The knights were guarding outside, while the Cangqing Sword people were in the darkroom of the Thieves Guild. They communicated with each other about the current situation, and suddenly they all felt that it was extremely difficult.
The main problem, of course, is that the Venetian City Council, especially the conservatives, do not want to get involved in the battle between the emperor and the Holy See. At the same time, due to the hanging of the former governor, there is a power vacuum in the city council, resulting in collective decision-making.
become impossible.
If the Conservative Party cannot be persuaded, then even if the New Party supports the war, as long as the Conservative Party continues to use boycott tactics (such as refusing to vote when parliament makes decisions, or deliberately using lengthy speech time to block the New Party's proposal), the Venetian City Council can be unable to
pass any resolution.
Secondly, regarding the murder of the former governor, the murderer has been identified as Agrippina, and she herself has admitted it.
However, as Peggy's master, of course no one can do anything to hand her over to the law in exchange for concessions from the top management of Venis. Not to mention whether the conservatives will make concessions because of this, just "a demigod who is close to their own team" and
"The Grade III potion promised by the emperor", any fool knows which one to choose.
Magic potions are always available, demigods are hard to find, and we are not vassals of the emperor, so why should we sacrifice our interests for his grand plans and great achievements?
Coupled with the limitations of the anti-magic magnetic field, extraordinary abilities such as mind-reading and brainwashing cannot take effect. Therefore, let alone trying to "persuade" the conservatives, can you help Agrippina avoid the militia search and escape?
Going out of the city is a matter of mutual agreement.
"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." It was Agrippina who answered, "In urban environments with complex terrain, due to worries about gunmen or snipers, the Lord of Filth is usually more inclined to turn into a pack of rats and disperse to escape, hiding in this way.
More convenient.”
"In other words, when the anti-magic magnetic field is turned on, the two demigods should still be in this city." Medea showed a thoughtful expression, "If you encounter the anti-magic magnetic field when you turn into a group of rats,
, what will happen?”
"It will eliminate the rat swarm and restore the human body." Agrippina replied, "If the environment does not allow it, then we can only rush to a place where the environment allows and recover at the risk of spiritual consumption."
"Medea, what do you mean..." Sheila suddenly seemed to understand.
"What is the reason why Venis City turned on the anti-magic magnetic field?" Medea asked everyone.
"Well, because the citizens witnessed demigods 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 senior executives of Venis will definitely recognize that these demigods have the unique abilities of the Lord of Filth from the corresponding ability effects." Sheila corrected her statement, "turning on the anti-magic magnetic field, not only
Is it to stop the fighting, or to capture these demigods and follow the clues to find out the murderer of the former governor."
"That is to say." Medea said with a smile, "If the higher-ups catch a certain demigod, then as long as he is from the pure-blood monastery, there is a high probability that Venis will identify him as the murderer of the former governor.
Then send it to the Holy See - no matter who this demigod is."
"You mean, treat the two male demigods who attacked us today as the murderers of Governor Venis and report them to the top brass of Venis?" Peggy asked with some confusion, "But, they know that the murderer is a woman.
!”
"Peggy, the top brass of Venis don't care who the murderer is at all," Medea educated her. "Because the former governor died mysteriously at the hands of a pure-blood monastic order, the Holy See may have some bad suspicions about the city-state of Venis.
, so they urgently need to distance themselves from this matter. After all, the longer time passes, the more unknown will be the direction in which the Holy See's attitude towards Venis will slip."
"Let's take a more extreme example: If the top management of Venis only caught male demigods, and the female murderer has not appeared for many years, wouldn't it be possible that the top brass of Venis would rather wait for so many years to search for the real murderer than report it to the Holy See as soon as possible?
A 'reasonable explanation'? Don't forget, they are politicians after all, not criminal police."
"What's more, the Lord of Filth's flesh-and-blood ability can freely change facial muscles and adjust appearance and posture. Therefore, who can tell whether the murderer's true identity is a man or a woman?"
The last words hit the nail on the head, and everyone present suddenly realized. That's right! The Lord of Filth can change his appearance and body freely. Didn't Agrippina pretend to be the White Wolf Swordsman and ambush everyone on the battlefield?
In other words, even if the citizens witnessed that the murderer who hanged Governor Venis was a woman, the higher-ups could just say that it was the murderer who "deliberately disguised herself as a woman in order to confuse the situation."
As long as Cangqing Sword and the others capture the male demigod of the Pure Blood Monastery and hand him over to the top management of Venis, they can then keep the matter secret in exchange for Venis secretly cooperating with the empire.
It seems possible.
If you think about it carefully, this reverse thinking not only takes into account the ability and characteristics of the Lord of Filth, but also cleverly takes advantage of the current anxiety and fear of the top brass in Venis, and by the way, it also traps the demigod who attacked Agrippina.
The person who can come up with such a vicious plan is probably not a good person! Of course, we are not targeting a certain companion, we are just discussing the matter...
"Well, yes." Asik finally said, "Then the question is: how to catch these two demigods? And, will they leave Venis City early?"
"Under the anti-magic magnetic field, demigods will be greatly suppressed. As long as we can determine their location, we can formulate a corresponding arrest plan." Sheila said, "Your Majesty Belladonna Poison, you used it to arrest them last time.
Do you have any extra toxins specifically designed to catch the Hidden Strings and target demigods?"
"It's impossible to make it now." Agrippina said seriously, "But I prepared a small bottle with me in advance, just in case something unexpected happens."
"I would like to remind you that my law-level poison is not invincible to the filth lords who have the ability of 'poison'. As long as they are willing to consume their spiritual energy to activate the ability of 'poison', then before my poison takes effect, most of them will
The probability will be suppressed by the opponent's ability."
It doesn't matter, because my broken spirit of the ninth star style can cut off the opponent's poison ability, Asker thought to himself. It only takes a short while for the poison to take effect completely, and the opponent's spirituality will have been completely lost.
"Second question, will they leave the city of Venice early without catching you?" Medea asked Agrippina.
"It's hard to say." Agrippina replied, "Based on what I know about them, they are not people who are willing to give up easily before achieving their goals, but this also depends on the defense situation of Venis."
"If Venis is strictly guarded in the city, guarding every ten steps, then the fool will continue to hunt in the city. They will most likely leave the range of the anti-magic magnetic field first; on the contrary, if the defense is not tight, they may be more willing to stay
In the city, search for my traces by guarding the docks and ports."
"After all, based on normal judgment, I would definitely want to escape from here as soon as possible - if you hadn't come up with this anti-hunting plan."