big devil holmes

Chapter 255 The Conversation That Determines History
This small room is close to the confessional. The facilities inside are extremely simple. There is a table, bookshelves full of prayer documents on the wall, and a not very bright gas lamp floating quietly above the head, casting a dim light, shrouding the Below are two people several times different in age.

"It's been almost 10 years since we last met." Emperor Augustus said leisurely. The old man always likes to recall the past, because their future is really running out.

"Indeed, at the Inheritance Ceremony in the 219th year of the Holy Calendar, when the Pope held the coronation ceremony for your re-election, I was not far away. You looked at me and said that the future belongs to young people."

Moriarty's attitude was very respectful, like a junior sitting in front of a respectable old man, bowing slightly when speaking.

Struggle is a struggle, it is an essential collision between two forces, but as representatives of these forces, naturally, they will not abuse each other with foul language like street fights.

As for the old Pope, after the coronation ceremony, he declared that he was unwell, and he has never shown his face in public since then. In the past ten years, it has gradually taken over 70% of the power of the Holy See.

Augustine the Great leaned on his chair, recalling what he looked like ten years ago. At that time, his actions were not dependent on a wheelchair, and he did not have to rely on drugs to maintain his vital signs every day. An old man in his 90s was recalling his 80 years old. The idea of ​​looking young at many years old seems to carry a kind of despair.

So, after a brief silence, Emperor Augustine finally brought the topic back on track:

"In the incident in London, the official death list was 2, but in fact, the death toll was [-]." He said the numbers lightly, then looked at the young man in front of him, and asked Said: "What do you think, [-] lives?"

Moriarty shook his head: "Not much."

"Yeah, I don't think much. In fact, I can guess what the outside looks like now. According to the output value of this year's administrative districts, if the factories in the first-level urban areas are closed for one day, the empire will lose 6 million in currency circulation. The entire empire has 173 Each state contains at least one first-level urban area and two to three secondary urban areas. If the strike wave exceeds 50%, it will lose 350 billion yuan every day. These lost funds will become stranded in the next three years The debt will be fed back to the people. At that time, more than 3 million people will lose hope of living. So when I was taken out of the Council of Elders, you killed a thousand times as many people as me. "Emperor Augustine said an even more shocking figure in a similarly indifferent tone:

"So, do you think it's all worth it?"

"Of course it's worth it." Moriarty's tone was very firm, but in front of the terrible death toll, his firmness seemed so cold-blooded.

Rights are a very scary thing. All those who yearn for rights only see the advantages and conveniences it brings to them, but selectively forget that when they obtain rights, they must also shoulder responsibilities.

And when this responsibility is strong enough to rely on one person's will to determine the death of tens of millions of lives and determine the rise and fall of a race, then rights will no longer have anything to do with "beautiful".

It's more like a curse.
There is only one emperor in the empire, and only one holy son in the Holy See. The two people who stand at the top of the power inevitably bear this curse.

Augustine the Great killed [-] creatures, a heinous crime!

But since he was brought out of the elder council hall, nearly 3000 million people will gradually die in the next ten years. Then, wouldn't this be a heinous crime.

If calculated according to the most basic mathematical formula, Moriarty is also guilty, and the crime is a thousand times more serious than Augustine the Great!
But he ignored so many lives, and said the word "worth it" so confidently and righteously.

"Why?" The old man asked with interest:
"Because you are a little greedy, and those who try to pursue eternal life will inevitably die."

"Hahahaha——" Emperor Augustine laughed, and then began to cough violently because the air flow hit somewhere in his throat. He arched his body in pain and sweated profusely before finally stopping.

"Boy, if you win, you win. Of course, the winner can use all kinds of rhetoric to whitewash himself, but now, in front of me, you can be more sincere."

"What I say is the most sincere." Moriarty said calmly: "I am different from you. I was born to serve the human race.

I don't have too many desires of my own. The only thing I want to do in the past 30 years is to let human beings go further.

In fact, originally, you were the person I respect the most, not one of them.

Even if you want to kill me, I can understand that I have thought countless times in the past six months. If I sit in your seat, I will definitely be more decisive than you. ,

You and I both understand that we are sinners. The distribution of rights will kill people, but if we don’t distribute it, more people will die. Conscription will kill people, but if we don’t recruit soldiers, more people will die. 25 years ago, you connected taxes with the output value of factories. Together, countless private factories closed down, more than half of the farmland land system in 207 Holy Calendar was reclaimed by the imperial government, and countless people who had cultivated land for their entire lives chose to hang themselves at the entrance of the farm.

Many people died each time.

The resentment of these dead people will make you and me irrecoverable and not have a good death. Of course, I have never expected that I will have a good ending. This is doomed. I even admire you more and more, because You dare to do this, you carry the weight of these lives.

But
But the pursuit of eternal life is not enough.
This will lead mankind to despair. "

The last word Moriarty uses is despair, not destruction.

This is a very delicate word.

If Augustine the Great gained eternal life, then human beings should not be extinct, and they can even continue to exist for a long time, as Moriarty expected, for 1000 years, 1 years, or even further away.

But he is very clear that a person with extreme rights and a long life at the same time is a terrible existence. Education will change people's cognition, and time will make people take everything for granted. History can be modified at will. An eternal life The emperor will turn the will of the whole race more and more towards himself, and finally integrate with himself.

When one day, the will of one person can be responded by hundreds of millions of people in the entire race, then what is this?
A giant beehive?
Or driven by pheromones, corresponding to the ant colony of collective consciousness?
If the will of all mankind is really gathered together and becomes a whole, then will mankind still exist?

Emperor Augustine looked at the young man in front of him, and was silent for a long time. In the end, he just shook his head:
"You think too far away. I have seen the extension possibility of life extension experiments. In the situation you mentioned, there is only a 30% success rate at most." Augustine the Great murmured: "And if I say it now, I actually don't If I want such a long life, I may just want to live another 50 years, seven or eighty years at most, do you believe it?"

"If it is you now, I will believe it, but if it is you 50 years later, I don't believe that when a person wants to do something, he has a different mentality than when he can do it. " Moriarty replied very sincerely, and then the subject suddenly changed:
"Also, your analysis just now said that 3000 million people will die because of the changes in the past few days, but you forgot that time can change many things. If the wild demon's controllable strategic plan can If it is implemented, the combat power on the front line will directly increase by three times, or even four times. Under the ebb and flow, mankind will directly enter the period of a major counter-offensive that has been waiting for 300 years. The wide application of electricity will make the entire human manufacturing Industry, industry, and output value have been pushed to a new height.

Human society at that time was not what you see now.

Maybe, those 3000 million people won't die.
I promise that after your death, all losses will be minimized, and I will inherit your will and lead mankind to a better future. "

Moriarty said, he was following the greatest emperor in history to discuss his life and death, and the future of mankind. Such a heavy topic, in his mouth, turned out to be so calm, it is hard to imagine that these thoughts In his mind, he has been thinking about it over and over again, maybe every day and night, every minute and every second.

Emperor Augustine suddenly felt that sitting here and admitting that he lost to such a junior didn't seem to be wronged.

But he caught a very strange word in the other party's words.

【I】

From beginning to end, Moriarty seems to be saying, I will be like this, I will be like this.

But he is only a holy son of the Holy See, and what he will become in the future is only the Pope of the Holy See. And the empire still has the emperor. In fact, if the war on the front line is really as he said, it will enter the era of great counterattack, then the closing of the gates of hell It's also a matter of time.

On the day when the gates of hell are really closed, the Holy See will inevitably decline.

Without demons, human beings would not need the Holy Light, and without the Holy Light, there would be no faith. So, what is the need for a Holy See without faith?

The old emperor looked at the young man in front of him, he knew that the other party could not have thought of this.

so.
Emperor Augustine thought of the new politician named Franklin, and thought that in his past life, he was actually just a scientific researcher most of the time.

But now, he has been pushed to the front, and through countless means, he is about to become the new emperor of the entire empire.

Emperor Augustine became more and more silent, watching the young Son's eyes become brighter and brighter, so that the decaying white spots growing around the pupils shone brightly.

"It seems that you have already thought of the path that I have never dared to try."

Moriarty nodded, and said the final idea that he had suddenly realized one night when he was a teenager, and he has been fighting for it all the time:
"The prerequisite for human beings to move forward is that there should be no conflicts of interest between factions, that power should not be concentrated in the hands of individuals, and that the distribution of resources must be unified, but those in charge of resources should not have selfish desires and favoritism. Faith is eternal and free, but belief cannot be the sustenance of people's thoughts. People must have hope, life, self-will, and vision for the future. The upper management should enjoy better treatment, but the lower class people want With the right to supervise the upper class, the distribution of wealth must have a more compact system, the gap in information should not have a huge gap, and money will no longer be the only criterion for measuring the quality of life. Only in this way can we be considered a sound society
All of this will be a grand and long-term battle, and the first step in this battle is [The Emperor of the Empire and the Pope of the Holy See must be one person]

Or rather me
And I am willing to bear the turmoil brought about by this first step, and I will do my best to make up for the losses caused. I am willing to bear the anger of the society.

As I said, I have always regarded myself as the savior of mankind. I know this kind of mentality is a little sick, but I will always work hard, even if I want to kill the person I respect the most, I will not hesitate. "

Moriarty spoke word by word, and gradually his tone became heated. Although his voice was suppressed, it seemed to be a cry towards his heart.

Emperor Augustine looked at the young man in front of him. He moved forward with difficulty, as if he wanted to see more clearly. Because of this movement, the white hair that hadn't been cut for a long time fell slightly from his forehead, making him look so old , but the light in his eyes did not disappear.

In the end, he finally smiled from the bottom of his heart:

"Sick obsession and idealism. Do you really think you can resist all this? How do you know you can succeed?"

"Only the result is the only way to test the problem. At least you can sit here now and listen to me."

"I'm able to sit here and listen to you finish these words. In fact, it's not entirely due to you. To be honest, I have heard a little about that detective named Sherlock Holmes. He is really a very outstanding young man. Man, if you have not found such a subordinate, then you will never be able to invite me out of the hall of the Council of Elders."

Emperor Augustine said that he had only heard Shylock's name a few times, but he spoke highly of him.

But Moriarty thought for a moment and corrected:
"That detective is my friend, not my subordinate."

"Hahaha" the old man smiled weakly and shook his head: "Innocent child, don't you understand? People like you and me will never have friends."

Moriarty fell silent. He didn't directly respond to the other party's question, and he didn't know what kind of thoughts flashed in his eyes. Under the dim yellow gas, only two dark shadows under the eyebrows remained.

At this moment, the only person in the whole world who could see his expression was Augustine the Great.

So he smiled, the smile was extremely weak, but it was carefree, not like a defeated person at all.

I don't know how long it took, but the laughter finally gradually stopped.

The old man looked at Moriarty, and said lightly:
"Now, I want to make a deal with you."

　It’s two chapters in one chapter. I don’t want to divide it into top, middle and bottom parts. It’s easier to read them consecutively. But what I wrote was really difficult. I really can’t think of what the world in the mind of a pathological idealist looks like. Anyway, Please count your votes again. (This is not out of context, because this transaction will be reflected later. mua~)

　　
　
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