A cold wind ruffled Silco's hair as he squinted and clenched his Riot Games, staring at Li Ke.
"Uh, Uncle, calm down. Come, sit down. Let's have a good talk after you sit down."
Taking a deep breath, Silco asked the stall owner for a stool. The shop owner finally recognized the three customers he had served that morning, and his face lit up with excitement as he looked at Li Ke.
He thought Li Ke looked familiar, but he didn't dare to recognize him because the Li Ke he remembered wasn't as fair-skinned, his skin wasn't as good, and his hair was much shorter.
Most importantly, Representative Li Ke is dead. This was announced by both cities together, and many statues were erected in Li Ke memory. Therefore, the shop owner didn't dare to recognize Li Ke at first.
But now that Senator Silco has sat down, he understands!
"Councilor Li Ke, didn't everyone say you were dead? Could this be part of our plan?" He asked Li Ke as he brought over a stool.
"Plan? No, I was supposed to die, but I didn't actually die. Heh, life is full of surprises." Li Ke smiled at the shop owner and said.
Silco took the stool and sat down next to Jinx. As soon as he sat down, Jinx placed a bowl of Muddy Frog in front of Silco and said happily, "Silco, eat."
"..." Looking down at the frog-like face facing him, Silco's lips twitched.
During his most difficult times, he only ate rat meat, and Silco would never touch anything above the head. But now, looking at the frog's head and Jinx's big smiling face, Silco picked up his chopsticks with great difficulty.
"It's a bit complicated. Anyway, Silco, I did die once, but a friend saved me. I slept with her for a long time, and the first thing I did after waking up was to return to Zaun."
As Li Ke spoke, he naturally pushed the bowl of Muddy Frog in front of him towards Silco.
"Fuck you, stop pushing everything onto me."
What are you doing? I'm not fucking blind!
He cursed, looked at Li Ke, and said seriously, "What about Jinx?"
"I'll definitely go find Jinx the moment I get back, what are you thinking?" Li Ke looked helplessly at Silco pushing the frog meat back, and shrugged when he heard him say that.
"You came back yesterday?" Silco narrowed his eyes. "And then, you didn't come looking for me, or for Vander?"
"Yeah, is there a problem? Wasn't I just trying to appease Jinx?" Li Ke blinked.
Silco paused, then said angrily, "No problem, you really should have gone to Jinx first, so now you know everything?"
Silco was naturally asking about the grievances Jinx had suffered throughout the year.
He had to let Li Ke know about this so he would treat Jinx better.
Li Ke nodded and said softly, "I know almost everything I need to know. Janna and Jinx have told me, but a year is too long. There are some things in Zaun that I need to find out later. But it's okay, Silco, I won't leave Zaun again."
Silco pressed the frog's head to the bottom of the bowl, picked up a piece of frog meat, and ate it. The slippery and disgusting texture made him swallow the frog meat with difficulty. Hearing this, he said, "Okay, come with me to a meeting later. I'll invite all the councilors. It'll be a good opportunity for you to understand what exactly happened in Zaun the year you were away."
"No problem. I was planning to have breakfast with Jinx, then take Isha to Viktor's place, and then go to the Capitol to find you."
Silco nodded.
He had so many questions for Li Ke, but in the end, watching Li Ke playfully interacting with Jinx, Silco swallowed them all and just silently ate his unpalatable frog meat, watching Jinx interact with Li Ke.
She smiled, but unlike the various fake smiles she had shown the previous year, this was a genuine smile of joy.
"By the way, Li Ke, where did you come from?" Silco suddenly asked.
"Ionia." Li Ke tossed the frog leg that Jinx had given him back into her bowl, and Jinx picked it up and put it in Li Ke's bowl.
Two grown adults were doing such childish things in front of Silco and they were both laughing uncontrollably.
"Ionia?" Silco raised an eyebrow, as if he had just realized something. "You came back by ship?"
"Um."
"Is it Noxians ship?"
"Hey, Silco, how did you know?" Li Ke looked at Silco with some surprise.
"..." Silco rolled her eyes and said, "I understand."
So, the Ionia that Renata told him about destroying the Noxians lanes and seizing Noxians ships were actually Li Ke?
Wow, what a small world!
To be honest, Silco really didn't understand what gave Ionia the right to boast about themselves, or what made them think they could compare to Li Ke.
Li Ke is from Zaunite, not Ionia.
I hope our friends in Ionia will realize this!
Silco suddenly felt a little happy, and when he was happy, he opened his mouth wider, so a large piece of frog meat got stuck in his throat, and he coughed violently.
"Cough!"
Jinx quickly patted his back and said irritably, "How old are you? How can you be so careless? You can even swallow like that while eating! You know, Isha Silco n't do that!"
Silco didn't say anything, just drank his water with a somewhat depressed expression.
At 7:30 a. m., inside the parliament building in Zaun.
At the councilor's long table, councilors such as Vander, Scar, Marna, Heimerdinger, having been reminded by the Sump enforcement officer and invited by Silco, arrived at the building half an hour early.
Has there been a new development in the Noxian-Ionian War?
"This is troublesome. If the war over there stops, then we need to prepare for war with the Noxians."
Heimerdinger placed his hands on the table and said, "But our weapons aren't ready yet. The Hextech Rifle that Jayce developed, though, has a very useful Hextech shield. But that thing won't be able to deal with Noxians, will it?"
"Magic technology is useless against them; to defeat them, we need Zaun's Chemtech," Heimerdinger, one sentence after another.
Jayce, who was standing nearby, found Heimerdinger's words hilarious; it was truly amazing.
Under the influence of Zaun, Professor Heimerdinger has completely changed. Why does he now seem a bit like a warmonger?
Jayce is here not because he's a Zaun senator. The exchange of senators between the two cities stopped months ago. With increasing business cooperation, the two cities have become intertwined, and now, without a contract, the people of the two cities have begun to cooperate.
Jayce came because he preferred to drink with Viktor Ekko Zaun rather than attend the frequent banquets with nobles in the Upper City.
Life in Zaun is definitely pretty awesome.
He's swearing like a pro now!
What did the big families in Piltover say about him behind his back?
Ah, Talis, the king of profanity.
As one of the highest-ranking people in Piltover, Jayce is a tall, handsome, refined, and wealthy man when he's not angry. But as soon as Jayce gets angry or anxious, he starts talking about genitals and curses.
People from Piltover have never been insulted like this before.
Therefore, they were happy that Jayce wasn't going back Jayce was staying in Zaun.
"Regarding Noxus, I propose severing all ties with Noxus. They've been buying ore and smelting iron from Zaun, and I think it's time to part ways with them," Jayce said in a deep voice.
When the others heard him mention our Zaun, they weren't surprised.
After all, Jayce's current image is really like that of Zaun.
It's hard for people to learn to be good, but it's all too easy for them to learn to be bad.
Backward compatibility is something anyone can achieve.
"Even if the Noxian-Ionian War doesn't end this year, it will definitely end next year. We only have one year to prepare."
Janna sat on a book, blinked, and realized she couldn't get a word in edgewise.
"Jayce is right, I think so too." Vander nodded, then said, "Silco called us all over, but where is he?"
As they were talking, the conference room door was pushed open by the law enforcement officers, and two officers walked in and stood respectfully on either side.
Then, Silco walked in.
"They've finally arrived," Vander said, then turned his head away, refusing to look at Silco.
He was still arguing with Silco.
Silco didn't mind and went straight to his seat, where he sat down next to Vander.
"You're in the wrong seat. Your seat is over there, Lord of Zaun." Vander's large face turned to Silco, and he said with narrowed eyes.
After Li Ke's death, Silco became the new ruler of Zaun, but he only referred to himself as such once, on the day Li Ke disappeared, when the Piltover council members arrived in Zaun, and he said it in front of them.
From that time on, Silco never called himself the Lord of Zaun again.
However, he did indeed always take charge of all affairs in Zaun, and all decisions in Zaun had to be approved by him before they could be implemented.
Therefore, although Silco no longer says that he is the Lord of Zaun, the people, council members, and management of Zaun all know that Silco is the current leader of Zaun.
The long table at the conference, where the seat originally belonged to Representative No. 1 Li Ke, was now occupied by Silco.
Upon hearing Vander's words, Silco looked up and glanced at Vander. His gaze was calm, but a smile played on his lips as he softly uttered a single word, "Idiot."
"You—" Vander immediately flew into a rage, then paused, his nose twitching on his large face, and a look of delight appearing in his eyes.
"You found Jinx?" He smelled Jinx's scent, and then another... wait, why does this scent seem both strange and familiar?
Vander was puzzled. Without looking at Silco, he turned his head sharply, and then Vander saw that all the members of parliament at the table had stood up.
Jayce stared dumbfounded at the doorway, Heimerdinger gaped, clutching his beard with his small hands, Auntie Marna was overjoyed with tears in her eyes, Scar's eyes were filled with fanaticism, Janna raised her wings as if to say hello, and Sevika, who had returned to Zaun, stood up straight, her hands tightly gripping her thighs.
Wearing a trench coat, Li Ke walked into the conference room, went straight to the long conference table, and then took the seat at the very front on the right.
He took off his clothes and placed them on the back of the chair. Li Ke smiled at the councilors on either side of him, Silco and Heimerdinger, and then sat down in the seat of the first councilor.
With a smile on his face, he said loudly:
"Alright, everyone's here."
"Then, let's begin the meeting."
Vander's mouth was agape wide enough to fit Silco's head. He pointed at Li Ke and looked at Silco.
Silco sneered, "You stupid dog!"