After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"Emergency 3319, requesting emergency contact."

While Aize was still confused, the other party said this with an expressionless face.

Chapter 16 Goddess, this is your pot, please take it

The so-called emergency code was something Aize had used before. It was the only way for him to proactively contact his intelligence director in the Holy City.

Its essence is to set a code word in advance to forcibly activate the technique imposed on the contact object in order to achieve the effect of communication.

It's actually a magic phone number.

Therefore, this is only useful when Aize needs to contact the other party.

If the other party needs to contact you urgently, you just need to control the target of the spell and walk over to talk to him/her. There is no need to use any so-called secret code.

But she still insisted on doing it.

The reason is simple, I just think it looks cooler to use a secret code when meeting someone.

Of course, Aize had no objection to this. It didn't have much impact anyway, so just be happy.

In short, suddenly hearing such a sentence outside of the scheduled meeting means that something has happened.

Aize immediately looked around subconsciously, and after making sure that no one was paying attention to this place, he walked into the alley next to him, and the little girl followed closely behind him.

As his figure hid in the shadows, Aize immediately asked:

"What? What happened?"

The body used for this connection was a gorgeously dressed little aristocratic girl. She had been used once before, and it seemed that something had been done when the other party's family passed through the Holy City.

As a little girl, it is less likely to reveal her identity, and it is safer to meet people and pass on information.

But the ethical issues that followed made Aize always have some opinions about this.

After all, there is a possibility of involving innocent children in trouble.

But in the final analysis, using someone else's body to transmit information is absolutely not legitimate in itself, and if you condone this method, you have no right to blame the other party.

You can only be as careful as possible to avoid exposure.

The tedious and complicated covert procedures during the contact were not to protect themselves, but to prevent the civilians who were used as bodies from being implicated.

The little girl was holding a large teddy bear, raising her head and gently shaking her body, pretending to be talking to an adult, so that even if someone saw her, no one would notice anything unusual.

Then he replied:

"Two things. First, there's new developments in the Holy City. The Pure White Saint Maiden sect has begun to take action again."

The name Pure White Saint has appeared too frequently in intelligence reports recently.

It made Aize feel a little nauseous.

"What's going on? What kind of shit are these guys up to again?"

"Yesterday, over a thousand members of the Pure White Saint Sect gathered in the square in front of the church to demonstrate, and clashed with the Knights who were maintaining order."

"Demonstration? What are the demands?"

"The request is to ask the church leaders to allow members of the Pure White Saint Sect to form a crusade as volunteers to assist Rosaline in participating in the Empire's expedition."

Although he was mentally prepared to hear outrageous things, Aize was still stunned.

"……what?"

It took him several seconds to collect his thoughts before he managed to utter a single word.

Every member of the Pure White Saint Sect is a Rosaline licker. Even if we exclude the factor of instigation, the fact that they want to participate in the expedition is not surprising.

The strange thing about this is that -

"How did they know about the expedition? Isn't this a top secret? Or is it something else? Has it already been known to everyone in the Holy City?"

The premise for launching this expedition was that the Demon Tribe had suffered a series of setbacks, which had left them depleted of manpower and in internal chaos, making them unable to stop the Empire's attack.

Once the information is leaked and the intention is exposed, the other party will inevitably strengthen its defense in a targeted manner.

By then, the victory that was originally within reach will inevitably turn into an extremely bloody meat grinder battle, and it may not even be possible to achieve the original goal.

The top brass of the empire were obviously aware of this, so they did an excellent job of keeping it secret.

Even Aize, whose intelligence network is everywhere, still doesn't know the details. Even the direction and target of the attack were speculated by him.

In this situation, how did a small sect with no connection to any of the forces get the news?

In response, the little girl shook her head:

"No, rumors of an expedition only started circulating in the Holy City after yesterday's riot. The church also conducted an internal investigation, but found no signs of intelligence leaks."

"Then how did they know!?"

"According to the sect members, this was a decree from the goddess."

“…Oh, I shouldn’t have asked.”

After all, what kind of ivory can come out of a dog's mouth?

No matter how many people were killed, how big a mess was made, or how much trouble was caused.

Asking is the goddess's decree.

What? You're not convinced?

Then go ask the goddess for confirmation!

The things about charlatans are so simple and plain, and very satisfying.

But the problem is that while they are happy, others will be in big trouble.

The demons are not fools. They must have placed their own spies in the Holy City.

Such a big fuss caused the other side to know about the expedition before it even started. If the empire continued to launch the expedition, it would most likely hit a wall.

If we are not careful, the chain reaction it triggers will become a disaster for the entire human civilization.

Because of what these bastards did.

As for the combat effectiveness provided by their so-called holy war army...

A group of untrained armed fanatics, the word "rabble" is not enough to describe them. You can't expect them to be any effective and they will definitely cause chaos.

Aize looked disgusted and almost laughed out of anger.

"And then? How did the church leaders respond to their request?"

"Accept it. Accept it all."

The little girl answered while fiddling with the doll in her hand.

"The Pope himself granted special approval and allocated 1000 sets of conventional armaments and 100 sets of enchanted armaments from the armory to them to form a crusade army. He even sent instructors."

Aize covered his face.

"This bunch of rubbish..."

Under normal circumstances, this kind of behavior that clearly shows an attempt to establish a new central government and is tantamount to rebellion would not only be unacceptable, but all participants would even be dragged to the court for questioning.

But now, the big figures in the church were killed and blood flowed like a river, and the Inquisition was completely rotten.

The rest of the people were also so frightened that their hearts and livers were broken, as if they were really being punished by God. How could they dare to say a single "no" to Rosaline and the Pure White Saint?

I wish they could leave the holy city as soon as possible.

It would be best if we both fought against the demons and suffered heavy losses, and never came back.

That's why he spent so much money and was so generous.

I remember when I was still in the church, every time I asked for manpower or equipment, they would be very stingy...

Stomach pain.

"...Okay, I get it. We need to let the Imperials know about this as soon as possible. Anything else? What's the other news?"

"The test you asked me to do earlier has been completed."

"Oh? What's the result?"

Aize raised his eyebrows and straightened up suddenly, leaning against the wall.

The so-called test was to have informants and intelligence personnel talk to the priests of their local churches and deliberately mention Rosaline's name.

In order to see whether the other party would show a crazy stress reaction like the previous priest.

This will eliminate the possibility of special cases and also allow the overall scope of the impact to be assessed.

The result is——

"Seventeen percent of the priests, in the test, showed the same stress response you saw."

The little girl spoke the extremely horrifying fact in a calm voice and slowly.

"These 17% of priests currently have no known commonalities, and their geographical distribution is also irregular, encompassing all human forces across the continent."

"So?"

"Your suspicion is correct. This is no accident. Some unknown spiritual influence is spreading throughout the church."

"Tsk——"

Aize has always hated his bad premonitions.

Because it is so accurate.

This speculation was confirmed, which meant that no matter what Rosaline was planning, her ambition far exceeded the original upper limit, and even made her threat greater than any single demon force.

If we don't find out her background and stop her, there will probably be a big mess.

Aize was silent for a long time, thinking about what to say, but really didn't know how to start.

On the contrary, his own intelligence chief was fiddling with the doll in his hand with increasing joy. It seemed that he was truly enjoying it and it didn't seem like he was acting at all.

This left Aize speechless:

“…Is it fun?”

"Fun."

“Never played it?”

"never play it."

"Heh, it's such a big thing, but you're not nervous at all."

The little girl stopped moving, raised her head, and squeezed out an unusually serious smile on her innocent and lovely face:

"What's there to be nervous about? As long as you set your sights on a target, who can't be dealt with? Can that guy really turn the tables?"

Although her intelligence chief was always vicious, she was serious about what he said and not joking. She really trusted Aize and felt that he was capable of dealing with Rosaline.

But for Aize himself, this trust was a bit too heavy when he had no idea what to do.

He waved his hands feebly:

"How can it be that simple? If it were that simple, I would have done it long ago..."

"Well, my job is just to gather intelligence anyway. If we really can't handle it... then we'll all be doomed together. It doesn't matter to me anyway."

This statement is a joke.

But now that he was under so much pressure, Aize really couldn't laugh at all.

"That's so irresponsible. Besides..."

"Louise! Louise, where have you been!?"

"Miss! Miss!"

At this moment, accompanied by the creaking sound of the door opening, the hurried footsteps and anxious shouts of a group of people were heard on the street outside.

I think it was because of an emergency meeting, and the little girl who was under control suddenly ran out of the house and disappeared, so her parents brought people to look for her.

Aize knew that he couldn't talk nonsense anymore, so he quickly said:

"Okay, I know the situation. Go back quickly and don't let your family worry."

The little girl laughed and said: