"Rainy Night Killer"

The Nightmare of Renus

Ghosts in the Dead of Night

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After Donald and Lilo each destroyed another family, Renus's public opinion changed overnight, and the news agency, which had an ambiguous attitude, almost sided with the government, standing on the moral high ground to judge Donald, a "bloody butcher" and a "beast without humanity".

"Donald, you've become famous, albeit with a bad reputation......"

Sitting by the kettle, Stephanie was cutting through the newspaper reports on Donald with scissors, crumpling the scraps of paper into a ball and stuffing them into a small coal stove next to them to ashes.

"Heh, I was still talking to Anthony about this when I went out last night, but I didn't expect it to come true today. ”

Donald's face did not have the anxiety of being deliberately misinterpreted and smeared, which he had long expected, and the previous self-restraint in the Raphael family, only killing the chief evil and sparing most of the servant guards in order to cope with this situation.

The palm of his hand rested on Finger's neck, and his thumb rubbed against the wind chime's forehead, causing it to purr with pleasure.

"In terms of the fact that news agencies are hot and good at creating contradictions, this kind of one-sided reporting means that they must have been warned by images at the government level, or to put it more bluntly, by the Taros family, remember the newspaper reports in the previous two days, when the headlines were mostly ambiguous, because it was only the residents of Renas...... To be precise, the residents of the slums almost all have a bad feeling towards the families that were destroyed, and their number determines that these people are the main consumer group of the news agency, after all, even if the rich have money, it is impossible to buy a dozen newspapers with enough to eat. ”

Donald squinted his eyes, thinking about what he was going to do next, and since the other party had made a move, he had to follow.

"The government interferes in public opinion, and they know that you are a black-robed sage?"

Frowning, she shoved all the newspapers in her hand into the stove, and Stephanie was very unhappy with the words on it.

"No, they should just guess that Renas is a non-religious area, and normally no religion would choose to preach in such a place, because it is a doomed act, but my situation is more special. ”

Stretching out his index finger to suppress the flames that had risen suddenly from too many newspapers, Donald didn't think that the Reynas government would consider himself a black-robed sage.

More likely, they will think of themselves as a fake, trying to use the slate translation for some ulterior purpose.

In a way, they were right.

"And what are you going to do? Wouldn't it be a big blow to your reputation if all the news of this kind were to spread?"

Stephanie feared that the news agency's false reporting would negate their previous efforts, and she had experienced a similar incident in Dmingham, when Donald changed the tide of public opinion in Dmingham in just one night, allowing Anthony, who should have been executed, to survive and eventually become their companion after only a few months of imprisonment.

Because she is well aware of the power of public opinion, she is inevitably somewhat sensitive to what is happening now.

"What if I told you it was a good thing?"

Thumb and forefinger pressed the two ears of the wind chimes, watching them return to their original form after being pressed, the light in his eyes that represented the activation of agile thinking faded, and Donald had a faint smile on his face.

"A good thing?"

Stephanie asked, with a ridiculous look on her face.

"I'm going to look for Victor, Lilo and Julia are at home, you come with me, and explain to you slowly on the way. ”

Donald put Finger on the table and got up.

Julia, who was studying her homework next to her, made an "OK" gesture, while Lilo glanced at Donald, then turned her head and continued to stare at the two goldfish in the tank.

"There is still more than an hour until lunchtime, I have to prepare the ingredients, today Anthony has a task assigned by the Abnormal Bureau, and I will do lunch. ”

As she spoke, Stephanie moved quickly, taking Donald's coat and the walking stick she had recently bought from the hanger next to her, and finding a lace top hat and two umbrellas.

The weather outside was not good, and the rain did not stop in the slightest.

Lead-gray clouds accumulated in the sky above Renas, as if to foreshadow the current situation of Renas.

"If I tell you now...... Suzanne is a bad person, she's a traitor, we were arrested in Lapadgard because of her, can you believe it?"

Walking more than ten meters, Donald looked at Stephanie, who was waiting for his explanation, and asked with a smile.

"This ......"

Stephanie's face was a little hesitant.

"Honestly, do you believe it or not?"

"If you say it, I believe it!"

For Donald, Stephanie always trusted without reservation.

"What if someone from the Righteous Sect told you, like the Guards in the Inquisition where we used to be, do you believe it?"

Donald asked.

"I would be skeptical, but I wouldn't believe it. ”

"That's it, you find out no, with the different sources of the message, the people who receive the message react differently, I'm your closest person, you believe me, so you think I'm telling you the truth, and the people in the Inquisition of Rapagard tell you the same news, and you start to doubt. ”

Raising his hand to help Stephanie sort out the flower decorations on her hat, Donald raised an eyebrow and asked,

"What if it's someone from the Church of the Holy Maidens we met in Dmingham that told you the news?"

"I'm sure I don't believe that...... I see what you mean!"

Stephanie replied subconsciously, and then looked up at Donald with some surprise as if she had found something.

"Maybe the people in the rich areas will believe the nonsense of the news agencies, but most of the people in the slums will only be skeptical or just applaud because they don't believe the news agencies in their hearts, and what we have to do is to change that thinking in their hearts to another angle. ”

Donald already had an idea in his heart, if this time the matter can be handled well, not only will it not be a blow to his prestige, but it will allow his prestige among the majority of civilians to have a great boost!

The next time Victor was seen was in an attic in the ghetto.

"If you don't come to me, I'm ready to go to you, and it's clear that the recent public opinion is spreading rumors about your actions, or in this unstoppable way. ”

Victor put the newspaper on the table and continued in a somewhat heavy tone,

"Although I know some people from the news agency, I am undoubtedly telling them that we have something to do with the recent murder and that we have to find a way from somewhere else. ”

Stephanie was about to open her mouth to tell Victor what she had just learned from Donald, but she suddenly glanced at Donald and stopped talking.

"So what are your thoughts, and what can I do to defuse the current crisis?"

Donald suddenly wanted to hear Victor's opinion.

What step can this man think of?

Donald was curious.