"Mm... I know. I know what Governor Charles desires, and as an ally, I am willing to help. But I cannot give you those things right now."
"Why?"
"I just told you. The Light God delivered an oracle. Inside those things..."
"Stop. I don't need you to repeat yourself. Don't try to brush me off with that excuse again."
Facing Charles's skepticism, the Pope remained completely unruffed. He lowered his head and looked at Charles calmly.
"Oh, really? Then how would you explain this? How could I, a man from the Abyss-Sea, know that the black boxes inside those computers are hard drives for storing data? And how could I know that a great danger resides within New Territory City?"
Charles froze for a moment. He scrutinized the Pope before him as countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
