The Exorcist Boy: The Book of Conviction

Chapter 167 Contradictions in the Central Hall
The Black Order is just a sub-organization under the Central Hall, and the Central Hall is a management department established with the support of the Vatican.

But in the final analysis, they are all interest distribution groups established by the cooperation of several large families.

Therefore, it is inevitable to be constrained by conflicts of interest within the Black Order.

The existence of the Millennium Earl and the jihad planned by the Vatican are not particularly mysterious among many large noble groups.

After all, the major families that formed the Central Hall are themselves part of the upper-level interest groups of the pyramid.

In addition, the Noah family itself is also parasitic among the aristocratic class, so in many cases, the information of the Black Order will leak everywhere like a sieve.

Snow had no doubts at all, the earl of the millennium now held the list of all the members of the exorcist team.

But this Giametto Schererer had to be investigated. After all, no matter how you looked at it, this guy seemed to be one of the key factors in this conflict.

"The Dominion of Desa... The king of this country has such a weak sense of existence! The affairs of the entire country are almost entrusted to this Minister of General Affairs...

Is this normal?This is not normal. "

Snow picked up the photo of Giametto on the table and looked at it carefully.

This person's family situation is nothing special. He is currently the head of the Xue Lier family, has a very loving wife, and a very obedient daughter.

His daughter's name is Rod Sherrill...

"No way!!!"

Snow was extremely sensitive to the word Rhodes. Although the surnames given were different, Snow couldn't help but pay attention to it.

I remember the full name of Rhodes' self-introduction last time, it seemed to be... Rod Camelot.

And in this world, Rhodes is a very common name.

"I hope it's best if I made a mistake... Otherwise, I might accidentally find the old nest of the Noah family?"

With squinted eyes, Snow covered the information about the Jiametto family on the table.

Don't tell anyone about this, especially the North American branch, otherwise it will be bad if the news is leaked.

If it was true, Snow would not want to be locked in the house when he came to secretly investigate.

It's a pity that there are not enough people. It would be great if Phyllis was here.

Snow also had the idea of ​​using the Utopia Ark to transfer the other party here, but after thinking about it, he gave up. Right now, the other party's responsibility is more important.

The reconstruction of Utopia Ark is urgent.

"Marshal Snow... a new situation has emerged. The search troops on the battlefield monitoring side have discovered the presence of demons, and they are secretly slaughtering civilians..."

"Then let Mr. Shu Wen and Mr. Kazana deal with the demons over there first, it doesn't matter on my side.

Since the headquarters will find out the Noah family behind the disputed two countries, and this matter is entrusted to me, it means that I believe in me and have the ability to complete him independently.

For the North American branch, the transfer of exorcists can be based on your local work.

However, if the situation is urgent, I would like to escalate my request to the first of its kind. "

The North American branch is really short of people. Their biggest problem is that they are too close to the headquarters, so that there are not many exorcists directly under the branch.

Even the other branches are much better than North America, because of the distance, the headquarters will often station the exorcists of the headquarters directly there.

And Snow is a young marshal with inexperienced qualifications, so he naturally has no conditions to ask the North American branch to provide him with too much convenience.

It's just... Where should I start with Jiametto's investigation? I can't just come to the door directly.

"Although this guy looks gentle on the surface, he is actually a crazy guy."

In the report on the war between the two countries, Snow noticed a strange thing.

That is, at the peace talks meeting that assassinated Jametto, the country on the side of the shot was actually exhausted, and the domestic war weariness was extremely strong.

After the assassination at the peace talks, the assassination party was even more panicked than the assassinated party. They even begged Mr. Jiametto on the spot not to restart the war, and were willing to pay a high price and make concessions.

As a qualified politician or ruler, if you agree to the other party's request, you will gain more benefits than war.

But Jiametto chose to declare war despite everything, even though the domestic casualties were equally heavy.

In other words, this person's original purpose was to restart the war.

If the killer was a demon and he was Noah, then everything would make sense.

This assassination incident was nothing more than an excuse he concocted to restart the war by directing and acting on his own.

From this point of view, the suspicion of this guy as Noah is really getting bigger and bigger.

Of course, to know whether it is true or not, you have to meet face to face.

"It's decided, visit Xue Lier's house tonight."

Snow silently made such a decision for himself, but he didn't inform the North American branch.

The situation in the North American branch is very special, not only because they have too deep entanglements with the local nobles, but also because Snow himself dislikes the families behind the North American branch.

One of the most famous is the big family named Epstein.

This surname has served as the head of the North American branch of the Black Order for a long time.

All the ministers of the North American branch in the past were people with the surname Epstein, and this year is no exception.

It was Renee Epstein, the head of Epstein's family.

Snow didn't like this woman for the simple reason that he had seen her when he was a child.

This woman...was a scientist before she became the head of the North American branch. That's right, she was in charge of the underground plan in the special floors of the headquarters.

If Snow remembered correctly, the project on Kanda seemed to be partly in charge of by this woman.

Snow only knew that the project was called the Second Apostle Project, but he didn't know much about the specific implementation process. However, this did not prevent him from knowing what a heavy price the Second Apostle Project had paid.

The one who lived with Kanda at the beginning was a group of young children with nearly dozens of people, but now only that dead face of Kanda is left alone.

And during this process, Snow couldn't believe that the woman named Renee hadn't been stained with blood on her hands.

If it wasn't for the order, Snow would have wished to stay far away from those power-centered families. Those guys are simply a group of ruthless machines.

Not only are outsiders cruel, but even blood relatives of the same clan will be sent up as experimental subjects.

However, the things that people think in this world always backfire, just when Snow wanted to leave the North American branch and go to Xue Lier's house to step on the plate.

Trouble came up again on its own initiative.

That's right, it was the woman named Renee Epstein. This woman was wearing a pair of flat combat boots, but she was over 1m8 tall.

He has handsome short hair and a big back, but the bulge of his chest is enough to pinch a child's head.

The white coat was left open, exposing his black bra thorns unscrupulously. Of course, no one would be interested in this guy.

Resistant, such a strong sense of contrast, compared with ten years ago, this guy has become more... er, masculine.

"Long time no see, little Akchi, even you have become a marshal, how are you doing recently?"

The other party hugged Snow's neck quite familiarly, and then squeezed the other party to the top of his front armor.

But she herself doesn't seem to realize that there is anything wrong with this.

Another woman with a troublesome personality, which was one of Snow's most disliked things.

Man woman, don't know how to read the atmosphere.

Please, do I know you well?
It took Snow a lot of effort to break free from under the opponent's strong, muscular arms.

"Minister Renee, I think you lack the necessary respect for the Marshal..."

"Does it matter? We are equal..."

Snow looked up at the woman in front of him with a dark face, who was half taller than him.

"I'm going to perform a very important task now, please don't interfere with me!"

"Well, he is really a boy who is not at all human... Obviously we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Snow did not expect that this woman would still remember him. When they were together at the headquarters of the Black Order, the two should have just met each other.

Although Snow hadn't directly participated in the experiment, under Sarah's leadership, he would often pass through that experimental floor.

He also happened to hear the wailing inside a few times, and that time, he accidentally saw Renee standing by the experimental table with her arms folded through the crack of the door. At that time, she was younger than she looks now. a lot of.

"I also know about your mission."

"what?"

"I came here on purpose to stop you."

Renee actually took out a pack of cigarettes from the gully in her chest, lit it carelessly, and took a puff.

"The Jiametto family has a lot of problems, it might be better to say that Cheryl is simply a war madman.

But it's a pity that you can't move, and they can't check. "

"What do you mean?"

Snow rolled his eyes viciously, he had a very bad feeling.

"The Jiametto family...was one of the behind-the-scenes supporting families established by the central hall, although it is not a front-stage family like our Epstein.

But for the central hall they gave a lot of support.And the North American branch can gain a foothold here, and it is also inseparable from their cooperation at the beginning.

What's more..."

Renee paused, and then said something with a rather serious attitude.

"The Xue Lier family is still North America, the leader of the local aristocratic social group, and their family is almost married to the entire group of respectable aristocrats in North America."

This is the leader of the North American land snakes, and it is also the one with the largest weight. In some cases, they can even be regarded as members of the Black Order.

"Huh? Are you kidding me?"

Snow was almost convinced that the other party's family was connected with the Earl of the Millennium, but he never expected that Renee would actually send him such a large sum of money.

There is no record of this information.

Snow suddenly realized something, and suddenly raised his head and glared at the head of Renee's branch who was pretending to be smoking deeply.

"These things are not in the document, and it is impossible for the black religious order to know, but they didn't tell me..."

"Yeah, you finally realized that you were treated like a knife."

The central hall is much more complicated than imagined. With the support of the Vatican, several major families have joined forces to form this huge organization hidden behind the world, but at the same time, their internal struggles have never stopped.

The cardinals fought for power and profit with each other, and the big families were not to be outdone, and each eliminated their dissidents, fighting more fiercely than those red robes.

The head of the Asian branch, the head of the North American branch...their surnames are "Zhang" and "Epstein" respectively, and what is interesting is that these two surnames were originally the big front-stage families who formed the central hall.

As for why it was later reduced to a branch, the reason is very simple, because it lost in the internal struggle and was sent to a branch far away from the power center of the central hall.

After the family moved to the branch, it inevitably became connected with the local rich and powerful, and even became a community of interests.

But in the process, they will unconsciously make other people in the Central Office suspicious, and even in the passive process, they will unconsciously affect the Central Office's restraint and control over the local branch.

Therefore, if the Central Office wants to strengthen its control over the local branches, it must attack the local clean and honest noble groups.

And this process is inseparable from the Central Hall family that dominates the local branch. They have inadvertently formed a community of interests with the local nobles.

For example, in the Epstein family, many people will naturally worry that this is another conspiratorial strike against them by the Central Office, in order to weaken their family's local influence in North America.

And the Central Office really had the idea that in order to ensure centralization, the families assigned to other places should ensure their own vulnerability.

"Understood, such a complicated matter should not be investigated by an exorcist, but should be handed over to the troops directly under the Central Office. This is an internal matter belonging to the Central Office family."

Renee squinted her eyes and said earnestly. It's not that they don't know that there may be problems with the Jiametto family, but there are many people in the noble class who are vacillating back and forth between the Earl of the Millennium and the Vatican.

To put it bluntly, there are also factions on the fence in the Vatican, and this organization has never been united.

Regardless of whether there is a problem with the Xue Lier family, if they act rashly, it will affect the local stability of the North American branch.

But the central hall will not consider this, and will even be happy to see the results. They don't care what the consequences will be, they only want to solve the problem violently.

But the way it was done was too ugly, and it was like standing up and down. For such a big matter, only one exorcist was sent to solve it, even if it was the marshal.

The exorcist is a prop, and this incident belongs to the political category, and Snow himself has no capital to solve this kind of thing.

And the companies that made the decision were nothing more than wanting Snow to muddy the water.

"No... No, in terms of capital, you do have it."

Renee squinted her eyes, and looked at Snow, who was a little puzzled, earnestly.

"You guy... but your surname is Akeqi, that woman has already started getting involved, right?"

(End of this chapter)