On the afternoon of the 1st, the cavalry of Twilight City arrived late, and the thousand-man team launched a carpet search in the suburbs, and finally found Chino who was alone at the top of the high mountain.

Judging from the traces of the grass being crushed, the Iron Giant Bird had landed here, but the visitor from outside the sky was nowhere to be seen.

When Chino was discovered, although he could say some words one after another, he was still very sluggish, often unable to say anything before and after, and could not even tell his identity and name clearly, and from time to time he would fall into a coma due to extreme mental exhaustion.

In any case, at least the man was still alive and showing signs of improvement, and Paladin and the others immediately escorted him back to the Xing Government Mansion to recuperate.

For the next half a month, Chino was basically asleep, and even if he woke up, he didn't speak, just lying on the bed in a daze with the cat in his arms.

The crowd didn't bother him, and the daily official business was temporarily taken care of by Paladin and others.

I have to say that Lugo, Baixa, and Paladin, the three "Shilin Town Triumvirate" who followed Chino at the earliest, were very resistant at a critical time, and they did not seize power or suspicion of each other, but shared government affairs and tried their best to cooperate with each other.

Although in many things they are not as administratively efficient as Chino himself, and occasionally mishandle, at least nothing serious has gone wrong.

With these three giants united and cooperating in dealing with the affairs of the executive, all forces did not move lightly.

Although there was always rumor that the magistrate had died, Lugo personally went to investigate, found out the source, and cut down a few people who shook the people's hearts, and the rumors slowly stopped.

As for the Inspector Emo, he hesitated for a long time, and finally did not report the matter immediately, but planned to deal with it coldly first and delay it for a while.

This time the Seven Calamities incident, things can be said to be big or small.

It's big because it's really big, and it makes a lot of trouble in the city, and it almost damages the administrator.

The reason for saying small is also very simple - there are few casualties.

With the exception of the tavern's conflict, which resulted in minor casualties, and Chino's later dementia by some unknown force, the rest of the so-called "Seven Plagues of Damnation" were all hallucinations, and the real Twilight City was not attacked, no soldiers were lost, and there were zero civilian casualties.

The casualties are low, the fewer people cry, and the fewer people cry, the less influence there will be.

Moreover, the public opinion of this matter was very skillfully guided, and it was Lugo who was in charge of controlling this matter, not only did he not give a gag order to the civilians, but allowed everyone to discuss the illusion, and even bribed a large number of troubadours to sing the illusion of the Seven Calamities into various songs.

When a person is hit by a major disaster, there are generally two reactions.

One is to leave a shadow from now on, to be afraid of it, and to recall it in a panic.

The second is to hold the mentality of those who have experienced it, and regard the rest of their lives after the catastrophe as capital to show off, and add fuel and vinegar to others to blow.

Lugo's approach is to conform to the second mentality, he not only asks you to speak, but also asks the troubadour to help you add fuel and vinegar to the sky, blowing you up a god, making up a story here today, and secretly changing a detail there tomorrow.

No civilian understands the whole picture of the incident, there must be information blind spots, what they don't see or are not sure of, they can only listen to what others say, listen to it, and the truth and falsehood will be confused.

In this way, in the process of word of mouth, those things have been adapted twice, three times... Later, it became unrecognizable, and thousands of versions of the story appeared.

One of the most outrageous versions, the story goes like this: the Visitor from Heaven appears in Twilight City, and the Sun King, the chief of the gods, is also reincarnated with the spirit, and when he sees the blasphemer, he is furious, and shouts "Chino, I'm coming in" in the sky, and then possesses Chino, and slashes the head of the visitor. Chino was extremely weak because he couldn't withstand the power of the sun, and fell into a long sleep after the war.

is such an outrageous version, and there are two fools who take it seriously when it is passed on, not to mention the other versions of the story.

All in all, everyone can't figure out which people are telling the truth and which ones are false, and the true and false are all mixed together, and the real truth is naturally buried.

More than half a month has passed, and the bragging has become tired, and the Seven Calamities incident has slowly become a topic of conversation among civilians before and after tea, and has become a story in the mouth of a troubadour, and no one cares about the truth anymore.

Under Lugo's manipulation, the influence of the Seven Calamities was completely framed in Twilight, which is why Emmo did not report it immediately, and he planned to wait for Chino to wake up before discussing it slowly.

Even if the news leaks and reaches the Governor's Mansion through some channels in advance, the thousands of versions of the story, one more outrageous than the other, the witnesses of Twilight City can't tell whether it's true or not, how can the Governor's Mansion have the leisure and ability to tell the difference.

In addition to wanting to wait for Chino to wake up, the reason why Aimo didn't report it was because he also had his own selfishness.

At that time, he violated the law to help Chino capture the one-clawed golden dragon of the Far Eastern Dynasty, although it was later confirmed that Lu Yutian was a visitor from outside the world, but he couldn't run away from the violation.

For example, if you commit a burglary and murder a person, even if it is later found out that the person is a heinous wanted criminal, the charge of burglary murder is still confirmed, and you still have to go to the court.

This is a procedural matter in dealing with political affairs, and has nothing to do with the factual outcome.

The matter of arresting Lu Yutian, instead of reporting it to ask for trouble, it is better to hide it first, of course it is best to hide it, and if you can't hide it, you can just find a way to deal with it.

And with thousands of versions of the story as a cover, it's too simple to try to manipulate the confession.

In this way, the city of Twilight slowly returned from the hustle and bustle of the Seven Calamities to its former peace.

In the second half of the month of Flower Language, a different movement finally came from Chino's room.

"Dingding... Boom..."The long-lost piano sound sounded again.

At first, there were only a few intermittent noises from the piano, and one can even imagine the image of Chino curled up in his chair, tentatively reaching out, carefully pressing the keys, and quickly retracting when he heard the sound, like a child who is new to new things.

Gradually, the sound of the piano began to become dense, more and more manic, and as magnificent as rain, as if to turn his heart into a storm and sweep in all directions.

From the 21st to the 24th, the manic sound of the piano sounded in Chino's room for 3 days, day and night, and many soldiers living nearby were about to have a nervous breakdown.

On the 25th of Flower Language, the sound of the piano is like ice and snow in the sun, beginning to melt, slowly becoming gentle, elegant, and delicate like a trickling stream.

On the 28th, the room sounded Chino's own piano song, "To the Little Princess".

Anyone who knows the rhythm of music knows that Chino is almost recovered.

On the 29th, the door that had been closed for 28 days finally opened, but only one crack was opened, and Chino seemed to be reluctant to see people, only a voice came from inside: "Strawberry-flavored bath oil, buy more." ”

Paladin, who was waiting outside, was overjoyed and went to buy it himself.

In the bedroom, the sound of water in the bathroom rang all night.

On the last day of Flower Language, Chino finally went out.

His mental state was still a little sluggish, and there was no blood on his face, but compared to the tragic situation at the beginning of the month, it was much more reassuring.