Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 20: Being Tracked Again

"You, you, you... what did you just say?" Ike poked his ear, thinking he had just heard a hallucination.

Li Lin repeated with a smile, "I'm a mechanic... well, craftsman, would you like to be my apprentice?"

"Li Lin, how did you see that this kid is talented?"

Jess stroked his bare chin, and looked suspiciously at the little kid in front of him with thin arms and legs, not even half his height.

With such a small body and no strength, it is estimated that even holding tools such as a wrench and hammer will be a problem. Can he still be an apprentice?
Even if you are looking for handymen, you can easily find a lot of them in the school district in the southern part of the upper city. Why are you looking for children in the bottom city who have not even learned the complete mechanical theory?

Jess couldn't figure it out.

Li Lin waved his hands and ignored him, and continued to say to Ike:
"Of course, wages are not a problem. I can give you a daily salary of 10 silver rounds to start with, far exceeding the market price. Even working-class citizens in the upper city rarely have such a salary.

"If your parents agree, the Gilaman family can still provide food and shelter, and your freedom will not be restricted."

Ike lowered his head, his hands were tangled together, a little at a loss.

"But, but I can only repair some gadgets, nothing else..."

To be honest, Ike was a little bit cautious when he heard Li Lin's conditions.

But although he is young, he is not stupid.

His parents taught him a sentence since he was a child: there is no pie in the sky.

There must be a purpose for Li Lin to do this.

But what it is, he really can't guess what he doesn't know about his future.

"It doesn't matter. It's said that they are apprentices. I can teach you mechanical theory. Gilaman's family is also a family of Hex mechanics. There are only a few famous craftsmen. They usually guide apprentices."

"Hey, Li Lin... Are you a little impulsive..."

Before Jess finished speaking, Li Lin interrupted, "Don't talk, I have my plan."

In fact, Li Lin's decision to accept Ike as an apprentice was not a sudden whim, but the last time he had this idea.

A young man who can teach himself without a teacher, and even developed a device that can control time with only a piece of original crystal fragment.

If you really want to compare, Li Lin believes that Ike's talent in the field of science is actually higher than that of Jess and Victor.

If he can be given a better environment and education, he may be able to invent the "Z-drive" device earlier.

At that time, in addition to the system panel, I will have another trump card at the bottom of the box to deal with future crises.

"How are you thinking?"

Ike hesitated for a long time, really couldn't make up his mind, so he could only turn his eyes for help to Ben Suo who had just recovered from the shock.

"You brat, what are you looking at me for?" Ben Suo walked up to Ike cursingly and patted him on the head, "Why don't you agree quickly?"

"...Ah?" Ike covered his head in pain, his eyes were a little blank, "But... is it okay?"

Ben Suo patted him again.

That's the Gilaman family, how many people can't get in!

Fortunately, you are still hesitating...

"You brat is really stupid, why don't you call me master?"

"Master, Master..." Following Ben Suo's request, Ike subconsciously called out to Li Lin.

"Just call me Li Lin, or Brother Li Lin, Big Brother or whatever." Li Lin's expression was slightly awkward, "Don't call me Master, it sounds like I am very old."

"Then... I'll call you Brother Li Lin."

Did he just become a student worker of a big family in the upper city in such a muddle?
Ike scratched his head inexplicably, always feeling that everything in front of him was like a dream, a sense of unreality.

"Hahaha...your parents will be proud of you Ike!"

Benso looked much more excited than Ike.

Although at first he allowed the little guy to help in his shop out of friendship with Ike's parents.

But after getting along for a long time, Ben Suo, who has no children, sincerely regards Ike as his own son.

His "son" has flourished, and his "old father" is naturally happy.

"In this case, let's go back to Piltover." Li Lin waved to Ike.

"Eh? Are you leaving now? What about my parents?"

Ike felt a pang of sadness for no reason.

Ben Suo pushed him to Li Lin's side, "I will tell your parents.

"Then Wei, Bobo, Craig, and Mellow..."

"I'll let Vander notify them." Benso glared at Ike, his tone becoming more and more impatient.

"There's no need to worry so much. I've said that I won't restrict your freedom, and it's not that I won't let you come back."

Li Lin laughed and took out 10 silver wheels from his satchel and handed them to Ike.

"By the way, I know that you secretly go to Piltover on weekdays by jumping on top of the screeching plane, which is too dangerous, and I will reimburse you for your ride in the screeching plane in the future.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to go back to Gilaman's house with me today, you can come to me when you're ready... But it's best to wait until after the evolution day, I should have a lot of free time then. "

Ben Suo on the side smiled all over his face, held Li Lin's hand tightly and shook it again and again, "Okay, okay... I'm sorry to trouble you, Mr. Li Lin."

"Then we won't bother you any more."

After asking Jess to put away the Hex crystal and its fragments, the two left the grocery store together.

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In the alley in front of Benso's grocery store, four figures of different heights, fat and thin were hiding in a dark corner.

After sneaking out of Forgan's Tavern, Wei followed Li Lin and Jess with Bobo, Craig, and Melo.

Wei originally thought that these two people from the upper city would take the screaming machine back.

But I never thought that they would come to Bensuo's grocery store.

"What's going on? Benso seems to be very happy..." Craig squinted his eyes and looked into the store.

Mellow curled his lips, "I should be happy because I killed these two upper-city people."

"Okay guys, they're coming out, be careful not to be spotted!" Wei hurriedly reminded Li Lin and Jess when they saw Li Lin and Jess leave the grocery store.

"It looks like they're going back to Uptown. I think we should go to Screaming by the side road and wait for them there," Melo suggested.

"Well, just do it."

Vi turned to look at her sister behind her.

"Bang Bang, we must move faster when climbing the screams later, we may not have much time, if we don't catch up with them, this group of screams won't be able to find them."

"I, I will try my best!" Bakugo blinked his blue pupils, took a deep breath and said.

"You can do it, I believe in you."

Wei smiled and patted her on the shoulder, and immediately greeted Craig and Melo, and ran ahead to lead the way.

"If we can succeed, Van der should look at us with admiration, allow us to go out for a while..."

(End of this chapter)