Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 11

           Themediacravedapocalypticheadlines,andself-proclaimed"cultspecialists"werestillcashinginonmillenniumhypewithfabricatedstoriesthattheIlluminatiwerealiveandwellandorganizingtheirNewWorldOrder.RecentlytheNewYorkTimeshadreportedtheeerieMasonictiesofcountlessfamousmen—SirArthurConanDoyle,theDukeofKent,PeterSellers,IrvingBerlin,PrincePhilip,LouisArmstrong,aswellasapantheonofwell-knownmodern-dayindustrialistsandbankingmagnates.

           KohlerpointedangrilyatVetra’sbody."Consideringtheevidence,Iwouldsayperhapstheconspiracybuffsarecorrect."

           "Irealizehowitappears,"Langdonsaidasdiplomaticallyashecould."AndyetafarmoreplausibleexplanationisthatsomeotherorganizationhastakencontroloftheIlluminatibrandandisusingitfortheirownpurposes."

           "Whatpurposes?Whatdoesthismurderprove?"

           Goodquestion,Langdonthought.HealsowashavingtroubleimaginingwhereanyonecouldhaveturneduptheIlluminatibrandafter400years."AllIcantellyouisthateveniftheIlluminatiwerestillactivetoday,whichIamvirtuallypositivetheyarenot,theywouldneverbeinvolvedinLeonardoVetra’sdeath."

           "No?"

           "No.TheIlluminatimayhavebelievedintheabolitionofChristianity,buttheywieldedtheirpowerthroughpoliticalandfinancialmeans,notthroughterroristsacts.Furthermore,theIlluminatihadastrictcodeofmoralityregardingwhotheysawasenemies.Theyheldmenofscienceinthehighestregard.ThereisnowaytheywouldhavemurderedafellowscientistlikeLeonardoVetra."

           Kohler’seyesturnedtoice

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