Li Lin switched more than a dozen Storm and Morning Light drones to high-altitude following mode.
He said hello to Jace, who had just gotten off another boat and had some things to arrange, and then left the dock with Kassa.
Li Lin hasn't been back to Piltover for almost half a year. Compared with his memory, this place is quite different.
Not only has the simplified version of power armor been put into large-scale use at the Sun Gate Pier, but the appearance of the city has also changed greatly.
Rows of electric poles have been erected on both sides of the road, and the alchemical technology street lamps that used to use chemical agents to glow all day long have been converted into normal electric lights.
On the streets, especially in the southern part of the city, many citizens chose to ride bicycles, the number was much greater than when Li Lin left Piltover.
He even saw crudely made, low-quality mechanical watches on the wrists of some well-dressed citizens, proving that it was no longer limited to circulation among the upper class aristocrats.
On the way back to the Jiraman residence in the northern city, Li Lin and Kasa attracted people's attention.
On the one hand, most people have heard of the name Li Lin and know that he likes to go out wearing a suit of "Hex" power armor.
He had suddenly disappeared for several months, but the citizens not only did not forget him, but more people wanted to see what kind of person this young craftsman from the suddenly rising Gilaman family was.
After all, Li Lin had previously asked the Gilaman family to spread their reputation to Zaun, so it was natural that Piltover could not be unaware of this news.
In the past few months alone, the Piltover Daily personal wealth list has reported on Li Lin more than once.
Thanks to dividends from more than a dozen patents and inventions, his personal net worth has long been among the top 10 in Piltover, even higher than the investment tycoon Abs Philos of the Philos family, and only two places behind the "King of Inventions" Kerwin Levik.
It's just that he doesn't know it yet.
As for Kassadin, most people are curious about her slightly strange "armor", especially the cheek pouches on her shoulders that faintly glow purple.
However, almost no ordinary citizens of Piltover knew the legend of the Void, so naturally they did not associate Kaisa with a "monster". Instead, they regarded her living skin as Hextech.
Kasa didn't understand their curious looks, she just felt uncomfortable being watched.
She subconsciously grabbed Li Lin's forearm and shrank towards him.
"Don't be afraid, they mean no harm." Li Lin noticed Kaisa's uneasiness and turned back to comfort her softly, "They're just curious about the armor you're wearing."
Kassa opened her mouth, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
After a few seconds, she smiled gloomily and said, "But... I am in the void..."
"It's okay. No one will think you're a monster." Li Lin patted her shoulder gently and interrupted her. "They'll just think your armor is Hextech."
Kassa pursed her pale lips and glanced at the people around her with a somewhat conflicted look.
She suddenly realized that these people, dressed in colorful and even somewhat "strange" clothes, were exactly as Li Lin had said, without showing any disgust or fear.
All they showed on their faces was admiration and curiosity, and they were basically staring at Li Lin... just like the expression of the Nashrah beauties looking at Nasus.
But why?
Kassa didn't quite understand.
But as her gaze returned to Li Lin, she suddenly discovered a problem:
Back in Piltover, he could have avoided wearing power armor.
Kassa's pupils shrank slightly before she realized his intention.
In order to make me less conspicuous and out of place, he deliberately put on mechanical armor, so that people would think that my skin was also a product of technology...
Kasa couldn't help but feel warm in her heart.
Li Lin didn't know the wonderful misunderstanding she had about him.
Although he did have the intention of taking care of Kassadin, wearing power armor was more of a habit for him to protect himself.
After all, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being fat.
If you become famous and go out without bodyguards, you are likely to run into all kinds of trouble.
Piltover is not 100% safe either. The law enforcement officers have always been influenced by various families, and quite a few of them are corrupt.
Apart from the elite law enforcement officers, there are indeed not many clean streams like Sheriff Grayson in the Piltover Police.
Kassa understood the reason, and the tension in her heart gradually eased, and gradually turned into curiosity, "Are you famous in Piltover?"
"It's just so-so." Li Lin smiled. "If I have to say, it's still not as famous as your father was back in Beljum."
"But Dad told me that Belzurn can't compare to Piltover in scale?" Kasa blinked her watery eyes. "Also, isn't your Gilaman family a councillor's family?"
Suddenly realizing something, Kasa pouted and said dissatisfiedly: "Are you lying to me?"
"How could that be? Why would I lie to you about this?" Li Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I've been away from Piltover for a few months now. Since I'm not sure where I am, I can only write letters home. I didn't even know how much has changed here."
Kassa still looked skeptical. "Really? But they seem to admire you very much..."
“That’s what confuses me.”
Li Lin thought about it and took Kasa to find a newsstand to read the latest newspaper.
But what he didn't expect was that the owner of this newsstand, a middle-aged man who looked to be at least 40 or 50 years old and as fat as Benso, was actually his "crazy fan"... Gu Bing
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