Me? The director of the Asylum of All Heavens!

Chapter 21: Is there anything more devastating than having a daughter?

In the red-light district of Dicheng, in the office of the brothel owner Babette.

"To be honest, I don't know much about Bomb. At first, I thought she was dead. It wasn't until Hilko occupied the Fulgrim Tavern that he intended to take Bomb back to Fulgrim Tavern to take back what belonged to her. Even though he was being assassinated during that period, he still blatantly appeared in the public eye with Jinx. I know what he was thinking. At that time, Vandal still had many followers who were fighting stubbornly. He just wanted to let those guys who were loyal to Vandal and had been against him see - 'Vandal's daughter is in my hands, you'd better be honest.'"

Babette lowered her head in shame: "I will never forget the look in her eyes that day. I saw her and she saw me. She was so helpless and confused. I could see her struggle. She wanted me to save her and take her away from Hilco, but I backed off and didn't dare look into her eyes again." Babette's hand holding the pipe trembled slightly.

"Is there no one else who wants to save her? She's still a child! How can you bear to let her live with the person who killed her father?" Harley Quinn asked indignantly.

Babette shook her head. "Before Hilco and Vander broke up, he was a close friend of Bombshell's parents. He was an elder who watched them grow up. I don't think Hilco would embarrass a child."

"That's just a weak excuse..." Harley Quinn said.

Lin Zizhi shook his head and motioned Harley Quinn to calm down. "Don't say it. Someone must have tried it. It was Hilco's conspiracy. He used Jinx to fish for the remaining warriors loyal to Vandel. Before their rebellion plan was perfected, they would recklessly fall into his trap and die."

Babette glanced at Lin Zizhi and agreed with him: "You are right. The brave, loyal and passionate are always the first to die bravely. After that, there were fewer voices against Silko. At that time, the remaining people were scared by Silko. We no longer have the strength to fight Silko, let alone rescue Vander's daughter. We can't afford the price. And Bomb is in his hands, and we are really afraid that Silko will do something to Bomb."

"What a weak excuse." Harley Quinn pouted and stormed out. "I'm going to see if Mr. Folger has made enough money. I can't stand this filth and corruption here for even a minute."

Lin Zizhi nodded and motioned for the madam to continue.

“That was the last time I saw Boom Boom. From that day on, Boom Boom did not appear in our sight for a long time. When she appeared again, a brand new Jinx was born.”

"Her eyes made me feel strange. She seemed to have withdrawn herself from the real world and ignored everything and everyone around her with a mentality of playing with the world. She seemed eager to prove her own value. She helped Silko deal with many competitors. She became more and more like Silko, doing things by any means and leaving no room for others. Soon her position began to threaten the second-in-command, Sevika."

There was a hint of fear in Babette's eyes, and she took a puff of her pipe to calm herself down.

At this moment Babette's servant came in, drawing aside the curtain, and whispered something to her.

"I see. Get the car ready! Tell Margo I'll be there."

Madam Babette dismissed her servants and looked at the clock.

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you more. This is all I know. Maybe Little One knows a little more. His name is Ekko, and he is Jinx's childhood playmate. He always wanted to rescue Jinx, but failed. Later, he gathered the remaining resistance forces in Zaun and formed a Wildfire Gang. They opposed Silko everywhere and disrupted the Shimmer transaction. He gave Silko a headache. After that, his gang became the main target of Jinx's crackdown."

Babette said this and stood up.

"I think this is also the reason why Silko trained Jinx. From the beginning, Jinx was a tool he used to deal with Fandel's forces. He sent Jinx to deal with the Wildfire Gang, and he also caused Jinx to break up with his old friends, ending up being deserted by everyone."

Lin Zizhi politely stood up and shook her hand. "Anyway, thank you for sharing. I understand that everything you did was just to survive. Despite this, you still took the risk to tell me part of the truth. If I were in your position, I wouldn't be able to do more."

"Thank you for your comfort. It's too painful to keep some things in my heart. It makes me feel better to have someone to talk to." Babette smiled and shook hands with Lin Zizhi.

"Mr. Lin, my name is Babette, and this is my token of my love. If you are in danger, you can come to me, but only once." The madam handed Lin Zizhi a special gold coin that was exactly the same as the decoration on her body.

She was about to prepare for a meeting with Hilco. She did not intend to tell Lin Zizhi about this matter, and she would not tell Hilco about her meeting with Lin Zizhi either.

That was all she could do.

……

At this time, a guest came to Jinx's secret Kiri in Zaun Rift.

"Jinx, are you there?"

Hilco pressed the switch, and the entire base lit up instantly. At the same time, Hilco triggered Jinx's mechanism, and countless bright fireworks flew out instantly.

This is a huge abandoned exhaust fan in the Rift Valley. Several RVs can be parked on each fan blade. It was originally used to absorb the toxic gas in the mining area and improve the working environment of the miners in the Rift Valley Mine. However, due to the high cost of maintenance, it was abandoned by the Upper City Council after it broke down.

A long time ago, Hilco helped Jinx find it and transformed it, turning it into Jinx's weapon manufacturing workshop.

Hilco gave her the privilege of an unlimited supply of fireworks and explosives, where Jinx could experiment with her imaginative explosives without worrying about damaging the building.

With the sparkling fireworks and falling colorful sequins, Hilco saw a box with a beautiful bow tied with a ribbon in the center of the secret base.

There was a greeting card on the box with the word "surprise" written crookedly in highlighter.

There was a lot of blank space on the card, and it looked like Jinx hadn't decided what to write on it to complete the surprise.

This should have happened before Jinx knew her sister returned to Zaun.

A series of things happened afterwards, leaving Jinx in no mood to perfect the surprise she had prepared.

"Jinx? Jinx?"

Hilco shouted a few more times without giving up, but Jinx was indeed not there, so he had to untie the ribbon and open the box.

Inside the box was a new weapon that Jinx had already made - a rocket launcher that could be powered by hexgems.

Although without the Hex Gem, this thing is just a decoration, but the appearance of this weapon is a timely help and helped Hilco a lot.

Hilco stroked the weapon, feeling mixed emotions.

He got the weapon he had always dreamed of to fight against the upper city, but at this moment his heart was empty and he felt very uneasy.

"Boss, I have notified everyone who needs to be notified. Let's get ready to set off!" Sevika appeared at the entrance of the base.

This was her first time at Jinx's base. She looked around curiously and saw the weapon in Hilco's hand at first sight.

"what is this?"

"This is the weapon I asked Jinx to make. I didn't expect that she had already made it. If it weren't for that damn Vi, I think all the troubles would have been solved." Hilco said angrily.

"Although the most important Hextech Gem is not here, with it I can make everyone in the meeting shut up and listen to me patiently. Come, take it with you."

Hilco waved his hand and asked Sevika to come over and take the box.

Sevika picked up the box without saying a word and turned to leave. Hilco walked behind her, looking reluctantly at the traces left by Jinx in the base.

There are colorful graffiti drawn by Jinx everywhere, and the ground is filled with various dolls and Jinx's wooden horse toy from her childhood.

That was the first gift that Hilco had given her, when he and Jinx had just mended their relationship.

Although some of them are not suitable for her age, Jinx likes them very much and has kept them until now.

Of course her favorite toy is still the damn stuffed rabbit that her sister held when she was a child.

Hilco picked up Jinx's rabbit. He held the rabbit tightly, but considering that it was Jinx's favorite doll, he put it down gently.

"I know what's wrong with me. What could be more devastating than having a daughter?"

(End of this chapter)