Chapter 14: The Battle of the Two Cities

In the eyes of many, Catherine was a rigid and dogmatic person who adhered to Piltover's laws, and although she occasionally had a little humor, most of the time she had a cold face with seriousness written on her face.

But today is destined to be a day full of expressions for Catherine......

was first frantically squeezed by Rhodes, but he had to obey Rhodes' request for the sake of Nice.

And now it's okay, as soon as I entered the tavern, I heard Jinx this guy saying that Wei was a coward.

Coward?!

In Catherine's opinion, this word can't have anything to do with Vi!

If Wei is a coward, how can the whole of Piltover's security be quickly raised to a new level? How could the Zuans who had slipped to Piltover be repatriated in disgrace?

Although Vi really doesn't like to talk about the past, Catherine believes that her partner has absolutely no connection with the coward!

Jinx is insulting Vi again!

But for Catherine's statement, it is Ike who disagrees the most.

"Shut up, Picheng - oh, Picheng pussies!" Ike directly took out his Z-drive, "In Zaun, I don't have the qualifications for you to speak!" ”

"Jokes." Seeing Ike's attitude, Catherine also put on her gloves, "You maggots hiding in the dirty sewers of Zaun are now insulting Piltover's enforcers - what, want to do it?" ”

"Hands-on? You lackeys don't deserve my help! ”

Ike looked at Catherine with a look of disdain in his eyes, a visceral contempt that Catherine had encountered for the first time, which was completely unacceptable to the Phi City policewoman.

But embarrassingly, Catherine couldn't do anything about this look.

Grab this bastard with a Mohican haircut in front of you?

Not to mention that the crime of insulting a police officer cannot pass the review of cross-district law enforcement, let's just say that in the situation he is facing now, he may not be able to catch this kid!

After all, now Rhodes is by his side, and this guy's strength is really hard to say.

That's right, Rod.

Catherine knew very well that Rhodes definitely had his own purpose in calling himself, and he had split his men, maybe there were some trade requirements, and he would not let the gangster in front of him be entangled endlessly.

Thinking of this, Catherine looked at Rhodes beside her.

However, the result was not Catherine's expectations.

Rod didn't come out to solve the scene, but looked at himself with interest, and his eyes were the same as the bastard......

At this moment, Catherine couldn't accept it at all, and she took her sniper rifle directly in her hand.

Press the button, driven by Hex's power, the sniper rifle is assembled.

Seeing that things seemed to be going in an uncontrollable direction, this is when Rod finally spoke.

"Miss Catherine, do you know where this is?"

"Zaun - why, the Snake wants to keep me here?"

"There's no point in leaving you behind, after all, in my opinion, you're just a lackey of those Piltover bigwigs, I just want to tell you that there are Zuan rules in Zu'an, people with big fists talk, and weak people only obey orders."

When Rod was a lackey and a weak man on the right, Catherine finally couldn't suppress her anger, and she aimed the sniper rifle in her hand at Rhodes' head and put her finger on the trigger.

"Shut up! If you don't want to get headshot, stop insulting Piltover! ”

Rod didn't care, as if Catherine had a toy in her hand.

"Do you know why I called you here? It's not because of that Nice deal, I just want to warn you and the master behind you, Zaun is Zaun of the Zaun people, and Piltover had better retract his dog paws! ”

"Dog paws?" Catherine finally laughed angrily, "Without Piltover, Zaun is nothing!" ”

"Without Piltover, Zaun could really rise." Rhodes looked at Catherine with sympathy in his eyes, "People who can't see through the essence of things are just like you, they can only be dogs for people, and they don't know it." ”

Without waiting for Catherine to refute, Rhodes began to list a large amount of data.

"The vast majority of the jobs of the average person in Zaun come from Piltover – more than 60% of the men between the ages of 20 and 40 in Zaun work in Piltover's docks, mines, construction, and other labor industries – I think that's what you call the gift of Piltover, right?"

Catherine was noncommittal.

"But interestingly, these people are paid one-fifth of what Mrs. Piltworth does, if not less, for the same task." Speaking of this, Rod's face was full of sarcasm, "Could it be that this is also a gift from Piltover?!" ”

"A bunch of uneducated scoundrels, do you still want to work in the Hexfactory?"

"Then do you know why the Zuan people have no culture?" Rhodes stepped forward and looked directly at Catherine, "There is no school in Zaun, but the school in Piltover prohibits the people of Zaun!" ”

"You don't pay the public taxes of Piltover, so why do you want to collect the Zuans?"

"What do you think are the flashy schools in Zaun Rare City? Do you know why there are no schools in Zuan? Officially, because the Lord of Nice, as well as the predecessors and predecessors of the Lord of Nice, have been opposing and obstructing the development of Zaun's education. ”

Catherine wanted to refute, but she really didn't know much about Zaun.

"Why don't you speak? Isn't Nice one of yours? At this time, Rod pressed forward step by step, "Why is Zuan the way he is now?" When Zaun and Piltover were founded, the two cities were apparently one and the same twins - but when Hextech appeared, the two cities had little to no resemblance except for Evolution Day. ”

"Originally, the two cities were mutually beneficial, Zuan excavated crystal ore underground, handed over Piltover to make hex products for sale, and the two sides shared benefits and developed together, which made these two twin cities develop rapidly."

"But what did Piltoverff do when he monopolized the Hex trade? Colluded with the alchemy baron of Zaun to depress the price of crystal ore, restrict Zaun's exports, blockade the Piltover docks, and break up the Hexprocessing plant in Zaun...... Finally, turn Zuan into your own appendage and sewer! ”

"And those who resist are the souls of the alchemy baron's subordinates - Picheng and Zaun's alchemy baron win, but Zaun's civilians live in hell!"

"Piltover is glamorous, but he has been sucking the blood of Zaun, which has the most important canal in mainland Valoran, but except for the coolies on the docks, the commoners of Zaun have no benefit; It has the highest level of Hextech here, but apart from the excavation and mining of crystal ore in the dark underground, Hextech has nothing to do with the civilians of Zuan; Piltover's garbage is disposed of in Zaun, which makes the city filthy and overflowing; While Piltover's children go to school, Zaun's children have to think about how to survive......"

"Piltover embargoes, blockades, and even sends men to control Zaun and restrict Zaun's development, only to say that it is a gift in the end - I have never seen such a brazen person!"

"The most direct point is, aren't you Piltover in the name of justice and order? Excuse me, why is it so difficult for you to apply for cross-regional law enforcement, and even turn a blind eye to the chaos? ”

"The reason is simple, you are the greatest source of chaos in Zu'an!"