Chapter 25: Jinx's Past (Part II)
"Jenner, wait! I'll be right back......" Hearing his wife's cry, Franz rushed home with Jinx in a hurry.
In order to get home as soon as possible, Franz didn't care about spending money, so he chose the tower of the fast Academy of Science and Technology.
When he returned home, Franz's eyes widened when he saw the scene in front of him.
The house was turned into a mess. At the scene, four or five police officers wearing the uniforms of the Leather City Garrison turned his home into a mess, while Jenner on the side cried and watched them make a mess of the house, but there was nothing to be done.
"Oh! Officers, I want to ...... There must be some misunderstanding between us. Franz said.
At this time, a bald man with a mustache stepped forward and flashed his police ID card - good guy, he was actually a sub-captain of the Picheng Garrison, and his name was Mangis.
When Jinx saw this guy, she quickly hid behind her father. Franz was smiling all over his face, not knowing what to say.
"You're Mr. Franz." Mangis looked at Franz with a swaggering expression and said.
"I am." Franz said with an awkward smile.
"Recently, the activities of the Zuan mercenary group have been very frequent, I don't think you will be unclear about this matter." Mangis asked.
"Yes, that's right, I've already seen the bounty order, and the Leather City garrison has been searching it very hard lately."
"Then you know." Mangis snapped his fingers as one of the uniformed guards pulled out an object and looked at it as a fish bone.
"If I say you're supplying weapons to the mercenary group, you're afraid you'll have nothing to say, Hex's alchemist." Without waiting for Franz to speak, Mangis spoke triumphantly.
"Sir, misunderstanding, big misunderstanding, that thing isn't ...... at all" Franz stepped forward, but was stopped by several guards.
Watching the vicious guards snatch their toys away, Jinx suddenly burst into tears.
"Sir, it's just a toy......" Franz explained.
"Really?" Mangis asked, snatching the fish bone from his man's hand and examining it carefully.
Suddenly, Mangis turned his gun on Franz, followed by a series of "crackling" sounds.
"Hahaha......" Mangis's action drew a burst of laughter from his teammates next to him, but Franz's face was unkempt with the salute shot from the fish bones.
"Very well, it seems that you are still a law-abiding citizen in Zuan." Mangis slapped Franz in the face, apparently not very friendly.
"Still, alchemist, I have to warn you that Councilor Brown has long since become tired of this place, and he says that this filthy garbage heap literally puts Piltover, the noble queen's crystal slipper, on the dung heap." Mangis said.
"So, I guess it's only a matter of time before you make a mistake." Mangis waved his hand and motioned for his men to leave.
Seeing that the room was in shambles, Franz sat on the ground. But Jinx hurriedly ran over and picked up his fish bone from the ground, for fear that it would be robbed again.
"Come on, Franz, let's collect it." Jenner said, and began to tidy up the things scattered around the room.
"You say, Jenna, will they still come?" Franz asked, his eyes full of melancholy.
"Alright, my dear, don't think about it anymore." Jenner squatted down and hugged Franz, "Piltover's top brass is already very opposed to private research and development of Hextech, you are so talented, why can't you go to the top laboratory there and find a job?" ”
"No, no, no......" Hearing Jenner say this, Franz quickly interrupted, "Those high-level only care about developing the most powerful weapons, and those underground organizations in Zaun...... Never mind. ”
Franz seemed to want to say something, but he held back and didn't continue. Stood up and silently cleaned up the mess......
At this time, the picture on the screen suddenly began to become blurry, and General Lu explained that Jinx should have experienced something that caused her amnesia, in the previous test, Jinx's memory imaging picture was very messy, and there were many blank images, according to General Lu's explanation, this was caused by memory loss, and the blank space on the image was not processed too much because there was a certain connection between each story.
However, it didn't take long for the screen to appear again......
"With so much money, you should have agreed!" At Franz's home, a man in a robe and a mask placed a box of banknotes on the table and slowly pushed it in front of Franz with his hands.
Franz did not answer, looking at the stacks of bundles of banknotes, Franz's face became solemn.
"No......" After a long time, Franz finally spat out a word.
"I'm sorry, sir, I can't do that, my father told me I can't give ......it to anyone else," Franz said, pushing the box back.
"What did you say!" The masked man slapped the table, apparently expressing incomprehension and dissatisfaction with Franz's behavior.
"I can tell you in advance, the boss has already given you a lot of face!" The masked man shouted angrily, "What do you think will happen if you don't cooperate with us, Piltover's higher-ups want to liquidate us, but due to our strength, they don't dare to act rashly, so they can only grab a few scapegoats from Zaun to show off their 'achievements' to the people!" ”
"Since you're the kind of person who doesn't get in oil and salt, forget it!" The masked man closed the box, and several of his men were about to turn and leave.
"Don't regret it!" Without replying, the masked man slammed the door and left.
"Franz, I have a sense of foreboding, I always feel that something big is going to happen, maybe we should move to a new place." Jenna then walked out and said.
Franz stood up, only sighed, and without saying anything, he walked straight to the roof, which was used to pile up sundries.
Franz walked to a wall and gently pressed a brick, which seemed to be the button of a mechanism. At this moment, a small secret door appeared under the wall.
When the secret door was opened, there was a design lying quietly inside, and Franz picked it up, and the design was already covered with dust.
This is exactly the design that the Masked Man is referring to. Then in the dim light, Franz looked at the long-dusted design and seemed to remember something......
The screen went blank again, and after about two seconds, it was time for the next story.
At this time, the conflict between Piltover and Zaun seemed to have been in full swing, and a large number of Piethorn garrisons decided to carry out a clean-up of the area.
The streets were filled with wails and screams, and the guards roamed the streets, violently kicking open one door after another, and if they found the slightest connection with the gangsters, they would be handcuffed and taken away, or dragged to the street and shot in the street.
This was also the case at Franz's home, where a group of guards led by Mangis came to his home again, but they did not immediately investigate him.
"Franz, let me guess if you were involved in this purification operation?" Mangis walked into his house with his head held high, and said with a sinister smile.
Franz sat in his chair, but said nothing, as if he already knew something.
"Don't be nervous, brother." Mangis walked up to Franz and patted him on the shoulder, "I'm not here to arrest you, let alone kill you. ”
"I've heard you have a leftover drawing of Hex's weapon, I don't know if there's such a thing." Mangis asked.
Franz remained silent.
"You won't say yes, will you? All right...... Bring her in! Mangis let out a loud shout.
At this moment, two Picheng guards dragged a woman through the door, her face covered in blood, her hair was also stuck together with blood, one by one, unkempt, and she looked dying.
"Jenna, oh no!" Seeing Jenna lying on the ground dying, Franz hurriedly ran over and hugged him.
"Franz ......," said Jenner, trembling, "Kim...... What about Jinx. ”
"Mom......" Jinx seemed to see all this from upstairs, and hurriedly ran down, and when she saw her mother's miserable scene, she hugged her parents and cried in fright.
"My team caught her on the black market just now, and we have every reason to suspect that she has some kind of collusion with the mercenary group." Mangis said.
"No, no, she's not like that...... Franz said with a bitter cry, and the grief kept his words in his throat.
"Franz, last time, you asked me to buy it, Shadow Isle phosphorite...... I've found it, several...... Place ......," said Jenna, with all her might, "I, the other day I heard, that there is a ...... in the black market So ......"
"Don't say it, don't say it......" Franz looked at his beloved wife's appearance, and tears fell on her.
"I ...... Don't want to, let your career ...... Disappointment......" Jenner said, slowly lifting a small bag in her hand to Franz. Franz took the pocket, only to find that his wife was already out of breath.
A heart-rending cry sounded, echoing through the streets and alleys of Zu'an, however, the cry of the small people was no better than the edict of those who lived in the temple.
Franz slowly picked it up and walked out into the courtyard. The garrison tried to stop them, but Mangis stopped them.
A pit was dug in the yard, and Franz gently put Jenner's icy body inside. At this time, Mangis also followed.
"It's really tragic, but I also have an order, and when you take care of this matter, you still have to follow us." Mangis Rabbit said sadly.
"Do you know the phosphate mines of Shadow Isle?" At this time, Franz suddenly asked.
"Oh? It's from Shadow Isle, it's quite unusual...... "Mangis and the guards looked at each other, no one knowing what it was.
"It's a substance that lasts for a long time, and when you mix it with metal powder in proportion, you can light it up to give it a different flame, and if you use it to make fireworks, it's very beautiful......," says Franz.
"Oh, Franz, I think you should understand that we have official business and we don't have time to listen to your stories!" Mangis said, and then the guards around him followed, apparently ready to forcibly arrest him.
"However, it also has one peculiarity...... Franz ignored Mangis's words, "that is, if it encounters a little bit of a spark, it will immediately release a huge amount of energy......"
At this moment, Franz took out a match and lightly lit it.
"No, you madman, what are you going to do!" Seeing this, Mangis hurriedly shouted, "Stop him!" ”
However, it was too late, only a "boom" was heard, and after a huge explosion sounded, a huge heat wave suddenly engulfed Franz and Mangis.
Jinx hid in the house, and when she saw this, she quickly lay down, and the glass above was shattered by the explosion......
"No need to watch it......" I got up and turned off the video, as if a big stone had been pressed in my heart, and I couldn't breathe.
Seeing Jinx's past made me feel uneasy for a long time.
......At this time, there was a siren outside the window, and I heard a shout on the radio: "Please pay attention!" Please note! The Danger Traverser has escaped from prison, the Danger Traverser has escaped from prison, please fight back now! Please fight back immediately......"