A new mission.

"An opponent? Who are they" Jayce asked. Aside from getting stronger, Jayce is training for the battle, 3 months from now. The council already deemed him a threat, so they are eager to try and get rid of him.

"Yes." Orianna mechanically replied, turning toward the worried Ximena and Caitlyn. Ximena especially is very worried. The enviable news finally came, she was hoping that the battle would get canceled, somehow, but reality still hit her.

"Can you guys give us some spac-.."

"It's fine, let them stay, they deserve to hear the news." Poppy interrupted her, one is Jayce's mom, the other is her disciple. The news would be eventually, it doesn't matter.

Orianna nodded, turned toward Jayce, and spoke.

"We had investigated the challenger, and he is very dangerous, a manic."

"The virtuoso, Jhin."

'!' Jayce almost fell over. Out of all the trillions of people in the world, why is his luck so bad!? Oh, wait...

'FUCK THIS LUCK!' Jhin! A fucking murder maniac, who kills people for fun! He had read about the champion's lore. The dude even got imprisoned in Ionia! How did he escape?

Although he doesn't know his strength, he did watch a Cinematic about him. He should be as strong as Camille! A B-ranker at her peak!

"Here is all of his information." Orianna took a file out of nowhere and gave it to Jayce.

Jayce took it and read it, and his expression got more solemn.

Jhin, a meticulous criminal psychopath who believes murder is art. Once an Ionian prisoner, but freed by shadowy elements within Ionia's ruling council, the serial killer now works as their cabal's assassin. Using his gun as his paintbrush, Jhin creates works of artistic brutality, horrifying victims and onlookers. He gains a cruel pleasure from putting on his gruesome theater, making him the ideal choice to send the most powerful of messages: terror.

'Damn, it's even worse than I thought.' He muttered.

"We found that one of the councilors, BolBok is in a collude with the criminal, using the technology of Hex-tech, he was able to create weapons for Jhin." Poppy said

"His prowess is unknown, rumor to be at B-rank or even an A-ranker." Ezreal butted in. He's slightly pissed off. PiltOver is his hometown, now a bastard dared to collude with a dangerous criminal to scheme against their kingdom, Unforgivable! But he could do nothing about it, unlike Jayce who has a legitimate reason to fight.

"What are you planning to do, Jayce? Just like them, they have an advantage in picking a player, we get to pick an appropriate rule, but the minimum fighting time must be 10 minutes." Soraka stated. She has seen Jayce's progress during these past days. His talent is abnormal, unlike anything she had ever seen. One must know that she has lived for eons, but alas, he's too young, time is against them, and times are what they need.

"Erm...I don't know-" Before he could finish the sentence. [AN: Ah yes, the classic."]

'DING! A mission has been issued.

Description: Participate in a life-or-death battle against the Virtuoso, Jhin, and achieve victory.

Reward: +20 lucks, ??

Failure: Death.' A cold mechanical voice resounds in his head.

'!' A MISSION!? This is the second time that he has had a mission! The last time was over 2 years ago! When he was a baby!

'Is it that severe?' The same as last time, failure means death. He had figured that missions can only be issued when it's very severe, enough for him to die. On the last mission, if he didn't cry and begged for milk, he wouldn't have gotten the system, without the system, he would not have been able to survive the void beast invasion.

'Guess I have no choice...' Without the system mission, he would have a battle to the death with Jhin. He is a serial killer, if he is left alive, who knows how much trouble the guy would cause, even his mother would be implicated...

Thinking about his mother, determination flashed in his eyes.

"I want to have a life-or-death battle." He declared, the light in his eyes glimmered with confidence.

"JAYCE!" His mother gasps, tears welled up in her eyes. Why is this son of her is so stupid and stubborn!? The minimum is only a ten-minute fight, if he can stall for ten minutes, then he would win, but why did he want a death battle?

Jayce smiles, walking toward his mom, giving her a tight hug.

"It's fine mother, this is something I must do." Breaking off the hug, he kissed his mother on both sides of her cheeks. [AN: CHEEKS, I SAID CHEEKS, OK? Don't make it weird. Smile.]

Seeing his eyes, Ximena knows that anything she says would fall deaf. As his mother, if she doesn't know her son's feelings, what kind of mother would she be?

*sigh* She sighed, kissing him on his forehead. [AN: FOREHEAD! AGAIN, DON'T MAKE IT WEIRD! I'M NOT A PERVERT!]

"Fine but promise me that you'll be ok." She demands, not taking a no for an answer.

"I promise," Jayce smiles, then he felt something tugging at his shirt.

Looking over, Jayce saw a downcast Caitlyn with her head lowered.

*sigh* He knelt, looking at Caitlyn's lowered head, her eyes are puffed, tears and snots covered her face. Her body trembled, trying to hold back her tears.

As he did before, Jayce took out the tissues from his pocket.

"Now why are you crying this time, miss Caitlyn?" lifting her chin with his right hand, as he wipes her face with his left.

Like a dam that had broken off, she snapped.

"WAAHHHHHH! *sobs* pl..*hic* please... don't *hic* leave...Caitlyn *hic* alone." she ran into his embrace, bawling her eyes out.

'Sigh, this stupid girl! Why is she crying when he's the one going to battle!?' Jayce lamented, he embraced her, patting her back and caressing her hair, attempting to calm her down.

"HAHA, who said I'm going anywhere? Isn't it just a fight? I'm extraordinarily strong, you know." Breaking off the hug, he stared straight into her eyes, her beautiful sapphire blue eyes.

"Now, can you stop crying, please? You look very ugly when you cry." Jayce joked; his trick seems to have worked as she stops bawling.

"*hic** promised? *hic*" She muttered.

"Haha, Sure, I'll promise," Jayce said, sticking out his pinky.

But Caitlyn seems to have a different plan, pushing his pinky away, she tangled her arms around his neck, her head moved closer to his, and kissed him. Mouth to mouth. [AN: Ok fine, you got me...]

Jayce was stunned for a second, but he inwardly smiled. Snaking his arm around her waist, pulling her closer.

Everyone else smiled at the scene, even the worried Ximena has a small smirk on her mouth.

Well... everyone except Orianna, whose thoughts are unknown.