The Da Vinci Code: The Da Vinci Sets Page #3

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the papacy...

... or the Church bought their silence,

no one knows.

But it is a fact the papacy

declared these Priory knights...

... these Knights Templar,

of limitless power.

By the 1300s, the Templars

had grown too powerful.

Too threatening.

So the Vatican

issued secret orders...

... to be opened simultaneously

all across Europe.

The Pope had declared the

Knights Templar Satan worshipers...

...and said God had charged him with

cleansing the earth of these heretics.

The plan went off like clockwork.

The Templars

were all but exterminated.

The date was October 13th, 1307.

A Friday.

Friday the 13th.

The Pope sent troops

to claim the Priory's treasure...

... but they found nothing.

The few surviving

Knights of the Priory had vanished...

... and the search for their

sacred artifact began again.

What artifact? I've never

heard about any of this.

Yes, you have.

Almost everyone on earth has.

You just know it as the Holy Grail.

Please, Saunire thought he knew

the location of the Holy Grail?

Maybe more than that.

This cross and the flower,

this could be very old. But look.

This metal here underneath is much

newer, and there's a modern ID stamp.

"Haxo 24."

And these dots.

These dots are read by a laser.

This is more than a pendant.

This is a key your grandfather left you.

He left us, professor.

And vingt-quatre Haxo,

it's not an ID stamp.

It's a street address.

This is Jacques Saunire.

Please leave a message

after the tone.

Please, Monsieur Saunire,

pick up the phone.

This is Sandrine Bieil.

I have called the list.

I fear the other guardians are dead.

The lie has been told.

The floor panel has been broken.

Please, monsieur, pick up the phone.

I beg you.

Job 38, verse 11.

Do you know it, Sister?

Job 38:
11.

Hitherto shalt thou come...

...but no further.

"But no further."

Do you mock me?

Where is the keystone?

I do not know.

No.

You are a sister of the Church...

...and yet you serve them:

the Priory.

Jesus had but one true message.

That...

Come, you saints of God.

Hasten, angels of the Lord.

To receive her soul.

And bring her to the sight

of the Almighty.

Welcome, bishop.

This council is convened.

Our words shall never

pass these walls.

What business, say you?

As you know, my request for funds...

Yes, 20 million euro

in untraceable bearer bonds.

A tad more than petty cash.

Wouldn't you say, bishop?

I only offer a route to the renewal

of faith for all men.

How humble.

Our savior, Bishop Aringarosa.

How dare you presume to...

I do not presume, I act!

The Vatican's unwillingness

to support us...

...is both impious and cowardly.

Blood is being spilled because true

Christian values lie in ruins. No more!

This council has forgotten

its very purpose.

Tonight...

...the Grail will be destroyed.

The Priory's few remaining members

will be silenced.

I was contacted by a man

who calls himself only "the Teacher."

Two prostitutes identified

Langdon and Neveu...

... getting into a taxi

in the Bois de Boulogne.

Because of your expertise?

- I'm sorry?

- About the Priory.

Do you think that's why

Saunire sought you out?

I can think of dozens of scholars

who know a lot more about it.

Actually, I didn't think

he liked me very much.

Once made a joke at my expense.

Got a big laugh out of it.

What was it?

How may I help you?

The door to the right, please.

Good evening. I am Andr Vernet,

the night manager.

I take it this is your first visit

to our establishment?

Yes.

Understood.

Keys are often passed on

and first-time users...

...are sometimes

uncertain of protocol.

Keys are essentially

numbered Swiss accounts.

Often willed through generations.

Is it yours, mademoiselle?

The shortest safety-deposit-box

lease is 50 years.

And what's your longest account?

Quite a bit longer.

Technologies change,

keys are updated.

Once the computer

confirms your key...

...enter your account number

and your box is retrieved.

The room is yours,

as long as you like.

What if I lost track

of my account number?

How might I recover it?

I'm afraid each key is paired

with a 10-digit number...

...known only to the account bearer.

I hope you manage to remember it.

A single wrong entry

disables the system.

- Ten.

- Ten.

Your grandfather's

Fibonacci sequence.

Scrambled, unscrambled?

Unscrambled.

It's your key.

Funny, I don't even like history.

I've never seen much good come

from looking to the past.

Moment of truth.

My God. I don't believe this.

A rose.

The rose was a symbol

for the Holy Grail.

Forgive the intrusion.

I'm afraid the police arrived

more quickly than I anticipated.

You must follow me, please.

For your own safety.

You knew they were coming?

My guard alerted me to your status

when you arrived.

Yours is one of our oldest

and highest-level accounts.

It includes a safe-passage clause.

Safe passage?

If you would step inside, please.

Time is of the essence.

In there?

Hey, is there a problem?

Good evening, sir. Police.

I just drive from here to Zurich.

Not French, English?

- English?

- Yes.

We are looking for two criminals.

You came to the right place.

They're all criminals here.

Would you mind opening the hold?

Please. You think they trust us,

the wages I get paid?

You don't have keys

to your own truck?

It's armored.

Keys get sent to the destination.

You mind? I'm on a schedule here.

And do all the drivers wear a Rolex?

What?

This piece of sh*t.

Forty euros in Barbs.

Yours for 35.

No, no, no.

- Thirty.

- No. It's okay, it's okay.

Come on, 30, eh?

I said, no!

Move along!

Now we wait.

The Teacher will call and tell me

where to deliver the money.

You have put tremendous faith

in this Teacher of yours.

Yes, I have. And I have given him

an angel to do his will.

For surely there is no better

soldier for God than my Silas.

I firmly resolve, with the help of

thy grace, to confess my sins...

...to do penance

and to amend my life.

Amen.

The Holy Grail.

A magic cup.

The source of God's power on earth.

It's nonsense.

You don't believe in God.

No.

Just people.

Sometimes that they can be kind.

Are you a God-fearing man,

professor?

I was raised a Catholic.

Well, that's not really an answer.

Professor, are you okay?

Go ahead, open it.

Go on.

A cryptex.

They are used to keep secrets.

It's da Vinci's design.

You write the information

on a papyrus scroll...

...which is then rolled around

a thin glass vial of vinegar.

If you force it open, the vial breaks...

...vinegar dissolves papyrus...

...and your secret is lost forever.

The only way

to access the information...

...is to spell out the password...

...with these five dials,

each with 26 letters.

That's 12 million possibilities.

I've never met a girl

who knew that much about a cryptex.

Saunire made one for me once.

My grandfather gave me a wagon.

This clearly is not the Holy Grail.

Come on.

Please, you're not all right.

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