LOL: Summoner of Goddess Janna

Next day, Piltover, Tomorrow's Forge.

This is the whole of Leather City, it can even be said to be the whole of Runeterra, the closest to the "future world".

Even the well-informed Levi will be amazed by the factory's advanced automated production lines and the ubiquitous Hextech handling robots when he comes here.

Because this is the brainchild of the great scientist Jess Tallis, from the past, the present to the foreseeable future, it has always represented the most cutting-edge industrial technology level of Runeterra.

It was here that Jess created the Hexgate, and this factory unknowingly became Piltover's second "infinite money printing machine", second only to the Sungate Canal.

But now, Jess took the initiative to stop this "money printing machine".

Because at this time, there are only two short days left before the deadline given by the Leaders Association.

And the upheaval that happened in Zaan yesterday, the collective demise of the alchemy baron group that has occupied Zaun for more than 200 years, sent a signal to Piltover very clearly——

Leaders are not kidding.

The twin cities are really about to change.

"The war is about to start. For safety reasons, I decided to give the whole factory a 7-day holiday."

With the war imminent, Jess gave the workers a 7-day holiday and generously told them:

"Salary will be paid during the holidays, and each person will also have a travel and asylum allowance."

"In the next week, no matter what the outcome of the war is, I am afraid that the two cities will not be peaceful."

"You can take this money and take your family to a nearby city-state for a short trip, and come back to work when the situation stabilizes."

As he said that, Jess didn't drag his feet, and called his subordinates to distribute money to the workers on the spot.

The workers of the forging factory took the money bag, and after weighing it a little, they knew how generous the boss was this time.

"Long live Mr. Jess!" Everyone cheered, as happy as an evolution day.

Jess couldn't be happier.

He doesn't like war.

Looking at these workers who looked relaxed and natural, who seemed not nervous about the war, Jess couldn't help confirming with some worry:

"Has any of you decided to travel for asylum? If everyone confirms that they are going, I can contact the shipping company and arrange a cruise ship for everyone."

He really wanted to keep these workers safe and temporarily send them out of the wrong place.

But the workers don't care too much: "No, Mr. Jess. You've done enough for us."

"It's good for us to stay in Picheng. Anyway, those old Zaun will definitely not be able to fight."

Jess was speechless.

He usually focuses more on science and career, and rarely cares about current affairs and politics, so he doesn't know much about the specific strength of the leaders.

But just the hex weapon his old colleague Viktor recently invented was enough to make him nervous.

He feared that his beloved Piltover, the city of civilization and progress, would be reduced to ruins in this unprecedented war.

But these workers seem to have foreseen a future that must be won, and they are not afraid of the coming war at all.

"Aren't you afraid?" Jess couldn't help asking.

"What are you afraid of?" A worker replied with a smile: "The Pilt City Daily has said that Zaun technology is at least 50 years behind us. How can those barbaric and backward Zaun people beat us in Piltover?"

"Yes." Someone quickly echoed: "Zuan can't beat us. What's more, our ally is still the mighty Noxus!"

"This..." Jace was speechless again.

Too. Except for these Piltover newspaper media secretly controlled by the Philos family, most ordinary people in Piltover have no other channels to obtain information.

And in the "Picheng Daily" plane, the only reason why the leader is still alive...

It's just that Picheng, out of humanitarian considerations, saw how pitiful the people of Zaun were, and couldn't bear to kill too many people.

As for why such a powerful Piltover still needs the Noxus Empire garrison... That is of course because of the advancement of Piltover's civilization and the proximity and distance, so even the Noxus Empire also took the initiative to seek cooperation.

The garrison is not that Piltover is serving as Noxus' younger brother, but that Noxus is serving as Piltover's bodyguard.

As a result, most of the citizens of Piltover, including these workers under Jace, are blindly optimistic about the coming war.

Not only optimistic, but even faintly fanatical:

"We were too kind to the people of Zaun before."

"In the past 200 years or so, they have relied on orders from our Picheng City to support them. It's nothing more than ungrateful. Now that they have grown a little bit, they are actually under the leadership of the gang of 'wind bandits', and come back to bite us."

"I think this battle is just right, just like the Sun Gate ten years ago, let the law enforcement officers teach them a lesson!"

Amidst the twittering and chattering, some workers sighed like this.

Jess was surprised by everyone's reaction like this.

Wind Bandit... This is a derogatory term for the Association of Janna Believers and Wind Leaders, which came out of Pichengzi Benz's family.

And because of the relationship between Victor and Mel, Jess also understood the theory of the leader.

He knows that leaders are naturally on the side of the workers.

But these Picheng workers under him stood on the side of Pichengzi Benz's family instead, and regarded the Leaders Association as an enemy.

"Why?" Jess didn't quite understand.

Many of his friends are against the leader because they are all from the Ziben family, the group of people who are naturally on the opposite side of the leader.

But these Picheng workers, why do they hate the leader so much?

Obviously they have never been in contact with the leaders.

"Mr. Jess, of course it's because..." The workers replied in a hurry:

"The leader is stealing our technology! I heard that they are also researching Hex technology - this is obviously trying to grab our order and smash everyone's jobs!"

"Also, the price of goods has been rising recently, no matter what you buy, it is much more expensive than before."

"It's not because the leaders in Zaun maliciously raised the prices of export commodities under the banner of raising wages for workers..."

"..."

The Piltover workers gave many reasons in one go.

And these reasons sound quite reasonable.

As long as the leader's career gets bigger and the people of Zaun live well, the life of the people of Piltover will become worse.

Everyone thinks so.

As for the slogans chanted by the leader to seek welfare for the workers, it is not attractive to the workers in Piltover.

Due to limited objective conditions, the salaries of Zaan workers, even the Zaan workers in the leader's base area, are much worse than those of local workers in Piltover.

What's more, these workers working under Jess's command are among the best paid among the locals in Piltover.

They can only see the chaos and terror of Zaun from the newspapers, the poverty and backwardness under the leader's rule, but they can't see any advanced places of the leader.

Therefore, not only did the workers in Piltover not support the leader, but they all firmly believed in:

"The Leader is a terrorist organization. The purpose of these Zaunites is to subvert this city of civilization and progress and take everything we have now!"

"This..." Jess was speechless.

He didn't expect that the workers in Piltover under him would be more hostile to the leaders than his Ziben family.

Not only hatred, but also deep prejudice.

And because of this hatred and prejudice, they even fanatically longed for war.

Suddenly, it seemed that this place was not Piltover, but Noxus.

"Okay, everyone can go back." Jess dismissed these workers with complicated emotions, and let them go home for vacation.

"Alas..." After everyone left, Jess couldn't help sighing in a low voice:

"How did Piltover become like this?"

"Pil City has always been like this. Our methods of maintaining stability and diverting conflicts have never been different from Noxus."

"It's just that this is only now being shown naked."

Suddenly, a voice appeared in the empty factory building.

Jess followed the prestige, and was surprised to see an acquaintance whom he hadn't seen for a long time:

"Miss Mel?" Mel Midarda, that is an old acquaintance of Jess.

Had it not been for her great assistance, he would not have achieved such success in the research of Hex Technology.

In the past few years, Jess has been able to make a name for himself in the upper circles of Piltover, and the Tallis family has been able to become a first-class family in Piltover. In addition to his own rare goods to live in, it is also indispensable for the platform and help of Miss Mel, the "old man".

Jess originally thought that the friendship between himself and Miss Mel could continue to develop and sublimate.

Unexpectedly...

Mel unexpectedly transformed from a member of Piltover to a director of the Leaders Association.

She suddenly became the enemy of all the Ziben's in Piltover. And Jess is also a member of these seedlings.

They haven't seen each other for a long time since the Leader moved to Zaun.

"Miss Mel? Why are you here..."

Jess froze for a moment, then looked around nervously.

Given the current tense situation in the Twin Cities, Mel may be in danger in Piltover.

"Don't worry." Mel walked over slowly with her calm and graceful steps.

She pointed to the avatar of the blue bird on her shoulder: "I can fly back to Zaan at any time. There will be no danger."

"That's good..." Jess breathed a sigh of relief.

Then the air became awkward.

He didn't know what to say from his standpoint when he saw Mel again.

Speaking of which, he was a little resentful...

His Ziben family was brought into the door by Mel, and now he is fine, but he has become a "reactionary" in front of Mel.

"Jess." Mel remained calm and calm.

Just like she was a member of Piltover in the past, she smiled and walked towards this young boy who was tangled and uneasy at the social ball: "Don't worry, I'm here to show you the way."

"Guide the way?" Jess was slightly taken aback.

He reacted quickly. He had heard this before.

At that time, it was Mel who brought him into high society.

And now...

"Miss Mel, you want me to join the leader?" Jess asked.

"You can say that." Mel nodded slightly.

Jess was really confused.

If he was willing to join the Leader, he would have joined already. After all, his two friends are both high-level leaders, and he himself has learned about the theory of leaders.

But he...

"Sorry, we're not the same way," Jess said.

"Why?" Mel asked calmly, "Could it be that you are as greedy as the other Pichengzi Benz families, and would rather die than give up the family's wealth and privileges?"

"I know, you are not such a person."

"Money and power don't matter to you at all, do they?"

Mel knew Jace well.

He is not so much a scientist as a scientist with seeds.

Just like Professor Heimerdinger, science is Jess' greatest pursuit in life.

So Mel asked, "Why have you been reluctant to join us?"

Both Victor and Mel had actually sent invitations to Jace before, but he was still entangled.

"Because..." Jess hesitated for a long time, but said truthfully, "I still can't accept the leader's theory."

"I think you are too extreme."

Or the reason before.

Jess believes that there are many good people in entrepreneurs, and many people also get rich through hard work and wisdom, such as himself.

They shouldn't be beaten to death.

"The quality of an individual has nothing to do with whether the class he belongs to meets the needs of productivity development and social progress. I have explained this reason in my letter before." Meier said.

"..." Jess was still confused.

Mel seemed to have expected it, and she said:

"And our policy of expropriating the bourgeoisie is only implemented against reactionary sons of the Philos family and the Takeda Saito Group, who have committed many crimes and have proven their crimes."

"Jess, entrepreneurs like you who rely on your personal wisdom to make a fortune will not be liquidated. As long as you are willing to accept the entry and supervision of leaders and cadres, and accept equity redemption and public-private partnerships, we can allow your existence. "

"..." Jess was thoughtful.

He knew it was Mel showing kindness to him.

And he didn't care much about the company's operation and economic interests, so he didn't contradict the conditions of the stock purchase and public-private partnership.

But...

"You're from Piltover." Mel blinked.

She seemed to see through Jace's mind: "You instinctively want to side with Piltover, don't you?"

"I..." Jess was taken aback.

He had never thought about it that way, but after being told by Mel, thinking about it carefully...

Jess sighed, "Yes."

"Then you should understand," Meyer said. "This isn't a war between Zaun and Piltover at all. It's a war between us, representing the destitute, and the wealthy in Piltover."

"It never occurred to us to harm Piltover, to harm the people of Piltover."

"On the contrary... It's the Piltovers who make Piltover and Zaun hate each other, and turn the Piltovers into fanatical war followers, aren't they?"

"It was Pichengzi Benz who bought the people of Picheng with excess profits and tied them to his chariot to exploit the world!"

"..." Jess was dumb again.

In fact, he also understands these principles.

He has seen the theory of the leader.

The almost irrational hatred and fanaticism shown by the workers before made him subtly agree with the leader's theory.

"Then what are you still struggling with?" Mel frowned.

"I..." Jess couldn't even tell himself.

He loves neither money nor privilege. Moreover, he has already understood the theory and the hypocrisy of the Pichengzi Benzists.

Now that Mel came to invite him to join the leader, he seemed to have no reason to refuse...

Finally he had to say: "I don't want to care about politics, I just want to study science."

"Professor Heimerdinger is still in Piltover..."

"Oh." Mel interrupted him suddenly: "I forgot to tell you—Professor Heimerdinger is no longer in Piltover."