The Glory of Noxus

"Let us assist the police station in the port area and be alert to movements in the dance corridor."

Caitlin turned the quill in her hand and spoke softly, with a different emotion flashing in her deep eyes.

The Lower City and the Dancing Corridor are closely integrated and are the closest thing Piltover has to Zaun.

"But I got secret information from the family's intelligence system, saying that someone was secretly raising funds and buying rare metals on a large scale."

"Maybe it has something to do with this port battle. After all, smuggling trade is the easiest way to make money."

Although the power of the Gilaman family is not comparable to that of the Myrdalda family and the Philos family.

However, the many trades they operate also involve all aspects, and they have a considerable say in Piltover.

"If there is any other news, don't hide it. We all have such a good relationship."

Vi folded the letter, looked at Caitlin's beautiful face, leaned over the table, and blew the hanging pink hair away from her eyes.

"It's gone for now."

Caitlin glanced at Vi and shrugged, trying to dismiss her partner.

Then she seemed to remember something, her eyes flickered, and she took out a list from the drawer.

"In the morning, I escorted a Hextech thief back from the lower city."

"Perhaps you will recognize him. If you have time, go to the underground cell and interrogate him."

Wei raised her eyebrows, took the list, glanced at it casually, and looked blank.

"Ha, a naughty kid."

Vi said, rolling her eyes and clenching her fingers into fists.

"Don't worry about the little guy I met in Zaun before, I will make him talk."

Caitlin shook her head slightly and said in a solemn voice: "Listen, Vi, I don't want to call the surgeon anymore. The police department's funding was insufficient last month."

"Tch, don't talk about me. You yourself don't often break prisoners' knees."

Wei muttered, pushed open the door, and walked to her desk.

"By the way, what cell number is he in?"

"No. 6, don't forget, he must be able to speak!"

Caitlin looked at the pink head sticking out of the door, looking helpless.

"Okay, okay, I get it."

Vi returned to her desk and pulled out her giant hextech gauntlet.

She put it on very skillfully, and as her fingers moved, blue light emerged on the metal surface.

Underground cell.

The dim lights barely illuminated the flat road, and the atmosphere was slightly heavy and depressing.

On the gray-white walls on both sides are solid steel prison doors.

In the corner of the wall, green moss grows wantonly, showing that no one has cleaned it for a long time.

Ignoring the smell of dampness and decay in the air, Wei walked to the door of Room 6 and opened the bolt.

When she was in Zaun, she knew Devaki in the room and had collaborated with him several times.

This guy is a slick hextech pickpocket, not a thug, and his hextech augmentation is geared toward agility.

Dim light shone into the cell, and Devaki was sitting on the bed, leaning against the wall, hugging his knees and curling up into a ball.

Wei looked over and saw Devaki's left hand swinging by his side, part of his palm missing, and his wrist wrapped in a bandage.

Hearing the footsteps, Devaki raised his head and was stunned for a moment.

"Vi?"

"The note from Piltover."

Vi walked up to Devaki and saluted like a Piltover guard.

Even though he was in a bad situation, Devaki still smiled when he saw it was Vi.

In the bottom city of Zaun, don't underestimate Wei's influence.

Especially the children who are active on the streets of Zaun, they regard Wei as their belief.

Many people will dye their hair the same color as Wei, and they will also represent Wei's avatar on their bodies.

"What happened to your hand?" Vi asked.

"Your bastard police chief shot him." Devaki looked resentful, but there was still a hint of fear in his pupils.

From a distance of a hundred meters, one shot shattered Hex's modified palm, and another shot pierced his own ear.

"What happened to your hand?"

"I upgraded."

Vi raised her Hextech glove and showed Devaki every angle of the glove, which made a faint roar.

"The highly customizable Hex energy intensity can be adjusted according to actual needs. With these babies, I can break through any wall."

Devaki looked at Wei in front of him, and seemed to smell something different from her before.

He raised his handless arm: "When I get out, I will also upgrade."

"This hand was originally the top-notch prosthetic limb of the Butongio family. Does your chief have to be so ruthless?"

"You can appeal and give her a ticket."

Wei looked down at Devaki who was sitting on the bed, stretched out her hand to lift him into the air, and asked in a solemn voice.

"After saying hello, now tell me, why did you go to the lower city to steal?"

"Wait a minute, they've been pretending to be good guys, and they suddenly sent you here? What's going on?" Devaki looked a little horrified.

He had worked with Wei several times, knew Wei's fiery temper, and had seen her teach people a lesson.

"Sending me here shows that talking to you nicely won't work, kid."

Vi chuckled softly and began to charge the Hextech gloves she was wearing.

"I'm going to give you a good blowout with these babies. Unless you're willing to answer my questions."

"I said, I said, don't do it," Devaki replied tremblingly.

Bang!

Waves of plaster rose from the corner of the cell.

Devaki seemed to be embedded in the corner, and his bones and joints made rattling sounds.

"You can say it now."

Vi walked over, tilted her head to the side, smiled and spoke.

"Hoo ho! Ho ho!"

Devaki looked into Wei's playful eyes, his face trembling, and he was breathing heavily.

"I'm not stealing, I'm running for my life."

"Speak more carefully."

Wei's expression was solemn, and she reached out to lift Devaki up to help him stand still. She pinched his shoulders and gradually applied pressure.

"I"

After Devaki hesitated for a while, he looked deeply at Wei and spoke in a deep voice.

"While I was stealing in the middle-level square area, I accidentally heard some information."

"There's someone plotting to steal the Hexstones, and I saw their gang symbol."

"Eye of Zuan!"

"Impossible!" Wei's expression suddenly changed and she directly interrupted Devaki's words.

"It has been destroyed long ago and no longer exists. How can it still be operating in Zaun?"

Devaki groaned, with a painful expression on his face, unable to answer.

"Please, this pain is nothing."

Seeing Devaki's condition, Wei suppressed the emotions surging in her heart and let go of his bruised shoulders.

"Go on."

"I don't want to get involved in this whirlpool and am ready to leave immediately." Devaki looked embarrassed.

"But when I was leaving, I made some noise, which exposed my whereabouts."

"Then they started chasing me like crazy."

"In the middle-level squares, dance corridors, and even in the lower urban areas, they are still pursuing them, intending to kill and silence them."

Devaki glanced at his palm from the corner of his eye, and his expression changed.

"Fortunately, I met your police chief. Although she shattered my palm, she also scared off the people who were chasing me and allowed me to escape."

"Time and place!" Wei asked in a deep voice.

"I mean when and where they are going to take action."

"I can't say otherwise." Devaki shook his head.

The resurrected Eye of Zaun is not a force that he, a Hextech pickpocket, can mess with.

Being able to tell so much information to Wei was based on past friendship.

Wei moved his Hextech gloves, as if thinking about whether to punch again.

Then she thought of a good idea and chuckled.

This expression frightened Devaki far more than Iron Fist himself.

"Let's assume that if there is a saying in the narrow alley that you have been betraying your accomplices in the past few years, do you think it would be ugly?"

"What? I didn't!" Devaki shouted in pain and anger, his voice trembling.

"It's all said to be hypothetical." Wei comforted.

"But I know everyone in Dicheng that I should know."

"If I let the word out that you are a tainted witness against the Piltover guards, many people will believe it, right?"

"And the Eye of Zuan, they won't let you go either."

When Wei talked about the Eye of Zuan, her smiling face changed slightly.

"Now, back to my question!"

Devaki felt his shoulders sink, and he knew there was no room for mediation.

"Tonight, Zodiac Basement."

"Their target is the Hex Gem and Hex Stabilizer stored in the basement of the Myrdalda family."

Seeing Wei nodding with satisfaction, Devaki took the opportunity to make his request.

"You must ensure the safety of my life, not here. You understand how terrifying the Eye of Zuan is."

Wei Wenyan nodded slowly and agreed.

"Still Water Prison, I will arrange for someone to take you there immediately."

Stillwater Prison.

The prison is located near the Piart River.

It is also the most heavily guarded prison in Piltover.

It houses most of Pi City's severe prisoners, as well as the people in Pi City who have lost their minds.

"Okay, I don't want to stay here." Devaki nodded immediately.

Although he is nothing more than a hextech pickpocket, he has survived in man-eating Zaun for so long and he trusts his instincts.

The gears of fate between Piltover and Zaun are slowly turning.

No one can answer whether it is the light of progress that illuminates the bottom city, or the haze that invades the upper levels.

When Vi walked out of Cell 6, she gently loosened her clenched Hextech fists and sighed softly.

"The Eye of Zu'an!"

Then she stepped out of the underground cell with a determined expression and went to find Caitlin.

Wei trusts her partner immensely.

While Caitlin's hextech rifle is unique, her most powerful weapon is her sheer resourcefulness.

Caitlin has a way of setting up a dragnet for anyone foolish enough to commit a crime in Progress City.

Ding ding! Ding ding!

In the silent room, the sudden ringing of the bell woke up the sleeping snow-white Poro.

It was like an out-of-control cat, running back and forth on the bed until a hand held it down.

Huo Jixing exited the [Inside View of Oneself] state, stuffed the snow-white Poro into his arms, and came to the table.

There is a Levit clock on it, made of ivory and mother-of-pearl, which keeps time accurately.

The noisy ringtone was emitted by the Levick clock in front of me, which was a gift from Jarl last night.

Huo Jixing turned off the ringer and walked to the restaurant, where the tangy morning smell greeted him.

Jarl is still wearing yesterday's Hextech armor and is carefully opening a bottle of red wine with gorgeous packaging.

Hearing the footsteps, he turned around and raised the red wine in his hand, a bright smile appearing on his dark face.

"This is the red wine I stole from my father. I said I have kept it for many years."

Huo Jixing took out his wine bottle and took a sip of strong wine: "Drink it yourself, I still like myself."

Jael poured himself a glass of red wine and shook it.

"Jannuk has completed the interrogation and confessed all the information, but his level is too low, and none of the information he said is mission-critical."

"The Philos family has also received news that they are interested in cooperating with us."

"But Camille said she wanted to meet you and her father in person to have a detailed discussion in person."

Upon hearing this, Huo Jixing picked up the white bread with his left hand, nodded and replied, "Promise her, the time is whatever you want."

Qinggangying Camille.

In Huo Jixing's past life memory, Camille was no longer human and had given up all emotions.

She is a sophisticated humanoid weapon that has undergone extensive Hexian augmentation surgery on herself.

Including her heart, which has been replaced with a Hex technology core.

"Hex Technology, the combination of magic and technology." Huo Jixing lowered his eyelids and thought to himself.

"Perhaps we will see the upper limit of Hextech from Camille."

During this trip to Piltover, he has already seen a lot of Hex technology equipment, as well as Alchemy technology equipment.

But he has yet to see a hero who has truly used Hex technology to change himself.

"There have been more airships flying over Piltover recently. Is something happening?"

Huo Jixing picked up the white napkin and wiped it, his eyes falling on the Hextech airship in the sky outside the window.

During his time at Myrdalda Castle, he occasionally saw Hextech airships soaring in the sky.

But since the morning just now, many Hextech airships have flown past.

"The day of evolution is coming," Jarl replied.

"These Hextech airships have come from the surrounding islands and are heading to the Hextech Flying Gate."

"Evolution Day?"

Huo Jixing looked confused at first, and then thought deeply.

Evolution Day is an annual festival in Piltover that commemorates the opening of the local sea lock "Sun Gate" and is a symbol of progress, innovation and wealth.

Countless inventors and apprentices display their scientific research results on this day, and businessmen select promising projects for funding.

"Who did the parliament choose to give a speech on Evolution Day?" Huo Jixing asked with a smile.

Every year on Evolution Day, the Piltover Council selects the most outstanding inventor of the year as the Evolution Day figure and delivers a speech at the banquet held in the evening.

"There is still some time before the Evolution Day, and the specific candidate has not yet been determined." Jal replied.

"But Parliament should choose between Professor Heimerdinger and Senator Tallis."

"Jace Tallis?" Huo Jixing looked over and asked curiously.

"Yes, besides him, who else can be called Senator Tallis." Jarl chuckled.

The relationship between Jess and the Myrdalda family is not simple.

It can even be said to be very intimate.

Because Jace's early research on Hex technology was sponsored by the Myrdalda family.

His ability to become a member of parliament was driven by the Myrdalda family.

Huo Jixing nodded slightly, put down the tableware in his hands, stood up and left the restaurant.

"If you have any news, please contact us through the sound transmission tube. I will be here at any time."

"Okay." Jarl replied respectfully.

in the following time.

The Myrdalda family showed the true power of Piltover's powerful oligarchs.

Through the connection of several things, the Myrdalda family believes that the conspiracy of the forces behind it is likely to involve the deep-seated conflict between Piltover and Zaun.

They began to look for the source of the Glimmer Potion trade in the Piltover area, as well as the dance corridor and mid-level square in the Zaun area, as well as news about the Eye of Zaun.

At the same time, they were also secretly trying to find out about the previously stolen Hex gems and Hex stabilizing devices by any means necessary, causing many bloody killings.

This was one of the few incidents of theft since the beginning of the Hextech era in Piltover.

The previous theft almost led Piltover and Zaun to war.