Jinx saw it clearly and knew she was doomed—not that the physical desire was so strong, but simply put, Jinx couldn't give up this power that was within easy reach.
Just a simple ingestion allowed the body to constantly become stronger, and even her energy and reaction speed would increase accordingly. Although the speed of progress was no longer as obvious as when she first ingested it, having tasted this improvement in power, Jinx asked herself and knew she couldn't turn a blind eye to the existence of this power.
Growing up in such a crisis-ridden environment since childhood, being abandoned, being given up. If one were to ask what Jinx craved most besides family, it would be nothing other than power. Especially after experiencing these things and witnessing with her own eyes what violence brought to Zaun...
Hearing Jinx's words, Faen whistled, then looked at Jinx with great interest and said: "Although I could more or less guess that your resistance wouldn't be as strong as Caitlyn's, bringing it up proactively like this really exceeded my expectations."
"There's nothing to dawdle over." Hearing this, Jinx just waved her hand with a face full of indifference: "The effect of the joy factor is much better than Shimmer, and I can feel that compared to the burden of Shimmer, the negative effects brought by the joy factor are almost non-existent. Especially like Zeri and Seraphine; let alone side effects, they now wish you would play with them more, letting the reaction come even stronger."
Saying this, Jinx sighed with some emotion.
If Jinx's judgment of her own power wasn't that obvious yet, then having others as points of reference, Jinx knew very well how much potential the joy factor possessed when accepted wholeheartedly. Nothing else, just take Seraphine as an example.
When she first learned that Seraphine's ideal was to reunite the two cities and achieve mutual understanding through song, Jinx literally laughed out loud, thinking Seraphine's ideal was a fool's dream, a naive little girl who knew nothing about Zaun's suffering and Piltover's heartlessness. Even to the point where Jinx couldn't understand how Faen took a fancy to Seraphine... was it because she was stupidly cute? That was indeed quite special.
But later, Jinx gradually discovered something wrong.
This guy named Seraphine, her power improvement was a bit too fast, right?
At the very beginning, Seraphine wasn't exactly powerless to truss a chicken, but her ability was limited to making people calm down and feel some of her thoughts. This ability wasn't weak, but for people with slightly stronger spirits, it was useless. At least, in Jinx's feeling, it was at most a gentle breeze on the face; she wouldn't even be dazed. The madness in her mind would directly deny all the beauty conveyed in Seraphine's singing. Along with it, producing strong disdain—this fool who grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth, knew nothing about Zaun's pain, but wanted to reconcile the two cities.
But later? Seraphine's power was not even limited to conveying her emotions with songs, getting people's goodwill with melody, and easily manipulating the reactions of the group. Under the mutual interference of the spirit realm and the material realm, the current Seraphine could even infect others' thinking and control others' actions through the power of melody. Besides these control abilities, Jinx witnessed with her own eyes Seraphine easily shattering a house with her singing under Faen's guidance...
No matter from which angle, such power improvement was too off the charts.
At the same time, Jinx also realized why Faen valued Seraphine so much—not just because Seraphine had more water than Zeri, but because Seraphine's singing could truly control the mental state of a group.
"Although it's weird to say, I also want to possess power, want to become stronger... Ahhh, don't look at me like that!" When Jinx said this, Faen was looking at the girl with a teasing face. This made Jinx feel irritated for no reason, but she also felt what Faen wanted to express, saying with a twisted expression: "I admit, I want power to protect those I want to protect."
Looking at Faen, Jinx said: "Help me bring Vi back. I want a family; I don't want Vander to still be worrying about matters between me and Vi after he comes back. I also know I'll fall into your clutches sooner or later, but it doesn't matter anymore..."
Saying this, Jinx simply slumped into the chair, looking completely resigned: "If you agree, I can let you play with me right now... I can't guarantee how much I love you, but if you have any requirements regarding positions, I'll try my best to satisfy them."
"Then let's start."
"...Huh?"
Hearing Faen's words, Jinx froze slightly, then looked at Faen on the side with a face full of disbelief, even doubting if she heard wrong—it wasn't a question of being turned off or not, but would someone really agree directly just for this kind of thing? This, no matter how you look at it, agreeing so directly gives a very impatient feeling, right?
Thinking this, when Jinx turned her head, what entered her eyes was Faen making a "please" gesture to her. And the target the palm tilted towards was impressively that baguette which had just fought a series of gut-churning battles with Seraphine and Zeri, and still bore the lip print left by Zeri during cleaning.
Looking at Faen's relaxed face, Jinx's face turned pale then red. But after a moment, she regained her calm.
Taking a deep breath, Jinx said: "So your meaning is, you agreed... right?"
To this, Faen just gave a thumbs up, but then asked with great interest: "Agreed is agreed, aren't you afraid I'll go back on my word?"
"What can I do even if I'm afraid? I had no retreat the moment I ingested the joy factor anyway."
Saying this, Jinx stood up decisively. After moving her body twice, her face looked somewhat difficult as she said: "Say it, how do you want me to do it."
Hearing Jinx's inquiry, Faen nodded, then said: "We can wait a bit first."
"Wait?"
Hearing this, Jinx looked puzzled, not knowing why Faen suddenly played the edging game—she was clearly ready.
To this, Faen explained: "Because a guest has arrived."
Arriving in front of the High Tower Manor, accompanied by getting closer and closer to Faen, Caitlyn was already becoming increasingly delirious.