People are forbidden by magic, just become mercenaries

"We haven't received any sighting reports about the magician named Kanzaki Kaori. In fact, we didn't find any other clues at the scene. It seems that they have been cleaned up intentionally."

This is of course, after all, as the former female pope of the Amakusa-style cross desolate religion, the reason for Kanzaki Kaori's sudden disappearance at this juncture can be predicted by anyone.

Then, if Kanzaki Kaori started his actions for this purpose, then there is a reason why he has to eliminate his own clues.

"In short, if there is any movement after Kanzaki, please let us know as soon as possible. Although it's not that you don't believe in your religion, but after all, Kanzaki is a Puritan in England, and our own problems are not easy to trouble you to pull your hands when performing tasks. Help."

"Of course, we also understand that it is inappropriate to rashly interfere with the internal affairs of other religions."

Although it seems to be talking about himself, but it is also unintentionally naming Steele and Index as British Puritans. It is not appropriate to talk too much about the search and arrest of Ossola within the Roman Orthodox Church. put one's oar in.

Both sides are well aware of this point, and they will abide by it tacitly without any special explanation. After all, neither Stiyl nor Agnes wants to be the fuse that triggers the conflict between the two great Christian sects.

Chapter 410: Zhongjing Yi Neng and 47 "vortex points"

"Okay, then I will now start to explain about the "Book of Law", Orsola Aquinas, and the Amakusa-style movement, as well as our future course of action."

Agnes checked the situation of Steele and Index for a while, and started the conversation without waiting for Sigurd to come over.

And Steele and Index didn't ask any more questions. After all, with Sigurd's personality, if he cared about this matter, he didn't need to tell him that he could make the general situation worse.

Moreover, the purpose of Sigurd's operation this time was to find and capture Kanzaki Kaori, not to assist the Roman Orthodox Church in rescuing the nun named Orsola.

"At present, we can confirm that Orsola Aquinas has fallen into the hands of the Amakusa. As for the whereabouts of the "Book of Law", I am afraid that it is not far behind. The number of Amakusa who are hostile to us this time is about 50 people. "

"When you fought against them before, you should have confirmed their retreat route?"

"They used sewers, dark alleys, and some small paths that we don't know to escape during the day, but they may still be in those places now. After all, it's not surprising that they are local religions and have their own strongholds in various cities."

"In other words, there is no clear clue at all?"

Index’s mission here was to assist the Roman Orthodox troops in analyzing the Amakusa-style spells, and at the same time assist Sigurd in capturing Kanzaki Kaori. The knowledge in the book is not at all useful.

"Yes, although we tried to trace the whereabouts of the Amakusa-style by relying on the traces of magic power left there, but it was not very smooth. It is indeed a sect with enhanced secrecy, the Amakusa-style cross desolate sect."

Agnes showed the notes in her hand to the two of them, and saw that there were many possible locations marked on it, but most of them were marked with crosses, probably after investigation, it was found that there were no traces of the Amakusa style in those places .

"But we have another team that has already set up a siege net nearby, and it may be able to gain something. But to be honest, this is their home field after all, and our manpower is still a bit tight without being able to mobilize large troops. "

"How large a siege net can be formed with the available manpower?"

Stiyl drank the last bit of coffee and asked with some concern.

"Take here as the center point, with a radius of ten kilometers. It includes 130 roads and 43 sewers. With our manpower, it is not difficult to set up such an encirclement network."

"Japan's sewers are not as complicated as imagined. Even if it is a local battle, it is not realistic to escape with a prisoner while being chased by professional magician troops."

"That's right. Once the Amakusa-style people try to bring the Book of Law and Orsola Aquinas back to their base camp, they will be discovered by our siege net. But..."

Agnes looked back at the dead street with some worry.

The place where Yanisi's troops are stationed now is the abandoned parking lot of "Bomingza", and there are small semicircular tents everywhere.

In order to cope with the problem of long-term combat and make the best use of their own number advantage to fight against the Amakusa style, the entire Roman Orthodox nun troops have already gone to rest now.

"But I'm worried that if they don't intend to break through the siege at all, and instead press Ossola on the spot for an interpretation method, things will be much more difficult. Although we have a lot of people, it's not an option to continue like this."

"There should be no need to worry about this. I believe that Orsola should not be so stupid that he doesn't know how to resist mind-reading magic. And if it comes hard, the location is not suitable."

Stiyl is the murderous priest of the "Church of Necessary Evil" that has gathered countless histories of witch hunting and torture. Stiyl is fully qualified to call himself an expert in witch hunting and religious trials.

"For an Amakusa-style magician, there are too many enemies nearby, so they can't do things with peace of mind. The work of interrogating Orsola, obtaining the interpretation method, and making the interpretation version of the "Book of Laws" is not a day It can be done in two days."

"That's it. If you want to break through your defenses and ask for information without making the prisoner commit suicide, the best way is to use the 'fatigue bombing' or 'sleep-disrupting' torture method without directly contacting the prisoner."

Stiyl nonchalantly said what he thought should be taken for granted, but Agnes sounded a little creepy.

It is not that the Roman Orthodox Church does not have such torture institutions or torturers, but Agnes and her nun troop are front-line combatants. The bad technique still made her tremble.

"However, it will take at least a week. Just a day or two without sleep is not torture at all. If you go without sleep for more than 120 hours, your rationality will start to gradually break down."

"Then, there shouldn't be a problem. Now as long as they make any moves, we will immediately lock them in. And just now Master Sigurd also released a 'servant', so even if they don't do anything, they will probably be hidden." Not long."

Steele looked at the nun whose expression relaxed a lot when Sigurd was mentioned, this state is very common for Steele.

After all, Stiyl himself has such a strange way of thinking that "as long as that mercenary is here, there will be no problem at all".

"But Sigurd's mission is to capture Kanzaki, right?"

"Well, Mr. Sigurd would probably choose the most efficient way, right?"

"Efficiency?"

Looking at Agnes who didn't understand but looked forward to it, it wasn't hard for Steele to suspect that this Roman Orthodox nun simply wanted to hear more about Sigurd.

"Mr. Sigurd is a person who doesn't like wasting time very much. If the opponent clearly has an impact on the stability of the magic side or the science side, then no matter who the opponent is, he will not show mercy."

"That's the right thing to do. The distinction between public and private is very basic."

Steele also nodded in approval. Although he also agrees with this way of handling things, if he is asked to attack Index one day in the future, he will definitely not do it.

At that time, even if it is to protect Index and Sigurd as enemies, Stiyl will never hesitate for even a second.

"Now Kanzaki's whereabouts are unknown, and she can't even confirm her specific course of action. Under such circumstances, the only way that can be called 'the most efficient' is probably to capture the members of the Amakusa style, and then use this to force Kanzaki Kaori showed up."

Pausing for a while, Steele seemed to feel that what he just said was incomplete, and then added another sentence.

"Of course, Mr. Sigurd sometimes helps the other party because of his 'destiny'. Although there are not many examples, you may be called 'destined' to Mr. Sigurd, so he will It might be rare to take this commission seriously."

Agnes blushed and turned her head. At this time, Sigurd took over the work of Agnes and gave instructions to the nuns in Agnes's unit.

And this action was also noticed by Stiyl.

He seemed to feel that what he said could easily lead to misunderstanding, but Stiyl did not intend to correct it.

"In short, the Amakusa style is particularly good at 'hiding' and 'fleeing'. After they snatched the "Book of Law" and Orsola Aquinas, they will definitely predict the pursuit methods that the Roman Orthodox Church will adopt. If this is a long-awaited The planned action must have gone through countless sand table deduction beforehand, and the action started after a feasible solution was obtained."

Index's voice brought Agnes' eyes back.

"The Amakusa style is a continuation of the Japanese underground church organization during the shogunate era. It is a sect that can only exist when it is integrated into the city. This kind of self-awareness is a 'weak' sect. I don't think it will go to the Christian religion without preparation and chance. The Roman Orthodoxy of the megachurches challenges."

"But...but, no matter what you do, it's impossible to escape our encirclement, right?"

Agnes also seemed to realize that she was distracted in the battle meeting just now, so she straightened her body a little, thinking about the possibility that Index said.

"No, it is possible."

"?"

Agnes looked at Index in doubt, and then moved her eyes to Stiyl, who was also in doubt, waiting for Index's next words.

"This is a magic that can only be used in Japan. To put it simply, there are special spaces called 'vortex points' all over Japan. As long as you use the 'map magic', you can move between 'vortex points' and 'vortex points'." ' to move freely between.

"Is it Tadaka Ino's complete map of the coastal areas of Japan!?"

Steele's voice was a little out of control due to surprise, so that some passing Roman Orthodox nuns also showed shocked expressions.

Everyone at the scene is a professional magician. Although they can't remember everything verbatim like Index, they have heard about some of the more famous magical events around the world.

The so-called "Ineng Tadaka" was a famous surveyor and cartographer in the Edo period of Japan.

He is famous for completing the first map of Japan based on actual measurements, which he spent several years traveling all over Japan himself.

"That is to say, there is actually a special mechanism on this map of Japan that was born in the Edo period?"

"According to the hypothesis, the 'Idol Theory' can be reversed. In other words, Tadaka Ino used the reverse deduction method to mark out the 47 'vortex' that did not exist in Japan, and indeed established connections between the points.”

"Then what should we do? It is very likely that the Amakusa style has escaped through the 'vortex point'? However, since the number of 'vortex points' is limited, should we simply check all the 'vortex points'? Our manpower It should be enough, but if it doesn't work, we will immediately apply to the Roman Orthodox Church for further support..."

"Impossible. In fact, in the whole map of Japan's coastal areas, posterity can only find 23 'eddy points', but when Kurofune planned to buy this map, it was clearly stated in the manual that there were 47 in total. 'Vortex'."

"..."

Chapter 410: "Wiping the Dark Dawn" and "Seven Heavens and Seven Knives"

There are a total of 47 "vortex points" all over Japan. In the case of being able to use them to shuttle freely, more than half of the "vortex points" on our own side do not know where they are located.

In this way, it is impossible to grasp the whereabouts of the Amakusa style.

Moreover, although there is now a hypothetical "base camp" in Kyushu, for a sect such as the Amakusa-style cross desolation religion, which self-perceives as "weak", it is difficult to distinguish which is the real base camp.

"In addition to using the special movement magic of the entire map of the coastal areas of Japan, the Amakusa-style base camp is also famous for its secrecy. This is understandable, because outsiders can't even grasp their escape route."

This is of course, after all, if this is not the case, then it is impossible for the current Amakusa style to survive.

Survival from the extremely harsh environment is the foundation of the Amakusa style, and it is just commonplace for them to use the small to make the big, and to win the many with the few.

And in terms of facts, compared to the nun army under Agnes, the decades-long game with Tokyo Yinyang Liao was much worse.

On the other hand, if they decisively abandon Orsola now, then I am afraid that Agnes' nun troops will not be able to touch the shadow of the Amakusa style.

"Just now, Agnes said that their base camp is 'supposedly' in Kyushu, but it is difficult to verify the authenticity of this information. There are too many places suspected of being the Amakusa-style base camp. As for which one is true, no one knows. Maybe these The information is all fake, and maybe all these places have the functions of a base camp, after all, with the nature of the Amakusa style, they don’t need a long-term stronghold at all.”

Agnes was at a loss for what Index said.

She didn't think about these things at all, or she didn't know about them at all.

If you have to say it, Agnes can be regarded as "accepting orders in the face of danger", after all, it is impossible for anyone to do their homework in advance when the incident happened suddenly.

In particular, the enemy they are facing is the Amakusa style, a sect that emphasizes "concealment" extremely.

If it is not intentional attention, even the Roman Orthodox Church would not be able to obtain much valuable information in advance.

Agnes's face turned pale, and she was holding the big thick leather notebook in a state of bewilderment.

"Then...then what should we do? Now that we know this information, why don't you tell me quickly? There is no way to grasp the 'vortex point', and we can't find the base camp. In this case, as soon as they enter the 'vortex point' Point', everything is over! If you take action before they enter the 'vortex point', you may still have a chance to stop them! Why do you still look so calm!"

"Because there's no need to rush."

Index said lightly.

When Agnes heard this, she froze again.

As the "Forbidden Book Catalog" with [-] grimoires, Index has far beyond the reach of human magic knowledge.

"The entire map of the coastal areas of Japan is measured by the position of the stars. Therefore, the 'star position' has a great influence on the map, and this has also become the condition for using special movement magic. Simply put, there is time. If the time is not correct, there is no way to use special movement magic.”

Index looked up at the starry sky, her long silver hair swaying.

"Judging from the current position of the stars..."

This is outside Academy City, but it is still within the Tokyo metropolitan area.

The artificial light source made the starry sky less obvious, and Index squinted her eyes for a while before she could make an accurate judgment.