Pastor's Tantra

After the honey badger finished speaking, Cardinal Dominic did not answer immediately.

She was silent for a while and then asked: "His Majesty the Pope, what do you think?"

——The Eternal Pope is also here? !

The honey badger was suddenly startled.

𝟞𝟡𝕤𝕙𝕦𝕩.𝕟𝕖𝕥】

Is it the new one... or the old one?

She ran away immediately when she saw that the saint had been assassinated and was in a state of ashes. Although her escape failed, she didn't know who the new pope was.

...It can’t be the Gray Saint who has already become amber, right?

In this case, maybe I will have a chance...

A glimmer of hope rose in the honey badger's heart.

Although the saint was not assassinated because of her own assassination, she was more or less related to it.

Doesn't the opponent's superiority also have something to do with him?

But then, Aiwass's voice sounded.

"One million gold coins... This price is quite reasonable, and it is indeed a huge amount of money. But I really didn't expect that the Hawkeye organization would take such a big risk for a mere one million gold coins. A fifth-level master assassin comes to die.

"By the way, I still have six million gold coins on hand. If I take part of it, can I entrust the Hawkeye organization to help me kill someone?"

……etc?

Is this voice, Aiwass Moriarty?

The honey badger opened her eyes in shock, but the unquenchable holy light filled with the power of devotion made it impossible for her to see anything clearly.

If it was just ordinary strong light, she would have adapted to it by long time exposure. But she does not have the adaptability to the path of devotion... This is equivalent to draining her own adaptability and then continuously injecting the power of devotion that will not harm her body but cannot be used by her.

Therefore her own power was gently sealed.

At this moment, the honey badger only felt that his brain was in chaos and his blood was cold——

According to her previous analysis, Aiwass is clearly the son of the moon!

As an assassin organization that has been hunting down the Moon Children for hundreds of years, Hawkeye is also very familiar with many of the Moon Children's secret professional heritage.

The Children of the Moon do have a rare branch of the path of devotion - a profession called "Moonlight Scholar", which requires the Children of the Moon to serve the Eternal Self alone.

Under this close relationship, it is indeed possible for Aiwass to become the Cardinal of Eternity.

And the cardinal robe Aiwas is wearing is also black, which symbolizes the eternal self!

...But, doesn’t the Pope have to be an elf?

According to Hawkeye's information, only elves have the opportunity to complete the advanced magic of the Nine Paths...

Just when her mind was in chaos, she could only hear Aiwass chuckle and say: "You're just kidding. It's impossible to hire...according to the rules of the Theocracy, you have to work for us to pay off the debt."

……What's the meaning?

Is this... not killing me?

"First remove the shadowless light sequence, Cardinal Dominic. Then add another piece of clothing to this lady."

"Let me state in advance, Your Majesty the Pope - she can control any shadow she comes into contact with and teleport when she comes into contact with it. If she escapes, it will be quite troublesome to catch her again. And she may also hold you hostage..."

Cardinal Dominic said seriously.

"Then let her hold her hostage, I don't care."

Aiwass just smiled and said.

Soon, the honey badger felt an extra layer of clothing on his body. The cold body warmed up in the blink of an eye... and then, the light sources from all directions also dispersed.

As a fifth-level adaptor, she adapted to the new ambient light almost instantly and saw everything in front of her clearly.

It was indeed Cardinal Dominic himself, not some recording device.

And Aiwass, Lily, and...that fake Isabel.

The honey badger's expression is extremely complex.

She opened her mouth, but in the end nothing came out.

"As for Alice... I will let her go. After all, she is indeed an innocent child. It seems that there is no life on her hands yet."

Aiwass said gently: "And she still has a photo of me and Isabel in her hand. I'm quite looking forward to the day when she will publish the photo.

"——Of course, a lecture is inevitable. Even the Theocracy will be a little troubled by such naughty children."

"...Aren't you going to kill me?"

Honey Badger asked reluctantly.

"What, do you want to die?"

Aiwass asked rhetorically.

"But I am after all..."

When the honey badger said this, he suddenly got stuck.

——Wait a minute, I wasn’t the one who assassinated the Saint? But why was I the only one caught? But I obviously didn’t take action...

unless……

She opened her eyes slightly, as if she understood——

——Unless the pure white saint is not poisoned at all.

"...The saint has already become amber?"

blurted the honey badger.

But everyone present seemed to have not heard this sentence.

It’s not just Aiwass and Cardinal Dominic. Even Lily and Isabel had no reaction at all... It was as if she didn't say the words at all. It even made the honey badger doubt whether he really said it.

"Although you tried to assassinate the saint, you did not cause irreversible consequences after all."

Evans just said leisurely: "Besides, you have done me a favor... In terms of results, you have also made some special contributions."

... So that's it.

Is it because I "assassinated the saint" that Aiwas has the opportunity to become the pope?

Honey Badger thought so in his heart, thinking that he understood what Aiwas meant.

In addition to her, another answer emerged in Cardinal Dominic's mind:

It was because of her assassination that the amber scandal of the pure white saint was covered up.

But no one knew that Aiwas was actually talking about something else.

—— It was precisely because of her failed assassination that the saint still had the opportunity to succeed the pope, so the church would not be divided because of other cardinals fighting for the position of pope. Since the church will not be divided, there will be no long-term separatist civil war.

In other words, the "Tree and Amber Disaster" had been solved silently before it happened.

It was just because there was a scapegoat like Honey Badger, that's all.

"However, even if we don't 'decompose' her, the value of the honey badger still needs to be developed."

Evans said: "After all, her motives are bad, but the final result is good... I'll leave it to you, Cardinal Dominic.

"-Oh, by the way, although Cardinal Loki is dead. But we still have to pay the balance of the murder he hired in the name of the cardinal-the Church can't be in debt, right? "

Hearing his words, Honey Badger and Dominic's expressions became very strange.

... Your Holiness, do you want to listen to what you are saying?

But Cardinal Dominic thought about it and felt that Aiwass was right.

Although in essence, Honey Badger is the scapegoat. But her coming to the Church to take risks shows that the Hawkeye Organization is extremely poor... This money is nothing to the Church, but it can be given to Honey Badger as hush money.

- Just take the blame and don't think about changing your confession.

And this can also be used as solid evidence of Cardinal Loki's crime-you know, there are still a group of Cardinal Loki's die-hard fans among the people.

And , if the Hawkeye organization's poverty is not solved, they will sooner or later perform other dangerous tasks. At that time, as an extremely sharp knife, they are likely to cause uncontrollable disasters. For example, this time... if their assassination is really successful, it is equivalent to this mere one million gold coins causing a great crisis of division in the Church.

It is better to take this opportunity... to recruit some of them. Even if we don't expect them to kill people, at least if a similar situation occurs again, we can let them warn the Church.

——Isn't it just for money? No matter how much money they give, can't we double it?

"You are worthy of your Majesty the Pope!"

Dominic sighed: "I will make good use of her.

"And there will be no loss-the Hawkeye organization will come to redeem people. Even if they don't have money, they always have something else to pay off the debt..."

But at this moment.

A strange and warm wave suddenly surged in the air.

It was just like the candlestick came in person-the extremely warm light permeated everyone's heart.

The next moment, a girl with an extremely young appearance appeared out of thin air.

It was a girl who looked no more than thirteen years old.

Her hair was pure white, and her pupils were silver-white. She wore a heavy red and black robe with intricate patterns on it—like a deer head or thorns.

Black thorns spread from the robe, embedded in her collarbone, neck, ears, and forehead. On top of her head, the cross of sin thorns condensed into a sacred crown.

"…Your Holiness?"

Cardinal Dominic was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously revealed the identity of the girl—she was the former Eternal Pope.

But the former Pope just looked behind Aiwass seriously.

The girl was condensed with powerful and surging power.

"——Fox, stand behind me!"

She said.