Chapter 827 [0815] Martial Law and Search

Lux didn't know that among the charred objects on the collapsed podium, there was a guy who could be regarded as her "old friend".

When the ultimate flash of light swept across the podium and the surrounding guards stepped forward to subdue the remaining assassins, Lux's mind had shifted from the assassination to the impact of the assassination.

To her, an assassination of this magnitude was not a threat. Instead, it was the impact of the assassination that she needed to pay more attention to.

Soon, the assassins who were not swept by the ultimate flash were caught one after another. With the last Freljord assassin's hands and feet locked by the seal shackles, Lissandra, who lost her target position, was finally unable to maintain Fengxue remotely.

As a result, the heavy snow that had been flying before quickly stopped. A few minutes ago, it was still snowing five steps away, indistinguishable between humans and animals. A few minutes later, the clouds had disappeared and the snow had disappeared, and everything was completely silent.

Lux herself jumped off the statue and returned to the podium - at her request, several mages reinforced the platform with ice. Although the traces of the battle were still preserved, Lux seemed to be just There was a strong wind and a heavy snowfall, and he continued his winter speech.

For the audience in the audience, this is undoubtedly the moment for Lux to show her charisma as a leader.

Due to the heavy snow, the audience three rows away almost didn't know what happened on the stage, but judging from the collapsed podium and the assassin who was taken away, it was still certain that an assassination took place. .

Moreover, due to the iconic white hair of the Ice Bloodline, it is not difficult for anyone with a little knowledge to realize that this assassination should be related to the Freljord people.

But as the person who suffered the assassination, Lux continued her speech on the podium after the incident subsided, still summarizing the results of Demacia's reform and development this year in a humorous tone like a stand-up comedy, and even The assassination was used as material for the speech itself.

"This is what rapid development means. You see, even these assassins can't keep up with Demacia."

Is there anything more reassuring than this?

The impact of an assassination is naturally two-sided.

Because it threatens life, it will arouse people's most primitive fear. When facing the threat of death, no one can completely ignore it.

But equally, if the assassination is foiled quickly and the target continues to laugh and talk, the assassination itself becomes an opportunity to demonstrate courage.

For Demacians who value courage, being calm and calm after being assassinated is a very charming plus point!

Moreover, in Demacia's implementation of reforms, assassination can also be used as a political bargaining chip - assassination, especially such a large-scale assassination, must have its purpose, and the specific purpose is What, maybe it's "someone is opposed to Demacia's continued reform"?

The assassination not only highlighted Lux's personal charm and won her sympathy points, but also marked those who opposed her as a "possible assassination organizer".

In a sense, this is a blessing in disguise.

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If the assassination was a blessing in disguise for Lux, then for Lissandra, the assassination could be said to be a failure.

When all the early preparations went well, the assassination broke out quickly and ended quickly. Even though the attackers were well prepared, they still underestimated Lux's combat effectiveness.

Lux is not an ordinary mortal political leader, but one of the most powerful people in Demacia now. She is a transcendent and a climber who has bathed in the glory of the heavens. Although Lissandra has already taken out her own skills from Anivia. The demigod power gathered there prepared a perfect environment for the assassination. They also sent multiple assassins to jointly attack, but they still failed to achieve success.

However, for Lissandra, whether Lux is killed or not is just a tack-on. If so, it will be treated as if she disrupted the Freljord's punishment. If not, then it will just happen. Disaster led to the Avarosa tribe.

There is no need to deliberately frame them, everything about these assassins has the distinct brand of Avarosa.

As long as Lux continues to pursue, she will definitely find the Avarosa tribe. For Lissandra, this is enough.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they are destined to take root and sprout. Lissandra does not think that Laxana will easily let go of her assassin, even if she chooses not to fall out with Avarosa for some reason. But this still didn't stop her from feeling grudge.

It was this kind of grudge that Lissandra wanted.

She had already made preparations in Rakstark, and there was still a series of actions waiting for her. The peace between Demacia and Avarosa has now become a crumbling dangerous building. Just kick it gently. One kick and it is destined to fall apart!

However, Lissandra never expected that this matter would go astray from the beginning.

In Lissandra's view, Lux, as the most noble person in Demacia, must be very concerned about this assassination.

Assassination is a threat to life.

Even if Lux had absolute confidence in her own power, the assassination was a challenge to her authority and a disruption of order, so Lux would definitely pursue it to the end—assassinations must serve as a warning to others and be completely eliminated.

But Lissandra, who was far away in Frostguard Fortress, didn't know Lux well enough, let alone the current Demacia.

Lux, who has rich combat experience, really doesn't take the life threat represented by the assassination seriously.

Of course, she still cares about the destructiveness of the assassination to the order, but unlike what Lissandra thought, although Lux is not too old, she behaves like a pure political creature in the matter of being assassinated - she completely puts herself into the role of Kalya, and after thinking about it, she chooses to take advantage of the issue.

Most of the assassins were carbonized on the spot, and a few were also caught, so the right to interpret the assassination is now in Lux's hands.

So, the assassination became a trump card in Lux's hand. As long as it is not fired, it will put everyone under great pressure.

Lissandra never thought that Lux was not interested in the organizer of the assassination from the beginning - she had thought about it in advance. If Lux was like a politician, she would care about her own safety; if she had a bigger picture, she would care about the destruction of order by the assassination.

But she never expected that Lux could have a flexible moral bottom line while having a big picture.

Lux's thinking was very clear. Since the assassination against her was not a big threat, she had to make full use of it. Instead of using it as a warning to others, she might as well use it as a world rune hidden in her hand and wait for it to be fired.

Of course, this did not mean that she had completely given up the investigation of the assassination case, but that this part of the investigation needed to be conducted in secret without much fanfare.

Since many of the lawbenders in the intelligence team had some ice blood, and the assassin this time came from Freljord, and Ino's previous experience proved that the source of blood had a huge impact on ice blood, the secret investigation was not conducted by the intelligence team, but by the Internal Affairs Supervision Department, which was previously established in the "anti-new aristocratic trend" and subsequently normalized.

(According to normal custom, this department should be abbreviated as the Internal Supervision Department, but it sounds too awkward, so let's just call it by its full name.)

This department, whose main work content is supervision and monitoring, has always been the most troublesome organization for Demacia clerks. The members of this organization are drawn from many other clerk organizations. Without exception, they are all people with clean backgrounds and few social connections. A considerable proportion of them are orphans who inherited the surnames of martyrs.

After the formal establishment of the Internal Supervision Department, the first thing it did was to carry out a rectification movement in the then Xiongdu City. At that time, many clerks and even law enforcers had contact with the old nobles and even had marriages. The Internal Supervision Department conducted a thorough economic investigation on them and presided over the relevant power avoidance work.

Marriage is your freedom.

But being investigated by the Internal Supervision Department after marriage and staying away from the relevant power department is the price of this freedom.

The timing of the Internal Supervision Department's entry was perfect. A few impatient clerks soon left the hot department because of the power avoidance system and sat on the bench completely.

Those who were involved in economic interests were directly dismissed, and some were even thrown into the Forbidden Magic Prison, causing countless people to tremble.

The tentacles of the old nobles who hoped to save themselves through marriage and power corruption were directly cut off.

At the same time, their economic income also dropped rapidly. As their floating wealth shrank rapidly, they soon could no longer maintain their dignity - so the clerks who had previously had illusions about the nobles also completely saw their true colors.

Not all clerks sincerely supported Lux's ideas, and many people had yearning and expectations for the nobles.

But now, this expectation has been completely torn apart, and the clerks found that the nobles did not have any halo.

So far, although the clerks still cannot be regarded as completely equal to the civilians, at least among the clerks, there are no longer many people who are eager to become new nobles in the literal sense.

In a sense, handing over the investigation of the assassination to the Ministry of Internal Affairs Supervision also shows Lux's attitude.

Let's see if the assassination was led from within!

From a God's perspective, the Internal Affairs Supervision Department can't find out anything.

But for clerks, law guardians, and even the Demacia army that is undergoing reorganization, it is a silent deterrent.

The deterrent that has not yet been triggered makes many people tremble, especially those who oppose the relocation of the northern magic industry for their own interests. They believe that they have not caused trouble, but they are not sure whether people with similar goals as themselves have done anything to help in this assassination.

Under this kind of deterrence, even if they may not be willing to continue to implement the relocation of the magic industry, the voices of opposition will undoubtedly become matter-of-fact.

And this is what Lux wants to see.

She does not intend to completely politicize this matter and turn it into a world rune to strike opponents.

But before investigating the whole truth, it does not prevent her from using the influence of the assassination a little.

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The Internal Affairs Supervision Department is very efficient.

After the security personnel were questioned, some of the audience who had contact with the assassin were also investigated.

And because she had a "very pleasant conversation" with Silas last night, Irelia was naturally put on the investigation list.

Then, in the Internal Affairs Supervision Department, Irelia saw another side of Demacia - these clerks were not as polite as she usually saw them. They all had serious expressions and cold faces. Although they did not say it explicitly, their eyes looked at everyone as if they were suspects.

They seemed to come from different departments and were quite familiar with the various processes of Demacia clerks. Therefore, when it came to Irelia's background, purpose, and the entire handling procedure, they could always ask additional questions at the key points.

It is difficult for anyone who forged an identity and evidence to fully answer these questions, because these things can only be answered by those who have experienced them personally - of course, only those who have had personal work experience at the grassroots level can ask them.

Although Irelia had white hair, she was quickly ruled out of suspicion because of her typical Ionian face, very clear identity, and her cooperation. After receiving a small gift and a special certificate, she was quickly asked to leave the Internal Affairs Supervision Department.

However, Irelia herself became interested in this department.

In Ionia, Irelia had experienced many assassinations. Those members of the Navoli Brotherhood who were dissatisfied with her compromise policy had assassinated her more than once. It was difficult for Irelia to strictly punish these people, because if she punished them, she would have to face a soul-searching question: If you punish your own people like this, why don't you take revenge on Noxus.

Of course, Irelia is not interested in the assassination of Laxana, but the internal inspection department itself. It is no exaggeration to say that she now feels that she is missing such a department in Ionia!

This is called an inspection department. The infinite internal self-examination in Ionia... What can be found!

At the beginning, Irelia believed in those "highly respected" elders and monks, and believed in their personal moral standards, but it turned out that the moral level shown outside is the most unreliable thing, and using personal moral levels to represent the organizational atmosphere is pure nonsense!

If I also have an Internal Affairs Supervision Department, then why am I sidelined in Ionia?

After being asked to leave, Irelia returned to the hotel and thought for a long time.

Finally, she finally made up her mind to change her identity and talk to Laxana.

The title of Ionia's eternal honorary leader... should still have some weight.

Kalya's small class · Power avoidance system:

New Demacia stipulates the scope of power of clerks and the corresponding responsibility system, and strictly prohibits relatives who have direct contact with clerks from engaging in related work - with economic interests as the direct clue, if they are found by the Internal Affairs Supervision Department, they will at least be dismissed.