Legends of Runeterra

“Click! Click!”

Outside the window, the sound of horse hooves continued. Victor sat on the comfortable sofa, with a hint of nervousness on his calm face.

There was a slight vibration in the trouser leg, and a dull and somewhat honest voice was heard.

"Mr. Victor, I'm a little nervous!"

"It's okay Zach, you have to believe in yourself!"

"But...but, I kind of need to pee!"

"Okay Zach, this is the seventh time you've said you need to pee. Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Besides, we all know you don't have the ability to pee, right?"

"Woo~! Ok...ok!"

"Zach, you must remember, in Warehouse 7A, Area B, the targets are those wooden boxes with axe marks!

Don’t let any of them go, this is what Li En has repeatedly warned you about! "

"No problem, I have memorized all the architectural drawings. I will definitely get Brother Li En's request done!"

After a while, Zack, who was in a special box at Victor's calf, became quiet.

"Hoo~!"

Victor breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look out the window.

Looking through the single-sided glass, the Japanese-style industrial-style regulated and renovated neighborhood gradually left behind, and the messy and dilapidated Zaun appeared in Victor's eyes.

The reason why Victor took this carriage ride was because of a letter.

Just as Li En had instructed before leaving, a letter with a faint rose scent was delivered to Hefeng Industries by a Zaun boy.

After Vander, Hilco and Renata opened the package and checked it together, they notified Victor.

Victor, who had promised Li En early on, immediately asked his former mentor Singed for a visit.

After the other party agreed, he packed a part of Zack's split core into a special box and went to the other party's workshop.

After getting off the carriage, just as Victor had expected, as a former disciple, he was allowed to pass after a simple inspection.

Especially his leg which was difficult to move. At the suggestion of the researchers nearby, the guards did not conduct any further inspection.

After waiting for notification, the researchers inside took Victor into the experimental workshop.

“Crack~!”

The researcher quickly turned around and saw Victor squatting on the ground with a crutch.

"Mr. Victor, are you okay?"

"It's okay, maybe there is some mechanical malfunction!"

Victor reached up and rolled up his trouser legs, revealing the mechanical mechanism from his calves to above his knees.

After making a few quick adjustments in front of the other party, Victor stood up with an apologetic smile as the mechanism turned.

"Okay, no problem, let's keep going!"

"Ok!"

The researchers took Victor away slowly.

In a corner that he hadn't noticed, a pool of green jelly flowed into the sewer.

...

"Lord Singed, Mr. Victor has arrived!"

"Okay, let him in!"

Singed, who was skinny, wearing a lab suit, and had sparse hair, but whose eyes were wise and steady, turned his gaze away from the experimental data and looked at the heavy metal door.

"Ta! Tat! Tat!"

The familiar sound of a cane hitting the ground, but now it is smoother than before.

Like the upper class in Piltover, the cane is just an ornament for them.

As the footsteps got closer, a familiar figure appeared at the door.

Compared with the past, the overly idealistic disciple's clothing had not changed at all. He was still wearing his clothes with frayed edges.

But his previously sad and gloomy face now looked radiant, with a confident smile on his lips.

A smile appeared on Singed's skinny face, which slightly dispelled the gloom on his face, and even his mad scientist temperament was eased a lot.

"Haha~! Victor, you look pretty good now!"

"Good day, Singed... sir!"

Victor came in front of his former mentor, hesitated for a while, and finally did not call him "teacher".

Seeing the other person's eyes passing over his injured leg, Victor took two steps back and forth confidently.

"The mechanical auxiliary device made by the clockwork mechanism can make my movements more flexible!"

"Haha~! It looks like Hefeng Industry is a good choice for you too!"

"Indeed, at least they can tolerate my ideas!"

"tolerate?"

Singed shook his head slightly, and his interest instantly dropped by half.

"Okay, the chit-chat time is over. You specially sent an invitation to come and see me, so just tell me what you want to say!"

"If I'm looking for you, of course it's about cooperation on alchemy technology!"

"Alchemical technology? What? Is Silk planning to start researching 'Glimmer' with me again? Why doesn't he do it himself?"

"Of course it's not 'Glimmer', otherwise I wouldn't be the one to discuss cooperation with you!

Moreover, this is a cooperative project led by us and assisted by you in the development!"

"Oh? Let me assist in the development? That's interesting! Then tell me about it!"

"Okay, let me introduce you to the 'Alchemical Hemostatic Gel' project of Hefeng Industries!"

As Victor spoke, he opened the small box in his hand, took out the schedule inside, and handed it to Singed with a smile.

...

'B District 7a! B District 7a!'

The palm-sized Zach changes shape and moves quickly through various pipes.

'Found it! Area B 7a!'

Zack exclaimed in his heart and quickly squeezed out of the pipe grid.

“Pah~!”

The green jelly fell to the ground, then quickly gathered and rose up, turning into a tiny Zack who was only a dozen centimeters tall.

'The mark of the axe! The mark of the axe!'

Zack climbed onto a box nearby, looked around, and soon found the pile of boxes in the middle of the warehouse.

Zack quickly came to the box and crawled in through the gap.

Unscrewing the alchemy jar inside, Zack dove in.

The highly toxic alchemical liquid did not hurt it at all, but instead made Zack's anthropomorphic face reveal a look of enjoyment.

In just over ten seconds, Zack had absorbed all the potion in the alchemy jar, and his body expanded to fill the entire jar.

"Ha~!"

Zach made a sound as refreshing as if he had drunk a glass of iced juice in summer.

Then it shrank rapidly until it returned to its original size, and the alchemical liquid with the same appearance as before filled the jar again.

In this way, Zack kept repeating the above steps until all the jars were processed.

After carefully checking three times to make sure nothing was missed, Zack drilled into the pipe and disappeared.

...

“It’s not difficult, but it’s a very creative idea!”

"Then what do you mean..."

“I’ll participate in this project!”

Singed looked at Victor and stretched out his somewhat skinny right hand.

"Okay, happy cooperation, Mr. Singed!"

“Happy cooperation, Victor!”

...

After leaving the workshop, Victor left in a carriage.

A few kilometers away, the carriage slowed down slightly when passing a sewer, and a green shadow flashed by.

"How's it going Zach?"

"Hey! Everything has been taken care of. Make sure nothing is left out!"

Little Zach puffed out his chest and spoke with confidence.