Somebody Stop the Pope – 80



Episode 80

3.

Meow meow meow!

“Snow White seems a bit big? Is it just me?”

“It’s actually big.”

“If it grows a little bigger Siyeon can ride it right?”

“There’s nothing I can’t say to cute Snow White!”

I nodded in satisfaction as I stroked Snow White’s white fur.

I saw earlier that the sacred tree had grown and it seems that this cute sacred tree has grown along with it.

What was once a cute kitten has now grown quite a bit longer horizontally.

If this continues won’t you become as big as a tiger in no time?

That’s a bit difficult.

“But why did Snow White suddenly grow so big?”

To Inwook’s question I answered while patting Baekseol’s back this time.

“It seems like my brother’s recent cleaning up of villains was classified as a good deed.”

“Cleaning up the bad guys is definitely a good deed. But what does good deed have to do with Snow White?”

“Snow White grows by eating good deeds. It’s easier to understand if you think of it as a mechanism where the believers of the Limen Church accumulate good deeds the sacred tree grows and Snow White grows along with it.”

Inwook opened his eyes wide at my words.

“Then won’t Snow White grow up to be like a tiger later? Then won’t Siyeon be upset?”

That was when.

Swish-.

Snow White who had been watching us shrank back to her original state.

And with bright eyes he looked at me and Inwook alternately. It was as if he was asking for a compliment.

Inwook and I looked at the scene in silence for a moment then met each other’s eyes.

“I don’t think you have to worry.”

“Don’t worry.”

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Is it really a divine being?

I really like the ability to resize it to whatever size I want.

This means that if you let it grow any further it can transform from a baby mode into a monster that can even eat demons in times of emergency.

Kkieeee-

Cute guy. I should give him a reward.

“Inwook. Churu.”

“Here it is.”

Saruk- Saruk.

When I opened the Churu and squeezed it Snow White started licking it absentmindedly.

Shinsura who likes churu.

This is cute in its own way.

I continued speaking while continuing to stroke Snow White’s fur.

“I heard that grandma went to Yeoju.”

“It seems dangerous.”

“why?”

“You’re a famous person now hyung. You’re not on good terms with Jeon Gak-ryeon either. What if people with ill feelings try to harm you?”

It was a reasonable concern but the place where my grandmother was was probably the second or third safest place in South Korea.

“Look at this.”

He took his smartphone out of his pocket and showed it to Inwook. To be exact it was a KakaoTalk conversation with someone.

-Savage: Doenjang soup. Korean food tastes good. Siwoo. Don’t worry about Siwoo’s grandmother. We’ll be vacationing here for the time being. Let me know if you need any help.

-Me: Machine translation?

-Savage: Mamago. Good performance. Anyway no worries.

-Me: Okay

“…This savage is he really a barbarian?”

“Oh. She also came to Korea. Do you know that the friend my grandmother brought from America is Mrs. Emma? I heard that Mrs. Emma said she would live in Korea for a while. It looks like she will be staying with my grandmother.”

“I see you two have become really close. But what does that have to do with the Bavarian being at your grandmother’s house?”

“Aiden will personally guard Lady Emma until she returns to the United States.”

Mrs. Emma Miller who is said to be one of the greatest assets the United States possesses it was not surprising that Aiden personally protected her.

Anyway now that things have turned out that way you can stop worrying about grandma for the time being.

I put my smartphone down next to me and took a quick look around my house.

“This house will soon be gone too.”

“I know.”

The house we’re moving into has been decided and a date has been set.

The location was of course an apartment close to the Ground Zero shrine. The floor space was also larger than before so it would be a good place for guests to come and visit.

For example Leona Luna.

The living area itself was formed not far from the shrine so it was the perfect place to protect Inwook and Siyeon.

“Isn’t Siyeon upset? Kids don’t like transferring schools.”

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“I think you’re more excited about making new friends. I heard that Siyeon is more mature than you think.”

That’s a good thing.

I was worried about what would happen if Siyeon cried and made a fuss but it seems my worries were unfounded.

“I found out that the elementary school that Siyeon will be transferring to is quite famous among the people around her. I heard that there are a lot of children of hunters from large guilds and rich people there.”

I nodded slowly to Inwook’s words.

“The security there was good. They hired hunters as security guards so it seemed safe.”

“Won’t our demonstration be intimidated by going there?”

“How could that be? Whose younger sibling is that?”

Were Inwook and I’s voices too loud?

The door to Siyeon’s room opened and Siyeon walked out into the living room rubbing her eyes.

“Big brother. Little brother. What are you doing so late at night?”

“Did you wake up? Sorry. Your brothers were too noisy.”

“No. I can’t sleep well because I took a nap earlier.”

As she said that Siyeon crawled between me and Inwook. Then she hugged Baekseol and smiled brightly.

“Big brother. When we move we’ll be able to see Uncle Leo and Unnie Luna more often right?”

“then.”

“Seungwoo oppa too?”

“…then.”

“Hehehe good.”

It’s hard to express how cute Siyeon is hugging cute Baekseol.

It seems that cuteness also has a synergy effect.

“Can I go say hello to other people before I move?”

“Someone else?”

“Yeah! The apartment security guard the man and woman upstairs the old man and woman downstairs and….”

It’s so special.

I nodded slowly while patting Siyeon’s head.

“Okay okay let’s say hello to everyone and go.”

“Thank goodness! Actually I was worried because I thought I wouldn’t have time to go say hello.”

“While we’re on the subject bro. The neighbors really took good care of us. Can I give you a gift before you go? I’ll buy it with my own money so don’t worry.”

“What if I can’t? Should I give you a little more bonus?”

“Okay. You’ve been gone for a long time anyway. We owe you something so of course I should take care of it.”

My wonderful brothers. I can’t help but adore them.

I smiled happily. After all there is nothing more happy than time spent with family.

4.

For the next week I stayed at the temple and took care of internal affairs. Starting with the final decontamination of Ground Zero and compiling the Limen Bible translated by Leo etc.

That alone was crazy busy.

Since I also do live broadcasts on YouTube from time to time time just flies by.

After Oh Jun-woo’s whistleblowing the domestic situation began to flow in a very chaotic manner.

“The Hive Guild has been unanimously expelled from the alliance.”

“Unprecedented collusion with villains! What happened inside the black market area?”

“A large-scale supplementary budget has been prepared to strengthen the functions of the government’s special power management department. It is scheduled to be discussed in the extraordinary session of the National Assembly along with the ‘Irregular Special Act’.”

The reporters were furious and the public began to chew out the Hive Guild and the Jeon Gak-ryeon without rest.

Just a few months ago those who had said that the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions was the last bastion of the Republic of Korea began to attack the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions more fiercely than anyone else.

Despite the drastic measure of immediately expelling the second-ranked Hive Guild the situation was escalating rapidly.

Looking at the fact that some guilds belonging to the Jeon Gak-ryun have announced their intention to withdraw we can roughly see how serious the internal chaos is.

Anyway amidst all the noise across the country I received a summons request from the government.

The format was similar to the last gathering to stop the monster wave but this time the one summoned by the government was not ‘Irregular Kim Si-woo’ but ‘Pope Kim Si-woo of the Limen Sect’.

This is the conference room of the headquarters of the Department of Ability Management which has now become as comfortable as my own home.

“Haha. It seems like all the famous religious zealots from all over the country have gathered here Pope Kim Si-woo.”

I sighed as I looked at the young monk chattering diligently next to me.

This monk who introduced himself as Beopun had been stealing my attention with his nonstop talk for the past 10 minutes.

While the others gathered here were busy exploring each other this person seemed to have no shyness whatsoever.

“Isn’t this truly a place of religious unity? It must not be easy to sit together with people in the same industry. Haha! Even Buddha would be very pleased to see this scene.”

“Since we are in the same industry… I think that is a bit of an inappropriate word for a monk to use.”

“Isn’t it the same for each person to convey the words of the person they serve? That’s what it means to be in the same industry. Haha!”

“…Dingjung.”

“Huh what did you just say?”

“I think you understand so no comment.”

Hearing is an art. I muttered quietly enough that no one could hear me.

I waved my hand lightly and glanced around the conference room.

Excluding this Ddaengjung who was said to be a representative of the Jogye Order there were three more people sitting in the seats.

A middle-aged nun smiling gently.

And a man who had been looking at me provocatively for a while now wearing a cross necklace around his neck.

Finally a familiar man sitting in a white coat.

In particular the man wearing the white coat smiled and bowed his head as soon as our eyes met.

“It’s been a long time Pope Kim Si-woo. How have you been?”

“Of course. Take care.”

“That’s a relief.”

Baek Myeong-gyo and Shim Jin-gyu who had previously confronted each other at Busan Ground Zero were the same ones.

As you can see from the people in the conference room all of those gathered here were religious people.

To be more precise they are religious people who have developed ‘divine power’.

The nun would obviously be Catholic and the hostile gentleman next to her would be Protestant right?

To sum up representatives of five groups have gathered: Catholicism Protestantism Buddhism and Baekmyeonggyo.

If we were to say what the five groups have in common it would be that they are all groups that have secured more than 100 divine players.

I don’t think the government hastily called us all together here to have religious people socialize.

I was honestly curious as to why.

According to what Director Kim told me earlier there is an agenda that could lead to a state of emergency. What could it be?

“Everyone is here.”

While I was trying to ignore the monk chattering next to me and thinking about this and that Minister Yoo Seon-ho entered the conference room.

And then five people followed him into the conference room but I didn’t feel any divine power from them.

Instead it was possible to guess that they were civil servants belonging to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) because the words “KDCA” were written on the civil servant ID cards hanging around their necks.

Divine Series players and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

If there’s an agenda that could declare a state of emergency…

‘Epidemic?’

The first thing that comes to mind is an epidemic.

Minister Yoo Seon-ho got to the main point as soon as he sat down.

“I apologize for having to call you all so hastily. The situation is not good so I will start the briefing quickly. Commissioner? Please proceed.”

“Yes Minister.”

At Minister Yoo Seon-ho’s words the man sitting next to him stood up. Then he began to speak while displaying the materials he had prepared on the screen.

“Please look at the data screen first.”

Beep.

As soon as he pressed the remote control the screen image changed.

“Oh like that.”

“…Hmm.”

Sighs erupted from all over the conference room.

That was understandable because the screen was showing a photo of a patient in a terrible state.

Starting with the body discolored to purple and black and the bandages stained with black blood.

That wasn’t all.

The government showed us not only photos but also videos.

-Kyaaaaah!

-Kyaaaaaaaah!

The footage showed several patients running wild in an isolation facility.

“This video was filmed at a temporary quarantine facility located in the northern part of Daejeon. An unidentified infectious disease has been confirmed in a refugee camp located in the northern part of Daejeon. It is believed to have started spreading four days ago and the area is under control.”

It was just as I expected.

But everyone else except me seemed to not understand this situation.

“Well if it’s an epidemic wouldn’t medical professionals be better suited to deal with it than us?”

The religious people in the conference room nodded their heads at Monk Beopun’s words.

Then the director of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency immediately continued his explanation.

“In principle that would be the right thing to do but this time it was different. No pathogens were found in the patients’ bodies.”

“What is that…..”

“Instead we suspect that the transmission is caused by a unique energy wave emanating from the patient’s body. This is a phenomenon that cannot be explained by medicine alone so we would like to ask for your help.”

I let out a small exclamation as I listened to his story.

It looks like we’ve never experienced anything like this before but just figuring out that energy waves are a contagious agent is worthy of applause.

Of course there is no way that any pathogens would be found in the patient’s body.

Because this wasn’t a common infectious disease that people knew about.

This is because it was an infectious disease caused by magical contamination or a curse not a pathogen.

I let out a long sigh and spoke in a low voice.

“Ma-Byeong. In the world I came from that’s what they used to call it.”

I guess some damn guy came over.

Our Pope please stop this