When the Pope Becomes Competent - Chapter 167



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167. I’ll Give You a Chance to Kill Me
2024.04.15.

“What are your plans?”

After hearing my question, Yan pushed up his glasses once and continued to ask.

“What do you think the Revolutionary Army is planning?”

“Revolution?”

“Yes.”

After nodding to me, Yan continued.

“We’re going to assassinate the current Emperor and Romun, who is using him as a puppet, and then overthrow the system.”

“… … I see.”

Actually, I had expected this when I first heard the word Revolutionary Army.

I quietly asked Yan.

“So you’re planning to use us for that plan, and that’s why you’re helping us?”

“Not using us, but cooperating.”

Yan said and continued to explain.

“Romun has very powerful skills. That’s why our strength is not enough. I thought that if you were truly chosen by God, you would be a great help to us.”

“Hmm… … .”

It wasn’t a bad story for us either.

We had just arrived in the missionary world, so we didn’t know anything about this place.

On the other hand, they seemed to have made some preparations.

I asked Jan.

“Do you have a specific plan?”

“Of course. However, the plan isn’t ready yet, so let’s continue the detailed story tomorrow. You must be very tired today.”

Jan said that and shouted outside.

“Karina! Guide the apostle to the inn!”

Then the door opened and the black cat that had guided us here came inside.

Was the cat’s name Karina?

While I was thinking that, Karina waggled her long tail and said to me,

“Follow me. I’ll guide you to the inn.”

* * *

As we followed Karina to the inn with the rest of the group, we were able to hear more from Karina.

That the official name of the revolutionary army was the ‘Fourth Moon.’

That the Fourth Moon had been created about five years ago.

And the Prisileans here are under the strict control of the Emperor and Romun, etc.

Karina explained various things to us, and in the meantime, we were finally able to arrive at the place called the dormitory.

‘It’s like a prison.’

The revolutionary army’s hideout was underground, so the dormitory didn’t receive any sunlight at all.

Instead, they installed several luminous items to light up the room, but even so, it was very dark and reminded us of a prison.

Fortunately, the interior was relatively spacious, so it didn’t feel stuffy.

The hall was open high up to the second floor, and there was a space for eating.

It seemed that the second floor was probably used as the dormitory, and Karina pointed to it and said,

“You can share the three rooms on the left side of the second floor. If you come down to the first floor, there are various facilities, so feel free to use them whenever you want.”

“Yeah, thank you for showing me around. You can go back.”

After hearing what I said, Karina waggled her tail and disappeared somewhere.

We were finally able to let out a deep sigh after arriving at the dormitory on the second floor that Karina had mentioned.

“Ha… … . We had a lot going on today.”

Dionik nodded after hearing me.

“That’s right. I didn’t know there would be a revolutionary army when I followed a talking cat that I was running away from.”

Elodie continued.

“I’m still not sure if I can trust them. I think they saved us, but I still feel a little uneasy. More importantly, that brown-haired man… I think his name was ‘Jan’? What did he say to you?”

In response to Elodie’s question, I briefly summarized my conversation with Jan.

“They said they wanted to kill the Emperor and Romun who rule the Prisileans? They wanted to borrow our strength to do that. It seems like they’ve prepared a plan.”

The group made subtle expressions and each fell into thought.

Luciana was the first to speak.

“I think it would be good to hear what that plan they said they had prepared and then decide for ourselves.”

“Yeah. We need someone’s help right now. “If you listen to their plans and they seem plausible, you might want to consider cooperating.”

Everyone seemed to agree with what I said.

No one raised an objection.

After our brief exchange of opinions, we decided to take a quick nap in our respective rooms. We

were exhausted because we had been busy since we got here.

Since we were given three rooms, I ended up sharing one with Dionik.

Dionik and I each laid down on the two neatly placed beds.

In an instant, Suma swooped in.

* * *

“Hyung! Wake up, hyung!”

I opened my eyes again after hearing Dionik’s call, having fallen into a deep sleep. I

rubbed my still blurry eyes with the back of my hand and looked at him and asked.

“What’s going on?”

“The Fourth Moon kids are asking me to come down? They’re throwing a welcoming party.”

“Welcome party…?”

“Since we’re going to cooperate, they’re throwing a welcoming party? And they’re going to introduce the Fourth Moon’s key executives there.”

I had no choice but to get up after hearing Dionik’s words. I

wanted to sleep a little longer, but since they were throwing a welcoming party, I couldn’t just sit there and do nothing.

So I dressed appropriately and went down to the first floor hall, where I saw a lot of delicious food.

In front of the food were five people who seemed to be the key members of the revolutionaries here.

Among them, Jan, who was sitting in the middle, gestured to us.

“Everyone is coming down. Please sit over here.”

Our group, who came down from the second floor, soon sat down in front of a table filled with food.

The five revolutionary army members and we sat side by side facing each other.

In the meantime, Jan got up from his seat and introduced the revolutionary army members one by one.

“Let me introduce them starting from the left. The twins sitting on my left are Peter and Arthur. They look so identical that even we can’t tell them apart yet.”

Just as Jan jokingly said, the male twins looked exactly the same. They had

the same purple hair and gold eyes.

They also looked to be in their early to mid-twenties.

They, Peter and Arthur, bowed their heads to greet us.

When we bowed back in return, Jan introduced the woman sitting on my right.

“This is Karina. This is the first time you’ve seen her without being possessed by a cat.”

Karina, who was sitting on the right side of Jan, smiled and waved at us. I

had only seen her in the form of a cat, but in reality, she was a woman with a rather neat impression.

Her black hair and light green eyes were just like her black cat.

When we greeted Karina, Jan pointed to the muscular man who was the last one left.

“And over there—”

“I don’t need to introduce myself, so let’s skip that.”

Just as Jan was about to introduce the muscular man sitting on the far right, the muscular man let out that strange remark first.

My interest piqued, I took a closer look at the guy’s appearance.

At first glance, he looked like he was well-trained, with a solid body and dark tanned skin.

His hair was red, and his eyes were also bright red.

‘He definitely looks like he won’t listen to you.’

While I was thinking that while looking at his rebellious eyes, he blurted out rebellious words.

“Why are you introducing me? Do you think those guys are pretty?”

“Watch your words, Dian.”

Yan scolded the muscular man, Dian.

However, Dian didn’t seem to be the type to listen to Yan’s words.

Despite Yan’s advice to watch his words, he started spewing arrogant words at me.

“I don’t even know why we should keep that Apostle of God alive in the first place. He’s essential to Romun’s plans. Then shouldn’t we just get rid of him here?”

“Dian!!”

Yan finally shouted.

Naturally, the welcoming atmosphere was quickly cooling down.

It had been quite friendly until that Dian guy showed up.

Since it seemed like the situation needed to be sorted out a bit, I quietly opened my mouth.

“I’m sorry, but it won’t be of any use getting rid of me. “If I’m not there, Romun will find another way.”

It wasn’t a lie.

If I die, Petros will succeed me as the Apostle of God, and Romun will try to access the system using Petros.

In fact, Romun used Petros in that way in the first round to drive this world to destruction.

However, I didn’t go into detail because I had to keep this fact a secret.

Dian snorted after hearing what I said.

“You think Romun will find another way without you? Nonsense. If you’re gone, Romun’s plans will be ruined. If you’re gone.”

It seemed like he wasn’t a guy who listened well.

As the atmosphere became even more tense than before, Yan finally opened his mouth as if he was about to say something.

I had previously signaled Yan to stay still with my eyes.

It seemed like that Dian guy needed some help.

“Okay, I’ll give you a chance.”

“What?”

Dian asked back stupidly after hearing what I said.

I smiled faintly and said to Dian.

“You seem to believe that everything will be resolved if I’m gone, so I’ll give you a chance. A chance to get rid of me.”

“… … A chance to get rid of me?”

“You mean try to kill me if you can.”

“… … .”

Dian glared at me with wary eyes.

I ignored him and asked Yan.

“Isn’t there a wide space here where we can fight freely?”

“There is a training ground exclusively for the Revolutionary Army, but… … .”

“Take me there. I need to give that Dian guy a chance to kill me.”

“Let’s spar… …?”

I nodded and looked at Dian.

“Let’s have a duel with my life on the line. Even if I die or become crippled during the duel, I won’t hold you responsible.”

“… … .”

“You’re not scared now, are you? You said I should die right now.”

As expected, the guy got angry and retorted to my provocative words.

“Who would be scared?”

He finally took out his weapon from his inventory.

Coincidentally, his weapon was a mace covered in spikes.

It looked quite similar to the mace I used to use, so I felt a brief sense of nostalgia.

In the meantime, he swung his mace around and spoke to me.

“Just keep your word. Even if I die, you won’t hold me responsible.”

“Okay, but don’t complain if I kill or cripple you. That’s only fair, right?”

“… … .”

The guy kept silent with a slightly nervous expression on his face.

I let out a small laugh and called out to Jan.

“Jan, lead me to where the training ground is.”