Chapter 182 Historical truth?
"No, sorry..." The law enforcement officers subconsciously pounced on Heimerdinger, and after touching the big hairy head, they instantly realized that the situation was not good.
This person is indeed a big pro-Jana element. But he is too powerful, so even if he is really in collusion with the bandits, he cannot be arrested.
"Senator Heimerdinger, we didn't realize it was you..."
"This is really too much!" Heimerdinger climbed up from the ground in a panic, his head seemed to have swelled up with anger.
"Let me ask you, on what basis did you arrest Skye? Because she and Victor are assistants?"
"Well, I'm Victor's teacher! Why didn't you arrest me?"
The law enforcement officers were embarrassed and silent, not daring to look at him.
"Get out, all of you! The Hextech Institute is a place for scientific research, not a playground for your political struggles!" Heimerdinger cursed angrily, which was rare.
"Okay, okay." The law enforcement officers looked at each other, and finally retreated after some hesitation: "Let's not investigate the Hextech Institute for now. Let's go somewhere else first."
Having said this, they fled away in embarrassment.
Skye and the male researcher were finally free. They couldn't help but breathe heavily and calm down after surviving the disaster.
"Principal , thank you." Sky picked up the broken glasses and said gratefully.
"Ah..." Heimerdinger sighed helplessly. He had a lot to say, but it seemed meaningless.
Although he is a member of parliament, the only things he can discuss are the affairs of Piltover University.
Finally, he could only say to Skye, "Don't go home these few days. Just live in school. I'll be watching over the school, so at least nothing will happen... After the storm has passed in a few days, the situation may be better."
"Hey, wait..."
Heimerdinger had just decided to at least defend Piltover University when he immediately realized something was wrong:
"Just now those law enforcement officers said... not to investigate Hextech Institute, but to go 'somewhere else' first?"
What is somewhere else?
Where else do they want to investigate, who else do they want to investigate, and how many people do they want to investigate?
"Oh no!" Heimerdinger suddenly felt something was wrong.
He did not forget that he was not only the leader of Hextech Institute, but also the president of the entire Piltover University.
Now even the most important Hextech Institute in Piltover has been broken into. How can the other academies be safe?
Heimerdinger immediately turned around and hurried out of the laboratory building.
After walking a few steps, he saw a bustling scene on campus:
Countless law enforcement officers in blue robes were seen moving around the campus of Piltover University, wantonly arresting and escorting professors and students from various colleges.
The students resisted fiercely and the professors argued their case, but neither could prevent them from being collectively invited for tea.
Suddenly, it seemed as if this was no longer a campus but a battlefield.
"What are you doing?!" Heimerdinger grabbed an officer angrily.
“Why are so many people being arrested?”
"Senator Heimerdinger..." The law enforcer was slightly startled before answering, "These are all orders from the parliament."
"Congressman Camille said these students are most susceptible to the dangerous theories of leaders and must be screened before they can continue to receive their education at university."
There is some truth in this.
After all, the Leaders Association was born here, and the core members of the Leaders are basically all students of Piltover University.
These young students who still have a beautiful vision for the world, especially the international students in Zaun, are almost natural sympathizers and supporters of the Leaders.
The University of Piltover is the heart and brain of this civilized and progressive city, and has absolute voice that can influence public opinion and trends throughout the city.
Therefore, Camille has to focus on the University of Piltover and clear out all the students in the school who may support or sympathize with the Leader, so as to change the entire public opinion environment of Piltover from top to bottom.
"You, you guys..." Heimerdinger was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"Then you don't need to arrest so many people!"
He pointed angrily at the other end of the square, where a large group of professors and students were being escorted out by law enforcement officers:
Heimerdinger knew them, they were both from the Alchemy Technology College.
These law enforcement officers said they were only investigating pro-Jana elements, but in the end they arrested almost everyone in the entire Alchemy Technology Academy.
"They are all Zaun." This was the only explanation given by the law enforcement officer.
Alchemy technology is not valued in Piltover.
Therefore, the teachers and students of the Alchemy Institute are basically not native to Piltover, but are test-takers from the lower city who immigrated from Zaun.
Now, law enforcement officers suspect that Zaun people are pro-Jana elements when they see them, so naturally none of them can escape.
This so-called "Anti-Jana Law" has in fact been implemented as the "Anti-Zuan Law".
Heimerdinger was speechless and had to ask again, "What about the School of Literature and Arts?"
"How come you guys arrested so many students from the College of Arts and Literature?"
Those who study literature and art are basically all locals of Piltover, and most of them are rich.
Could they also be colluding with bandits?
"They read the poems of the bandit leader Levi." In order to win the favor of the ordinary citizens and intellectuals of Piltover for the Leader, Levi copied a lot of famous Western poems, translated them into the language of Runeterra, and published them in newspapers.
"They also openly play bandit leader Seraphine's music in class."
Heimerdinger: “…”
"Asshole... these kids are all studying music! Miss Seraphine is the most famous musician in the Twin Cities and a lifetime honorary member of the Piltover Musicians Association. Is there anything wrong with the students playing her music?"
"We'll have to investigate to find out whether there is a problem or not," said the law enforcement officer.
"Also, the bandit leader Seraphine has now been expelled from the Piltover Musicians' Guild - Professor Heimerdinger, you shouldn't call her a musician anymore."
Heimerdinger: “…”
Shouldn't the Musicians Association be a simple folk art organization? How did it get involved in this?
Hey, science, literature, art...how come they all have national boundaries suddenly after we woke up?
Here Heimerdinger is lost in thought.
A well-dressed middle-aged professor happened to be passing by being escorted by a law enforcement officer.
The professor was overjoyed to see him and asked for help: "Principal! Principal Heimerdinger! It's great to have you here..."
"Professor Lemire?" Heimerdinger knew him.
Lemire is a professor in the School of History and Archaeology and director of the Piltover Museum.
He once discussed historical issues with Heimerdinger, the "living fossil", so he had a deep impression of Heimerdinger.
Of course, Heimerdinger was more impressed by Professor Lemire's nephew, the young explorer named "Ezreal" who was already famous in Piltover.
He also helped study the arcane gauntlets that Ezreal brought back from Shurima's archaeological excavation last time.
"Professor Lemire, how come you were caught too..." Heimerdinger was stunned.
Professor Lemire is a genuine local master of Piltover. His ten generations of ancestors have been famous scholars, wealthy people, and explorers.
His main research direction is also Shurima history, and I don't think there is anything sensitive about it.
Could it be that even he could be the leader?
"Alas." Lemire said helplessly: "Principal, you don't know that it is because I am studying the history of Shurima that I got into trouble..."
He not only studied the Shurima Empire 3,000 years ago, but also the Shurima colonies 300 years ago.
In his academic paper, he described in detail how the merchants of Piltover established a colonial outpost on the northern coast of the Shurima continent, and how they expanded inland step by step, continuously eroding the land of the Shurimans.
All the plunder, massacre, slavery and even cruel genocide that occurred during the colonial period were recorded verbatim by him out of his conscience as a historian.
These true historical records without any embellishment happen to be completely consistent with the colonial history described by the leader.
As a result, Lemire somehow became the "undercover propagandist" of the Leader who infiltrated the historical community of Piltover.
"But I really am not! I really have nothing to do with the Leader Association! I am just recording history..."
"Principal Heimerdinger, please help me and ask them to let me go."
Professor Lemire helplessly asked Heimerdinger for help.
Heimerdinger turned to look at the officer who was escorting Lemire, but the officer said:
"Mr. Lemire's problem is very serious. He is the most famous historian in Piltover and he must be responsible for what he says."
"Unless he is willing to sign a public article to clarify the 'historical truth' and distance himself from the Leaders Association, we cannot let him go home easily."
"The historical truth?" Heimerdinger was still puzzled.
Professor Lemire was so angry that he lost his composure. "What the truth is! They just want me to lie and talk nonsense!"
"Principal, do you know what they want me to write?"
The Windleader says that the Piltover colonists have committed numerous massacres in Shurima.
The law enforcement officer asked Lemire to write that before the colonists arrived in Shurima, the natives were fighting each other.
The colonists tried hard to coexist peacefully with the natives and to bring advanced civilization to the backward Shurima continent, but instead they were maliciously attacked by these barbarians and had to take up arms to resist.
In short, the colonists were acting in self-defense.
The so-called massacre was either committed by the Shurimans themselves, or the numbers were exaggerated and were collateral damage accidentally caused by the colonists in the process of self-defense.
The leader then produced more detailed data, proving that the indigenous population on the northern coast of the Shurima continent had experienced a dramatic decline after the arrival of the colonists.
The law enforcement officer then asked Lemire to present the results of his research, saying that the decline in the indigenous population was entirely due to the spread of the epidemic diseases at the time.
The colonists did not intend to kill all of them; most of the natives died of disease.
"Nonsense! This is all nonsense!"
"If I published this kind of nonsense 'paper', would I still be considered a historian?"
Lemuel was indignant to the extreme.
"Those are all true," the law enforcement officer said expressionlessly.
"That's partly true!" Lemuel exclaimed.
Did the indigenous people actively attack the colonists? Did they kill each other? Did they die in large numbers from disease?
Both.
These historical truths are all true when taken individually.
But when put together and written in the style of the Spring and Autumn Period, the final conclusion is nonsense.
"No, this is the truth!" The law enforcement officer was a little angry. "Other professors in the History Department have already published articles publicly refuting the false historical theories that Leader shamelessly smeared Piltover."
"You are the only one going against the whole of Piltover!"
"Professor Lemire, you still said that you have no relationship with the Leader?"
"I..." Lemuel was choked and speechless.
Heimerdinger couldn't bear to listen any longer. He couldn't help but say, "I can prove that what Professor Lemire said is the historical truth!"
"Professor Heimerdinger, please stop talking nonsense. You are not a historian, how do you know these things?"
"I was a senator 300 years ago, of course I know!" Heimerdinger shouted in public.
The law enforcement officer was anxious: "This is the instruction of Lady Camille. If you say it again, you are not a member of parliament!"
