Why it never ends

Chapter 107 Shackles and Rings

Valenti's heart suddenly suspended, and for an instant, she even stopped breathing.

She turned her head back quietly, and Hesta turned around at some point, looking at Ava intently and straightforwardly.

Hesta's expression was so natural and sincere, as if he didn't realize that his words might seem a little offensive to others.

Valenti cast another quick glance at Ava—Ava was still driving the car as before, her expression unchanged.

There was a brief silence in the car, but it was quickly broken with Ava's laughter.

"Yes, Jane, as I do."

Hesta tilted his head and thought for a while, then resumed his previous sitting posture, "That sounds good too."

"Of course not bad." Ava was still looking at the road in front of the car, and she still smiled faintly, "In short, what I want to say is that every strange and abrupt system you see now has its own blood behind it. The lesson of this study - 40 years ago, it was nothing new for mercury needles to do evil in wasteland or habitable land."

"So that's the case." Valenti responded softly.

Before the traffic lights, Ava stopped the car, her eyes were a little teasing, "Sometimes, the whole system can run continuously and smoothly, relying on some hard-to-break shackles, isn't it?"

Valenti laughed.

Ava's joke reminded her of an incident from a few months ago.

When she first met Ava, Ava glanced at the wedding ring she wore on her left hand and asked her if she knew the origin of the custom of women wearing rings after marriage.

At that time, she replied that it seemed to be handed down from the golden age. The two parties exchanged rings, expressing that they would jointly restrain their behavior after marriage, always be alert to themselves, and keep in mind their vows of loyalty to each other.

Ava shook her head and told her that as early as the Iron Age, people had the habit of wearing rings. At that time, rings symbolized power. Kings would even engrave their seals on rings for convenience.

But that's just for men.

Most of the women in the iron age went around in the family. They would get a wedding ring (usually a copper ring or an iron ring) on ​​their engagement and wedding day. In the end, she needs to remain obedient and loyal to her husband forever. In exchange, she has the right to take care of the housework for her husband.

Of course, the husband does not need to wear a wedding ring.

After saying these words, Ava changed the subject and talked about work again. That night, when Valenti arrived home, she looked up the origin of the wedding ring and was shocked by the results. "Men and women exchange rings" This custom appeared much later than she imagined—it was not until the end of the Silver Age, when the world experienced several technological iterations and frequent world-wide hot-weapon wars, that the exchange of wedding rings became the mainstream.

Men at that time often went to the front line soon after they got married.On a dangerous battlefield far from home, a brooch, a ring, or a necklace with a small photo—all these jewelry that do not take up space have new meaning and value.

Before that, wedding rings were indeed "jewelry" unique to women.

Before the second meeting with Ava, Valenti took the initiative to take off her wedding ring to observe Ava's reaction.That conversation was as normal as ever from beginning to end, until Ava called her out of the blue just before she went out.

"You feel better today." Ava smiled at her, "Goodbye."

After that, Valenti did not touch Ava's minefield again. Although she thought that her marriage to Virgil was obviously not the same as that of men and women in the Iron Age, she cleverly understood Ava's likes and dislikes— As long as she avoided talking about anything marriage-related to her face, Ava remained friendly.

Fortunately, Ava seemed to be in a good mood today, and she didn't seem to care about Hesta's inexplicable association just now, which made Valenti feel a little relieved.

In all fairness, of course Valenti loves Ava, but her love for Ava is always at a distance. After all, under Ava's perseverance, there are many stubbornness that she cannot understand, but seeking complete understanding is originally A luxury, and Valenti knows it all too well, as long as there is mutual respect, it is enough to be friends.

"By the way," Valenti suddenly turned around and looked at Hesta, "Why are you suddenly detained by the workstation?"

"Because I can't tell where the crime happened last night." Hesta replied, "I was alone in the room at the time, but no one could prove it for me."

"How come?" Valenti's eyes widened, "Didn't they retrieve your chip data?"

Hesta raised his right hand, "This is the major suspect they identified—this hand was only put back this morning. But due to confidentiality regulations, I can't explain the reason to them."

Valenti was startled, and quickly realized that—yes, Jane has not yet awakened again, and she can only display her talent as a mercury needle when she faces the chelate directly.

This is precisely the fundamental reason why she was able to surprise in all kinds of "booby-killing aberrants" operations.

Although Hesta also possesses excellent combat capabilities in the non-bullet time state, it is definitely not something ordinary people can do with flesh and blood to cause Baron Fernand's tragic death to the point that his bones are crushed. thing.

The murderer can only be a mercury needle that can spontaneously enter bullet time, or a very special deformer.

Until now, Valenti didn't understand why Ava came here today - due to confidentiality regulations, Hesta could not directly explain the above reasons to the mercury needle in the workstation, so Ava could only come forward to " The 002 Office has confirmed that the mercury needle is incapable of committing a crime” and brought her out.

The car quickly drove to Paul Avenue, and Ava stopped the car at the entrance of the alley where Valenti and Hesta lived together.

When she was about to get off the bus, Ava handed over two tickets to Valenti, and Valenti took it curiously with a surprised expression.

"Oh...could it be that musical that started touring again recently?"

"Yes, I'm not interested in this kind of story," Ava said lightly, "but this time the leading actors are Judith and François—aren't they your favorite singers? Give it to you."

Tickets for this kind of musical were hard to find in Tan Yi, let alone in the province of Nia.

Valenti turned back immediately, "Jane, are you free tomorrow night?"

"She's free." Ava smiled. "I'll apply for an overnight leave."

Hesta was staring blankly at the small puddle on the side of the road, but her expression became tired again, and she didn't look up until Valenti called her name.

Seeing Valenti and Ava looking at her, Hesta realized that they might be talking about something related to her, she stepped forward, "What's wrong?"

"It's all right," replied Valenti, who waved at Ava, "Thank you!"

Ava raised her eyebrows, expressing her acceptance of Valenti's thanks, and then she looked forward again and left in a hurry.

After parting with Valenti, Hesta returned to her room alone.

After nearly half a day of detention and interrogation, she was indeed very tired. After closing the window, she took off her black wig, revealing her short red hair like flames underneath.

They are all sweaty and cling to the scalp very snugly.

Hesta walked slowly to the small side table and cast iron chair by the window, curled up as he did in Duan Ming Lane before, and put his face on the table.

Closing her eyes, she felt at peace again.

In fact, she and Ava did not chat in the public hall of the Lager workstation in the afternoon.

She was silent the whole time.

And Ava said only three sentences in total.

"I know it is you."

Immediately after:

"I don't know how you did it...of course, I don't care."

最后:
"Next, do you need help?"

(End of this chapter)