Battle of the Twin Cities: The Ninth Councilor

Chapter 74
Not long after Zevi left, there was another knock on the office door.

Before Marcos sat down, he went to open the door himself, and standing outside was the assistant he recruited five years ago, and Hank who was sent out by him to perform a mission some time ago.

Behind the dusty Hank was a young gentleman who was also dusty, and from his inadvertent glances, Marcus could tell that he was an intellectual talent.

Seeing this person, Marcus knew that Hank had successfully completed the task he had given him.

Without rushing to say hello to that 'talent', Marcos enthusiastically let Hank into the room: "Look at you, did you just come back to Picheng this morning to do business? Why don't you go back and rest and come back again? There is no rush for this moment.”

As he spoke, he poured two glasses of water from the coffee table next to him, and handed one of them to Hank himself.

"Thank you sir for your concern."

Hank took the water glass, licked his dry lips but didn't dare to drink, just held the water glass and said, "I'll bring him back first, and it won't be too late to go back and have a good rest after completing the task."

As he spoke, he turned around and let the young man behind him introduce him, "This is the crystallographer you asked me to look for in Belgun, Hakim Nedry."

"Welcome to Piltover, Mr. Hakim."

Marcus stood up with a smile, and politely handed another teacup to the other party, showing his gentlemanly demeanor.

In the eyes of ordinary people, it is absolutely disrespectful behavior for him to care about his subordinates first, not respond to the guests immediately, and he is a guest invited by his own subordinates.

But Hakim didn't seem to mind Marcos' disrespectful behavior at all, and his eyes showed appreciation: "Mr. Hanke frequently mentioned Mr. Marcos to me along the way, saying that you are a very protective and considerate person. The subordinate chief, looking at it now, Hank really didn't exaggerate."

"It's not enough to protect the short-term."

Marcus smiled restrainedly: "The person who is just doing things for me will never be wronged by me, provided that he can prove his worth."

Valuable people will naturally receive corresponding courtesy.

Scientists, in particular, love this.

Hakim took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and then asked: "Mr. Marcus is far away in Picheng, why did he know that I live in Belgun, and asked Mr. Hank to find me here?" ?”

"Oh, Mr. Hakim can look at this first, and then you'll understand."

Marcus did not answer directly, but took out several newspapers of different dates from under the coffee table and handed them to him, pointing out some of the reports to him.

At this moment, Hank put down his untouched glass and got up and said, "Sir, I'll go back and make some repairs first, and then I'll come back to give this job report."

"Well, let's go." Marcus looked at the cup, then at Hank, wondering why this assistant hardly moved all the drinks in his place for five years?
Hank bowed and backed away.

Hakim flipped through the reports that Marcos pointed out to him. Among them were several newspapers with similar dates. Get breakthrough news.

Among them was an exclusive interview with Hakim, which Hakim still remembers. It was contacted by a newspaper in Piltover half a year ago.

There are also several articles that specifically report on the outstanding scientific achievements of Piltover, among which HexTech has made some reports.

Especially with regard to the Hexagate, the Piltover Daily also dedicated a small section to update the construction progress of the Hexaite.

After reading a few reports, Hakim had a solid idea of ​​what Marcos wanted him to do, and knew that the other party wanted to recruit him.

"Mr. Marcus wants me to participate in the research and development of Hex technology?"

Hakim thought for a while and said, "I'm sorry, the research I have done has very little in common with Hextech, and I may disappoint you in this regard..."

"No, I'm not inviting you to participate in the research and development of Hextech, but I want to introduce you to another team. Well... To be precise, I recommend you to another family to help them do research on crystal improvement."

Marcus shook his head slightly.

What Hakim didn't know was that from the very beginning, all the reports about Belguen in the newspapers and the interviews with several experts were all done by Marcos through contacts.

All the purpose is to lure Hakeem to Piltover this time.

For this reason, he started to lay out the layout a year ago, one loop after another, without any flaws.

Otherwise, he would have no way to explain how he knew that there was such a person as Hakeem in that city hundreds of miles away.

Originally, according to the historical progress, about a year after Stevan became the head of the family, Hakeem would join the research and development team of the Philos family under the auspices of Stevan.

It's just that this time it seems that because of the existence of Marcus, Stevan didn't intend to leave Piltover for five years. In the end, he had to find a way to find Hakeem himself.

With the help of Hakim, a crystallographer, the Philos family will soon overcome the last difficulty of artificial Hex crystals, and only then will the derivative products of Hex core be released stably.

For the normal development of Hex technology, Marcos can be said to have broken his heart, and lost a lot of hair.

"Is the crystal improved?"

Hakim pondered for a while, then nodded slightly: "I can try."

Anyway, I have come here, since there is a professional counterpart job, why not stay and try it out.

This city, known as 'City of Progress', 'City of Technology', 'City of Evolution', was originally a dream place for those who are engaged in scientific research.

Otherwise, when Hank found him at the time, he wouldn't have followed him with half-push and half-success.

"Then it's settled."

Marcus said: "I'll arrange a place for you to live in first, and you have a good night's rest. I'll take you to that family for an interview tomorrow. I believe that with Mr. Hakim's ability, passing the interview is a trivial matter."

It doesn't matter if he doesn't pass, because of the relationship between Marcus and Camille, even for his sake, Camille will keep Hakim for a trial period.

"Listen to your arrangement."

Hakim sipped some tea with a puzzled look on his face.

The tea in Piltover...

It tastes weird...

Totally different from home...

Take another sip.

It's really weird...

Is this the City of Progress?

Even the tea tastes so unique.

Putting down the teacup, under the leadership of Marcos, Hakim checked into a high-end hotel closest to the Law Enforcement Bureau.

After taking lunch and taking a shower that afternoon, Hakim, who was about to take a nap, jumped out of bed in his pajamas and went into the toilet. It took three hours to barely get out while leaning against the wall.

"water……"

"water……"

"Unacclimatized..."

(End of this chapter)