Chapter 51 Chapter 51

"They've got him in the palm of their hand, in a safe place," Namri said.He smiled at Gurney Halleck at the other end of the square stone room, "You can report this news to your friends." "Where is this safe place?" Halleck asked. He didn't like Namri's tone, or the orders Jessica was forcing on him.That damned witch!She had warned him of what would happen if Leto lost control of the terrible memories in his body.Other than that, what she said didn't make any sense. "It's a perfectly safe place," Namri said. "That's all I can tell you."

"how do you know?" "I got the message. Sabah is with him." "Sabah! She just made him—" "Not this time." "Are you going to kill him?" "It's no longer up to me to decide." Halleck smiled wryly. Winged Messenger.How far can those damn bats fly?Often he could see them skimming the desert surface, their calls cloaked in messages.But just how far can they travel on this hellish planet? "I had to see him in person," Halleck said. "no." Halleck took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.In order to wait for the search results, he has stayed up for two days and two nights.It's the third morning, and he feels like his character is breaking down, revealing his true self.He never liked giving orders.Those who give the order are always waiting for the results, while others are having interesting adventures.

"Why not?" he asked.The smugglers who had arranged for that safe den were so secretive, and Namri had done the same to him. "Some people think you know too much when you see our cave," Namri said. Halleck heard the threat in his words, so his body relaxed even more, only the most rigorously trained fighter would be so calm.His hand was next to the knife, but he wasn't holding the handle; he wished for another shielding field, but the shielding field would attract sandworms, and besides, the force field of the shielding field wouldn't last long in front of the electrostatic field of the sandstorm, Very short-lived, so he has long since abandoned it.

"Secrecy was not part of our agreement," Halleck said. "If I kill him, is that part of our agreement?" Halleck felt again that he was being fooled by some unknown force, the existence of which Jessica had not warned him beforehand.Her damn plan!Maybe Bee Geist shouldn't be trusted.He immediately felt that he had been too unfaithful.She explained the difficulties to him, and he promised.joined her program.He had known for a long time that this one, like any other, would require constant tweaking.She wasn't just any Bee Geist.She was Jessica of House Atreides, who had been his friend and support for a long time.Without her, he knew he was doomed to adrift on a planet a hundred times more dangerous than his current planet.

"You haven't answered my question yet," Namri said. "Only when he shows himself...after becoming a demon, after becoming a deformed evil spirit," Halleck said, "you can kill him." Namri raised his hand solemnly. "Your wife knows we can test him for a spirit. She is wise enough to let me decide." Halleck bit his lip helplessly. "You also heard what the Mother told me," said Namri. "We Fremen know how to understand these women, you outsiders don't. Fremen women often send their sons to die." Halleck gritted his teeth, "Are you saying you killed him?"

"He's alive. He's in a safe place. He's going to keep taking the spice." "If he survives, I'm going to send him back to his grandmother," Halleck said. Namri just shrugged. Halleck knew that was all the answers he could get.damn it!He couldn't go back to Jessica with these unanswered questions!He shook his head. "Those things you can't change, why are you holding on to them?" Namri asked. "You've been paid enough." Halleck stared at the man bitterly.Freemen!They believed that all Gentiles could be bought with money.Namri, however, displayed more than just Fremen prejudice.Here, there are other forces at play, too obvious to the Bee Geist-trained eye.The whole affair smelt of a scam within a scam.

Halleck changed his tone and said arrogantly: "Mrs. Jessica will be very angry. She will send troops..." "You are just a follower, a messenger under someone else!" Namri cursed, "I will gladly confiscate your water for those who are nobler than you!" Halleck kept one hand on the knife, readying himself for a small surprise attack with his left sleeve. "I don't see anyone's water being thrown here," he said. "Perhaps your pride has blinded you." "You're alive because I want you to see one thing before you die: Your Lady Jessica doesn't have any troops. You shouldn't die so soon, alien scum. I'm part of a noble race. clerk, and you—”

"And I'm only a servant of House Atreides," said Halleck gently. "We're a bunch of scum who freed your dirty necks from Harneken's noose." Namri smiled disdainfully, showing her white teeth. "Your wife has long been a prisoner on Salusa Secundus. What you think is her order is actually her daughter's!" Halleck tried to keep his voice steady, and said, "It's okay. Alia will..." Namri drew his howling blade. "You know the Mother of Heaven? I am her servant, you bastard. At her command, I will take your water!" After speaking, he rushed across the room and slashed at him.

Halleck wasn't fooled by his opponent's seemingly clumsy moves.He raised his hand and waved the left sleeve of the robe, and a specially lengthened and thickened false sleeve shot out, entangled Namuri's knife.The sleeves unfolded, covering Namuri's head even more. At the same time, Hallek held the knife in his right hand, pierced through the bottom of the left sleeve, and stabbed Namuri's face.He felt the point of the knife go into flesh, and then Namri's body hit him.Through Namri's robes, he felt the armor beneath the man's clothes.The Freeman let out a scream, stepped back a few steps, and fell to the ground.He lay there, blood gushing from his mouth, his eyes fixed on Halleck, gradually losing their luster.

Halleck let out a breath.Foolish Namri, how could he think that others could not see that he wore armor under his robes?He retrieved the fake robe sleeve, wiped the knife clean, and put the knife back into its sheath. "Don't you know how we Atreides servants are trained, fool?" He took a deep breath and began to think: Whose pawn am I now?Namri's words revealed something.Jessica has become a captive of the Corino family and Alia is working on her evil plans.Jessica had seen Arya as Atreides' enemy and had contingency plans in place, but she never expected to be a captive.For now, he still has orders to carry out.But first, he had to get out of this place.Fortunately, the Fremen in their robes all looked alike.He rolled Namri's body into a corner, covered it with cushions, and dragged a floor mat over the blood.After finishing these, Halleck adjusted the nose tube and mouth tube of the distillation suit like everyone who was going to enter the desert, put on the mask, buckled the hood, and started the long journey.

Conscience is free and light-footed, he thought.He felt a strange sense of relief in him, as if he was moving away from danger instead of approaching it. I've never liked the plan against that boy, he thought, and if I ever see the lady again, I'll have to tell her the idea.just if.Because if Namri's words are true, he can only choose to implement the most dangerous plan.And once Alia caught him, she certainly wouldn't let him live for long.Fortunately, he still has Stilgar—a superstitious, kind-hearted Freeman. Jessica once explained to him, "There is only a thin layer of civilized norms on Stilgar's nature, and the way to remove this layer is..."