lol: Bind Syndra at the start

The guard subconsciously stood up straighter after he finished speaking. He had never seen Councillor Tallis like this before, but he knew why...

Mel's disappearance could not be concealed for three days as Jace had imagined.

Almost as soon as Jace went out to find Ryan and Vladimir, someone told the other parliamentarians and nobles about this matter.

Even though Jace, a political newcomer, has Mel's support, he is still surrounded by people like a sieve.

The reactions of the parliamentarians and nobles after hearing the news were exactly as Vladimir had expected. It had only been a few hours since dawn... but Jace, sitting in the office, had already heard three rumors through his own channels.

In those rumors of twisted humanity and moral decay, he became a complete villain, murderer, madman, traitor...

Jace looked at the guard's expression and saw that he was clearly nervous and uneasy.

This situation made him sigh. Not everyone would believe those rumors, but rumors were like mud on the ground. Even if you tried your best to avoid them, you would still be stained with stains.

Even the guards had been affected by the rumors, which meant the situation was worse than he had imagined.

This embarrassing situation made Jace lose the right to be angry. He tried to ask in a calm voice:

"Who from the Qilaman family?"

"Caitlin Killaman, your friend."

"Friend..." Jace laughed to himself, "Let her in."

"Yes!"

The guard left the office.

After a while, a familiar figure walked in from outside.

Caitlin didn't wear the law enforcement uniform, but a long dress that was more casual.

She didn't seem surprised by Jace's condition, and said directly: "I heard that you looked for me last night? Unfortunately, I wasn't at home at that time..."

"The light is on in your room." Jace finally couldn't help but interrupt the other person's lie. "I've waited for you at that location countless times. I know which room is yours."

"...I'm missing my mother." Caitlin lowered her head.

At other times, this statement would have inspired sympathy in Jace, but now he felt as if everything around him was filled with other meanings.

"What is it that brings you to me?"

Jace asked, staring at Caitlin.

"Revenge." Caitlin did not hide her thoughts.

The Zauns first killed her mother and then caused a scene at her mother's funeral.

These two things almost completely broke her down.

It even made her begin to doubt whether her previous persistence was meaningful.

"You want to go to war with Zaun?"

"Starting a war is too slow. We need to gather our troops and make overall arrangements. There is another way to more easily attack Zaun...the alchemist barons." Caitlin finally covered herself with a 'fig leaf'.

"any solution?"

"Ventilation duct, I can reverse the device and use the gray fog to deal with the Zaun people!"

The office fell into silence.

What broke the silence was Jace's laughter.

"what are you laughing at?"

"Why did you come to me? To ask me to support you in doing this? Do you know how many rumors there are about me out there?"

"I know, but at a time like this, you should be more ruthless. Fighting back against Zaun will show others your determination..."

"Put aside your thoughts." Jace stood up. He wanted to throw the letter he had just received in Caitlin's face, but strangely, the letter disappeared out of thin air...

He stood there in a daze for a while, and finally could only look at Caitlin and say:

"The people of Zaun have guessed your intentions. If you push the gray fog into Zaun, it will only bring disaster to Piltover!"

Chapter 347 The Situation is Clear

Caitlin looked at Jace until he couldn't help but frown, then she asked, "How do you know the Zaun people are prepared?"

“I have my channels.”

Jace lowered his eyes, not to avoid Caitlin's gaze, but to find out where his "channel" had gone, since he had clearly placed it on the table.

As the founder of Hextech, he doesn't have a deep understanding of magic.

The foundation of the Hextech Core originated from a mysterious wizard he and his mother encountered in his childhood. The wizard saved him and his mother and gave him a "magic crystal". The entire Hextech technology was built on that magic crystal.

With a magic crystal that belongs to him, Jace has a long time to study it scientifically and slowly develop it into a scientific system.

But the blood bats that Vladimir casually made, or the letters created by blood magic... these "things" that may disappear at any time are not worth studying.

Therefore, Jace quickly gave up looking for that 'channel' and instead looked up at his 'friend'. The familiar face made him feel a little strange.

But people always change, just like myself...

Jace reminded her, thinking of his last kindness: "Catlin, you have lost your mind. The exhaust backflow will cause the poisonous gray fog to spread on the streets of Zaun.

"Think about who's on the streets. Zaun's chem-barons don't just wander the streets for no reason. Only the homeless and the hardworking will show up."

Caitlin seemed not to hear these advices, or perhaps she heard them but pretended not to hear them, "The Zaun people attacked our parliament, and we cannot let this matter be easily exposed.

"We must bring punishment to Zaun, no matter what means we use. This was the oath of the Piltover Enforcement Team when it was first established, but now we have not fulfilled it."

"So what do you want to do?" Jace frowned.

"I need your support."

"Support the backflow of poison gas?" Jace laughed in anger. "I told you the Zauns already have countermeasures."

"Can you guarantee that your information is correct?" Caitlin suddenly asked, "We all know how dire your situation is right now. Mel is missing... Without her support, you're rootless and your family won't be able to keep your seat in parliament.

"You have to make changes, do things that others dare not do, in order to have a chance to save the situation. I am helping you..."

"Are you helping me?"

Jace interrupted Caitlin loudly. He finally realized why he had been feeling something was wrong since she came in. "Do you think I'm at my wit's end, like a desperate gambler who can only bet his last capital on you?"

Caitlin was silent for a moment. "Other people have approached me, but I think it's better to work with you."

"I don't think we can cooperate on this." Jayce was no longer in the mood to talk. "Let's go back and agree to cooperate with Anbesa. Let's see if the Noxians are kind enough to help Piltover regain its glory."

Caitlin was stunned for a moment, and she looked at Jace in surprise.

Even the other members of the Chiraman family didn't know that Anbesa had contacted her secretly.

This seemed to prove that Jace really had access to channels that she and the other nobles didn't know about.

She wanted to say something else.

But Jace had already turned and looked out the window.

After a moment of silence, Caitlin walked out by herself, and almost at the same time... Jace suddenly turned around and looked at the door, his face filled with thoughtfulness after a trial.

"Lian is right, Anbesa has chosen the Qilaman family..."

He lowered his head and found that the envelope he had been looking for for a long time appeared on the table again.

"Is this magic?"

Jace stared at the scarlet letter.

The letter was unsigned, but given the color, there seemed no need for a signature.

He opened the envelope.

Previously, there was only one line of words on this letter, which predicted Caitlin's thoughts and told him that the Zaun people were already on guard.

And now there is an extra line of words on it, Anbesa is at Qilaman's manor, and they may take action tonight.

"..."

Jace clutched the envelope.

After a moment's hesitation, he decided to put aside his hesitation and go directly to Ryan.

......

......

Sleep is the best way to rest.

Because when the sun rises again, everything that happened before can be forgotten.

Ryan walked out of a room that was larger than the living room in his previous life, passed through a hallway that was wider than the front playground, and finally arrived at the back garden after a lot of effort.

Vladimir was soaking himself in the pool, like a... floating corpse.

"Do you usually sleep like this?"

"Om..."

Slight ripples appeared on the water surface, and Vladimir's figure slowly emerged from underwater.

There was no splashing during this process. The pool water was like slowly melting grease, and Vladimir, who surfaced, was not wet by the water.

"I find this more comfortable than lying in bed."

Vladimir looked at Ryan and remembered the important matter, "A lot of things happened while you were sleeping. Should we synchronize them first?"

"You said."

“First of all, the little girl we met in Zaun did get along well with Jinx, and they went to many places together;

"After establishing her authority, the chem-baron named Sevika adopted even more radical tactics. She divided some chem-barons and won over others. Now, the chem-barons in Zaun are all worried about their own safety, but no one is willing to step forward and take the lead. Therefore, Sevika has become the undisputed leader.

"Also, the situation in Piltover is developing faster than we expected. Councillor Talis isn't as influential as we thought, and everyone knows about Mel's disappearance.

"And Anbesa did find the Qilaman family as you said, but the young lady from the Qilaman family seemed to have her own thoughts. She went to find Jace, but the two of them didn't reach a consensus...

"And according to the information I received from Noxus, Anbessa is going to make a real big move in Piltover tonight."

"So Zaun has been basically settled." Ryan said to himself.

"If nothing unexpected happens..." Vladimir learned from the bats that there were a few capable guys hiding in the corners of Zaun.

"If there is an unexpected tree traitor, it can be solved." Ryan is confident about this.

The environment in Zaun is more "barbaric" than Piltover. There, strength is king, and as long as you can fight, you can gain the recognition of most people.

Piltover is even more complicated. Unless a massacre is carried out, the threat of a single force will only make most people rebellious.

This is how society develops. The more sound a society is, the more ideas the local people have in their minds.

You talk to them about strength, they talk to you about spirit;

You talk to them about spirit, they talk to you about human rights...

"Jace's situation is not good. He may come to us soon..." Ryan began to analyze slowly.

"He's on the way." Vladimir provided first-hand information.

"This is not surprising. Apart from us, he has no help.

"As for the Kiraman family, they didn't really have a choice. The explosion in Parliament killed several members, and they weren't particularly special. But the Alchemy Barons couldn't handle the funeral and caused a scene...

"Aside from their deeper background, their situation is no different from Jace's. Lady Piltover is watching them now. If they can't wash away this shame, the prestige of the Kiraman family will be greatly damaged."

"Anbesa may have noticed this." Vladimir said slowly.

Ryan knew the general plot, but he knew more details.

Just recently, Caitlin had done to Jace what Ambersa had done to her.

Unfortunately, Jace still has his own backup plan, but Caitlyn has no choice.

"So the situation is clear now..." Ryan looked up at Vladimir, "but we have to find Mel first!"

Chapter 348: The Divine Will Overcome the Darkness (Two in One)

The key point about Mel is that she is both a Piltover councilor, a Noxian, and the daughter of Anbessa.

The first identity allows her to make decisions on behalf of the Piltover system;

The second identity allowed her to better understand Anbesa's ambitions and Noxus's style of doing things.

Whether it is the homeless people in Zaun or the noble councilors in Piltover, they all have an escapist mentality engraved in their bones and the instinct to rationalize their own behavior.