Capítulo 62: Chapter 45.6: Silco's Opportunity (Short)
The use of human corpses for science and profit was viewed as highly immoral by the general populace.
On this basis, it was made illegal and punishable by execution to do so. There was value in the human corpse, however, and scarcity increased its value too.
The human body has many uses. Elites seek them for transplants or usage in medical research. The Undercity sought them for alchemical components. Some seek human components for cultural or spiritual purposes- consuming vitality or believing that a soul can be absorbed to extend life, others for art.
For Piltover, the city of progress and a trade hub, renowned for its unusually fast advances that surpassed those of many other nations, a black market for human corpses existed.
House Kiramman, upright and noble, was barred from this knowledge and entry.
Silco, however, knew this world too well. He used it to keep his corrupted eye stabilized. Strangely enough, he also despised the practice- mainly because it was built on the suffering of undercity residents.
Topsider corpses were rarely involved but if they were, a high price was paid. Quality over quantity. What elite would want to use low-quality goods for their purposes?
If you were in good health while living in the Undercity, you may be killed for that very reason.
Silco used this system, but paid a high price. The alchemical components he purchased from human corpses came from topsiders only, as if to justify his usage of it.
Coroners and medical personnel were sectioned off into two divisions inside Piltover. Topsider personnel for privileged topsiders, and the other for undercity residents.
As one could expect, the quality of everything was much lower for those of the undercity. From pay to housing to medical treatment. Paperwork standards and security were also more lax.
One would think this was illogical, and it was. But in truth, this was deliberate disparity created as an opportunity for exploitation. Corruption here was not a flaw, but a purposeful hole to funnel money through.
Orion was an undercity resident, so he received care from undercity medical personnel. While there were many altruistic souls in the field, envy and troubles still existed.
The medical personnel were paid so little by the Piltover government that they often had to take on second jobs- or accept certain deals off the books. Many of them lived in the undercity too.
When the medical personnel in charge of Orion's care received expensive ointments and elixirs from House Kiramman, there was envy.
Why was Orion receiving this treatment? He tried to save kids but was still being put on trial?
If it was them, they wouldn't receive this treatment- and it was true. Many had lost friends and coworkers and were lucky if they received silver or two to cover funeral costs.
Upon hearing Orion being caught up in the explosion, Silco began asking around. It didn't take long, but it took larger sums of money, and threats, to discover what he needed.
Silco would have the medical personnel alter Orion's health records to show sudden deterioration and death. Silver and the lives of their loved ones were their rewards.
Pay off the undercity coroner, who was deeply involved in corpse selling, to sign off. Silco's group would be the 'contracted' party to dispose of the body.
Silco knew questions would be asked quickly after with Greyson leading it. He respected her- she was intelligent, but also a threat. Silco, however, wasn't planning on hiding anymore. With the help of a scientist, they developed Shimmer. There was a plan.
Orion, to Silco, was either a martyr or a symbol.
The story had already spread far and wide, to some degree with Silco's influence. A boy from the Undercity trying to save undercity children from a terrible decision. Despite trying to save the kids, the topsiders still intended to put him on trial as an example.
What better way to rally the masses to his side than to save Orion?
There was also the undeniable fact that Orion was previously connected to the Kiramman household. His existence alone created a powerful opportunity for leverage and corruption.
Smirking as he handed over false papers and silver to the guards outside of Orion's cell, Silco felt eager to claim his prize.
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