Why it never ends

Chapter 171 Campbell

At one o'clock in the afternoon, in the basement of Ava's house, Hesta met for the first time the lawyer appointed by the AHgAs internal court, Campbell.

Like every lawyer in the Third District, Campbell was always in a suit.He was wearing a felt hat, and when he took it off, he could see a head of thin silver hair. Although he was more than seventy years old, he was still hale and hearty.

Before he arrived, Hesta had already heard Aya talk about his life: this old gentleman enjoys a high reputation among the abolitionists in the third district, and he is "a gentleman who has been upright and brave all his life." ", so even at this age, he will still come forward to provide free defense for civilians from time to time.

Hesta was quite impressed by the name.

Since last year, Campbell has been invited to join the resident lawyer team of the AHgAs internal court, which means that he will have a chip implanted in his body like all mercury needles, and he will not be able to leave the habitable place for life. Every time you travel to another place, you must report to AHgAs, and you can only leave after approval.

The reason for all this is not difficult to understand-participating in the internal affairs of AHgAs means gaining a better understanding of the combat mechanism of mercury needles.Once such people are accidentally infected and become chelates, their danger and difficulty in eradication will be greatly increased, and AHgAs must strictly guarantee their personal safety.

After signing countless confidentiality regulations, Campbell became one of the few ordinary people in the habitable area who understood the working mechanism of the mercury needle.However, a series of "truths" that followed made Campbell restless:
Bullet time, restricted time, Acharon time, signal towers, coordinate monitoring, internal torture... He never knew that the mercury needle would have such a distinct weakness, nor could he imagine that in today's highly developed civilization, AHgAs is still inside Implement such an inhumane iron law.

After participating in the internal court of AHgAs last year, Campbell used his profound legal principles and eloquent eloquence to fight for acquittal or commutation of sentences for every mercury needle who went to the dock. After the "death sentence" sentence, he suspended all his vacation plans this winter and asked to come to Hesta's defense.

However, what made Campbell puzzled was that the child named Hesta never looked up at him.

Maybe it was the days of captivity that made the girl lose her trust in the outside world, he thought, he needs to build up this trust first.

Because of the glass wall, Campbell couldn't step up to pat Hesta on the shoulder-usually this method of reassurance is useful, but this time he could only watch from a distance, and kept trying to initiate a conversation with Hesta. dialogue.

But all Campbell's efforts failed, and the meeting time was coming to an end. He could only try his best to introduce the trial process to Hesta in concise language, and put the relevant documents in a drawer beside him for Hesta to sign.

At this moment Alja walked into the basement, she knocked on the wall, "Mr. Campbell, the time is almost up."

Campbell looked back at Alja and said that he knew.

Alja nodded and left, and the basement returned to tranquility.

"Miss Hesta, maybe my previous self-introduction was not sufficient. What I want to tell you is that I--"

"I know you." Hesta interrupted him suddenly.

The girl in front of him suddenly raised his head. Campbell couldn't tell the emotion contained in this gaze, but he was sure that there was no fear in this gaze, and there was something more determined in it.

"You know me?"

"Roger's case," said Hestad in a low voice, "you, Attorney Campbell, have been instrumental in arousing public sympathy for Roger himself."

Campbell breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, Roger..."

"Although you are not Roger's defense lawyer, you have watched the whole process of the trial, and you will publish a commentary article every time the court is adjourned. The famous sentence 'We should work together to eliminate the fate of this tragedy, rather than obsessed with eliminating this person ’ It’s yours,” said Hesta as if to himself, “I know, I remember, and I’ll never forget.”

"It's the same this time." Campbell looked at Hesta calmly, "I will do my best to fight for justice for you—"

"But you can't be sure if I was the murderer who killed Fernand," Hesta said coldly, "Even so, can you still fight for justice for me?"

"So, is that you?"

Hesta fell into silence again, and her eyes returned to the previous indifference, turning a deaf ear to all words.

"I have seen your resume, Miss Hesta." Campbell whispered, "I am in awe of your efforts for the safety of the Habitable Land, and I am grateful to be able to contribute to your case And feel honored.

"I don't intend to comment on the level of legislation within Mercury Needle, but your laws do often confuse me. Every time I read them, I feel as if I am not living in the present, but in a world similar to the Silver Age or even bigger than it. More barbarous times. In any event, I will do my best to secure a verdict of your acquittal, which so far seems promising—"

Before he finished speaking, the basement door was pushed open again. This time Alja didn't urge her. She just stood at the door and stared at Campbell's face without saying a word.

Campbell had to stand up.

He put his business card in a drawer beside him, "I heard that you will soon be transferred to the independent prison in Nia Province, where it is much more spacious than here, I believe you will live more comfortably... ...This is my business card, if you have anything to say later, or need any help, you can contact me."

Seeing that Hesta was still silent, Campbell sighed softly, "I hope you don't hide anything from me, because the more you tell me, the more room I can mediate for you, in the next two months , we should be friends fighting side by side.”

Campbell's footsteps gradually receded, and Hesta was still sitting there, staring at the open space in front of her feet, without even looking at Campbell's business card.

That night, when night fell, Hesta heard crying from the ground, and she knew it was Ava saying goodbye to the girls here.During this period, Ava devoted almost all her energy to work, and rarely talked about her illness with others, let alone set aside a special "farewell time" for those around her.

However, for Alja and the others, this news was no less than a bolt from the blue. Although everyone knew that Ava had some physical problems recently, no one could see that the old man's illness had reached the point where he needed to take a connecting flight to the core city for treatment. degree.

In the darkness, Hesta was sitting alone on the single bed in the cell. She listened to the hazy sound on the ground and clasped her hands tightly.

"Parting is... inevitable."

(End of this chapter)