Father Mavie

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Bishop Fowler's eyes were full of doubts, surprise, and shock. He didn't understand why Mavi appeared here.

What I said just now.
He heard it all?
Slandering in front of the Lord, even Bishop Fowler, who had a thick skin, felt a slight heat on his cheeks, which he couldn't bear.

It's like pouring poison into wine to kill someone, but when you turn around after poisoning, the person is right behind you.
No matter how big the heart is, it has to tremble with fear.

Seeing that Bishop Fowler found him, Ma Wei stopped pretending. In fact, he did not hide his identity from the beginning to the end. It was just that Bishop Fowler was old and dazzled, so he didn't find him in the first place.

Blame it?

Anyway, Mavi felt that he was right.

Leaving the seat, under the gaze of countless gazes, Ma Wei came to the front of the pulpit, took out his wallet, took out a few bank notes with a face value of 50 gold pounds, and slowly put them into the donation box, then turned back to his seat, Sit down.

Someone recognized Ma Wei, lowered his head and whispered to the people around him. For a moment, the preaching hall felt like a nest of some kind of arthropod, with constant rustling sounds.

Bishop Fowler glanced at the donation box, then exchanged glances with Ernest, who was not far away with the same confused face, cleared his throat, put his fingers between his eyebrows and said, "Cough, thank you Nicholas von Manstein May the Goddess bless you because of your support for the church.”

After Bishop Fowler finished speaking, everyone looked at Ma Wei, Ma Wei smiled and said: "As the potion dealer of the church, although I have a heavy responsibility, I can't show my achievements to the believers. It's nothing, I don't care about the reputation. , just being pragmatic.”

"But I was reprimanded by Bishop Fowler just now, which made me suddenly enlightened."

"Bishop Fowler believes that it is not enough to be pragmatic, there must be face-saving, and only in this way can we be loyal to the goddess. To put it simply, we don't need to fear the goddess in our hearts, as long as we look decent."

"I didn't say that!"

Bishop Fowler hurriedly interrupted Ma Wei, and said anxiously: "I mean Donnel Pat's behavior of donating money to the church is commendable! I didn't say that being pragmatic is bad! Representative Donnel has done a lot of practical things for the church. It is obvious to all!"

"Yes, Senator Donnel is really a good councilor." Ma Wei said with a smile: "I think under his leadership, the people in Lambeth must have lived a good life. Untended streets, daily housecleaning and late-night tailoring jobs to subsidize the household, kids of the right age who don't go to school or go to public schools that don't teach you anything. Right?"

"you"

Ignoring Bishop Fowler, Ma Wei said to the monks beside him, "Please open the door."

The monk glanced at Bishop Fowler, but did not take any action, but Mavi didn't care. He patted his palm lightly, and the door opened from the outside, and a witcher wearing a military cap walked in: "Mr. Nicholas, what do you have?" orders?"

"Just to get more people to hear what I'm going to say next."

Ma Wei walked out of the mission hall and stood on the stairs at the entrance of the Church of Destiny. The female believers in the mission hall quickly followed. Seeing this, Bishop Fowler led Ernest to stop him, but was responsible for protecting Ma Wei The witcher stopped him.

"Bishop Fowler, we are ordered to protect Mr. Nicholas von Manstein, please don't make it difficult for us."

"I'm going to stop him! This is a church! Get out of the way!"

The captain of the demon hunter said blankly: "This is his freedom, and he also has this right."

"The right to speak at the door of any church? I don't know!"

The captain of the witcher reached into his pocket, took out a document, and unfolded it in front of Bishop Fowler: "The document signed by the Pope himself, No. 13, the church's potion dealers can enter any church in the Church of Goddess of Destiny, The person in charge of the church must not obstruct the potion trade."

"Potion trade? Where did the potion trade come from!" Bishop Fowler was dumbfounded: "He was clearly giving a speech!"

Mavie, who was standing at the door, turned his head, glanced at Bishop Fowler, then took out a bottle of Mercury's Blood from his pocket, handed it to the demon hunter beside him, and said, "This bottle of potion only costs 1 penny. Answer me in 20 minutes."

"Yes!"

"He's taking advantage of a loophole!!!" Bishop Fowler roared, "This is exploiting a loophole in the document!"

"Exploiting file vulnerabilities."

The captain of the witcher nodded, took out his notebook, and wrote down the words of Bishop Fowler: "On May 5, in order to stop Mr. Nicholas von Manstein, Bishop Fowler said that there were loopholes in the document signed by the Pope himself. , and questioned

Bishop Fowler's face changed: "What are you remembering? You are a demon hunter, and you should be responsible for extraordinary events!"

"In order to better protect the safety of Mr. Nicholas von Manstein, the Pope ordered us to record the words and deeds that are hostile to him." The captain of the witcher said calmly: "Including Your Excellency, you just spoke to the believers in the church. We recorded everything that was said."

Bishop Fowler swallowed, suppressed the anger in his heart, and stopped blocking Ma Wei.

And Ma Wei gave a speech on the spot.

"Just now Bishop Fowler said that I have no contribution to the church. I think he is wrong. My contribution to the church is not in the open, but in the dark."

"As for your loyalty to the goddess, it's really important, but I think what's more important is your actual contribution to the goddess. Who wouldn't just say nice words?"

"Contributions are reflected in all aspects. Resolutely following the teachings, being a qualified believer, spontaneously promoting the teachings, and donating to the church are just one way to contribute!"

"Another way to contribute is to maintain the ground on which the teachings grew!"

"Under our feet is London! There are believers of the goddess living in this land! To protect them is to protect the church! It is to contribute!"

Bishop Fowler listened blankly to Ma Wei's speech, and suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

He was a little desperate.

Today's hard work was all turned into dust in the sound of Ma Wei's speech.

This kind of opponent is terrible, give him a chance, he can link running for parliament with religious activities.

It's as if running for parliament is for the goddess!
The key is that you can't find anything wrong with it.
Protecting London is, in a sense, protecting the church and the goddess.

Once these two concepts are connected, Mavi will be invincible.

Bishop Fowler's previous attacks on him will all be for naught.
While despairing, Bishop Fowler also breathed a sigh of relief.

It's a good thing to end before it starts.

The mistake he made was not unforgivable. In essence, he reprimanded Ma Wei for the sake of the church, so it was not a big mistake.

If it ends here, he doesn't need to bear too many charges, and there is no problem in keeping the position of bishop.

As for Senator Donnel.
Let him live or die?

Bishop Fowler doesn't care!
Of course, the premise of all this is that Mavi is willing to let him go.

And Mavi didn't intend to let this 'old man' continue to fight against him.

"Bishop Fowler is very loyal to the goddess. The reason why he reprimanded me is because Mr. Donnel has done a lot of face-saving projects. In his eyes, my contribution to the church is zero."

"It can't be blamed on him. He is old and can no longer understand the emerging industry of potion. He doesn't understand the operation method inside, and he is still thinking with old-fashioned concepts."

"But aside from these things, Bishop Fowler is still an admirable believer!"

Hearing these words, Bishop Fowler's eyes widened, his legs gave way, and he almost didn't fall to the ground—if it wasn't for Ernest's support.

Ma Wei did not use the low-level method of directly attacking, but blatantly praised and secretly criticized. On the surface, he was explaining to Bishop Fowler, but in fact, he kept implying that Bishop Fowler was unworthy, old-eyed, and old. Can no longer bear the burden of being a bishop.
A knife was stabbed into the chest of Bishop Fowler. There was no trace of blood, but the knife was fatal!

Murder and kill!
After the speech, Ma Wei came to Bishop Fowler, who had a pale and contorted expression and was sweating profusely, took off his hat and bowed, "Bishop Fowler, I still have something to do, so I'm leaving. I hope to see you next time, at the Church of Destiny."

A burst of hot blood rushed to the top of his head, Bishop Fowler heard a 'buzz' in his ear, his eyes went dark, and he fell straight down.

"bishop!!!"

Bishop Fowler was stunned. Ma Wei returned to the carriage, opened the door, and suddenly heard applause behind him.

"The speech just now was really wonderful."

The walnut pipe appeared first, followed by the brim of a deerstalker hat and a neat suit. Holmes walked up with a cane and said with a smile, "When today's speech is published in the newspapers, you will be the seat of parliament, Mr. Nicholas."

"It's Mr. Holmes. Long time no see. Why are you here today?"

"Investigating a case, passing by by chance."

"Is the case over?"

"It's still under investigation, and I'm going to the Central District to collect evidence next."

"I'm going to the Central District too. If you don't mind, how about we go together?"

"it is good."

After talking, Mavi and Holmes got into the carriage and drove to the central area.

Ma Wei didn't believe that Holmes appeared here by accident, and his words concealed deep meaning inside and outside the words.

The airtightness of the carriage is very good, and the shielding magic circle is applied, so the sound inside cannot be heard from the outside. Ma Wei asked directly: "You came to me suddenly, is there any progress?"

Holmes has been investigating the Doomsday Party, and even left London a few days ago, even Mavi didn't know where he went.

"A few days ago, I went to the United States of America."

"United States of Citigroup?"

Ma Wei raised his eyebrows: "What are you going to the United States of America for? There is a war going on there, and it's still the home of the Freedom Association. It's too unsafe."

"Looking for the headquarters of the Doom Party."

Holmes said: "James Morea said that the Doomsday Party and the ancient gods signed a non-aggression pact decades ago. At the price of this, several demons that were originally sealed were released. The Doomsday Party was the first The one who discovered the Devil's Gate."

"Yes, but what does that have to do with Citigroup?"

"The headquarters of the Doomsday Party is in the United States of America."

"what?!"

"It's absolutely true." Holmes took out a badge with crossed flags and handed it to Ma Wei: "This is their party badge."

The badge is bright in gold and silver, with silver as the main body and a golden edge. It feels heavy to the touch, and it should be made of real gold and silver.

"How could you have this?"

Ma Wei frowned deeply: "As far as I know, this is a badge that only the middle-level and above of the Doomsday Party will have. I have seen it several times when they robbed merchant ships."

"I obtained this through formal channels." Holmes said calmly, "I am now a member of the Doomsday Party."

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"Don't be nervous, I'm just pretending to join the Doomsday Party, otherwise, it's impossible for me to enter their headquarters."

Holmes took a puff of cigarette and talked about his experience in the United States of America: "A month ago, I arrived in Washington, United States of America, and met a friend of mine, and he was also the one who provided me with information."

"The Doomsday Party hides very deeply. Except for the core personnel, no one knows the location of the headquarters. The reason why I went to the United States of America is because my friend said that when he was young, his father told him a story. .A story about demons."

"His father was a gold digger, and he teamed up with a few people to carry out gold mining activities in the west. One night, his father stole the gold from his companions and wanted to sneak away at night, but when he went out, he accidentally woke up with a sound. Companion, during the pursuit, I fled into the dense forest in panic."

"The dense forest is rugged, like a maze. As soon as he entered, his father lost his way and dared not go back, so he had to bite the bullet and move forward. According to his father, the local people called the dense forest "Ghost Forest". Strange sounds, and a group of tribesmen with strange costumes living there.”

"In the dense forest until the middle of the night, his father couldn't find a way to leave. There was no way, his father could only climb a tree to rest, and planned to wait until dawn before continuing to set off."

Holmes exhaled a puff of smoke, and his tone became serious: "It should be in the early morning. His father was awakened by a burst of red light. When he opened his eyes, he saw a huge red sun standing in front of him like a sun, dyeing everything in the sky. turned red."

"The sun?" Junia asked strangely: "Isn't it early in the morning? Why does the sun appear?"

"I don't think it's the sun at all, but a luminous body similar to the sun." Holmes said, "Below the red sun, there is a pothole with stone stairs inside. A group of tribesmen in strange costumes are leading a group of people." The man in the cloak entered the pit, and there were many sentries around, with weapons in their hands, and his father hid himself in a tree and did not dare to move until nightfall the next day."

"Those guys spent the whole day in the pothole?"

"Well, until late at night the next day, when his father was drowsy, there was a loud noise from the ground, the ground collapsed, a temple slowly rose from the ground, the tree overturned, and his father fell to the ground together with the tree. Before I fell into a coma, I saw a demon spread its wings. When I woke up again, the surroundings had recovered, and there were no traces left.”

Holmes said quietly: "Following his father's story, I found the dense forest called Ghost Forest by the locals, hired a local guide, entered the forest by boat, and looked for the location of the incident."

"You are too brave"

Ma Wei rubbed his brows and said, "How dare you go to such a terrible place alone?"

"Truth often comes with risks, and I'm used to it."

"And then? Have you found the place?" Junia asked.

"found it."

Holmes took a few more puffs of cigarettes: "But the price is that all members except me die."