king's guide

The unchanging streets seem to be frozen in a picture frame, and the only thing that flows is the figure of believers on the street.

Ever since the scandal came out about Huckel, excited figures appeared among the pious believers. Some of them opened the light curtain and projected it into the air, with the words: "We were deceived! Let the bishop clarify his mistakes! Others rushed directly into the living area of ​​the church staff, threatening to clean up the ugliness around them for the gods with their own hands.

Seeing this scene filled with righteous indignation, Huckel couldn't help thinking of what his mentor said to him: "What they care about is not you, but the identity of the bishop. You are just a shelf for this white robe. One day you will be Splash dirty water and be replaced. Far from being unique, you're not even as good as the believers."

Yes, teacher, today I fully understand the meaning of your words, the successor of the iron-clad bishop, I am just a symbol, no one cares who I am, no one cares about my feelings.He looked down at the believers gathered under the window who spared no effort to express their anger, and couldn't help curling his lips, showing a mocking smile that didn't belong to the clergy.

At this moment, the doors of the room that confined him opened one by one, and Mucha, who was dressed in a black uniform, hurried into the room. Before he could stand still, the alloy doors closed again one after another like the pages of a book were opened. On, locked.

Seeing his guard, Huckel's smile became lighter. The AI ​​standing in front of him was once his most trusted partner, but he never thought that the person closest to him would be the one who would make trouble.

That was six days ago. As the rumors about him on the Internet reached an unstoppable level, the church urgently launched a review process and called him to the trial seat, questioning him about everything in the past. Huckel remained silent the whole time until he The security officer stood on the opposite side.

"I want to report that the white clothed bishop Huckel privately investigated the whereabouts of the former bishop Noah."

Mucha's sonorous and forceful voice resounded throughout the trial hall, and Huckel listened to Mucha's statement inexplicably, his ears buzzing with turbulent echoes.As soon as this remark came out, the old bishops sitting on the jury seat twisted their bodies with distorted faces, as if a needle had been stuck in their seats, and the trial ended hastily, and Huckel was immediately imprisoned on the top of the tower, like a dragon being trapped. The imprisoned princess can only pray to the window.

All this happened so suddenly, before Huckel was imprisoned, he had no time to ask Mucha for an explanation, why?Today, Huckel is not as angry as he was then, Mucha's reason is no longer important to him, he doesn't care about the motive of this AI to harm him, anyway, the matter is a foregone conclusion.He fixedly stared at Mu Xia, with neither sadness nor joy in his eyes, he no longer regarded the AI ​​in front of him as a partner, which might be the greatest punishment for Mucha.

Mucha, who never looked at anyone, clearly read the alienated emotion from Huckel's expression. He stopped, and he, who was not good at expressing his emotions, showed a worried look, "Your Excellency, are you okay?"

"Do you wish me well or not?" Huckel clasped his hands on his knees, and was "icy and polite" like meeting a guest.

"Your Excellency, I never thought of harming you," Mucha knelt on one knee, and explained somewhat awkwardly, "The church has related cases in cases such as the bishop's private use of office, and based on experience, you will not be punished more severely. Yes! But I didn't think of..."

"You didn't expect anything." Huckel asked in a rather elegant manner, "You didn't expect those old stubborn church members to listen to your accusation and have no intention of letting me go?"

Mucha lowered his head and replied in a muffled voice: "I have checked the church files, and the heaviest punishment in all cases of abuse of power is 30 whippings plus [-] days of detention, but if you have an affair with someone else, No matter how light the crime is, you will be dismissed from the position of bishop. But I didn't expect that the elders did not follow the past cases to judge you, but dealt with you willfully!"

Huckel's pupils contracted slightly, and he looked at the guard kneeling in front of him with a smile on his face. What did Mucha mean by these words? His "rebellion" was entirely to preserve his bishop status?Huckel let go of the twisted fingers, and asked half-believingly: "You mean, you originally wanted to divert their attention with the charge of abusing your power, but you didn't expect it to be self-defeating instead?"

"The church decided to punish you with a naked body, and then expel you from the church..." At this point, Mucha, who is an AI, couldn't help but choked up.Punishment without body is the cruelest form of punishment in the Royal Church. The executioner will be required to take off his robe and receive the whipping of thorns naked, followed by water torture and fire torture. These four words made the members of the church shudder, and the church has developed so far, only a few people have accepted this kind of pain that is tantamount to skinning and roasting, and Huckel's mentor is one of them, and now his students also want to Being given this kind of punishment makes one wonder whether the teachers and students are rejected by the gods, or whether the position of the bishop in white is cursed.

"I'm sorry sir, I miscalculated the facts, and I'm really sorry for getting you into a difficult situation."

"Wait..." Huckel interrupted Mucha's apology and asked strangely, "Why did you go to such lengths to come up with this method of abandoning the pawns to save the car to save me? The church is only investigating false rumors on the Internet. It's fine if I don't admit it, why do you need to do anything extra?

Mucha never expected that Huckel would ask this question. He was stunned for a while, then lowered his head, looking embarrassed.Huckel suddenly knew something, he stood up excitedly, grabbed Mucha's shoulder and forced him to raise his head and look at himself.Huckel asked word by word: "Ten years ago on Planet Nine, did you discover me?"

Ten years ago, Huckel was just an assistant bishop, and Mucha was just an inconspicuous AI in the bishop's guard.Huckel would never have imagined that ten years ago, they had an intersection.Mucha hesitated for a moment, then quickly gave up hiding and nodded, "I saw you first, and then I notified His Excellency Noah..."

"It turns out that you came up with such a bad idea to hide the things of the past for me, alas, forget it..." Huckel smiled bitterly, "I blamed you until now, I didn't expect that there are so many secrets in between , Get up, Mucha, you are still my guard."

Dispelling the cloud of unpredictability in his heart, Huckel's tone was much gentler than at the beginning, but Mucha did not listen to Huckel's words and stood up, still kneeling without moving, he raised his face and swore: "Your Excellency , please rest assured, in order to make up for my mistakes, I will do my best to protect you and prevent you from any harm."

Huckel couldn't move him, hugged his elbow and asked, "Why, are you going to fight against the church?"

"I contacted the Claws," Mucha said bluntly, regardless of Huckel's unpredictable expression, "They have already arrived in Velen."

"Why did you call them here?"

"Don't you wish him to come, sir?"

Huckel said "them", but Mucha knew that among "them", only one of them could touch Huckl's heart.Huckel raised his hands as if admitting defeat, and pinched his cheeks as if there was no silver 300 taels here. The flushed cheeks became brighter and brighter. Mucha couldn't help lowering his head, hiding the unclear emotions in his eyes.

"Where are they, can I contact them?" Huckel quickly returned to his original state, but his tone was that of a young man who was about to meet his sweetheart and couldn't hide his excitement. The tune of cannibalistic fireworks.

Mucha quickly adjusted his expression, and said sternly: "For your safety, we can't contact you at the moment, but please rest assured, they will arrive before Sushen punishment begins."

Despite Mucha's vows, Huckel's concerns are not small, let's talk about the church first.Saint Laurent Church can be described as the only "big" church in the entire star field. Its area is large enough to cover one or two small planets, and in the church, except for the clergy, all believers are prohibited from using transportation.

Some devout believers have tried it. It took two years to walk from the southernmost end of the church to the northernmost end with their feet. Even if the mercenaries have entered the church now, even if they know their location, when they find it Can I just hold his urn?

Moreover, the security of the church is strict, and the higher the floor, the higher the security level. In order to prevent AI from intruding and even block the network, even a cockroach will be scanned here, let alone a few of them.

Huckel frowned and felt that this matter was not very optimistic, but Mucha was more confident than him: "Your Excellency, don't worry, the mercenaries have their own solutions."

Huckel only thought that Mucha was comforting himself, and couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said, "You didn't like them at all, why did you speak for them instead?"

Mucha replied sternly: "I believe in your eyes, the people you follow cannot be trash, and at this moment, I can only trust them."

"Yes, trust." Huckel pondered for a while, and the picture of the chapel on the ninth planet could not help appearing in his mind. The privately built chapel submerged in pink rose bushes was all wooden structure. The floor under the feet of the inside could not stop making "creaking" sounds. A statue of a deity with an unfinished sculpture stands under the stained glass window, and the light shines through and projects on the sculpture. All he could glimpse was a lock of soft blond hair poking out of the sculpture.

"Your Excellency," Mucha's voice suddenly brought Huckl back to reality, a circle of white light glowed in front of his eyes, and he stabilized himself after a while, and Mucha's question had already been uttered, " I don't understand why the church would punish you so severely for abusing your personal rights, it's like..." Destroying corpses and eradicating traces.

Mucha swallowed this rebellious word. He has been protecting the bishop in the church since its inception. He has never doubted the original intention of the church, or he has never tried to understand it. For him, it is enough for someone to need his protection. .But the human mind is not so simple.

Huckel lowered his eyes and whispered: "Because this matter will become their weakness and let the world know that the church is not as holy and pure as it appears on the surface."

Where there are people, there are fights, and where there are people, there are conspiracies.Before Mu Xia asked carefully, the locked door was opened again, and the distance between the two of them was spread out "grimly", and a group of people in black uniforms like Mucha walked in with no expression on their faces, that's right. , they are also AI.

Seeing the sudden appearance of colleagues, Mucha's first reaction was not to greet but to be vigilant. It is really disturbing to dispatch so many AIs of the same level at this time.Before he could ask a question, the visitor said something that made Mucha fearful: "Your Excellency, the time is up, come with us."

Is this how the body punishment started?how so?Mucha stood up angrily, but unexpectedly, he was blocked by Huckel, who said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will come back alive."

Your mentor is dying after completing the discipline, and it is unclear where people will be dealt with by the church. How far can you persist? !Mucha hurriedly got up to catch up, but was blocked in the room by his colleagues, the door closed in front of his eyes, and Mucha, who never knew what anger was, was ignited like a powder keg. He drew out his sword and pointed at the AI ​​that blocked his way, and all he got was a cold reply: "You can end us, but even if you end us, you can't get out. Before Huckel's punishment is over, you can go Not going out."

"It seems that I was underestimated by you." Mucha whispered, then suddenly dropped the sword in his hand and rushed forward.

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