Elder brother's garrison

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Therefore, when the chieftain saw Xiaobai all alone, his first thought was to capture Xiaobai and let this lowly commoner who dared to offend his status as high priest taste the wrath of the gods.

But never expected.

Before the leader could even make a move, Xiaobai said something that surprised him.

The leader's eyes widened instantly, the hostility in them vanished in an instant, leaving him staring blankly at Xiaobai.

“…What did you say?”

"Um...did I not explain myself clearly enough?" Little White patiently continued speaking to the leader, her face full of sincerity. "What I said was that I want to join your religion. Is that alright?"

"..." The leader didn't speak, but frowned. He stared at Xiaobai's expression, his eyes flashing with strong suspicion.

This girl... does she think I'm stupid?

Just moments ago, she led a group to intercept her truck and had him and his men beaten up. Now, she's suddenly changing her tune and saying she wants to join a religion?

I would never believe it if you said there was no ulterior motive.

"What are you talking about!" The leader's face flushed with anger as he shouted at Little White.

"I'm not joking." Facing the leader's anger, Xiaobai remained unusually calm. She clasped her hands together in front of her chest, her face instantly showing an expression like that of a devout believer. "If you don't believe me, look, those girls who just hurt you are no longer by my side."

"Varied……"

“Actually, I was forced by them too,” Xiaobai said apologetically. “I’d heard of your cult’s reputation before, and I traveled all the way to Peicheng to join you. But your base is so well hidden; I couldn’t find the place in Peicheng where I could complete the initiation process. Today, I finally managed to find some information and locate your trail. I was thinking I could finally join the religion of my dreams, but before I even got halfway there, I was kidnapped by a group of girls I didn’t know. They forcefully ordered me to lead them to you, and threatened to beat me if I didn’t obey… I had no choice but to submit to their tyranny…”

As Xiao Bai spoke, the apology and shame on his face were truly pitiful.

This time, it was the male chief who was dumbfounded.

"Wait, what did you say?" The leader seemed not to understand Xiaobai's meaning. He frowned, suppressing his anger, and asked in confusion, "You said... you're not with those women who attacked us?"

"That's right, I was kidnapped," Xiaobai said pitifully, her hands clenched tightly.

"Where are they?"

"I carried you off the car when they weren't looking, but the others on the car... I really couldn't do anything about it..." Xiaobai said, hanging her head with a guilty expression.

The leader looked around.

The leader and Little White were currently on a forest path that was very familiar to the leader.

This is right at the entrance to the religious site.

"What a joke! How could a little girl like you possibly carry me down!" The leader was furious. "There's a limit to how much you can treat me like a fool! This place is at least several kilometers away from where you intercepted the truck. You carried me all the way here? Do you think you've trained in a triathlon? You despicable heretic! How am I supposed to know if you really want to join our religion? I think you clearly don't believe in our God at all. You're only here for some other purpose!"

"how could be."

"Where's the evidence?!"

"I can recite your entire publication from memory!" Xiaobai said very seriously.

"……oh?"

"If you don't believe me, listen to me recite it for you." Xiaobai closed her eyes and placed her hands flat on her chest. "Our God's feet tread the earth, and flowers bloom on the earth; our God gazes upon the sky, and clouds float in the sky. God did not come into the world to seek believers, but believers spontaneously followed Him. God has been alone since His birth, and He blesses believers solely out of compassion..."

With his eyes closed, Xiaobai easily recited a long passage of religious scripture.

The leader was stunned by what he heard.

The leader's gaze, fixed on Xiaobai, gradually shifted from utter doubt and distrust to suspicion, surprise, and even delight as Xiaobai continued reciting.

The leader did not interrupt Xiaobai's recitation.

Twenty minutes passed by in the blink of an eye.

"...God endured trials in the void, experiencing countless deaths and resurrections, finally reaching the destination He desired. At the end of His journey, God wanted to rest, to close His eyes and sleep through the birth and destruction of several universes. However, looking back, God wanted to give His believers final guidance before falling asleep. Therefore, He passed on the garment He had given during His resurrection in the void to His believers, allowing the most faithful to have close contact with Him and feel God's grace."

After saying her last sentence, Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief, feeling accomplished, and smiled slightly at the stunned man in front of her.

What Xiaobai recited was the contents of the booklet the man had been carrying; it was short, only a few tens of thousands of words. While waiting for the man to wake up, Xiaobai flipped through the booklet from beginning to end, memorizing everything in the process.

"Hmm, I've memorized it all. Is this level acceptable?"

Xiao Bai's expression was calm and reserved, as if she had done something insignificant.

But the leader was looking at Xiaobai. The distrust he had shown for Xiaobai vanished the moment she successfully recited the scriptures. Instead, his eyes were filled with respect, emotion, and extreme excitement.

"They actually memorized it all!"

The leader, a man, excitedly raised his hands and patted Xiaobai's shoulders repeatedly, his face filled with emotion and his eyes brimming with tears.

"This scripture was only revised three days ago! Even among people in our religion, not many can read it fluently. You, how many times did you read it in these three days? How reverent were you when you went through it to be able to recite it so fluently!"

Chapter 2377 A Pitying Gaze

The moment Xiaobai successfully recited the scriptures, the leader no longer doubted Xiaobai's "background".

joke!

This is the "Divine Text" that was only revised three days ago! Although there are many devout believers in the religion who can recite the scriptures fluently and even draw inferences from them, the leader man knows that no one can recite it as accurately and fluently as this little girl in front of him!

This……

What a devout and passionate person he is!

He, a high priest, had actually lost to a strange little girl in his fervor for God!

Looking at the seemingly harmless white-haired girl before him, the leader immediately recalled an image of her devoutly holding the "Divine Texts," reciting it day and night, keeping it as her constant companion, never putting it down.

If this doesn't count as a faithful believer, then who does?

Even I couldn't recite the "Divine Text" so fluently!

“Little girl… no, messenger, I’m so sorry, it seems I misunderstood you just now.” The leader, with tears in his eyes and a look of deep emotion on his face, said to Little White, “You have shown me with your actions that you are God’s most faithful believer! Although you have made mistakes and made a deal with the devil, our God is merciful, and He will surely forgive your sins!”

"So, you finally believe me?" Xiaobai asked the leader.

“I believe, I believe it all!” The chieftain nodded with complete conviction. “Anyone who can recite the Divine Text must be an apostle of God, that’s absolutely true! If you are not qualified to behold God’s glory, then who in this world is qualified!”

"That's great." Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at the man.

"Come, I'll take you to our sanctuary to see our Pope!" the chief man called to Little White, then turned and eagerly walked into the forest. "I believe the Pope will be honored to see such a loyal believer! I can't wait to tell everyone about your existence!"

The man walked excitedly into the forest and waved to Little White.

Xiaobai watched the man walk into the depths of the forest, patted her chest, and glanced discreetly at the road behind her.

Behind the highway, on a cliff.

Three figures appeared and disappeared among the bushes on the cliff.

If one didn't use the keen eyesight of a ship girl, even Xiaobai would have a hard time spotting the figure in that bush.

"...It went much more smoothly than I expected."

Little White murmured to herself, following the man's footsteps into the forest.

The paths deep in the forest can only be discovered by venturing out. The chieftain led Little White through the forest paths, excitedly explaining things to him as they walked.

"Our God comes from the depths of the universe. When He was born, hundreds of millions of flowers in the world bloomed in His presence. Now I will take you to pay homage to our holy land, where our Pope resides. The Pope is the world's first believer in God, possessing unparalleled grace and blessings. I believe the Pope will be very pleased to see such a loyal believer as you!" The leading man said with an expression that was three parts envy and seven parts honor. "With your level, I believe it will only take a few days for you to be granted the hominid and become one of the closest to God!"

"The Shroud of the Dead, what is that?" Little White asked knowingly.

"The Shrine of Remains is the same Shrine of Remains you just recited from the Divine Text! Yes, it actually exists!" The leader puffed out his chest with immense pride. "Our God is different from the fictional gods of other religions. Our God is unique and real! The Shrine of Remains is not only a blessing from God to us, but also direct evidence of God's existence! After God completed his trials, discarded his original physical body, and became the supreme being, His clothes were removed and became the Shrine of Remains! Through the Shrine of Remains, we believers can get closer to Him! We can feel God's blessings and His sweetness!"

As the leader spoke, a look of intoxication appeared on his face.

“Every Friday, the Pope presides over a ceremony in the Holy Land, where he will take out a portion of the shroud of hominids so that all believers may feel the grace! And at the end of the ceremony, the shroud of hominids will be given to the most faithful believer. Ah, of course, the most faithful believer needs to undergo a test, and giving money is the most effective way to demonstrate loyalty…”

"Oh...I see." Xiaobai nodded as she looked at the man in front of her who was speaking eloquently.

Although the specifics are unclear, judging from the leader's words, this so-called "Pope" is, to put it bluntly, just a dealer selling Deepsea Akagi personal items... essentially no different from the vendors on the streets of Peicheng who sell Deepsea Dean merchandise.

Oh no, there is a difference.

This Pope has broken the law.

“You are so lucky! Today is Friday, the day of the ceremony! You’ve only been a member of the church for one day, and you’ve already witnessed the Shrine of Relics!” The leader turned around and said to Xiaobai with admiration, “You are indeed the most faithful believer, even God is guiding you in the unseen realm.”

"..." Xiaobai smiled at the leader.

　Led by the chief man, Little White quickly reached the end of the forest path.

At the end of the forest path stood a villa with an extremely large area. In front of the villa was an even larger front gate and garden, where people were gathered. Most of them had their heads bowed and were praying devoutly in one direction. The entire garden was quiet, with very few sounds.

The leader led Little White to the iron gate of the garden and pushed it open.

Crunch—Phosphorus

The iron gate made a distinct sound as it opened, and people nearby turned to look at it.

When they saw that the person who opened the door was the leader, the figures around them swayed slightly and bowed respectfully to him.

"High Priest!"

"Priest! You've finally arrived!"

"The other priests have been waiting for you for a long time!"

"..."

Voices filled with awe rose and fell.

The leader, chin held high, basked in the attention of the figures in the garden, then turned to Little White and said, "This is our sanctuary."

"I didn't expect there to be such a big villa next to Peicheng," Xiaobai said to the leader.

"What villa? This is a sanctuary!" The man frowned immediately, correcting him with some displeasure. "Villas are for commoners, while the sanctuary is our holy site, the residence of the Pope!"

"The Pope is very rich, isn't he?"

“No, this sanctuary was donated by a believer, and in return, that believer also received the Shrine of Relics.”

"……"noob.

Xiao Bai's reaction seemed somewhat indifferent, lacking the moved expression that other believers showed when they saw the sanctuary.

Is she really our believer?

Did I trust this person too much...?

The leader looked at Xiaobai's profile with some doubt, but as soon as the doubt arose, he remembered how Xiaobai had just recited a long text of tens of thousands of words, and the doubt quickly dissipated.

The leader shook his head, banishing his doubts about Xiaobai from his mind.

"Come, I'll take you to see the Pope," the man said to Xiaobai. "A special believer like you deserves a personal audience with our Pope!"

"Okay, thank you for your help." Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

The man walked at the front, and the crowd in the garden automatically made way for him.

Xiao Bai followed behind the man, looking to both sides as she walked, secretly calculating the number of believers.

According to Xiaobai's rough calculations, there are approximately two thousand believers occupying this garden, which is about the size of an elementary school playground.

This scale is far from small-scale for a local religion, and for a religion that has only existed for a few months, it can be considered rapid expansion.

The man led Xiaobai through the crowd to the front of the villa.

The man raised his hand and knocked on the door.

The door opened with a click, and two nuns appeared at the door.

"High Priest, you have arrived." One of the nuns bowed to the man. "The Pope has been waiting for you for a long time."

"There are still eleven minutes until the ceremony begins. The Pope hopes you can explain why you are late," another nun said coldly.

“The truck transporting our group of believers has been intercepted. I’ll explain the details when I see the Pope.” The man raised his hand, made a gesture to the nuns, and then pointed to the little white figure beside him, saying, “The ceremony is more important. Let me take this person to see the Pope quickly.”

“The Pope only meets with priests now, this must be an untouchable who has not yet been baptized…” The nun glanced coldly at Little White.

"Insolence! This is our God's most loyal follower! Her loyalty is unparalleled in the world, except perhaps by the Pope!" the man warned angrily. "Take back your words!"

The cold-faced nun was taken aback; it seemed to be the first time she had ever seen a man lose his temper.

Seeing the man's obvious displeasure, the cold-hearted nun remained silent for a long time before finally giving in.

"I'm so sorry," the nun said, bowing her head in apology to Little White.

“That’s more like it.” The man’s displeasure finally subsided a little as he looked at the nun apologizing. He ignored the nun and continued to say to Little White, “Don’t worry about those two. Let’s go in now. The Pope will be very happy to see you.”

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

The villa is decorated in a very luxurious and European style, creating a sacred atmosphere similar to a chapel.

Feel……