Why it never ends

Chapter 275 How to Live

After a short silence, the women on the first floor burst into cries, but a more intense gunshot quickly drowned out these voices - Chiba fired continuously, and each bullet shattered a living room decoration , the women fell to the ground and hugged their heads, and when the gunfire ended, most of the crying turned into whimpers.

Even though Qianye had issued an ultimatum, no one got up. They surrounded the old man, looking blankly at his corpse, as if expecting some response from this cooling corpse.

Chiba looked down at the faces of these people and turned back to Old Charlie's bedroom.

"Master..." Someone threw himself on old Charlie, crying hoarsely, "Master—!"

"What now, Jane?" Another young man looked at her companion, "...can we make it tomorrow?"

"I don't know," the young man called Jane looked up tremblingly, "Our luggage is still upstairs..."

While speaking, Chiba had already returned to the corridor on the second floor, with a bloody pistol in her hand. She leaned against the fence on the second floor and reminded: "There are two minutes and 20 seconds left."

The middle-aged man lying on top of old Charlie raised her head, anger and fear poured out of her eyes at the same time, "You killed him! You killed him! Ah——how did you let us live? How did you let us live ? My lord... my lord—"

The next moment, the crying stopped abruptly—Qianye raised his hand and shot the crying woman dead.

The pistol was thrown from the second floor, first hitting old Charlie on the back, and then the bullet landed in the dead woman's hand.

"Who else doesn't know how to live?"

Everyone shivered again, as if waking up from several nightmares one after another.

Jane was the first to stand up, and she reached out to wipe the sweat off her face, even wiping away the splashed blood spots.

"Get up, get up...

"Nadi, you and Sally go upstairs to move everyone's luggage down, Owen, you go to prepare the car, and bring out all the horses, Yani, you go to call the children... and Ada and Pierre Nah, you go to the basement to get weapons, remember to check the model of the gun and bullets..."

Under her arrangement, everyone finally started to act.

Jane picked up her skirt and hurried upstairs, saving the hardest task for herself—going to old Charlie's room to search for usable things.

"No offense!" Jane looked at Qianye with a pale face, her fists were clenched tightly, and her palms were covered with sweat, "I need to go to the room over there, borrow...excuse me!"

Chiba didn't pay attention, but didn't refuse either.

Jane gritted her teeth and ran from behind Chiba.After a while, she came out carrying old Charlie's suitcase and a heavy leather case.Chiba buckled the suitcase involuntarily, but allowed Jane to take away the leather case full of gold bars.

People went to the empty building, and the pistol that Qianye had thrown downstairs had also been picked up.

Chiba lit a cigarette, took out her mobile phone and dialed El.

"Hey, it's over, come here to deal with the aftermath."

……

At night, Hesta finished her inspection and returned to the mansion from the edge of the manor. When she passed a wood, she suddenly noticed something, turned back a few steps, and looked up at the branch of the tree.

"Calvin?"

The shadow on the tree swayed, and quickly jumped back to the ground along the branches, "...how did you find me?"

"What are you doing?" Hesta looked up again at where Calvin was hiding just now, "Practice night diving?"

"Yes," Calvin nodded, "It just so happens that I have nothing to do tonight, I'm here to find out how I feel."

Hesta laughed, and she shook her head: "You are not suitable for this job, Calvin."

"……why?"

"You are not small enough to be easily spotted even if you hide."

"But you have the same problem," Calvin looked at her, "It doesn't seem to affect your work."

Hesta laughed, "How can it not be affected, it's just that each has a trade-off... Your advantage lies in the burst of power, and your agility and speed are your shortcomings-but they are the basic elements of latent combat .”

Calvin didn't say anything, but he knew that Hesta was telling the truth.

"Why are you practicing this all of a sudden?" Hesta asked.

Calvin was silent for a moment—maybe he really needed some advice from Hesta at this moment.

"...I can tell you, but can you promise me not to tell the third person?"

"Of course, our friendship for so many years." Hesta stood still and raised his fist to Calvin. "I will never take the initiative to tell anyone about our conversation here tonight."

Calvin also clenched his fist and lightly bumped Hesta's hand.

"In the days to come, I will be Duke Villefort's secret whistle." Calvin replied softly.

"...Is this your new mission?"

"Ah."

Hesta frowned and thought for a while, "...How could Victoria arrange such a task for you?"

"It wasn't arranged by her, but I asked for it." Calvin said softly, "She also considered the shortcomings you mentioned just now, and told me that if necessary, I should try to create melee conditions. I have been thinking about how to achieve this... …Do you have any advice?"

Hesta looked down and thought for a moment.

Seeing that Hesta was distracted, Calvin called out again: "Jane?"

"It's also...simple."

"You said."

"It's nothing more than finding a way to actively choose the battlefield. Fortunately, for the defender, this is a natural advantage," Hesta said softly, "As long as you limit the combat location to indoors, or places with narrow vision, then The assassin must approach the target through melee combat..."

The two walked along the deserted dirt road towards the Viscount's mansion.On a cold night in midwinter, Hesta talked about the few defensive battles in her experience, and by the way, used the duke's mansion as a hypothetical battle site, and discussed with Calvin the possible attack route of the assassin.

Calvin was thoughtful, "In other words, the Rohan Palace behind the Duke's Palace is actually more suitable for ambushes than other places."

"Of course, Roang Palace's terrain is more complicated, and there is more room for detours, and considering the previous trapping plan of Victoria's team in Golden Crow Palace, such locations can naturally arouse the fear of assassins...More The important thing is that the Duke is more familiar with the place, if Rohan Palace can be used as his hiding place, it may be more soothing to his emotions."

"It makes sense. I'll ask the Duke tonight. If he thinks it's appropriate, I'll discuss it with Victoria."

"Indeed, we must first understand the Duke's thoughts on this matter..." Hesta smiled, "Speaking of which, can I ask you a question?"

"sure."

"Why are you so persistent on this matter?"

Calvin paused, "...do you still want to persuade me to give up?"

"No, I respect your choice," Hesta looked forward, "as long as you think about the consequences."

(End of this chapter)