honor me as god

Chapter 209
(two in one chapter)

The eight officials including Lugo, Baiza, Paladin, Nicole, and Emer were all in the hall. When they saw that Kino had finally recovered, they all came up to greet him.

Paladin asked with concern: "My lord, are you better?"

"Hmm." Kino touched his cheek subconsciously and muttered, "I just don't know why, but my face is swollen and my nose is bleeding all the time."

Everyone looked at Lugo.

Lugo pretends to look at the scenery.

Kino was a little suspicious, but he didn't take it too seriously.

Except for the period when he was unconscious, Kino's memories were basically restored.

This is inseparable from Bai's help. If she hadn't injected the phoenix serum to repair the brain nerves and activate his memory, it would be difficult to get through all the subsequent memory nodes.

Because Bai is a very special existence to Kino, the memory of her existing in both the previous life and the world of reincarnation at the same time reminded him of both.

What's more, in the spiritual world of 11, Chino actually didn't leave much to remember, nothing more than pain, pain, pain-of course, this feeling has disappeared with returning to reality.

Not having too many memories means not occupying too much brain capacity and not crowding out previously remembered things.

Under the combination of the two factors, there is no memory error between Kino now and before.

Kino looked at the crowd and said flatly, "Come to the conference hall, there are a lot of messes to clean up."

In the conference hall, the eight officials took their seats one by one, the "commoner" Paladin sat at the bottom, and the personal bodyguard Nicole stood behind Kino.

Chino: "Master Aimo, have you compiled the report of the Seven Plagues and handed it over to the Governor's Mansion?"

Aimo: "Not yet, I think this matter should be handled with caution, and I plan to discuss it with you first."

Chino: "It's a very wise decision. We have committed a lot of violations in this incident. Once it gets out, it will have a bad impact on the reputation of Twilight City. After the meeting, I will personally write a report. The main content is so."

In the topic of the report, Kino highlighted one point of avoiding the most serious and neglecting the less important, and all the intrigues were hidden. The incident was described as follows: The extraterrestrial visitor used some kind of special weapon to create the phantom of the Seven Plagues in Twilight City, severely injuring the administrator Kino Van Helsing.In the end, thanks to the concerted efforts of the soldiers and the people, the aliens were repelled, and the health of the administrator has also improved.

Sending it to the Governor's Mansion in this way not only avoids violations of regulations, but also Lugo's good guidance of public opinion before, thousands of versions of the story are placed there, even if the Governor's Mansion wants to investigate, the details of the incident are already true and false. I can only believe it.

Besides, that's how it happened, what's wrong?
Nothing in the report is false, it's just not complete.

After everyone heard it, they all expressed their approval. They also wanted to make big things small and small things small, and they didn't want to hinder their careers as officials.

Don't think that you will be fine if you haven't violated the regulations. If the first and second leaders at the top have accidents, can the people below escape the liquidation?Impossible, they are all grasshoppers on a rope.

"My lord administrator." At this time, Aimo suddenly said, his eyes were a little suspicious, after thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice, "I have no objection to the report. But there are three questions, I think you need to make a speech for everyone." Reply."

Kino's expression was calm: "You ask."

Ai Mo's eyes narrowed slightly, and the wrinkles at the corners of his brows deepened because of this: "The first question. On the first day of Flower Language, you were trapped by the formation of visitors from outside the sky. Later, there was obviously a problem with your spirit, and it took a full month to recover. But from entering the formation to breaking the formation, the interval was less than 1 minutes, why did it take you so long to recover? What exactly did you go through at that time?"

"I didn't experience anything, but I felt a buzzing in my head, and fainted as soon as my eyes darkened, and I have been in a daze since then, and it was only yesterday that I was fully awake." Chino did not intend to detail his experience, and directly threw the ball Throwing it to Aimo, "In my opinion, you are the one who should figure out the problem, Master Aimo. As a kingdom soul master, you should pay more attention to this type of yin and yang art and guard against it in the future. This is your responsibility." responsibility."

Ai Mo was left speechless by the reply, and didn't get too entangled in this matter, so he changed the subject: "So, the second question. At that time, you were trapped by the formation, and the alien said something. Smiling Devil, you got arrested like this sentence and then took out a piece of paper and said a bunch of stuff. You have the right to remain silent and what does all this mean?"

This question is very fatal, directly related to Kino's real identity, he expected to be asked after waking up yesterday, so he spent the whole night thinking about how to answer it.

In Kino's conception, instead of covering it up and using cheap excuses to quibble, it is better to completely assume the identity of the local residents and go on with it openly.

"The smiling devil must be what they call me. You also know that the corners of my lips are naturally raised. Many times, even if I don't want to smile, I look like I am smiling." Kino pointed to himself and smiled. The corners of his lips turned up, and he continued, "As for why I am a demon, think about it, we call the aliens 'blasphemers' in the history books, so think about it, what good name would he have for us? "

"I really couldn't answer that part of keeping silent afterwards. Maybe it was some kind of spell? Maybe it was some kind of ritual? It's the same as you need to recite spells to release soul spells and yin and yang spells? I'm not going to speculate on that."

The second question was still full of doubts, but seeing Kino's calm demeanor, although everyone still had doubts, they didn't say much for the time being, they just squinted at him secretly.

Aimo observed every change of expression on Kino's face, and his voice became deeper and deeper: "Then, the third question is also the most important question—when you fell into a coma and didn't respond to the outside world, what happened to a female visitor from space?" kidnapped you. But when we found you, you were not injured and the alien was gone. Why?"

Kino sneered shortly, and asked casually: "Your question really made me laugh. You said it yourself. I fell into a coma and didn't respond to the outside world. How could I know what was going on? Why? I have to be absent." Do you think it's normal to have arms and legs, or be killed by aliens?"

Ai Mo shook his head: "No, no, I didn't mean that."

Kino took the initiative to ask: "Or, do you think I'm with the aliens? I'm also a blasphemer?"

Ai Mo was obviously stunned, and quickly explained: "I just think this matter is very strange, there is absolutely no malice!"

Liszt, the finance envoy, also immediately came out to smooth things over: "We all know that since taking office, Administrator Chino has always been on the front line of fighting against aliens, which is the pride of Dogrand, and we will definitely not have any malicious speculations. "

"I think Lord Aimer may not have expressed his meaning clearly. He just wanted to know where the alien visitor went. If she is still in this world, there may be follow-up attacks. We must be on guard in advance."

Kino shrugged: "As I said, I was completely unconscious at the time, so I couldn't answer this question. But since she hasn't appeared for nearly a month, I guess she should not be here anymore, maybe just like what is written in the history books— —Flying light is invisible, just like burning out in a spark.”

This guess is well-founded, but it can be recognized.

"We still don't know where they came from and where they are going." Aimo subconsciously glanced at Kino and said in a low voice, "Including their purpose."

Chino: "At least we have figured out some of the rules. For some unknown reasons, I was their target—just like the Sun King back then."

"Twilight City will definitely be attacked in the future. If someone is afraid, he can submit his resignation letter to me now, and I will recommend him to continue his job in another city."

"Don't feel ashamed. You all fought side by side with me. You are the heroes of the kingdom. I am grateful to you. You all have the right to pursue a peaceful life."

Aimo smiled: "I'm an old man. I've been ignorant all my life, and I barely became a "soul crossing". Being able to be on the front line against aliens in my later years is also a story and pride for the younger generations. "

Liszt also said respectfully: "We failed to catch up with the "battle of the eclipse" 2700 years ago, and now the extraterrestrials have reappeared, it would be an honor if I could do my part on behalf of the Hetch family. "

Not to mention Lugobaisa Paladin, it is impossible to think of retiring.

The rest of the officials also expressed their intentions and were willing to stay here.

It's hard to judge how sincere these people's words are, but there must be public and private interests.

It is one aspect of honor to fight against aliens, and it must be one of the reasons for not wanting to hand over power.

If you work in another city, your position will definitely be downgraded instead of being in the eighth position.

Eight-level officials are the core power holders of a city. After enjoying this feeling of superiority, it is difficult to be a low-ranking official again.

This is also one of the weaknesses of human nature. There are countless people who advance bravely in the rapids, but there are very few people who are willing to retreat bravely.

Chino: "Since everyone is willing to stay, I am very pleased, let us stop here for those unanswerable things.

"We have exposed many problems in this Seven Plagues incident, and we need to solve them today." Kino looked forward and said without any emotion, "Security Captain Lugo, Military Commander Baisa, Paladin, stand up."

The Big Three in Xilin Town stood up.

"What's the matter?" Lu Ge was very nervous, with a confused face, not knowing what was going on.

Paladin and Baisa took a sneak peek at Nicole behind Kino, probably guessed it, and lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

Chino said calmly: "I learned from the military report that on the 27th of Dido, which is the day when the "storm" among the seven plagues came, you and Nicole had a conflict. "

"Nicole told you at the time that in her eyes, there was nothing unusual about Twilight City. You didn't believe her, and even joined forces to beat her up and lock her up."

Baisa shrank her head and said: "At that time, everyone in the city fell into a hallucination, but she didn't, so she seemed the most abnormal. We thought she was plotting trouble secretly, so we beat her."

Paladin also hurried to help his good brother: "My lord, just like Baisa said, we are not malicious, and we are willing to apologize to Nicole!"

Chino: "It's not a matter of malice or malice. What you have to do when something like this happens during the war is to report it to me immediately, instead of overstepping your authority and making your own claims. This is a very serious mistake of principle. If you didn't With this mistake, I will be able to see through the extraterrestrial visitor's trick earlier, and the later things may not happen."

Kino looked at the three of them blankly, and his voice gradually became colder: "Besides, Nicole is my bodyguard, and since the first day Wangcheng came to Dusk City, her name has been Nicole Helsing. Swinging a sword at her is equivalent to swinging a sword at me, hitting her is equivalent to hitting me, do you still think this can be solved by apologizing?"

The atmosphere quickly fell into silence and became oppressive.

Nicole stood behind Kino, her head bowed in bewilderment.

Where there are people, there will inevitably be a barbaric law of the jungle, as it is in the slums, so is the king city.

Don't think that a place with a high status must be clean.

The imperial guards, like the army, are a group of the weak and the strong. Nicole was often bullied when she was selected as a reserve in Wangcheng.

reason?Simple, short.

The royal family's selection requirements for the imperial guards did not include height. After all, the imperial guards were used to escort and kill the enemy, not to decorate vases. Just dare to sacrifice and be strong, regardless of whether he is tall or short.

But in everyone's unwritten consensus, the imperial guards are generally tall, so it is also the face of the royal family. If you go out, you will ride a tall horse in front, and you will accompany the royal ministers when you enter. If you don't have those thin ministers Gao, what does it look like?
Therefore, a short person who is also a girl must be bullied during the reserve selection period.

What should I do if I am bullied?
It's very simple, if you fight back, you can say anything if you win.

Can't beat?You deserve to be bullied, you deserve to be beaten.

There is no need to mention Nicole's fighting skills. She can easily fight against border guards from border towns like Paladin and Baixa.

But among the 880 reserve imperial guards last year, her performance has always been at the bottom.

This also means that she can't beat anyone.

If you can't beat it, you can only endure it, there is no place to sue, let alone expect the instructor to stand up for you.

In the past few years in the reserve, Nicole has been bullied every day, and being beaten has become a part of daily life.

Even if a few comrades in the same period occasionally throw olive branches, they are basically interested in her petite body, not out of good intentions.

Because of this, Nicole is very introverted, with an inferiority complex in her bones, she rarely holds grudges, and dare not hold grudges.

She had already forgotten about the three giants beating her before, and even if she hadn't forgotten, she didn't dare to think about it afterwards.

Among the three giants, two are eight-level officials, and the other is said to be a commoner, but in fact it is in charge of money for the government. One of the eight-level financial envoys has to be polite when they see it.

What about her?It's just a close bodyguard. According to the status, it is at most the level of a centurion. How can you compare with them?
It would have been good if the Big Three didn't criticize her for drawing the sword afterwards. You know, drawing a sword to Shangguan is a felony.

Grievance or something, just like before, endure it and pass it.

But Nicole really didn't expect that Kino would take her wronged matter to heart, and even want to stand up for her afterwards, which was something she couldn't even imagine in Wangcheng.

For the first time in her life, Nicole found that someone still valued her.

[Respect from Nicole Helsing: 200]

[The individual has reached the upper limit of the value and can no longer contribute any emotional value]

Just when the Big Three were at a loss, Kino's eyes became as sharp as a falcon, and the next words immediately put them into the ice cellar: "Come here, take them to the execution ground and behead them."

(End of this chapter)