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Although Celia had already begun planning and interfering in everything in the Vatican.

The Society of Our Lady was also developing quietly and secretly.

With the merits of Noah's Ark and the permission of the previous Pope Francis.

Celia is arguably the most powerful saint ever.

She is not like the saints in the past who are just puppets.

But even so.

Celia finally got the qualification to be elected Pope.

He also brought several cardinals into his camp.

But even so.

During the first three days of voting.

Celia received no more than five votes.

These five Celias can clearly tell who it is.

Because of the five people who voted, four of them belonged to the Congregation of the Holy Mother.

There is another person who is an extreme liberal.

After all, if Celia really became Pope.

That was the first female pope in the history of Christianity.

It not only has a significant impact on Christianity.

It could have far-reaching consequences for the entire Western world.

Celia's face was grim, and her eyes were drooped as if she was dozing off.

The first day of voting.

No single candidate received more than a third of the votes.

It has never happened in history that a Pope was elected on the first day.

The previous Pope Francis was already very fast.

It's only been eighteen days, and it's not even in the top ten in history.

The fastest was the Pope in 2005.

It took only three days to select it.

In the now magnificent Sis Church.

The rest of those running saw Celia receive five votes.

Each of them has a different opinion.

The old guard was like, "That's crazy, she got five votes? Who is she?"

“Are those liberals really crazy?”

Some other liberal people think that this should not be done.

Why does Celia have five votes?
Because even the most radical liberals would not do this.

But Celia had five votes.

Apparently someone was on Celia's side.

In this vote, it is impossible for you to vote for yourself.

The rest were bishops who did not receive a single vote.

They looked at Celia's five votes.

Compared to these roadside bishops who can't even get a single vote.

It now seems that Celia actually has a chance of being elected.

The possibility is not zero.

This made some bishops unable to hold their breath.

“Why does she have five votes?”

“But I don’t have a single vote?”

There was once a saying.

Walking into the conclave as pope.

Walking out of the Sith Church as a cardinal.

This is exactly the situation I'm talking about.

After the death of the previous pope, any bishop may become pope.

When they came here, many of them held on to a glimmer of hope.

After all, the selection of a Pope is too random.

No one knows on whose head the divine breeze will blow.

So they all had a glimmer of hope.

But the first round of voting came out.

Many bishops who were already unknown had no one voting for them at all.

They also cannot vote for themselves.

So many people don’t even have a vote.

Celia, who has five votes, stands out among them.

Everyone originally thought that she would not get a single vote.

The next round of voting was soon held.

As long as you are not selected on one day, you need to continue voting.

The remaining cardinals who were counting the votes would cast their secret ballots just cast.

It was thrown directly into the furnace and burned, and special chemicals were added into it.

These special chemicals do more than just turn burning smoke black.

It can also help combustion better.

Everyone waiting outside could see black smoke coming out of the chimney in the Vatican.

As everyone knows, this round of voting did not elect a Pope.

Generally speaking, only four rounds of voting are allowed per day.

Two rounds each in the morning and afternoon.

Soon the second round began.

If it were a normal election, the elected person would probably go on stage and give a speech.

Whether it was when we were choosing class leaders when we were kids.

Or even the President of the United States needs to give a speech.

You at least need to let others know who you are and what you stand for.

But in secret meetings, there is no such thing as speeches.

Instead there is something called informal talks.

What are informal talks?

Such as corridor conversations and group discussions.

To put it simply, it is communication in a small private group.

This is the time to demonstrate your faction, circle and connections.

For example, bishops in a region might gather together.

People from the same faction, such as liberals, will gather together.

Or people with similar political leanings gather together.

Anyway, various groups are discussing and researching it.

They were discussing who to give the votes to.

If you don't have any faction, you may be isolated.

Couldn't participate in the conversation at all.

That's it now.

After the first round of voting, everyone knows the voting pattern.

Know everyone's basic intentions.

Sure enough, among the previous popular candidates, several of them received a lot of votes.

There were also some scattered people who got one or two votes.

And there are basically no cardinals around Celia.

Several others joined the Congregation of the Holy Virgin Mary as cardinals.

It is not easy for them to reveal their identities directly now.

After all, the Society of Our Lady is a force in the dark.

If it were put on the table, the pressure would be great.

So now they are lying dormant.

Some others secretly signed the Noah's Ark secret agreement.

This agreement is originally a confidentiality agreement.

It cannot be disclosed to outsiders at all.

The second round of voting will soon begin.

Everyone has their own little group and they look at the last round of voting.

Decide how to vote in the next round.

Some scattered and relatively neutral bishops.

They didn't have any ideas.

After all, they may not be able to become Pope, but they don’t want to get involved in it.

I just want to be a bishop in peace.

Soon the results of the second round of voting came out.

Sure enough, the results were completely different from the first round of voting.

Some people got zero votes, while others got more than thirty votes.

It is directly ahead of the others.

The person with more than 30 votes was Cardinal Parolin.

The current second-in-command of the Vatican.

Apparently he has the support of many liberals.

Many of them were promoted during Francis' tenure.

It can be said that he completely belongs to the Franciscan school.

These people certainly hope that Cardinal Parolin will be elected.

After all, in this case, the Pope still belongs to their Franciscan faction.

But the conservatives on the other side were not willing to be outdone.

Just one vote away from Parolin.

Conservative Cardinal Sarah is now on par with Parolin.

This is an open struggle between the conservatives and the liberals. (End of this chapter)