novelinnhs Chapter 558 - 48: Filthy Beggar
Chapter 558 - 48: Filthy Beggar
"What do you mean?"
The woman elder, or more precisely Hecate, heard this and fixed her gaze on the quiet horse-faced man.
He had actually guessed what she meant.
But she was unwilling to believe it, or more precisely... she dared not believe it.
Any news has a lag.
Even now, in modern times, the speed of information dissemination, let alone compared to the ancient times when messages were delivered by horse and carriage... even compared to over a decade ago, the development has been quite astonishing.
In this era, news still has latency.
To date, there are even financial movies that use online information gaps as a selling point.
Needless to say, the matters that are relatively more sensitive in the Extraordinary Domain.
The horse-faced man was not an insider of the Celestial Strategy Mansion. According to Hecate’s knowledge, since Ji Xin came to power, the entire Celestial Strategy Mansion has been purged. Currently, it is said that all members under Tang Language’s team are still keeping an eye on valuable internal members, especially since Yan Kan betrayed and took away a large number of members...
They have basically no ears or eyes within the Celestial Strategy Mansion.
Such an outsider, someone who does not belong to the Celestial Strategy Mansion, and even has sharp conflicts with them, yet accurately mentioned keywords like East Sea Coastline, also saying that the Celestial Strategy Mansion took people away in batches...
This can only mean that the matter has become common knowledge, at least in the Extraordinary Domain it’s common knowledge... It doesn’t even require special probing, even someone who is against the Celestial Strategy Mansion could easily get the news.
What does this mean?
Hecate clearly remembered... it had only been less than two hours, even counting the time for Hank Machado and Igri Saba leading the Spring of Faith on the road, it had been less than four hours.
Yet the horse-faced man said people were taken away one car after another.
This means that in just over three hours, something more, Hank Machado, and Igri Saba’s Spring of Faith-led large group had been completely wiped out, not to mention that there was a Holy Coffin Knight and a Level 1 Officer of the Inquisition in the team.
Just speaking of the batch of Advanced Empowerers from Ise Jingu and Mujin New Church.
Even if they were outmatched, scattered and ran around like pigs... they couldn’t have been caught in less than three hours, right?
"Ise Jingu."
Upon hearing Hecate’s question, the horse-faced man seemed to know she didn’t believe him and looked into her eyes, suddenly smirking sarcastically, "And is it the Advanced Empowerers of Mujin New Church too?... I think you’ve been relying too much on your intelligence system.
You might as well check out the black market, Hecate... this name represents Ghost and Magic Goddess, facing the world’s darkness, right? I think it makes quite a statement if you visit the black market."
"..."
Black market.
Upon hearing this word, Hecate immediately thought of those intelligence dealers who are desperate for money, willing to risk their lives, and crazily compete for business.
Almost instantly.
He understood.
The horse-faced man wasn’t lying, the large group should have been completely annihilated.
And he quickly adjusted his mindset and emotions.
After all, she was no rookie, although it was hard to believe, although many things were inexplicable, although there were doubts here and there.
But the outcome was produced, so she could only accept it.
This is her life creed.
More importantly, although the large group was wiped out, the ones leading it were only the Spring of Faith.
Upon hearing, it was indeed hard to accept, but upon careful consideration, it also represented that the Celestial Strategy Mansion’s massive draw from the coastline had issues... the duties the large group needed to carry out had been completed properly.
Although completed a bit quickly.
But at least made the Celestial Strategy Mansion relax, thinking that Hank Machado and Igri Saba’s real bodies had already entered the country.
... This is a necessary sacrifice.
The thought flashed by instantly.
And upon thinking of this.
Hecate suddenly returned in front of the horse-faced man, sat down again, and said calmly, "Why do you think that is my sincerity?... However, I will remember your advice, I’ll take a good look at the black market later."
"What do you mean?"
The horse-faced man looked at Hecate, this time it was his turn to feel puzzled, squinted his eyes.
Hecate remained silent, calmly looking at the horse-faced man.
The horse-faced man glanced at her for a while, then withdrew his gaze and suddenly laughed mockingly, "Whether it is or not, it’s no longer important... Seeing your reckless appearance, it’s really not worth having me bear the cost of ’treason.’"
"Treason?"
Hecate upon hearing this word, froze for a moment, then as if hearing something amusing, laughed until she bent over: "I thought only some idiots would have such a conception, unexpectedly someone like you, one of the creators of ’Self’, would also have this conception."
The horse-faced man’s face turned somewhat unsightly and dangerous: "..."
"Tell me, what is the ideal of you people in ’Self’? Isn’t it about wanting to sever ties with your strict ’Mother of the Yellow Springs’ and gaining true freedom?"
Hecate continued to laugh, "Since it is about severing, about true freedom, then why add a shackle named ’home and country’ around your neck? Are you idiots? Or am I an idiot?
It’s like a whore who is out prostituting yet firmly believes that infidelity is wrong. To be honest, what gives you the right to believe in that?
It seems, I really overestimated you."
After saying this.
She got up for the second time: "Stop fooling yourself, better think over my proposal, since you know about what happened at the East Coast, since you know people were taken away one car after another, you should be clear... how many Advanced Empowerers from Ise Jingu and Mujin New Church are there.