Chapter 1156: Shadows
"Actually, I don't like to kill, but the battlefield is a place where you live and die, if you don't kill, you will be killed, after a long time, get used to it, and don't take it seriously." The goddess has never told me about this heart, the goddess before she was pregnant and the goddess is basically judging now, and she was much crazier than me at that time.
"No one likes to kill, who made us choose the path of a warrior!" I smiled bitterly, in the past, killing people was to protect my family and defend the country, but now I have abandoned everything, and those halos of glory can no longer be buckled on my head, so I picked up a gun just to be able to leave the battlefield alive.
"Before I became a mercenary again, I was a missionary all over the world, following the Templar Order to help those who were suffering from war, and I must have wondered why those believers in the Middle East were so kind to me, because I once rescued them from the war and brought them food with all my money, and those people used me as a messenger of God to save those devastated souls, but I just did what I had to do."
The goddess leaned on my shoulder as if she were telling a story, but she was the protagonist of the story.
"Only kind people know how to be grateful, and they deserve to be saved." I stroked her hair gently, she was quiet and docile like a kitten.
"Later, I went to many places and saw a lot of people who were suffering, some of them starved to death, some died of illness, some were beaten to death, and there were so many children who were abducted and sold by human traffickers to be prostitutes and slaves, and the church helped many of those children, but I couldn't support so many people with donations from the society, and I needed money, a lot of money, in order for them to have something to eat." The goddess stopped at this point, and I could clearly feel her body tremble a little, and the hand holding me tightened.
"So, you became a mercenary." I sighed, every brother has a reason to join the mercenaries, some like war, some are forced to do so, and some are like the goddess, who fell because of kindness.
"Yes, once when I was escorting refugees in Africa, I was besieged by the rebels, they were all cruel infidels, that time I killed a lot of people, and finally killed red eyes, until I ran out of bullets and was ready to fight, suddenly there was a burst of gunshots, the captain they appeared, they were really powerful, more than a hundred rebels were wiped out in less than five minutes, and there was not a single living mouth."
"That's when I met the captain, as well as Sophia and Serena, they are about the same age as me, and they are very beautiful in military uniforms, but the most important thing is that they told me that it is easy to make money as mercenaries, they can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars on a mission, and sometimes they can make some extra money, just because of this, I secretly went with them and became a member of Caesar's mercenaries, who ......knows" The goddess suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly when she said this, perhaps remembering her original intention, her eyes were red.
"Who knew that when I entered this circle, there was no turning back, from kindness at the beginning, step by step to madness, and finally, like me, I abandoned everything and became a complete warmonger, a murderous demon." I chuckled softly.
The goddess didn't speak, just sighed slightly and closed her eyes.
"But in the end, you didn't give all the money you earned to those poor churches, you killed a lot of people, and you saved a lot of people, and God won't blame you." I reached out and scratched her nose, whispering comfort.
"That's just self-comfort, only in this way can you live a peaceful life." The goddess smiled bitterly, and suddenly as if she had found something, she raised her head and stared at me: "How do you know that I gave all the money to the church?" ”
"You went out to buy things and swiped my card, just a few days you swiped more than two million dollars, if you have the money yourself, you will not swipe my card, and Yudith told me that the things you bought were mailed to churches in Southeast Asia, so I guessed that your money must have been given to them." I don't think I know anything.
"What? Swiping your millions of dollars, are you distressed? The goddess glared at her and looked savage.
"I feel sorry for you, just do your best, you've done enough." I smiled and hugged her tightly, and I had a hunch in my heart that this was the last thing the goddess did for those children, and I always felt that after she was pregnant, she didn't want to fight.
Two days passed quickly, I didn't go to the Holy See again, nor did I go to the hospital to visit Slote, but I kept secretly contacting Josh to learn about the progress of Odin's investigation of the assassination, but unfortunately they didn't find anything, and even went directly to Thorne, but they didn't admit it at all, and after two days, it can be said that there was no progress at all.
On the third day, another man died, this time by the master of the Inquisition, the guy who fought against me, a very powerful character, who was killed by a punch that shattered the sternum.
The Templar Order and the Inquisition are the two major armed forces of the Holy See, representing the power of the Holy See, and the two masters of it were killed one after another, causing panic in the hearts of the people, panicking the congregation, and the entire Holy See was shrouded in a shadow of terror.
This time, even Helton couldn't sit still, he also joined the investigation, the master of the Inquisition suspected that the Templars did it, and the Templar Order suspected that it was the killer of the Inquisition, and the two sides had a very unpleasant quarrel, if it wasn't for Odin and Helton in the middle, the two sides would probably fight.
The Holy See has suffered one of the biggest crises in recent years, with the two organizations suspicious of each other, and the consequences of their split would be unimaginable.
What makes me feel strange is that the matter is so big, the Pope has not moved at all, everything is Odin and Helton in charge of the overall situation, the Pope has not even shown his face, is he so trusting these two archbishops? Or is there another reason?
I can't figure it out, I can't know it, I can't see the Pope at all, maybe the Pope understands everything, he just doesn't want to care.
This morning, the goddess dragged me to the church to worship and pray for Slot, because the guy never woke up, and the doctor said that it was very likely that he would not wake up after this, and the goddess was very worried and had to drag me to church.
Walking into this pilgrimage site for Catholics, St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, it feels completely different from before, as if everyone is not quite right, they look at people with dodgy eyes, and their eyes reveal distrust, as if everyone around them may be a murderer.
I couldn't help but feel amused when I saw the expressions of those clergy, wondering how God and his old man would feel when he saw that his people were not in this way, and whether he would come out to administer justice himself.
The whole church was strange, there was an air of uneasiness everywhere, and a shadow of terror hung over everyone, and I thought Odin must be in a state of exhaustion right now.
After the prayer, I accompanied the goddess to see Odin, he looked unhappy when he saw me, as if accusing me of not believing in my words, I quickly explained that this time I came to worship with the goddess, without any other purpose, Odin's face eased, I think this old man is too sensitive, even if I don't have to interfere, there is no need to be so nervous.