The male supporting character was actually myself.

What if those teachers back down?

How can a few students possibly resist the massive army sent out by the church? They are all unarmed, ordinary people!

Jiang Chen was leaning back in a high-backed chair, his right hand supporting his face as he played chess with Mi Wu. His eyes were fixed on the chessboard, and he didn't even look up as he replied, "Don't worry, I spent a lot of money to buy Gerson a sacred artifact that can hide his aura. We don't have to worry about being discovered when we fight."

As for those teachers who lacked the courage to stand up, and the church's army of enforcers who didn't dare to act recklessly, the reason is that those students were unarmed! Don't be fooled by the church's menacing appearance in sending a large army; they were just putting on a show to force us out.

If we don't show up, their show can't go on.

If you can't continue singing, you naturally won't dare to take action easily, otherwise you'll incur public wrath. Don't you see throughout human history, in every dynasty, it was students who went on strike, marched, and caused trouble? No one would use students as a last resort.

Even a fool would know that killing a student at this moment would offend everyone.

“Hmm, I agree with Jiang Chen’s point of view.” Mi Wu frowned slightly and moved her white flag one space. Only when she felt it was safe did she continue, “Moreover, my Holy Light Array is ready to be activated at any time. If the executors dare to make a move, I guarantee they will be wiped out.”

Jiang Chen gave a thumbs up and praised, "As expected of the Holy Son, his words are so domineering! I like it."

"It seems like they're searching for us everywhere. How are we going to break this deadlock? We can't just keep hiding here at the church headquarters with the Holy Son, can we?" Li Moran sighed as he swiped his summoning magic stones.

Nine out of ten news articles were false reports about him and Jiang Chen believing in an evil god. There were also constantly updated real-time news articles. The entire Xuan Kingdom was mobilized, with enforcers everywhere searching for clues.

Although Jiang Chen had already contacted Mi Wu and used a teleportation scroll to directly reach the Holy Son's bedroom at the church headquarters to relax, the rumors were getting worse and worse, and if he didn't find a way to clarify, the falsehoods would be portrayed as true.

"The entire church is searching for us, but we're holed up in their stronghold, eating, drinking, and sleeping well. The Holy Son is even playing chess with us to pass the time. Isn't that fun?" Jiang Chen was in high spirits as he saw that he was about to win another game. "Don't worry, everything is under control. Let's let the bullets fly for a while."

As Jiang Chen had predicted, things turned out exactly as he had expected.

When they realized they couldn't force out the Holy Light Knight and the Monument Hero no matter what they did, the Executor Army was simply unable to take action against the group of children and their former and current comrades.

Even with the archbishop, whose mind was increasingly volatile due to the effects of drugs, repeatedly issuing orders, the enforcers could not abandon their last shred of conscience to slaughter a group of unarmed children. Faced with the teachers and students who united to protect the school, many of the enforcers began to feel resentful.

"We joined the enforcers and swore to protect our country, so why are we being asked to raise our knives against a group of ordinary children?"

"This is not the outcome I wanted! Those in charge should defend the rights and freedoms of the people!"

"The vast campus is filled with a vibrant and positive atmosphere. Where is the scent of worshipping evil gods? I certainly can't sense it!"

"Yes! I believe in my superpowers! There are no cultists here, nor the presence of anyone on the wanted list. I refuse to slaughter innocent people!"

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Chapter Thirty-Five: The Pope Returns

As opposition grew within the military, and some even began to turn against them.

Fearing that things would escalate and become unmanageable, the deputy general in charge quickly improvised and negotiated with Gerson. He then led several executors skilled in perception to search the school thoroughly. After confirming that there was no dark aura in the school, he sheepishly led the large group away.

Meanwhile, in other cities, the streets and alleys were filled with search and arrest agents, but the people were extremely uncooperative. Many of the agents themselves were skeptical of the church's claims, and most of their missions were perfunctory and half-hearted. As a result, the entire Xuan Kingdom was in a state of chaos for several days, but in the end, they caught nothing.

Jiang Chen and Li Moran seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace of them.

The Pope finally returned just three days before the anniversary celebration!

"Slor is a real bastard! Didn't he say he could handle that old guy? Why did he bring him back?" Upon hearing this news, the archbishop paced nervously back and forth in his office.

Ever since the trial and exile of Li Moran failed, and that guy named Jiang Chen got involved, everything started to go off track, and the perfect plan that was originally prepared could no longer be carried out smoothly!

This feeling of everything going wrong, having no energy to spare, and even being led by the nose, made him very unhappy.

First, Li Moran refused to accept the trial conditions and went to guard the border, and the plan to have his men kill him by taking the opportunity fell through;

Subsequently, the video of Jiang Chen's rebuke was publicly circulated, but to this day, she still hasn't found out who did it or how they did it.

Then the bandits were all slaughtered, and their gold, silver and jewels and years of hard work were all destroyed!

The original plan was to exile and kill Li Moran on my side; then Sloer would take the opportunity to kill that old bastard Pope, and no one at the church headquarters would be able to stop my development. Once I successfully advanced to the level of an immortal, I could unify the world and live forever!

Unexpectedly, instead of killing Li Moran, he ended up with this troublesome, worthless Holy Light Knight; and Slor also failed to kill the Pope as promised, allowing him to return safely.

In the past few days, I have been trying to capture Jiang Chen and Li Moran to eliminate potential threats, but to no avail. My plan to take advantage of this opportunity to launch an attack on Yaonan Kingdom has also failed. What should I do?

"Damn it! Damn you, Slor! How dare you break your promise?" The archbishop felt increasingly that the mess was beyond repair, and he trembled with rage, his eyes growing increasingly bloodshot, looking like a sinister and terrifying monster.

The little white cat immediately hopped to its host's side, nuzzling his face and meowing, "Host, the Pope is back! Hehehe... I saw the Pope changing clothes! Guess what? The Pope is a woman!"

She's very beautiful and has a great figure.

However, I always felt that something was off about her. The Pope did not come back from outside, but climbed up from under a tunnel in the corner of the basement at the bottom of the church headquarters, which was covered by a large box.

I ran inside and took a look. It was so deep, like a mine, with a maze of passageways everywhere, each equipped with various magical barriers. Besides the damp, strongly smelling earth, there was nothing else.

"What do you think she went underground to do, all that fuss?"

Is the Pope a woman?

And they've been underground for so long?

Judging from the archbishop's state, he was clearly very afraid of her. Could it be that Mimi's holy light array was not as threatening as the Pope?

Jiang Chen was completely baffled, and his curiosity about the female pope was piqued. He thought that he must meet her sometime when he had the chance!

“Now that the Pope is back, it’s time to start implementing our next plan. Little White, you should…” He leaned close to the little white cat’s fluffy ears and whispered a few words of advice.

After the fluffy little ball of fur bounced away, Jiang Chen removed the magic scroll barrier that had been blocking him from leaving the washroom.

"What's wrong with you? You even set up a magical barrier just to go to the restroom, are you afraid we'll spy on you?" Miwu stared at him curiously and asked, "You're not so rich that you're burning money, so what are you doing hiding in the barrier? Is it... hehe, I don't have any women here for you to take care of your personal needs..."

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment before realizing what he meant, and said angrily, "I made a private call and was afraid of disturbing you, so I set up a barrier to block the sound. You are a holy son, what kind of nonsense is this? How can you be a saint with such vulgar thoughts?"

"Blocking out sound?" Mi Wu chuckled knowingly, "I don't know what kind of sound you're blocking out. Haha~ Young people, it's normal, don't be shy. Do you have a girl you like? If not, tell me what type you like, and I'll use the Holy Light Array to help you screen her out."

Combat-oriented characters might find it too energy-intensive and exhausting, but observing them is perfectly fine.

"Ha... using the Holy Light Array for big data? Don't you get tired of it!" Jiang Chen rolled her eyes at him and said angrily, "Why don't you use this energy for something else?"

The two were bickering as usual when Li Moran, who was browsing the news with a magic stone, suddenly interrupted them, "Come and watch this video! This is fucking amazing!"

Although it was expected, Jiang Chen still pretended not to know anything and went over to watch the excitement.

A roughly 15-minute edited video suddenly appeared in the most prominent positions on major websites—the inside story of the church's fabrication and smear campaign against the Monument Heroes and the Holy Light Knights was exposed!

"Finally, a righteous person who can't stand the archbishop's style has stood up to help us clear our names!" Li Moran was obviously very excited and hurriedly clicked on the video to watch it carefully.

Jiang Chen twitched his lips and thought to himself, "Where the hell are there any righteous people? If it weren't for the little white cat's super useful surveillance which saved a lot of props, would you, the tragic protagonist, have been able to turn things around so easily?"

"Find information on a super SSS-level evil god in the database, then fuse and add some characteristics of other evil gods, making sure no one can tell that it's been pieced together!"

"Add a massive sacrificial effect to the scene where Jiang Chen kills Kevin. If I remember correctly, Kevin is an S-class superhuman, meaning he's quite powerful. The process of Jiang Chen killing our comrade must have a clear level-based effect to make it more realistic!"

"If you're really unsure, retrieve information from the internal personnel list and strictly compare them to determine the appropriate sacrificial effect based on each person's level and strength."

"Li Moran's video is short, but we must not let our guard down. If the tentacles on his arms were thicker, it would make him look even more explosive..."

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The video clearly shows how church insiders fabricated the two videos.

Many shots even included close-ups, showing that the assembled evil god's parts matched up perfectly with the finished product! This sparked outrage online and in real life, with people spontaneously gathering at churches to chant slogans demanding severe punishment for the culprits.

Articles about conspiracy theories have resurfaced, including some "prophecies" and more detailed speculative analyses.

This time, when church authorities tried to control speech again, they found that the strange situation had recurred—no matter how the technicians tried, all the videos and comments were deleted! No! They were gone!

"Hmph, they're just a bunch of magicians, aren't they?" The little white cat proudly boasted, holding its fluffy short paws. "They don't have any real skill involved. I can hold them down with just one little paw. Nobody can make a fuss!"

Host, isn't your soft and adorable kitten wonderful?

Hehe... I want roasted pigeon and pigeon soup!

Chapter Thirty-Six: The Archbishop's Exposed

"Why are you so obsessed with pigeons lately?" Jiang Chen asked curiously while ordering food from the food maker. "Did you get tricked by pigeons?"

The fluffy ball pointed out the window, "Just looking at those pigeons makes me angry. They coo all day long and I can't catch a single one. I can only find some comfort here with my host."

"Here you go, the pigeon feast you ordered." He handed over plates of food. "You've been working hard lately, my little Bai is getting more and more capable."

It rubbed against its host's shoulder and meowed, "Meow~ It's actually because of the great leadership of the host! As expected of the host I personally chose, you are truly the best!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there were two buzzing vibrations, and the little white cat's round body trembled twice. "Hmm, my alarm has been set. Now it's time to drop the second bomb."

The video of the fabrication process has just gone viral online, and the public is in a state of high anger and indignation.

Then more evidence emerged: first, the specific list of the five major gangs, which included not only personal information but also detailed records of the reasons for being assigned to the gangs;

Furthermore, the information they provided in the exposé video further confirms that the bandit group was deliberately cultivated by the church. Then, a transaction ledger was revealed, showing that most of the wealth stolen by the bandit group was secretly traded to Yao Nan Kingdom in exchange for a considerable number of magical plants.

However, the most shocking part is that after the magical plant was handed over, it was not transported to the church. Instead, the executor escorted it to the border under the pretext of transporting supplies and personally handed it over to the strange army that came to negotiate!

The archbishop was caught off guard by the successive bombings.

In particular, the records within the bandit group perfectly matched the dates of the official supply deliveries! With all the clues coming together, the public was instantly enraged!

Half of the money they worked hard to earn was handed over to the church. They bore heavy taxes but did not receive the protection they deserved from the church. They were even extorted and blackmailed by the gangs they had secretly formed.

However, the magical plants they acquired after plundering so much money were not used to enhance the strength of the national army, but were secretly transported to the supernatural to become fertile ground for them to grow their power!

Burn the archbishop! Give us back our hard-earned money!

"Overthrow the corrupt church! We don't need the lackeys of evil gods!"

"We don't want bows and apologies! We want the truth! We want the facts!"

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More and more angry people gathered at the church headquarters continued to storm the site. The Guardian Knights, seeing the overwhelming anger, dared not easily stop them and could only retreat behind the protective formation and watch helplessly.

"Damn it! The Church controls the potions. Once someone awakens superpowers, they're immediately put to work in the Church. Apart from the elderly, the infirm, the disabled, and retired personnel, what ordinary people among us have superpowered individuals with magic abilities? They just hide in their shells, and we can't do anything about it. This isn't fair!" A bearded man at the front angrily pounded on the transparent, elastic protective shield with both fists. The Knights were right next to him but couldn't even touch it, and he couldn't help but curse.

The young man following closely behind also said angrily, "I've had enough of this lousy world! Why should ordinary people be treated as inferior and only be exploited?"

"We demand the truth! We demand justice!"

"Superhumans shouldn't all be confined by the church! Ordinary people also need room to grow!"

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People shouted and used every conceivable force to smash the protective shield, but it was all in vain. Mortals were clearly no match for magic, and even most of the noise was blocked. At least from the window of the Holy Son's private activity room, Jiang Chen and the others did not find it very noisy.

"You're definitely involved in this leak of the roster." Li Moran looked up at Jiang Chen and said seriously, "So you did it? How did you manage to film the details of the archbishop faking the video?"

Jiang Chen shrugged, looking innocent. "It really wasn't me. The roster was indeed in my possession, but I shared it with a secret agent who was investigating this matter, and then I didn't ask about the rest."

"What secret agents?" A look of confusion appeared on Mi Wu's face. "I've never heard of any organization within the church investigating bandits."