Why it never ends

Chapter 170 Contradictions
The journey from the hospital to the Clier farm was uneventful.

Along the car window, Victoria saw many broken glass slags and burnt black car frames on the side of the street, and black fire marks were left on some white brick walls.Although the rubbish and debris have been swept up into piles waiting to be centrally disposed of, the streets still look dilapidated.

This is the result of last night's violent march.

Victoria's eyes flicked across these street scenes lightly, and her thoughts were already racing. She kept recalling the details of the confrontation with the murderer last night——

Amidst the din of riots in the distance, the sound of exploding fireworks from time to time, and the sudden screams of laughter of those strange puppets, a piece of cold lipstick lightly brushed past her neck without warning.

The tactile sensation that was magnified many times by the time of the bullet reminded Victoria of the moment of her second awakening at the base many years ago.

Over the years, she has almost forgotten what it feels like to have this defense completely broken down:
The god of death had already been silently waiting behind her, but she was like a bewildered and ignorant child, unprepared. It wasn't until the hem of his clothes was blown by the wind that she realized that she was only a thin line away from death.

When they went to check the images of the corridor afterwards, they found that everything was exactly the same as before—every fixed secret surveillance had been destroyed by lasers.

This method is simple and crude, but extremely effective.

But the question is, how did this "assassin" determine the monitoring position, and how did he avoid the other mercury needles?Even if the parade in the distance did make some noise disturbances that night, it is still incredible to be able to do this.

Is this murderer... really a mutant?

Its goals were clear from the start, and in terms of execution, it did almost nothing to harm the innocent.

Victoria had read the report submitted by Avinash, and the man was almost certain that the murderer came from within AHgAs—although this conclusion itself might be to distance himself from himself, she was somewhat inclined to this possibility.

But here lies the paradox: if the "Assassin" comes from inside AHgAs, it is impossible for AHgAs not to be aware of who it is. Would it be difficult to find a mercury needle whose speed can rival that of the "Assassin"?
But if the "assassin" is the mercury needle outside of AHgAs, under what circumstances did it wake up continuously, avoiding the search and vigilance of all coalition governments and AHgAs, and grow up to this day alone?

After much deliberation, Victoria could only come up with a conspiratorial conclusion—in fact, the "assassin" was a colleague of her own AHgAs, and perhaps even the assassination of these nobles was a conspiracy of the headquarters, so the headquarters deliberately hid it. Information about this "deformer" and protect this person...

But come on!Even the excellent and unique mercury needle like Jane Hurst was brought to the internal court after being involved in the murder case in the Habitable Land - her guardian is Chiba Masaki.

What the outcome of the trial will be in the future will not be shown, but AHgAs will never allow Mercury to abuse violence against ordinary people in the habitable area. This point Victoria can be sure: if the murderer really comes from inside AHgAs, then TA While being "protected", they will also be restricted in their actions. The insiders at the headquarters will never allow the murder to continue.

All these speculations made Victoria a little sad.

It's so contradictory...it's all so contradictory.

"By the way, I suddenly remembered something." Victoria looked at Avinash, "Where is the old Inspector Schmidt now? I seem to have heard that he plans to leave Tan Yi temporarily?"

"It should still be at his home now." Avinash said softly, "He got in touch with the core city yesterday, and maybe he will leave for the sanatorium there in two days, when the army and the mercury needles in the core city will meet Let’s work together to ensure his personal safety.”

"There are so many ways for the old inspector."

Avinash looked down at Rich who was sleeping on the ambulance bed, "If the viscount hadn't committed suicide, he could have set off with the old inspector. Tan Yi's equipment is still too old, and the temporary equipment is easily damaged ...If we can transfer the battlefield to the core city, it is basically equivalent to returning to our home field—"

"Indeed," a smile suddenly appeared on Victoria's face, "If the old inspector can really run back to the core city, then things will be really much easier... But I suggest you not to take it lightly, it is best to go back Deploy some people to protect him, unless he reaches the core city safely, it is best not to leave him half a step."

Avinash's face slowly became serious.

Victoria moved her neck, and the bones made a few crisp sounds, "Otherwise, I'm afraid he won't be able to get out at all."

"...Are you worried that the 'Assassin' will strike early?"

"There are not many people left—according to Rich's guess, only Tanglar and Villefort have not received the notice letter right now? If the old inspector can use this trick to escape, then Can Tanglar and Villefort follow suit and apply for emergency asylum in the core city?" She looked at Avinash, "If you were a murderer, would you just ignore this change?"

"But how did the murderer know that Schmidt--"

Avinash was slightly taken aback, and quickly realized the absurdity of the question. He subconsciously took out his mobile phone, and Victoria on the opposite side immediately stopped him.

"Don't forget," she warned, "don't expose any progress to the information world."

Avinash put away his phone silently, "Driver! Please stop the car!"

After a while, Avinash left Rich's convoy alone, and Victoria watched his back leave in the opposite direction, her expression gradually becoming less friendly.

She has always disliked dealing with bureaucrats in these habitable lands.

After such a conversation, Victoria found that Avinash fit her stereotype of these bureaucrats, for example, he was happy to see people from AHgAs stay, because "at least there would be more helpers in this way", but he would never Without taking a little extra risk, he can only promise to "keep silent" appropriately.

A large part of AHgAs's mercury needles would rather fight in the wasteland to the last moment than return to a livable place to accept retirement and transfer.Because for colleagues in the habitable field, sometimes avoiding the consequences of undertaking a task failure is far more important than how to successfully complete it-and this is not out of prudence, but simply to take less responsibility.

Although there is nothing wrong with this approach in principle, if the two partners cannot align their goals from the beginning, this kind of cooperation can only hinder each other, and it is better to let him do something else.

Rishi who had been sleeping all this time let out a murmur of unknown meaning.

Victoria was a little surprised, she bent down slightly, "Oh, are you awake?"

Rishi slowly opened his eyes.

"You have to hold on," Victoria blinked her eyes in concern, like coaxing a child, "At least make it through tomorrow night, okay?"

Rishi didn't answer, he looked at the roof of the car with cloudy eyes, and the gray-blue color of a dying person appeared on his cheeks.

　Some friends may wonder, why did the chapter jump from chapter 68 to chapter 71?
　　There are no missing chapters. The previous numbers were wrongly written. This time they have been changed, and the order of the text is correct.

　　
　
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