I impersonated God in America

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Rome, Ministry of Defense command center.

At the same moment, everyone on the control panel in front of General Kavali took off their headphones.

No one speaks.

The intelligence analyst in the back row took off his glasses and placed them next to the keyboard, pressing his temples with the fingers of both hands.

His fingers were trembling.

“The day of beginnings.” The deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs broke the silence first, “The desire for eternal life, the serpent of sorrow, and then what was left in the palm of that cardinal.”

"It feels a lot like a Stigmata?"

"What is that?"

"In the Bible, stigmata usually refers to a scar on a person's body that is in the same location as the wound from the Passion of the Son. Although it is just a scar, the fact that the saint chose to give this mark to that bishop shows that it is not as simple as we imagine."

"We'll talk about the stigmata later. Right now, I just want to know what kind of background this cardinal has?"

"Yes, I found the information. Giovanni Marchetti, a cardinal of the Papal States, whose main job is to review other people's reports on holy sites in the Apostolic Archives, and then decide whether to sign off on the last page. In short, he is responsible for verifying the authenticity of holy sites."

"But now he himself is a miracle."

After the deputy director finished speaking, the entire command center fell silent again.

Cavalli tapped his finger on the console, the crisp sound causing everyone to look up simultaneously.

"Pack all the content and send it to the uploader."

The intelligence analyst in the back row put his glasses back on, his fingers still trembling slightly.

Cavalli put the pen back in its cap.

"In addition, highlight every word spoken by Saint Longinus. In particular, the information about the beginning day."

"I bet the Papal States know, we'll have to get them to tell us next time."

What if they say they don't know?

"Heh, do you believe that?"

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The Papal States, the private study of the Apostolic Palace.

The warm yellow desk lamp cast a soft halo around the desk.

Urban IX placed a glass of warm water on the coffee table in front of him.

The Secretary of State, Cardinal, stood by the window, his silver pen hovering above the memo without falling.

The pen tip hovered three millimeters above the paper, and not a single drop of ink fell.

The church's top leaders were mostly in place by this time, but no one spoke.

Suddenly, Urban IX's voice came from ahead.

"Did the prophet Sibyl say anything about these things?"

One of the bishops shook his head.

The study remained silent for several breaths.

"So, what is the starting date?"

Chapter Thirty: God's Fruit Template

Rome, Ministry of Defense Crisis Command Center.

The conference table in front of General Kavali was covered with documents.

There were nearly twenty people sitting in the conference room.

"What a terrible war! All we've collected is this pile of stones?"

"And even then, you can only get 70%?"

"Sir, about 70% of this knowledge comes from someone else's church, and even then, we still have to be mindful of their attitude."

"Then aren't we begging on our knees? What is your Ministry of Foreign Affairs doing?"

"We have obtained the mining rights to the ruins."

"On another note, I knew your Ministry of Foreign Affairs was capable! You negotiated well!"

"..."

"So here's the question," the deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs leaned back in his chair, "If the Papal States has always possessed this level of extraordinary intervention capabilities, why have they never used it before? Not during the Reformation. Not during the French Revolution. Not during the two World Wars."

"But does it matter now?"

Kavali removed his fingers from the report on the stone snake remains. He neatly stacked all the documents in front of him and pushed them aside.

"Let's put the 'why' aside for now. Whether the church has been speculating for two thousand years or it's a chain reaction speculation about the spiritual revival, the video footage from Sardinia has already spread all over the world. No one can refute that fact."

"The situation is clear now: the Papal States possess at least one ritual system capable of activating sacred relics. We cannot determine how many they have hidden at present, but one thing is certain: they are still in Rome."

"Now that the Papal States have definitely taken a seat at the international table, we undoubtedly need to get closer to them."

"That's fine then."

The meeting room was silent for a few seconds.

After the meeting, the Cagliari military district representative called his wife.

He walked to the window, covered the microphone with his hand, and spoke in a very low voice.

"You mentioned last time that you wanted to buy an investment property in Rome? Don't wait any longer, go sign the contract this afternoon. Buy as many properties as you can, radiating outwards from the Papal States."

"Not enough? Then borrow some from those developers."

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[Wish Power +1112.6]

[Wish Power +1225.3]

[Wish Power +1338.9]

Lynn leaned back in his chair, watching the numbers flashing on the system panel.

Open the balance statistics in the system panel.

[Wish Power Balance: 21648.5]

More than 20,000.

To be honest, it was less than he had imagined, but the efficiency of collecting wish power is also related to the distance. The efficiency of collecting power is greatly reduced in places that are too far away.

If there's an opportunity later, there could be dedicated wish-receiving points all over the world. That might be much more efficient than his current method of collecting wishes.

Moreover, during the two times the stone serpent went berserk, he used up a large amount of his willpower in the battles against the army. In addition, the special effects in the battles also burned up a lot of his willpower.

Even so, this willpower was enough for him to draw more than two hundred times in the low-level pool.

As for the higher-level pools, even if a 10-pull costs 10,000, it's enough for him to get two rounds of guaranteed drops.

And this is just the beginning.

The aftershocks of Saint Longinus's arrival will last for at least several more days.

As the situation unfolds, a continuous stream of wishes will be gathered into one's possession.

You could say they got a long-term meal ticket.

But for Lynn, the biggest problem with the system has never been the collection of willpower.

Lynn opened the Fruits section of his own panel.

[Possessing Devil Fruits (2/3): Paramecia-type Illusion Fruit, Paramecia-type Door-Door Fruit]

His biggest weakness has always been his limited positioning.

Not to mention the frequency of using the Phantom Fruit and Door-Door Fruit, which is practically tied to them.

Ever since he obtained the system, he has been considering how to combine fruits to maximize the benefits of these three slots.

Is it more inclined towards fighting, or more inclined towards causing trouble?

The answer now seems to have been found.

A new interface popped up on the system panel.

[Medusa Fruit Template (Basic) can accommodate: Zoan-type Snake-Snake Fruit (Python Form), Paramecia-type Love-Love Fruit.]

After testing, he confirmed that this template was practically his extra card slot.

Although there were limitations on the amount of fruit that could be contained, it was still well worth it.

Besides, there was no requirement that he could only get one template.

Not to mention that he can sense this template in the dark, and can be merged with higher-dimensional templates.

More importantly, here's the one below.

[The God Fruit Template (in formation) can hold an unlimited number of fruits.]

Lynn saw endless possibilities in that line of text.

The qualitative change will occur once the God template is completed; the God template that can contain all power is the future.

As for why Saint Longinus's appearance is based on the God template?

Could it be because of monotheism?

[To nurture God's seed with countless vows and ultimately ascend to godhood? It sounds appealing.]

Since things have come to this, let's start with a lottery.

This is accompanied by the extraction of one-time wish power.

My first 10-pull.

Ox-Ox Fruit, Jackal Fruit, Crow Fruit. Very ordinary animals; Lynn didn't pay much attention to them as he passed by, they're only good for storage.

Then I looked at the guaranteed drop rate in the pool.

[Natural Type - Smoky Fruit]

The Smoke-Smoke Fruit allows the user to transform their entire body into and control smoke, and grants immunity to physical attacks.

Lynn frowned slightly.

[Smoker? Aren't you just polluting the gacha pool?]

[Such bad luck?]

But it seems okay for me?

Lynn's brows slowly relaxed.

He suddenly realized that combat strength wasn't actually that important to him.

The ability to feign supernatural powers is the real gem.

From this perspective, the ability to create a vast expanse of smoke is indeed a perfect match for the Phantom Fruit.

[Although it pollutes the game somewhat, considering its modern appeal, Smoker's Devil Fruit is surprisingly not bad.]

It's not exactly a loss.

Second ten-pull.

Zoan-type Giraffe Fruit, Mouse-Mouse Fruit, Chop-Chop Fruit.

Lynn glanced at them and skipped over them; they were all small fry.

No, the Slash-Slash Fruit seems alright. At least it provides decent direct combat power, and its main ability is not bad as a pawn.

Then he saw the last one.

[Paramecia-type Devil Fruit - Disease-Disease Fruit]

Lynn's finger stopped in mid-air.