Somebody Stop the Pope – 98



Episode 98

3.

The 30-minute live broadcast which was not long or rather very short has ended.

But those 30 minutes were enough to create a huge impact not only in South Korea but around the world.

First of all the press.

<Kim Si-woo ‘Now it is our turn to come out of the ark and welcome a new world.’>

<Miracle of December Spring of December. The tumor in the heart of Seoul disappears!>

<South Korea becomes the first country in the world to successfully clean up Ground Zero?>

<(Photo) The old Ground Zero is now open to the public.>

<3 million real-time viewers on YouTube. The live broadcast of the Limen Church which set an overwhelming record of #1 in the world.>

<Police are rapidly increasing manpower to maintain security in the former Ground Zero area.>

As soon as the broadcast ended all the media in South Korea quietly flocked to the temple.

If it weren’t for the support of government hunters including Kang Chae-ah it might have been difficult to stop them all.

Some reporters tried to enter the temple even at the risk of death.

Of course it was to get an interview with me.

Of course after Luna created a crater with her iron hammer and Leo showed off his brute force by folding a giant rock she quietly waited at the main gate of the temple.

There is a clear difference between an expression of preparedness for death and a real preparedness for death.

Moreover it wasn’t just the media that was in an uproar.

[Title: The person who watched the live broadcast is the winner]

Content: First of all let’s start with me. Those kids who didn’t see the live broadcast just now have lost 99.999999999% of their lives. They really are patriotic. Is this the Republic of Korea we know?

-No nationalism no rebellion yes

N-ribbong is soon to be Gukbbong. Limen Church = Republic of Korea. Don’t you know?

N this is correct

Lol lol

-Which live broadcast is the winner? The popular kids who are holding their girlfriends’ hands and going to see the flowers over there are the winners you idiot.

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ㅠㅠㅠㅠThere is no one who wins here…

As you can see various communities were on fire. Regardless of gender or orientation they were all filled with stories about me and our church.

“It’s dizzying.”

I just turned on the TV and checked the news and it said that a mass exodus from various parts of Seoul has begun.

They say we’re experiencing the worst traffic jam since the opening of Dimension and the cause was my announcement just now.

To be precise to see the garden that bloomed at the old Ground Zero.

The black tumor that had been located in the heart of Seoul was completely removed and in its place was a beautiful garden that could not be easily seen anywhere else.

Besides today was the weekend so everyone was out and about enjoying this miracle.

It’s like an unseasonable flower viewing.

anyway.

As the crowds of people gathered here grew larger by the minute I was having a private conversation with our great goddess in my office with the sacred barrier in place.

Limen smiled as he watched the reactions on the Internet through my smartphone.

“You guys are funny right Siwoo? You’re making self-deprecating jokes.”

“It’s a Korean tradition. That’s how they always play.”

“Look at this.”

She came up to me and showed me some more articles.

There were negative articles about me instead of friendly ones.

<The Limen Church Begins to Become Involved with the Political World>

<A move no different from that of a cult a signal of full-blown corruption?>

<The President’s Unilateral Religious Forcing! Is South Korea Regressing to the Middle Ages?>

Most of those articles were pushed by major media outlets.

I looked at those articles and replied as if it was no big deal.

“It’s not like there are only people who like our church to be in the spotlight. It’s not strange.”

“Compared to other races humans have countless possibilities. This is the essence of the human race. The line between good and evil is ambiguous and even when looking at the same thing we all think different things. That may be why so many gods are born and forgotten by humans.”

“Are you dissing a human in front of another human?”

“I just want to tell you how amazing Siwoo is.”

She put down her smartphone and immediately hugged me.

Because she was in a state of trance a warm aura was transmitted.

I coughed a few times at her sudden embrace then carefully pushed her away.

“I think it’s time to tell you why I haven’t contacted you for a while. As you can see I’m very busy. I have to say something to the reporters and think about what the President said earlier… I have a lot of work to do.”

“Um where should I start?”

Limen narrowed his eyebrows slightly as he pondered. Then he continued speaking in a very soft voice.

“First of all there was an erosion phenomenon in some areas of Eden. It seems like a god from another world is trying to come over? It was the remnants of the Demon Tribe who led the action but Eden was originally a closed dimension so it’s something that doesn’t happen often.”

“Is everything resolved?”

“Thanks to the kids’ hard work things are pretty much sorted out. I think the god of the other world must have infiltrated through the passage I made when I brought Siwoo.”

“If it’s a passageway can’t it be closed off altogether?”

“If that happens the connection between me and Siwoo will be cut off. And that….”

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Limen swallowed the words.

I remember her telling me one day that she had seen my future.

The reason she can’t tell me easily now is probably because the story touches my future.

“…Anyway I’ve been trying to figure out the intruders myself so I haven’t been in touch with you much. Cases like this will happen more frequently in the future.”

“There have been many things on Earth too.”

“I know everything even if you don’t tell me. This first.”

She lifted into the air the <Wriggling Fragment> that I had sealed away in one corner of my office.

“It is very similar to the divine creation that invaded Eden. Not only in appearance but also in the divine power that constitutes it.”

“Could those gods and the demons be connected?”

It was the question I most wanted to ask.

And Limen nodded slowly.

“We can’t say for sure that they’re on the same side but at the very least there’s a high probability that they’re in a trading relationship. The demons who fled to Earth need a chance to expand their influence and those unknown gods need a chance to return.”

“…A chance to go back?”

“Yeah. A chance to go back.”

Limen paused for a moment looked into my eyes quietly and then said while gently holding my hand.

“It may be hard to believe but they are beings that originated from Earth. In other words they are deities that appeared in the distant past. Ancient gods. I think it would be easier to understand them that way.”

I sat there silently for a long time listening to her story in my head.

4.

Limen’s description leaves open several possibilities for speculation.

Also known as the Ancient God.

The story of the existence of divinities in the past of the Earth implies that divine powers also existed on the Earth in the past.

He said he couldn’t tell specifically how many years ago they existed.

All they know is that he is a deity from a very long time ago.

“Ancient God.”

It might be related to those Baekmyeonggyo guys. We still don’t know what deity Baekmyeonggyo worships.

Since they were called ‘deities’ it was highly likely that there was more than one being with divinity.

-I’m sorry I couldn’t be of much help.

I recalled the words Limen had left behind before ending his incarnation.

Her authority as a deity is limited to Eden.

I was aware that on Earth only very limited powers could be used.

And she had already done so much for me. If she hadn’t tried so hard I would have returned to Earth without any strength.

How could I blame Limen in that situation?

Just by giving us the clue that she was an ‘ancient god’ she had told us more than enough.

From here on out I knew that I had to figure things out on my own.

For the time being he said that if I had any questions I could tell them as much as the Earth’s system would allow so for now it was time to go one step further and gather information.

In the end it seemed like the priority was to grow that <Wriggling Fragment> and then receive the quest.

“His Holiness.”

As I was thinking hard Leo who was quietly drinking tea in front of me said:

“If Lord Limen had appeared in person was there anything else you could have said?”

“Any other stories? What specifically?”

“New missionaries and things like that.”

“Ah dispatching personnel?”

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Leo look so desperate.

Although he brought in Oh Jun-woo for education Leo is still teaching himself the mindset and doctrines of a priest.

I admit that the workload is definitely intense.

“I asked for a favor but they said it wouldn’t be possible right now. They said Eden is also out of their minds right now.”

“I see. That’s too bad.”

“I feel a little sorry too.”

Actually I didn’t ask Limen.

Because I felt a little guilty about asking Limen who was feeling sorry to provide additional manpower.

The other side already suffered a great loss of manpower just by sending Leo and Luna here.

Moreover even if we could bring in additional manpower from over there we would rather bring in artisans than missionaries.

Because we needed some gear to outfit our new players with.

It’s not that the production capabilities of the players on Earth were poor but rather that the skills of the dwarves belonging to the Vatican were very excellent. If we could bring just one of those dwarves we could greatly upgrade the equipment level of our sect.

This may be sad news for Leo but… what can he do if he’s going to be picky with his subordinates?

“Your Majesty are you just going to leave the reporters outside like this?”

Luna said pointing to the window outside the office.

At the entrance to the temple visible through the window reporters were sitting in formation.

Police officers who were immediately dispatched under President Seo’s instructions were trying to disperse the reporters but the resistance was extremely strong.

The time is already 8 o’clock in the evening.

Even though the sun had long since set there were still a huge number of citizens milling around the temple taking pictures.

Although there were no streetlights or other lighting installed sacred stones placed here and there for purification purposes were acting as streetlights.

“Aside from the reporters there are also citizens swarming throughout the Holy Land. Do you have any plans to take separate measures?”

“I don’t plan on stopping it for the time being. It’s a good festival atmosphere.”

“I’m worried that the holy land will be damaged.”

“The government said they will send police officers for the time being to maintain public order so don’t worry too much.”

“There are too few managers. I don’t think Jin Seo-jun can handle it alone.”

I nodded at Luna’s point.

Looking at the current situation Jin Seo-jun alone cannot manage this vast holy land. It seemed natural to hire additional personnel to manage the holy land smoothly.

Of course that doesn’t mean I opened the Holy Land without any countermeasures.

“Luna I know what you’re worried about.”

“I was just doing a quick patrol and I saw trash that someone had already left behind.”

“It is such a shameful act of civic consciousness that I have nothing to say.”

Although things have gotten a lot better recently there are still people who come to visit and just leave their trash behind.

As more and more people come here the number of such people will increase.

But there was one thing Luna was overlooking.

“Luna do you know this is a holy place?”

“I know I know….”

“If you intentionally throw trash in a holy place is that considered blasphemy? It’s a problem that will be solved on its own without us having to worry about it.”

Any criminal act committed in the Holy Land will have the added category of ‘blasphemy’ added to it.

Those who commit ‘blasphemy’ in the holy land will accumulate karma and those who have accumulated karma will inevitably experience misfortune.

For example something unfortunate like getting hit by bird droppings while walking or tripping over a rock.

And that ‘misfortune’ will be equally applied to the unawakened common people.

Because it has already been proven in Eden.

It was a very famous anecdote that a man who was drinking and causing trouble in the Holy Land ended up going bald in real time.

“Anyway we just have to report it separately. You’re responsible for what happens after that. People will understand after they try it a few times. Right?”

“If that is your opinion Your Majesty then there is nothing I can do.”

Luna nodded obediently. Then she sat down in her chair and said.

“Since you called us at this late hour I guess you have something special to tell us. We have a company dinner today right?”

“dining together?”

Where on earth is the company dinner that only I don’t know about?

I looked at Luna with a displeased expression and Luna took my hand and said.

“If it’s not urgent let’s talk on the way.”

“Where are you going?”

“A place His Majesty knows well.”

Our Pope please stop this