Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 68 All for Zaan

"I think you can cooperate with me."

There must be something wrong with your brain...

Such a thought came to Li Lin's mind, and he didn't know what expression to make.

Fortunately, there was a mask covering his face, so Silko couldn't see what he was thinking from his facial expression.

Li Lin shook his head lightly, turned around and prepared to leave, "I don't know what you are talking about."

"All of us are smart people, I don't think we need to pretend to be stupid."

Shirko accentuated his tone slightly.

"In order to show my sincerity, I'll say it clearly. I planted an eyeliner in Van der's place. I heard about what happened a few days ago."

Sure enough, I knew there must be an insider under Vander.

Li Lin frowned, didn't turn around, but didn't move forward.

"So? What do you want to express?"

"You invented this armor yourself, right? I've never seen it before... Well, this kind of armor that can be worn by people."

Shirko didn't directly answer his question, the only right eye that could see clearly looked up and down the power armor.

Li Lin felt that he didn't need to answer this question, "If you talk nonsense again, I'm leaving."

"It's not very convenient here..."

"I think it's very good here, no one around here dares to come here."

Hearing what Li Lin said, what Silko was about to say froze slightly.

Judging from his tone and performance, he should be serious.

Silko narrowed his eyes, beckoned to the two men behind him, and said in a low voice, "Don't let other people approach us."

The two sturdy men nodded and folded their arms to block the two intersections leading to here.

As for Li Lin...

It is impossible for anyone to dare to approach without guarding.

Silko took a few steps closer to Li Lin's direction, and said in a more relaxed tone:
"You're smart, smarter than most of the uptown people I've met, so I think you should be able to see reality."

Li Lin's brows were furrowed even tighter, and he always felt uncomfortable in Shirko's words.

"Fandre is a coward. For many years, he stayed in a peaceful dark alley, living in his own world, forgetting the original appearance of Bottom City... His edges and corners have long been smoothed out.

"Look at it, you are under pressure in the parliament to resist the crowd, your little girlfriend..."

"She's not my girlfriend."

temporary.

Li Lin added a word in his heart.

"...All right, Miss Gilaman, her family is still guaranteeing you behind your back, just to make Zaun a better place."

Shirko took a deep breath and always felt that his blood pressure rose sharply when talking with Li Lin.

"But what about Van der? You asked him for help, what did he say? As the leader of the biggest force in Bottom City, because he was afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, even the group of alchemy barons dared not do anything.

Silko's voice seemed to have a special magic power, making people unable to help but believe his words.

"Hehehe... He said that everything is for Zaun, but he is actually just a coward. He has completely forgotten how Zaun came here."

Then, he changed his subject and accentuated his tone: "Blood and struggle, Zaun was born from this, and we are even more so."

Silko held his right elbow with his left hand, rubbed his right hand on his bare chin, and paced back and forth behind Li Lin's back.

"Fandre is no longer as brave as he was back then. He is old and not suitable to lead Zaun anymore..."

"He is not suitable, you are suitable?"

Hearing this, Li Lin felt that there was no need for him to continue listening.

To put it simply, Silko's long speech is nothing more than trying to instill an idea in himself:
He is more suitable to be the boss of Zaun.

Li Lin didn't know much about Shirko. He only knew that he was a miner in the same mine as Van der, and they were like brothers.

Later, because they were unwilling to be ruthlessly oppressed, they led a group of people to revolt against the upper city, which triggered the "Day of Ashes" event.

The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

How can a group of miners and other oppressed people who have no equipment, no professional combat training, and even malnutrition beat a well-trained law enforcement officer who uses hex technology?
The struggle ended with the massacre of the rebels by the law enforcement officers and Vandel's compromise.

It was also at that time that a complete break broke between the compromising Vandel and Silko, who still had hope for resistance.

To be honest, Li Lin was also very sad after learning about the big incident a few years ago.

As a child who grew up under the red flag and went through compulsory education from elementary school to adulthood, he knows this aspect very well.

Whether it is Van der or Shirko, what they did was actually wrong.

The conflict between Piltover and Zaun did not develop overnight.

And because the two city-states are on top of each other and have a relatively special geographical location, it is not easy to resolve the conflict.

If Vander and Silko want to lead Zaun to independence, they must at least have a guiding ideology, establish their own armed forces, and mobilize the mass base. They must not confront Piltover head-on, and only then will they have a chance to win.

Of course, it can only be said that there is a chance, but the odds of winning are still not high.

After all, Hex technology is still far beyond the current technological level of the earth in some aspects...

But what about Van der and Silko?
After being oppressed, a group of them slapped their butts and slapped their heads, gathered more people, used inferior alchemy technology to open the way, and rushed to the upper city unarmed to fight against the law enforcement officers with Hex weapons...

If Li Lin were to evaluate their behavior back then, he could only use the word "stupid".

But there are no great thinkers and revolutionaries in this world after all.

Except for some inventive geniuses, there are basically no people who can receive higher education in Zaun, which is understandable.

After being directly pointed out by Li Lin, Shirko's breathing was stagnant, and he quickly reacted.

"If everything is for Zaun, I am indeed more suitable than Vander..."

Li Lin chuckled and shook his head, "I think you don't understand at all."

Shirko's face changed for a while, "...don't understand?"

It was the first time he was told that he didn't understand by a boy who was ten years younger than himself.

"Hehehe..." After a pause for a few seconds, Shirko laughed a few times.

However, there was endless indifference in his voice, "I really don't understand, I don't understand what you want to express."

"Do you have to let me break it?"

Li Lin turned around, and a pair of eyes without any emotion stared coldly at Silko in front of him through the metal mask.

"You want to be the leader of Zaun, you want to be on an equal footing with Piltover, but we know in our hearts that you, with Zaun as it is, can't do that at all.

"That's why you want to win me over, use me, or the power behind me, to quickly increase the power of Zaun, so that you can launch the 'Day of Ashes' again."

Silko's right hand that was rubbing his chin stopped, and a trace of astonishment flashed through the pupil of his bright right eye.

"Forget it, I won't let you do this." Li Lin said in a cold tone.

"Since you have an eyeliner under Vander, and you know our conversation a few days ago, you should be very clear about my thoughts.

"The opportunity I seek for Zaun's development from the council is not for you to continue to hate Piltover, but for you to ease the conflict.

"Although you are more willing to support me than Van der, in my eyes, you are a hero, your ideas are too extreme, and you will definitely not develop peacefully according to my wishes.

"So, compared to Van der, who is pursuing peace, you are not the most suitable partner for me...I say that, do you understand?"

Shirko froze in place with a dull expression, and was silent for a long time.

"If there's nothing else, I'm leaving. I'm in a hurry."

With that said, Li Lin turned around and walked towards Fulgan's Tavern along the path covered in smog.

But he just walked a few steps, stopped again, and left a last sentence to Shirko without looking back:

"It's all about Zaun, but Piltover was once part of Zaun, wasn't it?"

Silko's pupils narrowed slightly, and he looked in shock at the power armor that disappeared into the haze and shone with blue light.

He heard a little different meaning from Li Lin's last sentence.

A meaning that only a man like him could hear.

"Li Lin..."

Silko rubbed the palm of his right hand on his face, murmured Li Lin's name, thoughtful.

After a long time, the corner of his mouth curled into a vague arc, "You really surprised me..."

　Don't dare to write too much and be too straightforward, just know what it means, don't be too serious. . .

　　Don’t embarrass me, a small author, about class conflicts that cannot be solved in reality (°ー°〃)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)