Why it never ends

Chapter 293 Sacrifice
"Necessary measures..." Hesta murmured in a low voice, "To what extent will it be necessary?"

"You should have a good idea of ​​what your exposure means to other people."

"But if I'm really caught, can you still take measures against me?"

"Of course there is."

Hesta looked at Palan suspiciously, but she quickly looked away again.

"...Okay." Hesta closed his eyes again, "Then I can rest assured."

Palan raised his eyebrows slightly, "What do you mean?"

"I won't joke about my life, you just need to remember that," Hesta whispered, "I know what I'm doing."

"Do you really know?" Palan still had a smile on his face, "I might as well tell you directly that with your current combat state, the chance of success will not exceed—"

"Palan." Hesta interrupted her softly, "You should go."

"Eureka..."

"Remember your duty," Hesta's voice remained calm, "You came to this place to cooperate with my work."

Palan didn't speak anymore, she looked at Hesta's face for a while, then turned to look at the night sky outside the terrace.

"...Okay, that's all for today's meeting." She stood up, "Villefort has the same chip as you, did you know?"

Hesta didn't even take off the blindfold, "Thank you for the cake."

……

Returning to the corridor on the second floor again, Palan soon found that Villefort himself appeared in the hall on the first floor—he was talking with Ende, and the expressions of both of them were not very relaxed.

"Hi, Duke." Palan greeted from afar, "Long time no see."

"good evening."

Villefort's eyes flicked briefly from Palain, and quickly returned to Ende.

"I don't want to stop you, it's just that it's too late today." Ende spread her hands to Villefort, "Why can't we wait until tomorrow?"

Palan slowed down her steps going downstairs. She listened to the conversation between Ende and Villefort,
"It's not yet nine o'clock, we'll drive there, and we'll be on Longfang Avenue before 09:30—"

"But why did you suddenly change your mind?" Endai's voice raised slightly, "You clearly agreed to stay here for six days, and all of us followed this plan..."

Palan was a little surprised, "What's the matter, the Duke wants to go back tonight?"

"I--"

"Definitely not tonight." Ende replied decisively, "Although theoretically you do have the right to go anywhere at any time, I also tell you responsibly that night will give assassins more opportunities to take advantage of, now Transfer, there are too many unknowns on the way. Also, please answer me, why do you suddenly want to go home?"

"I..." Villefort lowered his head, "I just..."

"Homesick?" Paran said casually.

"...Yes, I want to go back, there is no need to stay here." Villefort had already sat down on the sofa, "I am here for the funeral...but no one will come now."

"Oh," Palan snorted, "poor duke..."

"Is it possible tomorrow?" Endai asked again, but her tone was obviously not discussing, "I will arrange a car at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

Footsteps were heard upstairs, and Palan raised his head, and saw Alvira standing in the aisle with a worried expression, looking at the people downstairs without saying a word.

The hall fell silent until Palan said goodbye to everyone.When he left the villa, Palan couldn't help but glanced back towards the terrace on the second floor - Hesta was no longer there.

She pondered for a moment with a half-smile, then left here quickly.

……

At two o'clock in the morning, Su Lei was woken up by a phone call. In the dark, she turned on the bedside lamp and picked up the phone. When she saw that the caller was Victoria, Su Lei immediately woke up.

"Hey, it's me." She frowned, "What's the matter, call at this hour..."

"Where are you now?"

"My own apartment."

"Come to Langfang Avenue, No. 46 Langfang Avenue."

"...Isn't this the Duke's house?" Si Lei frowned, "What happened?"

"Come here first and talk later."

After hanging up the phone, Si Lei sat leaning against the head of the bed for a while, then quickly got up and changed his clothes.

When Su Lei arrived at the scene, the Duke's mansion was already surrounded by police cars at 02:30 in the morning, and the flashing red and blue warning lights were extremely dazzling. She quickly got out of the car and rushed to the inside of the mansion.

The main entrance of Roang Palace, which had been locked in the past, is now open. From a distance, the palace is pitch black, with only a few beams of flashlight swinging between the corridors.
The butler of the Villefort family stood pale in the cold wind in front of the door, with Victoria and Paule beside him.

"Su Lei!" Victoria quickly spotted Su Lei, "here."

"……What's going on here?"

"follow me."

Su Lei followed Victoria's footsteps and walked towards the interior of the building. After passing the central hall, she immediately smelled the rancid smell in the air. She put on a mask, but it didn't help.

Going all the way down the steps, Su Lei soon arrived at the entrance of the sunken dance floor.

There are huge emergency lights hanging from the angel statues on both sides of the dance floor. They illuminate the enclosed space, and there are constant flashes of light from all corners of the dance floor. It is the police officers in charge of investigating the scene who are taking pictures and collecting evidence.

"here it is……"

Su Lei's voice stopped suddenly - she saw the rusted cross in the center of the front at a glance.

There, four heads were tied to the left and right hands of the Son, and there was also a bloody man hanging in the center of the cross—the steel nail that pierced the Son's heart also pierced the man's chest .

Under the cold and bright light, Su Lei's pupils trembled, and the scene in front of him was like some cult's sacrificial scene, bloody and brutal.

"The heads on the left are Hoffmann and Tanglar, the ones on the right are Schmidt and Rich, and the one in the middle is Roger." Victoria put her hands on her hips, "Everything that I couldn't find before——Hof The head of Manrich Schmidt, the missing Roger and Danglars . . . are all here."

"...you," Si Lei looked away, "how did you find out?"

"Villefort suddenly wanted to go home in the middle of the night, so I came over early to have a look," Victoria said softly, "When I passed the Rohan Palace, I felt that the smell was not right, so I discovered it."

"Sir!" A police officer ran towards Victoria, "We found four more connected rooms behind the dance floor..."

"Why are there so many secret rooms..." Victoria frowned, "Did you find any clues this time?"

"Judging from the thickness of the dust at the scene, no one has been in these four secret rooms for a long time." The policeman replied, "But we found a lot of Rumi on the walls, floors, and ceilings... no response."

(End of this chapter)