Chapter 120: The Next Step
At the Leather City Police Department, Rhodes spends an entire morning adding Vi to his subversive plans — and by the way, finding a police chief for the future Zaun.
As for whether NIO will enforce the law violently...... What does this question have to do with Rhodes?
At least in Rhodes, criminals who try to resist the law - there are no human rights!
Rhodes' mission was successfully accomplished!
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But in another change, Jagu's visit was very unsmooth.
Camille was reluctant to support Jagu.
When Jagu explained his desperate plan to Camille, he was greeted with a cold face.
"Once warned, you're trying to break Piltover's traditions."
In the face of a anxious Jagu, Camille is quite calm - she is the maintainer of order in Piltover.
Unlike Catherine, Camille maintains some "can't be on the table" rule.
Like what...... Camille once killed an unlucky Zaun alchemy baron on the charge of "falling in love with the daughter of a Leather City family".
No kidding, compared to Catherine, Camille, the defender of the unspoken rules, is far more ruthless than he imagined.
This is also the reason why Jagu thinks that Camille can be persuaded - in Jagu's view, once Rod's plot succeeds, the order that Camille maintains will be lost.
However, to Jagu's surprise - no matter what Jagu said, Camille was calm, taking a sip of black tea from time to time, completely unconcerned.
This kind of calmness really made Jagu not understand the depth of Camille for a while, and he didn't know if this woman really didn't care, or if she had something else in mind.
And every time Jagu wants Camille to be absolute, the young lady of the Green Steel Shadow will always ramble and change the topic elsewhere.
This kind of negotiation partner is the most troublesome.
But fortunately, Jagu is not an ordinary person - since Camille didn't want to say, Jagu didn't bother to ask, and the two of them were like old friends, drinking tea calmly in the garden of the Philos family.
"Interested in hearing a story?" Picking up a piece of dessert, Camille stroked her short white hair, "I rarely want to tell a story. ”
"Well, then, it's an honor." Jagu narrowed his eyes slightly, "Listen up." ”
"Once upon a time, there was a gifted little girl who lived with her brother, and she had five siblings, but for some reason—perhaps a punishment from heaven—she and her brother were the only ones who grew up."
"The little girl had received the most perfect aristocratic education, she was an archaeologist who could read and write the ancient Shurima language, a cellist who was qualified to perform with Sauna, a good dancer – and even a skilled hex technician, and her dream was perhaps to become Piltover's goddess of literature and art and bring the city's culture to the next golden age."
"However, this talented little girl was growing up with a terrible crime in which the criminals brutally murdered her parents, and since then she has changed her mind and she has become the chief agent of the family, a blade that protects her brother in the shadows."
In order to better fulfill her mission, she decided to undergo a body transformation of Hex's body, replacing her legs with sharp blades - also saying goodbye to her yesterday.
"However, fate is always elusive."
"When she made this difficult decision, she met the brightest ray of sunshine in her life."
"It was an enthusiastic boy, always smiling—he was well versed in Hex's technique, he was a good student of archaeology, and although he knew nothing about playing music, he was a good appreciator, and he was like the most delicate clockwork and gear."
But his mission was ...... Replace her heart with Hex's heart to complete her physical transformation. ”
"On the eve of the operation, he plucked up his courage to propose—he wanted her to leave the family behind and leave with him, to explore Shurima, to listen to Ionia......"
"The girl hesitated - she was a decisive person, and this seemed to be her first hesitation."
And then ...... Just as she hesitates, her brother is horrific in an assassination, and the scarlet blood pulls her back to reality, leaving means freedom, but it also means no longer sheltering her family and her brother - she finally chooses to undergo surgery and undergo Hex's body modification. ”
Jagu was silent.
Speaking of which, the protagonist of this story is already about to come out - it is the Qinggang Shadow in front of him!
However, Camille did not pause in the slightest and continued to tell the story as if the protagonist were not himself.
"The operation was successful, and when the girl woke up, she was already empty—according to the agreement, he took her heart, which was the only souvenir the girl could give."
No one knew about this secret, and the first time I heard about Camille's past, even an old fox like Jagu was a little stunned.
This cold, machine-like man still has such a past?!
But...... What does this have to do with your own plans?
Just when Jagu was confused, Camille took a sip of black tea and spoke again.
"But in reality, that's not the case."
"The assassination of the girl's brother was nothing more than an illusion – the purpose was to keep the girl and let her continue to protect herself."
"The girl sacrificed her love for the sake of responsibility, but it turned out to be ...... An ugly deception. ”
"It's a pity that the girl is gone, she has lost her heart, and the energy of the Hex crystal flows in her veins, and all she can do now is maintain the city that once disgusted her."
"Then, try to discover the beauty in it."
Speaking of which, Camille finally looked up.
"Mr. Jagu, I'm tired right now and don't want to get involved in these things, I think you'll understand, won't you?"
The gaze is scorching, sharp as a knife.
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To be clear, Qinggang Shadow Camille is in the position of playing soy sauce in A Tale of Two Cities, and this chapter is also paving the way for Shurima to dig two pits~
And then...... Ask for a recommendation!!