Old Gods, Rapid-Fire Guns, and Prohibition

Chapter 283 [Confrontation]

"Mr. Depp?"

There was a moment of silence in the lounge, then a middle-aged man in a black and blue robe who had come with Maurice slowly spoke.

"Yes, that's me. And who are you?"

"This is High Priest Haigen."

Morris quickly introduced himself.

Let's rewind to fifteen minutes ago.

After settling Ethan and his companion in, Morris immediately had someone keep watch over them from the outside, and then he rushed off to report to someone.

He went directly to the two high priests, Hagen and Jelit, who were meditating in the meditation room overlooking the sea.

"Why are you in such a panic so late at night?"

Hagen was talking to Jellett when Morris interrupted him, which displeased him.

"Your Excellency, I...I have received divine revelation!"

Morris swallowed hard, not daring to hide anything, and immediately confessed.

Actually, he really wanted to confess immediately. He was happy, excited, and a little scared.

He was afraid that everything he had was an illusion.

Just now, while he was drinking in the tavern, he suddenly heard some hazy sounds.

Immediately afterwards, his vision turned blue, and a very familiar power rippled around him.

Then, the voice told him to go find a man named Johnny.

Morris was a devout follower of the sea god. He joined the sea god's cult at a young age and his faith in the god was extremely profound.

Even though the sea god had not performed any miracles for many years, he firmly believed that the goddess was watching them.

When he was very young, he was playing at the beach and almost drowned, but a goddess saved him.

He will never forget that warm, profound power, no matter how many years have passed.

At that moment, he felt that power once again.

She's definitely a goddess.

So he followed the remnants of that power and found Johnny.

Johnny's response proved that it was not an illusion, but real.

His years of devout faith finally bore fruit, and he was extremely excited. He felt that the goddess wanted him to accomplish some great task.

Just like those brilliant saints in the history of the church.

"Divine revelation? Are you sure?"

Upon hearing this, Hagen did not immediately believe it, but instead exchanged a glance with Jellett.

What they were just talking about was actually related to the goddess.

Not long ago, while they were worshipping in the cathedral, they felt a long-lost surge of energy, the energy of the goddess. Although it was only for a moment, they were excited for a long time.

These past few days, they've been trying to figure out what exactly made the goddess react.

Now, Morris suddenly claims he has received divine revelation. Is it really that coincidental?
After Morris explained the situation in detail, they immediately set off for the lounge.

"Mr. Depp, could you please tell me more about what happened to you?"

Hagen looked at Blackbird Johnny as if sensing something, but he couldn't sense any goddess aura from him, only the smell of death.

The smell disgusted him.

"No problem, it's just..."

Johnny Blackbird is still memorizing his lines.

Hagen interrupted him.

"Wait a minute, this... Mr. Ethan, by the way, are you Ethan?"

“Oh, yes, I think I am the Ethan you are referring to.”

Ethan nodded.

These words drew everyone's attention to him.

Including Johnny Blackbird, this is a temporary response.

Ethan silently gave him a thumbs up; he acted well.

"So it's the famous Mr. Ethan. You...didn't you leave the capital?" Ethan was indeed a prominent figure in the capital, and news of his departure had already spread throughout the capital.

Of course, in a very undignified way.

Everyone knows he ran away.

"I was originally planning to leave, and I had already moved all my things, but... I also encountered some problems."

Ethan knew he couldn't hide his identity anymore, and besides, he didn't want to hide it either; his relationship with Carlos was a crucial point.

"How about this, we'll talk to you again after we've heard what Mr. Depp has to say?"

Haigen seemed to be trying to get rid of the guests.

Ethan nodded.

"No problem, I'll go out first."

Morris quickly led Ethan out and then back into the house.

Inside the house, Johnny Blackbird was vividly recounting his ordeal.

"You mean... one night, you dreamed of a woman who asked you to come to the port area?"

Hagen stared at Johnny Blackbird, unsure whether what he was saying was true or false.

The main problem is that Johnny Blackbird went into too much detail.

For example, that deep blue passageway, and that stunningly beautiful woman in the pool.

All of this is pretty much as the legends say.

That deep blue passage is the legendary Corridor of the Sea God, and the woman in the pool is a top-level miracle of the Church of the Sea God.

Because the original form of Isis, the goddess of the sea, was a goddess in a pool.

Only truly devout people, like the popes of past generations, are capable of having such divinely inspired dreams.

Moreover, it has been many years since I had such a dream.

It's only because Haigen and his ilk are senior enough that they know some of the details; a priest like Morris would never know.

Not to mention faithless individuals like Johnny Blackbird.

He can say these things either because someone told him about them, or because he actually dreamed about them.

But unless they were in the core of the church, they couldn't possibly know these things. So, they could only believe that Johnny Blackbird really had the dream.

He was the chosen one.

"Yes, that lady asked me to come to the port area, saying she wanted me to do her a favor."

"What's the deal?"

Haigen quickly pressed for more information.

"This... I don't know yet."

Johnny Blackbird shook his head.

Hagen and Yellett exchanged another glance and nodded slightly. That's right.

The real divine revelation may come later.

However, before that, they still need to take Johnny Blackbird for further verification.

"Alright, let Mr. Ethan in and hear what he has to say."

Hagen and Jelit were not fools to have risen to high positions in the Church of the Sea God; they had their own judgment and ideas.

Even though there are already many seemingly plausible but ultimately flawed claims, they still want to verify them further.

Divine revelation is not something to be taken lightly.

If anything goes wrong, they will bear a great deal of responsibility.

When Ethan walked in, he knew things were almost done; now it was time to watch his performance.

If Johnny Blackbird was just reciting lines the whole time, then Ethan is definitely not a fake.

In a way, he is the real sea god.

Ashrakshma, the King of the North Sea.

"It's like this, I was originally planning to leave the capital, but that day when I was directing the moving of things on the beach, I accidentally fell into the sea..."

(End of this chapter)