Wasteland Love Game

Chapter 293 287. Enthronement Ceremony
Two days later, Sky City ushered in a major event, which was the enthronement ceremony of the new king.

Most of the citizens have received invitation letters in advance, and they are welcome to come to Baiyun Palace to witness this epic moment.At the same time, the invitation letter also mentioned that there will be a "special program" at the enthronement ceremony.

Of course, there are also a small number of people who did not receive the invitation letter.That is the royalist officials who are still unwilling to assist the new king under the repeated persuasion of Princess Setia.

Of course, they didn't explicitly refuse, just claiming to "consider it again", or simply pretending to be sick and not seeing visitors.

Each of these officials is an experienced veteran who knows how to survive in the political arena.Now that the Kennedy royal family is gone, if the royalist officials clearly refuse to assist the new king at this time, they will die within two days, and the probability of death will be "accidentally falling to death from a building tens of meters high" Or "suicide with several shots in the back".

Therefore, they are like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea to show their magical powers, changing their ways to find excuses to shirk.Some officials even played emotional cards such as "I hugged you when I was a child", so that the underage girl, Setia, was embarrassed to continue to embarrass them.

However, these officials are precisely the confidants of Chen Entropy and others, threatening the new regime in Sky City like countless time bombs.And the longer this catastrophe drags on, the more terrible the disaster that may arise in the future will be.

Setia knew the seriousness of the matter, but she couldn't be cruel after all.After all, these officials used to be loyal confidants of the king, and their attitude towards her princess was very kind, and they were all relatives comparable to her uncle and grandpa.

But compared to Princess Setia, Chen Entropy and Formalin will not be merciful.

On the night before the new king's enthronement ceremony, Chen Entropy, Baihu and Formalin each led a guard team and went directly to ransack the houses of those royalist officials, arresting them all without saying a word , all property and houses were also confiscated.

These officials did not expect that these thieves would be so ruthless and merciless, they all shouted injustice, and the royalist officials who had not yet been arrested in the future prepared to flee the city after hearing the news.

Unfortunately, even if they wanted to escape, they had nowhere to go.All airport passages in Sky City were blocked, and Chen Entropy specially entrusted Hekalis to monitor each airport in real time. As long as someone dared to start the plane at will, the engine of the plane would fail directly, and it would not be able to fly a centimeter.

In desperation, 90.00% of Royalist officials who disobeyed the New Deal were caught.The remaining [-]% chose to commit suicide by swallowing a gun at home, preferring death to submission.

Overnight, the sky city was full of undercurrents, and many prisoners also appeared in the cells under the White Cloud Palace.

On the day of the enthronement ceremony, Chen Entropy got up early in the morning and went to the balcony of Baiyun Palace.

Since he had just captured the man last night, Chen Entropy looked a little sleepy and his energy was not very good, so he specially asked the servants in the palace to prepare a cup of espresso for him.

Anyway, the enthronement ceremony is the most important thing, and he must not lose the chain.

The morning sky is foggy and the damp smells quite refreshing on the city streets.From the position of the balcony, citizens in twos and threes have already come around the White Cloud Palace, waiting for the opening of the ceremony.

In order to make the ceremony more formal, Chen Entropy asked several craftsmen to build a high platform on the large square in front of Baiyun Palace, and at the same time arranged it extensively at the ceremony site, which looked quite gorgeous.

Chen Entropy opened the closet and put on a brand new dress.This is a dark and plain slim-fitting suit, which he ordered from a dressmaker, and it looks quite mature.

He picked up another simple ball mask from the table and put it on his face before walking out of the room.

Compared with the protagonist standing in the spotlight, Chen Entropy is more willing to be a person behind the scenes, let everyone know his existence, but cannot witness his true face.

The white fox and Formalin were already having breakfast in the living room of the White Cloud Palace, while waiting for the opening of the enthronement ceremony.

Formalin was wearing a navy blue suit, still wearing that indistinguishable androgynous outfit.The white fox, on the other hand, wore a rare purple dress, which looked a bit like an aristocratic woman.

"Planning!" When the white fox saw Chen Entropy, he put down the knife and fork in his hand and greeted cheerfully.

"Hey, good morning, scum~" Formalin calmly cut the bacon fried egg in her hand with a knife and fork, her movements were elegant and full of ritual.

"Is Chu Jianlai still here?" Chen Entropy scratched his head and asked.

"Ghost knows where he went, maybe he was so nervous that he had diarrhea?" Formalin replied with a soft snort.

"The ceremony is about to start, I'll go find him." Chen Entropy turned and left the restaurant, heading for Chu Jianlai's couch.

"Swordsman, how are you getting ready?"

Chen Entropy knocked on the door, then slowly opened the door and entered.

As soon as he entered the room, Chen Entropy saw Chu Jianlai wearing a black dress and sitting on a chair with his fingers crossed.

He looked at the window uneasily, his left leg was shaking at a high speed, even to the point where the ground could shake, and he looked quite flustered.

And Setia, who was wearing a purple and red dress, sat next to Chu Jianlai and gently patted him on the back, comforting him in a low voice.

"Mr. Planner, I will let brother Jianlai get ready as soon as possible." Setia looked at Chen Entropy apologetically.

"Sorry, Mr. Chen." Seeing Chen Entropy entering the room, Chu Jianlai raised his head, with a forced smile on his face:
"My lord. I've never experienced anything like this before. I feel too nervous."

Chen Entropy understood Chu Jianlai's emotions very well, after all, what happened recently was too magical for him.

The undead avenger originally accompanied Chen Entropy to Sky City to investigate some trivial matters for the purpose of cooperation, but in the end he became the king of the city inexplicably, as if suddenly bearing the fate of the entire city.

After all, a person like Chu Jianlai is more suitable to be a lone knight rather than a king who commands thousands of troops.

But even at this point, Chu Jianlai didn't mean to bury Chen Entropy, but was trying to overcome his own psychological pressure.

"Relax a little, and just go to the stage to read the manuscript." Chen Entropy patted Chu Jianlai's shoulder, smiled and encouraged:
"Even if something goes wrong, we'll help you out~"

"Well, let's go. There is no way out now." Chu Jianlai reluctantly stood up, took the holy sword from the table and walked out of the room.

As the white mist dissipated in the morning, the square in front of Baiyun Palace was already crowded with people who came to watch.Most of the citizens who did not rush to the scene gathered in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast.

The hands of the clock came to the moment when the enthronement ceremony began, and a messenger picked up the microphone and shouted: "The king is here!"

Under the eyes of the whole city, Chu Jianlai slowly walked onto the platform holding a two-meter-long holy sword.

Following him was Princess Setia, or the "former princess".She is like a delicate but not eye-catching flower, perfectly setting off Chu Jianlai, making him look even more imposing.

And Chen Entropy and others sat in the "VIP Seat" with those officials of the old dynasty who were willing to surrender to the new king, silently watching everything on the high platform.

Chu Jianlai still looked very nervous, and his walking posture was a little stiff.But in contrast, Setia looked relaxed and comfortable, and even her walking posture maintained the elegance of a royal family.

Accompanied by the opening ceremony of the enthronement ceremony, a large band appeared on the square and played several magnificent pieces of music, stirring up the atmosphere of the scene.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of soldiers in military uniforms of honor guards neatly formed a square formation and marched to the center of the square to perform a military parade, adding a sense of solemnity to the ceremony.

All the performances were arranged by Chen Entropy in advance, in order to make this enthronement ceremony more brilliant.

Of course, the task of finding performers is easier than Chen Entropy imagined.

Whether it is a band or an ordinary soldier, they all obey the "king", not the Kennedys.They all have family members, wives and daughters, and it is impossible for them to rebel against the new king for the sake of so-called "loyalty", put themselves in a situation of doom, and implicate their families.

As long as Chen Entropy is willing to continue to pay them wages and ensure that they can live a life similar to before, they will willingly serve the new king.

Of course, the soldiers of the king's personal guard were very difficult to deal with.They are like loyal dogs with only one master in their lives, and their loyalty to King Dekasang surpasses everything else.Chen Entropy had no choice but to unload their combat mechanical prosthetics and keep them in prison.

After a series of performances, the ceremony site fell silent.The messenger picked up the microphone again and announced loudly: "Now we invite our king to speak!"

Everyone's eyes focused on the high platform again, and Chu Jianlai's body trembled slightly, and he picked up the microphone dumbly.

"My name is Chu Jianlai." Chu Jianlai looked at the manuscript in his hand and said awkwardly:

"As you can see, I am the one chosen and recognized by the holy sword, and I will become your king."

From the perspective of a "speaker", Chu Jianlai's speech can only be described as "mediocre".But with his flustered look now, it must be difficult just to read out the words in the manuscript.

"From now on, I will do my best to manage this city, so that the sky city "Bahamut" will be reborn and become an excellent and vibrant city! "Chu Jianlai's hand holding the manuscript was already sweating, and he continued to work hard to stabilize his emotions:
"Please believe in me, support me, and keep looking forward to restoring the glory of "Bahamut", it is my duty! "

After Chu Jianlai finished speaking according to the script, suddenly several people dressed as reporters came to the high stage with microphones and asked a series of questions:

"Master Chu, as a citizen who grew up in Yeshu City, are you confident that you can manage Sky City well?"

"Your Majesty, what is your policy for the governance of "Bahamut"?What would you most like to change? "

The attitude of these reporters was professional and not overstepping the rules, and the questions they asked were very easy to answer, and they didn't mean to deliberately make things difficult for Chu Jianlai.

After all, these reporters were specially arranged by Chen Entropy, and even the question-and-answer section was prepared in advance.

The reason for Chen Entropy's arrangement is to narrow the distance between Chu Jianlai and the public through this interview and questioning situation, making him appear more close to the people.

"Princess Setia from the Kennedy family will assist me, and the former officials who assisted King Kennedy are also willing to help me." Chu Jianlai recalled the previously memorized lines and recalled:
"With their help, I will soon be able to fully understand Sky City and formulate a management policy for this city."

"As for the thing I most want to change in this city, that is to give the people more freedom!" Chu Jianlai paused and continued to answer the next question:
"I will abolish the twice-daily mandatory 'teaching time' and give people the freedom to choose their profession.I think everyone should be their own leader, not live to obey others!I will make more changes in the future, I hope everyone believes in me and looks forward to the future! "

Chu Jianlai spoke eloquently, but the audience was completely silent.The people have been oppressed for too long, and they are suddenly given the promise of "freedom", and they don't know how to react.

The simple reporter's question and answer was about to end smoothly, but a reporter man suddenly squeezed out from the crowd, pointed the microphone at Chu Jianlai and asked:
"His Royal Highness, you said that you want to give freedom to the people of this city, is that true?"

Chu Jianlai frowned, he didn't remember that there was such a question in the question and answer script given to him by Chen Entropy.However, he still nodded slightly, and replied confidently:

"It's true! A man keeps his word, how can I lie in front of the whole city?"

"But Your Royal Highness, is what the people are looking forward to... really freedom?" The reporter changed the subject and asked such a question.

All of a sudden, Chu Jianlai was a little dazed.This question sounds a bit strange, it looks like it is trying to make things difficult for him.

"Sorry, Mr. reporter." Sensing that something was wrong, Setia hurriedly stood in front of Chu Jianlai, persuading her:
"Our ceremony schedule is relatively tight, and the king will respond to your questions when he holds a press conference later."

However, the reporter refused to let go, and continued to ask as if rushing for time:

"Your Highness, have you ever considered that the people in this city don't need freedom at all? Is the freedom you impose on them really freedom?"

Facing this person's sharp and sophistry questioning, Chu Jianlai's complexion became ugly.Chen Entropy also couldn't help sighing at that record after looking at it a few times:
"Fuck, who is this person? I didn't ask this person to be a reporter!"

Immediately, Chen Entropy thought of a not-so-good possibility.

"It's bad, this person can't be the remnant party who supports King Dikasang, and he came to the enthronement ceremony to make trouble, right?" Chen Entropy slapped his head, feeling that things were not good.

Obviously, Chen Entropy's guess was right.The reporter saw that Chu Jianlai was in trouble, so he continued to pursue the victory:

"You don't even know what these citizens want, you just blindly impose 'freedom' on them, making them miserable. What is the difference between you and King Kennedy?"

"I" Chu Jianlai was already speechless after being asked, but still stubbornly retorted:

"But you are not them, why don't you know that they don't desire freedom?"

"So His Royal Highness doesn't understand this country at all!" The reporter suddenly laughed mockingly, and suggested:
"Your Highness, don't believe me, let's try it on the spot! You just need to shout 'kneel down' now, let me see who dare not kneel?"

"I won't let my people kneel down, they don't need to kneel down to anyone!" Chu Jianlai retorted firmly.

However, before he could finish his words, dozens of citizens in the audience knelt down on the ground in unison, as if they had rehearsed in advance.

Seeing someone kneel down, all the people present looked at each other in blank dismay, and then they also knelt down in dismay.

In an instant, the atmosphere at the enthronement ceremony instantly became oppressive, as if a group of devout believers were kneeling down to worship their gods.

And Chen Entropy, who was sitting in the VIP seat, could naturally see that those dozens of people were all actors colluding with the reporters. It seemed that they were trying to make things difficult for Chu Jianlai and torture the "new king".

"Hey Carliss, there is trouble at the enthronement ceremony, hurry up and be on guard." Chen Entropy covered the communication headset with one hand and whispered.

"I'm watching the live broadcast, I don't need you to tell me." Hekalisi's voice came from the earphones:
"Do you want me to kill those people for you? I'll make all their mechanical prosthetic bodies explode on the spot~"

"No, no, it would be bad if there were dead people at the enthronement ceremony." Chen Entropy hurriedly stopped him:

"I mean, I want you to be on guard first, let's wait and see what happens, just treat it as a training for the swordsman."

On the high platform, looking at the citizens who knelt down to him in unison, Chu Jianlai suddenly felt anxious and anxious.

He quickly picked up the microphone and shouted sharply: "Get up for me! Stand up!"

But maybe it was because Chu Jianlai's voice was so fierce that the people knelt down even more humblely, to the point where they put their heads on the ground.

——Damn it, was this arranged by Mr. Chen?What exactly is going on?
Chu Jianlai suddenly felt a sense of frustration.Just now he vowed to ask the people to be his leader, but the people chose to kneel down, as if they regarded him as a god.

"Look, Your Majesty the King!" The reporter said loudly with a smug expression on his face:

"As long as you look at me, everyone in this city will kneel to you! This is the power of being the king of "Bahamut"!People in this city don't need freedom at all! "

Hearing the reporter's bewitching words, Chu Jianlai's eyes were completely lost.Rather than saying that he was shaken by what the reporter said, it would be better to say that he was bewildered by this unexpected situation and didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

Setia realized that this reporter was not hired by Chen Entropy, she frowned and said seriously: "Mr. reporter, please go down now, so as not to delay the normal progress of the ceremony."

At this extremely embarrassing moment, the high platform where Chu Jianlai was standing suddenly heard an explosion of wood breaking, and the top of the platform began to shake violently.

"Hey! What's going on?" Setia's center of gravity was unstable and she almost fell.

Immediately afterwards, she discovered that the high platform began to fall towards the crowd, and within ten seconds it would hit the people firmly.

However, the people were all prostrate on the ground at this time, and they didn't notice the high platform that was about to collapse at all, let alone avoiding it in time.

In other words, this enthronement ceremony is about to have a major casualty accident.

"Wait, why did the high platform collapse at such a critical moment?" Chen Entropy watched from the VIP seat, feeling something was wrong:

"Could it be that there are royalist ghosts among the craftsmen I hired? I thought these low-level people would follow whoever gave food~"

"Okay, it seems that you are right to tell me to be vigilant." Hekalis yawned and said lazily:

"I'm going to prepare a medical drone, and you can find a way to control the situation on the spot."

"It seems that the civilians should also check carefully, and we must not let any ghosts who are trying to cause trouble be spared." Chen Entropy sighed, got up and prepared to leave the VIP seat.

Seeing this situation, the reporter finally couldn't help showing a ferocious and wild smile, and said loudly:
"Your Highness, you are not fit to rule this city at all! How many people have to die for you just for an enthronement ceremony?!"

It was clear that this chain of unexpected events had been planned in advance.The purpose of everything is to make that Chu Jianlai suffer a big blow at the enthronement ceremony and reduce his impression in the eyes of the public.

But the next moment, the reporter was stunned.

Chu Jianlai embraced Setia with both hands, jumped directly from the high platform several meters away, and landed smoothly, letting his legs make the sound of bone shattering.

After putting Setia down, he quickly ran to the place where the high platform fell, and raised his hands to the sky.

Accompanied by a loud bang, the high platform finally toppled down, setting off a glaring cloud of smoke and dust.

However, as the smoke dissipated, what caught everyone's eyes was not the crushed corpses all over the ground, but the high platform that would be completely smashed to the ground just one meter away, and the new king who was supporting the high platform with his flesh and blood. .

Chu Jianlai held the toppled high platform in a half-kneeling position, like a god holding up the sky.The citizens kneeling on the ground just escaped unharmed by lowering their bodies and were not hit.

The weight of the high platform was beyond Chu Jianlai's imagination, and even with his strength, it couldn't be supported easily.

This commotion finally caused many people to raise their heads. After seeing the scene in front of them, they understood what happened just now, and they all showed expressions of confusion and fear.

"Your Highness, why...why did you save us lowly commoners?" Looking at Chu Jianlai, who was bleeding all over his face, a citizen asked in a trembling voice.

"Protecting the people is the king's mission. What is this little injury?" Chu Jianlai sneered pretending to be strong, but several wounds burst open on his body, making his strength a little weaker.

But if Chu Jianlai lets go now, the people under the high platform will die because of it.

Setia calmed down from the thrilling moment just now, quickly yelled "guard", and then ran to the fallen high platform to help Chu Jianlai support, trying to help him share some pressure.

The people looked at the two in amazement and in a daze, not knowing what to think for a while.

Since then, the education in Sky City has told them to fear the king and dedicate everything to the government.

But no one has ever told them that the "king" will actually protect them.

"Why are you still kneeling? Stand up and help the king!"

At this moment, Chen Entropy ran over alertly and yelled provocatively.

"Stand up, straighten your backs!" Formalin also came up and shouted sharply:

"The king is the leader of this city, and you are the pillars of this city! If you kneel down, this city will collapse like this high platform!"

The speeches of the two talkative experts were like two consecutive bells ringing, beating hard on the heartstrings of the citizens.

Soon, the people got up one after another, and then gathered under the high platform that was about to collapse to help Chu Jianlai lift it together.

After 10 minutes, everyone escaped from the high platform safely, and almost no one was injured.But Chu Jianlai and Setia finally got out from under the high platform, and fell to the ground exhaustedly.

"Brother Jianlai, stand up quickly." Setia held Chu Jianlai's hand, trying to help him up:
"As the new king, it's rude to lie down on the street during the enthronement ceremony~"

Chu Jianlai also sat up stiffly.He looked wearily at the messy ceremony hall, and suddenly couldn't help but smile wryly.

The rescued people soon surrounded the two of them, staring at them with piercing eyes.

Chu Jianlai could feel that the fiery eyes of these people were full of gratitude and enthusiasm for him.

"Haha~ I, Chu Jianlai, will be your king from now on." Chu Jianlai stood up, picked up the microphone handed to him by someone beside him:

"I am your monarch and your guardian. Let us work together to build this city well!"

After Chu Jianlai finished speaking his heartfelt words easily, bursts of cheers erupted from the crowd.

"Long live the king!"

"Always support His Majesty the King!"

"We trust His Majesty the King!"

Although the enthronement ceremony went in an unplanned direction, the people's enthusiasm for the new king became more and more high.

(End of this chapter)