Chapter 30: The Scapegoat
The knights were guarding outside, and the people of the Azure Sword were in the dark room of the Thieves' Guild, communicating the current situation with each other, and they all suddenly felt extremely troublesome.
The main problem, of course, was that the Winness City Council, and especially the Tories, did not want to get involved in the battle between the Kaiser and the Holy See. At the same time, the hanging of the former Governor led to a power vacuum in the City Council, making collective decision-making impossible.
If the Conservatives can't be convinced, the Conservatives can keep the Vinis City Council from passing any resolutions, even if the New Party supports the war, such as refusing to vote when the council makes decisions, or deliberately using lengthy speaking time to block the New Party's proposals.
Secondly, in the case of the murder of the former governor, the murderer can already be determined to be Agrippina, and she herself has admitted it.
However, as Peggy's master, of course, everyone can't do anything to hand her over to justice in exchange for the concessions of Venis's higher-ups. Not to mention whether the Conservatives will give in because of this, just "a demigod close to his team" and "the third-class potion promised by the emperor", fools know which side to choose.
Potions are common, demigods are hard to find, and they are not vassals of the emperor, so why should they sacrifice their interests for his great achievements?
Coupled with the limitation of the anti-magic magnetic field, it makes it impossible for extraordinary abilities such as mind-reading brainwashing to take effect. Therefore, let alone trying to "convince" the Tories, whether or not they can help Agrippina escape from the militia is a matter of two words.
"Hey, I suddenly had an idea." Medea suddenly thought, "Asker, when those two demigods left, they seemed to have turned into rats instead of bats, right?" ”
"Yes." Agrippina replied, "In urban environments with difficult terrain, the Lord of Filth is usually more inclined to flee as a colony of rats because of the fear of gunmen or snipers, which is easier to hide. ”
"In other words, when the anti-magic magnetic field is turned on, the two demigods should still be in this city." Medea looked thoughtful, "What would happen if I encountered an anti-magic magnetic field when I turned into a swarm of rats?" ”
"It will depopulate the rats and restore the human body." Agrippina replied, "If the circumstances don't allow it, then you can only rush to the place where the environment allows, at the risk of spiritual consumption." ”
"Medea, what do you mean......" Sheila suddenly seemed to understand.
"What is the reason why Vennice City turned on the anti-magic magnetic field?" Medea asked the crowd.
"Well, because the citizens witnessed a demigod fighting in the city, they turned on the anti-magic magnetic field to prevent the scale of the battle from expanding and causing damage?" Eleanor tried to answer.
"If there are really citizens who witness it, then the Venis high-level will definitely be able to recognize that these demigods have the special ability of the Lord of Filth from the corresponding ability effect." Sheila corrected her statement, "Turn on the anti-magic magnetic field, not only to stop the fighting, but also to capture these demigods so that they can find the murderer of the former governor." ”
"That is." Medea laughed and said, "If a demigod is caught by the higher-ups, then as long as he is a pure-blood hermit, then Venis will most likely identify him as the murderer of the former governor and send him to the Holy See, no matter who the demigod is." ”
"You're saying that the two male demigods who attacked us today are the murderers of Governor Venis, and report it to the Venis higher-ups?" Peggy asked, puzzled, "But, they know that the murderer is a woman!" ”
"Peggy, the Venis higher-ups don't care who the killer is." Medea instructed her, "The mysterious death of the former Doge at the hands of the Pure-Blood Hermitage has led to some unfavorable suspicion of the Vines city-state, and it is urgent for them to dissociate themselves from this matter. After all, the longer the time drags on, the more unknown it is in which direction the Holy See's attitude towards Venis will fall. ”
"Let's take a more extreme example: if the Venus high-level only caught the male demigod, and the female murderer has not appeared for many years, would the Venisian high-level prefer to wait for so many years to search for the real culprit than give the Holy See a 'reasonable explanation' as soon as possible? Don't forget, they are, after all, politicians, not criminal police. ”
"What's more, the flesh and blood ability of the Lord of Filth can freely change facial muscles and adjust appearance and posture, so the true identity of the murderer is male or female, who can say for sure?"
The last words were to the point, and everyone present suddenly realized. Yes! The Lord of Filth is free to change his appearance and posture, didn't Agrippina pretend to be a white wolf swordsman and ambush everyone on the battlefield?
In other words, even if the townspeople witnessed that the murderer who hanged Governor Venis was a woman, the higher-ups could have said that it was the murderer and that he was "deliberately disguised as a woman in order to confuse the vision".
As long as the Azure Sword everyone captures the male demigod of the Pure-Blood Hermitage and hands it over to the upper echelons of Venis. Then it would be possible to keep the matter secret in exchange for Venis's secret cooperation with the Empire.
It seems feasible.
If you think about it, this reverse thinking not only takes into account the abilities and characteristics of the Lord of Filth, but also cleverly takes advantage of the anxiety and jealousy of the current Venis higher-ups, and incidentally traps the demigods who attacked Agrippina.
The person who can come up with this kind of poisonous plan is probably not a good stubble! Of course, we're not targeting a companion, we're just talking about it......
"Yes, you can." Aske finally clapped his hands and said, "Then the question is: how do you catch these two demigods?" And, will they leave Venis City early? ”
"Under the anti-magic magnetic field, the demigods will be greatly suppressed, as long as we can determine their location, we can formulate a corresponding capture plan." Sheila said, "Lord Belladonna Poison, is there any extra special toxin you used to capture the Hidden Strings last time, specifically for the demigods?" ”
"It's impossible to make it now." Agrippina said, "But I prepared a small bottle to take with me in advance, just in case. ”
"I remind you that my law-level toxin is not insoluble to the Lord of Filth who possesses the power of 'toxin'. As long as they are willing to consume their spirituality to activate their 'toxin' ability, then there is a high probability that my toxin will be suppressed by the opponent's ability before it takes effect. ”
It doesn't matter, because my Star Nine Shattered Spirit can cut off the other party's toxin ability, Asker thought to himself. It only takes a short moment for the toxin to take effect completely, and the other party's spirituality has already been lost.
"Second question, will they leave Venis City early without catching you?" Medea asked Agrippina.
"It's hard to say." Agrippina replied, "From what I know of them, they are not the ones to give up easily until they have achieved their goal, but it also depends on the state of Venis's defenses. ”
"If Venis is strictly guarded in the city, ten steps and one post, then the fools will continue to launch a pursuit in the city, and they will most likely leave the range of the anti-magic magnetic field first; Conversely, if the defenses are not tight, they may prefer to stay in the city and search for my traces by guarding the docks and harbors. ”
"After all, according to normal judgment, I'm definitely going to get out of here as soon as possible now—if you don't come up with this anti-hunting plan."