OBS Chapter 3427: The Reappearance of the Fake Person
Chapter 3427: The Reappearance of the Fake Person
Chapter 3427: The Reappearance of the Fake Person
The major was still checking Shade's special card:
“This is [Cats and Dogs: Eternal Guardian]! You see, I also have a special card from this series in my deck, [Cats and Dogs: Soulmate].
In my opinion, if you really want to get that "destiny", it is not completely impossible, but you have to pay a great price."
Major Rades was right about this, but the major meant to operate through Duke Carina, while Shad was thinking of Saint Byron. If Shad used Danister's channel to clearly "borrow" the card from the Prophet's Association for decades or hundreds of years, as long as the price paid was high enough, the association might really agree.
But he felt that it was totally unnecessary. The "Vanity Card" could not be recognized as extraordinary, could not be recognized as being related to the chosen one, and could not be recognized as having abnormal characteristics. If it was destined to belong to Shade, then sooner or later it would come into Shade's hands.
The two continued to look at each other's decks and chatted about new things about Rhodes cards in the past six months, such as the fact that the Wheel of Time City was also actively striving for the right to host the next "Big City Players" in 1856.
Major Rades thought that at least from the perspective of scenery, this place was indeed a very suitable place to hold the "Big City Players". But he also regretted that he would probably not have time to participate in the competition next fall. After all, he was an active naval officer, and even if there was no war next year, it would be difficult for him to take time out to participate in the competition - unless it happened to be his turn to take a break.
Major Rades has many stories about sailing and the Kingdom of the Islands, and Shad has even more stories about the origin of the Rod card in his hand.
The two had already been chatting animatedly before they started playing cards. The major told Shade about the exotic customs of the Kingdom of the Islands, the many stories the fleet encountered during the voyage, and even about a stormy night when he saw a tentacle sticking out from the dark sea.
Shade even thought that if he hadn't had a date with Dorothy and Lesia in the afternoon, he wouldn't mind chatting with Major Rades all day. But girls were more important than cards.
People were sitting down or leaving the other tables around from time to time. Although Xia De was very relaxed at this time, he still remained vigilant.
When he was talking with the major about the three "precious Rhodes cards" that went viral in the Moon Bay area last summer, namely [Holy Sword·Dragon Slayer Sword], [Ancient Alchemy·Dragon Stone] and [Origin·Light], he noticed a young lady in high heels who came to the top floor of the club with her male companion.
Instead of coming over here, they walked towards the observation deck facing the snow-capped mountains, chatting and laughing as they went to enjoy the view.
Shade raised his eyebrows and continued to tell Major Rades about the series of murders and the final outcome caused by the three cards, and then asked softly:
"Do you know them?"
His eyes didn't look over there, but he just gently shook the cards in his hand over there.
Major Rades was indeed an experienced veteran who had fought in the battlefield. He also did not look over immediately. He only glanced at the distance when he picked up the teacup:
"Yes, which one do you want to know more about?"
Xia De shook the "Queen" in his hand, and Major Rades nodded:
"I thought you knew them too. They are all members of the negotiation delegation, and they are all from Tobesk.
The man was Viscount Alerfield, who served as a commercial trade consultant in the delegation. His family was a traditional noble family with a background on the east coast of the kingdom, and the Viscount was the family's representative in the capital.
The woman is the Viscount's fiancée. She comes from a noble family in Tobesk that is not prominent but very wealthy. She is a native of Tobesk. They got engaged last fall and will probably get married in the spring. The Viscount came with the delegation this time, and the lady was also brought along."
Xia De asked in surprise:
"A delegation of this level is also allowed to bring family members? And it's a fiancée, not even married."
Major Rades lowered his voice and shook his head:
"I also know that this is against the rules. Senior negotiators are allowed to bring their families, but the fiancée is indeed not suitable. It's just that the lady fell seriously ill before the end of the year and almost lost her life. There are even rumors that her family has prepared a funeral. After she recovered, she showed some depression, so she was brought here to relax.
These two are not insignificant even in Tobesk. You may have seen them at a banquet, but you just didn't pay attention to them. "
Shade asked again:
"Major, you know so much about this?"
The middle-aged officer smiled and said:
"It's boring during the voyage. Apart from playing cards, we just talk about interesting things. What do you think the officers talk about at the gathering?"
Although the distance was far enough that he didn't have to worry about being heard, he still lowered his voice:
"Some of the officers in the fleet are also from Tobesk. I heard that the lady's recovery from her serious illness was almost like coming back to life. The viscount must be really afraid of losing his fiancée again, so he brought her along."
"Resurrection from the dead is a bit exaggerated."
Xia De didn't know how to describe this matter accurately:
"But death is probably real. The lady is probably dead."
He handed the deck back to Major Rades, who also returned Shad's deck and glanced at the sun above his head:
"Really passed away? Um so what we see are ghosts in the sunlight?"
He had seen things like ghosts when he was stationed at Mount Xikar, so he was not at all panicked at this moment.
Shade shook his head:
"Of course not. It was a physical entity. What I saw was roughly the same as what you saw. The difference was that in my eyes, the lady had four eyes instead of two, three nostrils, and a black hole as thick as a pencil on her right cheek."
Major Rades imagined it, and then felt that his imagination was insufficient - a sign of insufficient inspiration:
"So what is this?"
"Fake person."
The corner of Xia De's mouth twitched:
"A kind of pest that has spread from Tobesk. Now the whole city is killing it. I've heard that this kind of pest can spread outside, but I didn't expect to actually see it."
The Viscount's fiancée was the first pseudo-person Shad had seen in person, but Father Augustus had described the relic, and the academy had informed the students in the Tobysk region of the characteristics of the "pseudo-person" after learning the news, so Shad would not make a mistake.
[The House of Pseudo-People] is a sage-level relic, and the "pseudo-people" that come out of it are derivatives, ranging from poet-level to angel-level. Of course, when angel-level pseudo-people appear, it basically means that an entire large city has been completely transformed into the domain of pseudo-people. This situation has never appeared in the entire Sixth Era.
"Want to fix it now?"
The major asked cautiously again, and Shade shuffled the cards:
"There are too many people here, and after this thing replaces someone, it will only subtly become the person being replaced, and will not actively hurt anyone. At least at this stage, the harm is not obvious. Let's play cards first, and I'll observe for a while."
When Shad and Major Rades met again after a long separation, they did not play the gambling game, but simply played cards. They agreed that whoever lost more would treat Major Rades to dinner when he returned to Tobesk.
But the appearance of the "fake man" eventually disturbed the old friends' interest in playing cards. What disturbed their interest even more was that not long after Viscount Alfield and his fiancée came here to see the scenery, their friends came over to say hello to them.
Among the two new people who appeared, the middle-aged man who looked older was also a fake person.
The size of the delegation itself is not very large. Xia De is wondering whether the delegation is unlucky, or the proportion of fake people in the Tobysk area has been exaggerated to this extent.
Fortunately, the third fake person did not appear this morning, and Major Rades also noticed that Shad was a little absent-minded because of the appearance of the "fake person", so the two of them only played cards until after ten o'clock and then said goodbye to each other.
However, the negotiating delegation will stay here for a long time, and may even stay until a full-scale war breaks out, so they will have a chance to meet again later.
At this time, Shad had already memorized the identities of the two pseudo-people. Because the viscount's fiancée had experienced "resurrection from the dead", Shad guessed that the pseudo-person directly replaced the corpse and woke up; Sir Lorraine, who appeared later, had been normal recently, and the process of him being replaced by the pseudo-person should be a standard procedure.
Shade did not deal with the two fake people immediately. After leaving the club, he went directly to Kell-Todd Town. Luvia and Emilia had not returned yet, and Claire and Miss Larson were not there either, so Shade found Elder Harald:
"Elder, do you know the [House of Fake People]?"
The old man thought for a moment, then slapped his hand on his face and groaned:
"This year's All Souls' Day is really full of disasters. Is this a test from the Holy Mountain for us?"
"No, no, don't sigh in a hurry. The sage-level relic did not appear directly on the island, but a pseudo-person came here. Without the relic itself, these derivatives can still create the same kind, but the efficiency is much lower.
The fake people have not been here for long, and at most there are only one or two more companions. But safety comes first, so I hope you elders can pay attention to whether there are such things in the town and the villages near the Wheel of Time City. "
Shade explained in detail the reasons for the appearance of the fake man and Tobesk's current situation. Elder Harald nodded immediately:
"So do you need help? Although according to your description, the strength of those fake people is not very high, I still suggest that you don't do it yourself. Let the local church handle it. After all, it will involve political factors to comprehensively investigate the fake people in the delegation, so it is better for the official to handle it."
PS: ok, the Tobesk Line and the Sea Island Line are successfully connected.