Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 205 The Alchemy Baron Is Making Things Again

In the living room, Valentina made a pot of tea for Li Lin and Kaisha.

It will be some time before Caitlin gets from Griwell Street to the College.

During this period, Li Lin asked about Valentina's recent situation.

Since she introduced her invention to people in the Unknown Square a few months ago, many families have become interested in this project and discussed investment.

However, Valentina has always believed that this kind of dangerous technology cannot be applied to ordinary life and is mastered by those Piltover families.

She's only going to work with the Piltover police, and only with the acquiescence of the council to use it.

She was first harassed more than three months ago.

At that time, a few Zaun gangsters with alchemy technology augmentation prosthetic bodies came to the door and said they wanted to borrow some money to spend.

But not long after, the law enforcement officer who was patrolling at night happened to arrive at her house, and the group of gangsters fled after hearing the sound, and did not dare to stay longer.

Valentina thought they were just ordinary robbers, but they were too blatant, so she didn't take them seriously.

She gradually realized something was wrong over the ensuing weeks.

Every day, all kinds of dead animals appeared in her yard, from ordinary cats and dogs, to shadow rabbits, plague rats, and even stone beetles and young magic marsh frogs.

Valentina called the police, but when law enforcement officers came to check the situation, they only concluded that it was some gutter bastard's prank.

It wasn't until the first death threat letter arrived that she finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

Because she doesn't interact with people very often, and her family members are not alive, Valentina chose to ask Heimerdinger for help, and applied to live in the academy.

But things didn't stop there.

She still felt that this world had a sense of unreality, that there was always some kind of terrifying existence staring at her in those dark corners.

In the following weeks, the situation intensified, and she began to feel that someone was whispering threats in her ears every day, and there was always an inexplicable phone ringing in her ears...

The more Valentina spoke, the more excited she became, as if these memories aroused the fear deep in her heart, and her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably again.

"It's just an illusion, Valentina, calm down!" Li Lin quickly comforted her.

Then, he got up and opened the window, letting the five storm robots that had just arrived fly into the house.

Valentina was stunned, "...this is?"

"The combat robot I developed is called Air Combat Mechanic Storm, and they have semi-intelligent auxiliary chips that can automatically identify enemies.

"Wait for Caitlin to find the clues. We will help you solve the men behind the scenes who threaten you. You don't have to worry when we leave, they will protect your safety."

As soon as Li Lin finished speaking, there was a knock on the door of the apartment, and it was Caitlin who came.

He got up and opened the door. He was wearing a suit of tights suitable for combat and a brown-red beret. Caitlin was standing in the corridor with a suitcase containing an iron-blooded sniper rifle in his hand.

She heard a familiar voice, and her attention was attracted by the storm robot floating in the house. She frowned slightly, "It seems that the matter is serious?"

"Well...let's talk in the room."

Li Lin turned sideways first, leaving enough space for Caitlin to enter the room.

Then he stood by the door and looked left and right in the corridor.

Those law enforcement officials still stick to their posts, and it seems that there is nothing unusual.

Li Lin did not take it lightly, controlled a storm robot to guard the door, and then locked the door.

Among these law enforcement officers, there may be undercover agents sent by the Mafia family behind the scenes, and they must not know about the following conversation.

Looking back, Kaitlyn had already pulled out her notebook and was asking all kinds of detailed questions, even specific to what she ate for three meals a day, who she had met recently, whether she had received any new threatening letters, and so on.

Li Lin didn't say much because he couldn't understand what he said on the phone, and he might be monitored by the people behind the scenes.

After Caitlin finished asking questions, she began to carefully check the inside and outside of each room, and finally stopped by the trash can in the living room, kneeling down on one knee.

"Did you find anything?"

Li Lin stepped forward and was taken aback when she saw that she had dug out a few scraps of paper in the full trash can.

The [Digital Thinking] panel in his mind showed that these scraps of paper happened to have residues of "mental confusion potion".

"Trash can...why didn't I think of it? Those guys actually smeared the medicine on the letter."

Caitlin turned around in surprise, "Pharmaceutical?"

Valentina mentioned this just now, but her thoughts were rather confused and she couldn't explain clearly.

"It is an alchemical potion that can cause hallucinations. If taken in excess, it will cause irreversible damage to the human spirit, or even death." Li Lin explained.

"Being able to apply it on a letter means that this medicine can affect people through the gas produced by volatilization. Valentina said that she has read every threatening letter."

Caitlin lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, "Her condition is very serious now, she should have started inhaling the potion you mentioned when she received the first threatening letter..."

She took out a transparent evidence bag from her small satchel, put all the torn pieces of threatening letters into it, and carefully put them back into her satchel.

These shreds of paper stained with alchemy potion residues are evidence and must be kept carefully.

Afterwards, Caitlin stood up and looked at Li Lin, "According to the current clues, this matter should be related to a certain alchemy baron in Bottom City."

Today's alchemy barons, except for Renata, all surrender to Shirko, but this does not mean that they will listen to him in everything.

They are the rulers of Zaun, and it is only normal for them to collude with the Piltover family to do some shady things.

What's more, Valentina has no family power to back her up, and the alchemy barons are not afraid.

Li Lin thought for a moment, and added: "But he or they are not behind the scenes, but just like those law enforcement officers, they were bought by a certain family in Picheng."

"Smart!" Caitlin smiled slightly, "You know Vander, maybe we can ask him for help."

"Fandre... Speaking of which, I haven't seen them for a long time."

Li Lin couldn't help but see the faces of Bao Bang, Wei, and Ike in his mind.

He went to Shurima too hastily before, and didn't have time to go to the black alley to talk to Bobo.

Although he later wrote a few letters to Bobo when he was traveling in Shurima, it is not known if she received it.

But even if she received it, according to her petty temper, she would have to complain a lot when she saw herself, and maybe she would be scolded by Wei, saying that she would leave without saying goodbye and don't let Baobo be sad.

Fortunately, he bought a lot of souvenirs when he came back from Shurima, and he should like it...

A look of helplessness flashed in Li Lin's eyes, and he quickly restrained himself and turned serious.

A considerable number of alchemy barons are still threatening. Even if Shirko is in charge, and there is the previous killing of chickens and monkeys, it can only keep them safe for a while.

He felt that this time was just an opportunity to overthrow those dissident alchemy barons and unify the power of Zaun.

Of course, the centralized power cannot be handed over to Silko, nor can the family take care of it, otherwise it will easily cause misunderstanding and arouse Silko's suspicion...

Various thoughts flashed through Li Lin's mind.

He took a deep breath, waved to Kai'Sa, indicating that he was about to leave, and turned his gaze back to Caitlin.

"It's not too late, let's go to Zu'an first."

(End of this chapter)