Chapter 846 Focus

In the Piltover Police Department, Caitlin Gillaman was sitting at the table, carefully reading a case file and interrogation records, learning and absorbing the experience of the senior law enforcement officers.

At this time, she was wearing a Piltover law enforcement uniform, a policewoman's short dress, and her soft blue long hair tied into a simple single ponytail. She looked capable and sharp, and she had an independent office in the police station. Everything made her look like a sheriff, but in fact, she was just a newcomer who had just become a law enforcement officer for two months.

Born in the Gillaman family and her mother was one of the seven councilors of Piltover, which brought great convenience to her life, but it also brought a lot of negative effects after she started working.

Although she was a newcomer who should do hard work, she was protected by Tuan Tuan and didn't even go out for a field trip in two months.

This independent office was not what she wanted, but she found that if she sat in the office lobby like an ordinary police officer, everyone would become cautious.

But this did not affect her confidence in becoming an excellent law enforcement officer. She was more serious than anyone else.

Just as she finished reading the file in her hand and was about to change to the next one, she suddenly heard a slightly noisy sound from outside and looked up at the door.

The police officer who was out on duty returned?

She stood up with some interest and heard an exaggerated voice outside.

"You will never guess where we went this time and who we sent to Stillwater Prison."

"Who? He doesn't sound like a native of Dixie. It can't be some noble lord."

"Hey, it's almost the same. It's Professor Brinor Harvey of the Hextech Institute of Piltover University. The charge is stealing important secrets of Piltover. The result of the trial is life imprisonment in Stillwater Prison!"

"What? Professor? Life imprisonment?!"

Catherine, who was about to push the door out, paused and showed a surprised expression.

The Gilaman family was once a sponsor of Jace's academic research. She and Jace grew up together, so she knew a lot about the Hextech Institute. She had been there several times and even knew Brinor.

Speaking of which... today should be the day for the graduation defense of the college, right? What happened?

In shock, the police officer on duty told everyone the cause of the incident: "This incident has spread throughout Piltover University, and there are discussions everywhere. I'm afraid that it won't be long before the whole city will know that Professor Brino may really not be able to get out of the Stillwater Prison. Of course, there is also the Zaun named Ubin."

"It actually alarmed the Gray Lady..."

"No wonder..."

"Professor Brino is so unlucky that she fell into the trap of Seville."

"Yes, the despicable Dixie people..."

Caitlyn just felt sorry for Brino's greed, and then frowned in surprise at the change in the direction of the conversation. After listening to a few more sentences, she couldn't help but creak and push the door open.

The office hall suddenly became quiet.

"Ms. Jiraman." Looking at the respectful expressions of several old police officers who were her superiors, and listening to their greetings, Catherine sighed quietly and did not make any more futile corrections.

"I'm sorry, everyone. I heard everyone's conversation inside." She nodded to apologize, and said, "But I don't understand. Wasn't it Professor Bryno who committed the crime this time because of greed? Why are you all blaming Seville? Is there something behind it?"

Several police officers looked at each other and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Miss Gillaman, didn't you notice that Seville from the bottom city joined the Philos family half a month ago? He obviously had a way to graduate early, but he still waited until today, and even deliberately let the research data be stolen, so that Professor Bryno fell into his trap."

"...Ah?" Caitlin was stunned.

Can it still be viewed from this angle?

"You may not understand it well, but you will know it as long as you stay in the police station for a while. Nine out of ten cases were committed by Zaun people in Piltover, or even more.

Those guys are madly jealous of us, and they will bite us hard whenever they get a chance!"

"Yeah, he obviously had a way to avoid all this, but he still deliberately ruined a university professor's reputation and even hurt his roommate!"

Caitlyn felt that something seemed wrong, but she couldn't say it for a while. After a moment of silence, she said: "Please ask the sheriff for leave on my behalf. I need to leave the police station early for a while."

She wanted to ask Jayce about the cause in person!

And watching this cool policewoman turn around and leave, the other police officers looked at each other again, and they all seemed to shake their heads helplessly.

...

Caitlyn didn't know that Jayce was also in some trouble at the moment. In the more than five years since he became a partner with Victor, he saw Victor angry for the first time.

"Why isn't Arian here?! Excluding Seville, his graduation project must be ranked in the top two, or even the first, among all the students. How could he not be in the top three?!"

Jace dodged his friend's gaze and whispered, "The four professors pointed out many problems with his thesis, and felt that his style was a bit radical and adventurous, and not suitable for..."

He couldn't continue speaking under Victor's gaze.

Victor then said, "You don't believe it yourself, right? Yes, there are indeed many problems in his thesis, but that's our opinion. After all, he is just a student who just graduated!

Ahem...you also know, and you definitely know why this is the case. Their colleague Professor Brinor was sent to prison by Sevier, who was born in Zaun. They felt that they had lost face, but they did not dare to offend the Gray Lady, so they could only vent their anger on Arrian, who was also born in Zaun!

Jess, technology should be pure, shouldn’t we choose the best? ! "

After saying a series of words excitedly, Victor coughed repeatedly. Jace quickly stepped forward and patted his back gently. When Victor calmed down and raised his head, seeing the embarrassed expression on Jace's face, Victor sighed apologetically.

"I understand your embarrassment, Jace. Although you are the leader of Hex Technology, the right to speak is not entirely in your hands."

"It's us." Jess corrected.

Victor paused, nodded, and said in a calm tone: "Do you remember what I said when we first met? Jace."

Jess was stunned: "...remember."

"A poor and lame Dicheng man has always been an outsider from the moment he stepped into Pi City. I can only make a desperate move and believe in myself, so I came to find you."

Victor recalled: "It is too difficult for people in the city to change their own destiny. Now you hold Arrian's destiny in your hands.

Yes, with his achievements, even if he cannot join our group, some Piltover nobles will extend an olive branch to him, but that will eventually erase something and lose something. "

"Actually... I'm very disappointed today." Victor looked at Jace: "We can all see the value of the universal capsule, which is even far more valuable than the Hex Flying Gate. If Sevier was not born in the bottom city, With this one invention alone, he could become another Jace Tallis, establishing a new family in Piltover.

But now... ahem, he can only become a scientist hired within the Feros family, and such great technology only sells for 50,000 gold seas.

Yes, science should be used to improve people's livelihood and should not be measured by money, but it is always... a bit regretful, right? "

Jace was silent, holding his forehead with one hand.

Victor patted Jess on the shoulder and said: "I won't embarrass you about Arrian's matter. If it doesn't work, I will recommend him to try his classmate Sewell. I'm sorry that you have to listen to me. Lots of complaints, it’s been delayed all day, I’m going back to the laboratory.”

"...Well, I'll be there soon."

Jace watched in silence.

In fact, he had some additional opinions. He also vaguely felt that Sewell had gone too far today and had to be merciful. Professor Blino's mistake was only limited to depriving her of the status of professor. There was no need to let her Life in prison.

But after hearing these words from Victor, he was glad that he didn't say them out loud, and he looked at himself secretly in his heart... Can people from Piltover and Dicheng, with the same talents, get fair treatment?

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of his office: "Jace, are you in there?"

"...Caitlin?" Jace turned his head in surprise and hurriedly opened the door: "Why did you come to the academy to see me? Is there something wrong?"

…

At the same time, Lanxun Manor also welcomed a special visitor.

"This is it, Congressman Heimerdinger, I'll call Mr. Sewell." The guards of the Philos family respectfully led a short figure outside Ji Xing's temporary residence.

Heimerdinger said in a yodeling accent: "No, I'll knock on the door myself."

Da da da--

He has a white beard and white eyebrows like an old man, but the yordle's natural small stature, pointed ears, and cat nose make him look like a little doll. Even if he raises his hand high, the height he can touch is only the same as that of a normal person. waist.

And when the door opened, what he saw was an oppressive figure wearing a tank top and shorts, with tight muscles. His whole body was wet with wet sweat, and veins were beating on his half-clenched fists while he was panting. , causing Heimerdinger to subconsciously take two steps back in panic.

"Ah! I went wrong..."

"Congressman Heimerdinger?"

Heimerdinger was startled, looked behind him uncertainly, and then at Ji Xing: "Sewell?"

"Well, it's me." Ji Xing lowered his head and said.

"Oh~" Heimerdinger was silent: "You are... different from what I thought."

Ji Xing smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm exercising. I didn't expect you, Congressman Heimerdinger, to come over. Please come in."

"I would rather you call me Principal Heimerdinger than Councilor Heimerdinger."

As a yordle, Heimerdinger is 306 years old, equivalent to the history of Piltover. He is the biggest contributor to Piltover becoming a city of technology. He is one of the seven councilors of Piltover and also President of Piltover University.

Such a thing happened on campus, and naturally it quickly reached his ears.

When he walked into Ji Xing's 'home', the first thing he saw was not a bookshelf full of displays or a desk covered with calculation papers, but a floor full of large and small equipment and heavy weights, and a counterweight bigger than his head.

This was completely inconsistent with the style of a scientific researcher and made his eyes full of questions. He heard Ji Xing explain: "Actually, I prefer martial arts training to research, and I am even more interested in magic."

"Magic?" Heimerdinger came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "A good body is indeed conducive to research, but forget about magic. Magic often brings misfortune to people."

"How can scientists be superstitious?" Ji Xing disagreed: "I think magic will eventually be a technology that can be analyzed by science, so I hope to explore its mysteries myself."

Heimerdinger was surprised and looked at the high-spirited young man in front of him: "Really? What an amazing goal... Kid, I'm sorry for what you encountered in the academy today."

"It's not your fault."

"Humans are always dazzled by the benefits that are within reach and forget the risks." Heimerdinger shook his head and said, "Can I... see your universal capsule?"

"Of course." Soon, Heimerdinger got the universal capsule bucket that Ji Xing showed in the academy and used it himself.

After two times, when the bucket was restored to a capsule again, the capsule suddenly cracked with a click, causing Heimerdinger, who was thinking, to tremble and his face became panicked.

"Did I make a mistake?"

"No, no, no, the life of this capsule has expired." Ji Xing said, "It was originally just a semi-finished product for demonstration."

Heimerdinger breathed a sigh of relief, and then keenly noticed: "Semi-finished product? In other words... there is a finished product? Maybe it's a bit presumptuous, can you let me know more about it?"

"It doesn't matter, I also hope to get your advice." Ji Xing led him into the study.

The two sat at the desk on the left and right, and Ji Xing took out a drawing and said, "You should have heard that my idea comes from..."

He talked, and Heimerdinger listened.

Time passed unnoticed, from dusk to late night, until almost dawn, Heimerdinger suddenly came to his senses and said with emotion: "Perfect design, I didn't find any shortcomings, and even felt that this is a technological product that has been used and perfected for countless years. You are really an amazing genius, Seville."

"You are too kind, Principal."

"No, in my long life, I have seen many geniuses, such as Jayce, such as Viktor. Even among geniuses, you are amazing for being able to design a universal capsule at this age that may rewrite the times."

Heimerdinger turned his head and said: "I originally wanted to persuade you something. I'm here to teach you some life knowledge, but after meeting you... you are really different from what I imagined.

I'll just give you a reminder. From today on, you will be in the spotlight of Piltover and Zaun. You must think twice before you act. A technological product, from design to perfection to application, must not be... rushed. "

"I understand, Principal."

"Yes." Heimerdinger jumped off the stool and turned around and said: "Finally, congratulations again on your successful graduation and a bright future, Sewell. If you encounter troubles in life, feel free to ask me for advice. Piltover University always welcomes you."

"Yes." Ji Xing agreed.

Heimerdinger seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated for a moment and finally turned around and said.

"It's late, take a rest."

"Okay, goodbye, Principal." Ji Xing shook his head as he watched Heimerdinger disappear into the night.

This is a pure scientist who hopes that technology will change people's livelihood and also hopes for stability. Ji Xing could see what he wanted to remind him of. The birth of the universal capsule would greatly facilitate everyone's life, but Rune Continent is not the Dragon Ball world.

There are endless wars and chaos here, and the universal capsule will definitely be a magic weapon for smuggling and transporting war supplies, so he hopes that Ji Xing can take it slowly and not bring about changes all at once.

But it should be because he thought of what happened in the academy today and that Ji Xing was already a scientist of the Ferros family, and he couldn't help himself, so he couldn't say it.

Ji Xing didn't agree with his opinion.

A knife for cutting vegetables can also be used to kill people. Ji Xing never carries extra burdens on himself.

After returning to the living room to put the equipment in order, Ji Xing carried a 200-pound weight block in one hand and put it in the corner, and went to the bathroom to wash up.

It has been two months since the invasion of the world, and the physical condition is above the standard line. It's time to find an opportunity to contact the magic of Rune Continent.

...

Without keeping it secret, the things that happened on the graduation day of Hextech College spread quickly in the next few days, and gradually became known to every Piltover noble, and quickly radiated to Zaun.

Everyone remembered the name ‘Sevier’ and was extremely curious about the universal capsule that made a college professor greedy and made the Grey Lady Camille personally stand up for him.

As for Seville, there were different opinions. Some people, like the police officers, thought he was a talented but scheming person from Bottom City, while others thought he had personality and talent, and might occupy a place in Piltover in the future.

But no matter how they thought about it, no one else dared to go directly to Blue Smoked Manor to find Ji Xing like Heimerdinger did.

As time passed, the heat of this matter gradually faded. It took two years from Jayce making a stable Hextech crystal to laying the first Hextech flying door. Everyone thought that it would take a long time for the universal capsule to meet the public.

But no one could have imagined that just half a month later, a piece of news swept the Twin Cities!

The first ‘universal factory’ was invested and built, which would recruit 150 students from the Twin Cities, and at the same time, it would show everyone the first flagship product of the universal capsule - the universal toolbox.

The name Seville instantly became the focus and center of the twin cities again!