Richard opened the door and walked from the foyer to the living room. He found two people sitting in the living room, facing each other like strangers. It was hard to tell that they had once given birth to a child.

Yes, sitting in the living room were his own father and...his own mother.

The woman turned around and saw Richard come back. She immediately stood up, opened her arms, and exclaimed happily, "Oh, my dear son is back!"

"Mom!"

Richard and his mother hugged.

"I heard you went on a mission?"

"Yes, because I want to earn some points by my own ability, so that I can give my favorite mother a exquisite gift on her birthday."

"Oh, you're such a good boy." Kai Xi kissed her son on the forehead.

At this moment, Eisen stood up and said, "Richard, entertain your mother..."

After speaking, he rushed into the room on the first floor as if fleeing, and closed the door.

"If only your father could be as cheerful as you." Kai Xi sighed.

"It's because my father gave all his sunshine to me."

"You're getting better at talking, my son. How was the mission?"

"Not hard, very fulfilling."

"What do you do in the team?"

"I hide in the dark with my captain and teammates to protect the target."

"I see. That must be tiring. Do you want to take a shower first?"

"Okay, Mom, I'll go upstairs and take a shower."

"By the way, your grandfather is upstairs. Go say hello to him."

"Grandpa is also here? Okay, I got it, Mom."

Richard went upstairs and knocked on the study door.

"Come in."

"Grandpa."

"Back already." Delong was not sitting behind the desk, but standing in front of the wall, looking at the old family photo.

"Yeah, I'm back. The mission is over."

"Are you tired?"

"Not tired. It was my first mission, and it was fulfilling from start to finish."

"Are your parents downstairs talking?"

"Even if you go upstairs and leave the living room to them, do you think they will talk to each other?"

"Ah, I don't know how your father became like this. He was just a bit introverted when he was a child, but now that his son is grown up, he's getting more and more withdrawn."

"I think we can find a psychologist for him."

"Will it work?"

"It won't work if we don't try."

"Then let's give it a try. You go look for one."

"Okay, Grandpa, but when I find a suitable psychologist, I still need you to tell Dad to go see him."

"I know that."

Delong took two steps back, but his gaze remained on the photo.

"Is Grandpa thinking about my aunt?"

"Yeah. When your father was a child, he only smiled and was lively when your aunt was with him. I've always wondered if your father wouldn't have turned out like this if your aunt were still alive and living with us.""Your cousin, your aunt's child, should be around the same age as you, maybe a little older. You also have a cousin," said the grandfather.

"By the way, Grandpa, why are you and my parents all at home? Did my mother come back from Sangpu City to visit?"

"She had a business trip to York City and came back to visit," replied the grandfather.

"Oh, I see," said Richard.

"Richard, don't blame your mother," said the grandfather.

"I have never blamed my mother. If I were her, I would also find it hard to face such a husband every day," replied Richard.

"As a son, you shouldn't say such things," said the grandfather.

"We are all family, and we can naturally understand each other. Grandpa, I'm going to take a shower first," said Richard as he closed the study door.

He heard his cousin's voice downstairs as he leaned against the stairwell. He wondered if his cousin had also come.

Richard didn't go downstairs but went to the bathroom. He paused for a moment while undressing. Everyone was back and at home. This family hadn't been this complete in years.

Richard couldn't help but think of what the captain had told him before he came back. "It seems that something is really going to happen."

After taking a shower and changing clothes, Richard lay on his bed with the bedroom door intentionally left open. He could hear intermittent voices from the living room downstairs, mostly his aunt and mother chatting. After a while, he also heard his grandfather's voice. He must have come downstairs too.

Richard began to feel drowsy. He had been standing in the elevator for the past few days and had been sleeping against the elevator wall. He hadn't slept in a bed for days, and now that he was finally lying in one, he didn't want to leave. But he forced himself to stay awake. Later, he found it too painful to lie in bed, so he got up and leaned against the wall at the bedroom door. He felt as if he was still on a mission in the elevator.

He was half asleep and half awake when he realized that the voices downstairs had stopped. He quickly opened his eyes and became fully awake. He went downstairs and saw his grandfather, father, mother, and cousin just walking into the foyer.

"Hey, cousin, you're here!" Richard greeted his cousin warmly.

"Look, the whip of our family's glorious order has returned," said Kaixi, looking at her son with concern. "Didn't you sleep?"

"I just slept for a while. I'm getting ready to go on a date with Belina," replied Richard.

"Who is Belina?" asked Kaixi.

"She's a girl I've been seeing recently. She's very gentle. Her father is a missionary of the Reincarnation Church, and her mother is a Rui Lan person who is good at cooking Rui Lan cuisine. I think I might have a chance to taste it tonight," said Richard. He noticed that his father, mother, and cousin all had the same expression when he said these things.

Wait, something's not right.

"Richard, my grandson."At this time, Delong, who had already walked to the door, came back and pointed at Richard:

"After completing a task and coming back, I think you need to rest now, you need sufficient rest. I know young people like to play, but you also need to allocate your time properly.

So, for the sake of your health, I hope you will sleep at home today. You are an adult, and you need to control the rhythm of your life and work, do you understand?"

"I understand, Grandpa."

"I don't want you to lie to me. If you promise me, you must do it, otherwise Grandpa will be very angry."

"Yes, Grandpa, I will listen to you. I won't go anywhere today and rest at home."

"Okay, good."

"Rest well, son." Kaixi hugged Richard and then walked out of the house with them.

Richard didn't go back to his own bedroom, but sat down on the sofa in the living room and muttered to himself: "Grandpa's reaction seems very sensitive. Father, mother, and younger sister didn't react, does that mean that only Grandpa knows where they are going and what tasks they are going to perform?

Such a strict confidentiality procedure, even their own children have to strictly abide by it."

"Ring ring..."

The phone rang, and Richard answered the call.

"Hello, it's me."

"Captain!"

"Did you say it?"

"Captain, I said it as you instructed. Grandpa... had a reaction."

"Okay, I understand. You rest well."

"Yes, Captain."

...

Neo put down the phone in the phone booth and looked at Karun, saying, "I'll give you a chance to guess which orthodox church it is."

Karun answered, "The Reincarnation Church."

"Why?"

"Because when we first met Delius, he gave us 100,000 reincarnation vouchers to invite us for afternoon tea. I think he should have brought a lot of vouchers for this negotiation. Space gem vouchers are not suitable to give away in that situation because they were depreciating at the time and were not issued by the orthodox church.

He was able to give us 100,000 vouchers as a reward, which proves that he still has a lot of reincarnation vouchers. This also proves the close relationship between the Palmyra Church and the Reincarnation Church.

Using the Palmyra Church as a springboard to attack an opponent, the opponent should be very familiar with the Palmyra Church and have a good relationship with them. This way, the effect of the surprise attack will be the best."

"Not bad reasoning," Neo said.

"I think my reasoning is a bit far-fetched."

"No, it's because you have less information. Investigation and verification are often like this. You can't expect to get sufficient information every time.

The target of Order this time is the Reincarnation Church.

At first, I analyzed it the same as you did, but I was just guessing at the time. After all, it involved all my savings, so I couldn't be careless. So I asked Richard to help me ask. Well, I can't say ask, it's more like testing with a possible answer I provided.""Are you sure the Gu Man family must know?"

"Well, do you remember the last time the academic building collapsed?"

"I remember you said that Mr. Delong's department head was found to be a traitor and before he was arrested, he triggered the formation of the academic building."

"Well, that's right, and that's exactly what happened. But don't you think it's strange?"

"Strange?"

"My religion, actually started catching traitors."

"..." Karun.

"This phenomenon may not necessarily be unknown to the higher-ups. It may be laziness or intentional indulgence. After all, the major religions infiltrate each other and know what's going on. So the last time something happened was obviously abnormal, abnormal to the point of screening the team needed for an urgent and important task."

And the department head had an accident, and the original deputy head, our Mr. Delong, naturally became the real person in charge of that department.

Some things the bishops of the York City district may not know, but Mr. Delong can know because he is the handle of that knife, and no one can doubt the Gu Man family's absolute loyalty to the Order of the Gods.

I think they should cooperate with the knights on the other side tonight and take action, such as... blocking the academic building of the Reincarnation Church and several important preaching points in York City in advance with formations?"

Neo looked at the big screen, and the Reincarnation Coupon was ranked high as a legitimate religious point coupon.

"What's the point of the Space Gem Coupon? Shorting the legitimate church point coupons is really interesting."

"Captain, Vani still has 100,000 Reincarnation Coupons."

"According to Vani's habits, she should have gone to the black market to exchange for Order Coupons after separating from us. You don't have to worry about this. In addition, after this incident, the church will probably have a big purge against traitors, focusing on those who leaked information and sold information. This is also why I asked you to beat those three to blood. Otherwise, they may be implicated."

"But, Captain, what about us now..."

Karun felt that compared to Pi Nuo and them selling intelligence, the two of them were more like real spies, and they had accomplished something that even an excellent spy might not be able to do.

"Do you have a superior?" Neo asked Karun.

"I don't have one..."

"It's a coincidence. I don't have one either. So, what kind of traitor are we?"

"This..."

"Do you know that many of the insiders who buy information from the church are actually members of the church themselves? Fishing is definitely easier than catching fish in the pond, isn't it?"

"I understand, Captain."

"Okay, I'm going to place an order. You go downstairs and help me order a glass of the Elna Blood Wine. I think my hands will still shake a bit after placing the order. After all, it's all my savings."

"Okay, Captain."

Shortly after, Karun came up with a glass of blood wine and saw the captain sitting there after placing the order, looking at his own hands, as if really trembling.

"Captain, here's your wine.""Neo took the wine glass and took a big sip, asking, 'Are you going home now?'

'Captain, do you have any other plans?'

'I want to go outside the administration building of the Samsara Sect and enjoy the moonlight.'

'I want to go too.'

Neo looked at Karun and asked, 'So, when you saw our administration building collapsed last time, especially when you saw the part of the warehouse and storey collapsed, did you have an impulse in your heart?'

Karun nodded and said, 'Unfortunately, there were several judges guarding the part of the storey at that time.'

Neo sighed and said, 'I regret that it was during the day.'

...

"Creak..."

The iron door was opened, and Delius, who was wearing shackles, was escorted into an office from the prison.

Here, Delius saw his father, the Bishop Burn, wearing black armor.

Bishop Burn said, 'I'm sorry. The prison of the garrison has not been used for a long time, and the environment inside must be very bad.'

'Are you a member of the Knights Templar?'

'You should be proud of this, because your father is not only a bishop of the York City region, but also a glorious member of the Knights Templar. Although he has retired, I still retain the military position of this garrison. Strictly speaking, the bishop's identity is my part-time job.'

'You have cooperated with the Venerable, and the target of the Order this time is not the Palmireth Sect, but the messenger space, as a springboard.'

'You finally know?'

'I knew it when I learned that the space of the cage collapsed. Without the consent and cooperation of the Venerable, this play could not go on at all.'

He had informed the Venerable in time, but things did not change, but he believed that the Venerable had the ability to stop all of this.

'Yes, in fact, the time for the Order to infiltrate and master the Palmireth Sect is much longer than you think.'

'So, who is the real target of the Order this time?'

'Do you know who destroyed the space of the cage? The captain of the maintenance team, Kanda, you should be familiar with him. He once competed with you for the position of the godson, but lost to you.'

'Is it him?'

'Yes, it is him. He and his accomplices were caught in time when they wanted to escape after destroying the space of the cage, and a team that supported them was also caught together.'

In addition, the Palmireth Sect space artifact stolen and used by him, Silence, also recorded the entire process of his crime intact, which can be regarded as catching him red-handed with solid evidence.

In fact, he is very similar to you. In recent years, you said that you have always wanted to praise the Order in public, and he should also want to praise the Samsara loudly.

'The target is the Samsara Sect, isn't it?'

'Attacking a medium-sized church like the Palmireth Sect would be inappropriate to use reasons and excuses. But if the target is a legitimate church like the Samsara Sect, the Order does need a reason that can convince the entire church world.'"We have a reason, an undeniable and irrefutable reason, with clear and obvious facts, that the Reincarnation Church was the first to attack our Order. Our Order is merely defending itself.

Tomorrow, the Order's Council of Elders will present this evidence to the entire Church world, exposing the evil deeds of the Reincarnation Church. Our Order Church will declare war on the Reincarnation Church!"

"Hehehe...hehehe..."

Darius laughed, tears streaming down from the corners of his eyes.

Burn sat there, letting him vent his emotions, but occasionally glanced at the clock, as if calculating the time he could tolerate his son's emotional outburst.

Finally, Darius looked up again and stared at his father sitting in front of him:

"So, you have planned everything in advance, the purpose of the war, the reasons for the war, the springboard for the war, you have already schemed everything.

What about me? What am I in all of this?

Am I just a clown? A clown who doesn't know he's playing the role of a clown and is still performing diligently, hehehe, how ridiculous.

Because, no matter what choice I make, no matter what I do, it won't actually affect the progress and outcome of this matter, right?"

"Yes."

"Then why did you send me to the Parmeles Church!

If I could start over, I wouldn't want to be a godchild. Although you're not a good father, I still hope to be with my family all the time."

"Actually, you've always been with your family."

"Who?"

"After you entered the Parmeles Church, who has been the biggest help and support to you?"

Darius's face showed an incredulous expression, his eyes widened, and he said in a somewhat confused tone:

"The Pope?"

Burn smiled and said:

"You should call him... Grandfather."

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