Chapter 863 Bilgewater

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 his eyes seem to have become calmer and colder than before.

The 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 by the way 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, Sewell?"

"Member? Let's 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 open up the universal capsule trade. Leave it to me and I’ll do it as I travel.”

"Travel?" This was obviously beyond Camille's expectations, and it also disrupted her next plan, but after just a pause, she respected Ji Xing's decision and said, "Okay, I'll bring Philos's home later." Maps and information for you.

I am here to 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 already 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 by the way: "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 is to repair the relationship with the Noxus Empire, yes, repair it.

Even after encountering such an assassination, and even the death of Demacia General Jorge, Piltover did not have the conditions to become a formal enemy of Noxus. Camille encountered some dangers and knew how huge the gap in combat power between the two sides was.

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 Sevier 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 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 policeman 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 not yet known where they will go and when they will return.

At that time, Ji Xing was busy with the construction of the Zaun Universal Factory, and had people take Camille's order to rebuild the sewage pipes of the factory in Piltover and clean up a polluted area.

Because of the Hilko incident, Piltover's tightened control over Zaun is also reflected here.

The third resolution of the Parliament was the way to promote Hex technology. Even if Heimerdinger tried his best to dissuade caution, it only delayed 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 is both happy and worried about this, because he knows that he does not have much time left, and he hopes 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 a coma during an experiment, and his life entered a countdown.

Depressed, he returned to Zaun and looked 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 a few hours.

His disease was congenital, but Ji Xing certainly had a way to cure it, but it would take some effort. It was okay to help him, Ji Xing had done good things more than once or twice, and Viktor's attitude in the academy incident was on his side.

But Ji Xing was not sure whether blocking Viktor's path to evolution would help him or block his longer-term future. Perhaps becoming a mechanical pioneer would be a good thing for Viktor.

In the end, he just enlightened and followed Viktor's own choice, and when Viktor used the Hex Core and Shimmer to transform his lame leg as originally planned, he took Skye away, so that the girl did not die because of Viktor's evolution.

At this time, the only remaining unstable factor that the parliament had not discussed was the assassination of General Jorge of Demacia in the Blue Smoked Manor.

But Camille was surprised that Demacia was very calm about this matter. She didn't even blame Piltover. She directly accepted Piltover's statement and put the hatred on the Noxian Empire.

And they sent another serious diplomat to Piltover and quickly reached a contract to buy the universal capsule. In the next few days, a steady stream of wealth will flow from Demacia to Philos and Ji Xing's pockets.

Later, when Camille and Ji Xing discussed it, they determined that Jorge, who was originally sent by Demacia, should be in an awkward position in the country, and Demacia had long expected Noxus to take action and had expected assassinations.

It's not that Jorge was sent to die. Demacia probably didn't expect the assassin sent by Noxus to be so strong, but from the state that Jorge didn't seem to be reminded, this person would not move even if Demacia was sacrificed.

He was just a pioneer. The situation reported by his adjutant was enough for Demacia not to care about his death with Piltover.

Everything has returned to calm, and the operation of Piltover and Zaun has not been disturbed, 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 have passed quickly.

In November, Ji Xing arranged everything and prepared to start his first journey to explore more areas in the League of Legends world.

At the invitation of Miss Fortune Sarah, go to Bilgewater to see what the "Soul-Eating Night" she and Raven whispered about is.

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Bilgewater.

In the dilapidated factory full of fishy smell, Sarah sat on the table with two kelp hanging on it, not caring whether it was dirty or not, and maintained the two guns.

The frequency of use has been a bit high recently.

As 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 the fish near the coast were fattened.

Under the Pirate King Gangplank, there were four pirates with the greatest power, including her.

After she returned to Bilgewater, she took the initiative to invite the other three captains to meet, wanting 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 of Piltover, but that was Bilgewater's biggest "source of income".

But she didn't expect that what she got in return was the other three captains' intimidation, forcing her to ask the details of Piltover's secret weapon. If she hadn't defended it, she would have died there that day.

Then the battle broke out. She fought three parties on her own, which was of course difficult and embarrassing, but Sarah was not afraid at all. With the power of killing Gangplank, many pirates recognized her and wanted to join her.

If Sarah hadn't been so picky about her subordinates, she could have developed two fleets now.

After maintaining her guns, she closed her eyes and rested for a while, until the hurried footsteps accompanied by the greetings of her subordinates came from outside.

She opened her eyes and saw Raven, who walked in first. He was stained with blood and grinned: "Captain, Sea 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 again, and said: "But we have a little... trouble?"

"What?" Sarah frowned.

Raven turned sideways: "Come in."

As the voice fell, a dark-skinned girl with a medium-sized appearance walked in with a wary face, and there were two pirates escorting her behind her.

"This was found on Wilson Sea's ship. He claimed to be an explorer who 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 had some doubts in her heart: "What is there to explore in this damn place of Bilgewater?"

"Why not?" The girl whispered in defense, 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 about how you were captured, and... your name?"

"...Nophi." The girl replied, then hesitated slightly: "As pirates, you should have heard the story of the 'Titan of the Deep Sea', 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 knew about the Titans of the Deep, which was related to a legend and custom in Bilgewater. Every time Bilgewater's ships go to sea and return, they need to pay a 'tithe' to the sea, which is a Kraken gold coin.

Regardless of 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 once 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, but not because she believed in such ghosts and legends, but because she had enough respect for the sea.

Titan of the Deep? It's just a horror story spread among rumors and rumors amid chaotic killings!

If it were true, how terrifying a monster would the Titan be? According to legend, all ships that are towed to the bottom of the sea are regardless of size. 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 caught when I dropped the gold coins, I would definitely be able to see the Deep Sea Titan now!"

Transfer gold coins? Meet the Titans of the Deep? 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 to feed 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——” Sara muttered with a long voice, “That’s quite a strange ability.”

After thinking about it, she greeted: "Let Rao take her to have a bath and see what she is like before bringing her to see me."

Nofi suddenly became wary and hugged her. 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 somewhat 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 date, 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?