Finding Clues

The master agreed to Akali and I's request and gave us a month to find Feng Duan and bring him back.🐉🐸 ➅❾ⓈⓗỮ 🐼💙

Wind Team has now deactivated his Project Armor, making it impossible to pinpoint his exact location, but he last disappeared in Ionia.

After the meeting, Akali and I were about to leave when our host asked us to stay behind:

"[Shadow], [Future], come with me."

"Yes."

The master led us to the laboratory and summoned those two familiar Source Project experts. To this day, I still don't know their names, and the master never addresses them by name.

"Upgrade [Shadow] and [Future] to the Seventh Generation Project Armor."

"Yes, Master."

The two men received orders and began work. The assembly of the seventh-generation armor was very fast, and it was completed in less than half a day.

This armor is actually similar to clothing; it's very lightweight, with only two integrated devices at the waist, so overall it looks just like a normal person.

This will both enhance our combat capabilities and facilitate our movements; otherwise, walking around primitive Ionia in our original form would be too conspicuous.

At the same time, I noticed that Akali's appearance is very similar to that of Ionia, so she might be a powerful being that my master plundered from there.

The owner hadn't left yet, and seeing that we had woken up, he reminded us:

"Even without the Project Armor, Feng is a powerful warrior. If you discover his whereabouts, don't rush to attack; transmit the information back first."

"Yes, Master!"

"One last reminder: he used to be from Ionia, Yasuo."

I already knew this information because Wind Team had told me, but I still had to act like I had just found out.

And so Akali and I officially set off for Ionia, riding a vehicle called a "motorcycle".

I don't know why, but I always feel like I'm familiar with this thing, and I can do it without anyone teaching me.

The only downside is that Akali is too quiet and reserved; she didn't say a word on the way, focusing solely on completing the mission.

There was nothing I could do but follow along like a wooden puppet.

Ionia was originally a primitive and isolated continent, but it became active due to the invasion of Noxus.

Swain still stationed here, but due to his master's actions, his invasion has temporarily ceased, and they are even showing signs of uniting.

Faced with vast stretches of primeval jungle and desolate wilderness, I was somewhat at a loss. After some thought, Akali decided to go to a big town to inquire about it.

Since Wind Team is from Ionia and possesses exceptional skills, a little inquiry should yield some clues.

We searched the database and found that the largest town nearby was a place called Prexian, so we headed there immediately.

When I arrived, I realized how rudimentary the towns in Ionia were. The buildings were incredibly shabby, even worse than third-rate towns in Demacia, and nowhere near as impressive as Piltover.

Fortunately, there were many people in the city, so it wasn't a desolate wilderness anymore.

We asked around at several martial arts schools about the name "Yasuo," but no one had ever heard of it. Just when we were at a loss, we met a blind man:

"Is the person you're looking for a master?"

"Yes, his name is Yasuo, and he's a master swordsman. Do you know him?"

"I don't know them, but you can try asking the Kinkou Order. The masters there are very knowledgeable and might be able to help you."

"How do I get to the Kinkou Order?"

"From here eastward..."

The path to the Kinkou Order is complex, but our memory system can analyze it perfectly, so we can quickly plan a reasonable route.

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Just as we were rushing there, we were stopped halfway, and this person looked somewhat like Akali!

She was equally excited when she saw us. "Xiao Li? It really is you!"

"You've mistaken me for someone else. My name is [Shadow]."

"No, I would never admit to being wrong!"

The woman approached Akali to hug her, but Akali stopped her with her weapon. "If you come any closer, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Seeing the woman's lost and dejected look, I think she and Akali must be related by blood in some way, like mother and daughter or sisters.

We Project Warrior don't have this feeling; we can't truly understand it just from the records in the database.

However, this is very much in line with her master's style of doing things. She sent Katarina to attack Noxus, sent Fiora to attack Demacia, and now she has sent Akali to Ionia.

It must be incredibly painful for loved ones to see such a change.

Lost in thought, we finally found the Kinkou Monastery, and to my surprise, the woman I had just met was there too.

The people at the Kinkou Monastery had almost the same reaction upon seeing Akali: they all recognized her!

Soon a middle-aged man walked over; he seemed relatively calm.

"I am Shen, the Kinkou Order. May I ask what brings you two here?"

"We'd like to inquire about someone named Yasuo. Do you know him?"

Akali's words surprised people even more, while a hint of doubt remained on their faces.

"Yes, we know each other. What's your relationship with Yasuo?"

"He..."

He is our friend.

I interrupted Akali and took over the conversation, saying that in this situation, it would be pointless to say we were there to arrest someone.

If it were a friend, perhaps there would be a chance to see him, but Shen shook his head again.

"Sorry, we don't know where Yasuo is, and we're looking for him too."

"Okay, then I've bothered you."

After saying that, I left with Akali, and on the way back she was very unhappy with me:

Why are you being so polite to them? And why are you saying Yasuo is our friend?

"You were too impulsive. We're not here to fight; we're ordered to find Yasuo. If we clash with the people here, how can we continue our operations?"

"So what do we do now? We still can't find it, can we?"

"Shh... someone's following us. Let's find a secluded spot so we can make our move."

Akali nodded, and we quickened our pace to the outskirts of Prexian.

In fact, the Kinkou Order itself is quite remote; just a short walk north leads to desolate forests and wilderness.

We exchanged a glance, and I turned around, while Akali went around to the back, only to find it was the same woman again.

This time, she was holding a pair of scythes, very similar to Akali's weapons, except they weren't high-tech products and looked like ordinary scythes.

Why are you following us?

"I can't let you go, Xiao Li."

"I've told you I'm not Xiao Li, stop bothering me, or I won't hesitate to let you die here!"

"If you're not Xiao Li, why are you looking for your own father?"

"Father? What are you talking about?"

"Yasuo is your father, what do you want with him!"

"Ridiculous! Fine, since that's the case, then I'll tell you: Yasuo betrayed our master, and I'm going to kill him!"