Yasuo

"Roland! Wake up, you damn scoundrel! You've been asleep for five days, are you trying to welch on your debt!"

Jiang Chuan felt someone shaking him. His stomach and arms throbbed with unbearable pain, as if he'd been stabbed multiple times!

Jiang Chuan coughed, "Where... where am I? Didn't I die?"

Old Jack slapped him, "I'm the best doctor in Bilgewater! Any patient who comes to me can't die even if they want to!"

Jiang Chuan's eyes widened. "Bilgewater! Damn it! Old man, if you dare to lie to me, I'll kill you!"

Old Jack was displeased. He grabbed Jiang Chuan's ear and shouted, "Are you getting bold, kid? I healed you, and you still curse me? Looks like you're asking for a beating."

Jiang Chuan's ear was twisted painfully. He exclaimed in surprise, "It hurts! This isn't a dream! I've really come to Bilgewater?"

Old Jack realized something was wrong with Roland. "You little brat, did Pyke hit your head and turn you into an idiot?"

Jiang Chuan shook his head, speaking tiredly, "Jack, my mind is a mess. I want to rest."

Old Jack figured Roland's wounds hadn't fully healed and needed rest, so he went to attend to other matters.

Jiang Chuan sat on the bed, recalling what had happened. My soul wasn't supposed to dissipate. How did I end up in Bilgewater? Could it have been that lightning strike?

Jiang Chuan's mind was in chaos. He had his own memories, and Roland's memories too. Jiang Chuan probably knew more about Bilgewater than Roland, a native.

Jiang Chuan rubbed his temples, contemplating his next move. It's impossible to return to Earth now. And this Roland isn't exactly a good person, with debts totaling over ten gold coins! How am I supposed to pay them back?

Jiang Chuan spent the entire afternoon sorting through the memories in his mind. Since he couldn't go back, he might as well stay here and think of a way to return slowly.

In the evening, Old Jack brought bread and fish soup, and had dinner with Jiang Chuan.

While eating bread, Jiang Chuan couldn't help but ask, "Jack, do you have any children or a wife?"

Old Jack wiped his mouth, lit his pipe, and said, "I have a daughter living in Demacia. You know, if you're in Bilgewater, you might meet an accident any day. I want her to live a good life in Demacia. Bilgewater is too chaotic."

Jiang Chuan looked at the old man before him, silently eating the bread in his hands. Old Jack took a sip of fish soup and said, "In Bilgewater, you're my only scoundrel friend, Roland. The sea is too dangerous, with terrifying titans and demons that lure people into the abyss. I plan to go to Demacia in a couple of years to find my daughter and live out my old age peacefully. I've been in Bilgewater for so long, I'm sick of this damned place. I watched you grow up. Do you want to come with me?"

Jiang Chuan shook his head. "I don't know. Can I go out for a walk?"

Old Jack flicked the ash from his pipe. "Go ahead. I hope you don't run into that drowned ghost again."

Jiang Chuan walked out of the clinic and looked at the moon in the sky, sighing. I wonder how Mom and Dad are doing? And that little girl.

Unconsciously, Jiang Chuan walked all the way to the slaughter docks. The turmoil in Jiang Chuan's heart was no less than the sea before him.

Jiang Chuan habitually reached for his pocket, only to find no cigarettes. He gave up.

Pyke stared at Jiang Chuan's figure not far ahead, lost in thought. "I remember him. He's the one from last night. He ran away."

A voice that didn't belong to him spoke hoarsely in his mind, "He was also on the ship. Don't you remember!"

Pyke clutched his head and roared, "No! He's not! You damn fish! Get out of my head!"

But the voice in his mind didn't stop, continuing, "We are one. You are me, and I am you. Go, kill him. Have you forgotten? He shot you! Everyone who has ever hurt us will be cleansed!"

A ferocious light flashed in Pyke's eyes. "You're right. Everyone who has hurt us will be cleansed!"

The voice let out a sinister laugh. "Yes, that's right. Go!"

Jiang Chuan was gazing at the sea, troubled, when a chill suddenly ran down his back. Instinctively, Jiang Chuan dodged. He saw a figure dripping with water, holding a harpoon, illuminated by the moonlight. Jiang Chuan's eyes widened as if they would bleed, and he roared, "Pyke! Damn it, how did I run into this cursed thing again!"

Ignoring the pain in his stomach and arm, Jiang Chuan ran desperately. But Pyke pursued relentlessly. Jiang Chuan instinctively said, "Damn it, I got beaten by you in the game, and now you want to kill me? If it weren't for my trash teammates, my Yasuo would have crushed you!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, a white light flashed before Jiang Chuan's eyes. A samurai wearing Ionian attire, with his hair tied back, a wine gourd hanging from his waist, and a long sword in his hand, stood before Jiang Chuan. Pyke was also startled by the sudden appearance of the person and stood still, warily watching the samurai.

Yasuo's eyes were filled with confusion. He had been sleeping soundly in a dilapidated church when he felt a great force pull him to this place. Yasuo gripped his long sword and coldly surveyed his surroundings. Behind him crouched an injured man, and before him stood a person holding a harpoon, with a bloodthirsty glint in his eyes, clearly not a good person.

Yasuo looked at the person before him and said, "What is this place? How did I end up here? Are you also here to kill me?"

Jiang Chuan, standing behind Yasuo, was greatly alarmed. He had only spoken the samurai's name, and then he appeared before him. Jiang Chuan didn't know how to explain to Yasuo.

Pyke looked at the samurai before him. Although the samurai was dressed in dirty clothes, Pyke instinctively felt that the person before him was not to be trifled with. He decided to retreat.

Pyke disappeared into the shadows. Yasuo looked at Jiang Chuan and said coldly, "Your turn. Are you also hunting me?"

Jiang Chuan smiled. "No. I know Elder Suma wasn't killed by you. As for why you're here, I think I summoned you."

Yasuo was very surprised. For so long, everyone had believed he killed Elder Suma, and this injured man believed him, leaving him flustered. Moreover, the other party claimed he was summoned. Looking at the surrounding scenery, this seemed to be the seaside, and the nearest Sea of Guardians was very far away. Yasuo had never heard of anyone summoning a living person from such a distance, and a stranger at that. Yasuo asked warily, "Summoned? Are you a mage?"

Jiang Chuan patted the water off himself and said, "This is Bilgewater, very, very far from Ionia where you live. I'm not a mage; you can call me a summoner. I am not a mage."

Yasuo was greatly shocked. "Bilgewater!" He had heard a traveler speak of Bilgewater, a place even more remote than Noxus, more chaotic than Noxus, the darkest place in all of Valoran.

Yasuo looked at Jiang Chuan and said, "I'll believe you for now. Why did you summon me here?"

Jiang Chuan walked to the edge of the steps and sat down, saying calmly, "Because that person just wanted to kill me. I unintentionally called your name, and you came. I have no ill will towards you."

Yasuo drew his long sword and thrust it forward. "I still don't believe you."

But the sword didn't pierce Jiang Chuan. It stopped three centimeters in front of him. No matter how Yasuo attacked or how much force he used, he couldn't push it any further.

Clearly, Yasuo was not satisfied with this outcome.

Jiang Chuan smiled. "I truly have no ill will towards you. You can't harm me, and similarly, I can't cause you any harm. I can even empower you."

Yasuo sheathed his long sword and took out his wine gourd. "I believe what you said. Now, you can send me back."

Jiang Chuan said helplessly, "This... I don't know how to send you back either."

Yasuo looked at Jiang Chuan and said, "You can summon me here, but you can't send me back to where I came from?"

Jiang Chuan pondered for a moment and said, "There should be a time limit, but I'm not sure. Speaking of which, you're even more handsome than in the game."

Yasuo asked in confusion, "Game?"

Jiang Chuan chuckled, "In another place, you're exactly the same as a character in a game. Many people like you, and many people hate you."

Yasuo laughed, "That's interesting. I've heard about Bilgewater from explorers. Since you brought me here, I'll tour this place with you before I go back."

Jiang Chuan knew that if he told Yasuo he was a virtual character from a game, he didn't know what would happen. It was better not to say.

Jiang Chuan took Yasuo back to Old Jack's clinic. Old Jack roared, "Roland! You little brat, do you think this is a hotel for you!"

Jiang Chuan said, "Jack, we're old friends. My friend will stay here for two days and then leave. He's a good person from Ionia."

Old Jack looked at Jiang Chuan's smile and said, "Fine, as long as they aren't villains. Let him sleep here. You should consider what I told you."