New Problems

On the ninth day, Shen and Zed discovered a fox that had come to absorb dream memories, and in an instant, the creature was beaten to the brink of death. You saved the fox, and while it trembled in fear at the sight of Zed and Shen, you began to tend to its wounds.

However, what puzzled you was that while the fox grew very close to you, Xayah began to shiver the moment you opened your mouth.

You felt that your teachings were still insufficient.

So, you placed Ahri, whom you had wrapped up like a mummy, together with Xayah, and began to exchange thoughts with Shen and the others.

Ahri felt that something was wrong with the script.

Xayah simply offered Ahri a pitying smile.

Today, you told the story of Saitama fighting Godzilla; Shen remarked that today's story was boring because Ionia has no pollutants.

On the tenth day, Ahri began to doubt the meaning of life, but using the excuse that her wounds hadn't healed, you continued to bind her like a mummy; Xayah, meanwhile, had already learned the skill of instantly entering a state of deep stupor and confusion.

Because of Shen's skepticism yesterday, you stopped the Journey to the Bald.

But you noticed that, at some point, Shen had shaved his head bald.

Zed laughed until he nearly died and was chased by Shen for eight miles.

The eleventh day.

Ahri had an epiphany; before you could react, the unschooled Ahri slammed her head into a pillar.

But because she couldn't exert enough force, she only sustained an injury, so you bound her even tighter.

On the twelfth day, Shen and Zed went to verify whether your hypothesis was correct—whether a powerful governing body could resolve most of Ionia's problems.

So, you had nothing to do today.

In the evening, because Xayah had grown accustomed to being bound, she subconsciously maintained the posture even after you loosened her restraints. After you discovered this and she gave you a fierce kick, she used her lips to block your mouth just as you were about to start preaching.

Then.

What happened next left Ahri greatly shocked.

On the thirteenth day, Shen and Zed returned with good news: the new Ionian ecosystem you envisioned could allow magic to be free yet unbound, enabling Vastaya and humans to live together without either side being harmed by magic.

Furthermore, there was no destruction of nature.

Xayah didn't believe it, but due to the relationship between you all, she went to see for herself.

Xayah fell silent.

You, Shen, and Zed began to discuss why no one had discovered this before, and you reached a conclusion.

No one dared to take this step, and the ideology of the Kinkou Order had, to a certain extent, interfered with balance itself, with the Kinkou Order playing a negative role in this.

Moreover, Ionia lacked a powerful organization capable of shouldering the responsibility of transforming the living environment for all Ionians, nor was there a governing body capable of cultivating enough talent to observe the balance between nature and human society.

However, one organization had the potential.

Shen and Zed fell silent.

Because the name of this organization.

Was the Kinkou Order.

Shen and Zed left.

Shen wanted to persuade his father, but Zed was troubled by his own thoughts.

The fourteenth day, a peaceful day.

The fifteenth day, a peaceful day.

On the sixteenth day, Xayah suddenly said she was leaving; she took the manuscripts you had organized and left you a beautiful feather.

You felt this feather looked familiar, and after sniffing it, you immediately smelled the scent of photinia flowers.

Xayah returned and beat you up.

The seventeenth day, nothing happened.

On the eighteenth day, Ahri could no longer suppress her desire to feed; having lost her reason, she rushed into your room, draining your memories and life force.

The memories you had gained from the CrossFire world in the simulator—specifically of playing the games unique to that world—vanished, and half of your life force was drained away.

Ahri was full, but she felt a different kind of hunger.

You were powerless to resist and shed tears of humiliation.

The nineteenth day, petting the fox.

The twentieth day, petting the fox.

The thirty-first day, using the fox.

In the second month, Xayah returned, beat you up, and wanted to beat the fox, but was charmed by Ahri.

Only then did you discover she had a latent masochistic personality.

Afterward, you were beaten twice—once by the fox and once by the bird.

The two made up and crafted a lottery jar.

Looking at the numbers on the sticks, you had a bad premonition.

By the third month, you began renovating your village with the help of other Vastaya, though you felt your own strength beginning to wane.

Xayah started leaving frequently, occasionally bringing back people for you to instruct.

In the fourth month, you heard that Shen had been sealed away by his father, Kusho, and that it was Zed who had performed the sealing. Xayah remarked that humans truly could not be trusted, for which you scolded her.

You were then scolded in return, and were unable to get out of bed the next day.

By the fifth month, tonics began appearing in your meals.

In the sixth month, your ranks had swelled with many Vastaya, half-Vastaya, and human men who had heard the news and arrived. Bored, you began training them and directed them to reshape the surrounding environment based on the methods you had developed with Shen and Zed, allowing your settlement to exist in harmony with nature.

By the seventh month, your forces numbered four thousand, the majority being Vastaya. Your research department successfully developed the magical dirty bomb you had previously envisioned.

In the eighth month, the Noxians launched a massive invasion. Having long been prepared, you led your mixed force of Vastaya and humans to launch a direct naval assault on their supply fleet, achieving a casualty ratio that shocked all of Runeterra.

3:20000

The only three who were injured were those who had slipped and fallen on their own.

The fifty-thousand-strong Noxian army was left isolated and starved of supplies.

Swain was dismissed and recalled to his homeland.

Even more Vastaya and humans joined your ranks.

That same month, Zed killed Kusho and announced the founding of the Order of the Shadow, but strangely, he did not join your forces.

Seeing this, Li Ke felt the situation had become surreal.

Am I really this incredible?! Do I actually have a talent for this? But why? Why did Zed still kill Kusho?

Li Ke felt there must be something he didn't know, because according to his simulation, if he had succeeded, Zed shouldn't have needed to kill Kusho out of a desperate thirst for power.

Yet, why did it still happen?

There was definitely something wrong here.

The more he simulated, the more Li Ke felt the mysteries of this land deepening; the more he saw, the more he realized how much he didn't know.

Zed's betrayal must have a hidden cause...

Thinking this, Li Ke continued reading, and his eyes widened.

In the ninth month, Zed said he wanted to join your forces, and you gladly agreed. Just as you opened your arms to welcome your like-minded friend, Zed's blade pierced your heart.

You asked him why.

"I am Zed."

You heard the sound of him weeping.

You died.

"I knew it!"