Cyberzaun, Machinarium

"Interesting, I almost can't tell who the owner of this place is." To be honest, Enoch is in a bad mood now.

"I found something very interesting. No matter who it is, they all seem to look down on me when they enter my office. People from Zaun often want me to run errands, and people from Piltover usually want to kill me. I don't think I have done as many bad things as you."

“Are you blaming me?”

"No, ma'am, believe me, your attitude is very good." Enoch shook his head. "But thank you for your kindness. However, I have a girlfriend and I won't consider anyone else for now. Thank you. If you have any other business suggestions, you can attend the meeting in the next two days. I believe someone will respect your opinion."

"How can I govern the country with those insects?" Camille sighed, silently put down the beautiful cup of black tea in her hand, and stood up nimbly.

"It's a pity that you trampled on the tacit agreement between the two cities and now you turn a blind eye to friendship. It seems that I have an obligation to teach you what respect is."

The blue light on the leg flashed rapidly, the Hextech device was running at an extremely fast speed, and a layer of scorching red appeared on the blade of the calf.

Looking at the familiar appearance of the blade, Enoch subconsciously looked at his right hand, but quickly reacted, "If I'm not mistaken, this is my work?"

"Yes, a commendable weapon. Don't worry, I will send your female companion to see you when she returns."

The body spun slightly, and a red blade light cut through Enoch's chest, and the remaining force destroyed the bookshelf behind him.

Watching the young man in front of her fall to the ground, Camille straightened her clothes and turned to walk out.

"The problem is solved"

Chapter 98: Gray Lady (Part 2)

"I have to take that back, you are the one who treated me badly"

The sound from behind made Camille pause, and she looked warily at the body that had been split into two pieces on the ground.

"I have to say my work is excellent, so you probably didn't notice the subtle difference between using it to cut flesh and machines."

The upper body lying on the ground suddenly raised its head. Enoch still stared at the alert Gray Lady Camille with an expressionless face, and his face was still stained with black grease flowing from the cut.

"To be honest, if you had just dealt with me and turned around to cause trouble for Hilco, I would have been happy to see it happen. Maybe I wouldn't even remind him privately that sometimes you have to show your magnanimity, and maybe things would be much simpler.

I don't know whether you simply haven't collected enough information, or you don't care about this trivial matter. But, your idea is really annoying. Anyway, you have to be my guest for a while."

Camille's eyes were flashing wildly now. Enoch, the vigilant but somewhat arrogant commentator, said, "How shameless! Do you think you can rest assured just by turning yourself into a machine?"

"No, I think you have misunderstood me. This broken piece of garbage is not my body. At most, it can be regarded as a living simulation puppet. It looks vivid, but if the rope is cut, it will immediately become cheap industrial waste. There is nothing worth praising."

"If I wanted to transform myself, I would definitely create a beautiful and practical appearance, at least to a similar standard as yours."

"It looks like you have a long way to go." Camilla paused at the tip of the blade on his calf, gently shaking off the uncomfortable feeling in his heart.

"Yes, I admit that the physical properties of metal have always been a big problem for me. I should have paid more attention to Hextech earlier...By the way, who provided the surgery and upgrades for your human enhancement technology?"

"I'm sorry"

"I understand. These are all trade secrets. I can see that you are much calmer and more elegant than the average person. You can maintain your posture while stepping on this kind of blade. I can imagine that you must have added a lot of enhancements to your body. So my question is... How many of your physical organs are retained in your body? Has he helped you upgrade your respiratory system?"

Camille, realizing something was wrong, stepped forward quickly, raised her sharp blade and stomped down hard, nailing Enoch to the ground along with his unfinished words.

She began to feel weak under her feet, and her originally cold and deadly movements became less precise, and she held her breath in panic.

The Hextech device on his body flashed, and a large amount of compound antidote was injected into his body, trying to buy himself more time. What he needed to do now was to use the traction rope to leave this closed room as quickly as possible.

"It's a very smart idea. The method of internal injection can avoid interference from others. It's also very decisive."

The wine cabinet in the office suddenly flipped over, and another brand new Enoch slowly appeared in the office, "The black tea I brewed should taste good."

The joints of his limbs adapted to his stiff body. Enoch kicked away the damaged body on the ground and sat down again. "Poison has a bad reputation, but it is undeniable that it can effectively damage biological structures... But I guess based on your experience, you should be very cautious about poison.

After all, that kind of common attack is very easy to be discovered, and the erosion caused by the poison can easily cause painful reactions, so I didn't use the kind of easily detectable things at the beginning.

The human body is generally not that wary of drugs that can soothe nerves and relax muscles, and the body will not have a big rejection reaction. Even if you use stimulants, this negative effect cannot be dispelled immediately. Of course... this may not be very healthy for your body. "

Camille finally lost her balance. The tiny buzzing sound became louder and softer. She vaguely felt someone dragging her from behind and slowly putting her on a chair at the side.

This time, Camille discovered Enoch's secret. What caught her was a steel skeleton, part of which was covered with bionic skin. Judging from the height and the skin on the head, it was obviously another unfinished 'Enoch'. There were a large number of exhaust holes under the chair where she was lying, and gas was emitting outwards. Enoch carefully placed her in a position facing the gas.

The Gray Lady tried hard to reduce her breathing rate, adjusted her body, and fired a hook at the mechanical substitute in front of her.

The huge energy pushed the hook to tear apart Enoch who was chattering on the chair. Controlling the tired and numb fingertips, Camille used the huge power of the hook to fiercely pull out the internal circuit of the robot standing beside her. She smashed it towards the huge French window on the side, hoping that the broken window would give her a chance to breathe and a way to escape.

"Nice try." Metal arms grabbed the flying debris, and more robots appeared and sat in the house. Scarlet electronic eyes stared at the agent who was basically unable to resist. "But guess how many robots I have left?"

Several robots raised their hands together and fired capturing grids at the fallen Camille, trapping her tightly and making her unable to move.

"Honestly, I have to admire you. You really impressed me. I have been talking to you for a long time and have been dragging you along, but you have been able to hold on for so long. I think your spirit must be very tough and strong, and the human enhancement technology in your body is also exceptionally good... Then here comes the question. As far as I know, Hextech technology has not been developed for a long time. At least, it is impossible to install such powerful energy directly on the human body. They usually choose additional equipment. Can you tell me how this is done? It can satisfy my curiosity."

The huge amount of energy that erupted from Camille was absorbed by the restraining net and then dispersed and released. The Gray Lady finally stopped trying to break free, closed her eyes tightly, and said nothing.

"Don't want to say? Don't know? It doesn't matter, we have plenty of time to get to know each other well."

The unfortunate spy was moved into the test bench in the confidential area of the factory and injected with a large amount of sedatives and anesthetics. The mechanical arms abruptly removed the armaments on his legs. The electronic eyes looked at the energy pipes and parts inside. Enoch was very sure that the enhanced device in front of him was not the work of some old friend. At least the design concept was different from the mainstream of Piltover.

It seems that Piltover is not keeping Hextech as secretive as it claims.

Enoch wanted to get back to the factory as soon as possible to dismantle it, but he looked at the delayed and stiff mechanical arm helplessly and gave up the idea of doing it now. It seemed that he had to appease Jinx as soon as possible and return early.

After taking off the remote sensing mask, Enoch regained consciousness on the cruise ship and looked up to see Jinx staring at him with great interest, deftly turning a marker in her hand.

Enoch was startled, and guiltily held down the girl's fingers that were spinning the pen, then hugged her and kissed her forehead.

"How interesting. You played with me for such a long time just now without even holding me or comforting me. Where did you sneak away to?" Jinx said, snatching the mask from Enoch's hand and looking at the image projected inside.

"Just received a gift." Enoch whispered softly, picking up the girl from behind. "A gift worth celebrating."

"Do you want to celebrate now?" the girl asked sweetly, caressing Enoch who was leaning on her shoulder. "How about a new posture this time?"

Enoch kissed the girl's shoulder "Maybe try a new place."

Chapter 99: The Disappearing Manor

Until the end, Enoch was unable to return early.

The two played until the afternoon, and then they drove the ship to recover the mines that had been laid earlier from the water. Enoch had no choice but to stay up late and work overtime.

By the time Enoch began to dismantle Camille, it was almost midnight, and the light from the Hextech enhancement device with the outer shell removed turned the entire laboratory blue.

"Did you find anything interesting?" Jinx was wearing Enoch's white shirt. The hem of the shirt was too long and just covered her legs. Her fair skin seemed to be glowing, attracting Enoch vaguely.

Gently placing the hot cocoa in her hand on Enoch's workbench, Jinx quietly moved to the workbench holding her cup and looked at the "opened" human body.

"A lot of interesting things. To be honest, I think she's incredible." Enoch stretched and saw that the girl was rarely interested in Hex. He took Jinx's arm and showed off and explained to her.

"I originally thought that the Firoz family had some genius who had mastered Hextech a long time ago, but in fact, they are much crazier than I thought. The grappling hooks and shields are the latest technology, which were updated not long ago, and the core parts of the kit should be decades old."

"You mean, the people of Piltover have hidden Hextech weapons, so why don't they take them out?" Jinx twisted her body a little uneasily. As far as she knew, Littlefinger would have to deal with the people in Upper City later. If such a thing existed, she would not feel at ease letting Enoch wander around alone.

"No, maybe not." Enoch removed the prosthesis on the back of the Gray Lady and looked at the device at the heart. "That's why I said it was crazy. They must have found an energy core when mining Hex ore. They designed a shell that allows the ore to output energy stably, and reserved enough universal interfaces to ensure that any new research results in the future can be replaced with the original prosthesis."

Looking at the familiar hextech structure in the artificial heart, Jinx moved her eyes away uncomfortably and tried to curl up in Enoch's arms. She thought of the failure a few years ago again.

"Is there something wrong with this woman's brain? Using a bomb as a heart?"

"I think," Enoch paused, took the opportunity to pat the girl's head, and watched her divert her attention with a dissatisfied expression, "the Ferros family has an entire hex ore mine, and they have experimented more than once... maybe this heart was the only successful product at the time."

"Since this thing is already functioning normally, there's no need to make any changes. Once the energy source is resolved, the external weapons can be updated separately. If one day someone designs a better artificial heart, the original energy source can be replaced... This is the benefit of modularization."

"Oh, really?" Blowing her bangs out of boredom, Jinx handed the curling iron to Enoch. "How are we going to deal with this?"

"Serious protest..." Enoch gently rolled up the girl's hair, "and destroy the Philos family. Wait a while, and do it when they fall asleep."

Jinx stared at Enoch suspiciously for a while, which made him feel uneasy for some reason: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just feel weird. This is unlike you. You should try to negotiate with the people over there first...right? I almost thought you made this decision just to please me."

"I've tried to talk to them nicely before, but it's obvious that they're not going to listen, so this time, I choose the principle of reciprocity." Enoch skillfully fixed Jinx's hair on her forehead and nodded with satisfaction.

"I want you to take some men and kill everyone in the manor, then take over their factories and mines. You can bring all the weapons you need and deal with it cleanly. You have other things to do tomorrow afternoon."

“Happy to help”

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The early morning in Piltover was awakened by the sound of explosions.

In fact, since the truce between Zaun and Piltover, ordinary people have become accustomed to seeing infantry fighting vehicles and tanks roaming the streets.

After a week of familiarization, at least they would not hide in the basement immediately after feeling the vibration. Instead, some of them would now observe the movements of the Zaun people through the gaps in the curtains.

No one was surprised by the armored vehicle movement in the early morning. At most, those who were woken up secretly slandered these damn Zaun people for not even letting them sleep in peace.

Jinx led a team of security personnel to Philos's manor smoothly. After a simple confirmation of the target, the KV-2 and rocket vehicles began to fire in turn.

There were several Huey helicopters in the sky checking the situation of the manor, occasionally sweeping a string of ammunition belts at the ground, or firing a series of rockets. When the building was almost flattened, the Carl mortar, which was just in place, made the final roar of this battle.

When the dust settled, two teams of soldiers in powered exo-armor provided cross-coverage and charged into the large pit in front of them, clearing out possible underground shelters under the wreckage.

This was the first time that Enoch's security personnel appeared and cooperated. Overall, the effect was good. It seems that they can maintain the safety of Pilgewater-Zaan and the vigilance of the waterway as usual in the future.

"Report, Commander Jinx, the manor has been suppressed."

"Really? Well done, boys." Jinx pushed the sunglasses she had just picked up to her forehead and looked at the scene coming from the monitor in front of her.

After rubbing her dry eyes, Jinx slowly regained her sensitivity and pointed to the new armband on her coat. "Notify Tamara and tell them that Atlas Security made a stunning appearance and successfully suppressed the situation. They can take over the factory now."

"Yes, sir."

"Now," Jinx stepped on her brand new leather boots and adjusted her brand new black uniform, "Leave one team to clean up the mess, and the rest of the team follow me, we are going to another place to make our debut."

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"I thought we had a deal, but why was Piltover bombarded so early this morning? There were a lot of protests from the merchants in Blue Wind Court."

The atmosphere in the negotiations, which had been easing, became tense again. The Piltover council members now even refused to go to Zaun for negotiations. They demanded that the issue be resolved at the Piltover venue and that an agreement be signed as soon as possible.

The men sent out to collect information were frightened. The people who claimed to be from the Atlas Security Department acted fiercely. In less than two hours, the high-end manor that was originally equipped with a large amount of defense technology was now only a pile of ruins. The spreading smoke could be easily observed in the center of Piltover.

The congressmen began to consider whether peace talks could really solve the problem, but the situation before them instead prompted them to take up arms again.

Chapter 100: Atlas Security Company

Everyone in the meeting was in chaos, and the councilors led by Heimerdinger had great doubts about Hilko's credibility.

Hilco was also embarrassed now. Could he tell everyone present that he didn't know what happened? If it weren't for the protest of the congressman, he wouldn't even know where he was attacked.

Fortunately, he did not need to remain silent for long. As soon as the congressmen started to make trouble, the door of the meeting room was slammed open.

“Let me explain this.”

Enoch rushed in from the door carrying a huge package and slammed the package heavily on the round table of the congressmen.

"I really don't understand what's going on. You haven't finished discussing it for a week." Looking around at the serious-looking participants, Enoch raised his eyebrows, unzipped his bag, and pulled out the contents.

It was a broken body with a big hole on the head. It was obviously the prosthesis left after Camille's attack.

Enoch was like a bad ventriloquist, shaking the damaged bionic robot in his right hand and pretending to sing.

"Hello everyone, I'm Enoch. No one listens to what I say, maybe because no one pays attention to me. After all, I don't look like a man. I'm just a poor cripple..."

The sharp sound stimulated everyone present, and the remaining oil on the robot seeped all over the table as it shook.

Seeing that no one agreed with his lame joke, Enoch curled his lips, exerted a little force with his right hand, and the robot standing on the table fell over, knocked against the table and hit the floor heavily, scaring several businessmen.

He scanned the faces of everyone present with an expressionless face. When the meeting room was completely quiet, Enoch said softly, "The Philos family is a thing of the past. I will take over all their property and affairs in the future."

"This is impossible. Ferros is a respectable Piltover merchant who has funded many poor students. We cannot hand over his legacy to the executioners who killed them."

"I'm not asking." Enoch glanced at the Polpok councillor who opposed him and pushed him back to his seat.

"I am only stating a fact. The Philos family sent spies to seize my property and even wanted to kill me... Although this behavior clearly crossed the line, I have to say that this is a very good solution, so I took reciprocal measures against their family... I have to remind everyone here that there is no inheritance of the Philos family now. Those are my spoils of war."

Enoch pulled a clean chair over and sat on it without caring about the stiff faces of the others. "I respect your rules and I am willing to abide by them, provided that you don't break them first... Now, my speech is over. Who agrees? Who disagrees?"

It can be seen that Senator Tallis wanted to try to object, but was stopped by Senator Mel on the side. What surprised Enoch was that Heimerdinger also acquiesced at this time, which was indeed beyond his imagination.

"Very good. Since no one objects, since you have almost reached an agreement, I will go take over the Law Enforcement Bureau first. The Atlas Security Department will be withdrawn from Piltover later. The daily patrols and security will still be the responsibility of the law enforcement officers. I will sponsor their equipment and salaries."

"Wait, I object. Law enforcement officers are the guarantors of the rules of this city. I will not let you control them personally."

Enoch nodded secretly. That was right. Heimerdinger was an idealist, but he was also wise. If he didn't object to this, then Enoch should consider whether the people of Piltover really desired peace.

"Don't worry, I won't interfere with the personnel transfer. I also respect the laws of Pilgewater. I'm just upgrading them to adapt to the subsequent waterway maintenance work." He saluted the Yodel gently. "If you find any problems with the law enforcement officers, you are welcome to complain at any time."

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Wei has had a bad two days.