The church summoned most of the nobles
For Benjamin at this moment, this is quite important news.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that it was useless to go to other places to inquire about information. If he wanted to know about the situation in the inner city, he could only ask it from nobles like Dick.
If we could go back to the inner city, it would of course be more convenient to inquire. But how could he dare to return to the inner city like this? When someone recognized him, he didn't know how to explain it.
Therefore, with this thought, he stopped leaving and instead moved closer to the theater. He tried to move more like a beggar, lying low, ready to eavesdrop on Dick's conversation.
After a lot of nonsense about theater promotion and performance, he soon heard this sentence:
"Master, did something happen in the inner city?"
It seems that the movements in the inner city are something that everyone in the entire royal capital is paying attention to. It wasn't long before someone asked such a question.
Dick answered very casually, casually telling everything he knew: "I don't know. I don't know what the church is doing. It probably has something to do with those fallen heretics. I heard that the entire king All the paladins in the capital have been summoned to a certain place on standby, and people from all over the kingdom are also being transferred to the royal capital."
Hearing this, Benjamin couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
The church is gathering strength.
What are they going to do
Although he was also afraid that this power was gathering against himself and Michelle, after thinking about it carefully, Benjamin felt that the church would not go to such great lengths just for Michelle and him.
Combined with what Michelle said before, about her giving the address of Silent Academy to the church, Benjamin quickly confirmed his suspicion.
Could it be that...the church is preparing to go to war against the Silence Academy
Although it was just a guess with no basis, Benjamin felt that it was extremely reasonable. The churches have begun to mobilize their troops. If they are not going to fight, then what are they going to do
Not only that, Michelle's delay in showing up was also explained - she was recruited as a paladin, and she was probably in the church's ranks now and couldn't get away, so she didn't come back.
Thinking of this, Benjamin actually breathed a sigh of relief.
If this is the case, then his and Michelle's plan can be considered a success. The church believed that it was the Silent Academy that killed the purge, so Benjamin was naturally cleared of suspicion, and there was no need to worry about anyone discovering the mage's identity.
Although he didn’t know how Michelle did it, Benjamin was still happy that he succeeded in passing the blame.
but…
The headache came again immediately.
Since the church believes that the Silent Academy killed the purgers and kidnapped Benjamin, how can Benjamin return to the Reese family smoothly
There was no way he could just go back and tell everyone that Silent Academy kidnapped him, but those people were too stupid and accidentally let him escape, so he just escaped back to the capital by himself, right
This kind of story, even if it is supported by forged memories, can easily arouse the suspicion of the church.
He had to think of a more reasonable way to get home.
Benjamin thought as he walked away from the theater and Dick. I've heard the news I wanted to hear. Dick definitely doesn't know much about this kind of thing, so there's no point in staying here any longer.
After all, there is still a certain risk that he will be recognized.
Therefore, he quickly ducked into a path beside the theater.
"What did you do with the forged memory?" After thinking about it, he asked the system in his mind.
"The memory file has been created and the memory is being imported..."
Benjamin immediately interrupted the system: "Okay, please stop first. Just now when you didn't need to speak, you kept talking with all your strength. Now that you are allowed to rest, are you starting to work hard again?"
“…”
The system reluctantly stopped the cycle of mechanical sounds.
Only Benjamin continued to say: "Listen to me, that forged memory, you first make it like this: the previous things remain unchanged, the plot waits until I shoot to kill the scarred man, and suddenly I am alone. I was punched in the back of the head, and then I passed out and didn’t know anything.”
Benjamin would say this, mainly out of the consideration of saying too much and making mistakes.
In fact, as long as the memory is made so that Benjamin was knocked unconscious and he has no idea what happened next, the possibility of being picked out by the bishop should be reduced a lot.
The system was silent for a while and complained: "You want to learn how to be a TV drama screenwriter. You fainted when you were too lazy to film the plot and let the audience figure it out on their own!"
"You're the only one who talks a lot." Benjamin's face turned dark for a second.
"… I was wrong."
The system shut up obediently.
In reality at this moment, Benjamin was walking on the path, and there were not many people around him. However, at this moment, a young man in ragged clothes suddenly walked up to him, put his hands on his hips, and blocked his way.
Benjamin was stunned for a moment.
At the same time, another beggar-like young man came up behind him and blocked his retreat.
"The two of them seem to be working together." The system appeared again and said earnestly, as if it was talking about some great truth passed down from generation to generation.
"Have you got the forged memory ready? If not, let's do your job." Benjamin said mercilessly in his heart.
“…”
A few aggrieved sobs came out of the system, and he went back to work.
Benjamin also turned his attention back to the little beggar in front of him.
"What's up?"
The little beggar looked at him with a hostile look, with a rather childish and ferocious expression.
I could only hear him saying: "Where are you from? Do you understand the rules? This area is our territory, why are you here? Who allowed you to come here to compete with us for business?"
Benjamin was stunned again.
However, he looked at his clothes and finally understood.
The two of them regarded him as a fellow beggar who was robbing the land!
Thinking of this, Benjamin felt a little dumbfounded. He was not a real beggar, so it was an innocent disaster to encounter him. Moreover, these days, even beggars are trying to steal business
However, this also shows from the side that he looks like a beggar
There is a strange sense of accomplishment...
"Even if you dress like this, you dare to come and compete with us for business." However, another beggar standing behind him said, "Will you do it? You must have torn these clothes just now, and The gray on my face has no layer at all. How can I get money for being so unprofessional? No way!"
“…”
Benjamin was speechless.
I'm sorry to offend your eyes, but I'm not a professional in the first place.
"Don't say anything, right?" Seeing this, Little Beggar A rolled up his sleeves, looked at Little Beggar B, and said, "It seems like we have to give you some color to show you that you can't just show up in other people's homes." Let’s run wild on the territory!”
Little Beggar B also rolled up his sleeves, looking like he was about to fight.
Seeing this, Benjamin's face was filled with black lines.
"Do you really want to fight..."
Little beggar A doesn’t care about Benjamin. I saw him spitting on the ground, and using his voice-changing drake voice, he said viciously: "Let's go!"
five minutes later.
"Stop fighting! Brother! Please spare us... Ouch... It hurts, it hurts me so much... Don't, stop fighting! Brother, we were wrong!"
Benjamin relied on his skills trained in the army to beat the two little beggars until they were full of teeth.
"Friend, don't be like this, think about the Minors Protection Law."
The system advised so.
"I'm a fucking minor too." Benjamin answered calmly.
Being beaten in the army for less than half a month was different. Benjamin felt that facing these two malnourished little beggars, he was like a god descending from the earth, and the other party had no power to fight back.
It was also because he had been beaten for so long in the army that Benjamin suddenly realized that he could finally beat others, so he felt particularly good about beating others.
No matter what little beggar A, B, C, D, ABCD, if he dares to cause trouble, his legs will be broken!
"I'll let you go this time. If you dare to come again next time, I want you to look good!"
"Yes... yes, yes, thank you, brother, thank you, brother!"
Just like that, the two little beggars ran away crawling on the ground.
Benjamin looked at their hurriedly escaping figures. Suddenly, his sense of accomplishment disappeared and he felt ridiculous.
What is he doing here
He shook his head and was about to leave.
"Hey, it's you! What are you doing here? The performance is about to start, so hurry up and get ready. Today's performance is very important. If you mess up, let alone the money, you won't be able to hang out here. Come on!" Suddenly, a voice came from behind him.
He turned around and saw a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes walking over in a hurry and yelling at him.
what's the situation
Benjamin looked confused.