01.
When the first group of tourists in the demon world tour group enjoyed a near-perfect trip, there was a kind of thought quietly spreading in the human world.
In a lively tavern, in a drunken trance, in a dark alley, some whispers quietly appear, quietly affecting people's hearts.
"Magic Tourist Group..."
"Spend so much money to go to the Demon Realm..."
"In fact, there are many beautiful places in the human world. I ran to the demon world before I even finished visiting the human world. I really don't understand them."
"The Demon Realm should be quite beautiful. It was shown in the movie, but after all, it's just a movie. Since I've seen it in the movie, it doesn't make much sense to go see it in person."
"Maybe the demons are really short of money, and they all use this method to collect money."
"I think the Demon World is beautiful, but it's not worth the money to go there."
"I think the devil world is the most beautiful, which is close to the level of the movie."
Some are persuasive, some seemingly reasonable words, some thoughts that have been quietly changed.
It had been ten days since Hill noticed this idea, and he was a little amazed at how this idea came about.
At this time, Hill was in Yulan City, and the Yulan Empire was the victor in the Dijon War. This made Emperor Yulan inflated. Of course, he also knew where the victory came from, so he had no choice but to replace the expansion in his heart with other things. Where the swell went to vent. Hill's trip to Magnolia City was mainly to deal with some remaining political issues. Although most of them were handed over to Monroe, he really couldn't get out completely.
The Cecil family, the Jackson family and the Burai family are the three major families of the Yulan Empire. The Burai family has been immersed in the fall of Prince Burai. The Jackson family has arrogance, but the Cecil family, which holds military power, is not. It will be at a disadvantage because of this, after all, it is military power.
General Cecil was aware of the current situation in the Yulan Empire, but he was not good at political intrigue, and he was at a loss for his Majesty becoming a puppet.
In fact, the Guangming Church sent people to contact him, saying that as long as he cooperates with the church, the church can restore the majesty of Emperor Yulan. As a result, General Cecil directly drove away the members of the church. Although he was a little stupid, he was not stupid. All the majesty the church could give was false majesty. Although Emperor Yulan has no dignity at present, the Yulan Empire has dignity, which is why he did not tear his face. If the church was changed, Emperor Yulan and the Yulan Empire would lose their dignity at the same time, and he knew this.
Theodore tried to contact General Cecil but couldn't do anything. He was growing desperately, but his span was too big, so he couldn't do it. In this case, he found old Jackson to help. With the help of old Jackson, they successfully approached General Cecil. One conquers. General MacPherson Cecil is a typical warrior, he is good at being obedient.
After returning from this trip, Hill first finished the matter. As Theodore did more things, his aura really became more and more powerful. Compared with time, he would become a qualified politician, Hill thought. After that, Hill went to review the charity organization "Birds of Dawn". Jefferson Jackson built the headquarters of "Birds of Dawn" in Magnolia City. Right now, there are still some important documents that need to be reviewed by Hill.
Hill opened the document and read two pages, and his head grew big. He went to Jackson's house and captured an old Jackson alive to deal with it with him.
Old Jackson is naturally very good at this kind of political affairs, and his efficiency has increased exponentially with him, but after all, Old Jackson is too old to serve the king for a long time (?), so he wants to sneak out soon after nightfall Walk. It turned out that Joan Baker just entered the headquarters of the 'Bird of Dawn' and found Hill to report the news about the rumors.
Hill frowned slightly.
"There's a lot of harm in that statement," said Joan Baker. "Even if this trip to the Underworld shows what we've shown, our reputation will suffer a bit, assuming the trip isn't as good as we've shown. The result is predictable."
Joan Baker is right. At present, Demon Realm, Demon Race, and Greenwald are being praised too highly, especially when the public sentiment is generally fluctuating after the war, there is no room for any haze.
Hill heard what he meant: "Do you mean that someone behind the scenes is manipulating this kind of speech?"
"Maybe it was born by accident, but it is definitely not accidental that it has spread to such an extent." Joan Baker said bluntly, "This is my judgment. The next investigation is beyond my ability, so I will report to is you."
"Thank you." Hill nodded, he chose to believe Joan Baker's judgment, and then the old Jackson saw Hill looking at him...
"I'm very tired." Old Jackson said, "I've been looking at the files for two hours, I've dealt with a lot of business left over from 'Bird of Dawn', I only took a short nap in the afternoon, you can find Otto or Jefferson to investigate the matter."
"Are you done? Dear old Jackson," Hill asked.
"It's over," said old Jackson.
"Okay, now that you're done talking, stand up and walk with me," Hill said. .
Old Jackson couldn't help but rolled his eyes, the corners of his mouth drooped for a second, then he clenched his fists and then released them, and finally all the expressions on his face turned into a helpless smile, he stood up and walked away with Hill.
Witnessing all this, Joan Baker couldn't help thinking, ah, what a domineering devil.
02.
The right way has the right way of investigation, and the evil way has the evil way of investigation. After a not-so-decent investigation, Hill finally pulled out several dark threads buried in Yulan City by the Church of Light.
The dim candlelight reflected the figure of the devil, and his red eyes were misty.
"Old Jackson, did you say that the church expected the dark thread to be pulled out when it made this move?"
"Of course it was expected," said Jackson Sr.
"Then what do you think of this trick of the church?" Hill continued to ask.
"Ordinary." Old Jackson replied: "They can't guarantee that the real Demon Realm is not as good as the one in the movie, but if they succeed, they will gain a lot from it. If they fail, they will only sacrifice some dark chess, which is also the way the superiors are qualified. , but not good enough."
"No..." Hill approached the candle, stretched out his finger and fiddled with the flame directly. The flames burned his fingers, and blisters quickly formed on his anthropomorphic skin: "If it was in the past, this trick is almost unsolvable."
Old Jackson was stunned for a moment: "Before... from before to when?"
"From the past to the time when humans and demons were at war." The flames were flickered by Hill, reflecting on his face, his expression looked even more unpredictable.
Old Jackson was surprised by the meaning of Hill's words: "You mean..."
"Actually, I've been lying." Hill stretched out his palm and put it in front of the candlestick. He spread his five fingers, and the shadow of his five fingers covered the entire room. The buildings are dilapidated and rickety, but they have beautiful scenery, but the church is right, the human world also has those beautiful scenery. Then, since the defeat of the war, I have been planning to weave a beautiful lie to human beings."
"You..." Old Jackson was shocked, "Are you..."
"Then I'm trying to turn the things in the lies into reality, and I'm practicing while lying. That's probably it." Hill gathered his five fingers, and extinguished the flames with the palm of his hand. The room was instantly immersed in a cold darkness, only his The red eyes radiated the light of the devil: "Why do you show such a shocked expression? Old Jackson."
The darkness at this time became cold and thick.
Old Jackson didn't tremble anymore, he was silent for a while, and said calmly, "I'm just shocked by your superb talent."
Hill smiled faintly: "As expected of Old Jackson." After he finished speaking, he ignored Old Jackson, but turned to the dark threads of the Church of Light who were tied up over there: "I think you should know that the enemy is suddenly Confiding a secret in front of you, what does that mean?"
After he finished speaking, he walked outside, and the darkness stretched out its tentacles to wrap their bodies. With a slight puffing sound, the smell in the room suddenly became thicker and more unbearable.
Old Jackson stood there for a while. So far, all of Hill's general ideas and strategies after the war were placed in front of him. Old Jackson felt that he really knew too much.
The church made such a move because it knew the 'truth' of the demon world. If it was really based on the demon world two years ago, Greenwald really made a mistake this time. Really can't have the slightest carelessness, old Jackson can't help breaking out in a cold sweat.
After the old Jackson left the room, he found Hill in the back garden. Hill was standing in the garden at the end of winter and looking at the full moon in Magnolia City.
"Actually, you'd better not disturb a demon king at this time." Hill said with his back to him.
"I understand, but I can't help but want to come and talk to you." Old Jackson asked.
"Aren't you afraid?" Hill seemed to be a little interested, "You were trembling with fear in the room before."
Lies that have deceived all human beings, easily playing with ideals and beliefs, and then casually uttered those words that make people fight.
At that time, the candle was extinguished in his palm, and only his blood-colored pupils guided the direction in the darkness.
Scared. How can you not be afraid.
"My rationality is urging me to escape, but my remaining emotional thinking tells me that I can treat you as a friend." Old Jackson continued.
"As a general rule, you're thinking in the wrong way," Hill said.
"So that's the general case. Not with you, obviously," said old Jackson.
Hill couldn't help raising the corner of his lower lip, but the arc quickly subsided: "Are you here to ask me what I think about this?"
Old Jackson nodded.
"Honestly, thinking about how many humans have gotten close to the truth I'm hiding, this theoretically should make me shudder. They just talk like that, and every minute, every second, every narrative makes my influence drop a little bit. , it will drop a little every time, theoretically I should be very anxious about it. Even though I have been engaged in construction in the Demon Realm for two years, there is still a gap between this and the real dream in theory... There are many 'theories', initially One of the 'theories' is that the devil should theoretically be a crazy, warlike guy full of all kinds of desires." The moonlight fell on Hill, and his tone became brisk: "But the first 'theory' has failed , I am the devil king, I am more than that, so the following 'theory' will also be invalid. That's it."
Old Jackson asked tentatively: "You seem to be very confident in the Demon World tour group?"
"The first batch of tourists will return to the human world in five days. Let them tell the world how true my lies are."
After Hill finished speaking, he lifted the bloody cloak and turned to leave.
"Don't worry about this matter, even though the pope has the power to reach heaven, but I have been preparing for so long.
... I can't help him messing around. "
The last whisper blended into the night, tinged with a bit of coldness.
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