Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 408 An unknown premonition

Passing through the long corridor lined with crystal chandeliers, Jean-Saint-Field arrived at the most sacred place in the holy city.

An old man holding a scepter was looking down at him.

The current Pope is Bishop Silverbeard.

This is the current supreme ruler of the Church of Ashes.

As the oldest force that established the Universal Corporation, the Church of Embers has always been the most independent one. They rarely participate in the power struggles between various financial groups. You can only see these old guys in some important meetings that concern the entire company.

This was the first time Jean-Saintfield met the Pope.

Before Saintfield VI's death, he did not have permission to attend these core meetings.

"You bring news of the Dark Night."

The Pope spoke straight to the point.

"Ah, yes."

A cynical smile appeared on Jean Saintfield's face. If it were the old him, he would probably be too nervous to speak when facing the Pope. With his status, he had to be very cautious in front of these real big shots in order to protect his current position.

But it is different now.

The established situation is about to be rewritten, and that is why he is here.

A trace of murderous intent flashed across his eyes, and he rushed up the stairs at lightning speed, "An Ye asked me to say hello to you."

His outstretched arms became a shadow, blocking out all the light in the church.

……

"Extra number, extra number!"

Just after noon, a shocking piece of news spread throughout the holy city.

The next heir to the Saintfield family, Jean Saintfield, attacked the Pope using methods that seemed to be related to the devil's tricks.

Virtually everyone in the church area noticed the vision.

Not long ago, the sky above the city was briefly shrouded in darkness. The phenomenon lasted for nearly two minutes. Afterwards, an even brighter light tore through the night sky above people's heads. When the devout believers saw this scene, some of them burst into tears, while others knelt down immediately to praise the grace of the Sun King.

On the other side, a body that had been burned beyond recognition was carried out by clergymen.

The blood soaked the sheets wrapped around the body, and judging from the slight trembling of the sheets, the person inside seemed to be still alive.

The Pope, who was standing at the top of the stairs, held the scepter with both hands. His steady breathing became a little disordered, and the magnificent hall was full of traces of burns.

Jean Saintfield's betrayal was within their expectations, but his methods made the Pope feel cold.

Because a few days ago, Jean Saintfield was still an ordinary man who was exhausted by alcohol and sex and was extremely weak. But after the transformation, he became an enemy that even the Inquisitor would find difficult to deal with.

The red robe was covered in rips, and Shadow had left a noticeable scar across his chest.

Under the baptism of the scorching sun's energy, the scars are gradually fading away.

However, the Pope did not feel relieved at all for subduing Jean Saintfield. It was obvious that Jean Saintfield was an abandoned pawn, abandoned by the Dark Night, forcing him to come to him in such a nearly suicidal act, just to say hello to him and tell him that the Witch of Dark Night had now arrived in the Holy City.

After a while, the Inquisitor finally brought him some good news.

After screening, it was found that Jean Saintfield's guards and crew showed no signs of being infected by the Dark Night. The guards who remained outside the church did not resist and actively cooperated with them to complete the screening. To be on the safe side, they were taken to prison.

That is where the sun's energy is strongest in the entire city.

However, the team led by the Inquisitor did not find the whereabouts of the Night Witch from Jean Saintfield's ship.

As early as a few hours ago, the Iron-Blooded Bishop had sent back the important intelligence he had received, allowing the church to make preparations as soon as possible. After the spaceship that Jean Saintfield was riding landed, a screening team consisting of three inquisitors set their sights on it.

As soon as Jean Saintfield disembarked, they conducted a comprehensive screening of the spacecraft.

This terrible news made the Pope look gloomy.

Compared with a head-on attack, this method of hiding in the dark and not knowing when and how the attack will be launched is more debilitating.

Now the only clue left is Jean Saintfield, who is still alive.

Before he finally draws his last breath, the Inquisitor will subject him to a rigorous interrogation in his cell.

It was a cell filled with sparkling rubies. The person in charge of interrogating Jean Saintfield was an experienced inquisitor who was proficient in interrogation techniques. Even the most stubborn pagans would open up to her.

The price she paid was that every prisoner she interrogated would die in agony with his facial features burned in a horrifying manner.

“Beep, beep, beep—”

A strange electronic sound caught her attention before the grey-robed Inquisitor entered.

It was a small automatic robot. Its round body floated in front of her and then led the woman to the stairwell on the left side of the interrogation room.

The Inquisitor followed the machine as it made its way to the prison's secret door.

This place is extremely secretive, and only people inside the prison know the existence of these secret doors.

When the woman saw the short figure behind the secret door, she breathed a sigh of relief and her frown relaxed a lot.

"Baptism, what are you doing here?"

"Don't go in."

The chubby robot made an electronic synthesized sound, and Jinli raised his head and looked at the woman seriously.

“This is the Pope’s order and the most important work.”

As the chief judge of the trial, she naturally could not listen to Baptism's advice, "Be good, go wait outside for a while, I will come to you after I finish interrogating the criminal. How about I take you to eat your favorite cream lumps in the afternoon?"

"Don't go in, don't go in, don't go in!"

The chubby robot suddenly raised its voice, causing the woman to shiver.

"What's wrong with you?"

After coming to her senses, the woman asked about baptism with concern.

Jinli has always been a good and obedient child and has never behaved in such an unruly manner.

Although Baptism, like her, was an inquisitor appointed by the Pope himself, for them, disobeying the Pope's orders was an unforgivable sin.

"I have a bad feeling, don't go in!"

The chubby robot emphasized again.

The woman hesitated for a moment, and for a moment her heart was tempted to heed the warning of baptism.

However, the task of interrogating Jean-Saintfield could only be done by her.

Only she can pry open the heretic's brain and extract the whereabouts of the Dark Witch from it.

Thinking of this, the woman shook her head and refused with a serious expression, "No, this is work."

(End of this chapter)