NABC Chapter 863 Bilgewater
Chapter 863 Bilgewater
Chapter 863 Bilgewater
The next morning, at Lanxun Manor, Ji Xing dressed neatly and went out as usual, and saw Camille already waiting there.
The modified body has been reassembled, and there is no trace of last night's fierce battle with Catalina. Only the eyes seem to have become calmer and more indifferent than before.
The Blue Smoke Manor was not peaceful last night.
Taking advantage of Camille's injury, the head of the family, Stevan, launched one last risky attempt and sent his cronies to attack Camille.
The result was obvious. Camille won. She killed Stevan with her own hands, cutting off the few remaining emotions in her heart and, by the way, breaking a rule of the Philos family regarding spies.
She officially stepped to the forefront and took on the role of the head of the Philos family. By the way, she also wanted to make her voice in the Twin Cities more visible.
"Do you want to be a congressman, Sewell?"
"Member of Parliament? Forget it." Ji Xing thought for a moment and said, "I will start traveling in two months, and I may not be in Piltover for about half of the year. You can leave the work of opening up the trade of universal capsules to me, and I will complete it while traveling."
“Travel?” This was obviously beyond Camille’s expectations and somewhat disrupted her next plan, but after a pause, she respected Ji Xing’s decision and said, “Okay, I’ll give you the map and information of the Philos family later.
I will be the councillor myself. Are you interested in attending the first meeting?"
"No need, you decide." Camille gave him enough equal respect, and Ji Xing responded: "I'm going to the lab."
The two of them left Lanxun Manor together. A breeze blew over the streets, and the remnants of firecrackers set off on Evolution Day rolled on the road, adding a touch of festive afterglow, but the weather in Shuangcheng had changed.
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There was no opposition, and no matter how reluctant the members of parliament were, Camille was approved unanimously and became the eighth member of parliament.
Only Mel came up with a solution: "When eight members vote on a resolution, there will be a 4-4 situation, so we can directly appoint a ninth person."
Her suggestion was Jess Tallis.
This seemed to block the possibility of Camille's vote being counted as two votes, but Camille didn't care at all and directly agreed to let Jace join.
The seven-member council was reduced to nine members, and important resolutions were made at the first meeting.
The first thing is to repair the relationship with the Noxian Empire, yes, repair it.
Even after such an assassination attempt, and even the death of Demacia General Jorge, Piltover does not have the conditions to become officially hostile to Noxus. Just look at the fact that Noxus sent a top assassin to put Camille in danger, and you can see how huge the gap in combat power is between the two sides.
The close business ties between Piltover and Noxus also do not allow the two sides to become enemies.
The struggle is only for better treatment, and the cooperation with Demacia is only for more choices. Camille believes that if she takes a step back at this time, with the deterrence of the "secret weapon" that destroyed the Gangplank Pirates and the temptation of Hextech, Noxus will treat Piltover in a more reasonable way.
The subsequent development did not surprise Camille. The "secret weapon" developed by Seville of the Philos family caused a much bigger stir in Noxus than the universal capsule. The war fanatics were extremely curious and fearful about what could destroy Gangplank and his Abyss in one fell swoop.
They never mentioned the two previous conflicts again, and even proposed to spend a large sum of money to redeem the Abyss, but Camille declined.
Due to this incident, Mel's mother, who was originally scheduled 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-star light.
The second resolution of the Council concerns Zaun.
As the mastermind behind the smuggling case, the Silent Water Prison robbery, and the Zodiac Basement attack, Hilco, the source of everything, was naturally sentenced to spend the rest of his life in Silent Water Prison.
The corrupt policeman Marcus received basically the same treatment. As for Vi, Jinx, Ekko and their subordinates, with the help of Caitlyn as agreed, they quickly left Stillwater Prison. Ekko immediately returned to Zaun to stabilize the hearts of the Wildfire Gang.
As for Vi and Jinx, Ji Xing only got the news from Caitlyn half a month later.
The sisters left Piltover by ship the day after their release, bound for a port in a border city of Noxus.
As for where they will go and when they will come back, it is still unknown.
At that time, Ji Xing was busy with the construction of the Zaun Universal Factory. He sent someone with Camille's order to rebuild the sewage pipes of factories in Piltover and clean up a polluted area.
Because of the Hilko incident, Piltover's strengthened control over Zaun is also reflected here.
The third resolution of the parliament was about the promotion method of Hextech technology. Even though Heimerdinger strongly advised to be cautious, it only postponed the research in other directions. The two equipment, Mining Gloves and Hextech Claws, which were demonstrated by Jayce on Evolution Day, began 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 Hextech shine in his limited life.
But fate always plays tricks on ordinary people. Only one week after the Evolution Day, he coughed up blood and fell into a coma during an experiment, and his life entered a countdown.
Depressed, he returned to Zaun to look for Singed, the inventor of Shimmer and the great alchemist for whom he served as an assistant student before coming to Piltover. The answer he got did not seem to satisfy him, so he talked to Ji Xing for several hours.
His disease is congenital, but Ji Xing certainly has a way to cure it, it just takes some effort. It's okay to help him, Ji Xing has done good things more than once or twice, not to mention Victor's attitude towards the college incident is on his side.
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 Hexcore and Shimmer to transform his lame leg as originally planned, he took Skye away, preventing the girl from dying because of Victor's evolution.
At this point, the only remaining unstable factor that the parliament had not discussed was the assassination of General Jorge of Demacia in Blue Fumigant Manor.
But Camille was surprised that Demacia was very calm about this matter... and did not even blame Piltover. It directly accepted Piltover's statement and put the hatred on the Noxian Empire.
They also sent a serious diplomat to Piltover and quickly reached a contract to purchase the universal capsule. In the days to come, a steady stream of wealth will flow from Demacia into the pockets of Philos and Ji Xing.
Later, when Camille and Ji Xing discussed it, they concluded that Jorge, who was originally sent by Demacia, should be in an awkward position in the country, and Demacia had long anticipated that Noxus would take action and had also anticipated the assassination.
It's not that Jorge is sent to die. Demacia probably didn't expect that the assassin sent by Noxus is so strong. But judging from the fact that Jorge didn't seem to be reminded, this guy is the kind of person who Demacia would not even bother to move even if he was sacrificed.
He was just a pathfinder. The report from his lieutenant was enough for Demacia and Piltover to not care about his death.
At this point everything has returned to calm, and the operations of Piltover and Zaun have not been disturbed in any way, entering a new stage of development.
The city of progress continues to progress.
Ji Xing has "developed" several ways to use the universal capsule, enriching the diversity of the product and turning money into a number.
Two months passed quickly.
As November approached, Ji Xing arranged everything and prepared to embark on his first journey to explore more areas of the League of Legends world.
At the invitation of Miss Fortune Sarah, travel to Bilgewater to see what the 'Harrowing' is that she and Raven have been whispering about.
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Bilgewater.
In the shabby factory filled with the smell of fish, Sarah sat on a table with two strips of kelp hanging on it, maintaining two guns without caring whether it was dirty or not.
The frequency of use has been quite high recently.
As she expected, Bilgewater fell into chaos after Gangplank's death. Various pirates and gangs fought for the vacant territory. More than a hundred guys were hung up as mummies every day, and the fish near the coast were fattened.
Under the Pirate King Gangplank, including her, there are four most powerful pirates.
After she returned to Bilgewater, she took the initiative to invite the other three captains to meet and discuss the development direction of Bilgewater.
After all, Gangplank's death proved that it was not a good choice to plunder merchant ships in the waters of Piltover, but that was Bilgewater's biggest "source of income".
But she didn't expect that what she got in return was a show of force from the other three captains, who forced her to tell her the details of Piltover's secret weapon. If she hadn't defended herself, she would have died there that day.
Afterwards, a battle broke out, and she fought three parties on her own. Of course, it was difficult and embarrassing, but Sarah was not afraid at all. With the prestige of killing Gangplank, many pirates recognized her and wanted to join her.
If Sarah hadn't been so picky about her subordinates, she would have been able to develop two fleets by now.
After maintaining the gun, she closed her eyes and rested for a while, until the sound of hurried footsteps and greetings from her men came from outside.
She opened her eyes and saw Raven walking in first. His body was stained with blood and he grinned, "Captain, Sea Wilson's ship is gone and the people have sunk into the sea."
Sarah smiled slightly. Her plan as bait was successful. But at this moment, she saw a little helplessness on Raven's face. He said, "But we have a little... trouble?"
"What?" Sarah frowned.
Raven turned sideways: "Come in."
As the voice fell, a dark-skinned girl of average appearance walked in with a wary look on her face, escorted by two pirates.
"This was found on Sea Wilson's ship. He claimed to be an explorer and was accidentally captured by pirates while exploring Bilgewater." Raven shrugged.
"Explorer?" Sarah jumped off the table and looked at the ordinary girl in front of her. Naturally, she was a little skeptical: "What is there to explore in this damn place of Bilgewater?"
"Why not?" The girl quietly explained, and seemed to let down her guard because of Sarah's gender. She asked, "Is this really your captain? A woman?"
"It's real." Sarah said, "But are you really an explorer? Tell me how you were captured, and...your name?"
"...Nofei." The girl replied, then hesitated a little and said: "As pirates, you should have heard of the story of the 'Deep Sea Titan', right?"
"Huh?" Sarah was startled and said with a smile, "Don't tell me that as an explorer, you are interested in ghost stories."
Of course she knew about the Deep Sea Titans, which was related to a legend and a custom in Bilgewater. Every time a ship from Bilgewater went out to sea and returned, it had to pay a "tithe" to the sea, which was a Kraken gold coin.
Regardless of whether you have any harvest or not, and regardless of how much you have harvested, the amount of a gold coin will not change, and everyone will abide by it.
Legend has it that if you forget to pay, a deep-sea Titan will appear and use a huge anchor to drag the ship to the bottom of the sea and bury it. There is no chance that the people on the ship will survive and they will all be submerged in the ocean.
Sarah has always paid tithes, but not because she believes in such ghost legends, but because she has enough respect for the sea.
Deep Sea Titan? It's just a horror story spread by word of mouth in the chaos of killing!
If it were true, what kind of terrifying monster would the Titan be? Legend has it that ships of all sizes were dragged to the bottom of the sea. Even a ship like the Abyss owned by Planck, which weighed more than 10,000 tons, would be dragged away directly? What a joke!
Seeing Sarah's attitude, Nophi seemed a little angry: "As a pirate, you don't believe it? Then dare you try to skip paying the tithe once?"
"…Why should I try?"
"Look, you don't dare!" Nofei puffed out his chest and said, "That must be true! Damn it, if I hadn't been discovered when I switched the gold coins, I would have definitely seen the Deep Sea Titan now!"
Switching coins? Seeing the Deep Sea Titan? That's why he was captured by Wilson Sea's men?
"Damn it, you were supposed to see the god of death, and if the legend is true you can still live after seeing it?!"
Sarah snorted and narrowed her eyes. "Then the question is, how did you manage to switch the coins?"
Nofei looked hesitant.
"If you can't explain it clearly, just throw her into the sea to feed the fish, Raven. We don't have time to deal with such troubles now." Sarah said.
Raven spread his hands, indicating that he understood.
Nofi made a snort and raised his right hand to rub his eyebrows. A strand of powder fell off, and the skin in that area became visibly whiter.
"...How long has it been since you last showered?"
"...It was a disguise, a disguise!" Nofei said angrily: "I disguised myself, so I successfully sneaked into the pirate's ship!"
"Oh..." Sarah drew out a long sound and muttered, "It's a rare skill."
After thinking for a while, she said, "Let Lao take her to wash her and see what she looks like originally, and then bring her to see me."
Nofi immediately hugged him with a defensive look, and Raven added, "Lawu is also a woman."
Only then did Nofei follow the two pirates.
After her figure disappeared, Raven said to Sarah, "Can you trust her?"
"Who can we trust at a time like this?" Sarah shook her head. "You shouldn't have brought her back. Just pretend you didn't know and sink her into the sea."
Raven smiled bitterly.
Sarah also shook her head and smiled: "Whether it can be believed or not, the method of disguise is interesting. Keep an eye on it, it may be useful."
After a pause, she continued, "By the way, if I remember correctly, today is November 11st, right?"
Raven knew what she wanted to say: "According to the date of the Soul-Eating Night in previous years, it's almost time, but those guys don't seem to have any intention of stopping. Should we ask the people of the Sea Beast Sect to mediate?"
Sarah clicked her tongue, "You know, it would be a little awkward for me to see that priest again now."
The two looked at each other in silence, but the same thoughts and expectations flashed in their hearts. Will the 'big brother' of Piltover... come?
(End of this chapter)