Twin Cities: Who says scientists can't be conquerors?

Chapter 46 Those Uncontrollable Hands

"Just because of that?"

"Okay, this is so Jinx."

After hearing Singed's explanation, Aaron realized that Jinx and Caitlin were afraid to see him because they "broke the mech apart," and he pursed his lips speechlessly.

He empathized with Caitlyn from earlier, both finding Jinx's focus rather odd.

Caitlin will try to "bring Jinx back to the right path," but Aaron has already gotten used to Jinx's wild imagination.

He even considered this way of thinking as a "identity recognition" system tailored for Jinx—if her brain was too normal, Aaron would suspect that she was an imposter.

"You said the sirens on the other side of the river have been blaring for the past half hour?"

Aaron changed the subject, wanting to quickly find out what had happened in the outside world while he was unconscious.

Although Singed usually seemed aloof and detached from worldly affairs, Aaron was very clear about the old silver coin's ways:

If the extremely high level of vigilance in Piltover was due to what Jinx and Caitlyn did, then Singed couldn't possibly have been unaware of what was going on.

"What? Did Jinx fail to find the person she was looking for, so she simply released all the prisoners in Stillwater Prison?"

"Or did Jinx lose control again and start wreaking havoc with my mech?"

"It couldn't be that Jinx blew up Stillwater Prison, could it? Haha."

Aaron throws out all sorts of outlandish assumptions to test Singed.

He knew it would be difficult to get Singed to tell the truth. But he had no other way to obtain information, so this was the only way he could try...

Aaron chuckled twice, then suddenly stopped laughing.

Because he noticed that after Singed said "Jinx blew up the Stillwater prison," he unusually seemed hesitant to speak.

"No way..."

Aaron panicked, momentarily forgetting to fix his own injured left shoulder, and struggled to get up to get an explanation:

"She really blew up Stillwater Prison?!"

"..."

When Aaron pressed him for answers, Singed didn't speak. Instead, he turned away, seemingly preparing some kind of potion.

The more he acted this way, the more uncertain Aaron felt. Because sometimes, not answering is an answer in itself.

bang-

Aaron slumped back onto the operating table, numbly clutching his forehead.

Although Singed didn't say anything, Aaron is now empathizing with Hilko from the original storyline...

"They blew up Jing Shui Prison? That's impressive."

Aaron stopped paying attention to Singed and started thinking of a solution to himself.

After receiving this answer from Singed, images began to appear in his mind—

Before he lost consciousness, he granted Jinx pilot privileges and activated the mech's free-fire mode.

Once Jinx has a basic grasp of how the mech works, the blue-haired girl, whose mental state is already precarious, will definitely go on a killing spree without hesitation!

Although Aaron still had some confidence in Jinx, believing that even if she lost control, she probably wouldn't harm innocent people.

But the thought of "blowing up Stillwater Prison" must have been something Jinx could only achieve by using all the weapons and equipment on her mech, made him want to curse.

It's not that I'm criticizing Jinx for being wasteful.

After all, he had learned from the instructions in the black box that he had participated in the entire process of designing and modifying the Cheng Ying tactical mech.

Therefore, not only could Aaron repeatedly replicate the revamped prototype mech, but the weapons mounted on those mechs could also be automatically produced through the black box system when raw materials were plentiful.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it's "inexhaustible".

What really gave Aaron a headache was Jinx blowing up Stillwater Prison!

How many were destroyed?

What did it look like after it was fried?

Was evidence clearly collected by law enforcement officers?

Any of these unclear events, if they all come to light, could instantly escalate the conflict between Piltover and Zaun!

Aaron was not afraid of the conflict escalating.

Or rather, he wasn't afraid of Piltover.

Even before he arrived in Runeterra and gradually accepted his identity, Aaron had considered more than once how to handle the situation of a full-scale war between the two cities.

In Aaron's eyes, the complex relationship between the two cities was strikingly similar to that of a peninsula in his original world—

The economically backward side tends to be aggressive, while the economically advanced side calls for peace.

What's even more coincidental is that Noxus, which is far superior to Piltover in terms of strength, happens to be on Piltover's side, constantly trying to extract benefits from Piltover for itself.

It seems that all that's missing is Noxus stationing troops there, and everything will fall into place...

"That's not right either."

Aaron shook his head at this thought.

His rejection wasn't because the alliance between Piltover and Noxus didn't reach the level of infighting between those two nations; rather, it focused on Zaun itself, believing that Zaun wasn't yet qualified to be compared to that nation.

Unlike the country in the original world, Zaun is not forcibly united from top to bottom.

In other words, Zuan is far from united.

Even though Aaron is consciously guiding Zaun in this direction, hoping that Hilco can become the spokesperson who can win people's hearts.

However, judging from the current situation, this level of cohesion is still far from sufficient to directly engage in war.

More importantly...

"Zu'an doesn't have a responsible suzerain state behind it."

Aaron sighed and decided to stop thinking about these unfounded things.

The only good news right now is that after Jinx blew up the Stillwater Prison in her Shadowcraft mech, all factions will realize that Zaun possesses some kind of powerful weapon.

Since this weapon is powerful enough to destroy that "isolated island fortress," it must also be able to destroy other places.

Anyone with even a modicum of analytical ability would surely find it impossible to ignore the voices from the Zuan side.

"never mind."

Aaron muttered something and turned his attention back to things that concerned him.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Reef Squad, who fired a shot at them today, have probably been completely crushed by Jinx.

And Kayana Veraize, who is hiding behind the scenes, will certainly receive a corresponding response.

Aaron had just "used his cheat code" and wouldn't be fooled by the other party's flawless disguise. He had already completely seen through Kayuna's background and purpose.

He felt that his most important task now was to minimize the impact of the bombing of Jing Shui Prison, and then, before Kayuna realized her identity had been exposed, go directly to…

and many more!

Aaron suddenly stopped thinking.

He found that, without him noticing, the pain that had been throbbing seemed to have suddenly disappeared.

Instead, there was a kind of indescribable... fever!

It pumps from the heart, constantly mixing into the blood vessels of his limbs and bones, as if trying to stretch his muscles and bones, and make him burst out wildly!

He turned to look at Singid.

Singed was holding a syringe that had been pushed all the way down, with some dark purple liquid still remaining on the needle, and calmly looking at himself.

In his other hand, he held another syringe filled with fresh blood.

"You must understand me, Aaron."

Singed's lips barely moved as he spoke, weaving a lie in a barely audible voice:

"The medication inside that specially made bullet, if not dealt with as quickly as possible, will become a hidden danger lurking inside your body, and could cause problems at any time..."

"I want to hear the truth."

Aaron squinted.

"You injected me with a high concentration of a light-emitting agent when I wasn't looking, and you also took a vial of my blood."

"Speak, what exactly do you want?"

He showed neither anger nor doubt, but simply pointed quietly to the photograph necklace around Singid's neck.

Suppressing the primal urge that surged through every muscle and bone in his body, Aaron uttered his last, still somewhat clear, sentence:

"I don't like to expose other people's secrets."

"So don't push me!"