Chapter 1497 Zurinus


    "So Ning, how do you know His Holiness? Are you a Pdin?" the Emperor asked.


    "No, Your Majesty. I helped His Holiness and his people by catching a criminal whileI wasvisiting Airan. I got to meet His Holiness at that time," Ning said. He noticed that the Emperor did not go for his handshake, making him wonder why that was. He moved his hand around as he spoke instead, hoping to touch the Emperor somehow, but it didn''t lookas thoughit was working.


    "A criminal, huh? Must''ve been a rather terrible one to get an audience with his Holiness," the Emperor said.


    "Young Ning is underselling himself. The criminal was a bad one, yes. But he also gave us a Zurin treasurethat hecaptured from the criminal."


    "You didn''t value the treasure?" the Emperor asked.


    "I valued my meeting with His Holiness even more," Ning said.


    "Andofcourse.The young man that Ning goes around with, a young manby the name ofTimhas the potential to be the nextpopeafter I abdicate the rank."


    The Emperor was quite surprised this time around, quitesurprisedat the fact that there was someone who could be the nextpopein his party.


    "I wish to meet this young man. Can you call him for me?" the Emperor asked.


    Ning turned around and pointed to where Tim was. One of the men around the Emperor quickly rushed toward Tim and called him over. Tim rushed toward the Emperor, wide-eyed and confused. "Your Majesty, I am Timothy Orstar. It is my pleasure to have met you," Tim said quickly.


    "Timothy. I hear you have what it takes to be the nextpope," the Emperor said.


    "Hmm? I mean, yes, Your Majesty," Tim said quickly.


    "No need to get flustered. I''m just a man," the Emperor said. "Tell me,are you going tobe the next pope then?"


    "I… haven''t decided just yet. I''m taking my time with the decision."


    "Don''t wait too long," the Emperor said. "Good thingse for those who seek to get it. Not to mention, being that close to God Zurinus himself is an opportunitythat nomortal man could ever hope to have in his life."


    "And you have that opportunity. Don''t squander it."


    "Yes, Your Majesty," Tim said quickly.


    The Emperor nodded in response. "Look at His Holiness. He hasmanaged to liveas long as he has because he is a devout believer of Zurinus. I got a chance to reim my throne because I was a believer of Zurinus as well."


    "Naman over there was an orphantoo,who is devoted to Zurinus, although he does show it.Do you think he made his fortune on his own? No, it was Zurinus. Same forSamsom,and many others."


    "You should…"


    The Emperor gave a not-so-short speech about how Zurinus wasimportantand how one could seedin lifeafter following Zurinus.


    As he continued speaking, a thought came to Ning based on everything he was hearingat the moment.


    He had read about Naman a long time ago andhad knowna lot about his life, but mostof themseemed unimportant.However, there was one thing right now that stood out to him.


    The same thingthat wasamon thread between thePopeand the Emperor. It wasn''t the fact that they all believed in Zurinus. No, that couldn''t havepossiblybeen any source for their fame and fortune.


    No, Zurinus had given them that, but that wasto further influence the world through their mouth.A verydeceptive move where Zurinus was spreading his cause while not being there himself.


    And themon thread between them was that they were all onceorphans,living in the orphanage.


    Ning reached out and touched the Emperor''s arm, causingthe Emperorto stop and jerk his hands back. At the same time, manyof themen around him immediately got ready to grab him, but Ning quickly let go. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "I''m sorry, Your Majesty. I have something to do," Ning said and turned around.


    The men looked toward the Emperor to check if he wasokay,before deciding to follow Ning to capture him. They could not let go of him after he had touched the Emperor.


    Ning was already halfway across the garden and arrived in front of someone.


    The Emperor wasn''t Zurnius. Ning had just confirmed that. It wasn''t Zarius, Lucius, or Naman.


    Jasmine had told him this a long time ago. He should have remembered it. It was so obvious now in hindsight. There was a reason why she had run away from her orphanage. It was because they brainwashed people into bing devout followers of Zurinus. Get them brainwashed into bing a highly religious figure, and then make them famous, leading to them only talking about Zurnius again and again.


    It was a very conniving n, and it worked super well.


    Ning stopped before the woman and reached out with his hands. "Miss Jenny, is it?I''ve been wanting to meet you for a long time."


    Theold womanin her 80s turned around."Oh, how can I help you, son?" she askedas she reachedfor Ning''s hands.


    Ning grabbed it and smiled.


    <Creating Link with the Constetion Will known as ''Zurinus''>


    <All Energy Cap Removed>


    <Linking…>


    <Linking…>


    The woman''s face immediately paled. "Would you kindly die?"


    Ning was suddenly grappled by half a dozen men, pinning him to the ground. Butthe job was donenow. He had found the person he hadbeen meaningtofindever since he came here.


    All this time, he expected Zurinus to besomeonepoprwith a lot of fame. Instead, it turned out that he liked staying in the shadow, manipting people into spreading his name even more.


    Well, not anymore.


    Ning had found him, and this would be the end of Zurinus.


    "What…" the woman named Jenny faltered back. "What did you do to me?"


    "Happy death day, Zurinus."


    <Link Established Sessfully>