novelonline Chapter 4100 The Purpose of the Fake Person
Chapter 4100 The Purpose of the Fake Person
Chapter 4100 The Purpose of the Fake Person
The mark of the "False Man" was clearly suspended above the head of the woman who looked almost exactly like the room's owner. After the "Manual of Destiny" underwent further changes due to its divinity, this thing, which originally had nothing on its head, would also reveal some information to Shad.
"Ha, a fake."
This was merely a low-level pseudo-human, so naturally it couldn't detect anything wrong with the angel statue standing in front of the wall. After arriving on the second floor, it stood motionless in the living room for over ten minutes before finally walking to the sofa.
It lifted the heavy sofa with one hand and took out the suitcase underneath. As if it knew what was inside, it made no attempt to look inside, and tried to leave with the suitcase, when it saw Shad blocking the doorway on the second floor.
The fake man's six eyes stared at Shad, and after a moment—
[Outsider, information from outside has been received.]
"She" suddenly spoke, and showed the filtered information to Xia De. Xia De felt as if he had connected to a corner of a vast network of consciousness, and then he understood everything.
"Pseudo-humans" are a special kind of collective life form. All pseudo-humans share a collective consciousness, but each individual also possesses a certain information storage and thinking ability.
Because Xia De had probably consumed the "pseudo-human mother fluid," he was now being regarded as a high-level pseudo-human by this low-level pseudo-human. In some ways, this was actually not wrong.
When a high-ranking pseudo-human encounters a low-ranking pseudo-human, the information possessed by the low-ranking pseudo-human is automatically acquired by Shad. This exchange of information with relics is extremely dangerous, so "she" helped Shad retain only the most crucial information.
"The true form of the [House of the Pseudo-Humans] has actually come to Arcadia City? Is it attracted by the abundant life energy environment here, or is it trying to devour a portion of the power of the [Leatherwork Guild] in order to repair its core that I severely damaged?"
Relics of similar type and function possess the ability to merge and devour each other; the three guns wielded by Shad are the best example. In the snowy mountains, Shad forcibly closed the "door" to the core area of the [False Human House], preventing the mother fluid behind the door from flowing into the [False Human House].
While this doesn't mean the pseudo-humans have lost their ability to reproduce, the relic's ability to reproduce its own kind has been greatly impaired. Furthermore, Shad consumed a large amount of "pseudo-human mother fluid," and in order to recover, it was attracted to the [Leatherware Guild], which had also come to the Arcadia region.
Although the "House of Pseudo-Humans" has now been rated as an angel, the pseudo-humans currently inside the "House of Pseudo-Humans" do not have the confidence to directly break through the "Leather Goods Guild".
Currently, the pseudo-intellectuals are conserving their power, and even after arriving in the area, they are not engaging in any infiltration operations into the city. Their plan is to first find the "leatherworker" through the "leather goods," then find the location of the guild's main body through the "leatherworker," and then use the existing high-ranking pseudo-intellectuals to set up a maze called "Crimson City" inside the guild, thereby gradually eroding the guild's power.
The low-level imposter that Shade encountered this time was there to collect the "leather items" based on clues. The owner of the house frequently used three pieces of leather belonging to young girls. Shade noticed her identity as a "female opera singer," while the imposters discovered her other identity.
The "pseudo-humans" knew far more about her than Shad did. Although they didn't know her real name either, they knew she was 68 years old and had no hope of advancing further in her Ring Sorcerer rank.
In an attempt to maintain her youth, she purchased numerous magical potions and even underwent some terrifying rituals. Later, she somehow came into contact with a "leatherworker," which led her to use leather items to rejuvenate her appearance.
Before Viggo touched the trunk left by Madame Lemaître, the "Leatherworkers" already existed in the city, and this woman was a core member developed by the "Leatherworkers." The arrival of the "Guild" prompted the "Leatherworkers" to try to find more raw materials to make leather goods, so the woman's activities became more frequent, which attracted the attention of the pseudo-people.
This is an interaction between relics, not involving humans, and is an extremely rare event. Shad also attaches great importance to this. The Leatherworks Guild houses a quarter of Vigo's sisters, and he has not forgotten that deep within the House of the Pseudo-Humans, that door, though closed by him, still exists—the door to the Creation Room.
Therefore, both of these relics are very important to him at this stage.
Since he'd been mistaken for a high-ranking pseudo-human, Shad naturally wouldn't bother explaining that he was just a human. Having received the information, he nodded and gave way, allowing the pseudo-human to leave with the briefcase containing the leather goods. He already had the invitation, and the information in the notebook had been directly stored in the library after he touched it, so there was no need for him to leave the briefcase behind.
The relics have unique ways of being tracked; the imposters have a way of finding the leatherworkers who made them through the leather. Shad is eagerly anticipating the battle between these two relics, but of course, he won't simply wait for the imposters' investigation results; he will continue his own investigation.
What if that low-ranking imposter returns to the "House of Imposters" and the imposters discover your true identity?
She suddenly asked with a smile, and Xia De had also considered this possibility:
"The first priority for the False Ones now is to restore themselves, not to risk seeking revenge against me. I don't rule out the possibility that they will cause me trouble as soon as the House of False Ones is restored, but at least for now, even if they know that I am also in Arcadia, they will not cause me any trouble."
Standing at the second-floor window, Shad watched the fake man carrying a briefcase merge into the crowd on the street.
"Moreover, I actually look forward to them coming to me again."
[For that door?]
Shad does not deny this:
"Although I closed that door, why it appeared there in the first place remains a mystery, and I don't fully know the secrets of the House of the False Men either. The only hidden danger now is whether the Bloodthirsty Hermons and the False Men are still in contact."
The fake man had disappeared from his sight, but when Shad tried to close his eyes, he could still vaguely sense the location of the low-level fake man.
This peculiar ability, brought about by the "Pseudo-human Mother Fluid," combined with the ability to sense life energy granted to him by Shad's magical technique [Life Seed], gave him the strange perception of pseudo-humans.
He couldn't always sense the fake man's presence, but from then on, he gained the ability to sense fake men at any stage from a distance. He could even tell if a fake man was around him without seeing it with his own eyes.
At this moment, he still doesn't know where the real [House of the Pseudo-Humans] that has descended this time is, but when he has time, he only needs to take a carriage around the city and it won't be difficult for him to sense the location of that house.
"Flesh and blood creation."
He pondered the similarities and differences between "fake people" and "fake things," then tossed out the crystal shoe again and left with the invitation.
As noon approached, Shad noticed that it was drizzling in Tobesk. Since the pigeons wouldn't stay in the square in the rain, and there were no pigeons to watch, Mia wanted to go out with Shad. So Shad, with the cat, reappeared in Arcadia.
He was worried that he would be upset if he arrived at "Fragrance Mansion" too late, but when Shad and the cat arrived, Vigo still hadn't returned.
It was already 11:30, and the closed-door meeting that had lasted all morning still hadn't yielded any results. Miss Rowling herself felt somewhat apologetic, but Shad had already made significant progress that morning, so she didn't mind waiting for Viggo.
"Miss Rowling, are you familiar with the 'Glamour Ladies Club'?"
As the housekeeper led him to the study, Shad asked a question, at which Miss Rowling's expression turned very strange. She asked:
"How did you find out about this club?"
It seemed she knew the place, so Shad shared what he had seen that morning. The housekeeper was slightly surprised by the appearance of the "fake person," but she was relieved to know that Shad had only heard of the name.
"That's a gathering place for some local, unscrupulous ladies. It's a semi-open secret in Arcadia's aristocratic circles. Widowed noblewomen, aristocratic ladies who are not favored by their husbands, and women looking for fun gather at this club to do very indecent things."
She led Shad through the corridor:
"The master doesn't know who the members of this club are either. Every city has its own dark secrets, so relatively speaking, a club like this isn't a big deal. But, is it related to the [Furry Goods Club]?"
"It's highly likely. I plan to attend the club's party on Friday. Since it's all women, do you think Vige will be willing to wear a mask and come with me?"
“The master should agree. It’s just that I don’t know if the ‘leatherworker’ will actually show up. I think it would be safer to ask the council for help.”
The news of the "fake person" appearing in the area, along with Luvia's divination results for Lemaître last night, would be told to Vigo soon. However, Shad waited from 11:00 to 12:30, but Vigo still hadn't returned.
Miss Rowling even suggested that Shad have lunch by himself first, but Shad refused. Miss Rowling then sent someone to the city hall to investigate, only to discover that the city hall had been surrounded by the church, and no one was allowed to enter or leave freely.
She guessed that the leather had been found in the city hall, because the Hohenheim Opera House in the lower town, which Shad had visited that morning, was also surrounded, just like the city hall:
"Something must have happened again. Luckily you went to investigate this morning."
Miss McDonald, who returned from school at noon, said that there were no signs of a battle between the Ring Warlocks or any unusual life energy reactions at either the City Hall or the Opera House, so Shad did not investigate.