Chapter 67: From the Policewoman of Piltover to the Big Sister of Piltover
A university professor wants to be a gangster boss. The gang's thugs are all the proud children of Piltover University.
This is magical enough.
And this "Professor of Gangs" actually came over to ask her, a righteous law enforcement officer, and the daughter of a Piltover councilman, whether she wanted to join the gang and become their umbrella.
"Are you kidding me?" Caitlin asked incredulously.
"Of course not." Victor explained: "Ms. Caitlin. By now, you should have understood that the existence of the Iron Fist Gang and other Zaun gangs are actually part of the order of Piltover."
"So the law enforcement officer can't defeat them, and the congressman's daughter can't defeat them either."
"The only one who can defeat the Iron Fist Gang is another Zaun gang recognized by Piltover ."
This immediately made Caitlin fall into deep thought.
She thought of her mother saying something similar. The Iron Fist Gang could not be defeated. Even if it was defeated, a new gang would soon come to fill the power vacuum left by it.
Because Piltover needs the presence of these Zaun gangs.
"Professor Victor, what you mean is..." Caitlin realized something: "Since the existence of gangs is inevitable, you should become the 'gang' and replace the Iron Fist Gang to control the order of the Zaun community?"
"That's right." Victor nodded seriously.
He concealed the real purpose of the Wind Leader and explained to Caitlin: "Jace may have mentioned to you that I am actually from Zaun. Not only am I from Zaun, but all these children you see are from Zaun."
"I am already a professor, a native of Piltover, and can live in a safe, wealthy area; but these children are still poor, from Zaun, and they can only live in Zaun communities controlled by gangs."
"Residents of the Zaun community have been forced to endure the exploitation and oppression of these gangs. Protection fees, loan sharks, Glimmer Potions... Those gangs will try every possible means to squeeze more money out of the poor Zaun people."
“So, we’re not going to put up with it any longer.”
Looking at the Hextech mechanical arm hanging on his shoulder, Victor's eyes became more determined:
"We must take up arms, replace them, and become the new order of the Zaun community!"
This explains their motivation.
But Caitlin still couldn't accept it: "You are all college students... Iron Fist Gang, do you dare to provoke even students from Piltover University?"
"Of course they dare!" Looking at this seemingly shrewd and capable, but actually extremely naive chaebol lady, Lina couldn't help but laugh:
"Even if we wear the uniforms of the University of Piltover, we are still Zaun people. Since the law enforcers will never uphold justice for the Zaun people, why shouldn't the Iron Fist Gang bully us?"
If her brother hadn't suddenly become the Chosen One of Janna, she would probably be kidnapped by the Iron Fist Gang and sold as a rare commodity because of the high-interest loan her family owed:
"Heh... In the brothel run by the Iron Fist Gang, college students can be sold at a higher price."
Caitlin remained silent.
She used to look at Zaun from the perspective of a law enforcement officer, and regarded the people of Zaun as born bad, the source of crime, and the initiators of destroying the law and order of Piltover.
It’s as if this group of people are genetically inferior and born bad.
But after just two days of training, Caitlin discovered:
The people of Zaun have never been the source of crime.
Poverty is.
Like Lina, there are more ordinary Zaun people who are themselves victims of poverty and crime. But she used to be so childish and followed her colleagues to discriminate against them and despise them...
"I..." The more Caitlin thought about it, the more ashamed and painful she felt.
What should she do? Continue to be a law enforcer, pretend she didn't see the truth, and maintain this unjust order.
still……
"Join us, let's change this order together!"
Victor held out his palm to Caitlin.
Caitlin's arms trembled slightly, and she subconsciously raised them halfway, but then stopped hesitantly.
Her dream is to become a Piltover policewoman!
How can I become a gang protector and the big sister of Piltover?
Isn't this completely abandoning her original beliefs, trampling the law like garbage, using family privileges to commit crimes for profit, and doing whatever she wants? How different is this from the bad people she hates?
"No..." Caitlin thought of the crux of the problem: "It is the poverty of the Zaun people that creates crime and leads to the existence of the Iron Fist Gang."
"Professor Victor, even if you and your students are able to succeed in the end and replace the original 'bad gang' with a 'good gang'."
“But the root cause of the problem has not been solved.”
Where there is poverty there is crime, where there are criminal gangs there are naturally black and it is impossible for them to become white.
The so-called "good gang" simply cannot exist.
"You can't succeed," Caitlin murmured.
"Why not give it a try?" Victor manipulated his Hextech mechanical arm to slowly rotate: "Our method has never been tried before, right?"
"Well..." Caitlin still hesitated.
"How about this... Miss Caitlin, maybe you can stay with us for a few days first, and then give your judgment after you have a closer look at what kind of organization we are."
"We will make you believe that we are different from all the gangs - we have the power to change all this injustice!"
Victor's tone was very generous. But Lina and other Zaun students beside him all showed a hint of worry:
Caitlin was, after all, the daughter of a councillor and their theoretical enemy number one.
Let her act with the leader and get to know him better?
What if she finds out that the real purpose of their "gang" is not just to eliminate the Iron Fist Gang, but to overthrow and destroy her mother and her family...will Caitlin still be so friendly?
If this young lady is used well, she will be the greatest help to the leader. If she is not used well, she will be the leader's gravedigger.
Everyone is very worried.
But Victor had no such worries.
Not only was he not worried, he also took out a photocopied handwritten booklet from his pocket and handed it to Caitlin:
"You can read these articles when you have time."
"Then when you have finished reading and thinking about it, and are interested in learning more about our business, you can always come to us."
Caitlin hesitated slightly.
But she finally took the booklet out of curiosity and nodded to Victor solemnly and promised: "Professor Victor, I will seriously consider your proposal."
“I will also read these articles carefully.”
Caitlin sighed and said goodbye: "I'm going back first. What you are doing now... I... I will pretend that I didn't see it."
She couldn't easily agree to Victor's proposal and do something that was completely against the law and principles.
But she still agreed to reconsider it.
"That's enough." Victor said goodbye to her expectantly: "Miss Caitlin, we will wait for your reply."
"Yeah." Caitlin turned and left with a complicated expression.
As soon as she walked out of the lab, students surrounded her worriedly:
"Professor Victor, why did you give her all those pamphlets?"
That is a book that records Janna’s complete thoughts!
Both articles, “Where did Zaun come from” and “Where should Zaun go”, are included in it.
Especially the latter, the article directly mentioned that the short-term goal of the Leader is to overthrow the colonial rule of Piltover and achieve victory in the city of Zaun.
This is clearly an anti-article. How could the congressman’s daughter be allowed to read it?
"Professor Victor, isn't this too risky?"
"Miss Caitlyn is the daughter of a wealthy tycoon and a Piltover councillor. If we let her know that we are going to rebel against the Piltover master... won't this cause trouble?"
Lina asked worriedly.
She was really afraid that Caitlin would open the book and then turn around with a group of fully armed law enforcement officers to "suppress the bandits."
But Victor was prepared and took out another booklet and handed it to Lina and the students:
"No, you don't have to worry."
"The brochure I gave Miss Caitlin is a little different from what Levi told you yesterday."
"Mr. Levi handed this booklet to me today through the incarnation of Janna, asking me to help copy and distribute it for use in the early publicity of Leader."
"Oh?" Everyone was curious.
President Levi actually quietly compiled an official promotional brochure for Leader?
This manual is actually different from what he talked about yesterday?
The students curiously opened the booklet, glanced through it, and soon discovered something strange:
There is not much difference between the part about Zaun history and Janna theory.
The explanations for the what and why questions are almost the same as before.
But when it comes to how, the question of "what to do", Levi's writing style takes a 180-degree turn.
He told everyone yesterday that the leader can only win through armed struggle .
But in today's brochure, Levi did not mention armed struggle at all, only saying that the people of Zaun should "fight peacefully", "fight gently", "fight without bloodshed"...
Even the word "struggle" is not mentioned, only "non-violent non-cooperation" is written.
"Isn't this the moderates and reformists that my brother severely criticized yesterday?" Lina couldn't help but question loudly: "If we use this kind of booklet to promote it, won't it make everyone go down the wrong path of moderation and reform?"
"No way." Victor sighed.
"Don't forget, this is Piltover, the enemy's base camp."
The law enforcement officers of Piltover and the family spies of the big capitalists are not blind.
If the leaders openly take yesterday's article and promote it, shouting "Zaan independence" and "Down with the parliament" on the streets of Piltover... then it will probably be a matter of days before they all go to see Kindred.
"You can still promote Janna's faith with this kind of 'mild' article."
No matter what route you take, as long as you adhere to the ultimate ideal of universal peace, you are a follower of Janna.
"Once everyone has this belief, we can further select the Zaun people with reliable backgrounds among them, formally absorb them into the organization of the Leaders, and publicize to them the path we really want to take."
Victor explained earnestly.
"But is it that easy?" Lina still questioned: "If they have already believed in the idea of moderate reform, how could they turn to follow us in armed struggle?"
"They will." Victor smiled: "Your brother said--"
"Even if we don't promote it this way, there will definitely be many people who believe in reformism. Instead of using theory to convince them, it is better to let them wake up on their own."
"After all, the enemy is always the best 'teacher'."
"They will personally use their fists ... to wake everyone up."
