Chapter 142 Are you authentic, leader?
Hilco was silent for a long time and thought for a long time.
Finally, he put down the letter with a gloomy face.
Then he put the pistol on the table into his pocket and slowly stood up from his seat.
"Where are you going?" Sevika's pupils shrank.
"Piltover," said Silko.
"No, you can't go!" Sevika, who had always been loyal to the boss, stood firmly in front of Silko this time: "Jinx has been brainwashed by the Leader! We can't believe a word she wrote in the letter!"
"Not to mention, Hilco, you also know that this so-called Leader Association was founded and funded by those wealthy Piltover people from the very beginning—"
"They are not friends of Zaun, but lackeys of Piltover!"
"Then I have to go even more." Silko said, "If the Wind Leader is the enemy, then... Jinx is in danger."
Sevika was silent for a while.
Finally, she couldn't help but burst out: "Jinx, it's Jinx again! This crazy girl has caused so much trouble for us since she was a child, and every time she has to clean up her mess!"
"Well now, she doesn't want us to clean up her ass anymore, and she's starting to want your life!"
"Silco, please wake up--"
"You are the leader of the Zaun people, not the father of a little brat!"
Hilco couldn't help but pause.
Sevika continued, "Silco, do you know why I betrayed Fandel and chose to follow you?"
"Because I know that Fandel's bones have been broken by the Piltover people, and he can never stand up again. He can't lead the Zaun people to independence. Only you can do this!"
"Now, after ten years of hard work and the blood of so many Zaun people, we have finally accumulated enough strength and are close to our goal—"
"But now, you are going to compromise with the Piltover guys just because of a little brat and run to the other side of the canal to die?"
Sevika became more and more excited as she spoke, and even cursed out loud:
"Are you worthy of us? Hilco!"
Hilco remained silent.
He certainly knew how stupid and irresponsible what he was doing was.
If Windleader is really a henchman raised by the people of Piltover and an enemy, then his trip to Piltover would be a suicide mission, and would deal a devastating blow to his and Zaun's cause of independence.
But……
"I'm sorry." Hilco sighed.
He finally understood Vander.
When people have concerns, they have weaknesses and will become cowardly, compromising, and ignoring the overall situation.
But he had no choice.
Who makes him a father?
Is there anything more devastating than raising a daughter?
"Sevika, you are right."
"But Jinx is my daughter."
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Piltover, Zaun community.
Hilco is here.
He didn't bring many attendants with him, only Sevika who insisted on coming with him to protect his safety.
But in fact, both of them knew that this was the headquarters of the Wind Leader Association. If the Wind Leader was really an enemy, then even if they brought more people into the enemy camp, it would probably be useless.
The moment they arrived here, Hilco and Sevika were both slightly shocked by the prosperous city scene before them:
"This is... the Zaun community?"
They almost thought they had remembered the address wrong.
Piltover and Zaun are separated by only a river, and Hilko and Sevika have visited Piltover before.
They all knew very well what the Zaun community was like before.
Although the spies in Piltover have sent back many letters in the past two months, reporting the changes in the Zaun community under the management of the Wind Leader;
But those brief and boring text information are obviously not as clear, real and impactful as seeing it with your own eyes.
It's not just clean here.
The entire community has been revitalized.
The roadsides are no longer lined with garbage dumps, open-air toilets, and homeless people's cardboard huts, but instead are home to all kinds of small stalls and shops that have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, as well as stores run by the Leaders Association.
Not only are there more pedestrians on the road than before, but their clothing and even their spirits are also better than before.
There are not only Zaun people inside, but also many people who look like wealthy locals from Piltover.
"You guys..." Xierko couldn't help but stop a few passers-by and asked them:
“Are you from Piltover?”
"Yes." The passerby replied.
"People from Piltover also come to the Zaun community to go shopping?"
The Zaun community was a place that even the people of Piltover didn't want to get close to.
"That was all in the past." The passerby smiled and said, "Now everyone knows that the Zaun community has the largest Walkman music experience store in Piltover and the best board game entertainment city."
“Even Miss Seraphine’s new song release and concert are only held here!”
To run this small community, the leader does not use any complicated tricks.
The star effect of Seraphine alone and the radiation effect of the gaming and music cultural industries are enough to revitalize the economy of the Zaun community and change the stereotypes of the people of Piltover about the Zaun community.
Now the Zuan community has become a very popular new commercial district, and the land prices here, which were originally worthless, have begun to soar.
The Piltover Ziben family, who
Now that land prices have skyrocketed, they have transformed themselves into staunch supporters of the Leaders Association.
So a strange phenomenon has appeared in Piltover recently:
One group of business owners is madly attacking the Wind Leaders, wishing that the Piltover Council would send troops to suppress the bandits immediately. Another group of business owners is cheering for the Wind Leaders Association, insisting that they are harmless.
The opinions within the Piltover bourgeoisie cannot be unified, so naturally they have been unable to come up with effective policies to curb the development of the Leaders Association.
In short...the Leader has become stronger and stronger in these two months, and the Zaun community has also become better and better.
"These leaders seem to have a way..."
Sevika, who was originally very hostile to the Leader, couldn't help but grumble at this time.
Seeing this scene, she seemed to vaguely understand why the spies from Zaun Alchemy Baron were inexplicably "brainwashed" as soon as they arrived here.
Witnessing with one’s own eyes the transformation of a poor community from ruin to prosperity will inevitably shock and impact one’s worldview.
"It's nothing special." But Hilco said: "These leaders are just using the Piltover people's method to build Piltover to build the Zaun community."
He still doesn't know the specific situation of the leader.
In Hilco's opinion, the way the Leader transforms the Zaun community is nothing more than spending money.
But where did this money come from?
It was obtained from the Piltover Cartel and earned through cooperation with the Piltover people.
Throwing money can save a small community of tens of thousands of people, but can it save the entire Zaun, more than 2 million people?
Does the leader have so much money to spend?
In other words, have they really thought about saving the entire Zaun?
"The better they build this community, the more headaches it will cause."
"The Piltover people funded the Windleader Association, most likely to build such a 'demonstration area' for the Zaun people."
Hilco couldn't help but feel worried.
The Leader's thoughts and theories have now spread across Zaun like the wind.
And now, the leader has transformed the original Zuan community into such a "demonstration area".
So the people of Zaun saw that those fellow Zaun who followed the Leader were living a good life, but those of them who followed the Alchemist Baron were still struggling as industrial screws.
In comparison, who would support an alchemist baron like Hilco?
"If this continues, the people of Zaun will definitely follow the leader."
"And the relationship between the Wind Leader and the Piltover Cartel is unclear..."
"I am very worried that the people of Zaun will be deceived by them."
Hilco was worried that the Leader would be the white glove of the Piltover tycoon.
After the people of Zaun happily follow the Leader and kill all the Alchemist Barons who dare to resist Piltover... they will most likely be ruthlessly abandoned by the Piltover tycoons who control everything behind the scenes, just like toilet paper after wiping their butts.
Nothing will change then.
Only new alchemy barons will be born on the land of Zaun, more obedient lackeys and compradors supported by Piltover, and then they will fall into endless fighting and internal friction, and will never be able to turn over.
"Silco, if you know all this, you shouldn't have come." Sevika continued to advise: "If even you are controlled, then the Leader and the Piltover financiers behind them will have truly won."
Hilco was speechless.
Of course he knew that. But he had to come. Because of Jinx.
Now, he can only hope for one thing:
"I hope that the cooperation between the Wind Leader and the Piltover Cartel is just a temporary cooperation in disguise."
"I hope the leader can be a real leader like what is written in the booklet..."
Hilco hoped so.
But he himself felt that such naive hope was impossible.
Because the connection between the Windlord and Piltover is too deep.
If these leaders really want to save Zaun, then are the bigwigs of Piltover, such as Midalda, Gilamane, and Ferros, out of their minds that they keep coming to attack their enemies?
He really couldn't believe that these people who called themselves leaders but took away Piltover gold were real Jannaists.
While thinking this, Hilco paced forward.
Suddenly, a commotion on the street ahead attracted his and Sevika's attention.
“What is this doing?”
Hilco noticed that a large group of people were gathered in front of a large store with the Blue Bird emblem of the Leader.
There were curious onlookers, store clerks in uniform, and some people who looked like leading cadres surrounded by employees.
A banner was also hung at the scene.
The banner read something that Hilco could not understand:
"Leader Supply and Marketing Supermarket Group, first quarter cadre faith determination ceremony."
