Chapter 136 [0134] Uneasy

As a fire blazed, these alchemy barons who relied on Singed's protection, along with their diehard thugs, ushered in the final end.

So far, the alchemy barons who once represented the order of Zaun have finally withdrawn from the stage of history - although there are still a few lucky guys who have escaped this fire, they either prayed for the protection of Piltover or disguised themselves and left Zaun directly when they saw that the situation was not good, but in any case, they have lost the authority of being alchemy barons.

As for the title of an alchemy baron... who would care?

After all, from now on, the people of Zaun may no longer accept the alchemy baron to bully their heads.

Finn is one of the lucky ones who successfully escaped.

When the angry workers, led by Lux, occupied one factory after another, he left Zaun without hesitation and went straight to Piltover with his most intimate bodyguard.

The blockade of the Piltover law enforcement officer was very strict, and other alchemy barons had no chance to bribe.

But Finn, who cooperated with Levi, had a special pass from the councillor. After confirming the authenticity of the certificate, he and his personal bodyguard finally left Zaun smoothly and entered Piltover.

Then, without any hesitation, Finn found Levi as soon as possible, and while seeking asylum, he also told him about the "terrible incident" that happened in Zaun.

Levi listened to Finn's story patiently.

Then, the councillor, who was already having a headache because of the changes in the situation in Piltover, had an even worse headache.

Others became councillors to make money and build relationships, why did they have to face so many problems when they became councillors? !

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Just as Zaun was undergoing drastic changes, Piltover was not calm either.

In the Piltover Parliament, a silent struggle slowly kicked off - the beginning of all this was that Councillor Mel Midalda took the initiative to give up her position, and her seat was passed to the head of the Philos family.

The woman named Cagalli Fellowes is not well-known in Piltover, but the people behind her are enough to make everyone in the parliament feel apprehensive.

Gray Lady.

Although this lady who wanders in the gray world has not really come to the fore, she still adopts a more radical strategy than in the past.

The Fellowes family has a deep foundation, deep roots, and extremely important patents.

In the past, even if they did not have a seat in the parliament, they had an amazing influence on Piltover - and now, they have come to the fore.

This is undoubtedly a signal that people care about, especially when Mel took the initiative to leave the parliament.

When Mel proposed to resign, many people were speculating whether it would be Jagu who made a comeback, but in the end Jagu went directly to the hospital and has not come out until now. Instead, the head of the Fellowes family sat in the chairmanship of the parliament.

For a parliamentarian like Levi who has no real power, standing in line has become the most important issue next - so after giving Finn some material support, he tried his best to find out the news and tried to gain some benefits from this incident.

Speculators, not shabby.

However, the development of the matter was completely beyond Levi's expectations.

In the following period of time, the Piltover Council held meetings every day, and the efficiency was fully utilized. One after another, the management regulations with astonishing contents were passed at a rapid speed.

Actively increase the tax on fixed assets, increase the tax refund compensation for research funding, restrict foreign investment and foreign investment, reform the law enforcement team, clean up the college accounts, count research projects...

Any resolution that would cause an uproar in normal times now seems to be a trivial matter, and is passed one after another.

What makes Levi even more confused is that although so many resolutions that may change the situation in Piltover have been passed, the parliament is calm.

The dean of the Academy of Science and Progress, Senator Heimerdinger, and the newly appointed Cagalli cooperated tacitly, as if they were advancing and retreating together, and other people could only abstain from voting at most in the face of the proposals of these two.

It's not that no one opposes.

Among the councillors, there was a guy who worked at the docks. He relied on his solid base to strongly oppose the proposal to restrict foreign investment, which led to the suspension of the regulations.

Then, that night, the news that he liked married women and had long-term improper relationships with the wives of captains of many merchant groups spread all over the streets, and he himself died in a roadside gutter after being disgraced - the result of the law enforcement officer's investigation was that he drowned due to excessive drinking.

Normally, when such an absurd situation occurs, Professor Heimerdinger will be the first to stand up and demand a thorough investigation, but this time, he remained silent and even took the initiative to propose to replace an alternate councillor.

In this case, the other councillors who were elected and had no background were naturally silent.

Camille's behavior completely tore off the disguise of Piltover.

Although the city looks extremely progressive, and it seems that everything is decided by the councillors elected by the people of Piltover, in the final analysis, it is closer to a union of chaebols.

Thanks to the canal, Piltover has accumulated amazing wealth.

With the Zaun people working as slaves, the Piltover people have maintained relatively high salaries and benefits by relying on the wealth flowing through the fingers of various tycoons.

This is Piltover's "progress".

But in the eyes of sober people, this kind of "progress" is actually very illusory. Once the Ionian War ends, the entire Piltover economy will fall into a short-term depression.

In addition, the notice from the Noxian ambassador also clearly explains the status of this city - if Piltover wants to become the real progressive capital of Runeland, it still has a long way to go.

While the Noxians are struggling in Zaun, this time the Grey Lady decisively took action and took advantage of the breakthrough in Hex Crystal application technology to try to integrate the resources of the entire Piltover.

So, a question was placed in front of Levi.

Should he follow the footsteps of the Grey Lady and adapt to this change, or use his own way to oppose this change that is destined to lose his own interests?

For Levi, the Grey Lady may be able to make Piltover truly great, but in a truly great Piltover, will he still have the power and status he has now?

Even if those families with real power and assets will experience pain, they are still willing to accept the leadership of the Grey Lady, because they have money, factories and manpower, and have a first-mover advantage in the change.

But a guy like Levi... I'm afraid that his resources are not worthy of occupying the current high position in Piltover that the Gray Lady expects.

I thought it was just a change of power, but Levi never expected that he would face a choice that might determine the future of Piltover.

So Levi hesitated.

He didn't want to lose his power and status, but he couldn't rashly oppose this change - not because he had the future of Piltover in mind, but he was worried that he would be killed by Camille if he rashly opposed it...

During this period, some people tried to unite Levi, and everyone used some means to create some trouble for the Gray Lady, but before Levi made a decision, Finn found him and told him what happened in Zaun.

After learning that the workers in Zaun occupied the factory, Levi finally shuddered.

Indistinctly, he seemed to see a more terrible possibility - compared with the violence that happened in Zaun, the Gray Lady's means were so gentle...

Bringing Finn, he got up without hesitation and went straight to the Blue Xun Manor.

Levi planned to take the initiative to ask for a meeting with the Gray Lady.

What happened in Zaun made him feel a little uneasy.

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Standing outside the gate of the Firoz family manor, Levi couldn't help but sigh even though he had prepared himself mentally.

It was not an easy decision to meet the Gray Lady - this meeting itself represented Levi's choice.

To support the Gray Lady's reforms, one must give up something.

For someone like Levi, giving up some power and status is simply cutting flesh from him.

But unfortunately, he has no choice now.

What happened in Zaun in the past two days was really too shocking.

Even though Levi couldn't see the core impact of this incident, and didn't know what the changes that Lux brought to Zaun meant, he still felt a strong sense of crisis.

Levi chose to come to the Gray Lady at this time because he remembered the previous time when the Zaun people attacked the Sun Gate.

What if after dealing with those alchemy barons, those Zaun people wanted to attack the Sun Gate again...

The scale of the attack would probably be much larger than the last time.

Relying on the Piltover Enforcer alone is not enough to guarantee the safety of Piltover.

Therefore, Piltover needs the Gray Lady now!

For his own safety, even though Levi disagreed with some of the Gray Lady's ideas, he had to bow his head and come to the Firoz Manor to meet her in person.

On the contrary, Finn behind him, who was obviously a Zaun born in Ionia, was wearing Demacia's rune steel armor and was in the Blue Scented Manor in Piltover, looking around and looking at the surroundings, as if he was finally relieved.

This idiot didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at all, but was just glad to escape from Zaun...

Shaking his head, Levi excluded these messy thoughts from his mind, and then took out a pocket watch from his arms-facing the smooth pocket watch case, he sorted out his chestnut hair, then stepped forward and reached out to knock on the door of the Firoz Manor.

However, the manor was quiet, and there was no footsteps for a long time.

Levi waited stiffly outside the manor. He was determined to have a good talk with the Gray Lady, but he never expected that the Gray Lady was unwilling to see him at all.

Added 2/30, the work and rest schedule gradually became gloomy.