Why it never ends

Chapter 150
Viscount Rich replied excitedly, "Ever since her portrait appeared on the "Indefatigable" eight years ago, I have suspected that she has something to do with that woman! I will never admit that she is wrong with that hair color——"

"But you said just now that you didn't remember that there was such a red-haired girl 12 years ago until Viscount Danglars came to see you?"

Viscount Rich frowned, "What's the problem?"

"In the past 12 years, did you just think about it recently, or did you think about it day and night?"

Rishi was suddenly speechless, and a little annoyed, "...There must be some moments of recollection intermittently, is there any meaning to your question?"

"What does that red-haired woman look like, age, height... Do you still have an impression?"

"Yes, of course." Richie nodded again and again, "She...isn't short, but she's not tall either, maybe over 1.6 meters? But she looks small because she's very thin, with thin shoulders and very white , about seventeen or eighteen...?"

"Seventeen or eighteen, are you sure?"

"Uh," Rishi's throat moved, "maybe... sixteen?"

Qianye suddenly sneered nonchalantly, "Thanks to you refusing, if she hasn't reached the age of sexual consent in the third district, your reputation will be lost, Viscount."

Rishi glanced at Chiba with a complicated expression, "Of course, we won't do such despicable things."

……

After leaving the Viscount's mansion, neither Si Lei nor Qianye spoke, they got into the car silently, and looked at the road ahead in silence.

The car stopped at the first traffic light, and Su Lei suddenly looked at Qianye, "Do you believe what he said just now?"

Chiba shook her head—these legends from Viscount Rishi's mouth might not be as credible as the newspaper she read in the morning.

"Me too..." Si Lei blinked, "I don't believe a single word, there are too many loopholes."

"But I do believe there was a red-haired woman. Come to think of it, Hoffman's genitals were chopped off, and Rishi called the woman a 'whore.'... Do you think there might be some connection here?"

The red light in front of the road turned into a green light, and Su Lei suddenly turned the steering wheel to the right.

"Where are you going?" Chiba asked.

"Right now, let's go to Tanglar and Schmidt." Su Lei's eyes were burning, "Let's put this story in another way and ask them to see what they say."

……

There is no suspense.

Both Tanglar and Schmidt gave the same details about the "red-haired woman":

Small in stature, very white, just over 1.6 meters tall, and looks young, first he took the initiative to invite customers, but when he failed, he yelled curses at everyone...

However, after dismissing others, Su Lei asked the two men about some more subtle matters:
On the day you met her, did she have long hair or short hair?Is she in a ponytail or with her hair loose?Oh, with loose hair?But Viscount Richie said she was braided.

——“Then I may have misremembered, it’s been too long.” (Schmidt)
——"Hey, did you meet another girl later that day? Maybe I got it wrong." (Danglar)

She was wearing a straw hat that day, right? There was a black bow on it that was so eye-catching that you all felt a little ominous when you first saw her? (From Su Lei's temporary nonsense)
— "I don't remember." (Schmidt)
——"Yes! I was the first to say that this man's hat is too strange, it must have come from the wilderness." (Danglars)

Is she wearing a long skirt or trousers?What color is the skirt?Is it a solid color or a polka dot?

— "No impression." (Schmidt)
——"Pure color, right? It should be pure color." (Danglar)

……

Schmidt is worthy of being an old police inspector. Faced with more than 20 questions from Su Lei, he answered them impeccably. He either didn't remember or didn't have a deep impression. His answer was like a pile of glass beads packed in a sack, and all of them poured out after opening a hole.

After finishing the questioning of Schmidt and Tanglar, Su Lei lost his temper.

She returned to the car alone and remained silent, while Qianye smoked a cigarette outside the car by herself, and then got back into Si Lei's co-pilot seat after smoking.

"...Are you okay this afternoon, just follow me around." Si Lei looked at Qianye, "You have so many capture radars to install—"

"I don't need to do it." Chiba glanced at his watch, "It will be finished in another hour, and it will be available tonight."

The two were silent for a while.

"...Why didn't you take the initiative to mention that you were Hesta's guardian?" Su Lei asked.

"So what if you bring it up," Qianye said openly, "I've said it all, the guardianship relationship in the mercury needle is not as deep as you think, and it's not for raising children for yourself. If Hesta commits a crime, he can just take it Now such an opportunity can make up for it.”

Si Lei laughed, "I can tell..."

"See what?"

"Your affection for this Hesta is not as deep as that of that subordinate named Eureka."

Chiba didn't respond, she looked out the window and re-established her position, "Where are we going next, the Duke of Villefort's mansion?"

"Forget it, I'm not going." Su Lei shook his head, "That's enough, I have to go back to the police station for a meeting before three o'clock in the afternoon - Avinash seems to have submitted an arrest plan for tonight, and I need approval."

……

At 5:00 p.m., a curfew has been imposed for the entire city of Tanyi.

The streets that used to be crowded with people have become cold, with only countless guards standing guard and patrolling at different street intersections.

The capture radar has covered the entire Tanyi - any object whose movement speed exceeds the upper limit of ordinary humans will be captured by the radar signal at the first moment of appearance, and will be photographed.The mercury needles brought by Avinash have been lurking in every corner of the city, and Avinash himself has been by Rishi's side all the time.

Chiba squatted on the highest church spire in the center of the old town of Tanyi City as before.From this position, she can see the eight main roads of Tanyi City extending radially outwards—more importantly, from here, she can grasp the changes in the air and the ground at the same time.

At the deployment meeting in the afternoon, Avinash refused to disclose to Chiba the specific lurking location of his team members. He didn't even want Chiba to participate in the arrest operation tonight, but he himself knew that the two belonged to two System, his orders have no binding force on Chiba.

The winter sun was about to set, and the sky that fell at night showed a kind of blue at dawn.Based on the previous clues that "the murderer likes to act at night", TA is likely to be lurking somewhere in Tanyi City at this moment, quietly waiting for night to fall.

Chiba held her breath and entered bullet time.

However, at this moment, she still has doubts in her heart.

—Could it be you, Jane?

As soon as this conjecture appeared, it was immediately denied by Qianye.

Even if she doesn't believe in Jane, she shouldn't doubt the effectiveness of Ava's methods: the current Jane Hesta is being closely watched by Ava, and it is absolutely impossible for her to appear at this moment, here.

But if it's really you...

Jane, anyway, give me some hints.

(End of this chapter)