University of Piltover, in Heimerdinger’s laboratory.
Heimerdinger was typing on the computer, explaining quantum theory to Victor beside him, and then showing him the principle of the hyperspace teleportation device.
Li Lin sat aside, supplementing from time to time when Victor didn’t understand, but most of the time his attention was on the glasses put up in front of him.
The sixth-generation Infinity Armor did not return to the workshop after being separated from Jace. Instead, it was remotely controlled by Li Lin and entered an optical camouflage state to secretly monitor visitors.
Originally knowing that this old Noxian woman was Mel’s mother, Li Lin didn’t plan to pay too much attention until Katarina’s appearance surprised him.
Caterina du Cacault, the eldest daughter of General Du Cacault, the master assassin and legendary Noxian general, has been entrusted by her father with the hope of inheriting the art of assassin since she was a child.
She spent her childhood without any rest, training her sword-wielding skills, physical strength, dexterity and pain tolerance all the time, hoping to hone herself into the ultimate weapon to cut off the enemies of the empire, and worked hard to Achieve the highest achievement in the assassin world – obtain the title of “Ominous Blade”.
Li Lin knew Catalina reasonably well and knew that everything she did was to be able to serve the empire and the royal power like his father.
However, the first time she accepted Du Quecao’s commission to assassinate the backbone of the hostile force, a hero whose position was only squad leader, she felt indignant and believed that a country bumpkin was not worthy of her action.
Therefore, she chose to ignore her father’s orders, overstep her target, and instead assassinate the commander of the hostile force. The result was that the squad leader led the angry soldiers to kill dozens of Noxian guards, and almost killed Du… Kakao.
After this battle, Du Cacault, who narrowly escaped death, believed that Caterina was a disgrace to the family, and sent his most favored protégé, Talon, to clean up the family.
However, he underestimated Katarina’s determination and strength.
Tai Lung took action secretly, leaving a scar on her left eye that can never be removed.
Even though her face was stained with blood, Catalina still subconsciously grabbed her serrated dagger, noticed that another enemy was approaching, and killed all the offenders with the force of thunder.
In the next few hours, she threw the head of her original mission target in front of her father, but she lost his respect forever and irrevocably.
It was not until Du Cacao disappeared inexplicably and no news was heard from her that Catalina came into contact with Jericho Swain and gained the attention of the commander-in-chief. Then she decided not to live in the shadow of being humiliated by her father and serve the empire wholeheartedly.
Li Lin didn’t know the specific timeline of Catalina’s first mission to Du Quecao, but based on the scar on her left eye, she must have fallen out with her father and been assassinated by Talon.
Why was she sent to Piltover now that she had lost Du Couture’s trust?
He has never been to Noxus, so even if it causes a butterfly effect, Swain will not be able to contact Catalina in advance and send her directly to Piltover to gather information over Du Couture, right?
Ramo, who represents the secret, has such a strong precognitive ability, is it even more powerful than the Ascended One?
And even if that were the case, with Swain’s resourcefulness, he would not adopt such an aboveboard method.
Li Lin’s brain was running as fast as a supercomputer, and he quickly had several conjectures.
The most reliable one is that Catalina is just a cover on the surface, and Du Couture may have secretly sent others to investigate him.
When the armor used its special function to scan the surroundings and penetrated the visors on the faces of the waiting Noxian soldiers, revealing all their faces, Li Lin suddenly noticed a very unfamiliar, but slightly unfamiliar face. Familiar faces.
Soon, he compared this face with the familiar faces in his mind one by one, and roughly determined the identity of this person – Blade Shadow Talon.
Since Tai Lung’s face was always under the shadow of the hood in the original painting of the game, Li Lin relied on his own impressions to compare the face with the only “Legend of Jade Sword: Shadowless” skin that showed his entire face, so he was not completely sure.
However, the other party’s next actions were self-inflicted and directly confirmed his thoughts.
I saw that after Katarina and Anbesa left in the sightseeing airship, a group of Noxian soldiers also returned to the airship in formation.
But the soldiers who Li Lin thought were Tai Lung took advantage of the blind spot in their commander’s sight to sneak behind a bunker very quickly, dropped their weapons, and took off their Noxian soldier clothes, revealing a slight wrinkle inside. , but looks very fashionable leather city clothing.
The next moment, Mel, Jess and Elora, the only three people left in the waiting hall, took the elevator to leave. He also quickly walked along the stairs to about the same height as other houses, opened the window, jumped out, and jumped out. Four or five meters away, it landed smoothly on the roof of the house at the other end of the road.
The man’s movements were smart and quick, without any sloppiness. He landed on the balcony in a few steps. It took less than two seconds to open the locked balcony door and entered the house calmly, as if he was the owner of the house.
After seeing what this young man who looked like Tai Long did, Li Lin couldn’t help but sigh that the speed of climbing over the wall and unlocking the door was faster than that of Bao Bao and Wei’s gang of kids.
It was almost certain that this man was Tai Long. Li Lin was able to determine that the other party’s target was most likely him, so he told Heimerdinger that he had something to do and needed to go out. When they walked out of the office, their bodies were immediately covered in armor.
Afterwards, he set the coordinates, teleported them to the Sixth Generation War Armor to confirm, approached Tai Lung’s unmanned position, then recalled the Sixth Generation War Armor for remote monitoring, and entered the optical camouflage posture.
During this period, the little mouse shuttled through the streets and alleys and the shadows of the nearby houses under the surveillance of the brain. He did not stop running until he arrived at the commercial street in the northern city where Catalina and Ambessa arrived. .
If the brain scan hadn’t revealed that Tailong’s body did not contain any magical energy, Li Lin would have doubted whether this guy had learned Ionia’s special pace – ghost walking.
Except for a slight pause on the Piltover Bridge, he ran from the southern city to the northern city almost without stopping. He didn’t bump into a person or knock over an object, just like the curtain blade of Draxa. The ability to ignore unit volume collisions is the same.
Not only that, Li Lin also admired Tai Lung’s keen intuition.
Along the way, he looked in the direction of Li Lin, who was wearing armor, more than once, with a puzzled expression on his face, as if he was doubting his own perception.
When Catalina and Anbessa appeared in Li Lin’s field of vision, who seemed to be preparing to go to the most luxurious hot spring bath in Beicheng District, he sent a drone to continue to monitor Tai Lung, and he landed in a place closer to them. In the deserted alley, the armor on his body returned to its normal clothing style, and he strode out.
Tyrone’s goal was not to follow Catalina. He left directly when passing the two of them. According to the route predicted by Zhinu, he seemed to be preparing to go to Gila Mann Manor.
However, the manor was already covered with various surveillance and defense facilities, so Li Lin ignored this guy because he couldn’t get in anyway.
[You have contacted 40 heroes, increased your level by 1, and gained 1 skill point. 】
Li Lin was surprised by the prompts on the system panel. In the past, every hero he encountered could be upgraded by two levels. Now that he has reached level 80, the experience bar has become longer again. Has the progress of upgrading slowed down again?
He didn’t have time to think too much, because Catalina and Anbessa were chatting away and had already approached his direction.
Although the two of them were dressed in special clothes and carried weapons, pedestrians around them did not dare to approach them, forming a no-man’s land around them.
Li Lin thought quickly, and the nano-clothes surged into his palm, quickly forming a push-button mobile phone that was currently popular in aristocratic circles. He lowered his head and stared at the screen above, deliberately pretending not to notice the two of them, and walked straight towards them.
Catalina and Ambessa both noticed the young man who was dressed like an upper class man walking towards them, and couldn’t help but frown.
This is the territory of Piltover. She has a mission, and there are patrolling law enforcement officers everywhere around her. Occasionally, she can catch a glimpse of the mechanical engineers described in the intelligence.
Catalina didn’t want to get into trouble, so she prepared to avoid the young man whose attention was only on the mechanical device in her palm and give way to him.
But when she felt the collision on her body and her center of gravity was unstable and she fell backwards, her pupils shrank slightly and she was extremely shocked.
I have been practicing the art of assassin for many years, but I can’t even hide from a young man who looks ordinary at first glance except for his appearance and figure?
Forget it if he didn’t hide away, it can be considered that he didn’t pay much attention to a civilian, but how did he hit him? !
Ambessa on the side couldn’t help but wonder. Even though Catalina had already moved out of the way, why did she still bump into this young man head-on?
And as a top assassin trained by Assassin Master Du Couture, how could she lose her center of gravity due to a collision?
“Oops!” Li Lin deliberately shouted in surprise and immediately raised his head to apologize: “I’m sorry, I didn’t see the road clearly. Are you okay, miss?”
A red shadow flashed around Katarina’s body, and she used Shunpo magic before her body touched the ground. She regained her balance, and the shock on her face never faded.
“Beautiful young lady, are you okay?”
Li Lin was surprised at first, and then looked up and down at the scantily clad Catalina, deliberately showing the expression of a playboy seeing his favorite prey.
“I’m really sorry. It seems like you were hit hard. How about this? I’ll treat you to lunch as compensation for you guys. Do you think that’s okay?”
Anbesa who was on the side laughed out loud when she saw this.
Not only was I hit by an ordinary person from Piltover, but I was also accosted?
Out of professionalism, Catalina quickly recovered. Just when she was impatient and ready to refuse, she suddenly felt that the young man in front of her looked very familiar.
Isn’t this the mission goal of my trip? !
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ps: I’m having physical therapy in the hospital in the afternoon. I’m too sleepy now and can’t hold on anymore. The next chapter should be in the middle of the night or tomorrow morning, counting today.
