Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 39 The referees are all my people, why are you still fighting? (4K, please read it later)

"You mean to bring down a chem-baron? Wait, are you serious?"

Ike looked at Li Ke in disbelief and said in shock: "You can attack them, but do you want to pull them down and completely overthrow their rule?"

"No?" Li Ke replied.

Ike shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Of course not!"

"The Alchemist Barons are all under the command of Hilco. Hilco can tolerate internal strife among his men, but he will not allow anyone else to touch the plate." Ike stretched out his hand and made a motion in front of him, which was like overturning a pyramid. He looked at Li Ke and said seriously, "You are shaking his base. You are shaking his foundation. Do you understand?"

"If the Alchemist Baron dies and we go to war with Silk, Zaun will be in chaos. This is not right!"

"In the end, everyone is the one who suffers!"

Without waiting for Li Ke to respond, he continued, "Honestly, I don't know how you made Jinx become what she is now, and I don't know how you made Jinx leave Silko and follow you, but if you ask me, Li Ke, it would be a very stupid thing for us to really turn the table with Silko now!"

Li Ke smiled after hearing what Ike said.

Ike was talking about us.

In other words, he was considering the matter from Li Ke's perspective.

But who said Hilco was an outsider?
He is the sponsor of the Lotus Gang, the major shareholder of the Hope Community, and the guide to the future direction of Zaan. How could he be an outsider?

But what Ike said made sense. If Li Ke didn't know what kind of person Silko was and how much Silko loved Jinx, he would be the same as Ike.

Power is something that can fascinate people. Hilko is now the emperor of Zaun. All the alchemy barons obey him. He is the uncrowned king of Zaun. If someone touches his plate and shares his cake, he will naturally rise up.

If we become enemies with Hilko, the whole of Zaun will be in chaos, and this is not empty talk.

At least once Hilco dies, Zaun's economy will plummet, and the leaderless alchemy barons will fight each other for petty gains, and the entire Zaun will fall into war.

But Hilco is not someone obsessed with power.

Li Ke firmly believed that as long as Hilco was the same as in the Battle of Two Cities anime, then he would not be a man who would get lost in power and give up his ideals.

He is a man who would rather give himself to Piltover and end the dispute between the two cities for Jinx.

How could such a person make Jinx sad?

It’s funny that Li Ke now discovers his history of making a fortune, and it seems that everything was thanks to Jinx?

She provided most of the energy, she manufactured the gang's weapons, the gang's funds came from her father, and the smooth fight for territory was also due to her father.

Jinx is really my baby.

Thinking of this, Li Ke couldn't help but look at Jinx.

Jinx was seen lying on the ground with her long legs raised and swinging, talking to Isa about something and looking very happy.

The cute and heartless Xiao Jin.

Damn, why is this little woman so fascinating?

Who do you think invented this little gadget?

"Do you understand what I said?" Ike saw Li Ke's gaze, then looked at Li Ke and said seriously.

"I understand, Ike, but you don't have to worry about it."

Li Ke smiled and said, "You need a big move, then I will give you a big move."

"I am waiting for the Wildfire Gang to join me, Ike. I need your talent and the strength of the Wildfire Gang. We must unite, do you understand?"

"You still don't understand." Ike shook his head, seeming a little disappointed.

Seeing this, Li Ke smiled and said, "I'm waiting for the day when you bring the Wildfire Gang to my place."

Oh, did I not understand?

No, you don't understand Hilco, Ike.

The next afternoon,

Fulgrim's Tavern

In the room, Hilco took out the wine glass, poured a glass of wine, and placed the glass on the table.

Li Ke sat opposite Xierko and took the wine glass. He said, "Xierko, I came here to talk to you about something."

"Tell me about Jinx first." Hilco said softly while drinking.

Li Ke paused for a moment, then said, "She is doing well. She has gained a little weight recently, and the dark circles under her eyes have become much less. She has become more lovely. But I didn't allow her to draw tattoos on herself anymore, so she drew this on me."

Li Ke said, raising his arm.

I saw a blue cat pattern on his right arm, which was particularly eye-catching.

Li Ke looked at Hilco with a smile.

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Hilco nodded, and seeing Li Ke looking at him, he stretched out his fingers and tapped the table. Sevika stood behind him, saying nothing.

He said in a deep voice: "Go on."

"Why do I feel like you are ordering me around?" Li Ke was a little unhappy.

Hilco smiled slightly, looked at Li Ke and said, "Given your relationship with Jinx, is it too much for me to order you to do something? Besides, the money you use for your development is all my money. If Jinx wants you to do something, even a small thing like this, can you complain?"

".Okay, you have the final say." Li Ke was speechless.

But Hilco is right.

Let’s not talk about the relationship between Silko and Jinx and himself, just talking about Silko’s act of giving money, Li Ke has to thank him.

Money is indeed what Li Ke needs most, but is also the thing he has no way of getting.

Fortunately, Hilco has money.

Li Ke said, "She has been researching air filtration devices recently and has spent a lot of money on it. Did you hear me? Hilco, I said she has spent a lot of money."

"Does that thing really work?" Hilco ignored the money issue that Li Ke emphasized and instead asked about the air filtration device.

It’s not like no one in Black Alley has done such experiments before, but they all failed.

The reason is simple. The filtering device can only solve the dust barrier in a small area, but every place in Zaun is polluted by toxic gas.

Li Ke smiled and nodded: "Yes, preliminary experiments have shown that it can completely purify the air of dozens of square meters, but the filter element is too damaged. Jinx believes that if we want to completely change the air in Zaun, we still have to change it fundamentally. She has a very bold idea, which is to change the sewers first. She wants to remove all the wastewater pipes connecting Zaun and Piltover and install the metal pipes she made for filtering and purification."

"Then there are green plants. Plants can solve a lot of problems."

"There's also air, and changes in the soil range, etc. Anyway, she's been studying these things recently."

After hearing this, Hilco looked a little strange.

Li Ke didn't know what he was thinking.

But. Hilco's expression was complicated, mixed with a hint of apology.

Xierko nodded, looked at Li Ke, held the wine glass in his hand, shook the glass and whispered: "She seems to be very happy at your place?"

"Of course, I sleep well, eat well, have my sister, my younger sister, and me. But Xierko, she occasionally talks about you, and she calls your name in her dreams at night." Li Ke thought for a while and said. This is true, Li Ke is not lying to Xierko.

The last time Jinx fell asleep with her little face on his chest, she was muttering Hilco's name while sucking her thumb.

As soon as Li Ke said this, Hilco's hand holding the wine glass froze noticeably. He put the glass down and began to turn the chair. The movement was somewhat similar to when Jinx turned the chair.

It seemed that he didn't want Li Ke to see his current expression, but after turning around, Hilco saw Sevika. Sister Sevika looked down at Hilco. Seeing this, Hilco had no choice but to turn the chair back to face Li Ke.

Then, Li Ke saw the smile on Hilco's face. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, the corners of his mouth still betrayed him.

"Okay, we've finished talking about family matters. Now, let's talk about the reason why you came, Li Ke," said Silko.

Li Ke immediately said, "I want to pull down an alchemist baron. The Lotus Gang's current territory is not enough."

Hilco raised his eyes and looked at Li Ke, "Are you saying in front of me that you want to pull my people down?"

"Can't you?"

"Is our relationship really that good?" Hilco stopped smiling and his tone turned cold.

"Of course, you are Jinx's father, and I am Jinx's partner. We..."

"Are you really together?" Hilco frowned.

Li Ke sighed, "What do you think? With Jinx's personality," Li Ke pointed at his head and said softly, "If I disagree with this little problem with her, what will she do?"

Hilco laughed, "She probably tied you up while you were asleep, and then placed numerous bombs around you, threatening you to stay with her, or else she would die with you."

"Yes, so from the night when I slept in the same bed with her, I couldn't leave her. Of course, I also like her very much. She is very charming and beautiful. I like her very much too."

"Wait, you mean, sleeping in the same bed?" Hilco's hand reached under the table, and the smile on his face disappeared again.

Your mother!

Grass!
What are you thinking about?
"I didn't do anything." Li Ke stretched out his hands helplessly. Although he felt that he was no longer afraid of guns, this was obviously not the time to argue with Hilko, so he still had to give face to Hilko.

Never do anything that would hurt your daughter in front of a father who loves her.

"Humph."

Hilco sneered.

Li Ke looked at Xierko and said with a playful smile, "You don't lose anything anyway, right?"

"You don't care about those chem-barons at all. You organized them just to gather the existing forces in Zaun. Your goal is to negotiate with Piltover and make Zaun independent."

"But Hilco, don't you think what I'm doing now is right?"

Hilco said nothing and just looked at Li Ke in silence.

"Besides, you should also feel that those alchemy barons are not up to par now, right? Think about it, what kind of characters did you work with before? They were characters like Father Fandel, Uncle Benso, and Sister Sevika. Now? You can only get together with those guys."

When Sevika heard Li Ke mention her name, she narrowed her eyes at Li Ke.

Not to mention that this sentence actually made Sevika feel a little comfortable.

And what's strange is that although Sevika doesn't dislike Li Ke, she doesn't like him that much either. She used to take care of Li Ke only because the future of Zaun belongs to these children, but today it's really strange.

From the moment this guy Li Ke appeared, Sevika felt that Li Ke was very comfortable to look at.

"Who do you want to deal with?" Hilco asked Li Ke.

"I haven't thought about it yet, so I'm here to ask you." Li Ke said. He continued, "I thought about this and I have to tell you. Although I think that just me, Wei, and Jinx are enough to defeat an Alchemist Baron, but I want to train my troops."

"." Hilco's mouth twitched slightly, "So can I understand that you are telling me that you want to attack my people, and then ask me to help protect your people from harm?"

The word "training" is very interesting.

Practice means drill, and the prerequisite of drill is that there should be no casualties.

Li Ke smiled and nodded.

Li Ke’s only feeling now is that he feels great, really great.

Alchemist Baron Ike and Zeli were scared, and the guy they were dealing with carefully, when he came right in front of them, it seemed like... a real piece of shit.

But think about it, when Silko attended the Baron's meeting, he easily controlled the lifeblood of the barons and could kill them at any time. Well. After winning Silko over to his side, the alchemy barons are really a bunch of shit.

After all, your bosses are all with me!
This is like boxing in a ring. Damn, the referees are all my people. If they get desperate, they will help me beat you. How do you think you can beat me?

"Why didn't I realize you were so shameless before?" said Hilco.

Li Ke shrugged and said, "This is also a good thing for you. You want to take action against them, don't you?"

"After all, what they do in private is becoming more and more excessive." Li Ke said.

And Xierko put his hands on the table, pinched his brows with two fingers, lowered his head and thought for a while, then he said:

"Finn, do you know this name?"

Li Ke was stunned, thought carefully, and then nodded.

Iron-hearted Lighter Man!

He looked like a small boss when he first appeared, and he also "incited" Sevika to rebel. What was the result?
He was offline that season, but he also created a famous scene for Hilco and added to Hilco's charm.

"It's him. You can take action against him in three days."

"I will call a meeting with the other barons, leave him alone, and send someone to watch over his place to make sure his people are in his territory, but I won't send anyone to help you." Hillco said to Li Ke.

Just as Li Ke said, before Li Ke came, he had been thinking about giving these guys a beating.

Moreover, helping Li Ke is not just for Jinx.

At the same time, Hilco also wanted to see who was right and who was wrong between him and Vander.

In the past, he had no chance to compete with Van der Leyen. When Van der Leyen came to power, his policies were no different from Li Ke's current ones. After he came to power, Van der Leyen died. But now Li Ke, who has inherited Van der Leyen's will, may be able to help Hilco find the answer.

Li Ke smiled.

After talking to Hilco again, Li Ke left with satisfaction.

Sevika stood behind Hilco and couldn't help but ask, "Why are you helping him?"

"help him?"

"Why do you think so?" Hilco turned around.

"Sevika, I helped."

"Only Zaun." Hilco said with a firm look in his eyes.

Whether it is him or Li Ke, two different ideas, if either one succeeds, then Zaun will be the one that benefits.

This is what he always cares about.

And, of course, there's Jinx.

(End of this chapter)