Chapter 22: Angel wearing cat ears (Part 2)
Seeing that the distinguished Bishop of Marseille suffered divine punishment and was turned into a pile of human-shaped charcoal amidst the lightning and thunder, the citizens of Marseille who gathered in the square suddenly panicked and became even more crazy and chaotic.
"...Oh God! The angel sent down thunder and killed the bishop! What happened to this world?"
"...What did these angels do? Why did they kill the servants of the Lord? Can anyone tell me why all this happened?"
"...Speaking of which, are these guys really angels? Could they be cunning devils in disguise?"
"...You should pretend to be one for me to see! Didn't you see them floating in the sky?"
In the hysterical panic, people who were over-stimulated were talking about it and subconsciously wanted to run home.
As a result, seeing everyone in the square disperse with a bang, Teacher Marikawa Shizuka, who had originally planned to give a long speech, was immediately dumbfounded... Fortunately, Doraemon also came to check and fill in the gaps—— He slowly took out the "Lies Come True Mouth", put it on his mouth and said, "... Within ten minutes from now, no Maasai people in this square will be able to walk on their feet!"
Then, under some cosmic force that violates the law of cause and effect, Doraemon's lie came true! Except for a handful of out-of-town travelers, all the citizens in the square felt their legs and feet weak, their bodies weak, and they fell to the ground as if their bones had been ripped out. In an instant, all kinds of cries, exclamations, and curses continued in the square, until the "blonde female angel" roared fiercely with a loudspeaker.
"...Be silent! Ignorant sinners! Do you know what mistakes you have made? Do you still have the fear of God in your hearts?"
For a moment, the whole place was silent. After a long time, a senior priest climbed up tremblingly while holding on to the wall, and answered in a feigned majesty.
"...Angels! As servants of the Lord who preach the word with all our strength, I don't know what mistakes we have made, but why do you want to hinder the holy heresy trial! Save this evil wizard? Could it be that you are heretics who have betrayed the Lord? Angel?" As a professional sniper who is used to concocting accusations, he opened his mouth to sternly condemn and beat his opponent into a fallen angel, while the others also showed expressions of realization.
However, as the saying goes, "Weapons of criticism can never be defeated by weapons of criticism." Just when this guy looked high-spirited, as if he was carrying the truth, the next moment, he was hit by a lightning bolt that was neither light nor heavy, and his whole body was covered in smoke. The ground fell.
"...Shut up! You impenitent sinner! The real heretic is you! Or rather you! All of this is God's will!"
Senior Ma Tong, who had angel wings, landed in the air at some point. She first grabbed the "Pseudo Holy Book Edition" [Magic Encyclopedia Dictionary] from the hands of teacher Marikawa Shizuka, recited the spell written on it, and directed it towards the unknown person. The life-and-death magic stick threw a bolt of lightning, and then yelled like this.
"...Oh, no...why...why on earth!? Why on earth would you do such a cruel thing!"
Seeing another sanctimonious clergy turn into charcoal, an old woman who seemed to be a devout believer couldn't help shouting with fear and tears on her face.
"...Because they all asked for it. They claim to be servants of the Lord in name, but in fact they are doing heretical things!"
Staring coldly at the dark pile of humanoid charcoal, as well as the trembling and weeping citizens, Senior Sister Ma Tong, dressed as an angel, declared with an almost cruel attitude, "...these guys consider themselves servants of the Lord, Teaching the world in the name of the Lord is actually fooling people into going astray! They swore in front of the Lord to abide by poverty and observe the precepts, but the result was that But they failed to do even one! They used unfair means and cruel torture to conduct so-called "witch-hunting trials", and killed countless innocent and kind people at the stake. They also used all kinds of deception and violence! To plunder people's property and ruin the reputation of the Lord - but these things are actually not the point. The real point is..."
"...The real point is that you ignorant fools dare to torture and kill cute cats! You really deserve death!!!"
At this moment, Doraemon, who was already a little impatient, jumped out and took over the conversation, saying the above-mentioned words that made people feel confused in the wind.
In an instant, Senior Sister Ma Tong's body tilted and she almost fell from the air. The background music played by the [Rendering Atmosphere Band] (a group of small robots playing various musical instruments) has also changed from serious religious hymns to hot and exciting punk rock...
——Chaos, collapse, madness... Under the continuous psychological stimulation, the citizens in the square were almost losing their minds collectively.
The doraemon in mid-air was still angrily counting the Maasai people's revenge, "...a group of Japanese stray cats in the 21st century traveled thousands of miles to prepare their own dry food and traveled through time and space to Europe, regardless of the threat of the plague. To catch rats and prevent epidemics for you! What kind of spirit is this? The spirit of international fraternity that transcends race and nationality! And how do you repay them for killing them inexplicably? Such repayment of kindness and such moral decay should simply throw your souls into hell for eternity. Tortured and tortured..."
Well, although almost all of the audience present did not understand Doraemon's murderous scolding, it did not prevent them from all being frightened and trembling all over.
Next, after all the Christians, whose hearts had been tested, finally picked up their chins that had fallen to the ground, Doraemon finally ended his incoherent roar, turned around and handed over a roll of beautifully framed letter paper. When he got it into Wang Qiu's hands, he motioned for him to read it in public.
Wang Qiu, who was wearing cat ears, frowned and unfolded the paper. When he took a look, the veins on his forehead began to jump, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily:
Doraemon, I said, look what you wrote... Do you really want to tamper with Christianity into cat worship?
Alas, forget it, if you want to worship cats, just worship cats! Even if you trick these people into becoming cat slaves, at least it is better than the church in the official history tricking them into never taking a shower and making a guest appearance in moving garbage dumps... Thinking of this, the guilt in Wang Qiu's heart can't help but lighten a lot.
So, he took a deep breath and tried to imitate the tone of the radio announcer. He spoke in a majestic tone with an aria-like tone, and the background music played by the "Rendering Atmosphere Orchestra" also sounded again. Restored to a serious religious hymn.
“…At the beginning of creation, humans’ barns and fields were infested with rats. God said, let there be cats, so people who suffered from rats came into the world with cats… And God said, you must love cats as you love me. . The mortals at that time humbly expressed their acceptance..."
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"...the original people did follow God's teachings and treated cats as important members of their families, thereby ridding their houses of rat infestations, but they forgot to record this in " In the Bible (the only common domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat, which was also the main reason for the mass slaughter of cats by fanatics in Europe in the Middle Ages. One of the "theoretical basis")... What's even more frightening is that as time goes by, more and more fools have completely forgotten God's instructions. Not only do they no longer love cats, but they are contaminated by decadent heretical ideas and turn cats into Treating these cute little creatures as monsters and even cruelly slaughtering them, not knowing that my heart is filthier than any cat..."
"... Seeing that mortals are increasingly deviating from the right path and falling into terrible rat infestations without knowing it, our Lord is very anxious and sends prophets to the earth many times to bring mankind back to the right path. However, the foolish people not only do not listen to the prophet's advice, Instead, you burn them as wizards... You smugly think that this is a sign of piety and can please my Lord, but you don't know that it will only make my Lord's heart burn with more anger!"
"...Now, our Lord has endured it no longer...Thanks to our Lord, Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross for our sins and as a manifestation of our Lord's love...According to the law, almost everything is made of blood. Clean, without shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins!”
"...In the distant past, the Almighty God once destroyed mankind with a great flood, just to punish those ancient people for their serious sins. To this day, our Lord does not mind using the hand of a great plague to destroy you once again. This world you know so well can wash away your sins..."
"...Filthy heretics! Not only have you forgotten the Lord's teachings, blasphemed His laws, and no longer care for the cats that help you catch mice, you actually dare to frame these sacred creatures as monsters and use the most cruel methods. What a crime! ”
"...In order to punish you ungrateful sinners and teach you the majesty of the Lord, the merciful Lord has sent down His power and begun to harvest the lives of those who have deviated from the right path! This is all to punish you for seeking death for many years, The crime of indiscriminate killing of cats
The plague that is breaking out now is actually called the plague, which was brought by rats from the grasslands on the northern shore of the Black Sea. If you don't act in a perverse way, seek your own death, and hunt and kill cats indiscriminately, then these holy creatures can eliminate the rats that spread the plague and block the haze of death from outside your homes. Otherwise, your city will be cursed and will be destroyed in an invisible death!
Unfortunately, as you can see, Marseille has been cursed. If you don't repent, this place will become a place of eternal death! Just like when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah in the old days, no one could survive in this cursed city! And your souls will fall into hell and suffer eternal torture among millions of innocent cat souls..."
"...Oh! No - noble angels! We are all just deceived! Please forgive us! Save us!"
Hearing this majestic and vicious scolding, all the Marseille citizens present were trembling with fear, their legs were shaking, and they all crossed themselves on their chests with their fingers and shouted loudly with piety. And pray: "...We already know our sins and are willing to do anything to repent immediately! We are willing to send our souls and everything to you, please save us from all disasters..."
"...Very good! Although your sins are many and serious, as long as you are sincere enough, there is still hope of recovery..."
Senior Sister Ma Tong nodded with satisfaction and continued the conversation. At the same time, she reached out to pull over Knight Levi, who had just put on a purple robe and a golden crown, and announced loudly to everyone, "...I declare in the name of God that from now on From now on, Knights of Levi from the Knights of St. John of Rhode Island (the official name of the Knights Hospitallers) will become our Lord's agents on earth
In this city, whether they are civilians, nobles, or clergy, they should obey his instructions, serve God under the guidance of this knight, and strive to repent and make up for their past sins in exchange for the Lord's forgiveness and save! And God will also grant Knight Levi great power to help mortals in the world resist and treat this plague... Do you have any doubts about this? ”
Regarding these remarks, the citizens of Marseille in the square, especially the clergy who had just participated in the heresy trial, couldn't help but look at each other for a while.
Although they had some vague premonitions about this from the moment the angels presented Li Wei with the golden crown and purple robe, when this scene actually happened, they still felt a little psychologically conflicted and difficult to accept. It was as if he was being slapped hard in the face.
——In the blink of an eye, the blasphemous evil wizard turned into a noble saint canonized by the Lord? ! !
God, this world has turned upside down so fast!
But as the saying goes, the situation is stronger than the person. In front of the angel, even if you are slapped on the left cheek, as a mere mortal, you can only give the right cheek obediently and beg for a slap... What's more, now is a black death where life is precarious. In times of illness, stubbornly refusing to listen to the words of the savior... isn't this suicide?
In traditional Christian teachings, suicide seems to be an unforgivable felony!
Therefore, after a while, everyone in the square knelt down and surrendered, and a solemn prayer sounded like a Sanskrit chant.
"...May your name be hallowed, may your love be praised as a song; may your will be carried out in the earth, as the glory shines in your country."
In particular, a little boy with a bloodless face and his young mother stood up tremblingly, knelt at Li Wei's feet together, and confessed their sins with tears in their eyes - they were the ones who were imprisoned a few days ago. The evil spirits blinded their minds and even ignored the knight Livy's favor in saving them from the plague. They went to the Marseille church to accuse the saint of heresy, thus causing a disaster of barbecue for Livy.
The remaining leaders of the Marseille Pharmacists Guild were also pushed out by their frightened subordinates, and they confessed that these profit-minded people, in order to maintain the monopoly of the Marseille drug market, And the fact that he designed to frame "Saint" Li Wei...
——In order to maintain a monopoly, he actually steals business from angels... Should this be considered seeking death? What about seeking death? Or seeking death?
Then, regardless of the ferocious and distorted face of Li Wei's "saint", teacher Shizuka Marikawa, with a smile like a saint, generously forgave these sinners on the grounds that "the ignorant will not be blamed", and expressed all the above Suffering was also God's test for the saint Li Wei... which made them all shed tears of gratitude, and the onlookers cheered loudly, thinking that these angels really had a compassionate and kind heart.
All in all, everything is gratifying and gratifying...
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After finally waiting for the "advent ceremony" of the cat-eared angels to come to an end, the crowds in the square dispersed one after another, and the time-travelers were respectfully invited by the priests to rest in the most luxurious room in the cathedral. Marikawa Shizuka The teacher finally lifted the silence spell on Levi.
By this time, the resentment in his heart had been almost eliminated by time, so he did not get angry immediately after regaining his language ability, but calmly took a sip of tea and asked calmly, "...Okay , now thanks to you, I have temporarily become the manager of this city, what is the next priority? You should already have a clear plan!”
——Because each other communicated in Mandarin Chinese during the secret conversation, they had no chance of being eavesdropped and exposed by the natives of this time and space.
"...It's very simple. Use your best efforts and use all imaginable means to collect property and money in this city. You can directly tell the citizens that the amount of property they raise is directly related to how many people can be saved. " Wang Qiu replied without blushing, "... Doraemon's loan repayment date is very close. If we can't raise 1.5 billion yen, we will be in big trouble! "
"...The first task of an angel after coming down to earth is to scrape the land?!" Although he had known that these guys seemed to lack moral integrity, Levi's eyebrows jumped for a moment, "...This is too... too... Be more realistic!" he said as tactfully as possible.
"...There's no other way! Mr. Levi, no matter what you do these days, you can't do without money! What's more, aren't churches selling indulgences today? Compared with those indulgences, which are like waste paper, we What the fake angel did is already very conscientious.”
Wang Qiu smiled and shook his finger, "...First of all, we do have a reliable way to treat the Black Death, and we will really treat the remaining living people. Secondly, people who have died do not need to spend money. , so there are things in this city that can be confiscated, right?”
"...That's right. After all, your life is almost gone. The people of Marseille at this moment shouldn't take money too seriously."
Knight Levi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded and admitted the above-mentioned unscrupulous behavior, "...However, although this city of Marseille is completely empty, at least there are still at least tens of thousands of people alive. Among you, And only Teacher Marichuan is considered a qualified medical staff. It would be good if the others can give injections. Is it too busy to deal with so many patients at once? If something goes wrong, it will be troublesome!" br>
"...Don't worry, we have a foolproof new treatment this time. We no longer need to hold their arms to find veins, or watch all kinds of disgusting butts with sores and pus." Ma Tong replied with a smile, while turning the page Open a certain page of the [Magic Encyclopedia Dictionary], and then push it in front of Levi.
Looking at the beautiful handwriting written on this page, Knight Levi suddenly felt that his thoughts and ideas had experienced another collapse. "...Complete healing? God! Do you really want to turn this place into a fantasy land of swords and sorcery?"