At this time, Manji's face was withered, his expression was decayed, and he was still covered with a blanket. He still had the majesty of setting others on fire in the street the day before, as if he was a tuberculosis ghost infected by an infectious disease. If Geralt hadn't felt any signs of illness... The most important thing was that Xie Yuan was devouring food at the table next to him. He would have turned around and left with Triss.
"This is... Manji?!" Triss looked at Manji in front of her with disgust. Her eyes were dull as if she had lost her soul. She looked at Xie Yuan in disbelief, "What did you do to him?" Xie Yuan He put down his fork, then took a napkin to dip the sauce stain on his mouth, then turned to look at Manji and said, "Nothing, just let him enjoy the scene surrounded by handsome men and beautiful women subconsciously."
"Subconscious?!" Geralt and Triss had never heard of this word.
"Oh," Xie Yuan then remembered, "You can call this kind of thing an erotic dream." "A erotic dream..." Geralt looked at Manji, who had been ruined to a state of disgrace in front of him, "It's impossible to have an erotic dream. It’s so worn out!”
"What if I use acupuncture to actually simulate his body's reaction while he is having an erotic dream?" Xie Yuan pointed to the blanket covering Manji's body.
"You can't..." Triss and Geralt understood Xie Yuan's underlying meaning and took a step away from Manji, feeling sick in their hearts.
"I don't have any deep grudge against him, so why should I make his death too painful?" Xie Yuan handed over a dozen notebooks disapprovingly, "Besides, he told me so many things in his dream, and I wanted to give him There’s nothing wrong with it if you die happily.”
Geralt took the notebook and touched this novel writing medium. He felt very novel: "This seems different from our parchment."
"Oh, because this is wooden paddle paper, but that's not the point." Xie Yuan explained nonchalantly, then pointed at the written content and picked up an oil lamp, "Should I hold the lamp for you so that it can be seen more clearly. "
"Thanks!"
Geralt brought over the lamp anyway. With his excellent night vision, he didn't need any direct light source to see the writing clearly.
But he still handed the dozen interrogation records to Triss, intending for the two of them to read them together - because this was Manji's true secret revealed in his dream, as an urgent request to the mages in Novigrad. It is also very important for Triss to survive.
Triss glanced at Geralt gratefully and did not refuse.
Here the demon hunter and the red-haired warlock are spreading dog food, while opposite Xie Yuan is stuffing food into his mouth without any burden, and at the same time adjusting his breath to restore his spirit - after all, it is very difficult to keep wandering in other people's dreams. Effort-consuming.
The record of the interrogation was actually not long. Although Xie Yuan watched Manji's life experience from his birth to the present, he only needed to record the recent process of his fortune, so he only recorded the contents of twelve pieces of paper at most.
So when Xie Yuan just controlled his stomach to quickly digest the food he swallowed, the two people opposite him also put down the entire interrogation record with shocked faces.
Triss looked directly at Manji with resentment in her eyes: "It's a pity that this is your prey. If it falls into my hands, I must burn him alive - it is too cheap for him to die like this. Already!"
"Just deal with him like this, okay?" Geralt no longer seemed to have any pity for Manji, but asked Xie Yuan to let him die quickly. He was indeed disgusted by his greedy and cruel style during this period. arrive.
But Xie Yuan was a little hesitant: "If I kill him now, will it cause difficulty in finding a shape-shifter to dress him up in the future?"
"You don't have to worry about this. Shapeshifters can transform as long as they come into contact with an organic creature." Geralt said that there is no need to worry too much. "And we don't have many shapeshifter friends who can be called The only person who can be called a friend is Dudu, a shapeshifter, and the only one who can barely be called a friend is Chapei - both of them have met Manji, and the latter probably hates him to the core, and he can definitely play the role vividly. .”
"Ah That's good!"
Xie Yuan was relieved after receiving the reply, so he took out his hand and flicked his middle finger on Manji's forehead.
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There was a "哱" sound, and there was only a slight sound of bone cracking. Manji tilted his head and died.
Not to mention the shock of Geralt and Triss, Xie Yuan frowned at this time, because Manji's soul disappeared as if it was absorbed by an invisible black hole... This situation shows that Manji does not even have resentment. There was no time to give birth, so he just left.
Just like other bandit bullies and deserters who were quickly killed by Xie Yuan. But there is no unique belief in the underworld here... Where did the soul go?
Xie Yuan did not dwell on this question that was destined to be unanswered. He just turned his head and looked at Geralt and Triss, deliberately giving them some space to be alone: "I will go back to Jiyuan to sleep now. What happens next?" Gathering information depends on your ability, Geralt - a friendly reminder, if it doesn't work, we can pretend we don't know about Hawthorne II and find his big employer."
"But Hawthorne II is not...oh, I understand."
Geralt was just about to say that Hawthorne II is in your hands, but after thinking about it, he suddenly realized that pretending to be confused and going to find Radovid V might be a good thing: this disguised Radovid stated that he had no connection with the Oxburg Fog Incident.
Will Radovid V give up on using a witcher? No, there are no demon hunters, but there is no demon hunter who knows etiquette and is more famous than White Wolf... Especially when the King of Redania has been tracking Philippa to no avail.
As for why Geralt must go to see the king of the north, that's because he knew that Radovid V was the sponsor of Hawthorne II, and Radovid was determined to kill the members of the sorceress's institute. After catching them all.
For the sake of Triss, who still can't let go, and for the safety of Yennefer, even Xili is a member of the sorceress's institute. For this reason, he unknowingly agrees with Xie Yuan's "Let Rui... King Radovid V of Dania withdraws" idea.
After all, Radovid V had a hatred for sorceresses, and the wanted list of all sorceresses would not be eliminated during his lifetime - Nilfgaard also wanted sorceresses without hesitation, but now because of Ciri , they will all get a pardon.
Generally speaking, his belief is that evil, no matter how big or small, is inherently evil, so if he is really asked to choose, he would rather choose neither and always remain neutral.
But who said there was Xili in the middle... This adopted daughter was born with a position, so he could only act according to this position.
After saying goodbye to Xie Yuan, Geralt looked at Yuan's leaving figure and then looked at Triss, but at this time, the fiery red-haired sorceress was already looking at Manji with great relish.
"Don't tell me you still want to whip the corpse." Geralt came over and teased.
"Please! I'm not a neurotic like the temple guards," Triss rolled her eyes. "I'm just very suspicious. Manji died like this after a sudden brainstorm?" "Don't look at Yuan's figure. He is no different from ordinary people, but he is a strong man in his own right." Geralt came over and touched Manji's cervical vertebra. As expected, the cervical vertebra was broken. "He has mastered many powerful fighting techniques that can kill with one blow. The skill, the slightest touch from him, could be fatal to an ordinary person.”
"He is also a mutant?" Triss made a guess.
But Geralt shook his head: "At least in terms of classification, Yuan can't see any inhuman appearance characteristics. He is just a very normal person, but his body contains huge power - it seems that Ciri has also learned from Yuan. With the same skills, will she also be a strong woman in the future?"
"Ah?!" Triss frowned, "Why does she have to learn to become powerful? Isn't she covered in muscles?"
Geralt fantasized about what Ciri might look like as a muscular guy, and immediately shook his head in disgust, and took out the secret message and key: "Let's talk about how to use these two things next."
