Chapter 72 The Leader's Achievements
Stillwater Prison, the cell block where Levi is held.
The atmosphere here has changed a lot compared to a week ago.
Before Levi moved in, the only means of entertainment for these prisoners every day was chatting, and the content of their chats was nothing more than how awesome they were in the past, how many people they had killed, and how many crimes they had committed.
A week later, the topic they discussed was:
"What do you mean by non-violent non-cooperation ? I think that's bullshit! Without violence, who the hell would cooperate with you?"
"Oh, the people of Zaun are barbaric." A criminal in Piltover said: "We in Piltover have community autonomy and a local parliament. If there are any problems, we can solve them through discussion in the parliament!"
"Solve it!" A Zaun criminal who was part of a gang fiercely refuted based on his own experience: "If I can get the money back just by talking..."
"That's probably because your brother has put a gun to the bastard's head, and he's so scared that he'll just cough up the money."
"Bah! What do you mean by collecting money..." The criminal in Piltover said disdainfully: "Do you think the Piltover Council is the underworld you used to hang out with?"
"Isn't it?"
“……”The prisoners were discussing very heatedly.
Because Levi used public voice to educate the whole team about Vi's thoughts on Janna.
So after this week of attending classes, either actively or passively, these criminals also learned some ideological theories.
It's just that most of them have bad habits, are too selfish, have too much experience, and have been educated to be too mercenary and cruel by reality. Even if these people understand ideological theories, it is difficult for them to have that kind of pure ideal pursuit.
Compared with these criminals, Wei is more pure-minded.
After a week of Levi's ideological teaching, she has now changed from an uneducated muscular Zaun girl to a female warrior who has a basic understanding of history, has studied theory in depth, and has firm beliefs.
Her determination is especially evident in the following words: "Levi, fuck Nima! Explain to me what 'non-violence' means! What the fucking non-violence means!"
Levi said he would show her a clear path, and then he lectured her on profound principles for a whole week.
Wei believed it.
But at the end of Levi's theory, the "bright way out" he pointed out to her was... to kneel down and beg for charity from the Lord of Piltover.
"I'm non-violent!"
"Did you become a large intestine? You ate a lot of delicacies, but in the end you just gave me a pile of shit!"
Wei grabbed the iron bars of the prison and cursed Li Wei harshly.
Li Wei wasn't angry. The more Wei scolded him, the more he admired her clarity and determination.
As for the explanation she asked for from him, Levi would definitely not give it now.
The prison cell block is a public place, and he was not stupid enough to write anti-government poems in public here.
"Levi, say something! If you can fart, you can respond..."
Wei, who was full of energy, was still cursing non-stop at this time.
Levi simply manipulated the airflow to isolate the air and made himself a "vacuum sound-isolating headset", physically achieving one-click muting.
Then he got back to business:
"Janna, go on."
"Hmm." Janna's ethereal voice, like the wind, reached directly into the summoner's mind through her telepathy with the summoner.
During this week in prison, she has been the medium for Levi to communicate with the outside world, understand current affairs, and help him, the president, to airdrop orders and micro-manipulate the leaders remotely.
"I just said that as of this morning, through multi-point publicity work in schools, communities, and factories, the Leaders Association has developed the following:
"There are 1,632 potential development targets who are willing to maintain contact."
"1,014 peripheral members who have volunteered to join the Leaders but do not yet have faith."
"521 formal members with the power of faith."
"Among them, 218 are Zaun professors and students at Piltover University, 300 are Zaun apprentices and their families, and 3 are local residents of Piltover."
Those three "unsociable" locals of Piltover are actually Elwynn, Caitlyn, and Seraphine.
Victor considered himself a Zaun, so he was not included.
And Seraphine...
"She has officially become the leader?" Levi was a little surprised.
He thought that this silly girl would have to read a lot more books before she could understand the theory and develop faith.
"You underestimate her, Mr. Summoner." Janna sighed in admiration: "This child's mind and will are actually very good."
"You also know that she has been working on the front line of publicity these days without any rest."
Every day, she goes deep into the masses and the grassroots, listens to the voices of the poor, sings for them, complains to them, and sheds tears for them... Under the tempering of such an environment, even the most naive and weak young lady can be tempered into steel.
Seraphine is just ignorant of the ways of the world, but she is not really stupid.
After witnessing the experiences of so many Zaun people, she will always wake up.
“And…” Janna added teasingly, “Mr. Summoner—you’ve often talked to Miss Seraphine through me and privately taught this child some lessons.”
“…” Levi felt a little embarrassed.
He has indeed been chatting on the phone with Seraphine through Janna these days.
Sometimes we talk about theory, sometimes about music, and sometimes about other things...
"Ahem, let's not talk about this personal matter for now." Levi got back to the point in time: "No wonder I felt my strength suddenly became much stronger today, it turns out that Seraphine has also awakened the power of faith."
Seraphine's mental power alone surpassed that of thousands of ordinary people. What was even more terrifying was that, as a gifted magician, her mental power was also rapidly increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye under Janna's magic training.
In addition to Seraphine, the 218 university professors and Zaun students who were recruited also provided considerable power of faith to Janna.
These people are the "Kings of Scrolls" who fought their way out of the vast army of Zaun. Their mental strength is far stronger than that of ordinary workers.
"And as the piety of their faith increases, they will provide more power of faith." Janna said: "What is even more surprising is:"
"The faith of a leader is also a faith that can free people from vulgarity, make them firm and pure, and exercise human will."
"In the past week alone, many leaders who have a deep understanding of faith and have been tempered in their work have become more resolute and their spiritual strength has increased."
In Runeterra, will is, to some extent, material power.
The stronger the will, the stronger the mental power. Strong mental power means that the person is one step closer to extraordinary power.
"In short, after just one week of development..."
"The power of faith we have collected is several times stronger than before."
The power of faith is affected by personal conditions such as the believer's piety and mental strength, and it is difficult to measure specifically.
Janna could only give a rough evaluation: "Now you are already a qualified mage. Even if the 'Gray Lady' of Piltover personally attacks you..."
"I can even get 55-50 with Camille?" Levi was a little complacent.
"It's still a long way to go, but escaping won't be a problem."
The wind element mage is best at running away.
Because... they can fly. And they can fly really fast.
With this skill, Levi won't have to worry too much about his personal safety in the future.
"Okay, after telling the good news..." Levi didn't dwell on the good news for too long.
After being a leader for a week, he has gradually realized that there are always more bad news waiting for leaders to solve than good news.
This is normal. If all problems can be solved by subordinates, then there is no point for leaders to exist.
Therefore, Levi quickly discovered the problem from the data reported by Janna:
"There are more than 500 believers in total, 218 of whom are university teachers and international students from Zaun."
This is a good result, indicating that the leader’s publicity has achieved obvious success on university campuses.
Students are naturally progressive people. It was not beyond Li Wei's expectations that the leader could achieve such results on campus.
"But only 300 of them are Zaun apprentices and their families?"
In the leader's base, the Elvin family factory alone, there are 148 Zaun apprentices.
This shows that although the publicity effect achieved by Leader in the Zaun community and in other factories did exist, it was very limited.
And this was even with the help of Seraphine to host the grievance event and the assistance of a magical version of the "music short film", a literary and artistic propaganda method that was ahead of its time.
"It seems like they are having problems." Levi sighed.
“Yes,” Janna replied, “Not only is there a problem, but… it’s a serious problem.”
