Chapter 40: The Half-Blooded Skinchanger
As night fell, the group of nobles who had been well fed and had nothing to do all day began to get up and move.
The luxury cars and beautiful women have already been prepared for them.
Some workers and vendors who have to make a living still have to endure the aftermath of life after a tiring day.
They can be seen everywhere, at docks, in mountains, in markets, and in workshops.
In a small, somewhat dark and damp inn, the female assassin was counting her equipment.
During this time he had been observing Viserys's movements.
I found that Brother Long Er's itinerary was quite regular.
Basically, I run between the workshop and home, and don't attend any parties.
She also observed the daily life of the second brother Long for a while, which was basically practicing swordsmanship or teaching Dany to practice swordsmanship.
I have to say, this guy's swordsmanship is really good.
From the perspective of this female assassin, he is already better than someone who has practiced swordplay for ten or even fifteen years.
Considering his age, which is only fifteen to sixteen years old, his talent in swordsmanship is truly enviable.
If he is given some time, he might become a figure like the Sword of Dawn in the future.
Therefore, she decided to assassinate Brother Long Er at night.
His sword was not with him at this moment, so he could only fight in close combat.
As for close combat, the assassin lady considers herself to be her strong point.
But there was one thing that made her uneasy.
That is, Viserys actually gave him the crossbow that knocked him down that day.
She has confirmed that there is no problem with the crossbow and it can be used normally.
It is exquisite and small, and it is no problem to take someone's life within twenty steps!
It can be said to be an assassin's weapon.
She really couldn't understand why Viserys would hand such a good thing to her and use it to assassinate him.
Is he really that confident?
She felt uneasy when she thought of Viserys's accurate description of what happened to her at sea.
'He must not know my true intentions.'
The female assassin took out a small cage with a few katydids in it.
It was with the help of this grasshopper that she knew the itinerary of the second brother Long very well.
Invading the katydids is basically like placing a bug in Viserys's house. (The katydids have poor eyesight and mainly rely on hearing to hunt.)
Although you can't see the specific picture, it is enough to grasp the trend.
A grasshopper, two crossbows, three daggers, and six crossbow arrows.
This is all the equipment she used to assassinate Brother Long Er.
She leaned the wreath of seven gods she had woven against the wall of the table, preparing to pray before the assassination.
But somehow, the wreath always slipped off the wall.
Finally she had to take a small stone from the foot of the table to hold the wreath in place.
This situation made her feel a little flustered. Could it be that the prince of the fallen country was really blessed by the gods?
"Father, Mother, Blacksmith, Warrior..."
She prayed softly, and finished her prayer in just a few dozen seconds.
After giving his equipment one last check, he disguised himself as an old woman again and left the hostel through the window.
But as soon as she climbed out of the window, the wreath slipped off again.
She left the hostel like a fish, swimming into the sea called night.
In order to avoid being discovered, she deliberately chose a more remote place to live.
So the assassin went to the nearby dock first.
"Take a boat? Go to White Sail Town, Green Water Town, or Sailfish Town!"
"Anyone want to take the boat? We're one person short of departure!"
"Anyone going to Green Water Town? It only costs ten iron coins!"
"Charter a boat! Twenty iron coins!"
The boatman at the dock was shouting like a driver soliciting passengers at a train station.
At this time, the female assassin saw a thin old boatman with white hair. His boat was very small and it seemed that it could not accommodate too many people.
And it wasn't stable enough, but that was exactly what she wanted.
Try to act alone to reduce the risk of exposure.
After agreeing on the price, the two set off.
After arriving at a deserted waterway, the old boatman suddenly said:
"Hey! Where are you going?" The old boatman's voice was hoarse and a little unnatural.
"Go to Kujing Town."
"What town is bitter?"
"Kujing Town!"
"What's the bitter well!?"
"Kujing Town!"
"What Well Town?"
"bitter..."
Realizing that something was wrong, the female assassin's eyes flashed with caution.
I saw the old boatman in front of me looking at me with a joking expression.
For a moment, she felt as if she was covered by a huge net, and every inch of her skin was screaming!
"Where are you going, sister? I, Sinbad, will definitely take you there!"
The female assassin was suddenly startled. Who else could the person in front of her be other than the Second Brother Long?
She immediately reached behind her waist and fired both crossbows at the same time, but was blocked by Viserys's bare hands.
No! Not with bare hands! That's a black weapon!
"This! This reaction speed is too scary!"
The female assassin's pupils suddenly shrank, as if she had seen a ghost.
With this reaction speed, the young man in front of me must have pretty good close combat skills!
I was actually thinking about defeating him in close combat.
For a moment, she wanted to give up and jump into the water to escape.
As if he could see through the female assassin's thoughts, Brother Long Er said loudly:
"Wait, we agreed that if you fail, you will work for me. Are you planning to break your promise?"
She glanced at Viserys and froze.
Under the brutal training, her body's reaction had almost become instinct, telling her that she should run away now.
But the brain made another judgment.
Viserys had indeed saved him twice before, just as he said.
There was also an agreement between the two.
Besides, her intuition told her that he might not be able to escape at all!
Seeing that she was still hesitating, Brother Long Er said:
"Before you prepared to assassinate me, the Seven Gods had already given you revelation. Are you still stubborn?"
Viserys's voice echoed off the water, and some fish and shrimp were startled and fled in all directions.
The female assassin showed an expression of disbelief, her face twitched, and her psychological defenses almost collapsed.
I saw the second brother Long throwing the dragon bone dagger in his hand at her feet.
The dagger was nailed to the deck, trembling slightly.
She shuddered like a frightened rabbit.
"Accept the will of the gods and follow me, or commit suicide against their will. Your choice!"
For a moment, the female assassin felt as if her body was under some strange pull.
Like branches swaying in a cold wind.
Finally, she made a difficult decision and sat down dejectedly.
"My name is Kyle."
Brother Long Er rowed the boat to a relatively secluded place.
"My name is Kyle."
"Kyle? Who sent you?"
"King Robert."
"Nonsense, I'm asking who gave you the order to kill me."
Brother Long Er found that the assassin seemed a little dazed.
"It is Lord Petyr."
It turned out to be this little punk.
Viserys grumbled, but it made sense when he thought about it.
Varys wanted to use them as targets to attract fire, so it couldn't be him.
Robert was a hands-off person.
As prime ministers of a country, he and Ned's adoptive father Jon Arryn would not be directly involved in this matter.
Little Finger probably hasn't become the Chancellor of the Exchequer yet, so it's normal for him to do some small assassinations as "achievements".
"Does Petyr know that you are a skinchanger?" asked the second brother.
"Skinchanger?" Kyle seemed to have no idea what he was talking about.
"A shapechanger is someone who can control animals!"
"You mean the circus?"
"A skinchanger! He can invade the brains of animals with his own consciousness!"
"What is consciousness?"
Well, another illiterate person.
"I saw you floating on the sea. How did you catch those fish and shrimp?"
"Use your hands."
"Nonsense, I mean why would they run to your side?"
"They don't run, they swim."
The gods chose this person? Kyle was a little confused and felt that Long Erge was a fool.
Brother Long Er held his forehead with his hand, thought for a moment and said:
"Can you show me how you catch the fish?"
"Haven't you seen it?"
"The sea is the territory of the God of Storms, and the Seven Gods can't see clearly." Brother Long Er tried to change his thinking and communicate with her.
"Oh, okay."
She just stuck her head out and looked at the water, then looked up at the sky.
Viserys opened his eyes wide, not daring to miss any details.
About three to five minutes later, Kyle's brown pupils suddenly disappeared, leaving only the whites of his eyes.
It was as if Sadako had run onto Ryuji's boat.
The two of them were in a narrow boat, and it was quite scary at night.
After a moment, her eyes returned to normal and her whole body seemed to bounce back up.
She shook her body, stretched out her hand, and caught a small fish the size of a palm.
"Yes, yes! That's it! How did you do it?"
"My mother taught me."
"Tell me about it."
Brother Long Er used some inductive talk and basically found out her background.
Kyle is from the Riverlands, or rather her father is from the Riverlands, and her mother is from Beyond the Wall!
Based on her description, Kyle's mother should be a real skinchanger.
His mother could control the black cat to catch mice.
With this ability, her mother guarded the granary for the lord's family and raised her until she was nine years old after Kyle's father died early.
Until the outbreak of the Usurper War.
The young Kyle became an orphan, then was abducted by human traffickers, and by some strange coincidence was trained to be an assassin.
Kyle, on the other hand, became an excellent assassin thanks to his ability to control insects and fish.
But she was never able to become a true skinchanger like her mother.
"My mother asked me to keep my abilities a secret. I told you because I saw that you have the favor of the Seven Gods."
"Oh, thank you, but I have another question. I saw your body tremble when you killed fish at sea. Why is that?"
"Oh? Am I shaking? Actually, I feel a little dizzy at most."
Okay, that basically fits.
Brother Long Er didn't even ask her if she felt that her brain was becoming less and less sharp.
After all, he doesn't look very smart at first glance.
"I hope you can teach me this skill."
"My mother said that not everyone can learn this."
Brother Long: "..."
"But you should be able to do it. You have the favor of the Seven Gods."
Kyle recalled the whole story briefly and then began to tell the story to Brother Long Er.
The key to the so-called "shape-changing" lies in imagination. You must first regard yourself as the animal that is about to undergo a consciousness invasion.
Observe its behavior and imagine seeing things from their perspective or perceiving the world with their senses.
Then this guy said a lot more.
Brother Long Er found that the difficulty of understanding was about the same as listening to "baby talk".
She understood every word, but it sounded messy when it came out of her mouth.
You have to rearrange them and then use various metaphors to establish effective communication.
The two chatted for a long time until the sky began to turn white.
"If your assassination is successful, how will you contact the person who gave you the order?"
Brother Long Er asked the most crucial question.
"We won't be in contact. If my assassination is successful, I will leave a mark at a pre-agreed location."
"What if it fails? Will there be other signs to indicate it?"
"right."
'That's pretty smart,' Kyle thought.
"Is there a sign that it's 'in preparation'?"
"Yes, I drew a symbol like this some time ago."
Viserys had made sure that no one in Braavos knew this dull-witted female assassin.
This is easy to do. As long as he keeps giving the "preparing" symbol, he can participate in the competition at the grand celebration with peace of mind.
And it's only a little over a month away from the Ten Day Celebration.
Braavos is very far away from King's Landing, so a month or two is nothing.
Brother Long Er decided to release the news of his assassination after a while.
Then give Kyle a new identity and keep him by your side.
The main thing is that his dragon dream can only target and locate those who have "murderous intentions" towards him.
The murderous intention here only includes those who have begun to approach him and have plans.
But people like Robert can't do that.
He really wanted to kill himself.
But he had never thought about making actual preparations.
The same goes for Kyle's boss Littlefinger, who wanted to kill himself in order to fulfill Robert's order.
But he had no actual 'action', so Brother Long Er couldn't locate him.
Maybe when Long Meng gradually improves, he will be able to see those guys who are malicious towards him.
You can even expand the scope a little bit more and see the status of those who think of you or mention you.
It even reaches the weird state of "whatever you intend will be known".
Brother Long Er was suddenly stunned.
He suddenly thought of the relationship between gods and believers.
Believers pray to the gods, and the gods respond to the believers' prayers.
"Could it be that Long Meng's advanced state is actually..."
Viserys swallowed hard at the thought.
A crazy idea formed in my mind:
In a trance, he found that a long staircase seemed to appear in front of him, and at the top of the staircase, there was a solemn throne!