Why it never ends

Chapter 212 That Person

"Hesta."

Qianye said in a deep voice, and Hesta shrank her shoulders involuntarily - Qianye almost never called her surname directly like this.

"Do you know who Ava Morgan is? Do you think your little tricks can really escape her eyes? Don't be too happy!"

Chiba uttered a blunt reprimand which was rare.

"I'll tell you what Ava will do. She will pretend to be deaf and dumb first, and collect evidence secretly. When the time comes, not only you, but also the forces behind you that encourage you will all be slaughtered by her. Jing—you don't know Ava at all!"

Hesta listened carefully without making a sound.

In fact, she is currently observing Qianye's reaction with some curiosity - the old man still puts a photo with Qianye in her bedroom, and they should be very familiar with each other, after all, it has been a long time , Ava is Chiba's assistant officer.

From Chiba's words, she heard another Ava. Although Hesta had never seen the image of this Ava, it did not contradict her understanding of the old man.

More importantly, this is Ava in Miss Chiba's eyes.

When Chiba found that she couldn't pry Hesta's mouth open even after exhausting her tongue, she finally realized that the matter might be far more serious than she imagined—in such a short period of time, this person used some method to complete the right Jane's brainwashing.

She was a little annoyed and very angry.

"Did the person behind you promise anything to you?" Qianye's eyes were like a hawk, "Why did he want to help you—is it always possible to say?"

"……Can."

On this point, Hesta's really impressive.

"I asked her the same question," Hesta said softly, "and she said, 'Some friendships based on common interests or interests usually happen between men, but women don't...'"

Just this half sentence, a ray of surprise flashed across Qianye's face, like a silent lightning. She heard Hesta repeating it in a slow tone, but felt that the snow seemed to be falling more quietly.

"She asked me back, 'If I have to ask for a reason, is this enough', I didn't ask any more."

Hesta looked at Qianye, only to realize that Qianye seemed to be in a trance.

"Miss Chiba?"

Qianye didn't respond to Hesta's soft cry, she stood up in the silent cemetery, the previous impatience and annoyance were swept away from her eyes.

She heard a completely unexpected answer, so it took a while to digest it.

"...Did she tell you personally?" Qianye asked, half turning her body.

"Huh?" Hesta didn't understand what Chiba's question meant.

"Did she tell you that herself, or was it relayed to you by someone else?"

"From my own mouth," replied Hesta.

"Have you seen her in person?"

"...See you?" Hesta didn't have much confidence in her answer, she faintly felt that Qianye seemed to have guessed who was behind her, but...

Chiba's expression calmed down.

"I see," she murmured, "that's why it's out of Ava's eyes."

Wait, Miss Chiba...

Did you get something wrong.

Hesta was a little uncertain whether to explain more, and she was a little confused about Chiba's "understanding".

"You came to me, is it her advice to you, or is it your own idea?"

"It's my own idea." Hesta replied, "If I don't have to, I don't want you to get involved..."

Chiba sneered.

"...But right now I have encountered a very serious hurdle. If no one can cooperate with me, I will not be able to get through."

"what?"

Hesta brushed the hair on the back of his neck, "Besides my cheeks, I have many wounds on my body, although they are all small wounds... But it is easy to find, once asked, I can't explain how these wounds came from .

"It just so happens that I have to replace the 'me' in the independent prison before the end of today. During this period, I can use some means to create some shocks and rationalize these wounds, but someone must cooperate—"

"Why does it have to be before the end of today? Can't you wait until the day after tomorrow?" Chiba frowned, "On the day of the trial, we will act directly at the internal court."

Hesta shook his head, "I made an agreement with her before that if something goes wrong in today's replacement operation, the two of us must immediately find a way to remedy it, otherwise there will be unforeseen 'catastrophic consequences'."

"What consequences?"

"I don't know." Hesta replied, "She said she couldn't disclose."

Qianye let out a "heh" that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, "Is this also the meaning of the person behind you?"

"...Maybe it is," Hesta looked at Chiba, "Does Miss Chiba know 'that person' very well?"

"Understood? I don't know either." Chiba's eyes stared at a point in the void in front of him, "Stop talking about this, tell me about your plan."

Hesta was startled and didn't speak for a long time.

"What's wrong? You haven't even thought up a plan yet?"

Hesta shook her head quickly, she suddenly felt a puff of anger against her heart, and she didn't know how to explain it.

From last night until now, she has been thinking about how to explain her complicated past to Qianye. They are like a group of twisted vines rooted in her heart, and every branch that grows involves flesh and blood, and it hurts at the slightest touch. heartbroken,
How to refrain from telling all of this, or selectively explain it, is a huge problem.

However, when she really stood in front of Qianye, why did she kill Hoffman and others, why did she commit the crime in such a cruel and public way... Qianye never asked a single word.

She doesn't need to expose her wounds, or explain the logic behind her actions. From the moment they met, all of Chiba's doubts and worries point to the future, to those dangers that haven't yet happened——Chiba is already on her side .

...and so did Ava.

"what happened to you?"

"It's okay, I just suddenly thought of... I..."

Hesta took a deep breath, and she quickly adjusted her emotions-time passed by every minute, and now is not the time to express gratitude.

"I do have a plan."

……

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, Victoria had returned to Tan Yi's reserve base from the core city.

The underground hospital at the base has a batch of safety cabins specially prepared for mercury needles. Each safety cabin is like a huge capsule, and once locked, it can only be opened from the inside.They can safely pass through the dangerous period from the time when the mercury needle leaves the bullet to when they return to normal physical fitness.

This kind of almost extravagant security can usually only be provided by core cities and reserve bases, so after a whole day, Victoria hardly quit the bullet time.

This kind of freedom is very scarce in other places - Mercury needles usually end the bullet time immediately after confirming the surroundings are safe, and start to rest, so as not to encounter any accidents later and have to enter the second half of the bullet time.

Going into the back half is scary.Because this means that the mercury needles will inevitably fall into the "full restriction time" after the bullet time ends, and the weak period of several hours is extremely difficult to wear off.

This act of continuously entering bullet time and exiting at the right time is called "mini-restart".

(End of this chapter)