enough, the Valentan ancestral spirit has not come to trouble Victor once since it came to the world, as if it had fallen into a box, which really surprised him.
But this is a good thing, Victor doesn't have the ability to continue fighting against an immortal.
The owner of the Armored Taoist Temple was lucky that time, and he doesn’t know if he can succeed next time.
Moreover, too much life was consumed that time, and Victor no longer had the ability to try again. Even if he could succeed, he would probably die suddenly.
"Why……"
With a sigh, Victor stood up, wielded his long cane like an old man, and disappeared into the street.
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In the evening, the Cambino family held a banquet near the pier and entertained Victor and Will Evans in a nightclub.
There were only three of them in the private room, and when Mike saw the depressed Victor, he was extremely surprised.
At this moment, Victor Damon looked very young, but his complexion was very poor, as if he had been seriously ill, and his skin was pale and bloodless.
Mike thought that he had not recovered well after being discharged from the hospital, and asked his staff to get some precious supplements for him.