The one who had taken Lycaon's place, appearing before Russell, was a wrinkles-covered old man with sparse white hair.
He looked like an elderly Magneto. The old man sat in the same position as before, exhibiting a serious and quiet demeanor... His emerald green eyes, identical to those of Russell, held a sharpness distinctly different from Russell's.
The old man claimed... that he was not "Promotion XII" but merely "Promotion."
——The original "Promotion."
"...I see."
Russell took a deep breath, discerning the dangerous implications hidden within these words from his ambiguous attitude.
From the Sky Island era, the election system had always been in place for the Pope of the cyber church — every seven years a new election was held. And a Pope didn't only serve once... If there were two Cardinals outstanding enough in an era, it was highly probable that the Pope would alternate between them.
