As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 287
"London is facing an extremely difficult situation right now, with the perpetrators of the random killings yet to be found.

Danger may happen to each of us at any time.

If you have any news, please report the information through the software called Magic London as soon as possible.

If the news you provide is true and effective, the subsequent government will provide certain rewards.

In addition, only that app is reliable. Even if a government employee needs you to go to the nearby police station because of your report, it must be received from Magic London.

In addition, citizens who have learned magic, please trust the government and report the magic you have learned on Magic London.

Finally, I would like to appeal to every Londoner here, we need your help, only unity can get us out of this difficult time. "

This is the way London thinks, to govern everyone through technical means.

More importantly, the London government found that magic would decrease in power as the number of users increased.

The power of the magic net is limited, just like when many people use wifi at the same time, the network speed will be very slow.

"Sir, when did the government know this news, and how long have you concealed this news?"

"We need the truth!"

"Has magic existed in England since ancient times? Please face that question!"

"I would like to ask whether the government knows the root cause behind this phenomenon. If you know, please be sure to inform the general public!"

"Sir, will you be responsible for the magic serial killing this time, and take the blame and resign?"

After Boris finished speaking, he turned around and went back to No. [-] Downing Street. The reporters obviously wouldn't let him go so easily.

Almost all journalists were rushing forward, trying to break through the wall of security personnel.

The microphone magnified their questions and poured them into Boris' ears.

He was already walking fast, but he walked even faster after hearing the last question asking him if he would take the blame and resign.

For political animals, maintaining their own authority is the number one task.

Politicians who come up for show care far more about the position under their butts than politicians who rely on the shadow of their ancestors or their own abilities.

Because out of position, they have no authority.

The other two kinds of politicians can exert a certain amount of influence even if they leave their positions, even exceeding their own influence when they are on stage.

"Boris first announced that London will be temporarily closed due to magical anomalies"

"London? Everyone can use magic? It's true!"

After Boris delivered his speech to all the media, the major media could not wait for the next day to start with the news.

The editors in the background are already working hard to announce this matter as soon as possible.

At the same time, TV media such as Sky TV and the BBC have already broadcast the live broadcast of the press conference temporarily and urgently.

The number of viewers of the live broadcast exceeded [-] million, and the news spread rapidly.

All Londoners are not in the mood to work, and social media is like exploding, too fast to watch.

For the citizens of London, it is indescribable how unrealistic it is to watch the Prime Minister perform magic in front of spears and cannons.

It feels just as unreal as your dog suddenly speaking human.

"The city of London is abnormal? London allows everyone to cast spells? Is today April Fool's Day?"

"Why didn't we find out until today? What was the government doing when the first magic killing happened?
Similar incidents have happened more than ten times before being made public? "

"Someone must be responsible for this. No. [-] Downing Street needs a new owner."

Social media in England has been flooded with attacks on this government.

Magic also tore off his tender side in front of the Blue Stars.

Before Zheng Li raised the threshold of magic very high, the high threshold means that magic is a "game" for a few people.

There are about fifty mages in the world, and things are still under control.

At the same time, with such a high threshold, the way to obtain magic has extremely high requirements on mathematics and astronomy.

With the superposition of the two points, people who can learn magic are all on the list of governments of various countries.

According to the previous magic system, if someone uses magic to commit a crime, it is easy to locate it.

And the semi-random approach like London, coupled with the ultra-low threshold for everyone to learn magic, made things inevitable from the beginning to chaos.

When super powers flood, not everyone can restrain their inner desire to do evil.

Especially when he finds out that there are no consequences and will hardly be detected.

"Welcome to our Chief National Security Adviser for England: Sir Stephen Lovegrove.

You are very welcome. Today, Mr. Lovegrove and I will bring you a detailed discussion on this magic event in London.

Mr. Lovegrove, you don't mind if I call you Stephen directly, do you? "

It was Andrew Marr who said this, and the two were in the BBC Live Room in London.

This is a flagship high-end interview column made by the BBC.

Stephen also belongs to explain some issues for the current England government.

The spearheads of the whole of England and even the Europa League are directed at No. [-] Downing Street.

Boris was about to be overwhelmed, so he sent Stephen out to participate in this talk show to see if he could reverse the current completely unfavorable form of public opinion to a certain extent.

"Yes, Andrew, nice to meet you, I have heard about the name of the interview with Andrew Marr.

I thought that I would never have the opportunity to be on such a high-end talk show in my life.

It's like I usually watch "Sherlock", and then I get a call from the director of the crew:
Hello Stephen, Benedict has been ill recently and can no longer play Sherlock. The next season of "Sherlock" will be you. "

Andrew laughed: "Although what you're bragging about sounds good to me, but because this magical incident concerns all of us London citizens.

Therefore, in the course of the following interview, I will not show mercy to you. "

Stephen shook his head: "I'm telling the truth, I don't want to bribe you with words.

Please trust my integrity as National Security Advisor. "

In his heart, Andrew disdains the integrity of politicians, but on the surface he still pretends to believe the other party.

The host also needs acting skills, especially when the interviewee or the guest of the show suddenly goes crazy, the host without acting skills can easily lose control of his expression.

Stephen Lovegrove served in this administration for ten years.

In 2013, he was the permanent secretary of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, in 2016 he was the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Defence, and until 2021 he will serve as the national security adviser.

He made similar remarks back then: China is a challenge to England's national security.

Therefore, he was named and criticized by Huaguo.

Andrew said directly: "Since you are so confident, then I will not be polite, all the questions I asked today are the most concerned questions of London citizens.

The whole of London has been closed, and all outsiders can no longer enter London.

The majority of London citizens are actively cooperating for the safety of the city.

They should have the right to know. "

The gray-haired Stephen nodded and said, "Yes, I must know everything."

Andrew asked: "First of all, when did the City of London know that there are magicians in London who are not under the control of the government?"

Stephen: "At the end of last year, at the press conference of Kechuang Bio, the water element made a big noise at the press conference. There is no difference between us and the time you know."

Andrew: "Then when did you know that everyone can learn magic?"

Stephen showed a thoughtful look, and after a while: "About half a month ago."

Andrew: "Why didn't you announce it then?"

Stephen explained: "We hoped to have a complete solution before we announced it.

You must know that London is a city with a population of nearly 1000 million.

Not everything has to be announced, we want to be able to keep things under control. "

Andrew smiled and said: "So you lost control in the end, and you announced the news after you lost control, didn't you?"

This BBC program was specially arranged by No. [-] Downing Street, in order to throw the pot away.

But it doesn't mean that the BBC will definitely cooperate with them. From the BBC's point of view, letting you on stage is already helping you out.

As for whether you can change the direction of public opinion, it depends on the ability of the people you send.

Originally, the BBC thought that Boris would come in person, but in the end it just sent Stephen.

Boris may buy some money from the BBC and not ask too sharp questions.

It's a pity that it was Stephen who came, and Andrew was walking at his own pace.

Stephen: "The matter is not completely out of control. The reason why we choose to announce it is because we need the assistance of the general public of London."

Andrew was shocked: "Double digits of London citizens have died, and the city of London has been blocked, so it's not out of control?
So what is out of control? "

He somewhat admired the other party's brazenness.

In fact, the program "Interview with Andrew Marr" has something to do with Hua Guo. In 2020, Hua Guo's ambassador to England appeared on this program.

Now go to the official website of the ambassador to England to see this news.

(That is, in this news, it is said that this talk show is a high-end flagship talk show.)
Stephen couldn't see the slightest bit of embarrassment on his face: "Yes, it's too early to talk about losing control.

Magic is a brand new subject for Blue Star.

No matter which city in Blue Star the magical anomaly in London took place this time, people who learned magic could not avoid using magic to do evil.

This is not the incompetence of the London government, but the confusion of human beings when they are just beginning to face the unknown.

But we have now found the direction, and the reason why we announced it is to prevent similar incidents from happening again. "

When you are being accused, the classic way of speaking is to pull out another person, and he also did not do well, so you have to blame and blame together.

Or he did worse than me, why not blame him first?

The biggest loophole of this kind of rhetoric is that others are targeting you now, so what do other people have to do with this matter?

Andrew knew he couldn't continue to be so aggressive, so he changed direction and asked:
"This random death all over London, when did you know it was related to magic?"

Stephen raised his vigilance, and he said cautiously: "I only found out recently, it should be ten days ago.

Because I remember that the London City Government issued an announcement saying that everyone should try not to go out at night, and single occupants must remember to lock the doors and windows. "

Andrew asked, "Why wasn't the truth revealed at the time?"

This question was within Stephen's expectation, and he had already prepared before coming: "Because we want to catch the murderer, if we announce the news rashly, it is likely to scare the snake."

Andrew was still sharp: "So you didn't announce it, you didn't make a fuss, but you still haven't found the murderer.

Abnormal deaths continue to occur.

In an emergency, you neither protected the lives of London citizens nor protected everyone's right to know. "

Stephen finally felt something was wrong, he thought to himself, why are you so aggressive?No one told me before I came that I was going to face this kind of torture.

Boris clearly said at the time that the talk show would be relaxed and enjoyable.

"A lot of things don't always go as expected.

Especially things like magic that we haven't touched before. "

Andrew seemed to be grabbing the handle of the other party again, he said, "Come and watch a video with us."

The face of Boris appeared in the video, also in front of No. [-] Downing Street.

Stephen realized something was wrong.

Then I heard Boris say in the video: "The government knows the existence of magic, and England has magicians who obey the government."

This was after Zheng Li made a fuss at the Nobel Awards Ceremony in Stockholm, and the people in England smashed the glass at No. [-] Downing Street during a demonstration.

When Boris came out for an interview, he said a video himself.

Of course, No. [-] Downing Street will also face angry people today, so the security measures in Downing Street today are far more than usual.

"Obviously as early as four years ago, we had our own magician.

For the majority of ordinary people, magic is indeed a new thing, even if we have seen Merlin's performance.

Magic is still far from reality.

But it doesn't mean that magic is far away from the English government and No. [-] Downing Street.

Magic is by no means unfamiliar to you.

We even have magicians at our beck and call. "

Stephen was already sweating. It was the first time he felt so hot in London in spring.

"The magic that appeared in London this time is different from the magic we knew before.

It can be said that they are two completely different things.

Magic in London is really something new. "

Andrew asked: "Then can our magician cast spells?
Can they learn the magic of London?Like the Prime Minister performed in front of reporters? "

Stephen nodded and said, "Yes."

After he finished speaking, he realized that something was wrong, because this should not be revealed to the outside world.

In a sense, this is classified content.

But now it's a live broadcast, and all the staff in charge of magic-related affairs in major countries are watching this program.

Stephen realized that it might be over, and the leakage of confidential content could be large or small.

But now I am worried that no one can take the blame, and I am likely to be sacrificed.

Andrew looked directly at the other party and asked, "Can two different systems of magic be compatible?

This is probably not in line with common sense. "

(End of this chapter)