Chapter 58 Chapter 56: The Gate of the Holy See

Paula was taken aback by Anthony's statement that he would make a full confession.Before I had time to ask, the door was completely open.This time it was not the old priest just now, but a bishop standing at the door.He was thin, with neat yellow hair and beard.He looked to be about 50 years old, and he spoke to Anthony with a heavy German accent, with a heavy "r". "Look, look, who has come to look for me after all these years? How could I have this honor?" "Bishop Hannar, I need your help." "Father Fowler, I'm afraid this is not the time for you to ask me for help! I asked you 12 years ago and you refused to say a word. Not a word for days! The committee may think you are innocent, but I don't think so. Please go."

His index finger points to the Botha gate.Paula looked at his straight fingers, hardly bent, as if they could press Anthony down. Anthony voluntarily compromised. "You haven't heard my quid pro quo." The bishop folded his hands on his chest. "Say it, Fowler." "There is now a great possibility that, in half an hour, there will be a murder in St. Peter's Church. Inspector Paula and I hope to prevent this murder. Unfortunately we cannot get in. Serling refuses us to enter. I beg you to let us Go across from you to the parking lot so we can enter the church without being seen."

"Then the quid pro quo is..." "Tomorrow, I'll answer all your questions about El Aguacate, Honduras." Hannar turned to Pola. "Let me see your papers." Paula didn't because Troy made her surrender the badge.Fortunately, she still had a pass to and from the UACV headquarters, and she held up this official document to the bishop, hoping to convince him. Hannar took the ID card from Pola. He carefully compared the photos on the ID card, checked the badge, and even the magnetic stripe on it. "You can get by on this. Fowler, I am now more inclined to believe that you have lust, in addition to your other sins."

Pola stepped aside, not wanting Hannar to see the smile on her lips.She was relieved to see Anthony staring gravely at the Bishop.Hannar cleared his throat, trying not to look contemptuous. "Fowler, there's blood and death everywhere you go. My feelings about you haven't changed a bit. I don't want you in there." Anthony was about to speak when Hannar stopped him and continued, "Even so, I know you are a man of honor. I accept your request. Both of you can enter the church today, but tomorrow you will see Me, tell me everything." With that he stepped aside, and Anthony and Paula walked in. The foyer was elegant, painted creamy white, with little molding or other decoration on the walls.The whole building was bathed in Sunday's quiet atmosphere, and Bora wondered if there was only Hannar here, a long, wiry man with his whole body tensed up like an epee.This man sees himself as a just agent of God.If he lived 400 years ago, what would be the consequences of his deep-rooted thoughts?Thinking of this, Paula couldn't help shivering.

"See you tomorrow, Father Fowler. I'll be happy to show you the papers I've kept." Anthony led Paula down the corridor to the basement without looking back.Maybe he was afraid to see Hannar and still stand there, waiting for him to come back tomorrow. "Very unusual, Father. People usually leave the church through here instead of going in." Anthony's expression was complex, mixed with sarcasm and sadness. "I hope that by capturing Kaloski, we are not protecting a new pope who is going to excommunicate me." They came to the emergency entrance.The parking lot can be seen from one window.Anthony pulled back the wooden bolt in the middle of the door and poked his head out, trying not to be noticed. A hundred paces away, Swiss security guards were watching the street warily as Anthony closed the door.

"We gotta hurry up. We gotta tell Kaloski everything before he kills Gase." "How do we get there?" "We went out of the parking lot and kept going, trying to stay in one line against the wall so we could get to the front of the building where the pope faces the public. Keep going, against the wall, all the way to the corner. Must go through as quickly as possible Diagonally across. Face to the right, because we don't know if anyone will be guarding that corner. I'll go ahead, you understand?" Paula nodded ready to move, and she walked quickly.They came to the sacristy undetected.This large building is connected to the church on one side of the wall and is open to tourists and believers all year round.Some of the rooms open to the public are like museums, containing some of the most beautiful and precious treasures of Christianity.

Anthony held out his hand to the door.The door was already ajar.