Chapter 1020 1002. Another shapeshifter
His understatement made everyone except Triss feel a little dazed.
But if this kind of exaggerated thing is considered in conjunction with him, it is actually quite acceptable.
“But I got other news from the Mud Gang.”
Lan En said to Dudu.
"A temple guard is looking for you, Dudu."
"Temple guard? Looking for me?"
Dudu repeated, looking puzzled and surprised.
But Lan En, who revealed the news, was also surprised.
He was surprised: Why was Dudu, a cautious and timid shapeshifter, not afraid after hearing the news.
The Temple Guard are the Eternal Fire's armed force in Novigrad, adhering to increasingly radical doctrines that will become even more radical in the foreseeable future.
They hate monsters, discriminate against inhuman races, and may in the future hate all users of Chaos magic.
For non-human races, out of compromise with urban development, they may not act too aggressively against urban residents.
But it’s a monster like a shapeshifter.
“Come, let me hear what the news is.”
Dudu's halfling's big feet paced back and forth on the wooden floor.
"Sir Lann, please speak."
"The person who is looking for you is called Ritu Manji, and he is a leader of the temple guards. It was he who requested the mud with his own administrative authority. I’ll help block the deal with you and drag down your business.”
Lan En leaned back in his chair and recounted the information he had obtained.
“He emphasized that the important thing is to catch you, and money is not important. So I think this guy is not an ordinary official who wants to take advantage of you, but for something else.”
"Ritu Manji? Caleb Manji's brother? Brother Manji?!"
Dudu was not doing anything yet, but Dandelion said in surprise.
Geralt asked in a deep voice: "Do you know this person? It sounds like their brothers are quite famous in Novigrad?"
"Yes, but that is not good. Reputation."
Dandelion walked behind Lan En and Geralt's chairs, leaning on the back of the chair and said to the two witchers.
"Both these brothers fanatically believe in the doctrine of eternal fire. You can imagine what it's like to be so fanatical."
Lan and Geralt looked at each other.
Both of them are demon hunters who have traveled in the upper reaches of the continent, and have seen a lot of racial persecution and mutual vendettas.
They also know exactly what the Eternal Fire fanatics are.
Dandelion continued to describe.
"No one knows whether the two brothers really believe in the doctrine, or whether they act like they believe in the doctrine in order to climb up in the sect. Anyway, it makes no difference to the result."
"In order to show their devotion , the people who died under their cruel methods have nothing to say."
"Just last month, the two of them presided over an execution of a half-elf woman who was accused of casting a black magic curse on her neighbors. They didn't even ask a professional to come and take a look. They went through the trial process quickly and finally hung the poor woman on the gallows. "
"In my opinion, it was the woman's neighbor. He didn't drag the half-elf to bed, so he got angry and lied about the case."
Dandelion introduced the Manji brothers as if announcing the curtain of a drama, saying that a certain villain was about to appear.
Dudu, who wasn't very scared at first, swallowed.
But he still made a difficult arc at the corner of his mouth.
"They are looking for me, so it shouldn't be that scary. After all, I have friends among the temple guards, right?"
"You?" Triss sat on the bed and asked in surprise, "Transformer, or are you a halfling, do you have friends among the temple guards?"
"Yes, and the status is not low." Geralt said solemnly.
"That's also a few of us who know each other, the temple guard commander, Chapelle."
Triss and Priscilla gasped almost as soon as the name appeared in the room.
The Temple Guard Commander's infamy spread far and wide.
It is rumored that he and his men often carry a whip, which is a Lamia whip.
This kind of whip will be mixed with iron thorns and barbs during the leather weaving and shaping process. Many cities and countries have banned the possession and carrying of such whips.
Novigrad was among them, but Chapelle and his men openly hung these rolls of Lamia whips on the belt buckles around their waists.
The wounds caused by such whips will be unforgettable for ordinary people even after they are healed.
"Shapelle is not a priest, but he is the highest-ranking official in this city!"
Priscilla covered her mouth and said.
Even though she travels and performs everywhere, she has heard of this name.
"The most vicious and cruel man in Novigrad. I heard that even people from the city council and major guilds would shudder when they see him. He is addicted to power, just like a spider is addicted to blood." "No leave behind." The disappearance of traces, false accusations, torture, masked killers popping up on the streets, intimidation, extortion, theft, coercion. Just saying what he did is dark enough!”
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“But that is already the old calendar.”
Dandelion said as if singing, with a relaxed tone.
“I can guarantee that Chapelle is fair and kind now. It’s just in order to manage the scumbag team of temple guards that he has to hide his beautiful heart under the disguise of coldness and viciousness.”
"Are you sure? Are you sure about the complex, changeable, deep and unpredictable human heart?"
Priscilla and Dandelion's tongues are equally powerful, and they followed the poet's words and stabbed them. .
“Speak as if you know him well.”
Dandelion opened his mouth, but did not rush back.
Geralt also tilted his head and looked at Dudu. While looking at him, he raised his chin towards Priscilla.
Dudu nodded: "Tell me, Geralt, Dandelion. There's nothing I can't say. Although I didn't catch this girl, I know her at least. She is a kind and tolerant woman who has no ill intentions towards non-human races." There’s no prejudice either.”
After receiving Dudu’s confirmation, Dandelion continued.
“Of course I know Schapel, because the current Schapel is the commander of the Temple Guard of the Eternal Fire.”
“Wait.” Lan sat up straight from the back of his chair. He lost his body, "He is also a shape-shifter?!"
"You are right."
Dandelion pointed at Lann with a 'you guessed it' expression.
"Two months before we got to know Dudu, the real Shapelle died of a stroke. Now this Shapelle simply became him. The shape-shifter has a kind nature, and he began to interact with Dudu. This is why Dudu was able to obtain status in Novigrad so easily."
Except for the three insiders, everyone present was a little stunned.
No one would have thought that within the Church of Eternal Fire, which is the most radical and discriminatory against non-human races, the most radical and discriminatory against non-human races, the temple guard force. Its commander is actually a shape-shifter!
"So if you ask me, this shouldn't be a big deal. Chapelle can handle it with just one sentence. Those are his men, aren't they?"
Dandelion said matter-of-factly.
Dudu relaxed a little with the poet's relief.
But after Lan En received the new information, he thought about it for a moment, and then he felt relieved about Dudu again.
"That is to say, the Manji brothers may have begun to doubt the identity of Chapelle's shapeshifter."
Dudu jerked his body and looked at Lan En in horror.
"After all, Dudu Bibwit's identity has very little overlap with Chapelle's identity, right? At least in public, very little."
"You two are both shapeshifters, so you don't You will have more contact with those who have a clear identity, because you are all very careful."
"But a notorious temple guard leader is still eyeing you, and he wants you without money, property, or stocks. This person."
Lan En quickly clarified the relationship with the help of Mentos in his mind, and even made a diagram of the interpersonal relationship.
“Dandelion said that this matter should be left to Chapelle to handle, but in my opinion, the Manji brothers were probably rushing to bring Chapelle down from the beginning.”
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"Shapelle's power comes from the Temple Guard Force of the Eternal Fire. Even if he is the commander, he cannot change the nature of this force, that is: this is a force loyal to the Church and the teachings of the Eternal Fire. Armed Forces."
"Once his identity as a shapeshifter is confirmed. No, even if his identity as a non-human race is confirmed, the rights in his hands will disappear in an instant, and in turn he will be destroyed. Kill him."
"Being the commander of a force and being able to fully control this force are two different concepts."
Lan En said calmly, but he The words made Dudu, who was not very nervous at first, panic again.
Dandelion was also speechless with his mouth open.
The poet has actually seen many scenes of inferiors overcoming superiors, but there is no doubt that his knowledge and vision have not penetrated deeply into the core of the power structure.
I just think poetically that the change of rights is due to vague expressions such as human desire or impulse.
But in the education and worldview that Lan En has received, the operation of power is a real materialization process.
It is traceable and follows a set of internal logic.
He can understand this logic, and he can even play well if he wants to.
Although Lan En did not mean to look down on Dandelion's seven liberal arts degrees, he believed that poetic expression was sometimes an obstacle to understanding the real world.
“Brother Manji wants to investigate Chapelle!”
Dudou muttered with a cold sweat on his head, and a pair of halfling’s big feet stepped on the wooden floor loudly.
"I have to. I have to inform him! Yes! Inform him! As long as he knows, he can deal with it!"
"But two people began to doubt him, which means secretly More people already think he is abnormal.”
Lan En's left hand emitted a cold white magic aura, and he was using the [Yaxi Sign] to calm down Dudu.
“The shapeshifter is kind-hearted in nature, but just hearing about what Schapelle did is enough to scare people. He has taken over Schapelle’s identity for so long, and it must have been a long time since he told his subordinates and colleagues Having shown such a cruel character, he will be suspected sooner or later."
"Rather than reminding him now, you should advise him to leave Novigrad."
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(End of this chapter)