Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 127: Noxian War Mason, why are there so many spies in Piltover!
After the meeting in the morning, Zaan took action in the afternoon.

Starting from that afternoon, Zaun's sewer law enforcement officers began to patrol the streets and alleys of Zaun, the entire Zaun, and the three regions. It is no exaggeration to say that Zaun was turned upside down. The law enforcement officers asked the identity of every outsider and made a record.

In just one afternoon, Zaun drove away twenty-three Noxians, most of whom were businessmen.

When they were being driven away, they were still cursing the law enforcement officers for being unreasonable and Zaun for being ungrateful. They said that they came to do business and to make money for Zaun, but Zaun drove them away. What is this?

Does Zaun want to stay in Valoran in the future? Do you know that if we go back and tell them, Noxus can cut off all of Zaun’s trade chains with just one word!

But the law enforcement officers ignored these words, and if they encountered Noxians who cursed harshly, they would take out sticks and wave them at the Noxians to intimidate them.

Are you kidding me? Are you really calling our Zaun a united, friendly, kind and peaceful city-state?
If it weren't for the fact that as a law enforcement officer he needed to maintain a good image to the outside world, the law enforcement officer would have swung his stick to hit the Noxian in the mouth the moment he uttered the first curse.

I thought it was in the past?
I thought that Zaan was once allowed to be bullied by others?

Now, only we, the people of Zaun, are cursing!
In fact, the law enforcement officers did not know that Li Ke had returned, but this did not prevent them from being hostile to Noxus. What's more, this was an order issued by Hilko himself, and then assigned to them by Wei, the law enforcement chief of Zaun.

For those Zaun people who followed Li Ke in their early years and turned from members of the Lotus Gang into Zaun law enforcement officers, they don't care at all about who their targets are when enforcing the law. After all, Congressman Li Ke once said to them - If one day you see me breaking the law, I hope you can come to search and hold me accountable, instead of letting me do wrong things just because I am a congressman.

Therefore, let alone fighting a few Noxian merchants, they even fought Noxian soldiers on the Bridge of Progress!
"Among the war refugees that entered Zaun some time ago, there were also many Noxians. Do we need to investigate them as well?"

In the Law Enforcement Bureau, Marsan stood in front of Wei and spoke.

Wei was wearing a police uniform and sitting at the table. When she heard the voice, she looked up at Marsan and nodded, saying, "Of course, there are not only these refugees. There must be spies sent by Noxus among the previous refugees. The beautiful black girl from Jace's family said that they call these people war masons."

"Can a stonemason be a spy?" Marsan felt curious.

"It's just a name. They say they are stonemasons, but this group of people are good at everything. They can be resourceful scouts, skilled engineers, and brave warriors. Black Girl also said that she is actually a warmason thrown into Piltover by Noxus to some extent, but she fell in love with Piltover and chose to coexist with Piltover."

Wei felt a headache as she spoke. Driving away the Noxian merchants was no problem.

But drive away those refugees who fled to Zaun because of the war started by Noxus and joined Zaun?

This is not that easy to deal with.

First of all, Zaun needs population, a large number of people. And the way Zaun’s population has always grown is from the war refugees. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Zaun people to reproduce on their own.

Because the number of people born every day is less than the number of people who die every day from various reasons. Of course, this is not the case now.

If you kill someone in Zaan now, you will be beaten with a stick, put in jail, and then eat peanuts after the trial!

In short, take Scar as an example. He is not a real Zaun person. Even if you trace back Li Ke, he is not a Zaun person either.

But now, they all call themselves Zaun people.

Zaun can be tolerant and accept these people, and Zaun has always been doing so.

Therefore, if we drive them away, Zaun will most likely lose the idea among the Valoran refugees - if it doesn't work, we can just escape to Zaun and live there.

This would greatly reduce the rate of Zaun's future population growth.

Thinking of this, Wei pointed at the table and said, "Ask Caitlin to come over, and go to the upper city to call Marcus down."

Caitlyn has a strong ability to infer, and Marcus has been a law enforcement officer for decades, and later took over the position of Piltover Law Enforcement Sheriff. He has seen many people of all kinds, so Marcus has a very sharp eye.

Speaking of Marcos.
Wei no longer hated him. She now understood that Marcos had indeed saved her back then. Although he threw her into prison after saving her, there was nothing he could do about it.

Because Silko's power was too great, many dignitaries in the upper city were in cahoots with him, and the lower city was all-powerful. If Wei was not in Jingshui Prison, Silko would have found her in a matter of minutes and then arrested and killed.

"Oh shit."

Wei suddenly cursed and felt that life was really fucking interesting.

She actually contributed to the construction of the twin cities with the two people she had hated before, and she slowly chose to let go and forgive them.

Was I this kind of person before?
Wei thought with some amusement.

An hour later, in the law enforcement bureau in the sewer, in a room with only dim lights, a row of Zaun people were sitting and Caitlyn was questioning them.

Marcos and Wei were watching the scene in the room in front of a one-way mirror. There was also a beautiful blue bird on Wei's head.

That person was specially invited by Wei, Lady Janna, who can see through people's hearts.

With her around, it would be much easier to catch spies.

In the interrogation room, looking at the information at hand, Miss Tiaozi asked calmly, "You entered Zaun in 984, right? But Charlie, I remember that year was exactly when Noxus invaded Ionia."

"Yes, it was because of the war that I fled to Zaun with my family." Xia Li, a Zaun man who set up a stall in the middle square in front of Caitlyn, answered.

"Family? But you've always been alone." Caitlin frowned.

"Because my child died on the way to escape. He starved to death." A trace of pain flashed across Xia Li's eyes, but disappeared immediately.

"I'm sorry to remind you of your sad past, but Charlie, I still have a question for you." Caitlin said apologetically, then she straightened her face and asked, "You said you were a refugee, so where did you live originally?"

Zaun didn’t have a population registration in the past. Anyone could enter Zaun and live there.

Therefore, the information Caitlin had did not record much about these people's deeds, only their names, ages, and what they were doing.

"Findor, a seaside town northwest of Piltover," Charlie replied.

Caitlin raised her eyebrows and said seriously, "So, you were a Noxian before?"

Xia Li was stunned, then nodded: "Yes"

He looked at Caitlin in surprise. He didn't expect that Caitlin had guessed his identity.

"I used to be a fisherman in Findo, and I supported my family by fishing at sea. But there was a riot in the port city of Besilico, and the soldiers suppressed by the imperial army fled to Findo. I didn't want to join the army. I didn't want to make achievements and gain glory. I just wanted to protect my family, that's all, so I fled Findo with them."

Xia Li suddenly reached out and grabbed his hair, saying painfully, "But on the way, my wife was killed by bandits. I could only flee to Zaun with my young daughter, but she also died on the way to Zaun."

Caitlin nodded. "Take a break and relax. I may have something to ask you later."

"Ok."

"He didn't lie." Marcos kept staring at Charlie's face, observing Charlie's expression and body movements, and then he made a judgment.

As the former sheriff of Piltover, Marcos has seen too many refugees and poor people who came to Piltover after fleeing, wanting to live here, but as expected, they were all driven away by Marcos.

Because Piltover does not accept refugees. To put it bluntly, Piltover back then had enough headaches just because of Zaun. Aren’t Zaun people refugees in Piltover?

Piltover is not big and cannot accommodate so many people.

Wei was confused. She asked, "Is that all? Can we really tell if they are spies sent by Noxus?"

"If you ask me, shouldn't violence be used during interrogations? For example, beat them up until they're black and blue to scare them?" Wei said, frowning.

"First of all, they are from Zaun. If you use violence without reason, the Gutter Enforcement Bureau will lose its prestige in Zaun. Your mission is to protect them, not oppress them, right?" Marcus said to Wei speechlessly.

Wei was stunned, then nodded.

Yes, they are only suspected of being spies now, not that they are really spies. If they wrongly accuse good people.
Wei shuddered. She felt that Li Ke would cause trouble for her, and then she might have to hide behind Jinx and beg for mercy. No, that couldn't happen.

"Secondly, those who can be spies in the enemy country, especially the war masons of Noxus, are already prepared to die when they come. Intimidation and torture cannot make them surrender. You have to let them reveal their own flaws. Caitlin is an expert in criminal investigation. Just trust her."

Above Wei's head, Janna also whispered, "The man named Xiali did not lie. When he talked about Fendor, his wife, and his children, his soul was in pain and he was sad."

"Okay, it's up to you guys anyway, and I might as well study."

Wei nodded and spoke.

Soon, the investigation was completed and all the Zaun people who were under special attention were released.

Vi, Marcus, Caitlyn, and Janna arrived at Vi's office.

Caitlin skillfully raised one leg, then sat on the table and said:
"At least in my opinion, there are no spies among them. I first asked each of them about their origins and the reasons for coming to Zaun. Then, I asked them about other things separately.

Finally, I said that I had somewhat forgotten what they said at the beginning, and asked them again about their origins and reasons for coming to Zaan.

When I asked them the third time, I observed their expressions and compared them with their first answers. Ladies and gentlemen, I can make sure that the answers they said twice have no solution, not at all. Caitlin explained to Wei,
"The reason why I asked everyone to be questioned together, rather than interrogated individually, was to interrupt their thinking. When I questioned others harshly, the people I questioned would relax and then listen to what the people I questioned had to say.

If they were lying and making up a false story, then they should have said something wrong after I asked for details one last time and even deliberately guided them, but they didn’t. ”

The last time Caitlin asked questions, she disrupted the order and no longer started with Charlie. Instead, she randomly selected people to question. Despite the sudden questioning and her deliberate guidance, these people did not say anything wrong.

From this we can see that these things were not made up by them, but actually happened and left a deep impression on them.

Of course, it is not ruled out that they had made preparations in advance, memorized this matter, or even had the help of magic?

But with Janna here, and since Janna thinks it's okay, Caitlyn feels that the above conditions are impossible.

"Is this true? Aren't you just asking questions? Did you do so many things just now?" After hearing Caitlin's words, Wei widened her eyes.

Are you kidding me?
Did Little Cake do so many things in such a short time?

Marcos sighed as he listened.

Zaun's law enforcement bureau is powerful, even stronger than Piltover, but it is not good at investigating cases and interrogating prisoners.
Forget it, you really can’t ask so much from an enforcement agency that has only been established for a year.

"I think it's probably because Zaun and Noxus had a good relationship before, and many people died in Zaun every day, it was very chaotic. Plus, Zaun was very poor, so Noxus felt there was no need to send war masons to Zaun." Caitlyn said after thinking for a while.

"But there is no Piltover in Zaun. There will be, so Wei, I would like to ask Goddess Janna to come with me, and then please ask Councillor Hilco for a document. I want to investigate the people in the upper city."

Wei nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you."

"You'll accompany me? Well, actually you don't have to come, as long as Lady Janna comes." Caitlyn said after thinking for a moment.

Wei was stunned when she heard this and narrowed her eyes: "Do I really not have to go?"

Seeing Wei's expression, Caitlin's working brain stopped working, and then another brain started working again and again, nodding: "No, no, of course you have to go with me. Sorry, I just said the wrong thing."

"Hehe, you'd better say the wrong thing instead of thinking that way from the bottom of your heart." Wei said unhappily.

Half an hour later, Caitlyn held Wei's waist and flew up to Piltover on a flying board.

Marcus talked to the new sheriff of Piltover, who is also his student, while Wei and Caitlin went to see Mel and told Mel that they wanted to investigate the powerful.

Mel agreed, and Caitlin's mother, Councillor Gilaman, wholeheartedly agreed.

Soon, under the names of Mel, Gilamane, and Jayce, all the nobles of Piltover received investigation documents.

Caitlin also brought people to visit one by one.

"Mr. Mickey Ketra, the reason I came to see you is because you entered Piltover in 984 and engaged in the wool textile business, and then gradually became the largest in the city, right? You and Mel were both Noxians."

After Caitlin finished speaking, she quickly added: "I'm not doubting you, I'm just stating a fact."

"It's okay. I understand. I was a Noxian before, but Noxus, as you know, is too overbearing. Merchants like us in Noxus are just their mobile vaults.

"In order to survive, I had no choice but to leave Noxus. Then, I came to Piltover from Besilico and sold all the goods I had.

Later, I came here a few more times. To be honest, it was really pleasant to do business with the people of Piltover. I gradually found that I liked this place. I have been to many places, such as Shurima and Freljord, but those places are very poor, not like Piltover. "

Mickey smiled and said to Caitlin.

Caitlin nodded and continued:

"As far as I know, the wool and textiles in your inventory are basically collected from Shurima. But hasn't Shurima been at war with Noxus for years? Many coastal cities have been occupied by Noxus. How did you purchase so much wool during such a chaotic period?"

"Little Jilaman, you may be a very good law enforcement officer, but you are definitely not a good businessman." Mickey laughed and continued:
"For traveling merchants like us, we often have to go to dangerous and chaotic places to make a fortune. The profits from war are more lucrative than you can imagine.

It is precisely because of the war in Shurima that the locals are starving, and wool and textiles, which are valuable items in other places, have become useless in Shurima. If they can't even afford to eat, what's the point of having good clothes or beautiful carpets at home? Therefore, I only need to use cheap food to buy these goods and then sell them elsewhere."

“That’s how my family rose to prominence,” Mickey said.

"I see," Caitlin said.

Then she asked Mickey a lot of questions.

Mickey took his time and answered each question one by one.

The questioning process lasted for half an hour. Finally, Caitlin looked at Janna on Wei, and then saw Janna nodded to her. Seeing this, Caitlin stood up and said to Mickey: "Thank you for cooperating with the investigation. I'm sorry to disturb your time."

"It's okay. I really enjoy chatting with young people."

Mickey stood up and said with a smile. He looked at Caitlin who was about to leave and continued, "Little Jiraman, let me teach you another piece of life wisdom. This is what I learned when I was a fisherman."

"The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish will be." He looked at Caitlin seriously and said.

Caitlin was about to walk towards the door, but when she heard Mickey's words, her body paused. She turned around instantly and looked at Mickey with narrowed eyes.

"Fishermen? Ah!"

"I suddenly remembered one thing. The reason why I came to you first was because I just heard your name." Caitlin clapped her hands, as if she had suddenly realized something.

Wei on the side was confused and looked at Caitlyn, thinking, I've followed you all the way, when have we heard such a name before?
But just as she was about to speak, Marcos pressed his fist against her back.

Wei was stunned and closed her mouth.

"I was just conducting an investigation in Zaun. There is a Noxian who entered Zaun in 984, just like you. He was also a fisherman before. When the war broke out, he came to Zaun to live alone. But he always remembered a man named Mickey. He said that was his brother and that Mickey helped him a lot."

Caitlin said happily:

"He asked me if I could help him find his brother since I was investigating. You also left Noxus in 984 and came to Piltover.

And my mother said that your family name was only given after the business started. You didn't have a last name before, right? So Mr. Mickey, do you think the person he is looking for is you?"

"It's possible, but I helped too many people when I was a fisherman. Just by saying that, I have no way of knowing who he is. Maybe he is not looking for me?" Mickey said thoughtfully.

Caitlin walked towards Mickey. Wearing short-heeled boots, she was a little taller than the Noxian man. When she arrived in front of Mickey, Caitlin said:

"It's okay. I think he's looking for you. His name is Vincent. He used to be a fisherman in the fishing port of Besilico. You see, he's a resident of Besilico like you. In 984, war broke out and there was a rebellion in Besilico. So Vincent left Besilico to avoid the war."

Mickey stroked his chin and thought, then suddenly looked up at Caitlin and said happily, "Ah, it's him!"

Behind Caitlyn, no matter how stupid Wei is, she knows what Caitlyn is doing.
Damn, little cake, you are really good at it!
Even the dead can be said to be alive!
And, it actually worked!

"Do you really know him?"

"Of course, you don't have to worry about this. I will go down and talk to him when the time comes. No, I will go down today." Mickey smiled, reached out and patted Caitlin's shoulder, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that an investigation would actually allow me to find an old friend who had been lost for many years."

"That's great, Caitlin, you've helped me a lot." Mickey's smile was genuine.

But Caitlin just clapped her hands, and then smiled, a sneer.

She looked at Mickey, raised her hand, and said softly, "Wei, arrest him."

"Damn, you're really good at this, little cake. I really learned from you."

A figure rushed out from Caitlin's side, and then instantly subdued Mickey Ketra, who had a terrified look on his face.

Pressing the man to the ground, Wei raised her hand and punched Mickey on the back of the head as he tried to resist.

How strong is she?
The Zaun female boxing champion is not talking nonsense!
With just one punch, Mickey groaned and fainted.

Caitlin looked at Marcus and said seriously, "I think it's not just him. There will be many war masons in Piltover. Councillor Meier is right. A lot of bugs came into Piltover without our knowledge."

"I understand. Don't worry, no one will know that I took him away." Marcos nodded.

"Wei, it's time for us to go to the next place." Caitlyn turned around, put one hand on her waist, and her hair swayed under her tall hat. She looked so heroic at this moment.

Looking at Caitlin like this, Wei's throat moved, and then she said with a smile:

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

(End of this chapter)