49. Representations
"Oh, it's a little fellow of the Holy See, how did you think of putting me as a bad old man?"
"Hmph, if you need to spend three hours waiting for the host's house, and about an hour of that time is still used to confirm whether there is any danger, and this situation can also be applied to the word 'visit', then this is really a high-end atmosphere, beyond the reach of ordinary people, Lord Speaker." โ
"It's a big hat, and even I wouldn't want to do it next. Speaker Skasa laughed dryly, his eyes closed slightly, and he said with a smile, "If it weren't for the emergency, I wouldn't have put down my work and rushed over without stopping......"
Offie squinted at Speaker Skasa.
"Yes, I can't let go of the 'work in hand'...... I wonder if Your Excellency Speaker Lu Dao has dealt with anything?"
"What are you talking about?"
Speaker Skasa couldn't help but squint his eyes, but Aophee didn't pay attention to it, and said very shamelessly: "They all killed the personnel belonging to our Holy See, and tried to pour black water on our exorcist troops...... Do you think that I will spend three hours waiting for you to sit down for a cup of tea with Your Excellency the Speaker?"
"I don't know what you're talking about...... Although I regret that some of your personnel have been killed or injured in the Imperial Capital, we should not be blamed for this, right? Besides, listening to your tone, it seems that we deliberately killed that poor man?"
Speaker Skasa's tone also cooled. The young exorcist's nickname was already capable of causing some diplomatic trouble. He said so. It is also a warning to this young and vigorous woman.
However, Aoife was not impressed at all.
"Since you did it, we can say it. โ
"Oh, you have to think clearly, say something like that. ...... that require sufficient capital At the very least, sufficient evidence is needed. โ
"Hehe, don't think I don't understand, 'evidence' can be wantonly rendered by black and white, and 'evidence' is only on the table for the first time. It's a deterrent......" Ofie looked at Speaker Skasa rather amusedly, "I'm really young, but I'm in the unit. But the exorcist army doing the dirtiest and most tiring work, and I'm the one who has to carry the black pot for this army - it's not so easy to fool, Your Excellency Speaker~"
"Well, then I don't have anything more to say. โ
Speaker Skaza got up and was about to leave.
"Since you don't have the sincerity to make it clear here. I want you to come to me. This would have been a redundant thing in the first place. โ
"But you have to know the way, you already know some of the things you want to know, but those things are not a secret to me that you have to keep - but you know some of your private actions, but you don't want me to talk about those things, do you? For example, my top boss, my top boss, and my top boss......"
Offie's words made Speaker Skasa stop leaving.
He understood what Offie was referring to. At the same time, it is also something that I have overlooked.
He himself is the head figure, but Aoife is not. Now the two sides are in the middle of the negotiation. For Speaker Skasa, his interests are closely related, but not for Aophe. may be implicated, but the exorcist army, which has been standing for a hundred years, will not be broken because of this kind of thing.
In short, the other side can do nonsense, but the speaker of Skasa himself cannot.
"That's right, it's a matter of a kitchen knife team like mine, Your Excellency the Speaker is a leader who strategizes thousands of miles away, and he is also a rare archmage in the world, so calming down is the right way. โ
"What do you want to say?"
"People live in this world but seek peace of mind, don't they? For peace of mind, Your Excellency the Speaker, you killed that unfortunate bastard, and for the same reason, I have come here to talk to you, Your Excellency, the Speaker...... I think, since you killed the members of the Holy See, Your Excellency, you must have been determined to get it, and you should have got the answer you wanted, right?"
"I'm very strange, why do you think that the priest who died in the imperial capital is the reason why I am here? Not to mention your self-speculating motives, you will not have only evidence that can prove that the guilt lies with us, right?"
Aoife couldn't help but laugh.
Speaker Skasa was also unimpressed by Aophee's actions, and looked at Aophee very curiously: "Is it so funny? I really don't know how to say, I have such a talent for funny......
"People who have committed crimes are extremely calm and confident until the crime is revealedโand it is normal to say so, if they were not confident in their plans and actions, they would not have taken risks in the first place, right? Speaking of which, there are two kinds of ways to obtain such a thing, 'evidence'...... With Your Excellency's ability, if you want to use the 'righteous way' to obtain evidence, it will definitely be even more difficult than ascending to heaven. โ
This is really not a compliment, Aoye knows very well that the old man in front of him has not fallen for thousands of years, and the so-called people are old and refined, which is what he is talking about.
However, no matter how powerful he is, he can erase all the evidence that is unfavorable to him, but he cannot eliminate the "traces" - as long as it is a man-made influence, the traces left by man-made disasters will never be the same as natural disasters.
"The right way, the evil way, this is the first time I've heard of it, if you look for evidence, there are so many ways......
Aophe's statement obviously also aroused the interest of Speaker Skasa.
"The so-called righteous path is to draw conclusions from various clues left at the scene in a step-by-step manner, through a detailed search by category, to summarize various possibilities. Because it is based on the clues and traces of the exact existence, it is an actual and accurate and steady method, so it is called the 'right path'. And all kinds of other 'out of nothing' techniques. It's all heresy......"
Because it is a conclusion based on conjectures and assumptions, through derivation.
"Are you trying to say that you are using the 'evil way'?"
"I'm the head of the exorcist. Isn't it subtle to expect me to use the so-called 'right path' in peace? Besides, who are you, Your Excellency Speaker, I don't think that your old man's ability will be any worse, at least, you want to find clues step by step. I think it's hard. In particular, Your Excellency, you didn't intend to leave room from the beginning......"
"Then your subjective assumptions. I wonder how I can rely on subjective speculation that I am the plotter. โ
In fact, Speaker Skasa's current attitude can almost be regarded as making his position clear to Aophe, right?
Naturally, Aoye is also knowledgeable. But she came today. In fact, she didn't intend to ask the teacher for guilt - after all, to be honest, she didn't have the ability and capital yet. The reason why she had the courage to dare to talk to this great magician who had lived for a thousand years alone in person, without worrying about another member of the Holy See who died inexplicably in the imperial capital, was also based on her own conclusion through the supervisor's guesses.
"Because I know where the unfortunate man's entrails have gone...... At the same time, I also know the murderer who killed him. What kind of 'thing' it is. โ
Speaker Skasa's hand holding his glasses suddenly trembled.
"Although a skill is basically lost now. But for some personal reasons, I put some effort into learning it โ although I also regret that it didn't work for it at all. But today, it seems to have some effect. โ
โ...... Was that nun's unique secret technique, claiming that as long as she witnessed the murder scene, she could track down the secret technique of the murderer?"
"Yes, that senior is said to have created this secret method at the cost of his own ten years of life in order to save his energy and track down those hidden but bloody demons. According to her and the efficiency of her actions, this is indeed a very affordable secret method - it takes an average of two months to hunt down a notorious thug, but that senior can only take two days, which translates to the number of vicious thugs she has executed herself...... It's a great deal. It's just that since that senior, there has never been a person with that kind of ability and that kind of courage, and this secret method is extremely weak and no one cares about it. โ
The secret method that Offie spoke of, Speaker Skasa had also heard. There is no other reason, after all, the person who created this secret method, even in his opinion, needs to be looked at with "amazement".
Speaker Skasa outlived more than many people today, and there are legends that people can now only know through written and verbal information, but for Speaker Skasa they have seen with their own eyes. There are quite a few strong people who can make the demons of the demon world fearful, but even he, before he knows exactly that there is such a person in the Dao, he will not believe that there will be an ordinary human being, in less than thirty years of life, he has completed achievements that countless strong people in the past could not match. In terms of merit alone, there are indeed people who are not weaker than her, but it is also based on the advantage of racial talent and the advantage of cultivation age.
Anyway, when those strong people are in their twenties and thirties, they must not be so strong......
"Then why are you learning this?"
"Who told her to find no trace? I want to kill her, and if I can't find anyone, nothing can be done...... I can't help it, I can only learn this - as a result, I finally found some clues recently, and when I looked for it, I found that there was something on that guy that was interfering, and it was completely useless!"
"That one can't be described as a 'genius', right? There's only 'monster' for her titleโdo you want to kill her?"
"That's my personal business, it's none of your business. Aoife had a cold face, as if he was very impatient with the topic of this place, "Whether you can find that person or not has nothing to do with the current situation......, right?
"Although the person who actually did it is indeed on our side, the root cause of his death is himself. If you really want to say it, the so-called blame is self-inflicted. That's about it. โ
"Are you trying to fool me? that kind of thing...... How could it have anything to do with him?"
Offie was very unhappy with Speaker Skasa's explanation, but Speaker Skasa's next sentence. But it was Aoife who was speechless.
"I didn't say it had anything to do with him, you can interpret it as ...... That's about the Holy See. As strange as I am, why would he, such a weak man who is at the same time tasked with such an errand as 'overseer', carry such a dangerous and vicious monster with him?"
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Seeing Aoife's expression gloomy, Speaker Skasa was very happyโnot because of the young exorcist's attitude. Instead, he succeeded in pouring dirty water on the Holy See.
Most importantly, he is telling the truth, and Aophee. I don't think he's lying.
"I see, you really look up to me...... Hey, he had a good calculation, and he didn't even plan to get a chance to carry me back. Straightforward like 'processing' in situ. And then 'recycling'? Also, expecting them to bury me in a beautiful way, I'm still too sweet. โ
Aoife sighed deeply, his fingers already unconsciously pinching a few deep dents on the table.
"Using 'blood glue' as a coffin is indeed a very constructive idea, worthy of the Holy See, after a period of time, it has the style of the year. โ
"It's too much of your experience...... No. It's less than your age. I dare say that the whole Holy See can now afford this honor. At the moment, I guess it's just me. Aoife glanced at Speaker Skazar deeply and fell into deep thought, "According to you, the 'blood glue' that killed that guy came from the Holy See, not you, right?"
If this is true, then Auphee really has nothing to blame Speaker Skasa. After all, what she was holding accountable was not that the people on the Imperial side had killed the members of the Holy See, but that they had used forbidden and dangerous creatures that had contributed to the deaths of the Holy See.
Aoife himself didn't care if that upsetting guy lived or died.
It's just Speaker Skasa's words, is it really worth believing?
"Looking at your expression, do you think I'm talking nonsense? Well, this is indeed a difficult question to explain clearly, how to put it, we did not play a good role in this matter, such a statement is indeed very unconvincing......"
"Say, I'll listen. โ
"I don't know if you have a deep understanding of the evil thing 'blood glue'?"
Aoye was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then nodded: "That's nature, this evil and cruel creature, as long as you read a little bit of information, you will remember it very deeply." It is a gelatinous creature that resembles a slime, and like a slime, its body is soft, moist, and sticky. But unlike slimes, who are so docile that they don't even have the concept of 'eating' and can survive and reproduce by absorbing magical elements, this creature called Bloodgum is a carnivorous creature through and through. Moreover, their predatory behaviour is extremely cruel and horrific......"
After enveloping the prey and depriving it of its ability to move, the body rich in evil energy can split the flesh and blood of the prey's body, and it will absorb the blood in it. Compared to some other creatures that suck blood, this way of sucking blood is ...... No, whether this can be called "bloodsucking" is two words, this is like drinking in a big bowl, and it is an act of arrogance.
It's just that it's too cruel for the creatures it preys on.
This is where the name of the blood glue comes from this - it only drinks blood, and does not have the slightest interest in the flesh of its prey, and the cruel act of splitting limbs is only to improve the efficiency of eating...... And when it has a full meal, the blood of the prey will dye its original transparent body a blood red, and its own body is soft and gelatinous, so the name "blood glue" is derived.
Very dangerous creatures.
In addition to its cruelty, it is even more dangerous - because this creature, known as the "blood gel", is very bloodthirsty. Although it is usually in a dormant state similar to hibernation, once it is active, as long as it sees a living thing and smells its blood, it will be very violent, and it will not stop until it hunts all the living creatures in front of it. The hunting and eating speed of the blood gel is very fast, usually it can "eat" a prey in half a minute, so it is very efficient in killing.
It's a creature that's more terrible and evil than a demon. After all, no matter how murderous the demon is, he will not kill in such an extremely cruel way, and I believe that if there is a chance to choose, people would definitely prefer to be burned to ashes by hellfire than want to experience such a horrific death.
"But there's one thing I don't understand, since you said he had it with him...... How on earth does this stay dormant? I haven't heard of it, but blood glue can still be 'raised'......."
"We're still working on it, otherwise, why do you think we're going to bring his entrails back?"
Speaker Skasa was also helpless about this.
"Yes, I don't deny that I wanted to make a fuss about this stupid fellow, but I didn't expect that those actions would make this fool think that he would be killed, let alone that he would carry such a dangerous thing with him...... As for the fact that he would release such a dangerous creature to protect himself, he didn't expect it. โ
"As a result, he didn't expect that this blood glue would actually attack himself in turn, right? It's really funny, in front of Your Excellency the Speaker, to drive this kind of evil creature, it seems that he is really a guy who doesn't know how to learn...... At least, he certainly didn't know about your black history, Your Excellency, ......"
"Black history...... Can you not mention this? Your Holy See always likes to memorize these things, and I'm bothered by that too. But before I go any further, can I beg you to be a little more accommodating in this matter?"
"How can I be accommodating? People are already dead, can I take that pile of minced meat back and say, 'This is a small accident'? Especially since this blood glue is provided by the upper layer, and I carry it back like this, but I will take all the dirty water on myself? You don't think that's what you wanted?"
"No, it's for some other reason...... If you're not afraid of being ambushed, would you like to come with me to see something?" (To be continued......)