The Master Behind the Scenes Starting from the Twin Cities

A few days later.

The parliament originally scheduled to be held after the night of the split was postponed because Councillor Gilaman fell into a coma.

Fortunately, the councillor woke up within two days, but he was still injured, but he still handed over power to his daughter Caitlin Gilaman.

"Ladies and gentlemen! We need to stay calm."

Sitting in the councillor's seat, Mel looked at the quarrels of the councillors in front of him with a headache, and his face was depressed.

Zaun's separation was definitely not in her plan. She was afraid that Jayce could not deal with such a situation, but since it had happened, solving the problem was the key.

Piltover has no magic. The only thing that can compete with Hextech is Hextech, and we can only rely on Jayce.

"Member Midalda, how can you let us stay calm? Now the Hextech Flying Gate is forced to close, and my goods are backlogged every day. Now the whole world is watching our jokes!"

The short and fat councillor pounded the council table with indignation on his face.

He vented his emotions on Jayce, blaming him:

"Senator Talis, this is your dereliction of duty. Your assistant has been harboring evil intentions for a long time, and you have no defense against him."

"Mr. Senator, this is my problem, I am deeply sorry. If I had agreed to his request earlier, perhaps it would not have come to this." Jayce smiled bitterly.

"Now is not the time to discuss these things. I just want to ask everyone here on behalf of my family whether we in Piltover are still capable of enforcing justice."

Catlin frowned, she stood up from the seat of the councilor, and looked around with a cold look, which made others look away unconsciously.

Vi, who was standing behind her, looked at her unexpectedly, and then stood like a bodyguard again, but her eyes were always full of sarcasm towards the councilors.

"You have to ask Councilors Talis and Heimerdinger about this matter." The thin blond councilor muttered.

This sentence turned everyone's attention back to Jayce and Heimerdinger, who was sitting in the first seat and had a bitter look on his face.

Facing the gazes of several pairs of eyes, Jayce was silent for a while, and said with embarrassment: "If it is Zaun without Viktor, our chance of winning is 100%. If Viktor does not have enough Hextech gems, then the chance of winning is also 80%."

"What if he has? We can't pin our hopes on the enemy not having weapons." Meier asked calmly.

"In that case, our chance of winning is less than 50%."

After saying the last number, Jayce sat down dejectedly in the seat of the councilor.

This sentence actually shows that Viktor is far better than him in the research and development of weapons.

Zauan's basic strength is far inferior to Piltover, but relying on Viktor greatly increases the opponent's chance of winning.

"Only half the chance of winning? You, the founder of Hextech, are not as good as him?" The short and fat councilor rebuked coldly.

"His ideas are more radical than mine. I suggest that the Hextech flying gate be permanently closed until we can decide the winner. Otherwise, there are too many smuggled goods brought in by the flying gate now, and our chance of winning will be even lower." Jayce suggested.

"No! No! This is impossible, I."

The tall and fat councillor was about to say something when Mel interrupted him:

"If Councillor Talis can ensure the safety of Piltover, we think this opinion is worth a vote."

"At least this way my chances of winning are very high." Jayce said truthfully.

"Then let's vote. I propose that Piltover enter an emergency war preparedness phase, fully develop war reserves, shut down the Hexgate, and Professor Heimerdinger and Councillor Talis are responsible for manufacturing weapons." Mel raised her right hand first.

A spotlight fell from the top of her head and enveloped her. This is the voting tradition of the Piltover Council, symbolizing the beginning of democratic voting.

"I agree!" Caitlin raised her hand decisively.

Immediately afterwards, Jayce and a mechanical councillor raised their hands, and the white light enveloped them.

Instantly, the number of votes in favor reached 4, but two male councillors and one female councillor voted against.

Mel, who should have been happy because the votes exceeded half, frowned at this moment, staring at the three councillors who voted against.

They should have been her supporters, and the loss of shutting down the Hexgate should be borne by the Midalda family alone, but why.

Just when everyone's eyes were fixed on the tangled Heimerdinger, the door of the parliament was violently pushed open.

"I personally object, everyone."

The one who walked in was Ryan, wearing a pure white robe, followed by Katarina and Victor wearing a monocle.

"Meredith, this is the parliament hall of Piltover." Mel said tactfully.

Ryan looked around the room with a calm but powerful look, took out a parchment scroll, and threw it to the nearest congressman who was covered in machinery.

Seeing this, Wei whispered in Caitlin's ear:

"Who is this man? He is so powerful that all these officials are silent."

Catlin replied softly: "He is from Noxus and seems to be a mage. Last time, I was scolded by my mother for muttering a few words. She warned me not to annoy him, otherwise the whole of Piltover would be buried with him."

"Oh, there is such a good thing. Then I will go to him under the banner of Zaun. Will he help us kill Hilko and Viktor together?" Wei had a strange smile on her face and made a gesture of wiping her neck.

"I'm afraid you will be killed by him first." Caitlin said unhappily.

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"Hahaha, believe me, little cake. Although I have never seen a mage, I heard that they are all weak rookies who can be taken away with a few close punches." Wei said confidently.

While the two of them were chatting, the congressman finished reading the parchment. He handed the parchment to the blond congressman next to him, lowered his head and said respectfully:

"I agree with Mr. Meredith's proposal to open the Hextech flying door."

"Why?" Mel stood up suddenly, his eyes fixed on the parchment.

Several councillors who passed by were against closing the flying gates. The parchment scroll was quickly passed to her, and she began to read with a focused look:

"Noxus Notice:"

"Piltover has the following three options:"

"First, maintain the status quo. As long as Noxus's military transportation and resource supply are maintained, Noxus will not participate in any internal chaos."

"Second, without the supply of resources and flying gates, let the Noxian army come to Piltover in person."

"Third, hand over the highest power to Ryan Meredith, and become a part of Noxus from now on. Zaun will be wiped out."

"——The Supreme Emperor of Noxus, Darkwill's handwriting."

The national seal of Noxus is also left on the parchment scroll. Obviously, if this parchment scroll does not serve as a notification, then it is a declaration of war, or a letter of appointment.

"Impossible, our Piltover has always been operating independently, without interference from other forces."

After reading the parchment scroll, Jayce suddenly stood up and glared at Ryan who had just sat down.

"Senator Talis, this is a notice from the Immortal Bastion. If the Empire's army hadn't been at war with the four countries at the same time, Piltover would have been occupied by now." Ryan didn't even raise his eyelids, still fiddling with the ring in his hand.

"I"

"Okay, Senator Talis, I think everyone thinks option one is very good, but we are really powerless against Zaun, and Noxus must give us some assistance." Mel's face was helpless.

She didn't want Noxus to interfere, but since things have come to this, whether she can get some real benefits is the key.

If the Empire is willing to help, Zaun is just a small problem.

"Assistance?" Ryan looked at her with a smile, "I wonder if you mind bringing a senator to you."