Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 95 No, this is Zaan?
In the middle square, Jayce saw the ugly side of the Zaun people. The people here had all kinds of tattoos all over their bodies, spoke rudely, and sometimes you could even see Zaun people swearing at each other from a distance.

Jayce stood among them. Because he was tall, at least two meters tall, the group of Zaun people would stand up from the things they were stepping on and continue to curse at Jayce through them.

It's crude and reckless, but strangely, there is no violence here?
Jace had been walking around the middle square for nearly half an hour, but he didn't see any fights. He even saw a very strange scene.

That was when Jace passed by a small market. When he looked down at the food sold on the stalls, the owner and the customer of the stall behind him started arguing. Their necks were stiff and their faces were red. The argument was fierce, but when two people wearing clothes with colorful petal fragments came over, they pretended to be silent like brothers.

"This"

At first glance, this reminded Jayce of the law enforcers. There were often disputes between shop owners and customers in Piltover, but after the law enforcers arrived at the scene, people on both sides would choose to take a step back. The situation just now reminded Jayce of the law enforcers in Piltover.

Walking down one flight of stairs after another, Jayce finally arrived at the sewer area of ​​Zaun.

From what he read in the book, Jayce knew that this place was smaller than the middle level, but it was also the most populous place in Zaun. Zaun's poor, gangsters, and all kinds of people were crowded in the gutter belt, and the black alley was the core circle of the gutter.

Jace lifted the bag in his hand, held it against his chest, and walked forward.

"Depend on!"

As soon as he walked out of the narrow alley and officially entered the sewer area, Jace was stunned.

A girl's voice sounded next to my ear. The visibility was obviously much better than that in the middle square. The air still smelled bad, but there was no pungent smell like in the middle square.

Wouldn’t it be uncomfortable if you inhaled it into your lungs?

Looking further ahead, it is the same architectural style as the middle square. The houses are irregularly and densely packed together, but there are more street lights and white walls on the two rows of roads. They separate the houses and leave the main road empty. On those walls, there are all kinds of beautiful paintings in various styles, which are obviously not from the work of one person.

It's very messy, but it's like a big community?

Those wall paintings add a touch of warmth to the place.

"Don't run! Don't run! Hey, big guy, help me catch it!" The girl's voice sounded again.

Jace turned his head and saw a little girl in a linen dress and two pigtails running towards him. Her face was red and her eyes were big, looking at him anxiously.

"What are you standing there for? Help me catch my chicken!" the girl said to Jace.

Jace was stunned, then he looked over and saw a chicken with red and black feathers standing on a stone, with its head held high and its chest puffed out.

“Is that your chicken?”

"Yes, we have guests at home today, and my mother asked me to kill it!" the girl said loudly to Jace.

"But, it, you." Jace organized his words, his mind in a mess.

The chicken is in Zaun, or it ran away in the ditch. Aren’t you afraid of danger as a little girl going to look for it?

Aren't you afraid that you'll end up with nothing? !
"Aren't you afraid of danger?" Jace finally organized his words and said to the girl.

"What? Danger?" The Zaun girl was stunned, then she looked at Jace with her hands on her hips, said "Oh", nodded and said, "You are from Upper City, right?"

"There's no danger. Zaun has changed. All the gangs have disbanded. There are also ditch enforcers patrolling everywhere to protect us. How can there be any danger?" The girl looked at Jace and frowned. "So, are you going to help me catch the chicken? If not, just get out of the way. You're blocking the road, understand?"

"Law enforcement officer? To protect you?"

"You ask too many questions, big man." The girl ignored Jace, crawled under Jace's crotch, and rushed towards the chicken.

But she couldn't outrun the chicken at all, especially because she was short. When the chicken flapped its wings and flew high up, it was even harder to catch it.

Seeing this, Jace thought for a moment, put his briefcase aside, and rolled up his sleeves.

After a moment, Councillor Tallis, whose clothes were dirty, smiled and handed the chicken to the girl.

She moved her hands quickly, one hand grasped the chicken's neck, the other hand held the chicken, and looked at Jace with a smile: "Thank you, big guy, are you thirsty? Are you hungry? Let me make it clear first, I don't have money to thank you."

"No, I just have a few questions for you." Jace walked to the back and saw that the briefcase was still there. He breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and picked up the briefcase. He looked at the girl who followed behind him and said:

"What about the gutter enforcers you just mentioned and the disbanding of the gang?"

"Councilman Li Ke said it himself. Since yesterday, there are no more gangs in Zaun. My father drank a lot of alcohol yesterday, and it was my mother who spanked him this morning, so he didn't miss work on the first day of the factory opening." The girl sniffed, sat on the rock holding the chicken and said to Jace.

Jace walked over, sat next to her, and listened to her tell him about what had happened recently in Zaun.

The more he listened, the more shocked Jace's expression became.

"Is what you said true?"

"Of course! My father saw Goddess Janna with his own eyes!"

"Heimerdinger is the fourth councilor of your Zaun?"

"He's super cute, isn't he?"

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Jace didn't know how he got to the Hope Community. Anyway, he was in a daze. After asking the Zaun people, he came to this place.

It’s completely different from what’s written in the book!
Dirty, yes!
Chaos, yes!
But. Is this place bad?

Jayce looked at the Hope Community in confusion. As the largest community in Zaun, this community was not much more prosperous than other communities, but it had a large population. Moreover, the streets were clean, the sun could be seen, and the air smelled better.

The most important point is that everyone here has a smile on their face, their tone may be unfriendly and their words may be rude, but they definitely have no ill intentions.

And Jace also entered the Hope Community.

No one stopped him. Unlike those high-end communities and villa areas in Piltover, this place could be entered freely.

Walking into the Hope Community, Jace looked at the stalls, the children running on the streets, and the women sitting under an artificial tree to rest and chat. Finally, his expression could not be suppressed.

You call this Zaun?!
No, why would Zaan be like this!
What happened in the middle square was beyond Jayce's expectations, and how could the sewer belt, which was considered the worst place in the two cities in the books and words of the adults of Piltover, be like this?
"Would you like a free lemonade?"

A voice sounded beside his ear, and Jace looked over to see a gentle-looking woman holding a plate, looking at him and blinking.

Jace was stunned for a moment, then he subconsciously reached out his hand and said, "Um, thank you, I'm just a little thirsty."

After a fierce battle with the chicken, and not having drunk a single sip of water since arriving in Zaun, and with his tense nerves, of course he would be thirsty.

But what Jayce didn't notice was that after arriving in Zaun, he had originally planned to cook and prepare his own meals, and would never eat the food and water given to him by the people of Zaun, because he was afraid that they might be poisonous, and if he was infected with the glimmer, his life would be ruined.

But now, he picked up the water cup, not even caring whether the paper cup was clean, and started drinking.

But after taking two sips, Jace's expression became unnatural.

"Haha, is it not to your taste? Sorry, it's hard to buy fresh lemons in Zaun, so I used lemon powder and a little concentrate. Is it not tasty?" The woman said with a smile when she saw Jace frowning.

Jace shook his head, took a big sip, and put the cup on the plate in the woman's hand. He said, "No, it's delicious, but a little sour. It would be better if you could add some sugar."

"Sugar? I'll think about it when the time comes." The woman nodded, then looked for another person, took out a new paper cup, and poured him a glass of lemonade.

Jace looked at her, and then heard this conversation.

"Ah, Councillor Marna, you're giving away free water again?"

"This is all I can do now. Come on, don't be polite to me."

"Of course I won't be polite with you. Come, give me a big cup. I have to go to transport ore in the afternoon, and I can't do without drinking some water." The Zaun man said with a laugh.

Jace stood there, mouth open, expression stunned: "?"

Wait, what did that Zaun guy call her?
Myrna. Senator?

"Aunt Marna!" At this moment, a loud voice rang out. A figure ran up to Marna in a hurry. He had red hair, a tattoo on his pretty face, and a hole on his nose, which seemed to be used for nose studs, but now that place was empty.

A pair of beautiful big blue eyes were smiling, and beads of sweat were dripping from her red hair on her forehead. She reached out to grab the kettle full of lemonade.

"Pa!" Marna reached out and slapped the girl's hand, scolding her with a smile: "Wei, you drank it with your mouth, so how can others drink it? Be honest and drink it with the cup."

"Tsk, a beauty like me is drinking from my mouth, and they can drink my saliva, that's their blessing~" Wei said indifferently, but still obediently put away her claws, and waited obediently for Marna to pour water for her.

After gushing a glass of lemonade, Marna took out her towel and wiped the sweat from Wei's cheeks and neck.

Wei, who was drinking water, suddenly turned her head and looked at Jace.

"?"

"Handsome guy, where are you looking at your mother?" Noticing Jace's gaze, Wei narrowed her eyes and cursed.

Jace paused, and when Wei caught his gaze he turned his head away, as if he was guilty, but immediately he felt angry again.

He just took a glance, and didn't look at anything he shouldn't have. He still has some character. Is it necessary to scold him so harshly?

The people of Zuan are really uncultured!

"What's up with that silly handsome guy over there? He doesn't look like one of ours." Wei approached Marna and whispered.

"You don't know him?"

"Well, he is so handsome, hiss, but I really don't know him. Hmm, that's not right, I seem to have some impression of him? Hmm, where have I seen him before?" Wei leaned against the wall, with one foot against the wall, and lowered his head to think.

You know what, after hearing what Aunt Marna said, Wei found that this guy actually looked a little familiar.

"Jace Tallis, the eighth senator of Zaun." Marna said with a smile.

"Oh, it's him. Fine then. I won't arrest him and interrogate him about what a Piltover native is doing in Zaun. Okay, Auntie, you can help me keep an eye on him. If my sister comes to the community, please tell her that she will be in trouble when I get home after work!"

"Ah? What did Lady Jinx do again?" Marna covered her mouth with her hand.

"She stole my nose stud! And left me a bull nose stud on the table. I was so mad. Is that thing okay to wear?" Wei became excited and yelled.

Who could understand how she felt when she woke up early this morning, washed her hair and tidied her face, and when she turned over the table to look for her nose stud, she ended up hitting an oversized iron ring?

No, does Jinx treat me like a beast of burden? !

"Wei, I noticed that you like talking about your sister a lot recently. Have you two reconciled completely?"

"Well, what else can I do? I only have this one sister, I can only accept her changes. Just like what Li Ke said, no matter how she changes, she is still my favorite sister."

After Wei finished speaking, he felt a little embarrassed, patted his butt, and ran out of the community, while still shouting: "Team Three, go to Xihe, there is waste to be transported over there!"

"Yes! Big sister!"

"Damn it, call me captain!" Wei cursed with a smile at the person who called her the big sister.

Jace watched the scene silently, then turned and walked away.

It’s different. Zaan is really different.

What Viktor said is right. Zaun is not what the people of Piltover think it is. It does have its bad and wrong aspects, but it also has many beautiful things and beautiful people.

Jace saw everything with his own eyes along the way. He didn't know what Zaun was like in the past, but at least, the Zaun that Jace saw now was different from what he read in the books and what the adults said.

A congressman can hold a plate and serve water to the people of Zaun. This kind of thing is simply impossible in Piltover!

Even a show is impossible!

Because the congressmen can’t bring themselves to do that!
But, what about that woman?
She really cared about these things and was afraid that they would be tired.

Jace lowered his head and walked forward, then he bumped into something.

Looking up, Jace saw a small foot on his thigh.

The shoe on this foot was a black boot with metal pieces hanging on it.

"Talis?" a hoarse but playful voice sounded.

Jace raised his head and looked forward to see a blue-haired girl whose head was only in front of his chest looking at him.

When he saw the other person clearly, his pupils suddenly contracted.

"You've got the wrong person." Jace said quickly.

"No, how could I have mistaken you?" She retracted her legs and stood in front of Jace coquettishly. On her cute face, a pair of big eyes looked at Jace with a scrutinizing gaze.

He reached out and grabbed a long blue braid, swung it around, and continued, "I took your things, and you put me on the wanted list. Have you forgotten?"

"You are so narcissistic. Your name is written all over the book, and there are also your photos. Tell me, can I be wrong about this?"

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Jace's teeth began to chatter.

The reason is simple. The person standing in front of him is recognized as a dangerous person by the Piltover law enforcement officers, the blue-haired madman who is listed as Piltover's most wanted criminal!

Killing without blinking an eye, neurotic, and the most dangerous. This is all the impressions that Piltover has of Jinx.

But the strange thing was that the girl in front of him was much cuter than the one in the photo, especially her face, which was so cute that Jace took a second look at her.

"Well, let me take a look." The blue-haired girl circled around Jace, touched her chin, bent down and looked up at Jace. After a moment, she clicked her tongue.

"Besides being a little taller, there's nothing special about you. You're not handsome at all!"

"Who said you are the most handsome and outstanding person in the two cities? Ask him to come out. I want to have a good talk with him. Why is my Li Ke not on the list?"

Listening to her crazy words, Jace dared not move, for fear that he would make her angry and then shoot himself.

"Don't scare him, Jinx." A voice then sounded, and Jayce looked over and saw another dangerous man from Zaun.
Hilko!
He walked gracefully to Jinx's side, patted her shoulder with his hand, and in his other hand was a bag filled with various snacks that only children would eat.

Jinx groaned twice, then took a step back to give Jace some space so that he wouldn't have to lower his head like a quail with such a big body.

"Welcome to Zaun, Jace Tallis. We have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Come on, follow me, I'll take you to see Li Ke." After saying that, Xierko turned and walked towards the Lotus Gang's stronghold.

Jinx followed, with her hands behind her back, skipping along the way.

He was humming a strange song.

That innocent and lovely look made Jace dazed for a moment.

Could this girl in front of me really be the most dangerous criminal wanted in Piltover?
But she doesn't look scary at all.

"Snapped!"

A Zaun who was traveling with Hilco stood up, snapped his fingers in front of Jace with an unhappy look on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Where is your mother?"

“That’s my sister-in-law.”

Marson said so.

(End of this chapter)