I'm a magnetic field madman

Joan of Arc died by being treated as a witch and tied to a stake and burned alive.

Are these lunatics reenacting Joan of Arc's murder?!

That's insane! Absolutely insane!

Even if Kiritsugu Emiya were as calm as he was, he still wanted to curse... What kind of act is it to recreate the scene of a great man being tortured to death? Is it a memorial?

What? So those crosses all over the streets are Catholics reenacting the crucifixion of their Son? Never mind then.

This religion is fundamentally flawed!

But none of that is the point. The point is that their self-destructive behavior did indeed bring about an incredible miracle!

Although the huge group of skulls laughing wildly under the raging fire below has absolutely nothing to do with holiness, they are just a bunch of damn devils from hell.

"The Holy Maiden is with us!! Let us reenact her suffering and offer it to the Great Lord!"

Leticia let out a maniacal laugh as she waved the flaming banner in her hand, and on that banner—actually appeared the image of a wailing saintly maiden!

Emiya Kiritsugu felt a chill run through his body.

What's truly frightening isn't this malicious self-harm, but rather that malicious self-harm can actually trigger miracles.

Yes, is all of this the reason why this country is so unusual?

The message must be sent out!!

Without hesitation, Kiritsugu Emiya activated his Time Control to escape... However, the instant she left, Leticia suddenly looked up at the mural above her head and let out a sinister laugh...

Upon returning to his residence, Kiritsugu Emiya immediately retrieved the radio he had hidden...

In today's completely closed Europe, this is the only thing that can send information out!

He typed rapidly, sending all the collected information, his fingers trembling slightly from the speed of his typing.

He wasn't afraid, but he had a feeling—there wasn't enough time!

Just then, there was a knock on the door behind him, followed by Leticia's voice, which sounded like a persistent ghost...

“Mr. Amy, we are pleased to inform you that you can now attend our baptism ceremony…”

Kiritsugu Emiya broke out in a cold sweat and, without hesitation, activated Time Control again—the repeated acceleration put a tremendous strain on his internal organs, but he still managed to send out all the information he knew in time!

With a loud bang, facing the wide-open door behind him, Kiritsugu Emiya pulled out his gun loaded with Origin Bullets, aimed, and fired!

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94. On the eve of World War IV

Kiritsugu Emiya's information was successfully sent out.

The infiltration operation can already be considered a success. While sacrificing an intelligence agent, he obtained the greatest secret of the current divine kingdom on earth.

Miracles in the name of suffering, the power to torment oneself, and the brainwashing that confuses the mind.

These are all extremely bad words, but when they are put together to form a country that occupies one-third of the world, it's not just bad, it's terrifying!

But what could Heaven do after learning this news? What else could it do?

Public pressure and moral condemnation?

These nonsensical words would be laughable if they were said out loud!

People in the old days used to say nonsensical things like "the pen is sharper than a knife"—but that was entirely based on the premise that their violence was based on the collective… However, in the world of those with a strong magnetic field, violence is the only answer.

Trying to talk about morality and public opinion with a group of believers, who may even be brainwashed, is just asking for trouble. Since they have already chosen to obey this system and religion, how could they be swayed by your few words?

The only use of this public opinion advantage is to win over refugees.

But what role can refugees play in the Kingdom of Heaven?

These nonsensical things are simply an unnecessary burden for the Kingdom of Heaven.

It has negative effects, or rather, it has no effect at all!

Dealing with the influx of refugees every day is a problem... because even with the most severe orders and the most ruthless measures, a large number of refugees still flood in every day, causing numerous security incidents.

These refugees are like stinking dog shit. What's the point of winning their support? Even if they were all enslaved, what favorable conditions could they create for the Kingdom of Heaven?

However, it cannot be said that the information Kiritsugu Emiya gathered was useless.

The army of Heaven then realized the source of their enemy's strength: suffering, or rather, the suffering and the crown of thorns above their heads, were the key to the problem.

The Heavenly Kingdom's army has had its share of clashes with the people of the earthly divine kingdoms... As for the Heavenly Kingdom's army, whose composition leans more towards ordinary people...

What troubled the earthly divine kingdoms the most were always those monks who suffered "pain and thorns".

In terms of army quality and weapon quantity, it completely inherited the legacy of the former Red Bear... In addition, with the research and development of technological data provided by Kuangfeng and Bai Jingtian, the firepower of the Heavenly Kingdom absolutely crushes the earthly divine kingdom!

However, whenever they gained the upper hand with overwhelming firepower, unexpected events would often occur in the war zone that they thought had been completely razed to the ground.

Those monks, suffering from pain and thorns, will be covered in wounds, and may even attack them again in a state that is almost unrecognizable.

They seem to be unable to feel pain, and physical injuries have no effect on them.

Even pain can manifest itself in incredible "miracles" in them, granting them immense power that is unimaginable to ordinary people!

The message that Kiritsugu Emiya sent back was indeed very useful.

They could not prove the source of these painful miracles, or the principles behind them... but they knew why this incredible power worked.

That was a miracle that imitated "Heroic Spirits".

The painful miracles that acted upon those ascetics were the means by which they used the power they gained to reproduce and imitate the deeds of those heroic spirits.

By inflicting the suffering of the Heroic Spirits upon themselves, they can use this power to recreate the Spirit Origin of the Heroic Spirits and ultimately transform themselves into various forms of "pseudo-Servants"!

The loud praise was both directed at their Holy Son and a form of self-suggestion.

Let the power transformed from suffering have a specific direction, turning the cultivators into incredible half-servants!

The central point for converting some of the power of pain lies in the crown of thorns above their heads. Destroying that thing... will be the only way to prevent their power of pain from being released in any concrete way.

So the question suddenly comes full circle: if one could shatter that crown, it wouldn't be much different from killing one's own enemy...

The information Kiritsugu Emiya sent back was still too embarrassing; it didn't clarify the "source" of the problem... so this information couldn't play a decisive role!

Of course, this only applies to Heaven, and specifically to Bai Jingtian.

For Kuangfeng and Baichou, who had actually fought against the Holy Son or experienced his painful power up close, they had already guessed the root of the problem.

"A miracle of suffering? It seems this holy son is truly a compassionate fellow, hahaha."

The former Twin Towers have now been transformed into the rooftop of the Haihu Emperor's Palace...

Bai Chou, who was soaking in the hot spring, looked at the message sent by Maris Billy and laughed wildly to the sky...

“He is not the shattered dream, he is simply Jesus Christ,” Maris Billy said softly.

"This is how people see Jesus, bearing the sins of people through suffering... Therefore, there are too many things in the church that like to torture themselves in the same way to 'atone' for their sins. This church is like this from the root."

From the beginning of Judaism, the Jews believed that their suffering was not due to their own duplicity and self-inflicted consequences, but rather a test from God… and that what they received in exchange for their suffering were the ten plagues of God, the leadership of Moses, and the return to “Canaan.”

"But as soon as these Jews escaped from the Egyptians, they immediately reverted to their old ways... Under the leadership of the 'God-given' King Solomon, they embarked on massive construction projects to build temples... They even borrowed money from the Phoenicians to build the First Temple in Zion and the Wailing Wall for their Jerusalem. From Persia to Rome, they were constantly treacherous and abandoned by all sides..."

But their ability to unite people stems from their belief that all suffering can lead to miracles… and their religion, which plagiarizes myths from other countries, has spread throughout the world.

"Ballist Christianity further expands the concept of suffering as atonement, and of course I will not speculate on the thoughts and existence of Jesus Christ."

But there is no doubt that these people used Jesus' experience to further prove to the world that suffering and miracles are interconnected.

"Then how could Jesus Christ, who was born based on these beliefs and ideas, be a normal deity?"

They plunder others but enjoy torturing themselves even more; I would rather call him the God of Pain than the Holy Son.

As a magician, Maris Billy has a pluralistic affection for the Church, and now, as a henchman of the Restraint Force, he also dislikes the Church.

Not for any other reason than that the Church of Christ has always been an organization not much different from the Magic Association.

Magicians simply pursue the root, while monks of the Holy Church pursue divine grace.

When their god does not actually appear, their vast faith, having nowhere to rest, will not have much of an impact... and these monks will continue to do good deeds out of their humanistic concern.

But once these beliefs find a foothold, just like those dozen or so Crusades... fanatical faith can immediately lead things to another extreme.

As a suppressor force, it would never like an organization that offers its faith and devotion to something beyond the planet; neither Gaia nor Alaya would like it.

"Ultimately, all religions are like this," Marisbury concluded.

"Whether it's Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, or Islam, their doctrines all impose constraints or even harsh requirements on practitioners."

They believed that only in this way could they highlight their difference from ordinary people and their nobility, exchanging suffering for what they gained.

"But this is actually an extension of people's concept of 'earning what one has earned,' only among all religions... only the believers of Jesus are so obsessed and fanatical about suffering."

"A sharp analysis, but you forgot one thing," Bai Chou said calmly.

"It wasn't just his followers who influenced that holy son, but also himself."

Bai Chou had never heard the story of breaking dreams, but that did not prevent him from using his power to sense the thoughts that the "Jesus broke dreams" was radiating without any concealment when he was watching the battle between the "Jesus breaking dreams" and the Heavenly Venerable.

The predecessor of Jesus Christ, his true form, was also a "masochist".

According to Marisbury, people in this religion all have a certain degree of obsessive desire to obtain miracles through suffering... Regardless of whether their motives are selfish or not, they all have this idea.

So that broken dream, that ancestor, probably also had such a biased mindset.

With such extreme and biased ideas converging, and even a person with a strong magnetic field having such nonsensical thoughts, what kind of good thing could a god be formed from this?

And of course, it can be said that the best believers create the best gods, and the best gods in turn nourish their own best believers.

The internal loop is a type of loop.

However, in Bai Chou's view, the only thing he needed to focus on was what Jesus Christ could gain from this painful miracle.

The source of those miracles was undoubtedly his bizarre, painful power. Bai Chou wasn't interested in the role of faith in them... he was more interested in how these believers could help Jesus Christ.

If believers treat their God like a cow, then that relationship might be reversed if necessary.

"Interesting, it's getting more and more interesting."

Bai Chou's lips curled slightly upward as he got out of the hot spring and changed his clothes in the blink of an eye...

"Are you going out?" Maris Billy asked respectfully.

"I remember you promised me that your Chaldea would find me a very satisfying opponent, right?"

Bai Chou did not answer Marisbury's question, but instead asked softly...

"That's why I patiently built this nonsensical empire, letting you magicians manage it and plunder it. But now, I'm gradually losing my patience."

Bai Chou is by no means a power-hungry person. The establishment of this so-called Sea Tiger Empire was only because Maslibili and the Restraint Force promised him that they would find him an opponent that would interest Bai Chou.

This is the only way to get this martial arts fanatic to do what they say.

But this is by no means exploitation, not even cooperation. They don't have the right to overturn the table, let alone cooperate! Once he gets unhappy or loses patience, then…

"Please rest assured, we have already determined the world coordinates mentioned by the inhibitory force."

Maris Billy hurriedly said

"The inhibitory force tells us that there are not only experts there who will make you surrender, but also unexpected surprises! However, we still need another month..."

"A month? Fine, then let's start the war!" Bai Chou said casually.

"Declare war on the Kingdom of Heaven, declare war on the Kingdom of God on Earth, send out soldiers, launch the Nuclear King, and start a war."

Are you sure?

Marisbury asked somewhat uncertainly, while Bai Chou simply picked up her glass, poured herself a full glass, and said lazily...

"Do you want me to waste a whole month of my time with you guys? Or can you find something that will keep me entertained for the entire month?"

Bai Chou once said that he was not warlike—which was true, but what he disliked was playing against weaker opponents; he had absolutely no interest in the act of slaughtering those who were far weaker than him.

His only source of amusement is sparring with strong opponents! As for wasting a month waiting in vain, that's absolutely out of the question!

Ugh!! There are no powerful warriors here to fight, and he's had enough of this boring, pointless life of wasting time every day!

In the previous year, he could still reminisce about his earth-shattering battle with Shaya to pass the time while practicing his skills... but now that he is completely bored, he has to find his own fun.

What? It's wrong to start a world war just for fun? Hahaha, you're making me laugh so hard my stomach hurts!

His good son Wu Nan isn't here, so do you think Bai Chou is some kind of benevolent man or woman? You have to understand that in his time, Bai Chou was one of the top lunatics!

"I see."