Chapter 45 The Broken Statue
On the Central Avenue of Renas, the part of the torso of the black-robed saint who had just been placed here was deliberately destroyed, and a crack penetrated from the neck to the waist and abdomen.
Donald stood in front of the statue, frowned and listened to the sculptor beside him explaining the time and expenses required for the restoration of the statue.
The statue of the Saint in the Black Robe was a way for him to consolidate his faith after he thought about it and conducted a test. It was inspired by the behavior of the Claremont Sage he saw in the village.
The latter spreads his faith to every household to the greatest extent by making statues, and ultimately achieves complete control of the mountain village and the surrounding area.
What Donald has to do now is no different from what he did at the beginning, but there are quite a difference in the objective environment.
The area and population of Renas City are undoubtedly far greater than that mountain village. The increase in population undoubtedly means that it is difficult to unify thoughts. Claremont can achieve his goals by doing good things for several years, but Donald is impossible, so he can only win the faith of most people through some major events.
Judging from the previous situation, Donald undoubtedly did this.
To eliminate the infamous nobles, use the identity of Sevit Taros to improve the living environment in Renas, and issue a series of decrees that are beneficial to people's livelihood. These three things are what the citizens of Renas have been looking forward to for a long time.
Therefore, during that time, Donald could clearly feel the power of faith in his mind growing at an extremely fast speed. A large number of believers appeared almost every day. He even thought that he could control the city several months earlier than expected.
However, after a month passed, Donald soon discovered that the growth rate of the power of faith was slowing down and even disappearing.
It was then that Donald realized a key issue.
There is a time limit for the people’s gratitude and worship!
Their favor and worship for the saint in the black robe is gradually dissipating with the passage of time. After all, no one will be grateful for an unknown existence and unknown origin throughout the day. Everyone is working hard for life. They have no time, let alone the energy!
So Donald placed this statue in various crowded areas in Renas City on the grounds of thanking his life-saving benefactor.
It can not only remind the residents of the existence of the saints in black robe, but also allow their gratitude and prayers to have goals without being quickly eliminated by time.
This is just the first step. He is ready to start to strengthen the impression of the saint in the black-robed world in the minds of the people in the next period of time.
However, as the plan has just begun, someone has attacked his statue, which undoubtedly annoyed Donald, because the destruction of this statue itself is a blow to the reputation of the Black Robe Saint.
"Can you confirm who did it?"
This crack that ran across the entire torso was obviously impossible to be an accident, but someone deliberately destroyed it, so Donald naturally could not assume that nothing had happened.
The other party's behavior of destroying the statue is equivalent to not taking him seriously. He must find this person out and let everyone know what the consequences will be!
"The statue was destroyed an hour ago, at 1 pm. We had already started inquiries about nearby businesses and residents, and we have not found a clear goal yet."
Matters that destroy public finance should have been handled by the police at the lowest level, but now the director of the Renas City Police Department is personally responsible for the investigation of the matter, carefully reporting on the situation, and occasionally peeking at Donald's expression, hoping to get some information from it.
"The target cannot be found..."
The black-robed Saint statue standing on the Central Avenue is the largest of all statues, with a height of three meters. Ordinary people must use certain tools to cause such damage. The time for the damage is noon. In addition, the sound of the statue being destroyed, there should be many witnesses. However, after the police interrogated the police station, no one said that they saw the person who destroyed the statue, which was undoubtedly a bit strange.
"Maybe because the construction has been underway in the vicinity recently, so the people nearby don't pay much attention to the situation here."
The police chief obviously considered this issue, but he was more worried that the mayor would think they were incompetent, so he hurriedly found a reason to try to explain.
"Can you see how the statue was destroyed?"
Donald ignored the police chief and turned his attention to the sculptor next to him.
"Please give me a few minutes."
The sculptor had just arrived from home and asked his assistant to go to a nearby shop to pick up a wooden bench, then stood up with a magnifying glass and started observing.
Donald didn't bother him, but stood beside him, accidentally caught a colorful card in the shape of a paper crane in the flower bed next to him, and walked up to pick it up.
“Gulliver Circus…”
The content on the card is very simple, with a clown's avatar printed on the front, and some performance projects and ticket prices on the back.
"I heard it was a circus parade and performing around the empire. They have performed in several cities in East Deutsch. Now it should be our side. I'm still listening to people talking about this morning."
Stephanie came over and saw the content on the card and said softly.
"Oh? The circus we came to Renas today?"
Compared to this circus show, Donald obviously cared more about the time they appeared and the meaning of the cards appearing in this nearby area.
They've just been here!
"Mr. Mayor, I think it's necessary for you to come and see what's going on here."
At this time, Anthony's voice sounded next to him again. Outside, he naturally would not use Sevitt as a title, but would use honorific titles such as the Mayor and Sir Taros.
"What's wrong?"
Donald glanced at Anthony's position and asked quickly.
"Just just now, I saw people from the strange bureau heading to the nearby block. After asking, I found out that a fruit stall there died an hour ago. It was a bit strange. I saw that the time point coincided with the time point when the statue was destroyed. I think there might be something tricky in it."
Anthony has been the director of the special commission for quite some time, and he is naturally very clear about the appearance of some people in the bureau, so he went over to ask about the situation as soon as he met on the street.
"Well... I'm not convenient for you to go there, so you can go and see if you find anything, and let me know."
Although Donald wanted to check it out in person, his current identity is the mayor of Renas City. It is understandable to come over to check out the statue of the Saint in the Black Robe. After all, he is his savior, but he is not suitable to go to the scene for a murder case that occurs in the city.
On the one hand, this does not match his "personality". Sevit Taros is not a person who is willing to visit the murder scene in a civilian area.
Chapter completed!