To a lot of people, the sheriff is a dogmatic and old-fashioned person. She adheres herself to the laws of Piltover. Sure, once in a while there will be a little bit of humor, most of the time her face doesn't have much expression.

But for Caitlyn, today is meant to be a day of variating expressions.

At first, it was listening to the yordle's comments on the bureaucratic process of the supreme committee. And now, she stepped into the room, and there was Jinx, calling Vi a coward.

Coward?

To Caitlyn, this word could not be linked to Vi in any shape or form.

If Vi is a coward, how can the citizens of Piltover be kept safe? How can those stowaways from Zaun be repatriated more efficiently than ever?

Sure, Vi doesn't like to talk about her past, but Caitlyn believes that she is nothing close to a coward.

But to Teemo's surprise, Ekko stood up first.

"Shut up you tall hat Piltie." Ekko took out his Z-drive, "there's no place for you to speak in Zaun!"

"What a joke." Caitlyn put on her gloves, "You maggots hiding in the sewage, now what, you want to do something?"

"Do something? You dogs doesn't even deserve it."

Ekko's expression is filled with disdain. This is the first time the Piltover sheriff experienced such deep despise. And she found it quite hard to accept.

And awkwardly, she can't do anything about it. Even if she wants to arrest this little brat, she couldn't. Because Teemo's right here, and his mysterious magic made it hard to determine how powerful he really is.

Right, Teemo.

Caitlyn knows very clearly that Teemo has something to say to her. Judging by the fact that he doesn't want the rest of her team to be here, it probably included some offers he want to make. He probably wouldn't let this go on for very long.

Thinking of this, she turned toward Teemo.

The result is what she didn't expect. Instead of stepping in and putting a stop to the mess, Teemo watched silently, the message in his shining red eyes were not so different from what Ekko's expression delivers.

This time, Caitlyn can't take it anymore. She raised her sniper rifle.

Just as things were about to spin out of control, Teemo spoke.

"Miss Caitlyn, do you have any idea, where is this place?"

"Zaun. What, you want to do something to me?"

"Doing something to you is absolutely meaningless. After all, you are nothing but a puppet of those who pull the strings. I just want to tell you, Zaun have its own rules. The strong will rule, the weak can only follow."

A string called restraint finally snapped in Caitlyn's mind. She aimed the sniper rifle at Teemo's head, fingers on the trigger.

"If you still want your head, then stop insulting Piltover!"

Teemo stared into Caitlyn's brown eyes as if she was holding nothing but a stick.

"Do you know why I want you here? Not because of that damn Neace. I want to warn you and the ones behind the scenes. Zaun belongs to the people of Zaun. And they better stop attempting to take what does not belong to them."

"What doesn't belong to us? Without Piltover, Zaun will be nothing!"

"Zaun shall truly rise without Piltover." Teemo's blood red eyes were filled with sympathy, "those who doesn't see the truth, just like you, can be nothing but the puppets. And you didn't even notice."

Before Caitlyn can speak, Teemo started listing data

"Most of Zaun's normal citizens work for Piltover. 60% of Zaun's male citizens between the age of 20 to 40 works at Piltover's docks, mines and building sites. I suppose this is what you call 'Piltover's generosity' ?"

Caitlyn nodded.

"An interesting fact, their wages were one-fifth, or even lower than the Piltover citizens doing the same exact task." Teemo's voice filled with irony, "So this is also 'Piltover's generosity'?"

"A bunch of uncivilized thugs. If you want to work in Hex tech factories, at least you have to be educated."

"And why are they uneducated?" Teemo took one step forward, his stone-cold gaze carving into Caitlyn, "Zaun doesn't have school. And Piltover schools forbid the enrollment of Zaun children!"

"You didn't pay the taxes. So why should you be accepted?"

"Do you know why Zaun doesn't have schools? Because Mr. Neace, and his former, and his former are all working against establishing a complete education system in Zaun."

Caitlyn want to say something, but she really doesn't know much about Zaun.

"Why aren't you talking? Aren't Neace one of you? Why is Zaun like what it is now? When they established the two cities, the two were inseparable. But after Hex tech was created, there were nothing similar between the two cities except for evolution day."

Teemo raised his voice: "The twin cities use to benefit each other. Zaun mined the crystals, Piltover processed them into Hex tech items to sell. With shared profits, the two cities grew together."

"And what did Piltover do after they monopolized the trade of Hex tech items? Working with the Chem barons, lowering the price of processed crystals, splitting processing factories, and then, turning Zaun into your own sewage!"

"Piltover is bright and glamorous, yet it's sucking the blood of Zaun. We own the most important canal in all of Valoran. Yet the people of Zaun get no profit except for cleaning your garbage. We have hex technology. But the people of Zaun doesn't have access to any except for working in the dark and dangerous mines. You process all of your trash here, making this city overflow with foul remains of your leftover. When kids in Piltover goes to school, children of Zaun are trying to survive."

"Piltover embargoed, blockaded, controlled Zaun. And then call this grace and generosity. I have never seen such a despicable government in my entire life!"

"The most direct proof. Isn't Piltover 'a city of order and justice'? Then allow me to ask one question, why is it ignoring all the chaos? Why is it so hard to justify the action of cross-region law enforcement?"

"The answer is simple. Piltover is everything wrong with Zaun!"