Chapter 259: Unexpected Accident
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the Tree King Festival.

Xumi City is dressed in festive attire, with bright lights and laughter interweaving.

Colorful lanterns of various shapes are hung high in the streets and alleys. Some simulate the mystery of ancient runes, while others are based on the theme of natural elements, such as swaying leaves and clusters of petals, condensing the greenery and wisdom of the city.

It can be seen that the people in the Ministry of Education have indeed put a lot of thought into it.

The vendors' stalls are spread out along the street, and the dazzling array of handicrafts attracts people's attention.

There are also exotic delicacies with tempting aromas, attracting endless stream of tourists to stop and take a look.

As agreed, Wang Hao went to Jingshan Palace early in the morning.

"Speaking of which, for today's celebration, doesn't Nashida need to make a public appearance?"

Wang Hao asked the people around him with some confusion.

The Big Kindness Tree King and the Small Auspicious Grass King disguised themselves, changed out of their usual attire, and put on the characteristic costumes of Sumeru.

But even so, these two people are still very eye-catching.

The Great Compassionate Tree King is wearing an exquisite and delicate robe. The robe is mainly dark green in color and is embroidered with golden rune patterns that symbolize knowledge and nature. The collar and cuffs are rolled with sky blue edges, revealing a hint of intellect and elegance.

Her hair was skillfully braided into several strands and fixed with silver ornaments inlaid with gems. As she walked, the light hem of her skirt swayed gently in the wind, as if every step carried the whispers of the forest and the wisdom of ancient books.

The little Lolita following closely beside him looked lively and cute, wearing a small Sumeru windbreaker dress with simple design but childlike fun, and brighter colors.

The skirt is light green in color, dotted with blooming flower patterns, and tied with a wide orange belt around the waist, which not only highlights her tender waist but also adds a bit of playfulness.

She wore a wreath of flowers and leaves in her hair, and as she skipped along, the tiny bell ornaments on her wrist rang softly, making a melodious sound.

Compared to the dazzling appearance of these two, Wang Hao, although wearing all high-end silk clothes from Liyue, looked a little ordinary.

To be honest, it was a bit difficult for Wang Hao to wear such a nice looking white dragon fish costume.

However, this is a festival to celebrate for them, so it’s not a big problem if they dress nicer.

Both of them used some small magic, and they still looked good, but they could not be recognized as grass gods.

"It's not necessary during the day. The opening ceremony will be held in the afternoon, and there will be a parade in the evening. You can show up then."

Nashida replied quietly.

There was a little excitement in her voice.

She was imprisoned for five hundred years, and although she has now regained power, she has rarely been out.

Many times, she was taught some knowledge by the Great Compassionate Tree King in the Jingshan Palace.

Some government orders were also given directly to Nafis and his men.
Sometimes when I come out, I use Catherine's body.

The opportunities to go out for a walk by myself are indeed rare, and this time I came out with the Great Compassionate Tree King.

This made Nashida even happier.

"Then let's go. There are a lot of fun things to do today, and the atmosphere is very cheerful."

Wang Hao said this, then took Nashida's hand and walked into the crowd.

The Great Compassionate Tree King was holding Nashida's other hand.

From the back, it looked like a family of three blending into the celebrating crowd.

It is indeed lively today. Even before reaching Baoshang Street, the small stalls on both sides of the street are so crowded that one can’t move their legs.

Nashida stopped at each stall curiously, showing great interest in everything.

There were many things that she had never actually seen, or rather, she had only seen them in her dreams.

Five hundred years ago, she also rode on a float parade around Xumi and saw many new things.

But five hundred years have passed, and the things that were novel at the time have become obsolete, and have been replaced by more novel things.

In front of a pottery stall, Nashida suddenly stopped and reached out to pick up a pottery basin with a slightly flawed edge: "Boss, this basin seems to be broken."

The boss was serving other guests. When he heard Nashida talking, he thought it was just a child, so he said, "Haha, it is broken. Do you want it, little boy? If you do, I'll give it to you at a lower price."

Nashida was stunned: "But shouldn't we not sell bad goods?"

The boss was stunned and didn't react for a moment. After a while, he said, "Little boy, it's just a little torn, not broken. It can still be used."

Then he stopped talking to Nashida and went to receive other guests.

Nashida put down the pottery and looked at Wang Hao and the Great Compassion Tree King.

The two didn't seem to care about the conversation just now.

"Let's keep walking."

Nashida greeted and continued walking forward.

Wang Hao's lips moved slightly, and his voice entered the ears of the Great Compassion Tree King: "It can be seen that she is indeed pursuing perfection."

"That's why I wanted to bring her out to see that nothing is truly perfect." The Great Compassion Tree King also moved his lips slightly, and his voice entered Wang Hao's ears.

【How did Nashida become like this? 】

The barrage could also hear the conversation between the two and immediately became confused.

[Because I haven't experienced more suffering, and my memory hasn't been covered by the World Tree. 】

There are barrages giving answers.

In fact, it is very normal. According to the plot described in the barrage, Nashida's experience was miserable. She was imprisoned, despised and abandoned.

In the end, his memory was covered by the World Tree and he matured overnight.

In that situation, Nashida was probably a smaller version of the Great Tree King in her heart, but still relatively immature.

As for Nashida now, she has only experienced imprisonment, and she is half willing to be imprisoned.

Because she thought she was not good at leading Xumi, she was willing to be imprisoned.

So now that she is in power, Nashida hopes to do everything well and pursue perfection in everything.

It seemed that only in this way could she feel that she was worthy of everyone's trust and the responsibility entrusted to her by the Great Compassionate Tree King.

This idea is naturally good. A responsible god is great for the country.

But the key point now is that Nashida seems to be stuck in a dead end and she puts too much pressure on herself.

To the point of being too perfectionist.

This can be seen from her previous communication with Wang Hao.

A scholar feels that the atmosphere is too relaxed and it is not easy to conduct scientific research.
Nashida was unwilling to accept Wang Hao's suggestion of striking a balance, but kept wanting a better solution.

This is obviously not just ordinary nitpicking.

Wang Hao and the Great Compassion Tree King were communicating secretly, and there was some worry in their eyes when they looked at Nashida.

Nashida herself didn't feel anything. She quickly put aside the matter of the pottery.

He hopped and walked in front of each stall, stopping and starting, looking at all kinds of things with curious eyes.

……

Because of the Tree King Festival, the flow of people in Xumi City has been very high.

The festival was originally announced in advance, and the House of Religious Affairs paid special attention to it and spent a lot of time promoting it.

Therefore, Xumi City was crowded with tourists and local residents from all over the world, and everyone's face was filled with festive joy.

Of course, it’s not all joy.

As mentioned before, the desert and rainforest have not yet reconciled.

Many desert people still believe that the Great Tree King is the murderer of the Red King.

So, when the rain forest celebrates the great deeds of the Great Compassionate Tree King, for many desert people, it is like rubbing salt into their wounds.

Especially those groups that crazily worship the Red King. Isn’t the Tree King Festival celebrating the Tree King’s conspiracy to kill the Red King?
They are an extremist group, so it is normal for them to do extreme things under such circumstances.

then…

"Are you all ready for disguise?"

Hardy looked at the others around him calmly.

"Don't worry. The equipment provided by the Hand of Akhmar is all standard equipment of the Gilded Brigade. It also has the mark of the God-King's Relics on it. It is enough to deceive the Thirty-Man Group."

Next to Hardy, a sturdy man dressed as a member of the Gilded Brigade spoke up.

And Hardy knew that this guy was actually a disciplinary officer.

"Don't be careless. Although we have removed all the Void terminals, the Void can still find clues as long as the people above want."

Hadi said seriously.

"Don't worry, Hadi. Today is the Tree King Festival. Everything will be based on the Tree King Festival. By the time the Tree King Festival is over, our people will have already cleared the information in the void."

As he spoke, the strong man showed a hint of sarcasm.
"Do those people dare to report to the Grass God for some illegal activities?"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding members of the Garden of Silence also smiled.

They are sure that the other party will not dare to go to Cao Shen for illegal production, so they cooperate with the people of Akhmar's Hand and prepare to take over the black factories here.

"Okay, now let's check the time. It's 9:40 now. The people from the Hand of Ahmar will cause a riot at 10 o'clock. Check the equipment now and we will start on time." Even though everyone said there would be no accidents, Hardy remained calm.

As a scholar, and a scholar who is not a good person,
Hardy knows too well that many times, things go wrong in the details.

When the people around heard what Hardy said, they stopped laughing and started checking their equipment.

Make sure your equipment is intact and that you have no emblems other than the God-King's Legacy.

Time passed little by little, and soon it was ten o'clock.

Sure enough, they soon saw that the group of thirty people patrolling the street seemed to have received some information and hurried towards Baoshang Street.

"It should be Katia and the others who took action. Let's do it too." Hardy said immediately.

Everyone pulled up their masks to cover their faces, and then quietly rushed towards the target that had been identified long ago.

A courtyard located inside a residential area.

This is what Katia investigated, the black factory where he used to work to produce canned knowledge.

In the courtyard,
Several guards disguised as civilians were chopped to the ground by members of the Garden of Silence who rushed in before they could react.

"There is a secret room. Leave a few people to guard it, and the others will follow me to kill their way in."

The burly man who had spoken to Hardy before showed a ferocious smile, but it was blocked by the mask.

With a wave of his hand, he led his men into the secret room.

Hardy stayed outside;
Although he is quite skilled in martial arts, fighting and killing are not suitable for a scholar like him.

In just ten minutes,

A masked member of the Garden of Silence came out of the secret room.

"Boss, it's all resolved."

Hadi nodded: "Hurry up and move your things away. The shouting just now might attract people over."

"Okay, boss." The people from the Garden of Silence hurried to move the things.

the other side,
Ten minutes ago, at ten o'clock.

Baoshang Street,
As the most prosperous street in Xumi City, naturally there are the most people here today.

Katia looked at the crowd on the street, with cold eyes: "I seem to see a lot of desert people."

"Boss, these people have forgotten the greatness of Lord Chi Wang, and now they all want to be dogs for the Ministry of Education." A younger brother clearly felt the boss's dissatisfaction and immediately responded.

"Hmph, let's just take care of them." Katia looked at some of the desert people in the crowd with disgust in his eyes.

"Okay, boss." The subordinate responded happily.

Soon, several Hand of Akhmar brothers dressed in civilian clothes mixed into the crowd.

Soon, shouts and curses were heard from the crowd, and it quickly turned into a riot.

The thirty-man group that was originally patrolling on the roadside soon attracted attention.

"Quiet, everyone, what happened?"

"Someone stole my wallet." A man dressed as a desert dweller had a gloomy face, with a hint of panic in his expression.

"And me, I was robbed too."

"I was robbed."

"This person just sneaked up on me, he must be no good."

'...'

When the group of thirty people asked this question, there was an immediate uproar in the group.

The leader of the team of thirty people frowned and glanced at the crowd around him. More and more people were gathering around.

'No, we can't go on like this, or there will be a stampede.'

The captain thought about it, then looked at the people who had just spoken: "Okay, stop arguing, please come to the side with me to deal with it, so as to avoid trampling. We will definitely help you find your things."

To be honest, there was no problem with the captain's handling of the situation. What was needed at this time was to prevent the crowd from continuing to gather and causing accidents.

But the problem is that this riot was meant to cause trouble.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone in the crowd shouted, "We can't go. We are all desert people. If we go, he will arrest you and we will lose both our money and our lives."

Originally, those who lost their money still had some trust in the group of thirty people.

As soon as these words came out, a look of surprise and doubt appeared on his face.

They looked at each other and found that those who had lost their money or had their bags stolen were all desert people.

The relationship between the desert and the rainforest has not eased much to begin with, and now looking at it this way, how can one not think more about it.

"Okay, okay, it turns out that it is you lackeys from the Ministry of Education who want to make things difficult for us."

The desert dweller who had spoken first showed a hint of anger, and he shouted, "I'm not going anywhere. I'm right here. Don't try to trick me away."

The leader of the 30-man team showed a trace of helplessness: "No one will do anything to you. You are just blocking the road and letting the thief slip away..."

"Look, these thirty-man group hasn't caught the thieves yet, and are still targeting us desert people. Sure enough, the Order's talk of repairing relations is all a lie."

Before the captain could finish his words, someone in the crowd shouted again.

Some of the desert people whose things had not been stolen also showed unwavering expressions.

The reason they appeared here was because they had the last bit of trust in the House of Lords, believing that the House of Lords said it would repair the relationship between the two sides and reopen trade between the rainforest and the desert.

But now, the desert people's things have been stolen and robbed, and these lackeys of the House of Religion not only do not look for them, but on the contrary, they are constantly "targeting" the desert people.

This doesn't seem like the House of Representatives wants to repair the relationship between the two sides as it said.

The leader of the team of thirty people looked towards the place where the shouting came from in the crowd, and he also noticed something was wrong.

But there were too many people, and it was hard to find anyone to instigate, and some of the desert people around had already started shouting and cursing.

Something is wrong when he starts shouting and cursing.

Don't forget, this is Xumi City, and the number of rainforest people is definitely greater than that of desert people.

When the desert people curse others, they can't just target the group of thirty people. They will inevitably use words like the House of Religious Orders and Rainforest People.

In addition, there were people from the Hand of Achmar in the crowd, and some words attacking the Great Mercy Tree King were also heard by the residents of the surrounding Xumi City.

Now, things started to go out of control.

The surrounding rainforest people started to curse at the desert people.

In the crowd, the leader of a team of thirty people saw that things were suddenly getting out of control, his expression suddenly tensed, and then he pressed the void terminal next to his ear.

"There is a riot on Baoshang Street, requesting support."

Soon, a group of thirty people patrolling other places in Xumi City received the message and began to rush to Baoshang Street.

Soon, a large group of thirty people arrived here and forcibly separated the two noisy parties.

Some desert people wanted to take action, but were stopped by their friends.

Not all desert people are brainless. Fighting against a group of thirty people in Xumi City will not have a good result.

At this time, Wang Hao and the other two had just arrived at Baoshang Street.

Nashida paused in her cheerful steps and looked at the crowd divided by the group of thirty people.

There was a slight frown between her delicate eyebrows, revealing a hint of worry.

The two sides were arguing so loudly that Nashida could hear what they were saying.

The desert people scolded the rainforest people for being hypocritical, deceiving them, and being cunning, and occasionally mixed in remarks about the Great Kind Tree King killing the Red King.

The rainforest people call the desert people brainless, rude, and full of nonsense, and they should be left to eat sand until they die in the desert.

This kind of quarrel made Nashida feel as if her heart was being torn.

Seeing Nashida was about to walk over,

Wang Hao grabbed her little hand and looked at Nashida's puzzled eyes: "You are not the Grass God now."

He was reminding Narcida that she was in disguise.

The Great Compassionate Tree King stood nearby, seemingly not hearing the slanders leveled against her by the desert people.

In fact, the rumor that the Great Compassion Tree King persecuted the Red King had been around for a long time.

This was not the first time that the Great Compassionate Tree King had heard this.

Again,
Believing in a dead god is a sad thing after all.

Therefore, the Great Compassionate Tree King was willing to forgive the offense of these desert people.

Of course, there is another reason. After the death of the Red King, the Great Compassion Tree King regarded the desert people as his own people.

It's normal for gods to be more lenient to their people.

(End of this chapter)