Chapter 62: Demagogy
A person's trust in another person depends entirely on his subjective impression of that person. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Daisy is the best of the ninth-graders, a member of the Orfitt family, and comes from a prominent family. She always behaves as steady and elegant as Ima, so everyone trusts her. During the entire persecution of Ista, she did not say a single bad word about Ista in front of people, except for mobilizing her to abuse Ista mother in the Truth Society.
Because she doesn't need to do it at all, she can easily achieve her goal. As long as she finds a few girls who like Ima, and tells them that Irma is pursuing Ista, they will take action and try to harm Ista in any way they can. When it happened, Daisy would pretend to be pitiful and bring these people in, hoping that they wouldn't bully the poor woman.
She knew that these people would definitely disobey and secretly double down on Ista. While doing these things, she couldn't help but think back to what happened when she was a child. At that time, didn't she kill those male servants in the same way?
Daisy likes to juggle these people between applause, and prefers the pleasure of being able to achieve her goals without having to do it herself. Obviously, everything is led by her, but in the eyes of the people around her, Daisy has always been a kind and simple girl. So after the rumors spread from the military, everyone didn't believe that Daisy was a murderer.
In contrast, Ista's situation has become very dangerous. Thanks to Dais, Ista has a very bad reputation, so everyone thinks that Ista is a murderer. In addition, Daisy is a member of the Truth Society, and the people of the Truth Society do not believe that Daisy will kill her companions, so they also believe that Ista is a murderer.
Secretly promoted by the Truth Society, the rumors unleashed by the military were quickly drowned out by new rumors, and most of the students in the academy believed that Ista was a murderer. A group of 10th and 9th graders spontaneously formed a raid party and began to search for Ista in the academy. Some of the do-gooders informed the raiders of Ista's hiding in Myer's quarters, and the raiders slaughtered them in a rage.
When the raiders arrived in front of Dormitory 216, a blockade of three hundred standing army soldiers and ten Rytin magicians awaited them. These people obviously came to protect Ista, and the person who brought them in was naturally Ima.
After rumors spread that Ista was a murderer, Ima immediately approached the person in charge of martial law and personally vouched for Ista. The person in charge could only smile bitterly at this, saying that the Public Security Bureau had already found the first suspect. After learning that the killer was most likely Daisy, Irma also felt incredulous, but he knew that Ista was definitely not a murderer, so he could only trust the words of the person in charge for the time being.
Ima asked the person in charge to find a way to protect Ista, so the person in charge took ten Rytin mages and three hundred soldiers and handed them over to Ima's command. Ima deployed the men outside Dormitory 216 to guard against those who believed the rumors and wanted to kill Ista.
In fact, the students who have a little energy at home have already found out the identity of the real murderer through various channels. But they kept silent about the rumors and put on a pretense that they didn't care about themselves. They did this partly because they felt that the Sheriff's Department might have made a mistake, and partly because Daisy was from the Offet family, and they didn't want to offend the Offitt family because of this.
Of course, Ima, who came from the Kornate family, doesn't have to worry about that. He gathered the members of the family in the academy together and asked them to refute the rumors for Ista. Imma's father is Shervey, who is Moriddin's most valued son and has almost been appointed as the next president of the Bright Wizards' Guild. For the time being, Shervy only has one son, Ima, so Irma has naturally become the boss of the new generation, and everyone can only look forward to him.
Thanks to Ima's efforts, the rumors against Ista have waned considerably, but most of the students still believe that Ista is the murderer. This is because when Irma was trying to refute the rumors for Ista, the girls who were jealous of Ista spread rumors again, and Ista used her beauty to bewitch Ima, so Ima would stand up for Ista.
With the intervention of these men, the student raiding team did not disband, but instead confronted the military in front of Residence Hall 216. Almost all the students in the college came here to watch the excitement, and for a while, there was a crowd of people around the No. 216 dormitory building. In order to maintain order at the scene, the military had to send additional troops around dormitory building 216, so that the scene was even more lively.
Ima set up the "Rumor Refutation Operation Command" in Room 202 of Dormitory Building 216, where Maier, Beafour, and Stranzie were all core members, and Alain was among them, but he was more like a fan of the excitement.
Afraid that her relationship with Lulu and Ista would be discovered and become the target of condemnation, Erin simply took Lulu and all the maids directly to Mel to be accompanied by Alice and Ista. While the boys were discussing the course of action, the girls could only watch silently from the sidelines, not daring to interject at all.
“…… If you want to solve the problem at the root, you have to find Daisy. ”
Bifuer's expression was very serious now, and he knew that the situation was very urgent, so he had long put away his usual cynical look.
"It's true, but it's hard for us to meet that condition." Mel exhaled with a heavy face, "Judging from the current trend of public opinion, most of the students are on Daisy's side. Even if we work together with the military, it will become a situation where we will confront the military and most of the students, and we will be even more unfavorable in terms of public opinion. ”
"Why? The army is on our side, don't we have the initiative? Stranzie asked, puzzled.
"It's not that simple."
Maier smiled wryly and explained.
"My father told me that a young man's rebellious heart oozes from his bones. The greater the resistance ahead, the more they think they're doing the right thing. At such times, they are bent on confronting power, and even if the side with power is correct, they will not hesitate to stand on the opposite side of power. ”
"I'm also a young man, why am I not so stupid?" Bifuer said with some unconvinced.
"Because you're on our side, Beefour." Alain, who had been watching the excitement for a long time, suddenly interjected, "If you weren't our friend, you would have run to the opposite side of us a long time ago." ”
Beafort choked on Alain's blunt words, and could only shrug his shoulders, indicating that he had agreed with Meier's words.
At the same time, the core members of the Truth Society also set up a headquarters in Room 201 of Residence Hall 126. With both the military and the Cornate family protecting Ista, the Truth Society decided to take this opportunity to incite the students to side with the military and the Cornate family.
All the core members, including Amileno, know that Ista is not a murderer, otherwise the military and the Cornate family would not protect her. But for the sake of their so-called "great cause", they decided to sacrifice the girl. They have been spreading all sorts of gossip among the students in an attempt to make them lose trust in the Cornate family and the Bright Wizards Guild.
Some legislators with ulterior motives secretly gave orders to their group leaders to sow discord between the students and the military, preferably so that they could directly break out into conflict. As a result, Amelino had no choice but to revolt and join the students against the Bright Wizards' Guild and the Cornate family.
The tension at the Letin-Sackin Academy of Magic, Moritin and Shelvey already knew. They had already sent more troops to the Academy of Magic, and after that another riot broke out in Saktin, this one on a completely different scale than the previous two. The previous killing of the captives by the military completely angered the members of the Truth Society, so after Moriddin sent troops to reinforce the Academy of Magic, the external organization of the Truth Society in Saktin City launched a third riot without authorization.
All the teams in Sakin took part in the riot by opening weapons warehouses under the direction of the "Action Brigade", distributing large quantities of weapons and equipment, and establishing a temporary command in the fourth district of Saktin. Moritdin's troop surge was believed by outside groups to be a setback for the military during the assault on the headquarters of the Truth Society, and it was forced to increase its troops. As a result, the Provisional Command divided the rebel forces into two parts, one to capture the city of Saktin, and the other to support the Truth Society's headquarters in the Academy of Magic.
The total number of rioters was more than 10,000, and the number of people who went to the headquarters of the Society of Truth was about 3,000. They broke through the military's blockade and fought their way to the Academy of Magic. The rioters had almost no cavalry, and as soon as they broke through the military's defenses, the city of Sakin sent to inform the troops stationed at the Academy of Magic and prepare them to engage the enemy.
In order to deal with the insurgents, the martial law forces had to draw a large number of troops from the academy, and even the task of protecting dormitory building 216 had to be entrusted to the security brigade and the investigation team. Things have developed to such a point that Hine felt that he didn't need to investigate any more cases, so he took on the role of commander-in-chief of the security forces of dormitory building 216 according to the requirements of the military.
After the troops withdrew, the people in the command of Operation Refutation immediately realized that the situation on both sides had been reversed. At the urging of the Society of Truth, some of the mentors also got involved in the event and sided with Daisy. If the enemy launched a strong attack on dormitory building 216 at this time, it would be difficult for Mel to resist.
In the current dormitory building 216, only Mel and Alice are the original residents. This is because when Ima set up the Rumor Refutation Operation Command, he invited them out of the dormitory building in advance, considering the possibility of other residents defecting.
The Cornate family had already set up a second line of defense in the rear of the security brigade and the investigation team, and took turns stepping forward to shout to the students, hoping that their acquaintances would sell them face and not stand against themselves. This had a great effect on the people in Daisy's camp, and a significant number of them chose to be neutral after listening to them.
But even so, Daisy still supports more than half of the college's students. Of course, this is not because they genuinely believe in Daisy, and the Truth Society has played a big role in helping her.
Just when Maier and the others were racking their brains to alleviate the current situation, Daisy actually appeared on her own. Her appearance caused the students to burst into cheers one after another. At this moment, it was as if Daisy was no longer a ninth-year student at the Academy of Magic, but their queen.
The students of the raiding party brought a chair for Daisy, and one of them took the initiative to lie on the ground, making Daisy stand on the chair with her body on her own. Daisy was a little fluttering by the enthusiasm of the students, and she raised her right hand in front of her, and the cheering students immediately fell silent, waiting for her to speak with expectant expressions.
Yes...... Yes, I am indeed a god, and they all worship me!
Daisy's eyes were filled with fanaticism, and a strong sense of arrogance and madness emanated from her, infecting the people around her. The people around took the lead in cheering, and then the cheers began to shout one after another. Daisy bathed in a sea of cheers, the corners of her mouth curled up in pleasure. After the cheers were over, her speech began.
"Ladies and gentlemen, why are you cheering for me? Who am I? Why is it in front of your eyes? And why has it taken possession of your hearts? Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever thought about it? ”
"I'm Daisy? Offitt! Not someone else, just Daisy? Offitt! Like you, a unique presence in the world! Why, then, do you cheer for me? ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, you are students of the Leitin-Saktin Academy of Magic, the best of the thousands! You have brilliant brains, passion, and a bright future! So why are you cheering for me if you are so good? Just because I'm Daisy? Offit? ”
"Nope! Categorically not! Daisy cut off the air in front of her with great momentum, "You cheer for me because I love you!" It's because I love this college! It's because I've made sacrifices for this college! In order to find the murderer, I did not hesitate to risk my life and use myself as bait, just to lure this demon out! ”
"Now! Right now! That killer is hiding in dormitory building 216! She's a demon who has a knack for demagoguery! Even the best of the best, Ima? Kornate was bewitched by her and became a companion to the demons! This monster born of a popular lover's affair with a demon is eating away at the souls of our classmates! ”
"Why are you still looking at me? Why are you still cheering for me? Daisy pointed hard in the direction of Residence Hall 216, "Look! The demagogic demons are there! What are you waiting for? Get up! Students! Get up! Take your courage! For the sake of justice and glory, fight against the servants of the devil!! (To be continued.) )