Chapter 245 The Evolution Day of the Stolen Hex Gem is Approaching
“Let us assist the police station in the port area and be alert to the movements in the dance corridor.”
Caitlin turned the hand of Quill spoke softly, a different emotion flashing in his deep eyes.
The Lower City and Dance Corridor are closely integrated and are the closest places between Piltover and Zaun.
“But I got secret information from the family’s intelligence system, saying that someone is 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."
The power of the Gilaman family is not as powerful as that of the Myrdalda family and the Philos family.
But the many trades they operate also involve all aspects, and they have a lot of say in Piltover.
“If there is any other news, don’t hide it, we are all so close.”
Wei folded the letter paper, looked at Caitlin’s beautiful face, and leaned over the table , blowing the hanging pink hair away from her eyes.
"It's gone for now."
Caitlin glanced at Vi, shrugged her shoulders, and wanted to send her partner away.
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."
"Maybe you will recognize him. If you have time, go to the underground cell for interrogation."
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, the little guy I met in Zaun before, I will let him speak.”
Caitlin shook her head gently and said in a deep voice: “Listen up, Wei , 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 don't often break prisoners' knees."
Wei muttered, opened the door, and walked towards her desk.
"By the way, what cell number is he in?"
"No. 6, don't forget, he must be able to speak!"
Caitlin glanced at the door detective The pink head that came out looked helpless.
"Okay, okay, I get it."
Vi returned to her desk and took out her giant Hextech gloves.
She put it on very skillfully. 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, green moss grows wantonly, showing that no one has cleaned it for a long time.
Ignoring the smell of moisture 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. His Hextech enhancement is more agility-oriented.
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.
“Celeste?”
“Piltover’s note.”
Vi walked up to Devaki and saluted like a Piltover guard.
Although the situation was not good, Devaki still smiled when he saw Wei.
In the bottom city of Zaun, never 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.
“Highly customizable Hex energy intensity, the intensity of the output can be adjusted according to actual needs. With these babies, I can penetrate any wall.”
De Waji looked at Wei in front of him, and seemed to smell something different from before.
He raised his handless arm: "When I get out, I will also upgrade."
"This hand was originally the top prosthetic limb of the Butongio family. You guys Is it necessary for the Sheriff to be so cruel?”
"You can appeal and give her a ticket."
Wei looked down at Devaki who was sitting on the bed, reached out and lifted him into the air, and asked in a solemn voice.
“After saying hello, tell me now, why do you want to go to the lower city to steal?”
“Wait, they have been pretending to be good people, and they suddenly sent you here? What? Situation?" Devaki looked a little frightened.
He has worked with Wei several times, knows Wei's hot temper, and has seen scenes of her teaching people.
"Sending me here just means that talking to you won't work, kid."
Vi chuckled softly and began to charge the Hextech gloves she was wearing.
"I will use these babies to vent my anger on you. Unless you are willing to answer my questions."
"I said, I said, don't do it." Deva Key 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 talk now.”
Vi walked over, tilted her head to the side, and spoke with a smile.
“Hoo ho! Hoo 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."
"Be more careful."
Wei looked solemn and reached out to lift Devaki up and let him stand. Steady, the fingers pinching his shoulders 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 square area, I accidentally heard some information.”
“Someone is plotting to steal the Hex Stone, and I saw their gang logo.”
"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 carry out activities 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 chased me like crazy.”
"The middle-level square, the dance corridor, even to the lower urban area, are still in pursuit, intending to kill and silence."
Devaki glanced at his palm from the corner of his eye, his expression Change.
"Fortunately, I met your police chief. Although she smashed my palm, she also scared off the people who were chasing me and allowed me to escape."
"Time and place!" Wei said in a deep voice. ask.
"I mean the time and place where they are going to take action." "I can't say, otherwise I." Devaki shook his head.
The resurgent 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.
Vi moved her Hextech glove, as if thinking about whether to punch again.
Then she thought of a good idea and laughed softly.
This expression brought fear to Devaki far more than Iron Fist itself.
“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 will 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 the city.”
“If I let out the news that you are a tainted witness against the guards of Piltover, many people will believe it, right?”
"There is also the Eye of Zaun, they will not let you go."
When Wei talked about the Eye of Zuan, her smiling face changed slightly.
“Now, back to my problem!”
Devaki felt his shoulders sink, and he knew that there was no room for mediation.
"Tonight, the Zodiac Vault."
"Their target is the Hex Gem and Hex Stabilizer stored in the vault by 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."
Wen Yan nodded slowly and agreed.
"Still Water Prison, I will arrange for someone to take you there immediately."
Still Water Prison.
The prison is located near the Piart River.
It is also the most heavily guarded prison in Piltover.
Most of the severe prisoners in Pi City and the people in Pi City who have lost their minds are imprisoned inside.
"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 the light of progress illuminates the bottom city or the haze invades the upper levels.
When Wei walked out of cell No. 6, she gently loosened her clenched Hextech fists and sighed softly.
"The Eye of Zaun!"
Then she stepped out of the underground cell with a determined expression and went to find Caitlin.
Wei trusts her partner immensely.
Although Caitlyn's hextech rifle is unique, her most powerful weapon is her resourcefulness.
Catelyn always has a way of setting up a dragnet for any criminal who is foolish enough to commit a crime in the City of Progress.
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 is emitted by the Levit clock in front of me, which was a gift from Jal 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 his head and looked up, raising the red wine in his hand, a bright smile appeared on his dark face.
"This is the red wine I stole from my father. I said I have treasured it for many years."
Huo Jixing took out his flask and took a sip of strong wine: "Drink it yourself, I still like myself.”
Jal 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 and is interested in cooperating with us. "
"But Camille said that she wants to see you and her father in person for a detailed discussion."
Hearing this, Huo Jixing picked up the white bread with his left hand and nodded. Said: "Promise her, the time is whatever you want."
Qinggang Shadow 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 Hex body enhancement surgery on herself.
Including her heart, it 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 over Piltover recently. Has something happened?"
Huo Jixing picked up a white napkin and wiped it, looking at the sky outside the window. Hextech airship on board.
During his stay 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." Jal replied.
"These Hextech airships came from the surrounding islands and are heading to the Hexfly Gate."
"Evolution Day?"
Huo Jixing looked confused at first. , and then thought about it.
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 the Parliament should choose between Professor Heimerdinger and Councilor Tallis."
"Jace Tallis?" Huo Jixing looked over and asked curiously.
"Yes, besides him, who else can be called Senator Talis." 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.
He was able to become a member of parliament because the Myrdalda family was behind it.
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." Jal replied respectfully.
in the following time.
The Myrdalda family has shown the true terrifying 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 search for the source of the Glimmer Potion trade and news about the Eye of Zaun in the Piltover area, as well as the dance corridor and mid-level square in the Zaun area.
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.
(End of this chapter)