Me? The director of the Asylum of All Heavens!

Chapter 22: Piltover Council
Members of parliament arrived one after another in the parliament building in Piltover, and the security measures here were strengthened a lot more than usual.

No one noticed that there were some strange noises coming from the underground maintenance pipes full of cables from time to time.

A tiny little guy wearing a strange mask was moving his short legs quickly through the pipe.

There was another person behind him, bending over and curling his legs, following him carefully.

Suddenly he rolled over to avoid the light cast from the manhole cover and quickly hid in the shadows.

But his mask fell to the ground, revealing his big hairy face.

The little guy was stunned for a moment, then quickly picked up the mask and held it in his arms.

The sneaky figure turned out to be Professor Heimerdinger, and following behind him was Ekko.

At this moment, the footsteps of security personnel were heard overhead...

Heimerdinger immediately pressed himself against the wall and reached out to stop Ekko.

"Didn't you say this is your territory?" Ike asked in a low voice.

"Shh!"

Heimerdinger, absorbed in his stealth game imitating the Agent, held up a finger to remind him not to talk.

The footsteps gradually faded away.

"follow me"

After saying this, Heimerdinger jumped out nimbly.

Ike had no choice but to follow.

Soon they came to the next corner, and Heimerdinger made strange gestures and stopped Ekko again.

He looked around carefully, and this time there were no footsteps.

"The Red Tyrant has left the wild area."

Heimerdinger uttered strange secret codes and ran forward.

Ike, who was following behind him, was a little speechless and couldn't help but complain: "Don't you know that if you make up a code like this, others won't understand it?"

While they were talking, they had already arrived at the maintenance ladder that connected the pipe to the ground.

"Look, we're here." Heimerdinger showed a proud expression on his face.

"Oh, yes. Thanks to the 'privilege' of a certain founder, we can get all the way here." Ike couldn't help laughing and praised him very flatteringly.

The two men climbed out of the maintenance pipe one after the other.

……

Inside the parliament hall.

"Well, three of my suppliers have said they are going to put their delivery business on hold until things calm down in the fall."

"What we need to worry about right now is not the revenue, but the sheriff has betrayed us."

“We don’t know enough about the situation yet.”

The parliamentarians discussed the situation at once, but never got to the point.

Councillor Jace Tallis looked at the remains of the explosives made by Jinx and couldn't help but say: "Action is the key, otherwise more people will die."

Councillor Salo stroked his chin absentmindedly and said, "Perhaps Max is carrying out some mission without authorization. There are no powerful people in the Lower City, and any benefits he can get are not available in the Upper City."

at this time.

"Instead of giving him benefits, we are threatening him with pain!" Caitlin said as she walked into the parliament accompanied by law enforcement officers.

"Dear members of parliament, my daughter has a unique insight into the current situation." Caitlin's mother stood up to support her.

"Thank you." Caitlin nodded to her mother.

"Members of the Senate, this is Wei, a native of Dicheng. Although we have failed and hurt her countless times, she still took all kinds of risks to show me the living conditions of the people of Dicheng."

"They suffered from poverty, disease and the lack of light. They lived in fear under the tyranny of the major gangs. The leader of these gangs was Hilco."

Councilman Bolpok, who was wearing a mechanical mask, retorted incredulously: "We have already investigated his background. They are not capable of establishing such a large-scale criminal organization."

"So who is in charge of the investigation?" Caitlin exposed the fact that Sheriff Marcos accepted bribes and colluded with Hilco.

Now all the congressmen looked at each other in bewilderment. They realized that a huge, organized and large-scale criminal group had been existing right under their noses.

It was still Jace who was able to grasp the key to the problem: "What does this Hilco intend to do to us?"

"He wants to break away from Piltover's control and build a new Zaun." Caitlyn spoke the truth. On this issue, she was more clear-headed than Vi, who was blinded by hatred.

There was a brief silence in the parliament.

Suddenly, some disputes were faintly heard outside the door.

"Hey, you can't go in here."

Everyone's attention was diverted, and Councillor Giraman coughed lightly to draw everyone's attention back.

Jayce once again felt the pressure from Zaun. He took out Jinx's explosives and asked the question he had always been concerned about: "What about this? Do you know who invented it?"

"I don't know, this, uh..." Caitlin subconsciously wanted to hide it. She knew it was Wei's sister who did it, but she didn't want to embarrass Wei.

However, Wei still held Caitlyn's hand, as she didn't want to embarrass Caitlyn.

And subconsciously, Wei felt that everything Jinx did was due to Silk. She needed to let the parliament know the threat of Silk's forces, so as to stimulate them to fight Silk.

"The inventor is called Jink..." "Jinx..."

As Wei spoke, the door to the parliament was opened again and Ike spoke loudly.

Heimerdinger stormed into the council with Ekko.

"Senator Heimerdinger?" Everyone in the parliament was surprised.

"Ike? I'm so glad you're okay!"

Caitlin and Wei looked at Ike with surprise.

"Sorry, congressmen, we couldn't stop them," the guard at the door said awkwardly.

"It's okay, you can go down." Senator Polpok, wearing a mechanical mask, forgave the guards for their negligence.

Although Professor Heimerdinger has been removed from the council, they still have awe for Heimerdinger, one of the founders of Piltover.

"Ahem, don't worry about it. I'm not a council member anymore, but the situation is critical now. As a good citizen, I think I have an obligation to remind you so that you don't even know who your opponent is."

Heimerdinger coughed and then introduced Ekko.

"Your enemy is called Hilko, and this one is called Ike. He is a native of Dicheng and the leader of the Wildfire Gang, the only force in Dicheng that is still resisting Hilko's rule."

"Wildfire Gang!" Upon hearing this, Jace slammed the table and stood up. He took out another clip bomb evidence of Jinx.

"Did your Wildfire Gang do this?"

"No! Jinx did it!" Ike denied with a frown.

"But Marcus said that they searched the Wildfire Gang..."

As Jace was talking, he suddenly realized that he was now certain that Marcos and Hilco were in the same group.

You can't believe a word Marcos says. God knows how much he has done for Hilco.

"So this is why you've been targeting our Wildfire Gang recently!" Ike was a little emotional and clenched his fists.

"Don't get excited." Heimerdinger tried to calm the emotions on both sides.

"I'm sorry, I think the direction of our investigation has been led astray by Marcus from the very beginning." Jace held his forehead and said exhaustedly.

Ike curled his lips. Although he understood, he did not accept the apology.

"This Jinx got the Hextech Gem." Jayce continued to ask the previous topic.

Caitlyn and Vi looked at Ekko.

Ike shook his head regretfully: "Yes."

"Then we can only solve it by force." Jace stood up and said firmly.

"This will start a war." Mel looked at Jace in disbelief.

"There are still many good people in Boreal!" Caitlin also disagreed with Jace's approach.

"Humph, there are a lot of bad guys too." The short and fat Senator Hoskar snorted coldly.

"If you are only targeting the forces of Xierko, then count me in. Going to war with Xierko is not such a simple matter. Perhaps you will need the assistance of a local force."

Ike also supported the idea of ​​going to war, but he hoped to limit the war to the forces of Hilco.

"Even if we force an attack, they still have a glimmer of hope." Caitlin's mother was not willing to go to war.

"And we have hextech," Jace said forcefully.

"How could you think that?" Caitlin looked at her former friend in surprise.

Heimerdinger was the last person to support radical ideas. He hesitated to speak several times, but because he had lost his seat as a councillor, he finally left the council in disappointment.

"I can only help you so far." Heimerdinger patted Ekko's shoulder before leaving.

"Lawyer, please escort Professor Heimerdinger away." Senator Saro said sincerely.

"No need, coming here is like going home. I also know where many secret doors are that you don't know about. Goodbye, I'm going to find my Poro." Heimerdinger said and left early.

Although the conservative Heimerdinger did not participate in the parliamentary discussion, the parliament as a whole tended to avoid the option of war.

"We have been holding meetings for weeks in a row, and the blood on the bridge has not yet been cleaned up. How long can we endure this?" Jess said emotionally to the conservative congressmen.

He wanted nothing more than to protect the people of Piltover, but the threat from Bottom City was becoming more and more serious, and he had no choice but to respond calmly.

"Jace, you don't understand war, but I do." Senator Mel looked into Jace's eyes seriously.

She is from a Noxian family and has witnessed the cruelty of war since childhood.

"We must not go to war unless it is absolutely necessary. Perhaps we can try diplomatic means," Mel suggested.

"She's right." Councillor Salo was the first to agree.

Other lawmakers shared the same sentiment.

"What? You plan to negotiate with Hilco?" Wei asked excitedly.

"This may be the only way to avoid more casualties," Caitlin's mother explained.

"This is not the only way!" Ike stood up before Wei got angry.

"You are thinking on the premise that Silko represents the interests of Zaun. You think that fighting Silko is fighting the entire Zaun. But there are still voices in Zaun that oppose Silko. He is not, and will never be, the only person who has the final say in Zaun. Why can't you consider cooperating with us and let us work together to get rid of Silko? Give Zaun and Piltover a peaceful and tranquil tomorrow?"

Ike's shocking remarks put the congressmen in deep thought.

(End of this chapter)