Somebody Stop the Pope – 234



Episode 234

76. Three-way battle

1.

Beijing did not completely collapse.

It was thanks to the fact that all the key Awakened beings possessed by the Chinese government including Sun Li who was called the guardian deity of Beijing were protecting Beijing.

But that doesn’t mean there was no damage at all.

“Casualties cannot be estimated”

“The function as a capital city has been virtually nullified.”

As media outlets around the world are reporting the Chinese government has suffered damage that cannot be ignored.

A civil war that continued in an ambiguous state.

Even during the civil war Beijing was never attacked but this time the Chinese government suffered great damage due to the attack by flying beasts including two dragons.

Experts are describing the situation as ‘the balance has been broken’.

Yet the Chinese government survived this time too.

What is unique is that in this battle to defend Beijing a group that had not previously been at the forefront took the lead.

“Baek Myeong-gyo who saved Beijing.”

“Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: ‘We express our deepest gratitude to the Baimingjiao for their help. They are benefactors who helped China before they were religious people.’”

It’s Baekmyeonggyo.

These are the guys who disappeared from South Korea.

Last time a guy called the Archbishop of Shanghai came to visit me in person and for some reason he came to the forefront.

Since the Baekmyeonggyo guys also use divine power they would have been able to effectively subdue magic users.

As Baekmyeonggyo came to the forefront the power map of the continent began to shake.

The Northeast China region is still on the side of the Chinese government and Baimingjiao.

And the East China region including Shanghai is toward our church.

The rest of the cities sided with the Purifiers and the rebels.

It was not only divided religiously but also politically.

Several Chinas I had been so excited about were half-successful.

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If power is divided in times of chaos the chaos will only worsen.

Moreover the problem was not limited to China.

“No so why do you want to receive treatment in South Korea?”

“That’s because you’re here Siwoo. Long ago there was a famous doctor named Heo Jun right? To me Heo Jun is you Siwoo.”

“America is the best in the world at treating the awakened so why are you annoying me here….”

“Isn’t it up to the patient to decide where to receive treatment?”

A day that is suddenly getting hotter.

In the middle of our church’s garden filled with flowers stood a patient’s bed.

A barbarian is getting injected with a ringer while his upper body is naked.

You will be Aiden Howard the savage warrior representing Earth.

I let out a deep sigh as Aiden laughed loudly on the bed.

Aiden arrived here just this morning.

As I was about to return to Shanghai after finishing a meeting with the South Korean government a US military helicopter suddenly landed next to the shrine.

Five American soldiers carefully dragged Aiden’s bed towards me and Aiden’s first words were these.

-I missed you.

Aiden spoke to me in a hazy voice that would make anyone who heard it feel like we were ex-lovers.

By the way there was a small box next to Aiden’s bed and I was a little angry when I saw the contents of that box.

What was inside the box was none other than Aiden’s right foot.

The foot attached to the leg the foot used when walking.

I don’t know what he was doing cutting it off but he shamelessly asked me to put it back on for him.

So what did you do?

“As expected Siwoo is the best at reattaching arms. Back in Eden you reattached your own arms right? Even the doctors on Earth have probably never performed a surgery like that.”

“You’re good at folding as well as pasting.”

“Then how about folding an origami crane for me?”

“I think it might be faster to just cut off your neck.”

“That’s too bad.”

Of course I gave it to you.

Although American medical staff also had the grafting technology Aiden insisted on having me do the grafting.

Are you saying there won’t be any aftereffects or something?

Of course in the end Aiden’s choice was excellent.

The severed area was in a very clean condition and perhaps because precautions had been taken in advance in the United States the condition of the severed area was also good.

It automatically attaches because I slightly increase its recovery power with divine power.

Rather than saying that my divine power is amazing it would be more accurate to say that Aiden’s resilience is monstrous.

“By the way where is that crazy guy Raphael?”

Aiden said as he looked around the temple.

The Seoul Holy Land was very quiet.

After the funeral of the knights the temple decided not to receive any outside guests for two weeks.

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It was to commemorate them.

“Raphael is in Shanghai of course. He’s busy.”

“Is it because this is a place where you can get new test subjects? I can clearly see that gentleman’s delight.”

“That’s also why it’s convenient to study the gate phenomenon.”

“It’s a country that is so dirty it’s just one piece of land.”

“Isn’t it the same in America?”

“But you’re not in America Siwoo. If only I had my way I’d naturalize as a Korean citizen.”

I took a deep breath.

And then he looked at Aiden and asked.

“Okay tell me why you came to South Korea.”

Then Aiden starts to act like a fool.

“I told you. I wanted to be treated by you.”

“Honestly aren’t we at the point where we should be making a fuss over losing a foot? Considering your regenerative powers I think your foot could grow back a new one.”

“Hmm does it taste good?”

“It’s not that I’m showing off it’s that you’re showing off on purpose. It’s written all over your face like ‘Please ask me why I came.’”

Then Aiden took a bottle of liquor from under the patient’s bed.

And he asked me while holding the bottle.

“I would like to ask whether it is permissible to drink alcohol in the Holy Land… Is it permissible?”

“When do you talk like you didn’t drink? You don’t even fear divine punishment. Just do as you usually do.”

“thanks.”

Aiden gulped down his soju. Then he nodded and said.

“I came here to chase after the guy who did this to my feet.”

“Then he’s stronger than you.”

“That’s not true. I lost my foot but he lost his leg. I won. You understand?”

Judging from his reaction he seems like a pretty strong guy.

It is an eternal truth that patients should not drink alcohol but it is out of the question because the subject is Aiden.

Aiden took another sip of his drink and frowned.

“Mateus. He’s a Brazilian Irregular. He’s the representative Irregular of Brazil but… he’s actually just a drug cartel boss. I recently found out that he joined the Union so I went to check on him and he attacked me right away.”

If he can fight on equal terms with Aiden then he can be considered a good guy.

At this point I have a strange curiosity to put Lee Se-min and Aiden together… but that’s something to think about later.

I listened to Aiden quietly.

“So we fought fiercely. After a fierce battle Mateus escaped and we immediately chased after him. We even mobilized our magicians to escape. It seems that we had already secured an escape route in advance.”

At this point you can get a general idea of ​​the situation.

If you came all the way here chasing that guy named Mateus there’s only one answer.

Unless you’re an idiot you wouldn’t have run away to South Korea or Japan where the eyes of our church are everywhere.

Then there are two cases left.

Russia or China.

In this case….

“They said they were allies with the Purifiers and they even helped them escape. I guess they’re quite friendly.”

China is more likely.

And my intuition was right on target.

“Yes. The guy’s last movements were confirmed to be in Xi’an.”

“This is the place that Lee Se-min once overturned.”

“The home country also wants to intervene in the Chinese mainland in earnest. The situation in Europe is better than expected. The Union’s strongholds are collapsing one by one and the same goes for the strongholds in the Third World. To put it simply.”

Aiden drank all the remaining alcohol and gritted his teeth as he spoke.

“If we can just solve China this damn war will be over.”

“Will the Chinese government just sit back and do nothing?”

Aiden answered my direct question with a shameless expression.

“What good would it do to have friends? The guilds from South Korea and Japan have already advanced into Shanghai as mercenaries. Let’s use that method.”

I knew this would happen.

There’s no way this serpent disguised as a savage warrior would come without a reason.

“That’s for a normal hunter. Raphael alone is tight so if you add an irregular….”

“Oh just in case I brought plenty of supplies. I thought it might help the finances of the Limen Church…”

this.

Do you think money can solve everything?

We need to fix that rotten mindset.

I slammed my fist into the guy’s bed and said with a gleaming look in my eyes.

“Welcome sir. You have come just in time for us to need a savage warrior.”

Power replenishment and even supplies?

Guests like this are always welcome.

So one more Irregular who is difficult to deal with was added to the Shanghai Holy Land.

2.

Aiden’s joining has been officially confirmed.

The Chinese government of course hated it.

But they only hated it and couldn’t stop it. A large-scale air raid began on major cities including Beijing.

“…So Aiden will be arriving at Hongqiao Airport on a flight in 5 hours. Any questions?”

“doesn’t exist.”

“This is going to be a total den of lunatics.”

“You know that Luna you’re one of those crazy guys right?”

“I’m not a crazy guy I’m a crazy woman…”

“Stop it there.”

“yes.”

The atmosphere among colleagues is quite good now that Aiden is joining Shanghai.

Aiden is already a proven force.

The addition of one more nuclear bomb-level power is certainly welcome news to those on the front lines.

“Once Aiden arrives we will begin to expand our territory around Shanghai in earnest.”

The work of leveling the foundation is roughly finished.

The next step is to extend our influence to our surroundings.

When we compiled the information coming in through the Inquisitors and through the key strategic assets the direction in which we would deploy our forces was already determined.

“We have to bring out the ones hiding inland.”

The inland regions of China.

That was our target.

“This land is really so big and useless. Isn’t that right Your Majesty?”

Luna sighed deeply as she looked over the operation map.

The land is certainly big.

There were many places that needed to be dealt with and many places were classified as danger zones.

A land where many variables are scattered everywhere.

Luna picked up her pen and divided the lands currently under our influence from those under the influence of the Chinese government which was supported by the Baekmyeong Church.

When I looked at it that way it looked exactly like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that I read when I was young.

“The New Three-Part System… Is that something like that?”

A three-way battle taking place in mainland China.

For now it looked like the Purifier was being beaten by both forces but there was no guarantee that this situation would last forever.

Because there’s no way those Baek Myeong-gyo guys would move without some kind of ulterior motive.

Even though they pretend to oppose the Purifier now those guys are ultimately followers of the ancient gods.

The Chinese government has drunk sweet poison itself.

I shook my head as I looked at the map.

“Just looking at it makes me dizzy. Isn’t that right?”

Then CEO Choi who had been quietly watching the map from behind answered instead.

“I can’t tell you how fortunate it is that such a picture did not appear on the Korean Peninsula. As a Korean I can only think that it is fortunate…”

“That is true but.”

If we fail to put out that fire this time it will be no problem for the Korean Peninsula to be consumed in an instant.

“Leo.”

“Yes Your Majesty.”

“Reorganize our forces once more and tell the mercenaries under our sect to prepare.”

“All right.”

I said that and looked at the map again.

A black area signifying a danger zone.

That was the death the Purifier scattered across this land.

I will make sure that he pays the price for his death.

certainly.

Our Pope please stop this