"So, now you can say it, right?"

Back in the dark room of the Underground Thieves' Guild, Asker asked in front of the other girls.

Agrippina didn't answer, just looked around uneasily. Under the suppression of the anti-magic magnetic field, the demigod appeared extra cautious and suspicious:

"Is it safe here?"

"Don't forget, we're all in disguise." Asker gestured to the veil and hood she had just removed.

"Camouflage isn't a panacea." Agrippina worried, "There are a lot of supernatural abilities to peek into ......"

"Where did the extraordinary ability come from under the anti-magic magnetic field?" Asker asked her rhetorically.

Agrippina: ..................

Well, I was dizzy from the demigods before and forgot about this stubble.

"What do you want to know?" Agrippina laid off one leg at a leisurely pace. After all, under the anti-magic magnetic field, except for the macho man in the physics department, most of the demigods have been relegated to the level of ordinary people.

Asker, who is a weapon master, happens to be such a macho man, and he is born with an aura of security in today's environment.

"Why did you hang Governor Venis?" Asker asked.

"I don't know." Agrippina replied.

"Don't know?"

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

In this case, you do something unconsciously. For example, when you go out, you close the door, or when you read the newspaper, you can eat. Even though you performed the corresponding action, there is no similar memory in your mind......"

"Wait." Medea said aloud, "The human mind has the ability to introspect, even if you are implanted with a thought to do something unconsciously, there is a chance that you will suddenly react. What's more, the hanging of Governor Venis is not something that can be explained by the unconscious - you didn't realize you were killing people the whole time? ”

"But that's just the way it is." Agrippina smiled a little helplessly, "It wasn't until he was hanged in the castle tower and lost the strength to struggle that I suddenly came back to my senses...... I have all the memories of the past, no fragments, no blanks, except that I don't know exactly what I killed for, like your left foot when you walk, why don't you step your right foot first? I didn't think about it, it was all a natural behavior. ”

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

"I don't know if I have the mental ability to do this." Medea still questioned, "That's not the category of psychic suggestion anymore, it's brainwashing." ”

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

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

"Antichrist."

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"Antichrist." In the residence of the president of the Venis City Council, Speaker Patro faced these girls with different backgrounds and identities, and put on a gesture of frank communication, "It's not that we want to be enemies of the Empire, but we don't want to be related to the Antichrist. ”

"Antichrist is a noun." He explained in detail, in a tone of extreme sincerity, "It could be a person or a force; It could be some kind of mutation, or it could be some kind of law. The only thing that can be confirmed is that the Antichrist is the object of the Holy See's surveillance and search for nearly a thousand years, and any person or organization that has anything to do with the Antichrist will be attacked or controlled by the Holy See as never before. ”

"During the recent period of civilization restoration, the Holy See was attacked once**, and I can't reveal more information to you, except to say that this attack** is related to the Pure-Blood Hermitage, and the Holy See suspects that this matter also has a lot to do with the Antichrist."

"Because of this, when the Pure-Blood Hermitage hanged our poor former Doge, we were already on the Holy See's list of suspicions. If, in this case, Venis still chooses to cooperate with the Empire, then it is likely that the Holy See's relations with us will deteriorate dramatically, a price we cannot afford. ”

"I have some doubts, Your Excellency Speaker Pietro." Nora politely said, "According to you, the Pure-Blood Hermitage has recently attacked the Holy See, so it is believed to be related to the Antichrist. In such a situation, they attacked Vinis again, and does this not mean that Venis's existence is a threat to the Antichrist? ”

"It's just a possibility that can't be proven." Speaker Pyro explained, "However, the pure-blood hermit did not attack the city-state of Venis, but simply hanged the former governor of Venis, which is essentially two different things. ”

"From the point of view of conspiracy theories, it may be that the former Governor of Venis, secretly cooperated with the Pure-Blood Hermitage without concealing it from the City Council, and was later killed for extermination...... Although there is no conclusive evidence, we cannot bet that the cardinals of the Holy See will not be so suspicious, so we will either preemptively prove our innocence, or we will have to stay in obscurity and have no more dealings with the Empire. ”

Girls: ..................

The meaning of the other party is actually very clear, we have recently died a governor, we don't want to attract the attention of the Holy See, we have to be reluctant.

Such an idea is understandable, but it is difficult for the Emperor's camp to do so. A city-state of Venis, who is determined to stay out of the way, will definitely arouse the jealousy of the other party if everyone insists on pulling him into the water.

But since the other party has talked about this, the girls can't continue to entangle, just as Nora was about to say the polite words of farewell, suddenly from outside the rapid siren sounded.

The girls immediately felt a palpable feeling of shackles in the air, as if they had suddenly carried some kind of heavy burden, and not only did their spirits not work smoothly, but even their minds were faintly uncomfortable.

"It's ...... Anti-magic magnetic field? Nora, who was born in the city of Solomon, soon realized what had happened, and heard Speaker Pietro say:

"I'm sorry, there's something going on in the city, I'm going to deal with it as soon as possible."

He summoned the housekeeper and sent the girls and the knights who accompanied the escort out.

Albrecht had been listening silently until he had left the Speaker's mansion and asked quietly:

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

Through this day's visits and investigations, the girls have a clear understanding of the party affiliation and political leanings of the senior Venisian councillors.

Speaker Petro is the leader of the conservative party, diplomatically inclined to the Holy See, and has little affection for the Empire, so it is not surprising that his path will not work.

If you go to some young parliamentarians of the New Party and promise certain benefits on behalf of the emperor, you may be able to attract enough support.

However, in the city council, which has lost its governor, the suspense of this diplomatic resolution is itself caused by the tug-of-war between the Conservatives and the New Party. If the Conservative Party cannot be persuaded to change its mindset and has the support of the new Party alone, won't the situation change at all compared to the original situation?

Even Sheila, who is as smart as Sheila, has a headache in the face of this situation. After all, everyone has too few chips in their hands at this time, and it is very difficult to convince others with such empty words.

"Let's go back first and meet up with Asker to discuss." Finally, she suggested, "Maybe there's some progress on his side." ”