Chapter 1379 - 1378: Contest for the Pope's Position

After listening to Lin Fan, Mansite raised an eyebrow, not quite understanding Lin Fan's meaning!

Lin Fan immediately sneered, "Now everyone in the church knows about my bet with Gao Ta. If we kill Gao Ta and he can't show up tomorrow, everyone will certainly suspect his disappearance is related to us!"

"I can say that I personally killed Gao Ta, and that he was from the Blood Tribe, nothing to do with you!" Mansite replied!

"You're oversimplifying things!"

Lin Fan continued, "First, no one knows Gao Ta is from the Blood Tribe. Second, now everyone in the church thinks we're in cahoots, so they won't believe a word you say!"

"So what should we do? Just watch as Gao Ta becomes Pope and lets the Blood Tribe infiltrate us? That's impossible!" Mansite gritted his teeth and said!

Hearing this, Lin Fan rolled his eyes helplessly. Is this guy really all brawn and no brains?

Lin Fan said, "We can wait until tomorrow and expose Gao Ta in front of everyone; wouldn't that be better?"

Mansie pondered for a moment, then said, "Indeed! Alright, I'll follow your plan. Tomorrow, I'll make Gao Ta pay the price and send all the Blood Tribe remnants to hell!"

"Then you can deal with the Blood Tribe people however you like!" Lin Fan shrugged, showing indifference!

Immediately, they hesitated no more and turned to leave the desolate mountain!

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The next morning, the sun was shining brightly!

Early in the morning, the square outside the church had already gathered many people. Many had stayed all night without leaving, their lips dry and faces pale, looking very weak, but showing no intention to leave!

This shows how high Kidd's status is in these people's hearts!

Lin Fan had just woken up and dressed when there was a "bang bang bang" knock on the door!

"Come in!" Lin Fan said!

The door was pushed open, and it was a member of the Holy Knight Order who walked in!

"Captain, Vice-Captain Mansite, and Steward Gao Ta, among others, are waiting for you in the square outside the church!" said the member of the Holy Knight Order!

"Alright! Take me there!" Lin Fan nodded!

Then, under the guidance of that Holy Knight Order member, Lin Fan walked out of the church and came to the square outside!

At this time, the square was already packed with believers, and Gao Ta, along with several other stewards, was present, while Mansite and about a dozen members of the Holy Knight Order stood opposite Gao Ta!

Besides, there were quite a few members of the Holy Knight Order scattered around as well!

Mansite stared at Gao Ta with eyes full of fierce killing intent!

Mansie, seeing Lin Fan approaching, said, "You're here!"

Lin Fan nodded and then looked up at Gao Ta. At this moment, Gao Ta looked at Lin Fan with a face full of cold sneer!

Gao Ta shouted, "Mr. Tyrant, are you ready?"

"Of course!" Lin Fan shrugged nonchalantly!

"Good! In that case, today we will compete in front of all the believers, and whoever wins becomes the new Pope!" Gao Ta's face was filled with sinister expression!

"In front of all the believers?"

Lin Fan, upon hearing this, couldn't help but sneer!

Really don't know who gave Gao Ta such courage, but in Lin Fan's eyes, Gao Ta's actions were utterly foolish!

However, Gao Ta provided Lin Fan with an opportunity to subdue everyone, and that was to expose Gao Ta in front of everyone, thereby making the believers more submissive to him!

"How do you want to compete?" Lin Fan asked Gao Ta with an amused expression!

"Of course, it's about having the capital to become Pope. The first item, of course, is the recital of scriptures!" Gao Ta said.

"Sure! No problem!" Lin Fan shrugged!

Seeing Lin Fan's nonchalance, Gao Ta still sneered secretly, not believing for a second that Lin Fan could memorize all the scripture in just two days!

"I'll go first!"

Gao Ta shouted, then immediately started reciting the scripture fluently, as if it were as simple as eating for him!

Not long after, a section of scripture was finished, and applause erupted immediately around!

The scripture is a treasure left by God, the most precious thing to these believers. Many people can't memorize the whole scripture, and even the core members of the church find it hard to recite, so many were amazed to hear Gao Ta reciting so fluently!

Seeing many admiring glances around, Gao Ta arrogantly raised his head and sneered at Lin Fan, "Mr. Tyrant, now it's your turn!"

Upon hearing this, Mansite became nervous. After all, Lin Fan had truly only memorized the scripture for a day, and he couldn't guarantee Lin Fan would remember everything!

However, Lin Fan's face was full of a laid-back expression, not a trace of tension, as if he were playing a game!

Lin Fan shrugged casually but suddenly said, "I can't!"

"You... can't!"

Hearing Lin Fan's words, Gao Ta was taken aback, not expecting Lin Fan to be so candid!

However, upon receiving this answer, Gao Ta's heart was filled with anticipation, as if he could already see the scene of himself holding the papal staff and becoming the Pope!

"Haha! Mr. Tyrant, your honesty is admirable, but this is a formal competition, you didn't recite the scripture, that means you lost!" Gao Ta shouted!

"As you wish!"

Lin Fan was full of indifference, even lighting a cigarette and enjoying the smoke!

Upon seeing this, some stewards and surrounding believers showed some dislike!

After all, this is a solemn occasion, but Lin Fan was smoking, which was too wanton!

Gao Ta was instead pleased to see this scene. The worse Lin Fan's performance, the greater his chances of becoming Pope!

"You lost the first round, now let's see who caught the Blood Tribe person! Bring it up!"

Gao Ta provocatively looked at Lin Fan, waved his hand, and shouted loudly!

Soon, a Blood Tribe person baring fangs was brought out, precisely the Blood Tribe strongman willing to sacrifice himself last night!

"Is this... the Blood Tribe?"

"What a cruel appearance!"

"Monster! They're monsters who shouldn't exist in this world!"

Some believers had never seen a Blood Tribe person before, and upon seeing the sinister face and sharp fangs, they felt somewhat horrified!

Even the stewards who had never seen a Blood Tribe person retreated at a distance from the Blood Tribe individual who was brought up!

"Haha! Mr. Tyrant, I've caught a Blood Tribe person, and he participated in the mission to kill Pope Kidd. I wonder... Mr. Tyrant, have you caught any Blood Tribe people?"

Gao Ta sneered and asked!

He knew none of his Blood Tribe subordinates in the Vatican were lost or missing, proving Lin Fan hadn't caught a single Blood Tribe person!

Gao Ta didn't believe he could win this competition and not secure the position of Pope!

His eyes filled with the color of desire, as if he could already see himself sitting on the Pope's throne!

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