I reached out to pull the door, but it didn't come open. I felt a little unhappy and wanted to push Bennett aside.
But then I thought about it and felt that something was wrong. The force I used just now was definitely not small. How could Bennett, who is like a waste, stop me?
So I raised my head with doubts, and found that Bennett seemed to be a different person. There was no trace of the prodigal son yesterday, but he seemed a bit unfathomable.
His voice also became gloomy, and he asked me in that calm tone: "Albert has known for a long time that I want to kill him, but he has never taken action to get rid of me. Do you know why?"
I was quite surprised by his change, but I still pretended to shrug indifferently: "Who knows, as the saying goes, a tiger's poison cannot eat its seeds. Maybe your grandpa's conscience is still intact, so he can't bear to kill you."
"No, you are wrong, it's because he doesn't have the ability."
Bennett narrowed his eyes and gradually became deeper: "Since I was born, he has always regarded me as an ominous person and wants to get rid of me all the time. If it weren't for several cardinals' efforts to protect me,
Threatened with impeachment, I would have been a corpse by now.
I raised my eyebrows at him: "Are those cardinals still protecting you?"
"No, they have died one after another in the past thirty years, but it is a pity that just because they helped me fight for these thirty years, Albert has missed the best opportunity to get rid of me."
A cold smile appeared on the corner of Bennett's mouth: "I told you last night that half of the power of the Holy See obeys me, and most of the saints you saw today are related to me.
Otherwise, why do you think Albert would deliberately humiliate them?
He wants to kill me in his dreams, but as long as he dares to do it, the Holy See will fall apart immediately. I have spent thirty years of hard work and swallowing my anger to gain the strength I have today. Do you think this counts as the bargaining chip you want?"
I was really impressed by him.
After all, Lilith had just told me about Albert's life experience. I knew why Albert had such an attitude towards Bennett, but I still pretended to be confused and deliberately asked him: "It's weird, what should I do with myself?"
Your grandson is Albert’s family, why would those cardinals take the risk of contradicting the Pope to protect you?”
"Want to know why?"
The bright holy light gushed out from behind Bennett, and along with a powerful and majestic momentum, Bennett spoke in a rich voice: "Because I am their god and the Lord's spokesperson in the world. I follow the Lord's instructions."
When the kingdom comes, it is my mission to send down the holy light to cleanse all sins.
Gu Yan, only by cooperating with me can you protect yourself when the Day of Judgment comes. All unclean things in the world will be purified. Only by believing in the Lord, praising the Lord, and fearing the Lord can you obtain final salvation."
His stupid remarks made me want to laugh.
But the aura on him is real. From the current Bennett, I feel the same aura as Master. It is the original power that is above the divine power and originates from the way of heaven.
If I hadn't become a disciple of Master and had long been accustomed to this kind of aura, then the pressure he was releasing now would completely break my spirit. I would simply surrender at his feet and obey his orders.
It's really an old monster derived from the rules of heaven. It's going to be difficult to deal with now.
Seeing that something was not going well, I frowned and my heart slowly sank.
This unresponsive performance was beyond Bennett's expectation. There was a look of confusion on his face: "Why don't you speak? What are you waiting for?"
I raised my head and shook my head at him calmly: "You are not Bennett, who are you?"
"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is why are you not afraid of my majesty?"
"Okay, you are a thousand-year-old fox, what are you doing in front of me? A remnant soul, and you are showing off your dignity to me."
She glanced at him with a disdainful look: "I don't care who you are, or why you want to occupy Bennett's body, or why you came to the world from that so-called country.
All I know is that you can't scare me, and don't try to make me surrender to you with all these twists and turns. If you cooperate, you must show sincerity in cooperation. If you really want to piss me off, you won't have to sacrifice your thousands of years of practice for me.
Kill you."
The warning in this sentence is already obvious.
I admit that I'm bluffing, but it's obvious that Bennett can't figure out my details now.
The expression on his face froze, and then he asked in a low voice: "Are you the descendant of that great god?"
"Don't worry about it. Let's talk about business first."
Not wanting to get entangled with him on this topic, I raised my head towards the door: "What is your purpose of coming down from above? Get rid of Pope Albert and sit up and enjoy the glory of being admired by thousands of people? This doesn't seem to be what you want.
What you’re after, right?”
Bennett calmed down his momentum: "I won't ask about your identity, and you don't want to speculate on my intentions."
After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly took a deep breath, took out the check from his shirt pocket and handed it to me: "Keep the money, this is a meeting gift from Albert to you, there is no need to return it to me.
On the premise of not compromising our strength or falling into internal strife, let the entire Holy See be completely under my control. This is the purpose of my coming here.
I don’t understand why a person like you, who has long been able to ascend to heaven and become immortal, would stay in this world and get involved in the disputes between the Eastern and Western Holy See. But if you are willing to cooperate with me, I will give you something unexpected.
You may consider the benefits, including but not limited to material enjoyment.”
Since everyone knew how much the other party weighed, Bennett did not hide it this time.
This was the best, so I asked him simply: "Tell me in detail, what benefits can I get?"
"Then I'll take it as your consent."
Bennett groaned and said to me angrily: "At four o'clock in the morning, I will go to the hotel where you are staying and we will discuss the details of the cooperation in person.
Now, you can go back and continue to have lunch with Albert. It is best to make him feel that his conditions have completely impressed you. I hope we can have a happy cooperation and see you tomorrow."
The external holy light suddenly disappeared.
Bennett's eyes suddenly dimmed in front of him, but he looked at me casually and looked a little confused: "What did you just say? Oh, by the way, he doesn't have this ability."