Cyberzaun, Machinarium

Chapter 120 Maybe we don't need to take any action at this stage

It was a rare and lively night in Piltover, and the law enforcers, whose nerves had been tense all day, finally got a little rest. At least most of the personnel dispersed after a whole day of parading, leaving only some people shouting excitedly near the ruins of the commercial hall.

The law enforcement officers patiently explained and assured these people and tried their best to persuade them to leave. Most of the people gathered here had business in the commercial hall and were very excited. Others, some unfamiliar people, were invited to the police station by the Terrorist Squad to have a good talk.

The councillors were relieved and finally had the energy to argue with each other, accusing the Zaun people of terrorist acts. The Zaun Baron said, "Whatever you say, it was Mrs. Piltover who first killed a good citizen of Zaun."

It can be predicted that during this period, all the shops opened by Zaun in Piltover will be closed first, and Piltover’s investment in Zaun’s alchemy field will be temporarily extended indefinitely.

It can be felt that Piltover and Zaun were previously like a rich man and his poor relatives, but now the two cities have become evil neighbors who are looking for opportunities to attack each other.

The identification of the dead and injured encountered great obstacles. Not only did Baron Zaun not want to catch the Zaun people who fled the scene, but in Piltover, several of Enoch's old friends and councillors also opposed verifying the identities of the deceased. They were afraid that the headline of the next day's newspaper would be a happy photo of a family of four, accompanied by a sensational news headline.

The talks between the two cities were on the verge of breaking down. This was the first time that Zaun took the initiative to close the border bridge. The well-informed Zaun people moved their belongings back to the lower city that night, and Enoch also tactfully locked up the newly renovated store of Losrien Technology.

Hilco took the Alchemist Baron to the private helicopter parked on the roof and left the meeting. He had a brief conversation with Jinx, and Enoch followed suit.

I don't know where Silko found the pilot, but the flight was very stable throughout the journey. During this time, Silko slowly held a small meeting with everyone.

"Do you have any clues about the Zaun people involved in this matter?"

Several alchemy barons looked at each other and denied it together. After all, they were all businessmen and understood the principle of harmony bringing wealth. Even if the barons who boasted of their status were unhappy, they would not draw knives in broad daylight. At most, they would fight in the streets. With Enoch's help, there would not be too much conflict between the two sides.

After thinking for a while, Hilco slowly warned the alchemist barons, "Have your men keep their eyes open these days and pay attention to the people coming and going. Don't let any more Piltover people die in Zaun. At least, don't let anyone know."

The next two days were almost a nightmare. The secret meeting between the congressman and the Alchemist Baron was reported in the newspapers openly. The citizens, who were already dissatisfied with the speed of the investigation, almost broke through the parliament building. The congressman and the baron could no longer negotiate together, and the progress slowed down again.

The people of Piltover and Zaun almost always greeted each other with fists when they met, and even the parade teams began to try to attack the checkpoints, rushing from Piltover to Zaun to catch the criminals.

This unique scenery, which originally belonged to Zaun, suddenly appeared in Piltover and it really shocked people.

"How can they have so much energy? Do these people know who they are looking for? Why are they rushing towards the lower city like crazy? What on earth do they want to do?" Enoch looked at the attendance records of the law enforcement officers and the terrorist mobile team in the past two days with a headache. In order to prevent accidental discharges, each of them carried tear gas and net guns, but even so, there were still reports of injuries to law enforcement officers. This stability maintenance operation will cost a large sum of Atlas Security's budget.

"Didn't you guess it? Didn't you say that Noxus was going to take action?" Jinx was helping to check the data. At this time, in order to increase Enoch's vigilance, the girl helped to sort out the raw data.

Enoch stood up, his shoulders stiff. "Of course I know, but I don't know what they are waiting for? Now that the two cities have been completely torn apart, it's the best time to do anything, but I still don't see any action."

Gently massaging the girl's shoulders, Enoch complained in a low voice, "This is why I hate conspiracies. I really can't stand the slow wait."

"Maybe you don't have to wait too long." Jinx raised her head comfortably and enjoyed the massage of her little finger. "Escaglio, who was in charge of the air station, was blocked in the shop in the Dance Corridor by the Piltover people who rushed across the bridge. I heard that he ran out in a mess."

Enoch snorted and exerted a little force with his palm. "Don't worry about that kind of person. He is still running around at this time without knowing whether he will live or die. Didn't you see that even Hilco, who stayed in the alley and refused to move, has strengthened his security? Even the famous Eye of Zaun knows to be on high alert. How can he have the confidence to wander around the border?"

"Not everyone is as cautious as you." He snorted in dissatisfaction. In the past two days, Enoch kept a close eye on Jinx, almost never leaving her side, for fear that the girl would run to some dangerous place again.

"Also, according to the agreement with the gray-haired old woman, the first batch of KV-2s with production numbers and logos erased have begun to be secretly shipped to Shurima. We don't have to worry about the subsequent transfer from Shurima to Noxus... Do you think they will use this thing against Demacia? What a pity, I like Little Sparks very much."

Enoch thought for a moment before realizing that Jinx was referring to Lady Midarda. However, upon hearing the girl's concern, he smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry. The KV-2 is very powerful, but the pilot is still flesh and blood. Demacia can purchase howitzers from us for intensive bombardment. Anyway, those tin cans are also used for positional defense. There is no difference."

Gently kissing the girl's forehead, Enoch smiled in her ear and said, "I know you have a good relationship with Lux. We can give them a Havoc helicopter, which is specially used to open tank cans. Just give it privately in your name, and there will be no prohibition on sales agreement involved."

"Yeah," Jinx smiled as she tilted her head back, rubbing her small nose against his, "You're so nice to me... Let's finish the rest of the paperwork quickly."

"No, let's wait a while. I really don't want to read these things. Please spare me." Enoch complained, spreading his hands as if surrendering, refusing to take the stack of documents handed to him by Jinx. "Please be kind and let me take a rest. There is plenty of time anyway."

"Let me think about it... Um, no." Jinx put her little finger back on the desk. "I am your secretary now. Supervising you to complete the documents is part of my job."

Enoch rubbed his eyes in desperation. "Then could you please, Miss Secretary, make me a cup of black tea?"

"No, I can't, but I can do some other secretary work." The girl laughed and squatted under the table. "Don't complain, get started quickly, you work hard, I'll have some fun downstairs, and...if you can finish those documents within 30 minutes, I will allow you to carry me to the table, how about that?"

"Where did you learn this trick from?"

"The library in Piltover." The girl threw the belt aside. "There's everything in there."

Chapter 121 Bad Joke

Enoch half-knelt on the ground, panting. He had never wanted to shoot himself so much before.

The consequence of being too proud of oneself was that when the two were having fun, the coffee that spilled from the overturned cup stained a pile of documents, which now needed to be re-processed. The stains on the desk were relatively easy to clean, but the liquid that flowed onto the carpet almost cost Enoch's life.

The girl who said the nice things put on her clothes and ran away. Enoch could only try to clean it up himself, at least not to make it look too obvious.

Seeing the carpet getting worse and worse, Enoch gave up completely. "Fuck it, this damn carpet, I don't want it anymore." He pulled over a recliner. He wanted to have a good rest.

"What did you say?" Jinx, wearing Enoch's loose shirt, poked her head out from the side with a smile.

Seeing Jinx happily sitting on his lap with a lollipop in her mouth, Enoch was a little bit unbelievable. "You were hiding nearby just now and watching?"

"No, I just took a shower." Jinx leaned over and gently tapped the boy's face. She smiled and took out the lollipop from her mouth and stuffed it into Enoch's mouth. "This is a reward for your hard work."

"Can't you just give me a new one?" Enoch complained softly, licking the place in his mouth where he was poked.

"Forget it then." She mischievously took out the candy and stuffed it back into her mouth. The girl lying on top of Enoch hummed in relief, "I'll keep it for myself."

"No, I suddenly want to eat, feed me quickly"

The two of them simultaneously forgot about the documents that needed to be reworked, so let's put this annoying matter aside for now.

knock knock

The noise coming from outside the office interrupted their playfulness. They looked at each other in confusion. Jinx hurriedly buttoned up her shirt. After the girl had finished tidying up her clothes, Enoch pressed the door button and asked loudly outside:

“Who’s out there?”

“It won’t be your parents anyway.”

For a moment, the room was very quiet. Enoch and Jinx were both stunned. Behind the door, Finn was lying on the door frame like a puddle of mud, rubbing his lighter but couldn't light it.

Sevika and several of Finn's men who were not far behind him also looked at Finn with a look of shock. Sevika couldn't hold the cigarette in her mouth for a while.

After being stunned for two seconds, Sevika quickly reached out and grabbed Finn. Then there was a loud bang, and a big hole was blasted in the door frame by the bullet.

Turning back, Jinx shook the revolver she had just pulled out of the desk and sighed, "Well, I admit that this thing does feel good."

Jinx jumped off Enoch lightly, barefoot, and fired at the door, smashing it to pieces. She threw away the empty revolver, grabbed the Nebery M4 hidden behind the wine cabinet and chased after him.

"Come on, don't be shy, come out and let's have some fun." The girl's hoarse voice dragged out as she chased after him slowly, occasionally firing a shot at the closed door to see if there was anyone hiding inside.

Enoch sat in the office without any intention of stopping anything. He pulled out the control console hidden in the wine cabinet behind him. The whole factory was slowly closed and the windows were covered by the armor plates that were sent down. After taking a look at the motion capture warning on the screen, Enoch carefully used the ceiling light to guide Jinx on the route.

Finn was now a little more awake, and he ran madly in the dark corridor. But no matter where he went, lights would light up one by one on the road he passed, and Jinx's voice would come and go, but he was not thrown away at all.

"What the hell are you doing? You're going to kill me here, too." Sevika felt that today's chaos might not be controlled, and Finn might die here. Based on their previous personal relationship, Jinx might also kill herself.

As for whether to fight back... Sevika felt that if she won, Zaun might be blown to pieces by another madman.

"Where have you been hiding? Come to your mother."

In the darkness, Sevika held Finn down and carefully hid in the guest room in the middle of the floor. With the crisp sound of bullet shells falling to the ground, the girl whistled and slowly moved away from the room.

After waiting for a while, Severa grabbed Finn's head and scolded him fiercely, "All the brothers you brought with you are dead, so if you don't want to die, shut up and follow me."

“So you’re here.”

Before Sevika could do anything, a sweet female voice came from the door. A gunshot rang out, and a large hole was blasted open in the wooden door. The girl stood in front of the door, smiling as she looked through the crack at the situation inside the house.

"Here is Jinx"

Finn, who was originally confused due to taking drugs, is now completely sober.

Without hesitation, Sevika broke through the wall and ran towards Enoch's office. She now prayed that Littlefinger was not that crazy.

She easily moved away from the girl. Jinx didn't even run after her, but just slowly followed the light to catch up with Finn.

When he turned around, he occasionally looked back and saw Jinx wearing a blood-stained white shirt and carrying a huge gun slowly following behind him. The lights above his head went out one by one as Jinx walked forward. Along with the girl's cheerful whistle, Finn screamed a few times in a cowardly manner.

"How dare you mock me like this? I thought you were so brave." Sevika looked at this coward with pain. It turned out that she thought this guy was a tough guy.

Carrying Finn back to Enoch's office, Sevika walked a few steps to the empty corridor, closed the broken door again, and then explained to Enoch, cursing, "Silco asked all of you to go to a meeting. When I found this guy, he was taking drugs and his mind was not clear."

After a pause, Sevika repeated "everyone"

"About Finn... maybe he's not sober, but his damn sense of humor is still there." Enoch fiddled with the control panel without even looking at the two people in front of him.

"How about I tell you a joke now?"

Sevika put a cigarette in her mouth and refused without thinking, "No, Hilco is waiting impatiently, he wants..."

knock knock

The words were stuck in his mouth and the office suddenly returned to silence. Finn stood by the window, looking around uneasily, holding the lighter tightly in his hand.

knock knock

Enoch repeated it again, turned and smiled at Finn, waiting for his answer.

"Who...who's outside?"

“It’s jinx”

"It's Jinx"

The male and female voices overlapped, and Jinx, who appeared out of nowhere, put the muzzle of the gun on Finn's shoulder and pulled the trigger.

In order to avoid Enoch's direction, the muzzle of the gun deviated slightly. Fortunately, Finn survived this attack. He staggered against the window holding his broken arm.

"Silco wants all of you to have a meeting." Sevika sat in her chair without moving, just waiting for Enoch to stand up and reminded him quietly.

"I know," Enoch nodded, "Let me help you with your injuries."

Before Finn could react, a red light flashed, and his broken right arm and his left hand that was covering the wound fell to the ground together, leaving only a faint burnt smell coming from the wound.

Chapter 122: An Inappropriate Charity Performance

Looking at Finn Enoch lying on the ground, he shook his head helplessly, wondering how a person like you could live to this age without being hacked to death?

Sevika picked up the lighter that had fallen on the ground, lit a cigarette for herself skillfully, and put it in her pocket. "He is quite rich, and is good at making money. He has many subordinates, some from Shurima, and some from Bilgewater."

“Those who died outside? They did run pretty fast,” Jinx taunted, casually picking up a bottle of wine from the ground and handing it to Finn. “Here, have some, it will heal the pain… Oh, sorry, I forgot you don’t have any hands to use now.”

Jinx tilted her head and looked at Iron Jaw who was lying on the ground: "Do you have anything to say about letting you go?"

"Go to hell, bitch"

"Wrong answer" Jinx said expressionlessly as she smashed the bottle in her hand against Finn's head. The listener cheered at the sound of the bottle breaking, "Yes, now Finn gets zero points, Jinx gets one point"

"Jinx, go take a shower and change your clothes," Enoch said, gesturing to Sevika, "Go bandage him. This guy is making me upset."

While Jinx turned around and went back to tidy herself up, Enoch looked at Finn lying on the ground in a mess and complained to Sevika, "Is this guy stupid or just out of his mind?"

"I'm not interested in guessing, I'm just reminding you not to kill him."

"I won't kill him, I promise. I just can't believe that out of 6 of them racing in his mother's stomach, this one won. This is simply a tragedy in the history of biological genetics."

"Yes, raise your hands, you idiot, and let your nanny heal your wounds."

"I want to remind you," Sevika finally couldn't help but said, "Our time is very tight, so can you please stop bothering me?"

"If you were really so pressed for time, you shouldn't have brought this idiot to my place." Enoch calculated the time, stood up and walked towards the bedroom at the back.

"What are you going to do?"

"Change clothes"

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As expected, Hillco's conference room was packed. The alchemy barons who had arrived early were banging on the table impatiently, and their strange-looking subordinates behind them were waving sticks in a pretentious manner.

"It seems that I am not too late. It seems that some people have not arrived yet?" Enoch nodded to the people present, took Jinx's arm and sat at his seat. The whole table was cleaned up, even the ashtray was gone, there was only a pink envelope placed in the middle of the table.

"You're late. We've been waiting for you for half an hour." Renee knocked on the table angrily. Ever since the Weiguang Factory was attacked, she has been at odds with Enoch.

"Relax, I'm already here. Besides, I'm not the last one," Enoch said nonchalantly, letting the girl lean aside.

No one cared about Enoch's disrespect. They were all frightened by Finn's appearance. Seeing that the usually arrogant guy was half dead, they exchanged glances silently and stared hesitantly at the girl standing aside.

"What are you looking at me doing?"

When Finn sat down, Hilco gently tapped the envelope in the middle of the table and said, "Someone brought me an invitation to the Fugen Tavern at noon today. Take a look."

The barons did not move, apparently having passed the letter around while they were waiting. Seeing this, Enoch reached out to pick up the envelope.

"Let me read it to you." Jinx took the lead and pulled out the invitation. When she saw the content clearly, she raised her eyebrows secretly and cleared her throat. The girl's unique sweet and slightly hoarse voice sounded behind Enoch.

Dear Mr. Silk, I am an ordinary girl from Zaun. Even though I have lived in Piltover since I was born, I can always hear the songs of the two cities. They are fierce and creative. Zaun and Piltover are a charming duet. But now, the two connected cities of Zaun and Piltover are constantly divided because of misunderstandings. People are full of confusion and bewilderment, and they are wrapped in suspicion and fear.

I hope my singing can connect the hearts of the people of both cities, whether it is a song of sorrow or joy, whether it is a song of sorrow or sadness, I will turn chaos into a concerto, I will sing for these two sister cities, reminding the people here that they are not alone, and they will be stronger when they unite.

I sincerely invite you to participate in this charity gala for the two cities. I hope that during this concert, the congressman and you can understand each other. I hope that the two cities can reconcile and continue to move forward with mutual support.

"BABALA... Next is the concert's starting time and location. I'm done." Jinx threw the invitation back on the table and glanced at the barons with interest.