Section Fifty-Six

By the time Langdon had made it to the Vatican, all of the Cardinals, and Vittoria had made it back inside of the Chapel and were gathered to finish their conclave shortly. Langdon barged through the doors and played the tape for all of the Cardinals to see. As Langdon was doing this, the Comerlegno walked in and also saw what was going on. On the tape was the private meeting of Kohler and the Comerlegno before they had been interrupted by the Guards, along with Vittoria and Langdon. On the tape, was Kohler trying to figure out why the Comerlegno had done what he did. It turned out that the Comerlegno was the man behind the terrorism. He had set everything up himself, and had it all perfectly planned out.

When hearing this, the Comerlegno demanded that he had a chance to explain. Reluctantly, the Cardinals, and everyone else let him explain. He said that he had poisoned the Pope because he was a liar, that he had a child, and that was a major sin that he had kept that a secret, and that he was not a pure Pope. After this, he knew he had to do something else to ensure that none of the "chosen four" Cardinals became the next Pope, because he did not think that they were worthy of that position, and he himself wanted to be Pope. So he set up this huge terrorism act and put his plan into action. The reason he knew where the antimatter was hidden was because he had hidden it himself so that he could make himself look like a hero when he found it.

After hearing the Comerlegno's story, one of the oldest Cardinals explained that the Pope did indeed have a child, but he had it through artificial insemination, and that his child was the Comerlegno himself. The Pope had always called the Comerlegno his son, but he never knew he meant it literally. At this the Comerlegno broke down, he ran outside into Saint Peter's Square, and jumped onto the roof of a building. Moments later, he burst into flames and was gone.