Volume 1 - The Leaf in the Wind and the Wandering Man Chapter 33 - The Wind Without a Wind (II)

Nicholas was shocked to learn that Delano Winston was the full name of the current consul, Delano.

Why did he write this letter to himself? And did he deliver it this way?

Nicholas actually disliked the Archon Draenor.

"This is an old oilman who only knows how to make mud," Nicholas often said of Draenor on various occasions.

Strictly speaking, he was quite right, and Delano, who often appeared very weak due to the lack of support from a powerful party, preferred to prolong his political life by means of harmony rather than bring about the change of the country as one would expect.

But no matter how weak it is, after all, he is also the consul of Gureg, and his friends think that sooner or later, Nicholas, a big mouth, will get into trouble for satirizing the consul - with so many pairs of eyes staring at the whole federation, the consul may not dare to rectify Nicholas openly, but it is too simple to take revenge on Nicholas secretly.

Could this letter be the beginning of revenge?!

With all sorts of cranky thoughts, Nicholas took the letter out of the envelope and read it.

As the contents of the letter were reflected in Nicholas's eyes line by line, the expression on Nicholas's face changed from panic to surprise, and finally to solemnity.

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"The Federal Parliament, the Kalin Empire and other parties have already refused to lend a hand"

"The residents of Shadowsteel have been abandoned. Now only the Gregs can save the Gregs."

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"I am helpless, the Meteorological Disaster Fund is my last hope, Your Excellency, I need your help"

"The 21st Archon of Gureg, written by Delano Winston"

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In addition to this letter, a small note was attached to the envelope:

"If the rescue operation ultimately fails, you can use this letter to claim that you were coerced by me to absolve you of all responsibility"

Nicholas was silent for a long time after reading the letter. Everyone knows about Shadow Steel Town, but they didn't expect that there would be so much intrigue behind the simple rescue operation. Whether it is the trapped residents or the relatives running around for them, they are just pawns in the game of all parties.

And among so many chess players, the only one who really wants to save these trapped residents seems to be the soft-egg archon he hates the most.

And he has always looked down on himself, but he has not done anything.

Nicholas smiled sarcastically, and an emotion called anger burned in his chest. Finally, he picked up his pen and wrote on the list of evaluations of meteorological data:

"The data indicate that Nurem Tower, Tabiang, Skyrim, and Ash Hill have precursors to storm formation. ”

"Sunset Bay, various data in the Cloak Bay area point to a huge tsunami on the horizon"

"Overall assessment: red alert for meteorological disasters. ”

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It didn't take long for the director of the Guleg Institute of Meteorology to get the report from the Meteorological Disaster Committee. When the old dean who was drinking coffee saw this report, he almost sprayed the coffee in his mouth onto the paper, but he still choked on the coffee and coughed violently.

It's a very strange report, and the first half of the report lists meteorological data from all over the country, which, based on the Dean's years of experience, conveys one message: the weather is good across the country.

However, in the second half of the report, the five committee members unanimously gave a shocking conclusion:

"All regions of the country are facing the threat of meteorological disasters such as storms or tsunamis, and the red alert for meteorological disasters is sounded, and the use of meteorological disaster relief funds is authorized"

The weather in Gureg is not to mention storms or tsunamis, and there is no wind in many places these days. But the old dean was not a scholar who turned his ear to what was going on outside the window, and he had a premonition that a windless frenzy had arrived.

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An hour later, Delano summoned all the Nurenta newspapers for a press conference, which was very short, short enough to be summed up in two sentences:

"I have been authorized to use the Federal Weather Disaster Fund and will now be putting the funds into relief operations in Shadow Steel. ”

"Under the Meteorological Disaster Relief Act, I can also raise up to $10 billion from the public to supplement the Meteorological Disaster Fund, and the fundraising will begin in a few hours. ”

The reporters were stunned and then quickly eager to ask questions, but Draenor left them little time and quickly left after answering a few key questions.

Left behind a group of overwhelmed journalists.

A young reporter helplessly asked the seniors of the same newspaper for help: "How did you publish this report?"

Although he was still young, he had also been in the press circle of Nurenta for two years, and he saw that there seemed to be discord between the consuls and the parliament, and that the slightest mistake in reporting could cause great problems for the newspaper.

The old-timers thought for a moment: "Just report it truthfully"

Then he added: "I'll leave this report to you, I have more important things." ”

The young journalist was shocked, what could be more important at this time?!

The old reporter left in a hurry, leaving only one sentence: "I'll rush to the fundraising site now"

Watching the old-timers leave, the newcomers had no choice but to write this short but informative report, and half an hour later, all the major newspapers received the manuscripts delivered back by the reporters, and even the long-established newspapers immediately jumped up. The newspaper that had been ready for printing was quickly halted, and the layout was urgently revised to make room for the front page of the report, and soon the changed newspaper was quickly printed and distributed to the whole country.

But before that, the major powerful figures in the Nulent Tower had already received the news. After receiving the report, Georgi, the leader of the United Front, smashed his favorite ceramic cup on the ground and angrily shouted at his subordinates who came to report the incident:

"What the hell is Draenor trying to do?!"

The subordinate felt quite innocent, how could he know what Draenor was trying to do, but in the face of Georgi, who had always been strong and assertive, he certainly didn't dare to say this.

In another office in the Capitol, Liberal leader Heinz, who received the news of Draenor's use of the Federal Weather Fund, couldn't help but sigh. He has been puzzled by Draenor's recent actions, and he doesn't know what Draenor's motives are. But now it seems that the motive is indeed so simple - to rescue the trapped residents of Shadow Steel Town

The motive was so obvious and simple that neither he nor Georgi, nor the other members of the Liberal Party and the United Front could see it.

Or rather, everyone has seen it, but no one believes this judgment, because no one in this parliament building can understand - why would Draenor take such a big risk to save those who are politically worthless?

In fact, until a few minutes ago, Heinz still couldn't believe it. With the use of the Meteorological Disaster Fund, it is no longer an impossible task to rescue Yinggang Town, but the success rate is definitely not high, maybe not even ten percent. There's no way Draenor can't fail to see that.

But Draenor took a huge risk for the sake of this few percent hope. When the rescue fails, the people will not appreciate Draenor's bravery, but will instead blame Draenor for the loss of people and money caused by the rescue operation.

On the other hand, if the Meteorological Disaster Fund is used now, if a real meteorological disaster strikes in a few months, and the Meteorological Disaster Fund is exhausted, making it impossible to effectively combat the disaster, then the damage caused by the disaster will also be credited to Draenor.

Either of these possible faults could have made Drano unrecoverable. But he chose to take the risk for that glimmer of hope of success.

Heinz squinted at the sunset spilling in through the window. The sun without temperature shines on Heinz's potted plants. The leader of the Liberal Party likes potted plants, but does not care for them, and now all the plants in the pots have withered, except for one seedling that is still lush and green.

Heinz remembers what his mentor used to say to his students when he was in law school:

"Young politicians often have lofty political aspirations, most of which are never realized, or even taken a step forward, in their lifetimes. ”

"As politicians get older, they begin to realize the gap between their ideals and reality, and most people begin to compromise with reality and make themselves more 'mature'"

"From this moment on, they have fallen. ”

Heinz, who is close to retirement, can't help but scoff every time he thinks of his mentor's words, his mentor is just an old pedant after all, and those who really fight in Gureg's political circle know that those who can climb to the top of the state apparatus must compromise with reality, and there are no politicians in this world who are not "degenerate", since everyone is like this, then it is pointless to discuss depravity or non-degenerate.

Probably because he was too idealistic, his mentor was only a professor all his life, and he struggled for a long time, but he finally failed to become the dean of the college, but he rose all the way to become the leader of the Liberal Party.

But now, Heinz feels he may well be wrong.

Because such politicians do seem to exist.