The legal world's main regional city, New Kyoto.
As one of the top ten metropolitan cities in the legal world, there is never a lack of popularity here. And driven by certain major events one after another, countless people seeking safety, seeking information, or simply wishing to be with more people gathered here through convenient transportation.
In just a few hours, this city, which was built to handle a population of 100 million, was already overcrowded.
In the beginning, people who came here had no clear goals, so most of them would stay there for a long time as long as they had a place where they could see news images. However, from the moment Qiu Yu's declaration of war was issued, it seemed that something that had been hidden for a long time was suddenly ignited.
Countless people, who had been calm for a long time, were trying their best to squeeze towards the city center. The actions of ten or a hundred people may be interpreted as individual actions, but if a hundred thousand or a million people all aimed directly at the city center at the same time, it was destined to be the beginning of chaos.
The mayor of New Kyoto has just turned forty and can be said to be in the golden age of his political career. At this age, he can become the mayor of a world-class city that makes many heads of state jealous. Although he has strong fortune and rare opportunities, he can defeat many opponents from within and firmly occupy the mayor's position. His personal ability It is also beyond doubt.
When news from all sides rushed to report the damage to the thinking array, he immediately gave a comforting speech to the residents of New Kyoto through various media. He did not stupidly deny the possible spread and harm of the thought array damage incident like other government members. Instead, he live broadcast the brief establishment process of the emergency response team, mobilized various government departments, and at the same time, he was aware of the reality. City residents in the world and the law world conduct safety inspections, and if a person with a damaged thinking array is found, emergency rescue will be carried out immediately. The entire process is also live broadcast.
As of before Akiba's speech, the efficient investigation in New Kyoto was more than halfway through, and a total of 273 people with damaged thinking arrays, 5 people suspected of having damaged thinking arrays, 7 people suffering from disease shock, and 26 people suffering from starvation-induced coma were found. Moreover, because of New Kyoto's unique cross-management model of reality and the world of law, it is the first local organization in the world to determine where the damage to the thinking array occurred.
A catastrophic event, and its reasonable response not only prevented large-scale mass panic and loss of order, but also greatly enhanced the image of the new Kyoto government. It is conceivable that after this incident is over, the housing prices and talent introduction restrictions in New Kyoto will jump to a higher level.
However, when he was happy, the smart mayor did not forget that the source of the damage to the thinking array, to be precise, the door to the source was in his own city. With his keen political sense and knowledge of certain secrets in the legal world, he immediately dropped this hot potato to the top level of the government.
Not surprisingly, at the end of his report, he received the order to tightly seal the space gate to the Chaotic Island.
In the words of those above, the government's large forces are gathering, and the vanguard has even entered New Kyoto. His mission was just to check the door temporarily before those troops arrived.
Compared with the complete incident, these things may not be considered a drop in the bucket, but the mayor knows very well that this is already the work of some people above who are optimistic about themselves, fearing that they will make mistakes that can ruin their political future, so they are making insinuations. gave some hints.
The troops were gathering before I reported it. What does this mean? It shows that the heads of government have discovered the problems there long before they did. However, now that he has discovered it, he has not notified himself as the mayor of the new Kyoto. What does this mean? There is no other explanation for the answer other than that they don't want themselves to know. If he hadn't happened to find out everything, perhaps he would have been kept in the dark until the army occupied the escape gate.
Looking back, maybe the problem should have been discovered long ago. Usually when something big happens, it can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. Instructions, notifications, and spiritual guidance from within the government are already flying all over the sky. There were hundreds of thousands of victims in this incident, which was definitely not a small matter. However, until several hours after the incident, no information was received from the leaders.
From this, it can even be inferred that the heads of government knew everything about the incident when the thinking array was damaged. No, it might still be possible to know about the event before it occurs. If it weren't for the fact that we were still in the process of mobilizing the army, I would have suspected that the leaders were responsible for the matter.
The unwillingness of the local government to know indicates that this is a top-secret matter that cannot be made public.
I knew about this from the beginning, but a few hours later, the troops were still being mobilized! You know, this is the world of laws, and there is no need to waste time on your way through the Sky Gate. It took several hours, and it was still in progress. If it wasn't for the fact that the army that needed to be mobilized was so huge that it was beyond imagination, it was... the act of mobilizing the army was not limited to the world of laws. When he thought of this, the mayor, who thought he was used to seeing storms, couldn't help but feel shocked.
In addition to these, there is another doubt that the mayor cannot figure out at all. If this sky-crossing gate is really so important, just get tens of thousands of people to guard it first. Why do we have to gather the army to a huge level before we plan to take action? The so-called vanguard force has entered New Kyoto, and it is definitely not a small number to be called an army. So where is this vanguard force now? Is it hidden among civilians? What does it mean to not use them, but to use the power of New Kyoto to guard the gate?
After receiving the order to close the door, the mayor immediately ordered the city defense troops to dispatch. But after I figured something out, I felt a little regretful.
What the government is doing now is as if it is hiding it from others. It does not dare to make even the slightest move to reveal its intentions until it is sure that it has gathered enough power. The only one in the world that can make the government so afraid is the Creator Company, and the Knights of the Starry Sky, who are only active in the world of law, can barely be counted.
But this is contradictory. In any department of the government, if you randomly take out a machine gun and shoot randomly, among the people killed, there will definitely be people from the Creator Company and the Knights of the Starry Sky. Therefore, since large-scale military mobilization is already underway, everything that should be leaked has already been leaked.
There is no need to even start with the mobilization of the army. Even the government can know what happened on that isolated island. There is no reason why the Creator Company and the Starry Sky Knights, who have spies everywhere, don't know about it. However, this is New Kyoto, a territory that I have worked hard for two years. If they had made any large-scale moves, I should have discovered it long ago.
The source of the incident is here. The government for profit did not intervene immediately, the company, the creator of order, turned a blind eye, and the Knights of the Starry Sky, who only wanted to help everyone as a gimmick, did not respond. If this is considered normal, there may not be anything abnormal in the world.
Now, in the center of this abnormality, he has become the first person to take action against the empty door. What kind of terrible consequences will this move lead to?
"Mayor, the police said that a large number of people are crowding into the city center and they can no longer maintain public order. They want to borrow some manpower from the city defense army."
Because he was thinking too deeply, he didn't even hear the knock on the door when the secretary came in, but a few key words in the secretary's words immediately shocked the mayor back to reality.
"What did you say? A large number of citizens? Are you sure those are our citizens?"
The mayor's series of questions stunned the beautiful secretary, whose appearance score was much higher than her intelligence score, for a moment. Then, under the mayor's murderous and fierce gaze, she retreated in panic, "I... I'll go find someone to ask."
When the secretary ran out, he bumped into a person who was also running towards him with a panicked look on his face. The latter subconsciously helped the secretary, and then immediately realized that now was not the time to be polite, and turned his head past the secretary towards the city. The elder shouted, "Quick, watch TV."
At this moment, all mankind can see is only one face, and all mankind can hear is only one voice. Because he missed the beginning and was afraid that his mayor would not know what was going on, the visitor hurriedly said in a voice that was in sharp contrast to Qiu Yu's calm tone, "The Knights of the Starry Sky have declared war on the Creator Company. It is a real war... …”
The mayor could no longer hear what else was said after that. Just the beginning of it had brought his brain to a standstill. When he came to his senses, the room was already full of people, half watching TV and half watching themselves.
"Immediately block all the flight doors leading here. Anyone who comes to New Kyoto must apply to me first. The city defense army is all assembled and on standby, and the wartime mechanism is activated to forcefully recruit residents with military ranks above non-commissioned officers. The real world..."
There was no need to listen to every word of Qiu Yu's words. Just the fact that the Knights of the Starry Sky declared war on the Creator Company made the mayor connect all the doubts together. No one took the initiative to occupy the Sky Gate before, because the government wanted to protect itself before intervening, and neither the Creator Company nor the Star Knights were willing to put their power on the map.
Although this conjecture is not consistent with the facts, it cannot be wrong. Every order issued by the new mayor of Kyoto is the most correct decision under any circumstances. However, the passage of time will make everything correct lose its meaning.
Every response to the order made the mayor's heart sink to the bottom.
"It can't be blocked anymore. All the flight doors have been occupied by unknown forces."
"The city defense army camp was attacked and they are still desperately seeking help."
"According to your instructions, some of the city defense troops sent to the city center were wiped out halfway."
"The current situation in the real world is also very serious, because many citizens were suddenly affected by the fighting. Now hundreds of thousands of citizens who died in the legal world and were forcibly disconnected are protesting outside the government building."
"Enough." The mayor shouted to end all the bad news. "Isn't there any good news? Where is our army? What is the reaction from the coalition government?"
"Our request for help did not receive any response." The speaker's Adam's apple squirmed with difficulty. "It's not that the signal was blocked, but that they received our request for help, but they just didn't respond. The people we sent there in the real world It’s all gone without return.”
Except for Qiu Yu's words flowing like water on the screen, there is no sound here.
Everyone knows that New Kyoto is finished, on all levels, and inexplicably.
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Not only was the power outage for three hours today, but I also lost part of the novel. I admire myself for being able to write it again.
