She turned to look at Caitlin. Mel, who was very observant of people's expressions, took the opportunity to ask, "Who is this young man?"
"Li Lin, our family's newly recruited talented craftsman."
A talented craftsman?
A thoughtful look flashed in Mel's eyes.
However, Karina obviously didn't want to get too involved in this matter and immediately changed the subject: "He took a bullet for my daughter yesterday and saved her life."
"What a brave gentleman," Mel praised with a smile.
"He's a witness and knows everything that happened." Kalina waved to Li Lin and asked him to stand in the center of the circular table. "Li Lin, repeat what you saw to everyone."
"Yes, Councillor Gilaman."
Li Lin's gaze lingered on Heimerdinger for a moment, then he looked around and took a deep breath.
"Here's what happened..."
He spent several minutes "retelling" the scene with some embellishments.
In a narrow and deserted alley, five gangsters armed with Mauser rifles engaged in a fierce battle with them.
Fortunately, Li Lin carried a newly invented weapon with him, which enabled them to survive the crisis.
This is what I agreed upon with Caitlin last night.
Not only that, this morning, Mrs. Karina specifically asked him to make the matter more serious in exchange for a larger share of the profits and a favor from the Gilaman family.
Although Li Lin was reluctant to become a bargaining chip in the game between families, since it would not have much impact on him anyway, and he could also gain favor from the Jiraman family, he agreed.
"A new type of weapon?" The gears on Bolpok's metal face turned, and a deep metallic voice came out.
Woslatton showed great interest in the weapon Li Lin mentioned. "Can you describe its use in detail?"
"Why develop weapons, young man? What we need is peace..." Heimerdinger also echoed.
"Everyone, I don't think this is the focus we should focus on, right?" Mel noticed Kalina's increasingly gloomy expression and quickly spoke up to help Li Lin out.
Then, she turned her gaze to Kalina and asked softly, "Has Councilman Jiraman investigated who sent those criminals?"
"The Audilenk family is the mastermind behind this attack." Kalina slowly said a name.
Upon hearing this, Salo flatly denied it: "They? No, no, no, how is that possible? My relationship with them is... uh."
He was halfway through his words when Mel glared at him and stopped abruptly.
This time, the Jiraman family is bound to use this opportunity to attack a rival family. If they jump out at this time, they will simply be asking for trouble.
After realizing this, Salo no longer dared to plead for the Audilenk family.
"I think that since the Audilenk family dared to attack my daughter, they don't take our parliament seriously at all."
Kalina snorted coldly, "So, I propose to sanction the Audilenk family. Let's vote on this by raising our hands."
The six members present looked at each other and made brief eye contact.
Then, everyone slowly raised their hands.
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In a dark secret room of a mansion in the northern district of Piltover.
"Master Audilenk, you have failed." A voice, indistinguishable between male and female, echoed in the room. "I have long advised you not to attack Councillor Giraman's family for the time being."
"That little bitch went to the Underworld without a gun. This is a godsend! How could I let this opportunity go?!" A white-haired old man shouted angrily at the top of his voice. "It's not my fault. The mercenaries you found are too weak!"
"Don't blame your stupidity and incompetence on others."
The mysterious man, whose gender was unknown, sneered and then changed the subject:
"I've already laid the groundwork for you, but you messed it up... Even though the Jiraman family may not know you did it, as their sworn enemy, you should know what consequences you'll have to endure, right?"
When he thought of the large number of law enforcement officers entering and leaving the door of Jiraman's house reported by his subordinates last night, the head of the Audilenk family turned pale in an instant.
"You must help me! I can't be thrown into jail by the law enforcement officer, otherwise our Audilenk family will be finished!"
"Of course, of course, I will help you." The mysterious man laughed, "After all, we are allies..."
"Thank you so much!" Audilenk breathed a sigh of relief. "The law enforcement officer should be here soon. I wonder how you can..."
Before the head of the Audilenk family finished speaking, the dark and lightless secret room was suddenly briefly illuminated by a flash of light.
What flashed in the air was Audilenk's horrified expression and another face wearing a metal mask engraved with patterns.
A loud gunshot echoed in the secret room, and the old man with a bloody hole on his temple fell directly to the ground.
With the sound of light footsteps, the mysterious man walked up to Audilenk, who was dying with his eyes open, squatted down, and gently put a pistol into his hand.
"The head of the Audilenk family planned the kidnapping of Councillor Gilaman's daughter and ultimately committed suicide out of fear of punishment..."
The mysterious man's mouth curled up under his mask. "It's a very reasonable way to handle it, isn't it?"
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