Chapter 336: Funeral
In addition to cultivation and investment, Chu Ge is most concerned about how the authorities deal with the problems of those folk heroes.
Fortunately, the authorities were very cautious in this matter and did not simply grasp and close the matter.
After weighing and discussing with all parties, in the end, for the folk heroes including "civet cat, thunder fist, and transparent man", it was still lightly dismissed.
Those who did not cause serious harm were quickly released after persuasion and education.
Of course, the Earth Alliance's "persuasion education" is no joke, it can really turn ghosts into people.
After a few days of persuasion and education, many folk heroes all repented, wept bitterly, realized their mistakes of unorganized and undisciplined, and the limitations of individuals in the face of the tide of the times, and swore on the spot to join the extraordinary association or military and police gendarme, and continue to contribute to the motherland, the people, and the earth in the form of organizations.
A small number of folk heroes who are reluctant to move closer to the organization also realize the strength of the alliance, and at least for a while, they dare not act rashly.
As for the official propaganda, they are not portrayed as wanton and lawless rangers, but they still try to move closer to the direction of righteousness and bravery, including their role in the "Autumn Wind Operation", and they are more inclined to assist rather than add to the chaos.
After all, with the intensification of the revival of aura, more and more people will awaken their superpowers, and the oppression of folk heroes is too great, which is easy to trigger a rebellious mentality, and is instead taken advantage of by evil forces such as the Celestial Organization.
The most critical, and the most difficult, is the Flaming Sword.
He played a central role in Operation Autumn Wind, if he hadn't bitten the enemy to the death, the "madman" Ning Xiaofeng and the "arsenal" Liu Bin would have fled long ago.
And if he hadn't sacrificed his life, I'm afraid that even Chu Ge, the city hero that the authorities focused on shaking, would have to die.
The flaming sword is the first achievement of this battle.
However, the authorities cannot say that a folk hero has made great achievements by acting without command, which is tantamount to encouraging the arrogance of the folk hero to be unorganized and undisciplined.
Eventually, after a series of struggles and tug-of-wars, the authorities adopted a relatively compromise narrative.
The authorities separated the "Flaming Sword" from his own deity, "Officer Guan Kai".
On the one hand, it is admitted that the folk hero "Sword of Fire" played a certain auxiliary role in "Operation Autumn Wind", just like the civet, Thunderfist and Transparent Man.
On the other hand, the contribution of "Officer Guan Kai" was greatly exaggerated, and he was portrayed as a brave hero who went deep into the tiger's den and fought the enemy under the careful planning and precise command of his superiors, and finally died heroically.
For a while, all the citizens of Lingshan knew the name "Officer Guan Kai", and even Chu Ge became his supporting role - it was not much different from the facts.
This statement not only maintains the official authority, but also does not bury the deeds and reputation of the hero, although there is a certain element of exaggeration, but it is also considered the "least bad ending".
Chu Ge can also accept such an ending, and he is relieved for Officer Guan Kai.
What is even more gratifying is that after the initial panic, the vast majority of citizens can still calmly and objectively look at the many chaos of the revival of the aura and the outbreak of the spiritual tide, and can also understand the hard work of the military and police and official heroes.
On the Internet, of course, there are some extreme remarks, and some people sourly accuse the authorities of robbing the folk heroes of the credit.
However, after many folk heroes showed up, accepted interviews, and sincerely expressed their gratitude to the military and police, such remarks soon disappeared from the market.
Even if someone occasionally wants to pretend to be amazing to sensationalize, they were quickly criticized by more netizens.
Although they were simple, they were full of enthusiasm and sincerity, and Chu Ge's heart was warm.
This world may not be as good as imagined, but it is not as bad as imagined, and it is still worth risking everything to protect, isn't it?
Two weeks later, Chu Ge attended a special funeral on Luoying Mountain in the western suburbs of Lingshan City, the Flame Sword, that is, the funeral of Officer Guan Kai.
Luoying Mountain is the commanding height of the city in addition to the "Spirit Mountain" with the protruding peaks in the city center.
Looking down from the halfway point here, you can just see the city full of brilliant lights, busy traffic, and fireworks in the world.
There is a martyr's cemetery halfway up the mountain, where countless heroic souls who have thrown their heads, spilled their blood, and sacrificed their precious lives in the disasters of the past hundred years sleep here, forever looking at and guarding their homeland.
Three days ago, the city council just approved that Officer Guan Kai would be buried in this cemetery as a "second-class alliance hero".
This is the highest level of martyr that can be determined by the municipal council.
The funeral was held at the highest level, with more than 300 police officers rushing to see off their comrades, and the top management of the Tokai Regional Police Agency personally presided over it.
And countless victims and their families who have been poisoned by the "madman" Ning Xiaofeng's drug network heard that Officer Guan Kai had been in charge of Ning Xiaofeng's case, and finally died with Ning Xiaofeng, and they all spontaneously rushed to see off Officer Guan Kai.
The crowd lined up from the halfway point of Luoying Mountain all the way to the urban area, and both sides of the road were crowded, and the solemn atmosphere soared into the sky, and even the clouds in the sky were about to condense.
Chu Ge had only seen scenes like "Ten Miles Away" on TV and books before, but it was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes.
In such an atmosphere, people will have a lot of new feelings, and think of many problems that they have never thought of.
Let's say, the question of the afterlife.
Chu Ge has just turned twenty this year, it is the golden years of fresh clothes and angry horses, before, he just wanted to live well and enjoy life to the fullest, but he never thought about the problem after death.
Today, seeing countless people rushing spontaneously, the real sorrow on their faces made him think that he didn't know how he would die, and after he died, how many people would remember him, moved or sad for himself?
"People are inherently dead......
Chu Ge had such a voice echoing in his head.
The image of the heroic sacrifice of the Flaming Sword resurfaced.
Sword of Flame - After Officer Guan Kai died, Chu Ge also learned some about his past through Officer Zhao Tieshan.
Although he is the commander of the SWAT team, his life is not easy, and his work is not particularly smooth.
Zhao Tieshan told Chu Ge that Officer Guan Kai's address was a fairly clean and tidy old community, but it was 108,000 miles away from a luxury apartment or villa.
With Officer Guan Kai's ability, if he is willing to pursue worldly achievements, there must be many ways, right?
Even if you are suspended for reflection, you just slap the table and stop doing it, the vast world, where can you not create another career?
But he chose to continue doing these things in the name of the "Flaming Sword...... Thankless work.
Chu Ge had a hard time understanding his thoughts.
It's just that when I saw the crowd of people who were sending each other for ten miles, I suddenly felt that the money, villas and beauties I had been longing for were a little boring.
Well, the beauty is still not boring, but money and villas, it seems that they do not know to risk everything to pursue.
Money is a thing, more or less has a limit, earn tens of millions, one or two hundred million, it is enough to be chic for a lifetime, and try your best to earn billions, tens of billions, and earn until your hair is gray, and you can't spend so much!
The truth of the villa is the same, no matter how big the house is, people can only sleep in one bed? It's like the ace red helmet Yun Conghu, there is a villa, but after three days of playing outside, how much time can he go home and sleep?
Therefore, Chu Ge thought about it, he should learn from Officer Guan Kai and reduce his material desires a little.
What is the annual salary of hundreds of billions, there are villas all over the world...... Such a goal is too naïve.
He decided, an annual salary of one or two million is enough, it really can't work, three or five million can make do, and the villa will not be bought, and in the future, in the city center of Lingshan City, Tianhai City, Edo City, New Gold Mountain, and New London, there will be a large flat floor of two or three hundred square meters, or a three-bedroom and two living rooms of one hundred square meters is enough, and you can't be insatiable, and you can't be a small warmth!
The extra time and energy, or give back to the society more, don't ask for a beautiful burial like Officer Kai after death, just want to have a clear conscience when you live, and live a down-to-earth life.
Officer Guan Kai was buried under the golden and bloody battle flag of the Earth Alliance.
The tombstone is simply engraved with the name and date of birth and death.
The police badge above is different, surrounded by a circle of golden flames, the flames all the way up, bypassing the police badge and entangled together, condensing into a handful...... Flaming sword.
Chu Ge smiled.
The authorities did not do things without human feelings, and in the end, they still gave the "sword of flames" a certain recognition.
However, Officer Guan Kai, you shouldn't care about that, right?
It doesn't matter if you admit it or not, whether your reputation is not honored or not, whether it is a glorious funeral or not.
When he turned his life into raging flames and died together with the "madman" Ning Xiaofeng, he definitely didn't have the slightest thought of these things in his mind.
Just like all the heroic spirits buried here, at the end of their lives, they certainly didn't think about these things.
So, what do they think of at the moment of sacrifice?
Chu Ge's gaze swept over the rows of tombstones, casting his gaze on the ever-changing sky dome and the human world under the sky dome.