36 A Change of Clothing

"Mom, Dad..." Caitlyn muttered absentmindedly.

Jayce hammered the floor, "I don't understand, why these gangsters kidnapped Madam Cassandra and Mr. Tobias and no one else?"

Lilin shook his head.

What he knows about Caitlyn's nemesis "C" is limited to the short story that he read.

Even when Caitlyn eventually became a sheriff of Piltover, the true identity of "C" was not discovered.

Lilin has a bold guess, is that this "C" is likely to be someone close to Caitlyn.

After all, the most dangerous place is the safest place.

But it's pointless to think about it too much.

Most of the people in the hall recovered from the paralyzed state and gradually began to cause a commotion, exactly as Caitlyn thought.

Several congressmen also gathered together, and under the protection of Sheriff Grayson and a large number of officers, they retreated to the backstage lounge.

Lilin, Caitlyn, and Jayce greeted the magistrate and followed them into the room to see if they could help.

In the lounge, the bald and chunky Senator Hoskel paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and cursing loudly at the same time:

"These damned people from the undercity! Daring to attack the Progress Day Conference! Who gave them the guts!?"

"We have left the undercity to their devices for far too long, they seem to have forgotten who is the real master of the twin city."

Councilor Vosladen adjusted the device on his neck that was damaged when he fell to the ground, his eyes flashing with suppressed anger.

"They dared to attack even the members of council! What else do they dare not do?"

The yellow-haired Salo uttered, "It's time to show them the wrath of Piltover!"

"Oh oh... calm down everyone, I don't think violence can solve the problem, this is not a wise choice..."

Heimerdinger wanted to dissuade his colleagues from their plan, but unfortunately his sharp little voice could not contain the anger of everyone.

And Mel, who had been silent all this time, had a strange gleam in her eyes.

When she noticed Lilin, Caitlyn, and Jayce on the side, but did not find the Kiramman couple, she raised her eyebrows lightly: "Miss Kiramman, where are your parents?"

At this time, everyone's attention turned from how to retaliate against the undercity to Caitlyn.

"Yes! Councilor Kiramman..." Bolbok said in a muffled voice, suddenly recalling that the intruders seemed to have taken two people away.

As a "mechanical augmented" person, he has replaced his body parts with mechanical artifices long ago.

The toxin didn't really work on him, but he was afraid that he would be taken as the main target that pretended to be poisoned to mixed in the crowd.

It was also at that time that he noticed that someone was being dragged away, but he was not quite sure who was being abducted.

Now he realized.

"The Kirammans were talking to me about the academy. When I woke up, they were gone," Heimerdinger added.

"Yes, the Kirammans were taken away." Bolbok's mechanical voice was rough and low.

"What!?" Salo and Hoskel exclaimed at the same time, their faces very ugly.

Vosladen frowned and stopped what he was doing, "This is a premeditated kidnapping, just like last time!"

"It seems that the head of Odilenke family was not the mastermind. Or they have accomplices in the under city." Mel calmly analyzed.

"Where's Grayson? We must find Councilor Kiramman at once!" Salo shouted for the enforcers.

"I've already asked Sheriff Grayson for help." Caitlyn said and sighed.

Mel walked over to Caitlyn and held her shoulder gently, and comforted her, "Don't worry, your parents will be fine."

"Thank you." Caitlyn raised her eyes and looked at Mel.

"Don't worry, Miss Kiramman, we will definitely find your parents," said Vosladen aside.

Mel put down her hand and said with concern in her eyes: "Go home and rest. If we have news, we will notify you as soon as possible."

Caitlyn nodded and walked out of the lounge without looking back.

Lilin and Jayce quickly followed.

"Caitlyn, where are you going next? Are you going home?" Caitlyn's pace was fast, and Jayce followed behind her and asked.

"I don't believe in the efficiency of the bureaucracy." Caitlyn said directly, "I will look for them myself."

"It's very dangerous, Caitlyn. If this really has something to do with the chem-barons in the undercity, it will be really dangerous." Jayce persuaded bitterly.

"Jayce, I know you're worried about my safety, but I must."

Caitlyn's voice nearly whimpered, but she held it back.

"Lilin…"

Jayce looked at Lilin, wanting him to help persuade Caitlyn.

"I know how you feel, Caitlyn..."

"I've made up my mind." Caitlyn walked faster.

"Even if it's just me…"

"…I'll go alone."

Lilin grabbed her wrist, "No. That's not what I meant."

Caitlyn's eyes were red. Lilin felt a hollow sensation in his chest through her heavy breathing.

"You won't go alone. "

"Lilin..." Jayce's eyes widened in disbelief.

Lilin put his hands on Caitlyn's shoulders and stared straight at her blue eyes.

"Finding Madam Cassandra and Mr. Tobias will most definitely be dangerous, the mastermind behind the scenes employed Zaunite mercenaries, who not only have chemtech augments, but guns.

"Not only that, but the attack during Progress Day also proves that they have a plan to deal with the law enforcement. We can't foolishly jump into the trap."

Caitlyn inhaled deeply after listening to Lilin's words, "Then tell me… what should we do?"

"We need to go back first. To get your Bilgewater Mauser rifle." Lilin looked at Jayce again, "I remember you had a hammer in your studio?"

"It lacks an energy core... that's why I didn't want to give you the hex crystal before."

As he spoke, Jayce suddenly raised his brows and guessed what Lilin meant, "You want to... use it as a weapon"

Lilin took out the hextech revolver from his belt, removed the gemstone and threw it to Jayce.

"This should be enough to power the hammer, do you to lend it to me or come yourself?"

"This...I..."

Facing Lilin and Caitlyn's expectant gazes, Jayce hesitated.

He helped out in his parents workshop since he was a child, which developed his strong muscles, but those muscles have only been used in the forge, not in combat.

"Forget it, it's fine..."

As soon as Lilin started speaking, Jayce interrupted him: "I'll come."

He glanced at the stone in his hand, "My hammer is the testing phase, but I guess nothing beats real world testing."

"Thank you...Jayce." Caitlyn covered her mouth and almost cried.

"Don't really want to lose my sponsor, now do I?." Jayce frowned while grinning, and looked at Lilin again, "What about you? Aren't you going to use the gun?"

"One of my inventions is also in the testing phase. As you said, not better time to check the results of our labor."

Lilin looked at the direction of Kiramman mansion, his mind flashed to his workshop, and finally focused on a set of armor.

"Time to try on my suit..."