Why it never ends

Chapter 126 Investigation
Later that night, in front of a simple restaurant not far from Tanyi Railway Station, Chiba put away her umbrella and pushed the door in. She had just inserted the umbrella into the umbrella bucket beside her when she saw the Valenti who was not far away was waving towards him.

After Valenti vaguely sent her name last time, Chiba did a search and got some trivial and messy clues. She had too many questions to ask, so she asked Valenti to meet here. .

Valenti had already ordered a cup of hot drink for her, Chiba sat on the opposite sofa without even taking off her coat.

"How?" Valenti quickly cut to the chase, "Did you find anything important?"

Qianye took a sip of hot tea from the cup, then shook her head.

Valenti sighed softly, "...you didn't find it either."

"It's not that I didn't find it, it's that there are too many people." Qianye replied, "There are more than 60 people named Volva in the third district alone, and there are more in the fourteenth district—you and I first. Tell me, what exactly did you mean in your text message last time when you asked me to 'see if there is anyone worthy of attention in these Volwari'?"

Valenti propped her elbows on the table, and said softly, "I guess, 'Volva' might be Jane's former caregiver—her mother, sister, etc. Think about it, there is no Hess around Duanming Lane How could she appear there for no reason?"

Chiba frowned, "What do you want to say?"

"It's hard to say the specific conclusion. I'm just speculating. I guess there may be a story similar to "The Dagger and the Sheath"... But maybe, the ending is different."

Qianye looked at her, "Even if it is, why are you checking this now? This is all in the past—"

"No, Masaki, I don't think there's a past, at least with Jane, it definitely hasn't."

Only then did Valenti have the opportunity to tell Chiba exactly what happened at the Central Theater last month, and Hesta's reaction that night still made her unable to let go.

"I've been thinking about this for a while... Are there any Hestas among the 'Volva' you found?"

"There is only one," Chiba replied, "in District No.14."

"Is it alive?"

"Alive, I can be Jane's grandmother regardless of age, but it's hard to say what connection I have with Jane." Chiba replied, "My search range is limited to the livable place. Most Hesta people basically don't enter the livable place, and they even I like living in the wilderness, so if we really want to make an effort to find someone, we still have to start in the wilderness."

Valenti nodded, "Is that troublesome?"

"For sure, the household registration information on the wasteland is basically not digitized, and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to check - but I can ask El to do it, in terms of time..." Chiba pondered for a while, "Three Let's start in a month."

Valenti thought for a moment.

"Can we narrow it down a bit first, say, to target those 'Volvas' who died young... something like that, oh, oh, and more!"

Valenti suddenly realized something, her eyes lit up, Qianye looked at her, waiting for the next article.

"Missing persons!" Valenti said firmly, "You can focus on finding the 'missing Volvas' in the wasteland of District [-]."

……

About an hour later, Chiba and Valenti left from the simple restaurant. Valenti chatted with Chiba all the way, and walked to the waiting room without knowing it.

"You go back first." Qianye looked at her, "Don't send it off."

"I'm not seeing you off, I'm going back to Nigeria by car tonight." Valenti smiled and pointed to the scrolling screen on the waiting hall, "Here, my car is an hour later than yours."

Qianye patted his forehead belatedly, "I forgot that you will stay there until the end of the year... how is it going, how is it going?"

Valenti shook her head, "I'm still the same. I'm a little concerned about Jane's recent status. During this time, I sent her a message, and she replied, but she just didn't tell me where she was—"

"Oh, she's with Ava." Chiba replied.

Valenti looked up at Chiba in surprise, "...how do you know?"

"I'm here today because of this matter." Qianye replied, "I don't know why, but Ava insisted that Jane and Fernan's case were inseparable. The conclusion that Jane is the murderer is written directly."

"...What?" Valenti was stunned, "Wait... It was obviously Ava who took Jane from the workstation—"

"Yes, at that time, the 002 office gave the reasons why Jane could not be the murderer, and Ava just went to carry out an order. Later, she seemed to meet Jane a few times in private... Anyway, she now claims that she found the key to Jane's crime Evidence, so during this time, she forced Jane to stay in her villa and not go anywhere."

"Then where are you going tonight? Are you also going to Nigeria?"

"No, I'm going to the core city first." Qianye said softly, "I'm going to report to the 002 office the results of the investigation for more than a month—I'm also inclined to commit the crime inside Mercury Needle this time...no one Chelate removes all traces of itself so cleanly."

Valenti's expression became serious, she fell into a brief silence, and the pictures related to Jane quickly emerged and entangled in her mind.She suddenly remembered the first time she met Jane at the workstation shortly after Fernand's death. At that time, Jane's expression was heavy and gloomy, which left a deep impression on her.

"Then, is it possible... is it Jane?"

"Impossible." Qianye replied decisively, "There is no social relationship with Mercury needle that is simpler than hers. She and Fernan have never had contact, and they have never even met each other. Why kill him?"

"The key evidence that Ava said..."

"I will go to Nia at the end of the month." Chiba stomped her head and shook a wet leaf off her trouser leg. "At that time, I will ask Ava in person and ask her to bring the so-called key evidence. Show me—she'd better be able to tell me the story on the spot."

Valenti suddenly felt a little headache.

"Masaki, I think there must be some misunderstanding here..."

"What misunderstanding?"

"It's just... First of all, I don't believe that Jane did Fernand's case, but Ava, Ava is not a person who can talk freely. If you have been with her, you will know—"

"I understand, I know her very well." Qianye said softly.

"Oh, really?"

"Yes," Qianye gently twisted her shoulders, "We have known each other for a long time, and she taught me a lot... I know her better than you."

Valenti breathed out lightly, she patted her heart lightly, and said with a smile, "That's good... I'm really afraid that you two will quarrel."

Chiba waved his hand.

How many times have we quarreled, it's nothing.

(End of this chapter)