On the afternoon of the same day, Huayu 1, the Twilight City cavalry arrived belatedly. The thousand-man team launched a blanket search in the suburbs, and finally found Kino alone at the top of the mountain.

Judging from the traces of the crushed grass, the giant steel bird landed here, but the extraterrestrial visitor was nowhere to be seen.

When Kino was discovered, although he could speak some words one after another, he was still very sluggish. He often spoke incoherently and couldn't even explain his identity and name clearly. From time to time, he would fall into coma due to extreme mental weakness.

In any case, at least the man was still alive and showing signs of improvement. Paladin and others immediately escorted him back to the government residence for recuperation.

For the next half month, Chino basically fell asleep. Even when he woke up, he didn't speak. He just lay in bed with the cat in his arms and was in a daze.

No one bothered him, and the daily official duties were temporarily taken care of by Paladin and others.

It has to be said that Lugo, Baixa, and Paladin, the three "Big Three" of Schilling Town who first followed Kino, were able to withstand each other at critical times. They did not seize power or be suspicious of each other, but shared government affairs and worked hard to cooperate with each other.

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Although their administrative efficiency was not as high as Chino's on many matters, and they occasionally handled things poorly, at least they did not make any serious mistakes.

With these three giants united and cooperating in handling administrative matters, all forces did not move lightly.

Although there were always rumors from somewhere that the administrator had died, Lugo personally went to investigate, found out the source, and killed a few people who had shaken people's hearts to establish his authority, so the rumors gradually stopped.

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As for Inspector Aimo, he hesitated for a long time and ultimately did not report the matter immediately. Instead, he planned to deal with it coldly and delay it for a while.

This time, the seven plagues event can be said to be big or small.

I say big because it made a really big noise, causing uproar in the city and almost damaging the administrator.

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 resulted in small casualties, and the fact that Kino was later rendered dementia by some unknown force, the rest of the so-called "seven disasters" were all illusions. The real Twilight City was not attacked, and the soldiers

Not a few were lost, and there were zero civilian casualties.

If casualties are low, there will be fewer people crying. If there are fewer people crying, the impact will naturally be smaller.

Moreover, the guidance of public opinion on this matter was very clever. The person responsible for controlling this matter was Lugo. Not only did he not issue a silence order to the civilians, he allowed everyone to discuss the illusion, and even bribed a lot of troubadours to bring the seven plagues to the people.

The visions are sung to various tunes.

After people suffer a major disaster, they generally have two reactions.

One is that it will leave a shadow from now on, and you will be afraid of it, and you will feel panic when you recall it.

The second is to have the mentality of someone who has experienced it, and use the aftermath of the disaster as something to show off to others, exaggerating and bragging to others.

Lugo's approach is to conform to the second mentality. He not only lets you tell the story, but also lets the troubadour help you add fuel to the fire and make it magical for you. He makes up a story here today and steals a detail there tomorrow.

No civilian knows the full story of the incident, and they must all have information blind spots. If they don’t see something or are unsure about it, they can only listen to what others say, and as they listen, the true and false become confused.

In this way, in the process of being passed down by word of mouth, those stories were adapted twice, three times... until they became beyond recognition, with thousands of versions of the story appearing.

The most outrageous version of the story goes like this - aliens appeared in the Twilight City, and the Sun King, the leader of the gods, was also reincarnated. When he saw the blasphemer, he became furious and shouted in the sky, "Kino!

I'm coming in." He then possessed Kino and chopped off the alien visitor's dog's head with a knife. Kino was extremely weak because he could not bear the power of the sun and fell into a long sleep after the war.

Even with such an outrageous version, there were fools who took it seriously after it was spread, let alone other versions of the story.

All in all, no one can figure out who is telling the truth and who is telling lies. True and false are all confused together, and the real truth is naturally buried.

More than half a month passed, and I was tired of bragging. The seven plagues incident gradually became a topic of conversation among common people before tea and after dinner, and became a story told by bards. No one cared about the truth anymore.

Under Lugo's cunning manipulation, the influence of the Seven Plagues incident was completely limited to the Twilight City. This is why Aimo did not report it immediately. He planned to wait for Chino to wake up and then discuss it slowly.

Even if there is news leaked and passed to the Governor's Mansion through certain channels in advance, the thousands of versions of the story will be more outrageous than the last. Those who have experienced it in Twilight City can't tell the truth from the false. How can the Governor's Mansion have the leisure and ability to distinguish between them.

In addition to wanting to wait for Chino to wake up, Aimo also had his own selfish reasons for not reporting the matter.

At that time, he broke the rules and helped Kino capture a golden dragon from the Far Eastern Dynasty. Although it was later confirmed that Lu Yuqing was a visitor from outside the world, the violation could not be escaped.

For example, if you break into a house and murder a person, even if it is later discovered that the person is a wanted criminal, the crime of break-in and murder will still be confirmed, and you will still have to go to trial.

This is a procedural issue in handling political affairs and has nothing to do with the factual outcome.

Regarding the arrest of Lu Yuqing, instead of reporting it and asking for trouble, it is better to hide it first. Of course it is best if you can hide it, but if you can't hide it, you can just find a way to deal with it.

And with thousands of versions of the story as a cover, it is too easy to manipulate the confession.

In this way, Twilight City slowly returned to its former peace from the hustle and bustle just after the Seven Plagues incident.

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

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

At the beginning, there were only a few intermittent noises coming from the piano. You can even imagine the scene - Chino curled up on the chair, tentatively stretched out his hand, pressed the keys carefully, and quickly took them back when he heard the sound, as if he had just touched the piano.

New things for kids.

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

From Huayu 21st to Huayu 24th, the manic music played in Kino's room for three whole days, day and night, and many soldiers living nearby were almost mentally exhausted.

On the 25th of Flower Language, the sound of the piano is like ice and snow under the sun, which begins to melt and slowly becomes gentle and elegant, as delicate as a trickling stream. It seems that even the most irritable person can stop and nod gently to the rhythm.

Flower Language On the 28th, Kino’s own piano music, "To the Little Princess," sounded in the room.

Anyone who knows music knows that Kino has almost recovered.

Flower Language On the 29th, the door that 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: "Buy more strawberry-flavored bath oil."

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

In the bedroom, the sound of running water in the bathroom was heard all night long.

On the last day of Flower Talk, Kino finally went out.
Chapter completed!