Jace Tallis stood on the edge of the broken balcony, the night style blowing in front of him was cool, the lights of thousands of homes in the distance were beautiful like a dream that would wake up at any time, how many nights, he just watched the bright moon on the horizon lonely and tedious experiments and learning, and now the last wish to support him to continue walking has been shattered, and he finds that he can no longer find the motivation to go on.

A sudden and unwarranted catastrophe ruined everything, he lost his workshop and research instruments, lost his status as a scholar at the Yodel Academy of Sciences, lost his social identity, and became a complete failure.

Councillor Giramane rejects his prayers, his good friend Caitlin keeps his distance from him, and now even his mother makes him give up his dreams......

Jace took off his wristband encrusted with arcane gems and placed it on the table, as if he understood his father's dying feelings, the despair of trying to get nothing in return.

Perhaps this is the curse that the Tallis family must face, and only death can break out of this desperate world.

Thinking like this, Jace closed his eyes and tried to take a step forward, but the imbalance of stepping into the air made Jace have to retract his steps in embarrassment, obviously jumping off a building is not an easy errand to do.

"The target appears to be suicidal, do you want to stop the target?"

"Wait, wait, as it was said, you can't do it until you have to."

"But the target is ready to jump."

"Unless it's a lethal poison that we drink, we can't have any effect on the target's behavior, it's just a distance of twelve meters, and at most we will break our legs, not to our deaths."

The four Night Edge Assassins hidden in the shadows patiently stared at the young man standing at the break on the balcony floor on the second floor, once the young man really chose to jump off the building, there would immediately be a 'pure passerby' coming out of the dark to control the young man's injuries to a minimum.

Unbeknownst to Jace, his life and death were never in his own hands.

"Target number two is here."

"Let him in."

Victor, who was carrying Tallis's experimental notes, didn't bother to think about why the door on the first floor was not locked, and accelerated towards the upstairs,

When he was downstairs, he had already seen Jace standing on the edge of the balcony, and he wanted to stop Jace from jumping off the building, but he was afraid that he would suddenly scare the other party when Jace lost his mind, so he could only speed up his pace.

Reaching the second floor, Victor slowed down, and in his sight, the figure with his back to him was trembling, 'Jace Tallis' was not at all as ambitious as Tallis's experimental notes suggested.

Victor instantly understood that Jace was actually the same as himself, a little person who looked strong, but was very sensitive and fragile in his heart.

A lonely walker who is not recognized.

"Am I bothering you?"

Suddenly there was a voice behind him, and Jace, who had just made up his mind to take a step, stumbled and almost fell downstairs.

turned around, but it was the college assistant who refused to even tell his name, his face was pale and bloodless, thin like a hemp pole and a cane, but he liked to be suddenly scary like a ghost.

If such a guy was talking to himself downstairs just now, I'm afraid he wouldn't have fallen down.

The fear of wanting to die and the shame of being weak and exposed to outsiders mixed together, and Jace waved his arms in a broken voice.

"What's the matter with you? Why do you appear in other people's homes inexplicably and still talk to others as if nothing happened? ”

I didn't expect Jace's reaction to be so big, and the breezy Victor waved his hand.

"I just wanted to talk to you alone."

Victor shook the Tallis experiment record in his hand, because the light was not good, Jace didn't see what the book in Victor's hand was, and Jace, who was already a little PTSD, spoke.

"What's that? Is my name on the danger list again? Will I also be disposed of as dangerous goods? That's ......."

"Well, you're right, but this time it's listed in your own notebook, and it's on every page...... Then again, that's a bit narcissistic, don't you think? ”

Thinking that his ambitions in the notebook had been turned inside out by the emaciated young man in front of him, Jace, who felt embarrassed, turned around and gave the other party a stubborn back.

"So you're here for this, to humiliate me? I have to say that you succeeded. ”

"No, I was just moved by what you said during your trial."

Jace's body shuddered, and his voice lowered.

"That only impressed you for one ......"

Walking up to Jace, Victor opened the experiment log in his hand.

"Well, otherwise I wouldn't have come to you with this, what,' Hextech Doctrine'......"

Jace finally turned around and interrupted Victor with a little agitation.

"That's not a doctrine! I've seen with my own eyes the power of magic, it saved my mom and me, and anyone who hasn't seen magic will never understand what a wonderful and great power it is! ”

At this point, Jace's tone lowered again.

"It's all over now, no one will believe me, and my research results and experimental equipment will be disposed of as prohibited items......"

Staring into Jace's eyes, Victor closed his lab notes.

"I have never been believed, a poor and lame boy from the bottom city, who can't get out half of the copper plate from his trouser pocket, no girl who looks at a cripple from the bottom city, no merchant who thinks I'll have a good day, I have nothing but this cane, and it's a great challenge for me to walk.

From the moment I stepped into Piltover, I was destined to be an outsider, I never had any sponsorship or illustrious background, I just blindly believed that I could follow the right path, and even if it was not recognized, I became a teaching assistant to Professor Heimerdinger from among hundreds of brilliant students.

So I've come to you, I think you have a pair of eyes that no one else has, you see possibilities that Mrs. Piltworth never saw, and I want to help you with your research, so that you can prove to the world that the Hextech Doctrine is not a doctrine. ”

Seeing the glint in Victor's eyes, Jace hesitated.

"But...... No one can think that I will succeed......"

"When you have the power to change the world, you don't have to look at anyone's face."

Victor spread out his palm, and in the palm of his hand was the Arcane Wristband on the table.

Looking at the young man in front of him who believed in him more than himself, Jace stretched out his hand tremblingly and clutched his dream tightly.

"I don't even know your name."

"My name is Victor."

"Victor...... What are you going to do? ”

Victor pulled out the key in his pocket.

"Keep your lab equipment, that's the first thing we need to do."

……

Zaun, Black Alley.

Dressed in a big felt hat and covered in a cloak, Ruiz looked at the various groceries on both sides of the street with some curiosity,

Just one word, messy.

Selling food, selling prosthetics, selling pets, earrings, umbilical nails, lip nails and some rings raised on the chest, less than 100 meters, there are all kinds of messy guys, this is the first time that Ruiz has a dizzying feeling from the world.

Separated by a canal, Piltover and Zaun have very different cityscapes, but in such a chaotic environment as Zaun, Ruiz can experience a different kind of beauty.

Perhaps it could be called 'freedom'.

"Actually, you don't have to hide your appearance, Zuan is more weird than you...... Boss, come to ten skewers of barbecue. ”

Lester doesn't have to worry about his appearance causing trouble to himself by relying on the magic accessory that changes his visual impression, but it's a pity that Rhy himself is a walking arcane energy body, and the magic trinket can't have an effect on Rze's body.

Hearing Lester say this, Ruiz took off his felt hat, and sure enough, no one cared about his appearance.

The barbecue boss quickly handed Lester ten sticky meat skewers, and Lester directly divided five skewers to Ruiz, who took it, looked at the red and greasy meat with some suspicion, and asked the boss.

"What kind of meat is this?"

Lester gestured to the boss not to speak.

"Don't ask where you come from when you eat in Zu'an, it's delicious and it's over."

With that, Lester killed a skewer of roasted meat.

Smelling the aroma, Ruiz gritted his teeth and took a bite, and found that this unsightly kebab was indeed delicious.

"Hey, two handsome guys, it's your first time in Black Alley, right? Want to have some fun? ”

Passing by the ambiguous red-light neighborhood, the Yodel Bustard, who was leaning on the door of the hotel, lit up his eyes, exhaled a puff of smoke, and beckoned to Lester Heretz passing by.

Ruiz turned her head to look, but she was stunned to see that it was a female yodeler who spoke.

When I got along with Lester, I had a lot of contact with yodelers, but no matter how outrageous the yodelers were, they at least stuck to the bottom line of 'naughty and kind', and this was the first time I saw a yodeler with heavy makeup come out to stand on the street, which can be described as the first time a big girl got on a sedan chair.

Ryze's gaze made the yodelers a little unhappy.

"What's the matter, haven't you seen a yodeler come out and sell it? I have created wealth with my own hands and eaten your rice? ”

"Well, I haven't seen this before, sorry......"

Lester stood in front of Ryze, crouched down and grabbed the yodeler's hand, removing the effect of the magic trinkets.

"Miss Dora, do you still recognize me?"

Frozen in Lester's suddenly 'clear' face, the yodeler named Dora was first amazed, and then Dora remembered who the owner of the face was, and couldn't help but smile.

"Little Lylai!? How did you get back? Come on, come on, come in and sit down, and I'll find you some clean-looking girls......"

Lester smiled and rejected the enthusiastic Dora.

"Wait for next time, this time I'm here to see how the Moonlight Tavern is doing, and meet Oriana by the way."

Seeing that Lester was unmoved, Dora gave up,

"I see, little Lailai, you may not know it, Miss Orianna is now a grandmaster hired by the Piert Wolver Theater, and is known as the 'Moonlight Elf' because of the Moonlight Tavern, and her popularity is very high."

"I know that."

Lester smiled.

"Let me introduce, this is my friend, his name is Ruiz, some people also call him a wandering mage, he is the guy I said about running around in order to collect world runes, his personality is straightforward and easy to offend people, don't take it to heart."

It wasn't until Lester revealed Reze's identity that Dora let go of her hostility and turned to a friendly smile.

"So you're Master Ruiz, I'm sorry, I was a little heavy just now."

Taking the opportunity, Ruiz also took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey.

"It's me who was so rude, Miss Dora, please forgive me for being rude."

"Where, Master Ruiz is not only a friend of little Lailai, but also a great benefactor of the Land of Runeterra, little Lailai has spread all your deeds throughout Bandel City, and you are a great hero in the eyes of the yodelers......"

Lester winced his eyebrows.

"Don't look at my friend's old-fashioned style, this guy has just 'grown up', and his temperament is pure, and he can blush for a long time when he pulls a hand."

Dora smiled meaningfully, but Ruiz looked embarrassed.

"Dora, we are expected to stay in Zu'an for a while, you have to take good care of this friend of mine during this time, money is not a problem, I paid for Ruiz's prostitution."

"Lester, am I such a person? Miss Dora, don't listen to him......"

"Haha, there will be opportunities to deal with it in the future, so let's not talk about it first."

Lester forced Rze away, and Dora waved her hand goodbye to the two.

It wasn't until he stepped out of sight that Lester said with a serious face.

"Dora is the leader of the red light district in the black alley, and has 90% of the information in the black alley, and the remaining 10% has to be attached to human lives to get it, don't underestimate that yodel, that yodel is a ruthless character who is really integrated into the material realm, not a fairy tale elf in Bandle City."

"Even so, you don't have to talk nonsense, do you?"

Reyes was a little resentful, and Lester patted Rhyze on the shoulder and said earnestly.

"Don't keep thinking about your Madame Hegel, people are married women, they definitely can't live honestly with you, and it is impossible for you to guard yourself like jade, believe it or not, you can call a dozen young men to have a banquet just after you leave? Madame Hegel is at most the object of your enlightenment, let you rise up your posture, don't sink too deep,

My suggestion is to walk around and see more, and have a long insight, and wait until you meet the right person before you can grasp it, and then then retract and live a good life, otherwise you, the guy who will blush when he pulls a hand, I'm afraid there is no chance to please the girl,

Only after experiencing something can you know that some things are not as simple as you think......"

Not knowing how to refute the words of the 'emotional master', Ruiz could only keep a calm face, and Lester did not continue to talk about the topic, pointing to the most prosperous area of the black alley.

"It's a rare opportunity, let's enjoy the prosperity of a foreign country." (End of chapter)