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Conquer the northern coast of the sea, Adelaide.
Time flies, and soon the night has passed. When the moon sets and the sun rises from the east, Adelaia, a famous tourist destination in Iwege, is finally bathed in sunshine again.
Adelia, welcoming the new day, soon became lively as usual. Tourists who started the new day boarded the boat of Meng, the boatman who had been on duty for a long time, and began to travel through the city through the waterway. When they opened the newspaper prepared on the boat, the front-page news they could see was that the welcome banquet hosted and participated by Archbishop Antonio had ended successfully last night. Archbishop Antonio had left Adelia early this morning and embarked on the journey back to the capital of Peji.
At noon, in the Adelaide Church, in a room of a building next to the Grace Church, several figures gathered here. A glance at their attire confirmed that most of the people in the room were related to the church.
Antonio, wearing a simple white robe and a white hat, was sitting on a chair in the middle of the room. He should have returned to Pezi this morning, but he was still staying in Adelia. All he did was to send a telegram.
Antonio sat in a comfortable chair, holding a newspaper and reading quietly. The wall clock in the room had already struck twelve half an hour ago, and not long ago Antonio had just asked his subordinates to send a telegram to a designated address.
Antonio at this time was waiting patiently, waiting to see whether the so-called secret message from Xia Shu would be replied as scheduled like the secret letters he had received before. Judging from his expression, he was not in a hurry.
Suddenly, a burst of dense footsteps was heard in the quiet room. After a while, the door of the room was opened. A man in light priest's clothes stood at the door with a piece of white paper in his hand. He spoke to the people in the room with a slight breath.
"Sir Antonio, there is an electric shock over there..."
"Has the call come yet? It's pretty fast..." After listening to the young priest's words, Antonio put down the newspaper in his hand, and then winked at his subordinates around him. After seeing Antonio's look, these subordinates immediately understood and all retreated together. After a while, only Antonio and the young priest sitting on the chairs were left at the scene. Then Antonio slowly spoke to the young priest again.
"Tell me, what happened over there? What information did they give us?"
"Sir, according to the message from Xia Shu, they are still in the process of cleaning out the Haiyuan Cult spies. So far, they have cleaned out several Haiyuan spies, and Xia Shu has obtained a lot of intelligence from these spies.
"The most valuable information is about the White Pearl that sank in a shipwreck a while ago..."
The young priest responded to Antonio respectfully, and after listening to the priest's words, Antonio raised his eyebrows slightly, and then continued to speak.
"The White Pearl? Is that the ship whose captain is a believer of the Abyss?"
"Yes, that's the ship. According to the previous information from the Holy Order, the crew of the White Pearl was deeply infiltrated by the Abyss, so its inexplicable sinking should be related to the Abyss... and according to what Xia Shu provided, they followed the clues of a maritime spy and captured the Abyss believers among his men. Among them, one was a crew member of the White Pearl. From him, Xia Shu unexpectedly learned the inside story of the White Pearl.
"Xia Shu said in the telegram that the real purpose of the Sea Abyss Cult members on the White Pearl was to sacrifice the sea monster Seamohois with more than 2,000 passengers on the ship. However, the key item of the ritual, the Deep Blue Heart, was stolen by the thief K, so the sacrifice ceremony had to be interrupted. Later, the White Pearl suddenly sank, which seemed to be due to the conflict and even the extraordinary battle between the thief K and the Sea Abyss Cult on the ship..."
Holding a paper covered with words in his hand, the young priest respectfully reported to Antonio. Listening to the young priest's words, Antonio paused slightly, then murmured.
"Hemohois? I never thought... the truth behind the White Pearl incident was actually a sacrifice to the heir of the Abyss Serpent God... The Abyss Cult hasn't held a thousand-person sacrifice for nearly three hundred years. What do they want to do by suddenly sacrificing Hemohois this time? Are they trying to lure him out of the Black Abyss?"
Antonio said with a frown, and it was obvious that he was very cautious about this piece of information. After all, it involved the sacrifice of thousands of people and a sea monster with divine blood, so he had to be careful.
It is necessary to report such information to Shenglin Mountain.
"This is indeed very important information. It seems that Aman's letter did not lie to me... In addition to the matter of the White Pearl, did Xia Shu say anything else?" Antonio continued to speak to the young priest, while the other party shook his head and continued to speak.
"Not yet. Xia Shu said that their counter-infiltration is still going on. If they get other useful information in the future, they will contact us again."
"Is that so? It seems that Xia Shu's opposition to Haiyuan is quite strong. It seems that being used by others is not a pleasant feeling..." Antonio continued to sigh, and the young priest next to him continued to speak.
"They are so active in opposing Haiyuan, perhaps they want to surrender to us. Xia Shu is probably still worried that we will regret accepting their conversion."
“It’s natural to have such concerns… but considering the current situation where all the publicity has already been rolled out, it’s impossible to go back on our word.
"This information about the White Pearl is still somewhat important. Go down and send the details to Shenglinshan by telegram. Once it's ready, we'll set off."
"yes…"
Antonio continued to speak slowly, and after hearing these words, the young priest immediately responded respectfully and retreated immediately. Then for a moment, Antonio was the only one left in the room.
Looking at the empty room, Antonio, who was sitting on the chair, did not make any other movements. Instead, he quietly began to think about the information he had just obtained about the White Pearl. At this time, the focus of his thoughts was no longer the Sea Abyss Cultists on the White Pearl, nor the sea monster Heimhois, but the thief K who stole the Deep Blue Heart and interrupted the Sea Abyss Cult ceremony.
"Thief K... Based on the current information, she must be a Beyonder. She sneaked into the White Pearl and stole the Deep Blue Heart. I don't know what her purpose was. Did she have a grudge against the Sea Abyss Church and deliberately went to disrupt the ceremony? Or did she simply want to steal something? What was her intention in sending a warning letter that caused trouble for herself?
"I don't know the way or the association. What a mysterious woman... Maybe she knows more about the Sea Abyss Cult and why they want to sacrifice Haimohois."
Looking out the window, Antonio was thinking like this, and at this moment, there was another hurried sound of footsteps outside his room. Hearing the footsteps, Antonio looked towards the door, and there was a slight knock on the door, followed by a man's voice.
"Excuse me, Mr. Antonio, are you there?"
Antonio recognized the voice. It was the voice of Paul, the head of the secret police in Adelia. He had met him many times during his time in Adelia.
"I'm here, come in."
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