The next morning at Lanxun Manor, Ji Xing went out dressed as usual and saw Camille already waiting there.
The transformed body has been reassembled completely, and there are no traces of the fierce battle with Catalina last night. Only the eyes seem to become calmer and colder than before.
Lanxun Manor was not peaceful last night.
Taking advantage of Camille's injury, the head of the family, Stevan, launched a last risky attempt and sent his cronies to attack Camille.
The result was obviously that Camille won. She killed Stevan with her own hands, cutting off the few emotions in her heart and breaking one of the rules of the Philos family about secret agents.
She officially came to the stage and became the head of the Philos family. By the way, she also wanted to change her voice in the Twin Cities from dark to bright.
"Do you want to be a member of Parliament, Sevier?"
"Congressman? Forget it." Ji Xing thought for a while and said: "I will start traveling in two months, and I may not be in Piltover for about half of the next year. I can do the work of opening up the universal capsule trade.
Leave it to me and I'll do it while I'm traveling."
"Travel?" This was obviously beyond Camille's expectations, and it also disrupted her next plan, but after only a pause, she respected Ji Xing's decision and said: "Okay, I will bring Philos's home later.
Maps and information for you.
I will personally serve as a member of Parliament. Are you interested in attending the first meeting?"
"No, you can make arrangements." Camille gave him enough equal respect, and Ji Xing reciprocated: "I'm going to the laboratory."
The two left Lanxun Manor together. The breeze swept across the street. The remains of the firecrackers set off on Evolution Day rolled on the road, exaggerating the afterglow of the festival. However, the weather in the Twin Cities had changed.
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There was no objection, and no matter how reluctant the members were, Camille became the eighth member of the House of Representatives by unanimous vote.
Only Mel came up with a way to do this: "When the eight members vote, there will be a four-to-four situation, and a ninth person can be directly established."
Her suggestion was Jess Tallis.
This seemed to block the possibility of Camille's one vote being used as two votes, but Camille didn't care at all and directly agreed to Jace joining.
The seven-member parliament became nine, and important resolutions were passed at the first meeting.
The first thing is to repair the relationship with the Noxus Empire. Yes, repair it.
Even if they suffered such an assassination, and even the death of Demacia General Jorge, Piltover did not have the conditions to formally hostilize Noxus.
When Camille encounters some dangers, she will know how huge the gap in combat power between the two sides is.
The close business ties between Piltover and Noxus also prevent the two sides from becoming enemies.
The fight is only for better treatment, and the cooperation with Demacia is only for more choices. Camille believes that taking a step back at this time will be deterred by the 'secret weapon' that destroyed the Gangplank Pirates.
, the temptation of Hextech, Noxus will treat Piltover in a more reasonable manner.
The subsequent development did not go beyond Camille's expectations. The 'secret weapon' developed by Sewell of the Philos family caused far greater commotion in Noxus than the universal capsule. War fanatics were extremely curious and fearful of what happened.
What can be done to destroy Planck and his Abyss in one fell swoop?
They never mentioned the two previous conflicts and even offered to spend a lot of money to redeem the Abyss, but Camille declined.
Affected by this incident, Mel's mother, who was supposed to come to Piltover, canceled her trip.
The biggest impact of this incident on Ji Xing was that it made him more famous in Noxus. With the spread of the universal capsule, he gradually gained four stars.
The second resolution of the Council concerns Zaun.
As the mastermind behind the smuggling case, the Stillwater Prison robbery, and the Zodiac basement attack, and the source of everything, Hilko was naturally sentenced to spend the rest of his life in Stillwater Prison.
Black police officer Marcos basically received the same treatment. As for Vi, Jinx, Ike and their men, with the help of Caitlin as agreed, they quickly left Stillwater Prison. Ike immediately returned to Zaun to stabilize Wildfire.
Helpful heart.
As for Vi and Jinx, Ji Xing only got the news from Caitlin half a month later.
The two sisters left Piltover by boat the day after their release, heading for a port in the Noxian border city.
It is still unclear where they will go and when they will return.
At that time, Ji Xing was busy with the construction of the Zaun Omnipotent Factory, and asked people to take Camille's order to rebuild the sewage pipes of the factory in Piltover and treat a polluted area.
Because of the Hilko incident, Piltover's tightened control over Zaun is also reflected here.
The third resolution of the parliament is the way to promote Hex technology. Even if Heimerdinger tried his best to dissuade caution, it only postponed research in other directions. Miner's Gloves and Hex Claws were eliminated on the Evolution Day.
The equipment that Jess demonstrated has begun to be tried and popularized.
Victor was both happy and worried about this, because he knew that he didn't have much time left, and he hoped to see Hex Technology shine in his limited life.
But fate always fools ordinary people. Just one week after the Evolution Day, he coughed up blood and fell into coma during an experiment, and his life entered a countdown.
Depressed, he returned to Zaun and looked for Singed, the inventor of Glimmer and the great alchemist who he served as his assistant student before coming to Piltover. The answer he got didn't seem to make him happy.
Feeling satisfied, he talked to Ji Xing for several hours.
His disease is congenital, but of course there is a way to save Ji Xing, but it will take some energy. You can also help him. Ji Xing does good deeds not once or twice, not to mention Victor's attitude towards the incident at the college
It's towards him.
But Ji Xing is not sure whether blocking Victor's path to evolution will help him or hinder his longer-term future. Perhaps becoming a mechanical pioneer is a good thing for Victor.
In the end, he just enlightened and followed Victor's own choice, and when Victor used the Hex Core and Shimmer to transform his lame leg as originally planned, he took Skye away so that the girl would not suffer from Victor's evolution.
die.
At this time, the only unstable factor that the council had not discussed was the assassination of Demacia General Jorge at Lanxun Manor.
But to Camille's surprise, Demacia was very calm about this matter. She didn't even blame Piltover at all. She directly accepted Piltover's statement and directed her hatred towards the Noxus Empire.
on the body.
And they sent another serious diplomat to Piltover, and soon reached a purchase contract for the universal capsule. A steady stream of wealth will flow from Demacia to Feros and Ji Xing in the coming days.
In pocket.
Later, when Camille and Ji Xing combined, they determined that Jorge, who was originally sent by Demacia, should be in an awkward position in the country, and Demacia had already expected that Noxus would take action, and also expected the assassination.
.
It's not that Jorge came to die. Demacia probably wouldn't have thought that the assassins sent by Noxus were so powerful, but judging from the fact that Jorge didn't seem to be reminded, this person was sacrificed by Demacia.
Muscular.
He was just a pioneer, and what his adjutant reported back was enough for Demacia not to worry about his death with Piltover.
At this point, everything has returned to calm, and the operations of Piltover and Zaun have not been disturbed in any way, and they have entered a new stage of development.
The city of progress continues to progress.
Ji Xing has also 'developed' several ways to use universal capsules, enriching the diversity of products and turning money into a number.
Two months passed quickly.
Time has entered November, and Ji Xing has arranged everything and is ready to start his first journey to explore more parts of the League of Legends world.
At the invitation of Miss Fortune Sarah, I went to Bilgewater to see what the "Soul Night" she and Raven were whispering about was.
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Bilgewater.
In the dilapidated factory building that smelled of fish, Sarah sat on a table with two kelp hanging on it, regardless of whether it was dirty or not, and maintained the two guns.
The usage frequency has been a bit high recently.
As she expected, Bilgewater fell into chaos after Gangplank's death. Various pirates and gangs fought over the vacant territory. More than a hundred guys were hung up as mummies every day, and all the fish in the offshore were destroyed.
Fattened.
And under the pirate king Gangplank, including her, there are four most powerful pirates.
After she returned to Bilgewater, she took the initiative to invite three other captains to meet, hoping to discuss a development direction for Bilgewater.
After all, Gangplank's death proved that it was not a good choice to rob merchant ships in the waters around Piltover, but that was Bilgewater's biggest source of income.
But she didn't expect that what she got in exchange was the intimidation of the other three captains, who pressed her for the details of Piltover's secret weapon. If she hadn't been guarded, she would have died there that day.
Then a battle broke out, with her fighting three sides. Of course, she was struggling, but Sarah was not afraid at all. With the power of killing Gangplank, many pirates recognized her and wanted to defect to her.
If Sarah hadn't been more selective about her subordinates, she would have developed two fleets by now.
After servicing the firearm, she closed her eyes and rested for a while, until the sound of hurried footsteps accompanied by greetings from her men came from outside.
She opened her eyes, and it was Raven who walked in first. There was some blood on his body, and he grinned and said: "Captain, Hay Wilson's ship is finished, and the people have sunk into the sea."
Sarah smiled slightly, her plan as a bait was successful, but at this time she saw a little helplessness on Raven's face, and said: "But we have a little... little trouble?"
"What?" Sarah frowned.
Raven turned sideways: "Come in."
As the voice fell, a dark-skinned girl with an upper-middle appearance walked in with a wary face, escorted by two pirates behind her.
"This was found on Sea Wilson's ship. He claimed to be an explorer and was accidentally caught by pirates while exploring Bilgewater." Raven shrugged.
"Explorer?" Sarah jumped off the table, looked at the ordinary girl in front of her, and naturally had some doubts in her heart: "What is there to explore in this ghost place of Bilgewater?"
"Why not?" the girl defended in a low voice, seeming to have put down her guard because of Sarah's gender, and asked: "Is this really your captain? A female?"
"It's true." Sarah said: "But are you really an explorer? Tell me how you were caught, and... your name?"
"...Nophi." The girl replied, and then hesitated slightly: "As pirates, you should have heard the story of the 'Deep Sea Titan', right?"
"Huh?" Sarah was stunned and said amusedly: "Don't tell me that as an explorer, you are interested in stories about ghosts and gods."
Of course she knows about the Titans of the Deep, which is related to a legend and a custom in Bilgewater. Every time a Bilgewater ship goes to sea and returns, it needs to pay a 'tithe' to the sea, which is a Kraken
gold.
No matter whether you gain something or not, and no matter how much you gain, the amount of one gold coin will not change, and everyone will abide by it.
Legend has it that if you forget to pay, a Titan of the Deep will appear and use a huge anchor to drag the ship to the bottom of the sea and bury it. There will be no way for the people on the ship to survive, and they will all be submerged in the ocean.
Sarah had always paid tithes, not because she believed in such ghosts and legends, but because she had enough respect for the sea.
Titans of the Deep? It’s just a horror story spread among rumors and rumors amid chaotic killings!
If it is true, then what a terrifying monster the Titan must be? According to legend, ships of all sizes are towed into the bottom of the sea. Even the Abyss owned by Planck, a large ship weighing more than 10,000 tons will be towed directly?
What a joke!
Seeing Sarah's attitude, Nofi seemed a little angry: "As a pirate, you don't believe it? Then do you dare to try to skip paying the tithe?"
"...Why should I try?"
"Look, you don't dare!" Nofi puffed up his chest and said, "That must be true! Damn it, if I hadn't been discovered when I dropped the gold coins, I would definitely be able to see the Deep Sea Titan now!"
Transferred gold coins? Met the Deep Sea Titan? That’s why he was caught by Hay Wilson’s men?
"Hell, what you are supposed to see is the God of Death. The legend is true. Can you still live after seeing it?!"
Sarah snorted, narrowed her eyes and said, "Then the question is, how did you do the step before transferring the gold coins?"
Nofi looked hesitant.
"If you can't tell, just throw her into the sea and feed her to the fish, Raven, we don't have time to deal with such trouble now," Sarah said.
Raven spread his hands to indicate that he knew.
Nuofi made a sound, raised her right hand and rubbed her eyebrows. A wisp of powder fell, and the skin on that area became a bit whiter to the naked eye.
"...How long has it been since you took a shower?"
"...It's a disguise, a disguise!" Nofi said angrily: "I made a disguise, so I successfully sneaked into that pirate's ship!"
"Oh——" Sarah made a long sound and muttered: "That's a strange ability."
After thinking about it, she said hello: "Let Rao take her to wash her and see what she is like before she brings her to see me."
Nofi suddenly became wary and embraced her, and Raven added: "Rau is also a woman."
Nofi then followed the two pirates.
After her figure disappeared, Raven said to Sarah: "Can you believe her?"
"Who can you trust at this time?" Sarah shook her head: "You shouldn't have brought her back, just pretended not to know and sank her into the sea."
Raven smiled bitterly.
Sarah also shook her head and smiled: "Whether you can believe it or not, the method of disguise is a bit interesting. If you keep an eye on it, it might come in handy."
After a pause, she added: "By the way, if I remember correctly, today is November 1st, right?"
Raven knew what she wanted to say: "According to previous years' Soul Eating Night dates, it's almost over, but those guys don't seem to have any intention of stopping. Should we ask the people from the Sea Beast Sect to mediate?"
Sarah clicked her tongue: "You know, it will be a little embarrassing for me to see that priest again now."
The two looked at each other in silence, but the same thoughts and expectations were flashing in their hearts. Will Piltover's 'thigh'... come?