Due to content issues, for safety reasons, this plot is skipped in the form of a story summary. Sorry.
【Plot Introduction】:
Because of the terrible rumor that "Ionia's ancestral laws that had remained unchanged for thousands of years were wantonly destroyed by the Leader, causing resentment among the people and imbalance of all things" was rampant, Karma, as the guardian of balance, personally came out and visited the city of Sicarro, which was at the center of the vortex.
After meeting, Levi and Karma fully exchanged views on issues of common concern, such as their different understandings of the Way of Balance, the social transformation plan promoted by the Leader, and the development path that Ionia should take in the future.
After the talks, Levi invited Kalma to go to the front line for inspection.
During the investigation, Levi and his team met young Therti and his mother, and learned the real situation on the front line from them.
In the end, Levi and others discovered that the township areas that were firmly controlled by the local religious and clan forces of Sicarro were experiencing various chaos during the transformation process under the wrong leadership of the unqualified administrative team of the Presidium Resistance.
Li Wei promptly corrected the problem, put things right, held the relevant responsible persons accountable, and told Irelia to make up for the shortcomings and strengthen the weak points in the future according to the actual situation of the region, listen more, watch more, and ask more questions about the voices from the front line, and improve the ability to recognize and discover problems. For existing problems, especially those that the public is dissatisfied with, we must conduct in-depth analysis and research, find the crux of the problem, take practical and effective work measures, solve it thoroughly, and effectively improve...
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…
Everything is settled.
After this trip to the countryside of Sicarus, Livius' biggest feeling was: "Suspend all attempts at reform outside the province of Barou."
"We have to slow down our pace and first fully train our grassroots cadre team of leaders through local practice, and then gradually transform this huge Ionia."
"Don't rush it. Time is ultimately on our side, not theirs."
"Yes." Irelia nodded guiltily.
Li Wei's summary undoubtedly announced the complete failure of the "Feng-Pu Cooperation Reform" pilot program she presided over.
"I'm sorry, President Levi." Irelia no longer had the pride she had at first.
She completely underestimated the methods of the local masters and the complexity of the front-line work.
There were things she had never known from the beginning to the end;
She knew some things and thought they were no big deal, but the actual situation was a hundred times more serious than she knew.
She knew there were serious problems with some things, but these were the problems that the local sages and masters wanted her to see.
She did some things according to the work experience summarized by the leader in the Barue Province, but when these experiences were implemented in the Navoli Province and in Sicaro, the results were completely different from what she imagined.
…
In short, Irelia finally understood:
It turns out that a person can really be stupid enough to eat an egg that costs 30 silver wheels and still think that this price is normal.
And she was this dumbass.
"It's all my fault..." Irelia lowered her head, like a kindergarten student admitting her mistake in front of her teacher.
And the facts have proved that she, the hero of Navoli who was invincible on the battlefield, was only at the level of a kindergarten student in administrative work.
"Irelia." Seeing her friend so devastated, Seraphine subconsciously wanted to step forward to comfort her.
But she hesitated for a moment and stopped her impatient steps, because the leader needs to be responsible for his own actions.
An incompetent general can cause the entire army to suffer. Incompetence is the greatest sin of a leader.
Even if Irelia had good intentions, it does not change the damage she caused to the people of Sicario.
So Seraphine couldn't comfort her. Because she was indeed wrong.
"You can't be blamed entirely for this." Levi sighed, "I also have a large part of the responsibility."
"Huh?" Seraphine looked at her boyfriend in surprise.
She didn't expect Levi to comfort Irelia like this.
After all, along the way, Levi had been looking at her as if she were a fool...that look was so familiar that Seraphine could tell it without having to read her mind.
"I'm not trying to comfort you." Li Wei said honestly, "I do have a responsibility."
He had originally intended to use Irelia as a "safety margin , so he had asked her to lead this pilot project.
But what he didn't expect was that Irelia could be so "unsafe".
I visit villages every now and then, but I still get fooled by them...
It can be seen that the eldest daughter of the Zan family, who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, was chosen by the Soul of Ionia as the hero of Navoli after just two days of hard life. She is indeed too seriously out of touch with the grassroots.
"I overestimated your ability. I am also wrong." Levi reflected self-reproachfully.
Irelia: “…”
She really wanted to chop herself into pieces with a knife and bury herself in the three-bedroom, one-living-room house she had dug out with her toes.
"Irelia." Levi reminded in a cryptic tone: "Before, there have been comrades in the Ionia branch who have suggested it. Even the current president Riven took the initiative to apply to me and hoped to re-elect the candidate for the president of the Leader Ionia branch."
Riven is a Noxian outsider after all.
Although the Leader has always been committed to eliminating the influence of external identities and uniting everyone only with faith, Riven's reputation and prestige in Ionia are indeed not as good as Irelia, the Navori hero who is supported by the masses and respected by all people.
So Riven has been thinking about stepping down and letting Irelia be the president of this branch. This will also make the Ionians feel a natural affinity for the Leader, which will be more conducive to the future development of the Leader in Ionia.
For this reason, Levi originally intended to adopt the opinions of Riven and others.
But now it seems...
"I can't be the guild president!" Irelia gave up the opportunity to move up without hesitation.
It turned out that she was not capable of this.
The administrative work was too difficult for her.
"In the future." Irelia decided to return to the field she was good at: "I still plan to focus more on the military."
…
After discussing the finalization of this incident with Irelia, Levi went to find Master Karma who was accompanying the inspection.
Master Karma now looked like a beautiful girl under 20. Her brown skin still had a youthful glow, and her simple monk robes could not hide the youthful vitality in her every move.
But Levi knew that she was actually the incarnation of the soul of an ancient Ionian, a reincarnation with the memories of countless generations of Karma, and the person most closely connected to the soul of Ionia, the one and only Revelation.
At this moment, facing Master Karma who had come to "demand punishment", he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.
"I'm sorry, Master Karma. As you can see, we Wind Leaders do have problems with our work."
“But the existence of problems does not mean that our reform plan is wrong…”
No matter how good a plan is, it still needs people to execute it. If it is executed by people, problems are bound to arise.
What's more, the people responsible for the execution this time are not the reliable leaders of faith, but a group of resistance officers with complicated backgrounds.
In short, the problem definitely exists.
Denying the existence of a problem is not in line with the leader's principle of seeking truth from facts.
However, it is a completely untenable sophistry to deny the progressiveness and justice of the entire land reform work just because of the existence of some problems, or even to mourn, summon the souls, and whitewash the landlord class that has been eliminated by history.
Levi doesn't want Karma to fall into such a misunderstanding, which will deepen his resistance to change and even make him stand against the leader.
"Master Karma, you are the undisputed opinion leader in Ionia today."
“Everyone believes that you have a special connection with the Soul of Ionia—in fact, in the eyes of many people, you are the embodiment of the will of the Soul of Ionia to some extent.”
This means that Karma's prestige in Ionia is almost unmatched.
Her words carry a lot of weight.
A big problem that the leaders encounter in their front-line work is that the Ionians generally follow tradition, the old ways of balance that were instilled in them by the patriarchs and masters in the past.
The laws of our ancestors cannot be changed.
And if they followed the leader and divided the master's family land, they would be drastically changing the ancestral law and destroying the balance of all things.
So they dared not to divide it, for fear that after they divided it, the situation above would change again.
Who has the ability to change the sky of Goddess Gana?
Only the Soul of Ionia, of course.
Everyone is afraid that the changes brought about by the Leader will anger the soul of Ionia and bring irreparable disaster to the world.
Although the Soul of Ionia itself is a "human" and has never appeared to say so.
But the common people are used to hearing the words of the clan leaders, masters and elders. Under the dual ideological stamp of religious doctrines and cultural traditions, they instinctively believe in this set of statements.
Even if Levi invited Master Shen, who had the final say over the Way of Balance, to publicize the "New Way of Balance under the banner of Janna" that the Leader insisted on to the public in the name of the Church of Balance...
For a while, the Ionians could not accept this "heretical" new idea.
The old way of balance advocates that nothing can be changed, whether it is the laws of the ancestors or the old social order led by the masters and patriarchs.
However, the new balance approach advocates that one should not follow the teachings of ancestors, should not worry about what others say, and should respect natural disasters but not fear them.
As long as the balance of all things is maintained, human beings can transform the world to their heart's content - including changing the old social order originally controlled by the masters and allowing the vast majority of oppressed people to rise up.
"Your opinion matters now, Master Karma."
Even if we ignore Karma's unfathomable personal strength, just look at her influence:
"If you side with the old guard, many Ionians will follow your lead in blind faith and continue to support the old order that oppresses them."
"It would be a disaster for Ionia."
"So, I hope you won't be prejudiced by the chaos in Xikaro and misunderstand the ideals of our leaders..."
As he spoke, Levi looked at Karma seriously, waiting for the master's answer.
Karma's eyes sparkled, and she said, "Please take me to Barue again, President Levi. I think the performance of the Leader in Barue Province should allow me to truly see the different 'New Balance'."
"You?" Levi was a little surprised.
Kalma is also willing to visit the Barue Province to learn more about the work of the leaders, which shows that she is still willing to contact and communicate with the leaders, and even cooperate with them.
And that is exactly the case.
During this trip to Sicarlo, Karma saw more than just the problems of the leaders at work. She also witnessed with her own eyes how those sanctimonious masters could do such crazy things to prevent the advent of change.
Is it really right to maintain this old order and allow these insects to continue to rule Ionia?
Of course, the most important thing is:
“The old order is no longer viable.” Karma made a startling statement: “Even without the Leader, Ionia will never be able to return to the stability it enjoyed before the Noxian invasion.”
"Ionia is changing, and I must change too."
"This..." Levi realized something. He felt relieved.
Yes, if you think about it carefully... although Karma has been the spiritual leader of the conservatives for thousands of years, the Karma of this generation is very likely to be a person who actively seeks change.
When Noxus invaded, she broke tradition and fought back. Later, under the severe criticism and strong demands of the elders of the monks of the Eternal Temple, she returned to the mountains and practiced in seclusion.
Karma obviously realized that the world has changed. Ionia can no longer go back to the past.
so……
"Aren't you here to call for punishment?" Levi asked thoughtfully.
“That’s right.” Karma smiled and replied, “I know Ionia will definitely change, but I don’t know where to guide it. This is a question that even the ancient wisdom of the Karmas of all generations cannot answer.”
"But you, the Wind Leader, gave the answer. That's why I wanted to come and see if you can really guide the great ship of Ionia to the right course."
She wasn't here for trouble, she was here for answers.
"I see." Levi couldn't help but smile.
He confidently invited Kalma: "Please come with me to the province of Barou..."
"I believe that the leader's answer will not disappoint you."
…
After a frank communication with Karma, Levi finally found Sett and his mother.
This "Big Boss" who will dominate the Navoli Arena in the future is now just a little kid whose legs are not as long as Levi's when he stands up.
Hmm... a little brat with eight-pack abs.
What a great talent.
Levi was sighing in his heart.
As soon as Seti saw him, he excitedly clenched his small fist and held it in front of his young mother:
"You, don't come over here!"
"I was the one who said those bad things and did the dirty work... If you want revenge, come to me, don't touch my mother!"
"Seti, stop talking nonsense!" Seti's mother covered her son's mouth with her hand.
She is not very old now, with beautiful long white and purple hair and a delicate and gentle face. She is a very beautiful Vastaya beauty.
"I'm sorry, sir." She pulled her struggling son behind her, rubbing the corner of her clothes with her fingers nervously, and said pitifully and resolutely: "Seti is still just a child. He doesn't understand anything."
"Please let him go. I...I'm willing to do anything."
Levi: “…”
His face darkened when he heard this.
Damn it...Has the image of the Leader in Sicaro been ruined to this extent?
"Madam, don't worry." Li Wei said helplessly: "Those bastards who used our name to do evil have been dealt with by me. We are the leaders, the real leaders."
"Swearing is also a way of giving advice. A true leader will not get angry when someone scolds you... on the contrary, we will only panic when we don't hear any scolding."
"But..." Seti's mother was still nervous.
She said: "We found the resistance leader in the village before, and they also said they would seek justice for us, and then..."
“Humph!” Seti poked his head out from behind his mother. “If it weren’t for my powerful fist, we would have died right there!”
Levi remained silent.
The public's trust is the most precious thing. Once it is broken, it is difficult to restore it.
"Those guys who bully you will be thoroughly punished. I will let you see them on the street lights in Sicaro City, I promise." Levi decided to speak with facts.
"And..." He was also prepared to make amends to the mother and son.
"You probably can't stay in the countryside anymore."
Sett's father was a Noxian gladiator living in Navoli, and his mother was a vastayan.
After the defeat at Barue and the Swain coup, the Noxians completely abandoned their rule over the province of Navoli and hurriedly evacuated from Sicarro.
During this emergency evacuation, Sett's father rudely abandoned his wife and children in Ionia and squeezed onto the ship alone and ran away.
He ran straight back to Noxus and to the other side of the ocean.
As the remaining relatives of the "Noxian invaders", Sett and his mother are the "Noxian bastards" and "Evil bitch" most hated by the people of Sikarlo... Without the deterrence of the empire and the protection of their father, their situation will naturally not be very good.
Fearing that the Presidium resistance would launch an indiscriminate purge after taking over the city, the mother and son had to flee Sicaro and seek refuge in the countryside.
However, Vastaya hybrids, Noxian brats, outsiders, landless untouchables - all debuffs that could be discriminated against were stacked by Sett and his mother.
Out in the countryside, far from Irelia's sight and controlled by the Grand Masters, their situation was even worse.
However, this kind of exclusion and discrimination from all the surrounding villagers, which stems from cultural traditions and racial hatred, cannot be changed immediately by the arrival of a true leader.
So Levi decided: "Madam, do you need me to send you to Noxus?"
"I also have some powerful friends in Noxus. If you are willing to settle in Noxus, I can send you there and help you find your husband and reunite your family."
"Really?" Little Seti's eyes lit up when he heard it.
But the light in his eyes quickly dimmed: "No, forget it..."
"I don't want to go find that man!" Little Seti's face was gloomy and his fists were clenched tightly. It was obvious that he was itching to do something.
His father was simply an irresponsible scumbag. That man didn't love him and his mother at all. Otherwise, this guy wouldn't have left his wife and children and run away without even saying hello.
Sett was completely disappointed.
He didn't want any bullshit fatherly love. If they met again, he would only let his father know what a strong hand cracked a skull and what a deliberate punch meant.
"Hmm..." Seti's mother looked at the child's expression and said in a complicated tone: "Thank you for your kindness, President Levi."
"We're not going to Noxus."
Although she married a Noxian, she did not like Noxus.
She knew very well what a terrible country Noxus was. If Sett went there, he would probably just become cannon fodder for the Empire, forced to fight on the battlefield.
At first, out of her longing for her husband, Seti's mother wanted to take her children on board a ship to escape to Noxus.
But the Noxian invaders ran too fast and too undignified.
Their ships are not even big enough to carry their own people, so how can they have so much space for Ionia's "Honorary Imperials"?
So, after encountering a Noxian version of the "Saigon Iron Fist" at the dock... Sett's mother no longer had any hope for her husband who cruelly abandoned her in this desperate situation, and for the Noxian Empire.
"Okay, I understand." Levi thought about it and gave Seti and his mother a better choice: "Or, you can just come back to Zaun with me."
"Zaan is the headquarters of the Wind Leaders. No one there will discriminate against you superficially because of your bloodline, race, place of origin, or any other external identity."
"You can also have a better job, a better life, a better ..."
Because of the strong rise of the Leader, Zaun, which was once regarded as a purgatory on earth, is now gradually gaining a good reputation internationally.
The stories about a loaf of bread for a copper dollar and washing dishes for 300 silver rounds a month in Zaun have made countless poor people in Ionia yearn for it.
So, when Levi said this, Seti's mother was immediately moved.
No matter how hard life is, we must not let our children suffer, and no matter how poor we are, we must not let our children suffer from education. When she heard that Zaun could allow Sett to go to school for free, and even provide financial subsidies for poor students, she wanted to move to Zaun immediately.
"Really?" Little Seti was still a little wary.
"Don't worry." Levi smiled and waved his hand, then pulled Seti in front of him with a gust of wind.
Little Seti struggled with all his might, but in the end, he fell in vain before Levi's "Strong Wind Skull-Splitting".
"Look, if I wanted to do something bad to you and your mother, would I really have to lie to you?"
"Hmm..." Little Seti looked unconvinced, but still felt that what Levi said made sense.
This man is very powerful, a hundred times more powerful than his gladiator father. If he really wants to bully people, he doesn't need to lie.
"Okay, I, I believe you." Seti muttered and agreed.
Then, perhaps because he found that Levi was easier to talk to than he had imagined, he couldn't help but ask, "Then, Levi."
He addressed Levi by his first name without any respect: "Is there an arena in Zaun? My dream is to become a better gladiator than my father. If there is an arena in Zaun, I will go..."
“Seti!” Seti’s mother held down her ignorant son and said, “Why are you going to the arena, my good boy?”
"Zuan is the capital of science. If you have the opportunity to study for free, study hard and strive to become a scientist when you grow up..."
"Ahem." When Levi heard Seti's mother's plans for her child's future, his expression was very subtle.
This guy Sett doesn't look like he is cut out for scientific research.
but……
"The future has infinite possibilities," Levi said. "From now on, you have the power to choose your life."
"Choice..." As they chewed on this unfamiliar word, light flashed in the eyes of Seti and his mother.
However, little Seti still thinks about his dream: "Can I choose to be a gladiator?"
"No!" The mother obviously didn't want Seti to follow in his father's footsteps.
What is the Colosseum? It's a place where you have to risk your life to make money.
People are just toys for the audience to enjoy, pathetic consumables that provide low-end violent stimulation.
How come there is still a profession of gladiator in the land of the leader? If they are really as good as they say.
"Sure." Unexpectedly, Levi said, "Zuan also has this profession."
"However, the gladiators in our place are not called gladiators, but...'competitors'."
"Uh..." Little Seti looked confused: "What's the difference?"
"Of course there is a difference." The difference between a gladiator and an athlete is the same as the difference between ancient gladiators and modern athletes.
One is risking his life, the other is just exchanging skills.
Although the Leader has closed down many underground fighting arenas run by Alchemy Barons and Piltover tycoons, in order to help those extraordinary people who can do nothing but fight and whose fighting power cannot be perfectly converted into productivity, and to better solve the employment problem...
It was under Levi's guidance that they formalized and competitiveized the ancient entertainment of gladiatorial combat.
Levi named this project "League of Legends".
As the project grows in the future, it is expected that regional leagues will be organized according to different divisions such as the Twin Cities, Demacia, Noxus, Ionia, and different ranks such as Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Master, Grand Master, and Supreme Champion.
Regional league champions can represent their hometown in the world finals to compete for the title of the strongest team in Runeterra.
This is just a 1v1 individual competition mode. The 5v5 team competition mode is also currently under intensive development.
When this global league system is fully developed in the future, the "sports competition" industry alone will be able to help many extraordinary people find ideal jobs where they can do their best.
On the other hand, with this competitive mechanism that encourages military competition, there is no need to worry about the overall combat effectiveness of Runeterra experiencing a generational decline when the world is peaceful and there are no wars to fight in the future.
"Wow..." Little Sett was completely shocked by Levi's great idea.
His father was just a minor champion in the Navoli Arena, and the best future he could imagine at the moment was to surpass his father.
But Levi pointed out another way for him, a more magnificent journey.
“I, I want to go to Zaun!” Little Sett said excitedly, “I want to become the strongest king of Runeterra!”