Being called Miss Fortune, Sarah's hatred for Gangplank could be described as deep-seated. She wasn't born in Bilgewater, but on a small offshore island. Her mother was Abigale Fortune, a famous gunsmith known worldwide. Precisely because of this, Sarah was familiar with everything about firearms since childhood, including wheel locks and trigger tuning.
And as her mother was a legendary figure in the gunsmithing world, her works naturally became collectibles for many merchants and captains. But precisely because of this, her guns often became targets for some people with bad intentions.
Among this kind of people, there was a Bilgewater robber who was just emerging at that time; his subordinates called him Gangplank—Sarah was still very young at that time, and Gangplank had just made his debut. However, even then, Gangplank had already displayed his talent as a pirate king, showing a brutal talent unimaginable to ordinary people, as well as confidence and conceit.
Driven by the desire for powerful weapons, the then Gangplank demanded Sarah's mother to make a pair of pistols for him, which must be unmatched in both craftsmanship and power. Facing the threat, Sarah's mother reluctantly accepted the order. One year later on the same day, Gangplank returned. He didn't intend to pay, so he covered his face with a dirty scarf—but in fact, that dirty scarf couldn't cover Gangplank's fierce eyes at all, and Gangplank himself didn't care, because anyone could see he came to rob openly.
And the twin pistols made by Sarah's mother were also masterful works, not only powerful, precise and accurate, but also elegant in shape and unique in ingenuity.
And feeling Gangplank's ferocity, Sarah's mother also chose to scold loudly, bluntly stating that Gangplank was unworthy of using such excellent weapons. Having seen countless people, Sarah's mother clearly saw that the current Gangplank had become a villain devoid of humanity.
Thus, in a fit of rage, Gangplank snatched the twin pistols, shot her with the weapons made by Sarah's mother herself, and then aimed the gun at her husband and young Sarah. Then, for no other reason, just out of pure malice, he set fire to the workshop and smashed the twin pistols on the stone, intending to make everything about Sarah's mother disappear completely from Runeterra, making people realize Gangplank's brutality was definitely not an undeserved reputation.
Later, Sarah was awakened by severe pain. Perhaps because of the talent of a champion, although Sarah was seriously injured, she still crawled out of the burning ruins. She held the two smashed and broken pistols tightly to her chest. As her body gradually healed, she resolved to take revenge and repaired her mother's twin pistols. Subsequently, she inquired about news of Gangplank, followed him to Bilgewater, debuted as a bounty hunter, constantly accumulated strength, waiting for an opportunity to make Gangplank die in humiliation.
In terms of the current timeline, Gangplank didn't know Sarah was the child of that master gunsmith, only thinking she was a newly emerged bounty hunter—but there were too many similar bounty hunters in Bilgewater. One more today, one less tomorrow; Gangplank didn't take it to heart at all.
And for Sarah, what she craved was definitely not just killing Gangplank, but making Gangplank lose absolutely everything, making him endure extreme humiliation, and then burning everything he stole to ashes in front of him. Only in this way could the girl who died in her mother's workshop and came back to life supported by hatred be satisfied.
Precisely because of this, upon hearing the news that Gangplank had died, Sarah's first reaction was impossible—on one hand, she craved personal revenge. On the other hand, she also knew very well how huge Gangplank's power was.
"But what they said has a beginning and an end; we can't completely disbelieve it, right?" Hearing the captain's words, a yordle girl on the side also said smilingly: "How about we go check that guy Gangplank's underground vault? If that guy really had a problem, the vault would definitely be the first to show signs!"
If Faen were here, he would recognize immediately that this so-called yordle girl was the Crackshot Corsair unit card in Miss Fortune's deck in LoR. One cost, stats 1-1, skill named Bullseye, effect is dealing one damage to the opponent's Nexus when attacking. It's a classic burn deck card in card games—that is, dealing damage directly to the player's health, like Priest's Mind Blast or Hunter's steady shot in Hearthstone.
And hearing the Crackshot Corsair's words, Sarah also lowered her head to ponder for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay! Let's set off right now!"
"Eh? Not going back to rest and reorganize first?"
"There's plenty of time to rest later!"
Hearing this, looking at Sarah's solemn eyes, the yordle girl also shrugged: "Fine, listen to you~"
And just as the entire Bilgewater harbor moved upon hearing the news, on the other side, nightfall. Just as Faen was preparing to sneak into Zeri's room to join his beloved girls in clouds and rain, just stepping out the door, he saw the uninvited Vi.
Well, not exactly uninvited, because Faen had already sensed it when Vi approached here. It was just like LeBlanc couldn't stop Jinx, Caitlyn, and others before, letting them always stumble upon erotic scenes by coincidence. Faen didn't want to block too much either; after all, in this aspect, the lower house indeed had more authority than the upper house.
"Is there something?" Faen looked gently at Vi in front of him. And meeting Faen's gaze, Vi also took a deep breath after a long silence, saying coldly: "You forced Caitlyn through the joy factor, didn't you."
"No, the joy factor can only play a promoting role..."
"I don't believe it." Vi shook her head, her gaze carrying a strange determination.
"I don't believe Caitlyn would be such a person."
"Didn't she tell you the reason?" Hearing this, Faen wasn't anxious either, but said gently: "Just like she said, this is not only physical comfort, but also mental ideal and pursuit."
Vi: "..."
Looking at the silent Vi, Faen also nodded. Then turning to push open the door behind him, he said to Vi on the side: "Although just a guess, maybe your purpose in coming here is also to be able to empathize with Caitlyn, right?"
"...Mmhmm." Vi nodded.
"Then come in." Faen raised his chin towards the room behind him: "Maybe when you overcome this feeling, Caitlyn can also understand your heart, isn't it?"