Chapter 99 Chapter 98

Six firefighters tasked with fighting the blaze at Notre Dame Victoria Church extinguished the blaze with haloalkane gas.It was cheaper to put out the fire with water, but in that case the steam from the heated water would destroy the frescoes in the church.The Holy See paid Roman firefighters a handsome honorarium for their swift and discreet service in all buildings on Vatican territory. Determined by the nature of their work, firefighters see all kinds of tragedies almost every day, but the scene that appeared in this church makes each of them unforgettable.The man was partly crucified, partly hanged, partly burned, and the scene was like something out of a gothic nightmare.

Unfortunately, as usual, the media arrived on the scene before the fire department.Firefighters took extensive footage before they cleared the church.When firefighters finally cut the rope and lowered the victim back to the ground, it became known who it was. "This is Bishop Guidole of Barcelona," someone whispered. The victim was completely naked.Her lower body was so red and black, her thighs were so burned that they were split open, blood was oozing out, and her tibia was exposed.One firefighter vomited, and another, struggling to breathe, ran outside. However, what is really scary is the mark branded on the bishop's chest.The fire chief walked around the body in fear.This is simply the work of Satan himself, he said to himself.Then, for the first time in his life, he drew the cross on his chest.

"There's a body here!" someone screamed.A firefighter found another body. The fire chief recognized the second victim immediately.Officials in the Public Law Enforcement Service did not take kindly to the stern Commander-in-Chief of the Swiss Guards.The captain called the Holy See, but all the lines were busy.He knew it didn't matter, and in a few minutes, all the guards would hear the news from the TV. The captain inspected the damage to the church, imagining the conflict that might have occurred here, when he suddenly saw that the walls in the alcove were riddled with bullet holes.Apparently, in the course of the fight, a coffin slipped off the support plate and hit the ground upside down.It's a mess here.Let's leave it to the police and the Holy See, the captain thought, turning around and walking away.

The moment he turned around, he stopped.There was a sound in the coffin that no firefighter wanted to hear. "Bomb!" he yelled, "Evacuate everyone!" The bomb squad turned the coffin over and discovered where the electronic beep was coming from.They stared in bewilderment. "Doctor," someone screamed at last, "seek a doctor!"