Don't Confiscate My Citizenship Chapter 538

Chapter 538 Loren feels like everyone is questioning him.

The lights in the House of Lords conference room are concentrated and low, reflecting the documents and maps on the table.

Duke Moretti took a deep breath.

"Wilford, you made a mistake. No matter whether our enemy is the Horning Empire or the Blood Tribe, what we have to consider now is the possibility of war. The war of resistance will inevitably fail. Continuing will only lead to me The army is destroyed, please analyze the problem rationally."

 In contrast, Duke Moretti was more calm and prudent, reminding everyone present of rationality and realism.

 Other members of the House of Lords present appeared somewhat hesitant in the debate.

They exchanged worried looks, sometimes looking at the Prime Minister at the table, sometimes at the Duke.

 The tension is almost palpable.

"The northern strait of the mainland is our natural trenches and battlements. It is the broadest body of water that the southerners in the Horning Empire have never seen. We have experience and geographical advantages. The vampires do not dare to fight us at sea in person. If it is on land , these guys who cannot see the sun no longer have absolute safety during the day."

Lanchi stated slowly.

“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you should not go beyond me and try diplomacy with other countries. This is a distrust of me.”

Lanqi said immediately.

 “I will try my best to engage in diplomacy and seek support from neutral countries.”

 It is not that the Prime Minister's argumentative ability is inferior to that of Duke Moretti.

Compared to Duke Moretti's sharp questioning, his response was extremely short.

“Then men, women, and children will despise our wrong decisions and dereliction of duty—because we failed to fulfill our responsibilities to protect them, leaving them unarmed to face the vampires.”

Duke Moretti, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, shook his head.

"Instead of asking for an overlord who is far stronger than us, if you have the ability, why don't you convince a neutral country that is even as powerful as us to help the Bliss Kingdom and give the people more confidence? Instead of letting us have no chance of winning. Put yourself to the test, talk on paper, and make boastful remarks.”

No one can see the hope of victory. Even though the courage in the Prime Minister is like a flame, no one is willing to fly a moth into the flame.

"are you sure?"

"Needless to say more, I will not change my mind. We, the Paulant Empire, just want to show the vampires our backbone. They will never be able to conquer all humans. I will take full responsibility for this matter."

Although his tone still showed the restraint of a diplomat, the dispute between the two had obviously become more intense, and there was already a tendency to quarrel.

Lan Qi stood up, pushed his seat into the table, glanced around the conference room, and said.

After Duke Moretti finished speaking, many members of Congress lowered their heads and sighed feebly.

"Haha, I don't know whether the Prime Minister is optimistic or naive. In a neutral country, even if you randomly grab a young man who knows a little bit about history in the parliament, ask them why there is still a country that remains neutral in this stall. They can all tell you the answer. If we can be a neutral country that reaps the final benefits, why don't we, the Polante Empire, not want to end up in the end?”

Duke Moretti pressed forward step by step.

"Once the Kingdom of Fuklo and the Kingdom of Edis on the east and west sides fall, we will be surrounded and encroached on the land, and even the northern snowfield behind will be blocked. The naval battle you mentioned will no longer hold. What can we do with the Horning Empire? Confrontation? Do you think they won't start a tug-of-war with us? The Horning Empire has a lot of patience, and they have their backs to the entire southern continent, and what are we backing? The crumbling surrounding countries that may become enemies at any time? That area The snowfield that is dark all year round? Or the group of demons on the other side of the snowfield who are eyeing each other and are also unable to communicate? "

As long as the Prime Minister relents now, they can comply with Duke Moretti's proposal, change the current trend of Helsalem, and actively prepare for negotiations.

“But apart from seeking opportunities for peace talks with the Horning Empire, have you ever considered putting down your posture and seeking help from a neutral country?”

Ranchi questioned.

This question received only cold sarcasm from Duke Moretti.

 But in the face of this time point and the actual facts, the entire Helsalem was panicked. They couldn't help but be more biased towards Duke Moretti and think about the possibility of peace talks mentioned by the Duke.

Duke Moretti's voice finally turned cold.

 “Yes, that's why I'm sitting here.”

 Lanci gently let go of the hand pushing the chair, and there was a heavy crashing sound of the chair legs falling to the ground, which suddenly shocked the surrounding MPs back to their senses.

  Duke Moretti was not at all intimidated by Ranchi's momentum.

“Can we understand that the Prime Minister has completely rejected the possibility of any negotiation with the Horning Empire?”

After Duke Moretti finished speaking, he silently looked at the conservatives.

Lanqi remained silent.

This time he did not refute Moretti and show his tough attitude. He just walked out of the meeting room alone, announcing with his back that the meeting was over.

 In the Capitol.

When Lan Qi walked around the corner of a deserted corridor, Boss Cat jumped out of the shadow and got into Lan Qi's coat.

“Meow meow meow, why don't you fight anymore? Are you really considering surrendering?”

The cat boss asked Lan Qi in an undetectable voice.

It was extremely worried, afraid that Lan Qi would really be convinced.

It sees that the current situation of the Paulante Empire has become—

 【Public support: 132→145/1000 (popular support and cohesion)】

  【House: 419→305→252/1000 (support rate of high-level officials within the Pollant Empire)】

  【Military strength: 124/1000 (using the Horning Empire as a reference)】

 【Finance: 221→222/1000 (the current productivity status of the Paulant Empire)】

 【Diplomacy: 115/1000 (diplomatic relations with the demon world and surrounding countries that have not yet surrendered)】

 The overall odds of winning are unsurprisingly still locked at zero, because the overall data is getting worse.

It has been more than a day since they arrived in this shadow world. At present, there are just over 43 days left.

On the first day, Lanci not only got to know and win over the people around him, but also after a public speech in front of the media after taking office, the popularity of the people quickly rose from 132 to 145, and it seems that it is still rising slowly according to the speed of communication.

 But because he publicly expressed the idea that he should take the initiative to fight, he seemed to offend the conservatives. The number of votes in the House plummeted from 419 to 305, and it fell again because of the quarrel with Duke Moretti just now.

 The fiscal changes may be due to the encouragement of Lanci, the people have more confidence, and productivity has slightly improved.

 There has been no change in military strength or diplomacy.

"If I had continued to refute Duke Moretti's words, I would have left behind written evidence of 'rejecting all possibilities for peace talks.' He was trying to trick me. Duke Moretti probably arranged for the minutestaker to record the meeting in the next room. The content of our conversation will be used by conservatives to impeach me, so I must not admit it just now."

Lanqi answered the little black coal ball in a low voice.

"Meow."

 The cat boss suddenly realized.

 There is such a trap.

 Fortunately, you kid reacted just now, otherwise the parliament item may directly drop to 100 and the game is over.

 No, you are a little too skilled.

How come you, an art student, look like a seasoned veteran when you get to Congress?

 Ecollege, the highest-floor conference room in the main building of the Sage Academy. The light-filled conference room with light-colored walls is transparent, and the green plants placed on the spacious windowsill always bring vitality to this space.

 But at this moment.

 In this conference room, ongoing discussions on controversial topics suddenly become heated and chaotic from time to time.

"Now Lan Qi has several choices. First of all, he can only take care of the people and the parliament. He must first try to balance it as much as possible, use his own knowledge to transform the Paulante Empire, and increase the military or finance as much as possible in a short time. Only in this way can he There will be hope to change the 0% chance of winning.”

 Many professors are discussing.

 Seats and tables are arranged in the form of round tables, with several large round tables surrounding the central projection screen.

There are five or six teachers sitting on each table. They are either frowning and staring at the projection screen, or they are actively communicating with the professors around them.

 This is more like a seminar or seminar than a conference.

“Actually, Lan Qi's performance in improving people's support is pretty good. If the House of Representatives hadn't been too slow to deal with it, he might have been able to get the public support level higher at the end by going all out.”

Seeing Lan Qi in the shadow world trapped in a dilemma, we also discovered the ebb and flow relationship between [People's Heart] and [Parliament] in this shadow world.

Although Ranchi seems to have some talent for raising public opinion, the corresponding price is a collapse in parliamentary approval ratings.

 Public opinion indeed prefers a prime minister who can lead them to victory, but the House of Representatives is mainly controlled by conservatives and has a solid structure that Lanci cannot shake in a short period of time.

However, both of these are obviously co-factors.

The formula for calculating the odds of winning is unclear, but one thing is certain. Military strength and finances are the two indicators most closely related to the winning rate of this film world. Even if the people's support and parliament are raised very high, the military strength is not enough or the finances are too low. The odds must still be zero.

"Time is Lan Qi's capital now, and every day is almost a consumable for him. In addition to the necessary time to stabilize the people's hearts and the parliament, it depends on how he chooses to allocate his time to improve the other three items. "

“Lan Qi, as a magic craftsman from another era, is a living doctor. He should be able to improve his military strength a little in more than forty days, but unfortunately he is not a seventh- or eighth-level magic craftsman, so it is difficult to achieve a significant improvement.”

"In peacetime, Lanci can be a non-human and improve finances by sacrificing diplomacy, but in wartime it is difficult to fabricate productivity out of thin air, and diplomacy cannot be lowered. Although inspiring people's hearts can have a weak impact on productivity, there is a limit after all. "

“For diplomacy, the main reason is that it takes a long time. The above four indicator options are basically based on days, but choosing the diplomatic route will take at least weeks, and if it fails, it will be a pure waste of time and zero profit. "

Ron, the vice president of the Sage Academy, put away his pen and summarized the conclusions they reached in the past two days.

He glanced at Loren who was sitting in the main seat of the conference room, and then at the silver-haired woman from the Church of Destiny next to him, the legendary saint of the Northern Continent, and said no more.

 He knew that Dean Loren had too much to take care of at the moment.

 Ever since he rushed back to the royal capital of Icerita and returned to the emergency meeting room of the Court of Sages, Loren had not spoken much.

This time the Seventh Level Shadow World is not only an internal meeting of the Sage Academy, but also has professors from the Magic Academy and the Alchemy Academy coming to discuss and analyze the situation in real time.

They need to give feedback to the United Parliament of the Southern Continent Kingdom and the Shadow World Management Association. Once the Shadow World goes berserk or out of control, leading to unpredictable natural disasters, the Parliament and the Association will also take immediate follow-up measures to deal with the natural disaster.

 At present, according to their evaluation results, this shadow world is not an ordinary seventh-level shadow world, and it belongs to an extremely difficult strategy type.

 “Loren…”

The Ice Witch gritted her teeth and sat next to Loren. She followed Loren to the conference room of Icerite College, as if to lower the temperature of the surrounding air.

Originally, when I came to the Southern Continent, I planned to come to Icerita slowly to see how Hyperion was living. Unexpectedly, I heard a bolt from the blue as soon as I arrived at the Kingdom of Hutton.

 The first time she learned of the situation, she almost grabbed Loren by the neck and asked Loren to return her Hyperion.

Hyperion did not turn on the live broadcast. She seemed not to want to record the situation around her. At present, she could only see Lanqi's condition, and she did not even know whether Hyperion was still safe.

 Now Loren is sweating profusely and sitting on pins and needles.

He didn't know how to survive these more than forty days.

Originally, I was hoping that Lan Qi would learn a lot of new skills in the past six months, and maybe there was some hope of passing the seventh-level shadow world. However, on Lan Qi's first day in this seventh-level shadow world, He felt even more chilled.

This shadow world is more about strategy and mechanics than combat. Even if you throw Loren into it, you may not have much hope of clearing it, because he can't fight against the entire Horning Empire on his own.

Not only did he not know why Lan Qi suddenly came back and started to work hard again, but he also felt as if he was about to start against the whole world.

　　The Hutton dignitaries, His Majesty the King, the Southern Continent Kingdom Federation, and the Church are all starting to question him like crazy!

 (End of this chapter)

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