Tirian raised his head and stared at the confidential secretary in front of him with one eye, his face full of "Are you fucking kidding me" expression.
The largest pirate in the Lenglie Sea only showed such a shocked expression when facing his own father.
He did not touch the pages pushed over by the other party, but after calming down a little, he turned his head and glanced at General List opposite.
The astonishment in General Frost's eyes seemed to be no less than his own.
"It seems like this is really 'unexpected news'," Tirian breathed out softly and said calmly, "Even the 'general' in front of me doesn't know about this arrangement."
"Because this is not an 'arrangement' - it is just a suggestion, and it is a suggestion that has just been made," the confidential secretary adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and looked at Tirian solemnly and said, "At present, the frost The situation is complicated, and we don't have much time to discuss everything before executing it, so I simply brought the 'suggestion' directly here. Under the witness of General List, we discussed the feasibility of this matter together. .”
"Feasibility? You really think this is feasible?" Tirian almost laughed out loud. He looked at the confidential secretary as if he were looking at a madman, "I, the leader of the Sea Fog Fleet, on the cold sea The most vicious pirate leader, almost all the horrific legends that you Frost people have frightened children in the past fifty years have been adapted from me - now you tell me that you want me to be the governor of this city... ...Sir, we just fought side by side for a while, so you may have misunderstood the relationship between us, right?"
"Fighting side by side and jointly resisting a crisis that could lead to the destruction of the city-state, many people now know that it was the Sea Mist Fleet that stood up at the last moment and defended the city together with the navy. At this time tomorrow, this news will be passed to Han In every corner of Frost, the city hall will tell people that the departure of the Sea Fog Fleet half a century ago was just a divergence of routes, and Vice Admiral Steel, who left angrily, has never completely given up his responsibility to defend the city-state."
The confidential secretary paused here, and after confirming that Tirian did not mean to interrupt, he continued: "Everything can have a new explanation, and all changes will be arranged with appropriate reasons. You may think that this Change is unacceptable to Frost people, but in fact... most ordinary people are not so easy to maintain their 'original aspirations' and achieve real improvement in stability and order in the face of continuous and single-caliber propaganda. It will soon overwhelm everything. People's ideas can be 'customized', it just takes a little time."
Tirian listened patiently to all this and looked into the eyes of the confidential secretary with a calm expression: "It seems that you are very good at this kind of thing."
"Every city-state is good at it - including the frost of the Queen's Era," the confidential secretary said expressionlessly. "Creating a set of 'concepts' for the people that adapts to the current social environment and can reduce the psychological burden of most people is not a It is a dirty thing. After saying beautiful words, it is impossible to maintain social order and ensure the stable life of most people.
"Captain Tirian, City Hall's job has never been to do justice - City Hall's job is to keep as many people as possible alive."
"... Let as many people as possible survive, she also said this back then."
"Yes, this sentence is still engraved on the door of the dome office - what we overturned was only the queen, not those things that were inherently correct."
Tirian didn't speak for a while. He thought quietly. After a long time, he slowly spoke: "Why do you think I am suitable for this position?"
"It was originally a suggestion brought by Ms. Agatha, but she only mentioned that you and your sea fog fleet might be able to help the city-state restore order - further decisions came from urgent discussions within the city hall," the machine The secretary said, "Personally, I'm not sure whether you are a suitable candidate. In fact, I even have doubts about this matter, but other people's views are...you are doing your best as a person." Before being called a 'pirate', he was first a general of the Frost City State, and since the history of this city, one-third of the monarchs or consuls came from the military."
"You still think of things too simply," Tirian shook his head. "This is not a question of whether the candidate is suitable or not, but the sum of a lot of 'problems left over from history'. Even if, as you said, people The concept can be customized, but you also said that this takes time - Hanshuang does not have this time, the city must restore order as soon as possible, so you still have another..."
"Captain Tirian," the confidential secretary suddenly interrupted him, "before you explicitly refuse, let's take a look at what I brought. This may give you some new ideas about the 'feasibility' of this matter. view."
Tirian was stunned for a moment, and then for the first time he carefully examined the pages of documents that the other party had just put on the table.
Those documents did not have gorgeous titles or exquisite covers. After opening the simple folder, there were just a series of "suggestions" written plainly, as if stating facts.
Tirian glanced twice, and his expression changed visibly.
He quickly turned to the end, closed it with a snap, and stared up at the confidential secretary in front of him.
The latter still kept a calm expression, and nodded slightly before Tirian spoke.
"First, the anomaly disasters encountered by Frost City-State were caused by Annihilation Cults, but their root cause was the unsafe mining of mines deep underground in the city-state by the old city hall over the past few decades, and insufficient safety measures were taken in the darkness. The main reason for the deterioration of the situation is the negligence or even concealment of abnormal warnings.
“Second, successive consuls knew about this matter and chose to conceal it because of their own interests.
"Third, the Sea Mist Fleet chose to leave Frost Fifty Years ago due to differences in routes. The reasons for the differences were related to such 'illegal mining' and different attitudes towards foreseeable anomaly disasters.
"Fourth, successive consuls have systematically and continuously smeared and concealed the truth against the Sea Mist Fleet to cover up the real differences between the two sides, and directed public hatred towards General Tirian personally, thus diverting people's attention from the mine issue. s concern.
"Fifth, Archon Winston is seriously suspected of colluding with the Annihilation Cult. He had received the news before the disaster, but did not make any effective response. Instead, he chose to defect. He will become a public enemy of the city-state. We believe He has become a member of the Cult of Annihilation and will be forever wanted by Frost.
"Sixth, the new consul will reshape the order of the city-state, the mine investigation will begin immediately, and the liquidation of those responsible who are still alive will also begin immediately."
Tirian did not speak, but just sat there like an extremely cold ice sculpture, staring into the eyes of the confidential secretary. The heavy pressure in his eyes almost made people breathless.
However, the confidential secretary just took a breath and took out another pile of documents from the briefcase he carried with him.
This document is thicker and has more content.
"This is the list." He raised his head and faced Tirian's heavy gaze. "The first half is the evidence needed for liquidation, including partial records of illegal mining in mines, cover-up evidence of abnormal warnings, and the investigation of the Sea Mist Fleet. This part of the document is only a catalog of instructions to distort and vilify, but within three days, all the evidence will be available.
"The second half is mainly a list, including those responsible for arrest and trial, as well as their corresponding 'evidence of guilt'. Don't worry, they are not innocent people, they are just guilty of other crimes - but it doesn't matter, their real crimes It is no longer important, now the city-state needs them to 'collude with the Annihilation Cultists'. These people can be regarded as the 'criminal reserve' of the city hall.
"Finally, there are letters and part of the diary, evidence of Archon Winston's collusion with the Annihilation Cult, and some of the documents bear his signature."
Tirian did not look at the second pile of documents handed over.
Cold mist slowly emerged around him, and the coffee table was gradually covered with a layer of fine ice crystals. The breath of everyone who could breathe in the room was condensing into white mist.
"...Who prepared these things?"
"Successive consuls," the confidential secretary said calmly, "each government will prepare one and many 'alternative plans'. They may not be prepared for you, but may also be for other successors, such as the next one. 'Rebel Army'. The last information in front of you was left by Governor Winston. Coincidentally, he also listed the Sea Mist Fleet as one of his 'alternative plans', which is consistent with Agatha The 'suggestions' the lady brought coincided with each other."
Tirian slowly put his hand on the document, and the fine ice crystals almost froze the document into an ice sculpture. He raised his head and stared into the eyes of the confidential secretary: "So, this can be used to characterize Winston. "
"There is a saying in Frost: The dead must make way for the living," the confidential secretary said slowly, "General Tirian, you are not a native of Frost, but you should also understand this sentence very well. If you give it to Winston The 'definition' of the consul and the previous city halls can quickly restore order to the city-state, so he and the previous consuls will not mind."
(End of chapter)
