Chapter 181 Science Without Borders

From the day the Noxian army entered Piltover, the social environment of Piltover has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The wave of anti-Jannah thought and anti-Leader, like an elephant rushing towards you in the alley, suddenly became an unavoidable daily routine for the people of Piltover.

This morning.

Piltover University, Hextech Institute.

Heimerdinger often stays up late to do scientific research, and when he feels sleepy he just spends the night on the small bed in the laboratory.

He is probably the least political person in the Twin Cities.

When the city-state was founded 300 years ago, he was conducting experiments;

When the Twin Cities split 200 years ago, he was conducting experiments;

While the councillors were arguing over Windleader a few months ago, Heimerdinger was still conducting experiments.

The arrival of the Noxian army in the past two days seemed to have no effect on him.

But this morning, when Heimerdinger woke up from his small bed in the laboratory, rubbed his eyes and prepared to continue his scientific research:

“Bang, bang, bang!”

The door of the laboratory was knocked roughly from outside.

"Researcher Skye, you are under arrest! "

"Skye is next door." Heimerdinger said subconsciously.

Then there was another round of anxious footsteps outside the door. It seemed that the gang went to the next door and knocked on it.

"Hey, wait..." Heimerdinger reacted.

"What are you arresting Skye for?!"

Skye is a female researcher in Heimerdinger's research group and Viktor's assistant.

She was a talented and gentle girl. How could she be arrested for no reason?

Heimerdinger jumped off his cot and hurried out the door.

There was chaos outside the door.

A group of law enforcement officers blocked the corridor aggressively and dragged female researcher Skye out of the office next door.

There were other rooms in the corridor, but the researchers inside only poked their heads out quietly, and when they saw the law enforcement officer knocking on the door, they shrank their heads back as if they were avoiding the plague.

Not only did he retract his head, he also closed the door tightly.

There were only the law enforcement officers in the corridor, and the female researcher Skye, who was being held down and dragged out of the door by them.

"Researcher Skye, you are suspected of colluding with the Windleader gang, illegally studying and spreading Janna's ideological theories, plotting to subvert the free world, and threatening democratic Piltover. Please come with us!"

"I, I didn't!" Skye was unable to defend himself.

"No? Are you the assistant of the bandit leader Victor? Have you assisted the bandit leader Victor in the research of Hextech weapons recently?" the law enforcement officer asked.

"I am... but Victor is still a professor in our college." Although Victor had joined the Leader a long time ago, he still retained his position at Piltover University.

It makes sense for Skye to assist Victor with his research.

"He's not anymore!" the law enforcement officer said coldly, "We have reason to believe that you are colluding with the bandit leader Victor to sell the confidential technology of the Hextech Institute to the Leader Association."

"Nonsense!" Skye argued indignantly: "The Hextech Institute was originally founded by Professor Victor and Jace!"

"What secrets are there here that Victor doesn't know? If there really is confidential technology, do you need me to sell it out?"

This is the truth, but the law enforcement officers simply don't listen.

They dragged Skye roughly, ruffling her hair and breaking her glasses in the argument.

"Help!"

Skye subconsciously looked at his colleague in the same laboratory, a male researcher.

The male researcher immediately lowered his head and pretended that he saw nothing.

But he was pretending to be offline...

The law enforcement officers controlled Skye and arrested him as well:

"You also need to come back with us and be investigated."

“Huh, why?!” The male researcher was dumbfounded: “I have never come into contact with the Leader Association, and it has nothing to do with Victor!”

"You are from Zaun," the law enforcement officer said. "All Zaun people working in key units are required to undergo background checks."

Male researcher: “…”

"No, I'm not from Zaun! I'm from Piltover!" he argued excitedly.

"I have a legal identity in Piltover! I have been in Piltover for 20 years! I am a professor at the University of Piltover! I have a house in the wealthy area of Piltover! Which big family in Piltover do I not know? Even Mr. Stevan of Ferros told me..."

"Mr. Stevan has already surrendered to Janna!" The law enforcement officer slapped him awake.

"You are from Zaun, and people from Zaun should be investigated!"

As they said this, they roughly dragged the male researcher out.

"No, you can't do this to me—"

"I have made contributions to Piltover and Hextech!"

"Let me go! I want to see Senator Camille! I want to see Senator Camille!"

"Shut up, this is the order given by Senator Camille!" The law enforcement officer slapped him again.

The male researcher was very emotional, and Skye was unwilling to be arrested.

The two struggled hard, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while.

This scene made Heimerdinger dumbfounded.

He knew that the streets were quite chaotic these past two days.

It is said that law enforcement officers are arresting people everywhere, looking for anyone and anything that may be related to the Leader Association.

Even many students from Piltover University were taken away by law enforcement officers for tea and chats because they were suspected of reading the Leader's propaganda materials.

Heimerdinger knew all of this.

But he didn't care.

He didn't want to get involved in such trivial matters and let boring human politics interfere with his scientific research.

After all, humans are creatures whose generations are just a few decades long. Each generation will forget the lessons of its predecessors and repeat the stupidity of its parents.

In Heimerdinger's opinion, this riot was no different from the countless previous ones, except that the scene was a little bigger.

But this "big" is only for humans.

To the Yodel people who have infinite lifespans, this unrest is really nothing.

Heimerdinger had personally experienced the Rune Wars that destroyed countless countries and sank a continent. When he looked at the dispute between Windrunner and Piltover now, it was just like watching children fighting desperately for a piece of candy.

Sad, yet childish.

So Heimerdinger didn't want to intervene in this matter. He wanted to stay away from politics and concentrate on science.

But what he never expected was:

The laboratory is not a paradise. Scientists can ignore politics, but politics will come to them.

And when it came, it was a big one.

"Let them go!"

Seeing that his right-hand assistant, Skye, and the male researcher were both being dragged back by law enforcement officers for investigation on trumped-up charges, Heimerdinger finally couldn't hold back any longer.

Science obviously has no borders.

Why do we have to divide people into Zaun people, Piltover people, Windleaders and Piltover Council?

How can they bring the dirty and filthy politics of humanity into the sacred temple of science?

No, he could no longer sit idly by. If things continued like this, the University of Piltover that he had built would probably be turned into a dirty political game by these stupid humans.

So he straightened his small body and said with a straight face: "The people here are my students, you can't take them away!"

“Let them go!” Heimerdinger shouted, and then…

No one paid any attention to him.

Because the situation was too chaotic and the noise was too loud.

Heimerdinger is too short and has a soft voice. Apart from his big head which is quite eye-catching, his overall presence is very low.

Now the law enforcement officers were busy controlling Skye and the male researcher, and did not notice that there was a Yodel who was jumping excitedly behind them.

Or maybe you heard it but didn't pay any attention to it.

Because the law enforcers were still busy confronting Skye and the other two: "Behave yourself, or we will treat you as leaders!"

"I said, let them go!" Heimerdinger emphasized again a little angrily.

Still no one noticed him.

"I'm Heimerdinger! Chancellor of Piltover University!"

Still no one paid any attention to him.

"I am a councillor! A councillor of Piltover! Let them go!"

Heimerdinger was so angry that he jumped up, but still no one paid any attention to him.

"Damn it..." Heimerdinger was really angry.

He got excited and shouted subconsciously:

"I support the Leader too. I'm Victor's teacher!"

"If you have the guts, just capture me too!"