Chapter 374 Kafka’s Spell (please order the full version!)
George's intentions were good, and Russell could understand why he did what he did.
After all, no father wants his daughter to see his embarrassing side.
But this does not mean that Russell agrees with George's approach.
Taking Irene away from Xandar will not solve the problem at all, it can only change the problems that need to be faced now into facing them later.
"I know this isn't a good way to solve things, but it's all I can do now."
George said with a complicated expression.
Seeing George, a father, showing such an expression, Russell sighed helplessly.
"I will not take Erin away from Xandar."
"However, I can promise you that I will not let Erin be greatly affected by this matter."
Russell said to George.
For George, the coming public opinion storm is a very troublesome thing.
But for Russell, the solution was not troublesome.
Things that cannot be solved by technology are much easier to solve with magic.
For example, cast a global Kafka spell.
Kafka's spell sounds like a very high-end magic.
In fact, Kafka's spell is just an ordinary forgetting spell.
In the movie universe, Doctor Strange cast the Kafka spell just because of Peter's request.
Although the Kafka Spell cast by Doctor Strange had some unexpected effects because Peter changed his mind several times, it cannot be denied that the Kafka Spell is a very useful forgetting spell.
Although Russell is not an orthodox Karma Taj mage, the amount of Karma Taj magic he masters is only less than that of the Supreme Mage Gu Yi.
If he hadn't wanted to become the Sorcerer Supreme at all, Doctor Strange in this universe would never have had a chance to become the Sorcerer Supreme.
However, Russell does not intend to cast a global Kafka spell on Xandar.
The person who is facing the storm of public opinion now is George, not him.
Besides, he only promised George to protect Irene and prevent her from being affected by this public opinion storm.
He did not promise George to completely resolve this public opinion storm.
"What are you going to do?"
George looked at Russell suspiciously and said slowly.
"You don't need to worry about this anymore."
Russell replied quickly.
Although George is Irene's father, this does not mean that he needs to tell George all his plans.
Not to mention George, even Irene is not important to this level in his heart.
Although George didn't know what Russell was going to do, after seeing Russell's confident expression now, he still chose to believe in Russell.
No matter how you say it, Russell is a god at the level of a heavenly father.
George may not know what abilities the Heavenly Father-level gods have, but he believes that Russell has the ability to protect Irene.
"In that case, I'll leave it to you."
George said to Russell seriously.
"good!"
Russell replied silently.
After chatting with George for a few minutes in the study about what might happen in the future, Russell used portal magic to return to Eileen's residence.
After seeing Russell come out of the glittering portal, Erin, who was tall and wearing a long, close-fitting skirt, quickly came to him and said softly to him: "What did my father want to talk to you about?"
Although George had talked to Russell before about things that only the two of them knew, but in the past, George would only talk to Russell specifically when they went home for dinner.
But this time, George called specifically to ask Russell to go there, and specifically asked Russell not to take Irene there.
"It's nothing. Something happened with the legion. George asked me to take care of you during this time."
For the Nova Corps and George, losing one-tenth of the Nova Corps members in one fell swoop was a very serious matter.
But to Russell, this was nothing.
Even if the entire Nova Corps is gone, he won't take it to heart.
He is now more curious about how Ronan the Accuser managed to wipe out the entire fleet.
Ronan's strength is indeed not weak, and he is also the commander of the Kree Empire's accusation team.
Otherwise, he would not dare to lead his own troops to cause trouble for the Nova Corps everywhere and use practical actions to show his dissatisfaction with the peace agreement.
However, just because Ronan and the Accused Group are capable of causing trouble for the Nova Legion does not mean that they can easily destroy the Nova Legion.
If he had such strength, he wouldn't have to wait until he had the Power Stone to officially attack Xandar.
"Something happened to the legion, what happened?"
Erin looked at Russell with her big seductive Kazilan eyes and asked curiously.
After seeing Erin's curious expression, Russell thought for a few seconds.
Then, he told Irene what George had just said to him.
Anyway, Eileen will know sooner or later, so it is better to tell her now.
And telling her now can help George regain his respect and prevent George's status in Irene's mind from plummeting.
After listening to Russell's story, Irene's expression became extremely complicated.
She guessed that George must be talking to Russell about business, but she didn't expect that the matter would be so serious.
The Nova Corps was directly reduced by one tenth!
For Erin, who had grown up hearing about the glorious achievements of the Nova Corps, this was an unimaginable and unacceptable thing.
Even at the height of the war between Xandar and the Kree Empire, there had never been such a rapid attrition.
After nearly a minute of silence, Erin said to Russell: "No, I want to go back and help dad!"
After saying that, Irene planned to return to the manor immediately.
However, before she could leave, Russell said to her: "Don't be so nervous, you have to believe in your father's ability."
"It's just a storm of public opinion and condemnation, but it can't completely defeat the current Centurion Director of the Nova Corps."
"And I've already told your father that as long as he can determine Ronan's whereabouts, I will help him get rid of Ronan."
After hearing Russell's words, Erin finally calmed down a little.
Then, he hugged Russell and rested his head on his shoulder without saying a word.
well……
Russell raised his right hand and gently patted Irene's shoulder.
Although this disastrous defeat of the Nova Corps was somewhat beyond his expectation, for him, it was a change in his life.
It feels good to experience long-lost love with Irene, but if you only focus on falling in love all day long, it will still be somewhat boring.
More importantly, Ronan was one of the targets she had to solve.
He didn't want any accidents to happen when he obtained the Power Stone.
Although Ronan was not strong enough to cause accidents that he could not solve, it was still quite annoying to have a mosquito buzzing around him.
As George expected, the fact that the fleet was completely destroyed by Ronan was not kept secret for too long.
To be precise, within a few hours, news of the fleet's total destruction spread throughout Nova City.
Although the Xandarians pride themselves on being a civilized and polite race, after knowing that the fleet sent by George and others without permission was completely destroyed by Ronan, these Xandarians immediately broke out in a strong protest march.
In the living room.
Russell and Eileen sat on the sofa, watching the latest reports about the parade and the destruction of the fleet.
Although Irene had known about these things a few hours ago, she still showed an unhappy expression when she saw the reporters and so-called experts from the TV station condemning George and others one-sidedly.
After seeing Irene puffing up her cheeks and looking like she was going to tear the experts and reporters apart, Russell smiled and shook his head.
In terms of age, Irene is no longer young. She is already an undoubted adult in her early twenties.
But compared to ordinary people who have to struggle in society to rest, Irene is a typical flower in a greenhouse.
Not to mention this almost one-sided storm of public opinion, she has never experienced even slightly harsher condemnation and insults.
Because of her background and appearance, Irene's previous life was not a smooth one.
Even if there is any accident, it will be solved as soon as possible.
But now, after seeing that her father, whom she had admired since she was a child, was said to be worthless, as if he was a shame to Xandar, she felt uncontrollable anger for the first time.
If Russell hadn't been there, she would most likely have broken vases or thrown pillows to vent her anger like other coquettish rich girls.
"Don't take it too seriously. It's not uncommon for people to push back against you. What's more, so many Nova Legion soldiers died this time."
"Although they are making quite a fuss now, they can only use words or protest with demonstrations, but they can't really have an impact on George."
"The only people who can have an influence on George now are the Rising Star Supreme and a few political opponents."
Russell said calmly.
He has experienced public opinion storms more than once or twice on earth.
If George could be one-tenth as domineering as he is, this storm of public opinion could be quickly calmed down.
But it's a pity that George is not him and can't do something as domineering as him.
"Are we just going to have to watch them insult our father like this?"
Erin said with an unhappy face.
"of course not."
"However, your status is not suitable for doing these things."
Russell said calmly.
"My status doesn't suit you, so you'll be fine, right?"
Erin continued to ask.
"Of course I can, but I believe George can handle this on his own."
Russell continued.
"I also believe that my father has the ability to solve this matter, but I am still very unhappy when I see them insulting my father."
"Since you have a way, how about you help father?"
Irene looked at Russell pitifully, showing a lovable gesture.
well……
After seeing Erin's expression, Russell found that he was indeed a little soft-hearted now.
never mind!
I have to help George deal with Ronan anyway, so I don’t mind helping him deal with one more thing by the way.
"Okay, I'll just help."
After speaking, Russell took out the phone and dialed Alice's number.
He didn't know many people on Xandar. Apart from Eileen's family and Roman Day, there were only two sisters, Alice and Caitlin.
In this situation, asking Roman Day to help is obviously not a very wise decision.
Although the person currently being condemned by public opinion is George, Roman Day is also a centurion of the Nova Corps, and he is in the same camp as George.
Asking Roman Day to help will only make matters worse.
Therefore, the only people Russell can find now are Alice and Caitlin.
The call was quickly connected, and Alice's mature and charming voice came over.
Russell did not start a video call, only a voice call.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Russell."
"Good afternoon, Miss Alice."
Russell said hello to Alice.
"I wonder if Mr. Russell called, does he need my help with something?"
Alice said quickly.
Although Alice doesn't have much contact with Russell, she can guess what his purpose is just by looking at the current public opinion storm and protests.
"Miss Alice is indeed very smart. I have something that is not convenient for me to come forward now and I want you to help me, Miss Alice. I wonder if you, Miss Alice, are free to come over now?"
Russell said calmly.
"no problem."
Alice agreed without thinking.
Dozens of minutes later, Alice arrived at Eileen's residence in a luxury hover car.
Russell thought that Alice just came here alone, but unexpectedly, Alice also brought Caitlin with her.
When Alice and the two sisters came to the living room, Russell did not waste time and briefly explained his requirements to them.
After listening to his story, the two sisters Alice and Irene both showed shocked expressions.
Is this really okay?
Alice and the other three looked at Russell with puzzled faces.
"Although my plan sounds a bit crazy, don't worry, this plan is feasible."
"I have done similar things several times on my home planet, and the results were very good."
Russell said calmly.
What he asked the Alice sisters to do was not complicated.
To put it simply, it means dividing the masses, expanding the scope of condemnation, and diverting attention.
There is nothing to say about dividing the masses.
Although the parades and protests outside are now in full swing, those participating in the protests and marches obviously have different demands.
Although they are currently very powerful, when they are really broken down, they have at least five or six demands.
Therefore, to resolve this public opinion storm, we must first divide the protestors outside into different groups.
As long as the differentiation is successful, there will be no need for George and the others to explain, and these protesting crowds will start arguing on their own.
After differentiation, the scope of condemnation is expanded.
This is a little more complicated than differentiation, but not much more complicated.
People are now protesting against the arbitrariness of George and others, which resulted in the total destruction of the fleet. The main target of the protest is the abuse of power by George and a few others.
What Russell has to do is to let these protesting people not only protest against the abuse of power by George and others, but also let them expand the scope of their protest.
For example, they protested against the imperfect organizational structure of the Nova Corps and the lack of supervision, protested against the failure of Xandar's administrative agencies to perform their due responsibilities, protested against the failure of Nova Supreme to manage the Nova Corps well, etc.
In addition to these seemingly reasonable protests, Russell also planned to let these protestors protest some content that was simply unreasonable.
For example, why is the management power of the Nova Legion only in the hands of a few Centurions and Nova Supremes, why is the ratio of men to women in the Nova Legion not one to one, why are all Centurions of the Nova Legion male, etc.
You want to protest, right? No problem. Not only does Russell not intend to directly stop them from protesting, he also intends to help them.
Of course, these protesters who expanded the scope of condemnation needed the help of the two Alice sisters.
To put it simply, the Alice sisters need to spend money to hire some navy troops.