Twin Cities: observer system

Chapter 8: Struggle for survival



"Are you serious?"

Lin Wen asked again.

Moreover, Lin Wen clenched his fists and tried his best to resist the urge to act. Otherwise, Vander would have probably flown out by now.

He was afraid that he would punch Vander in the face.

Surrender yourself to Piltover?

What was he kidding?

Lin Wen knew that Fandel was not as smart as Hilco, but he never thought that Fandel could be so stupid.

The rift between Piltover and Zaun cannot be smoothed out, just like the rift between water and oil; no matter how much they come into contact, they can never blend together.

"Lin Wen, this is the only solution I can think of." Vander smiled, a somewhat forced smile.

"This matter has already come into the sight of the parliament. Do you think they will listen to you? If they could see the situation in Zaun, you wouldn't have to lead people to rush into the bridge! Vander, in their view, as the instigator of that action, you who are admired by the people of Zaun, of course you should die as soon as possible!" Lin Wen put his fist on the bar, stood up and looked at Vander, one person was sitting and the other was standing, but they were looking at each other at eye level.

"Maybe it's just like you said, the Piltover guys won't kill you, but if they really put you in jail, come back? Are you kidding me? How could they let you out? The people of Upper City can keep you in jail for a few more years with just an excuse, don't you understand that? And as for your sheriff." Lin Wen rolled his eyes exaggeratedly, "Let alone, what is the sheriff you have high hopes for in front of the congressmen? Does she really have a say?"

"I know, and I understand."

Fandel lit up another cigarette and took a long drag. He held the wine in one hand and the cigarette in the other. After blowing out the smoke ring, he said, "But I have no choice but to compromise."

"But luckily I have you by my side now. If you weren't here, I wouldn't have done this, because if I left, they would definitely be ready to make a move, but now you are here. You can help me protect those who have lost their families and friends because of me, so Lin Wen, Black Alley will be here from now on."

"Is there no other way except compromise?" Lin Wen interrupted Vander, preventing him from continuing to say those words that sounded like a will.

He shook his head and looked at Vander. Lin Wen suddenly remembered Silko whom he had met before. These two people were so different, yet so similar.

They all fought for Zaun and rebelled against Upper City.

But Van der Leyen finally chose to compromise, while Hilco had been plotting in secret.

"I went to Hilco's place earlier. Don't you want to know what I talked to him about?"

Hearing the word "Silco", Fandel's eyes flickered a few times, and he pretended to be indifferent and said: "My "brother", what is he doing now?"

"He is still persisting in his fight against Piltover." Lin Wen said in a deep voice.

"He's still like that."

"Vander, Hilko's ideas are too extreme. You know I don't agree with his ideas, but he is right about one thing. You are too weak now." Lin Wen said directly.

"Weak? Maybe." Vandel did not refute Lin Wen. He was a big man, the boss of the Black Alley. He had led the people of Zaun to rush onto the bridge. He calmly accepted the title of weak. He said, "Lin Wen, the boss has responsibilities. They all believed in me, trusted me so much, but I led them to death."

"I thought that as long as I led people across the bridge, our lives would be better.

But I got nothing except corpses everywhere, homeless orphans and an increasingly poor Zaun. No, I got it too."

Fandel took a big sip of wine. "I feel guilty about them. I will feel sorry for them all my life, and for their children, families, lovers, and friends."

Fandel put down his glass and turned to look at Lin Wen with a calm face: "So now I am afraid, Lin Wen, I am really afraid. We can't defeat Piltover, isn't it good now? With the help of the sheriff, we have achieved a brief peace. Isn't this good? And these words I can only say to you and Benso."

"I have retired from the underworld, but they are still guarding me, hoping that one day I can lead them to fight against Piltover again. But I can't bear it anymore. Those are human lives, one after another."

Vander's voice became quieter as he spoke.

Lin Wen was silent. Was there anything wrong with what Vander said?

That's right, and when everyone expected Fandel to lead people to rebel against Piltover again, no one thought about what he was thinking, including Lin Wen.

Are we all eagerly waiting for his reply?

Fandel's cowardice and retreat are because he knows that he is the first person responsible for these lives. After the Day of Ashes, Fandel is no longer a rebel. Now he is sandwiched between Zaun and Piltover, trying his best to maintain the guardian of order on the brink of collapse.

He truly loves Zaun and its people.

But it was precisely because of this that Lin Wen became even angrier.

Because Lin Wen knows how the future will develop!

As long as he doesn't eat the book!

There is no possibility of reconciliation between Zaun and Piltover, absolutely not!

"Vandel, the peace you seek is just a bubble."

Lin Wen stared at Fandel and said, "Silko is right. Only by punching the proud Piltover people in the face and knocking their teeth out can we gain their respect."

Fandel frowned: "I've been through this, Lin Wen, I've seen it, there are only losers in war, there are no winners!"

"Don't I want Zaun to have a better life? Don't I want the people of Zaun to see the sun? I do too! But we can't!"

"Bullshit! There are only losers in war?" Lin Wen pointed at Vander's face.

Lin Wen could understand what Fandel had done for Zaun.

But if Vandel thought he could survive by relying on the sympathy of the sheriff and law enforcement officers, it would be absolutely wrong.

Lin Wen disagrees with this approach.

Because according to Lin Wen's background memory of the Alliance, the relationship between Zaun and Piltover will only get worse in the future, and with the emergence of Hextech, the gap between the two sides will be so large that it cannot be made up. At that time, the Piltovers will be lawless in the lower city, and the Piltovers in the Midtown Square will dare to point at the Zaun people and curse them, while the Zaun people can only silently squeeze into the crowd and ignore the Piltovers' insults.

Is it the will of the Zaun people that alchemy technology is advanced?

No, it is because they are forced to do so

. The advanced alchemy technology and human body modification are just for survival.

And at that time, only two people can save Zaun.

One is the true child of Zaun, Ekko, and the other is Viktor, who abandoned his humanity and pursued divinity.

But even so, according to Lin Wen's guess, it would be difficult for Victor to defeat the Steel Shadow who possessed Hextech in less than a few hundred years. Therefore, Vandel was wrong, very wrong.

"Vandel, without war, Zaun will definitely be the loser!"

Lin Wen stood on tiptoe to get higher so that he could look down at Vander. He spoke in a calm voice. It was the first time that he and Vander had such a disagreement.

"Vandel, you have maintained order in Zaun, but you cannot change the poisonous gas in the rift, the polluted water and the rampant epidemic! In your dark alley, you have protected everyone very well, but what about outside the dark alley? Those people who are outside the dark alley, are they no longer Zaun people?

Open your eyes and take a good look outside! What you call stability is letting people breathe poisonous gas? Don't you see those huge pipes? The wastewater from the upper city is flowing into Zaun all the time. If this is the stability you want, then what is the difference between this kind of stability and being a dog?"

"Bang!"

"I have my own difficulties!"

"I am the only one who knows how powerful the people of Piltover are. They have weapons, but what do we have?"

Vander slammed the table, stood up, and stood in front of Lin Wen like a wall.

"What do we have? Weapons? Vandal, we can have weapons, too."

"I don't agree with Hilco's war philosophy, but he always remembers his ideals and is willing to give everything for them. He has now led people to make weapons, which are very powerful weapons. But what about you? What have you been doing all these years? Are you a dog for Piltover?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Vander looked at Lin Wen with a livid face.

"Vandel, Zaun's independence and rise must rely on itself. If you want to gain the same status and development rights as Piltover, it seems that Hilco's idea is not wrong. Only when the high-ranking councillors of Piltover understand the "pain" can peace be achieved!

The reason why I don't approve of him is that he is too unscrupulous. After all, in his opinion, as long as he can avenge Piltover, he doesn't care about the lives of most people in Zaun."

"Don't worry, I won't get along with Xierko, but now, I won't get along with you either."

"I will protect Wei, Zaun, and you in my own way."

Lin Wen picked up the wine, poured it into the glass in front of him, then raised his gulp and drank it all.

Vandal was wrong, but even if Vandal was wrong, he was still a relative.

If a loved one makes a mistake, you should correct him or her instead of abandoning him or her.

Now, he wants to correct Vandal's mistakes.

Turn yourself in? Ha, that's really stupid!

There's always a way.

"Click."

The sound of bones crackling was heard. At some point, Vander had taken off his boxing gloves and stood in front of Lin Wen, who was about to leave the tavern.

He shook his thick neck, stood in front of Lin Wen, and made boxing gestures.

"I said, I will take care of the law enforcement officer's affairs, and all you have to do is protect Wei and Baobao for me."

"You want to fight me now?"

What does it feel like when you're drunk?

It's probably the feeling that the whole world belongs to you.

Especially after he was obviously very capable but pretended to be a grandson for several years.

Lin Wen now has only one feeling.

Even if the little old lady Camille appeared in front of him now, Lin Wen would still punch her face, which might have become a robot.

See whether his fist is harder or her metal body is harder.

And now, Vander, who is just a mortal body and whose weapons are ordinary equipment, is standing in front of him?

"Then let me wake you up, our patriarch."

Lin Wen stretched his hands forward and stretched lazily. Then, he looked at the giant man in front of him who was as tall and strong as a bear, and said in a deep voice:

"Let me tell you, Vandel

If you seek survival through compromise, peace will die;

if you seek survival through struggle, peace will survive!"

Peace can never be begged for, it is fought for!

 After signing the contract, I can update twice a day steadily, which is about 5,000 to 6,000 words. The number of words in each chapter is quite random. When I am good at it, it's 6,000, and when I am not, it's 2,000, but basically it's around 3,000.

  Well, this chapter is 3,300 words, which is a bit long.

  In my personal opinion, Vandall is such a person. He really loves Zaun and its people, but he has indeed done wrong. It is impossible for Zaun and Piltover to have empathy. The peace he wants can only be achieved by people like Hilko.

  The anime also confirmed at the end that Hilco did scare the people in the upper city because they found that the people in the lower city posed a threat to them.

  Shimmer, as well as weapons made by Jinx, and... lost hex gems.

The people of Zaun are no longer an existence that they can ignore.

  However, the peace they had tried to implement was destroyed by Jinx's bombardment.

  From beginning to end, the people of Piltover were always superior.

  Of course, Piltover is not a villain!!!


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