Silco: I Said You're the Councillor, So You're the Councillor.

With a smile on his face, Li Ke sat with Jinx on his right and Silco on his left. The long conference table was filled with Zaunite, and Li Ke calmly looked at the council members.

"What do you want?" Mel took a deep breath. She glanced at Ambessa when she came in, then looked at Saro hiding in the corner, and immediately understood what had happened.

Saro and Ambessa ambushed Zaun, and Zaun fought back. But how could a mother's surprise attack fail to win?

Mel didn't know how Zaun had done it, but that didn't stop Mel from knowing that Zaun now surpassed Piltover in terms of physical strength.

Representative Hoskall also approached, a fawning smile on his face. He looked at Li Ke and said softly, "You must be Li Ke? We've seen your picture. You're so young, even younger than our Representative Talis."

"What are you trying to say?" Li Ke looked at Hoskall.

"Mr. Li Ke, I am Councilor Hoskall. I assume you are here because of the conspiracy between Saro and Ambessa to attack Zaun, but I must say, we are not actually aware of that matter either."

Hoskall continued, "This matter was actually the willful act of Ambessa and Saro, and has nothing to do with Piltover. We have no intention of being your enemy."

Upon hearing this, Saro looked up.

Li Ke also looked at Saro, wanting to see what kind of expression Saro would have now that he had been abandoned. He saw Saro nod vigorously and say, "That is indeed my intention."

"It was my own will that led me to cooperate with the Noxians in attacking Zaun."

"The reason?" Li Ke raised an eyebrow.

Li Ke's sense of Saro stemmed from the play and their previous contact.

In the show, this guy gives off a very bad impression. He's effeminate, carries all the labels that Zaunite hate Piltover people for, is arrogant and conceited, and his previous contact with Saro led Li Ke to label Saro as cowardly, hypocritical and afraid of death.

But now, Saro has taken all the blame, letting Hoskall dump the responsibility on him, willingly becoming a scapegoat.

This surprised Li Ke.

Does Saro, who became a member of parliament, truly possess some admirable qualities?

"Because Zaun launched an attack on Piltover, killing many people, I took action to retaliate and find the culprits," Saro said.

He swallowed hard, his gaze fleetingly sweeping over Hoskall and Mel.

But both Mel and Hoskall understood what Saro meant.

"You see, Mr. Li Ke, there's a reason for this, everything is..."

"We attacked Piltover?" Silco slammed his hand on the table, looking at Hoskall meaningfully, and continued, "Tell me the specifics: when did the attack happen, how many Piltover residents died, and how did you determine that it was the Zaunite who did it?"

Hoskall paused, then immediately said, "It happened three days ago in the afternoon, at a dock factory bordering Piltover and Zaun. Thirteen Piltover residents died."

How did you know it was us?

"Two bodies were left at the scene, along with their clothes." Hoskall didn't continue.

"Haha, just because of the clothes?" Silco laughed, holding up his hand and pointing at someone.

"You, go and strip him naked," Silco said to his men, pointing to Hoskall.

"!"

Hoskall took a step back, but the Zaunite had been called by Silco had already run up to him and started forcefully tearing off his clothes.

Hoskall offered no resistance.

"Put them on," Silco said to the Zaunite, resting his chin on his hand.

He changed into Hoskall's clothes, which were gorgeous and exquisite, with beautiful and delicate gold thread at the cuffs of the sleeves.

Aside from the hairstyle and the earrings and tattoos on his face, he actually looks quite wealthy, almost like Skinny Guys.

"Excuse me, is he now a member of parliament in Piltover?" Silco asked calmly.

No one responded to Silco's words.

"Because of the clothes, you think it was the work of the Zaunite. So now, can I also say that he is Piltover senator? He's wearing a senator's uniform. I say, what do you think about letting him discuss the future of Piltover with us?"

"Don't joke around, Mr. Silco." Hoskall smiled, returning to his normal self, as if he wasn't the one who had just had his clothes stripped off.

"Don't try to play these petty tricks on me. Three days ago, your enforcers were patrolling the Progress Bridge every day, constantly checking the checkpoint and preventing Zaunite from entering Piltover. Only a single group could cause this kind of destruction, but you probably found out about a large-scale Zaunite invasion of Piltover even before we did."

"Zaunite suddenly attack Piltover?"

"Using such petty tricks as an excuse to start a war, to find a reason to send troops, and then, after failing, to shirk your own problems and find someone else to take the blame—you guys are fucking hilarious." Silco stood up, his gaze dark as he looked at Hoskall. "The winner is Zaun, and the one who can write about it is also Zaun."

"Did you think you could be the victor again, rewriting history and making it seem like Piltover was the legitimate dynasty while Zaun was backward?"

"Go to hell! I'm giving you face by calling you a councilor; if I didn't, you'd be a dead man right now, understand?"

Hoskall's face was ashen, and his eyes were practically spitting fire as he stared at Silco.

"What? You're not convinced?" Silco looked at him.

"We've arrested over three hundred law enforcement officers. Now, with just one word, I can throw them all into the sea to feed the sharks. Take a good look around you. I thought you were a congressman, but you are the real congressman."

Li Ke sat quietly, watching Silco and the senator talk, a smile on his face.

This kind of thing should definitely be left to Silco.

"You know the truth of the matter better than we do. Don't try to brush my question off with something so trivial."

Silco walked up to Hoskall, squinted at the portly senator, and said in a deep voice:

"Now, tell me, why did you attack Zaun?"

He didn't speak, avoiding Silco's gaze.

From the side, Mel finally spoke up, "Let me say it."

"Silco, this is indeed our problem."

"Mel!" Borborok grabbed Mel's hand.

Mel broke free and calmly continued, "Ambessa, my mother, was the one who launched the attack on Zaun, and it was the Noxians caused the casualties in Piltover."

"This has nothing to do with Zaun; she orchestrated all of this, and we all know that. But Saro and the other council members chose to go with the flow."

Silco looked at Mel and saw her looking at him with neither servility nor arrogance.

Mel said in a deep voice, "Piltover is willing to apologize to Zaun and make corresponding compensation."

"This is how negotiations should be done," Silco clapped his hands.

"Sevika, offer your seat to this wise senator."

Sevika, who hadn't even warmed his seat, sighed and stood up.

Mel wasn't intimidated; she walked straight to the table and sat down.

Beside him was Ekko, who had dark skin.

"Come on, let's begin the negotiations." Silco returned to his seat, looked at Li Ke, and said with a smile:

"Boss."

He gave Li Ke a lot of face.

Li Ke looked at Mel, held up his fingers, and showed them one by one. Later, he placed both hands on the table, showing five fingers with one hand and two fingers with the other.

"Seven things. If Piltover can fulfill these seven requests from Zaun, then Piltover's attack on Zaun can be put to rest, and we can coexist peacefully and support each other in the future."

"Now, I'll talk about these seven things."

Li Ke smiled.

Without a doubt, these seven ideas were conceived by Li Ke, Silco, and Vander together.

The idea for this was conceived a long time ago, right in front of the bar at Fugen Tavern.

Oh, that's not quite right either.

The original plan was to have five items, but the extra two were due to Li Ke arbitrarily raising the price.

Ah, just as Silco said.

Piltover caused this mess, and now Zaun is in the right.

I'm right, so what am I afraid of?

Besides, when you're in the wrong, isn't it just a matter of who has the bigger Riot Games?