Chapter 34: Stage on the platform


   The speed of the elevator was not very fast. It took about two minutes to reach the place where Martin was going.
   It should be not far from the top of the cage city, because they can clearly see the light projected from the sky from above the elevator shaft.
The higher the floor, the fewer people on the platform, and the people who wait for the railcars on the platform are also more neatly dressed. Even some men and women wear lace skirts, short trench coats, and lace skirts that are popular in the upper circle of the French Empire. The three-cornered hats feel like they are like a group of superiors of the French Empire.
However, when the elevator rose to the floor where the walls were painted with red dye, ordinary workers and well-dressed people disappeared, and all that remained was some people wearing black robes standing quietly on the platform, waiting for the rail car .
   There is still a distance from the top floor where the elevator stops. It is estimated that there are about twenty floors. Three people came down from the elevator and turned a passage, and came to the platform of this floor.
At this time, in addition to a few people wearing black robes, there were Catherine and Nelson who were separated from them before, and the two of them also wore a burqa at the moment, but the robes on their bodies and the others There are differences, such as a few less patterns, a few more ribbons and so on.
   Obviously the people waiting for the railcar on the platform are not ordinary, not only because of their burqa, but also because of the temperament they exude, which is different from the workers at the bottom of the cage.
However, these people with extraordinary status in Cage City are very close and respectful to Catherine at the moment. Even one person will lean down slightly when talking to Catherine, and it looks like a subordinate is listening to the boss. Commanded the same.
   Because Martin deliberately stepped up, when the three people walked to the platform, the people waiting on the platform noticed their arrival.
   It was just that the people who waited for the bus showed very different attitudes after meeting Martin.
   Three of them behaved indifferently, even with a little hostility, while the other two showed admiration and admiration, just like the soldiers guarding the special elevator and the workers at the bottom of the cage.
The two men in black robes who showed an intimate attitude towards Martin waited for Martin to walk up and greeted him actively, leaning down in front of Martin and completely putting himself in the lower position until Martin raised his hand to touch the two. Head, they just straightened up.
While the two were preparing to say something to Martin, Martin raised his hand to stop it. Then Martin turned his head and shouted at the three indifferent people: "Does the church even have the most basic etiquette?" No more professors?"
  The women of the three said coldly: "Your Excellency Martin, you are no longer the Patriarch..."
  Don't wait for the other party to finish, Martin directly refuted: "Although I resigned from the position of high priest, I am anyway the Apostle of Aknaya, and the status of the church as the three high priests.
While the woman was about to say something, but was stopped by an old man next to him, he gestured to the two companions, and then crossed his hands on his chest, and took possession of Martin, performing a courtesy that could not be said with any respect, Then it moved to the edge of the platform and ignored the things on this side.
  The two people who were very respectful to Martin before talking to the three were embarrassed. They wanted to stand beside Martin, but they also wanted to lean towards the three, completely in a dilemma.
However, when confronted by these two men, Martin's attitude was completely out of the aggressive attitude that he had just shown, and he behaved very close to the people. He signaled that the two did not have to worry about the things just now. In the past, it was enough to stand with their companions. He would not Blame them.
  Just as Martin and the senior clergy of the Aknaya sect clashed, Leo and Jason had walked to Catherine and Nelson.
   "Jean Valjean gave them to you?" With the light of the platform, Catherine saw the king and the queen who were very striking at Leo's waist, said in amazement.
   "Yeah." Leo nodded blandly, as if he had no intention of talking.
   felt Leo was a little cold, and Catherine did not continue to inquire, said to help him and Jason take the burqa, and walked away.
   "Doctor, did you do anything else for so long together?" When three people were left, Jason suddenly laughed and said to Nelson.
"You, don't talk nonsense!" Nielsen shook his head again and again, explaining: "Kena and I are just preparing some medicine. She said that there are many patients in the area where the church is located. She hopes that this trip can also be seen by the way. They treat it."
   "By the way, can you treat them?" Leo Wenwen said, frowning, and asked: "Does it still need any qualifications or requirements to treat those patients?"
Nielsen quickly replaced his sweetheart, explaining: "No! It is the patients who refused treatment. They are all faithful believers of the Aknaya sect. They believe that the pain can bring them closer to Aknaya. They also believe that in Aknaya With the help of them, they can not only remove the pain, but also get the divine power given by Aknaya."
With that, he looked at the other five black-robed men and said, "Several of them were also former patients, but when they recovered, they became high-level clergy of the church. With these people as role models, those How can a sick person be willing to receive treatment."
"Some bad examples, isn't it?" Martin also came over when Nielsen said these words, and just heard the words about the black robe, inserted into the conversation of the three, and said with some excitement: "The clergy should be Be faithful to gods and truly understand the doctrine, not these guys who have recovered from illness due to good luck. Dr. Nielsen, do you think I am right?"
   Nielsen heard the words, nodded instinctively without much thought.
"Unfortunately not everyone can understand as well as you do." Martin smiled bitterly and said, "When the clergy meeting proposed that these guys want to promote these people to clergy, I knew there would be such a day, so The fierce opposition, even the resignation of the position of the Patriarch, failed in the end. Now you see what this has become, and you will not go to treatment if you are sick, willing to go to the church area to wait for death. Maybe there are one or two Lucky people can survive and become clergy by lying, but how many people know that the vast majority of other patients have missed the best period of treatment while waiting and died there, this is not how I established Aknaya The original intention of the sect?"
  Just as Nielsen was touched by Martin's words, Leo said very coldly: "You should stand in the church you founded to give a speech, not say it in front of us outsiders."
"I also thought of giving a speech to all believers in the main square of the church, but I also have to obey my oath." Martin did not have any negative emotions caused by Leo's indifference. Instead, he sighed and said helplessly. : "Unless I have the permission of the three high priests at the same time, I shall not enter the area of ​​the cage diocese."
Leo unceremoniously dismantled the hidden content of Martin’s words and said:
If I am not wrong, presumably the three high priests have the same oath. They must not leave that parish without your consent. right?"
When Martin heard Leo’s words, his face was slightly gloomy, but he immediately regained his original condition, and he didn’t speak in front of the three Leo again, but seemed to have forgotten everything he just said, and pulled back the topic stiffly. When it came to the next thing, he said: "I was going to prepare you as a Protestant to go to the Holy Hall for baptism, and then enter the catacombs from the Holy Hall to find evidence. Now I want to come to this plan is a bit rough."
   Leo quietly watched Martin performing alone, and did not take over his words. As for Nielsen and Jason, they also felt that Leo was there, and they did not need to pay attention to these things.
The expected conversation did not appear, embarrassing Martin, but after all, he was not an ordinary person. In a way, his mentality was even stronger than Leo, so he quickly recovered as usual and continued to say: " However, if Kenna is here, you have a good excuse. Kenna and Dr. Nelson can enter the catacombs as doctors. There is a place for the seriously ill. The two of you can follow as guards, so you can also Enter the catacombs with weapons, no need to hand it in before entering."
   "Very good." Leo responded very simply.
At this moment Martin could already clearly feel Leo’s distrust of him, and he didn’t care about it, because in his view, even if Leo saw through his intentions, as long as Catherine they entered the catacombs, no matter what the final result Whatever it is, he will always be the winner.
At this time, Catherine took two robes and gave them to Leo and Jason, only to see the weapons on Leo and Jason, especially the flintlock cannon behind Jason. At that time, I couldn't help frowning and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to enter the Holy Hall with these weapons..."
   "No! Kaina, they don't need to go to the hall." Martin explained it immediately and told Catherine his thoughts just now.
After Catherine listened, her face was very ugly, and she said, "You..." was trying to say something, but looked at the robes, and was concerned. So they made one for Nelson and Leo. Sorry, he pulled Martin to a relatively remote place, gritted his teeth and said, "Are you crazy? What is the place of the catacombs? Don't you know? You want to make trouble there, aren't you afraid... …"
   "I'm not afraid of anything!" Before Catherine finished speaking, Martin said with awe and awe: "As long as I can find out the truth, I will bear all the blame."
Catherine seemed to be influenced by Martin's momentum, her expression on her face was less firm, her blame on Martin also weakened a lot, and her tone softened a lot, saying, "Why do you think underground The tomb would be..."
Martin still interrupted Catherine’s words and said,
It’s not that I think it’s just the catacombs, you should be very clear that our people have searched every possible place and have not found any evidence, only The remaining two places were not found, one is the Holy Auditorium, and the other is the catacombs. The people in the Holy Auditorium can’t hide things, but the catacombs are different, don’t you think that is the best place to hide secrets? ?After all, it’s either the dead person or the dying person. The dead person won’t tell a secret. Don’t you think so?

  Catherine was silent, and she seemed to have a great disgust at Martin's suspicion of a problem in the catacombs, but she also had to admit that Martin was right.
   And she felt more like Martin said, she had doubts about the catacombs before, but because of the special nature of the catacombs and the trust in her companions, she always couldn't help but ignore that place.
Even just now she was thinking about bringing medicine to the diocese to treat patients, but the catacombs were all seriously ill patients. It stands to reason that her diagnosis and treatment place should have catacombs, but the fact that she didn’t even think of going there made her feel helpless. Somewhat sad, some guilty.
  Catherine seemed to have been persuaded, but she complained a lot: "Actually, I can just go, you shouldn't let Nielsen follow them. If something goes wrong, I might come back..."
"No, you can't come back!" Martin interrupted Catherine for the third time and said, "Think about what they do. Once you find the evidence, they are aware of it, no matter who you are, even me." It is impossible to come back, you must not have any fluke in mind."
  Catherine also felt the danger, said: "But this is our own business, should not let Nielsen blend them in."
"This is his willingness!" Martin slapped Catherine's shoulder and said, "Don't you think he came here at this time~EbookFREE.me~ Is it a destiny arrangement? Don't think about that, it's still good Consider how to find evidence in the catacombs!"
When    finished speaking, he voluntarily ended the conversation and walked back to the platform.
  Catherine stood for a while and walked out slowly.
   At this time, Nelson saw that Catherine's face was a little ugly, so she stepped forward and asked about the situation. Catherine opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end she still didn't speak. She just smiled lightly at Nelson and said nothing.
  When these people perform according to their roles, they do not know their every move, they are all under Leo's monitoring, including Martin and Catherine's dialogue, etc., all things are well known by Leo. For this reason, Leo had to use perfect control skills to control his ears to a level large enough to hear the conversation between the two.
Although it is a waste to use psionic energy for eavesdropping on this occasion, Leo believes that this psionic energy is wasted. At least by eavesdropping on this conversation, his attitude towards Catherine has been monitored from vigilance. , Became temporarily credible.
The reason is only temporary credibility, because he is still not sure, whether the scene was just two people deliberately acting next to him, after all, Martin also knows that he has extraordinary abilities, and may use it in Martin’s mind. To defraud his trust.
  With a burst of metal sound from the rolling of rails, a train of ten cars stopped on the platform.
  The people walked in one after another. Martin stood on the platform, said a few words to the people, and watched the rail car slowly leave the platform.
   Perhaps because everyone was gone, his face couldn't conceal a proud smile at this time, and this smile was captured by Leo, who inspired the vision.
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