I impersonated God in America

bass!

He pulled a long sword from his hat.

The sword blade was corroded by a large amount of rust.

But no one would underestimate this sword.

Giovanni's hand holding the hilt of the sword did not tremble; he turned the blade toward the ground.

"Your Excellency, this is..."

The soldier instinctively stood up to stop him, but as soon as he raised his hand to his chest, the soldier pushed him away with his left hand.

"Get out of my way, all of you!!!"

Boom!

There seemed to be invisible ripples in the air, spreading rapidly outwards from Giovanni.

"Forehead."

The soldiers around them suddenly felt their brains being struck by invisible shockwaves.

The soldier's outstretched arm began to tremble, but then fell limp in the next instant.

Clang.

Clang.

The soldiers in the camp fell one after another like wheat being cut down.

Ta-da.

The soldier lying on the ground used up his last bit of consciousness.

I vaguely saw a leather shoe pass by.

He wanted to reach out and grab it.

But then the dizziness struck again, and with a thud, he collapsed to the ground...

Giovanni looked at the world outside the tent and remembered that distant afternoon when the nun led him into the church.

Lord, you once said this...

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The military is still debating the matter.

The assistant suddenly switched the camera to the military camp.

"General! Bishop Giovanni has taken the hat!"

"What?!!"

Before anyone could react, Giovanni's familiar voice joined the discussion through the microphone.

John 15:13

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."

P.S.: Oh, by the way, how did you know today is the tenth anniversary of my catching a big fish?

Chapter Fifty-One Saints

[Conqueror's Haki]

The talent that only one in a million possesses in the original work.

Lynn stared at the new skill that suddenly popped up on the system panel, and after a moment of silence, leaned back.

The system does indeed come with a built-in Haki plugin; I confirmed and obtained Observation Haki from Xu Ge before.

But Observation Haki is at most an added bonus for him, and he can't possibly engage in hand-to-hand combat himself.

Conqueror's Haki is different.

The psychological pressure and the ability to wipe out mobs create a truly spectacular scene.

Only one in a million people possesses it, and the conditions for awakening it are even more stringent. In addition to intense emotional fluctuations, it also requires a qualification threshold that is not fully explained even in the original work.

Lynn was self-aware.

Whether or not he has the qualifications, it would be extremely difficult for him to develop it.

After all, given his personality, someone who plans and strategizes behind the scenes wouldn't allow himself to fall into a situation of huge emotional fluctuations.

He couldn't imagine what situation could drive him to such a desperate situation.

Are aliens attacking?

He had already given up on acquiring Conqueror's Haki.

Giovanni actually developed this ability on his own.

Now it seems that if the other party possesses such qualifications, his value is far greater than that.

Thinking of this, Lynn looked at the diseased fruit in the warehouse.

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Emergency meeting room at the Apostolic Palace.

The main screen in front of the Pope showed a replay of the surveillance footage from earlier.

Giovanni was standing alone outside the tent.

The Pope stared at the soldiers lying haphazardly on the ground on the screen and remained silent for a long time.

“Your Holiness, Bishop Giovanni…”

"The condition on my body seems to be beyond the scope of the Holy Mark."

"I know, it seems that the Stigmata are not as simple as we thought."

"Now that Bishop Giovanni has become stronger again, shouldn't we contact him on the spot? Perhaps there are other ways..."

Do you think he didn't know?

"Before he chose to enter Mount Vesuvius, he was already prepared that he might not return. He heard the words of the prophet Sibyl very clearly, and no one needed to persuade him anymore."

He removed his hand from the medical report in front of him.

"Notify the State Council to mobilize all available media channels worldwide to broadcast live footage of the current battlefield. RAI, BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, and all correspondents stationed at the Holy See should be mobilized to launch a global live broadcast."

"Then inform all the bishops to pray for Bishop Giovanni."

"Your Holiness the Pope..."

"The only thing we can do now is to grant Bishop Giovanni's wish and give him a glorious exit worthy of this sacrifice."

"He was a true saint."

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On the southern slope of Mount Vesuvius, on the outskirts of the town of El Corano.

The black smoke had turned the entire sky a deep gray.

Fireballs continuously spewed out from the crater, crashing onto the ground and exploding into bursts of orange-red flames.

"F*** you! Are you coming or not?"

The evacuated crowd moved slowly along the main road toward the port, the sounds of fire truck sirens and military truck engines mingling together.

A little girl with pigtails stood by the roadside.

She kept running forward, and her mother let go of her hand just as the crowd squeezed through the last intersection.

She was surrounded by the legs of adults much taller than her, their backpacks, and their constantly swaying sun hats.

Now she can't find her mother.

"Mother……"

She raised her right hand and rubbed her eyes.

The volcanic ash covered the back of her hands, making them dusty and gray. After rubbing them, her eyes became even redder.

Crunch!

The walls of the high-rise building seem to be crumbling.

Gravel began to fall off in large, scattered pieces.

"Run, everyone! The monster is getting closer!!"

People around started screaming, some ran desperately to either side, and some fell to the ground.

thump!

She tripped and fell forward, landing on the ground.

"Mother……"

She finally noticed the thing that had fallen off above.

The next moment, a figure slashed through the air, brushed past her head, and scooped her up.

Crash! Crash!

Pebbles splashed onto the back of the figure's cloak.

Not a single pebble touched the girl in his arms.

"You are……"

The girl looked up.

With tears still clinging to her eyelashes, she recognized the chin.

"It's the uncle from the volcano!"

"Call me brother."

Before they could finish speaking, another fiery meteor, carrying fragments, shot straight toward them from the thick smoke ahead.

Pac hadn't even had a chance to raise his hand to pull the string.

raging!

A massive pillar of fire crashed in from the side.

The flames, trailing a hissing sound, blocked the lava fragments released by the giant as they approached the two, before disappearing into the ground.

Everyone who was fleeing in this direction stopped at the same time.

After the flames subsided, a figure stood there.

He held a lantern in his hand, and the edges of his black robe were slightly torn by the lingering flames.

A small flame flickered slowly around the lantern.

Xu Ge's eyes were fixed on the high-temperature boulders erupting in the distance and the black smoke billowing from the crater.

The hand holding the lantern unconsciously clenched tighter.

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Rome, Ministry of Defense command center.

Cavalli stared at the two figures on the screen.

He was familiar with these two people.

One is the snake-man who stole the stone slab, and the other is the masked monster who restrained the Minotaur in New York.

These two people are now simultaneously shielding the evacuating crowd from harm on the outskirts of El Corano.

Besides, the last quote from the Bible that Giovanni had given him in the encrypted channel remained in his mind.

There is no greater love than that of a person who would give their life for a friend.

Cavalli slowly leaned back.

He picked up his military cap from the table and covered his face with it.