honor me as god

Chapter 208 Return to Calm
That day, on the afternoon of the 1st, the cavalry from Twilight City arrived late, and the thousand-man team carried out a blanket search in the suburbs, and finally found Chino alone on the top of the mountain.

Judging from the traces of the green grass being crushed, the steel giant bird landed here, but the alien visitor has disappeared.

When Kino was discovered, although he was able to speak a few words one after another, he was still sluggish. He often lost track of what he said, and he couldn't even tell his identity and name clearly, and he fell into a coma from time to time due to extreme mental weakness.

In any case, at least he is still alive, and there are signs of improvement, Paladin and others immediately escorted him back to the government residence to recuperate.

For the next half a month, Kino basically fell into a coma, and even when he woke up, he didn't speak, just lying on the bed with the cat in his arms in a daze.

Everyone didn't bother him, and the daily business was temporarily managed by Paladin and others.

It has to be said that Lugo, Baisa, and Paladin, the three "Big Three in Xilin Town" who followed Chino at the earliest, were able to withstand the critical moment. They did not seize power or suspect each other, but shared government affairs and did their best to cooperate with each other. .

Although in many matters, their administrative efficiency was not as high as that of Chino himself, and they occasionally handled things poorly, but at least they did not make any serious mistakes.

With these three giants united and cooperating to deal with the administrator's affairs, the forces of all parties did not move lightly.

Although there are always rumors from unknown sources that the administrator died, Lu Ge personally went to investigate, found out the source, and chopped off a few people who had shaken the hearts of the people. The rumors gradually stopped up.

As for Supervisor Aimo, he hesitated for a long time, and in the end he did not report the matter immediately, but planned to deal with it coldly and delay for a while.

This time, the Seven Plagues incident can be said to be big or small.

The reason for saying it is big is that its movement is really loud, making a lot of noise in the city, and almost breaking the administrator into it.

The reason for saying it is small is also very simple-there are very few casualties.

Except for the conflict that broke out in the tavern, which caused small casualties, and Kino was later made demented by some unknown force, the rest of the so-called "seven plagues of heaven" are all hallucinations. The real Twilight City was not attacked. Not a few were lost, and civilians had zero casualties.

The lower the casualties, the fewer people cry, and the fewer people cry, the smaller the influence.

Moreover, the guidance of public opinion on this matter is very ingenious. Lu Ge is in charge of controlling this matter. Not only did he not issue a password to the civilians, but he allowed everyone to discuss this illusion, and even bought a lot of troubadours. Visions sang to various tunes.

After a person suffers a major disaster, there are generally two reactions.

One is to leave a shadow from then on, fear it, and feel flustered when I recall it.

The second is to hold the mentality of a person who has experienced it first-hand, and regard the remaining life after the catastrophe as a capital to show off, and brag about it to others.

What Lugo did was to adapt to the second mentality. He not only asked you to tell the story, but also asked the troubadour to add fuel and vinegar to you, blowing up hype for you, making up a story here today, and secretly changing the details there tomorrow.

No civilian knows the whole picture of the incident, and there must be information blind spots. If you don’t see or are not sure about something, you can only listen to what others say. After listening, the truth and the false will be confused.

In this way, in the process of word of mouth, those things were adapted twice and adapted three times. Then they became beyond recognition, and thousands of versions of the story appeared.

The most outrageous version, the story goes like this - a visitor from space appeared in Twilight City, and the sun king, the leader of the gods, was also reborn with his soul. When he saw the blasphemer, he became furious and shouted in the sky, "Kino, I'm coming in." Then he possessed Kino, and smashed off the dog's head of the alien with a knife.Because Kino couldn't bear the power of the sun, his body was extremely weak, and he fell into a long deep sleep after the battle.

Just such an outrageous version, the second fool will take it seriously, not to mention the other versions of the story.

All in all, everyone can't figure out who is telling the truth and who is telling the truth. The truth and the false are all mixed together, and the real truth will naturally be buried.

More than half a month has passed, and I am tired of bragging. The Seven Plagues incident has gradually become a topic of conversation among commoners before and after dinner, and has become a story told by troubadours. No one cares about the truth anymore.

Under Lugo's showmanship, the influence of the Seven Plagues incident was completely confined to Twilight City, which is why Aimo didn't report it immediately. He planned to discuss it slowly after Chino woke up.

Even if there is news leaked and spread to the Governor's Mansion through some channels in advance, the thousands of versions of the story will be more outrageous than the other. Those who have experienced it in Twilight City will not be able to tell the truth from the fake. How can the Governor's Mansion have the leisure and ability to tell the difference.

Apart from wanting to wait for Chino to wake up, the reason why Aimo did not report to the police also had his own selfish motives.

At that time, he violated the regulations to help Kino capture the golden dragon of the Far Eastern Dynasty. Although it was later confirmed that Lu Yuqing was a visitor from outside the sky, the violation of the regulations cannot be escaped.

For example, if you break into a house and murder a person, even if you find out later that this person is a heinous wanted criminal, the crime of break-in and murder is still true, and you still have to go to the court.

This is a procedural issue in dealing with political affairs, and has nothing to do with actual results.

Instead of reporting the matter of arresting Lu Yuqing to the police and asking for trouble, it is better to hide it first. Of course it is best to hide it.

And with the thousands of versions of the story as cover, it's too easy to tamper with the confession.

In this way, Dusk City gradually returned to the calmness of the past from the hustle and bustle just after the Seven Plagues.

In the second half of the flower language, a different movement finally came from Chino's room.

"Ding ding. dong." The long-lost piano sounded again.

At the beginning, there were only a few intermittent noises from the piano, and the scene could even be imagined——Kino curled up on the chair, stretched out his hand tentatively, pressed the keys carefully, and quickly retracted it after hearing the sound, as if he had just touched the piano. Children of new things.

Gradually, the sound of the piano began to become denser, more and more manic, and magnificent like rain, as if to turn my heart into a storm and sweep all directions.

From the 21st day of Huayu to the 24th day of Huayu, the manic sound of the piano rang in Kino's room for three whole days, day and night, and many soldiers living nearby were almost mentally weak.

On the 25th day of Huayu, the sound of the piano was like ice and snow under the sun, which began to melt, and gradually became gentle, elegant, and delicate like a trickling stream. No matter how irritable people seemed, they could stop and nod lightly to the rhythm.

On the 28th of Huayu, the piano music composed by Chino, "To the Little Princess" sounded in the room.

Anyone who understands rhythm knows that Kino has almost recovered.

On the 29th, the door of the room, which had been closed for 28 days, finally opened, but it was only opened a crack. Chino seemed unwilling to see anyone, and only a voice came from inside: "Strawberry-flavored bath oil, buy more."

Paladin, who was waiting outside, was overjoyed and went to buy the things himself.

In the bedroom, the sound of splashing water in the bathroom rang all night.

On the last day of Flower Language, Kino finally went out.

His mental state is still a bit sluggish, and his face is pale, but compared with the tragic appearance at the beginning of the month, he is already much more reassuring.

(End of this chapter)