Blue Sword

"So, can we talk now?"

Returning to the darkroom of the underground thieves guild, Ask asked in front of the other girls.

Agrippina did not answer, but looked around anxiously. Under the suppression of the anti-magic magnetic field, this demigod appeared extra cautious and suspicious:

"Is it safe here?"

"Don't forget, we came here in disguise." Ask pointed to the veil and hood she had just taken off.

"Disguise is not omnipotent." Agrippina said worriedly, "There are many extraordinary abilities that can be used to peek..."

"Where does the extraordinary ability come from under the anti-magic magnetic field?" Ask asked her back.

Agrippina:…………

Well, I was so knocked out from beating a demigod before that I forgot about this.

"What do you want to know?" Agrippina crossed her legs leisurely. After all, under the anti-magic magnetic field, most demigods, except for the macho guy in the physics department, have been downgraded to the level of ordinary people.

Asik, a weapons master, happens to be such a strong man, who is born with an aura of security in today's environment.

"Why did you want to hang Governor Venis?" Ask asked.

"I don't know," replied Agrippina.

"have no idea?"

"You should know that both the psychic system and the dream system have the ability to implant thoughts, right?" Agrippina sighed, her eyes falling on Medea, "People generate thoughts through logical thinking, and they are driven by thoughts. Behavior, while mind-related abilities can skip 'thinking' and directly generate 'thoughts'."

"In this case, you will do something unconsciously. For example, close the door when you go out, or eat while reading the newspaper. Although you perform the corresponding action, there is no similar memory in your mind. …”

"Wait a minute." Medea said aloud, "The human mind has the ability to introspect. Even if you are implanted with thoughts and do something unconsciously, there is a chance that you will react suddenly. What's more, hanging The death of Governor Venis cannot be explained by unconsciousness - you were not aware that you were killing someone the whole time?"

"But that's the truth." Agrippina showed a helpless smile, "It wasn't until he was hanged on the tower and lost the strength to struggle that I suddenly came back to my senses... I had everything I had before. There are no fragments or blanks in memory, but I don’t know exactly why I killed someone. It’s like walking with your left foot first, why not your right foot first? You don’t think about it, it’s all natural behavior. "

"It seems to be a fairly high-level psychic ability." Asik commented.

"I don't know if there are psychic abilities that can do this." Medea still expressed doubts, "That is no longer the category of psychic suggestion, but brainwashing."

"But who has the ability to brainwash a demigod?"

"Everyone." Agrippina hesitated for a while and then suddenly asked, "Have you ever heard of a term?"

"Antichrist."

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"Antichrist." In the residence of the Speaker of the Venis City Council, Speaker Pietro faced these girls with extraordinary backgrounds and made a candid communication gesture. "It's not that we want to be enemies of the empire, but that we don't want to be enemies." Be associated with the Antichrist.”

"Antichrist is a noun." He explained in detail, his tone extremely sincere, "It may be a person, or it may be a force; it may be some kind of mutation, or it may be some kind of law. The only thing that can be confirmed Yes, the Antichrist has been the subject of the Holy See’s surveillance and search for nearly a thousand years, and any person or organization associated with the Antichrist will be hit or controlled by the Holy See in an unprecedented way.”

"During the recent recovery period of civilization, the Holy See suffered an attack. I can't reveal more details to you. I can only say that the attack was related to the Pure Blood Monastery, and the Holy See suspected that it was also related to the Antichrist. Very relevant.”

"Because of this, when the Pure-blood Monastery hanged our poor former governor, we had already entered the Holy See's suspicion list. If under this situation, Venis still chooses to cooperate with the Empire, then the Holy See will Our relationship is likely to deteriorate dramatically, and that is a price we cannot afford."

"I have some doubts, Mr. Speaker Pietro." Nora said politely, "According to you, the Pure Blood Monastery recently attacked the Holy See, so it is considered to be related to the Antichrist. Under such circumstances, they Attacked Venis again, couldn’t it be understood that the existence of Venis is a threat to Antichrist?”

“This is just a possibility that cannot be confirmed.” Speaker Pietro explained, “However, the Pure Blood Monastery did not attack the city-state of Venis, but only hanged the former Governor of Venis. This is essentially two different things. "

"From the perspective of conspiracy theory, maybe the former Governor Venis secretly cooperated with the Pure-blood Priory without telling the city council, and was later killed for suppressing the news... Although there is no conclusive evidence, we cannot bet on the Holy See. The cardinals will not doubt this, so we can either prove our innocence first, or we can only hide our capabilities and bide our time, and we will no longer have any dealings with the empire."

Girls:………………

The other party's meaning is actually very clear. Our governor recently died. We don't want to attract the attention of the Holy See. We want to live quietly.

This kind of thinking is understandable, but it is difficult for the emperor's camp to handle it. If a city-state of Venis is determined to stay out of the situation, if everyone insists on dragging it into the water, it will definitely arouse the hatred of the other party.

However, since the other party had already said this, the girls could not continue to entangle. Just when Nora was about to say goodbye, a rapid siren suddenly sounded from outside.

The girls immediately felt an obvious sense of shackles in the air, as if they were suddenly carrying some kind of heavy burden. Not only were their spirits not functioning smoothly, but their wills were also feeling slightly uncomfortable.

"Is this... an anti-magic magnetic field?" Nora, who was born in Solomon City, quickly realized what had happened and heard Speaker Pietro say:

"Sorry, something happened in the city. I have to deal with it as soon as possible."

He called the housekeeper from the palace and sent the girls and the accompanying knights out.

Albrecht had been listening silently. After leaving the Speaker's residence, he calmly asked:

"So, what are you going to do next?"

Through this whole day of visits and investigations, this team of girls has clearly understood the parties and political leanings of the senior members of Venis.

Speaker Pietro is the leader of the conservative party. He prefers the Holy See in diplomacy and has no good opinion of the empire. It is expected that his career will be blocked.

If you go to some young members of the new party and promise certain benefits on behalf of the emperor, you may be able to gain enough support.

However, in the city council that has lost its governor, the pending diplomatic resolution is itself caused by the back-and-forth between the Conservative Party and the New Party. If the Conservative Party cannot be persuaded to change its mind, and only with the support of the new party, won’t there be no change at all compared to the original situation?

Even as smart as Sheila, facing this situation makes her head hurt. After all, everyone has too few chips in their hands at this time. It is very difficult for anyone to convince others with just empty words.

"Let's go back first and discuss it with Aske." Finally, she suggested, "Maybe there might be some progress on his side."

Thanks to jhwillie for the 100 coins, and thanks to nmlgba for the 500 coins~