Why it never ends

Chapter 315 Name
Everything slows down.

Sean felt that the mercury needle had appeared not far from him, but so what, he had already smashed through the door of Hesta's ward.

He knew there were only a few nurses in the room, so he had nothing to fear.

Following the sound, Sean rushed straight to where Hesta was, and everything went as smoothly as he expected.

Hesta was in the bathroom at the far end of the ward.

After knocking open the last door, he saw that familiar face.

"H-"

In this small narrow room, everything was dim, and there were broken mirror fragments all over the floor, some red bath salts were spilled on the ground, and brown medicine pots were scattered all over the floor.Some medicine bottles have been crushed, and the tooth bowl and toothbrush that were originally placed on the sink also fell to the ground, mixed with a few towels among the deep red bath salts, as if stained with blood.

Sean's grin suddenly froze on his face - he saw the bathtub filled with dark brown water, and a pungent smell rushed into his nostrils.

Some dead memories suddenly flashed back.

The next moment, the guard rushed in, and she pinched Sean's arm and stomped him to the ground.

"Are you all right?"

Several nurses were taken aback by this sudden change, but fortunately when they reacted, the danger was over.

Hesta was still panting in the bathtub, wearing a blue and white hospital gown, her hands tightly gripping the edge of the bathtub.

……

When Chiba came back, Hesta had already changed her clothes and fell asleep on the bed.

From the narratives of the doctors and nurses, Chiba roughly understood what happened: Hesta suddenly became manic when she heard Sean's voice in the corridor. There was an inarticulate cry.

In hindsight, the nurses thought it might have been Hesta's warning to those around her to leave.

This news was half shock and half surprise to Chiba—Hesta not only sensed the danger in advance today and responded in her own way, but according to the nurses, she even stood up in the bathtub for a short time today. .

Qianye didn't have time to think about other things, and hurried back to Hesta's ward.

After confirming that Hesta was really unharmed, Chiba breathed a sigh of relief. She fell down on the chair next to her and covered her eyes with her hands.

When she opened her eyes again, Hesta had already woken up and was looking at her.

Hesta reached out to her, and Chiba dragged the chair and moved it to the side of the bed.

"Good afternoon." Qianye held Hesta's hand, but still tried to smile, "Today, do you recognize my Hesta, or not?"

There was some doubt in Hesta's eyes.

"... Qianye," she grabbed one of Qianye's fingers, "You are... Qianye."

"Okay, it's Hesta who can recognize me." Chiba smiled, "Then do you still remember who you are?"

Hesta's expression became even more puzzled, "You, you already...called my name...?"

"That's great, you got two questions right."

Chiba stood up and pushed the wheelchair in the corner over.

"Let's go, let's go for a walk first, I have something to tell you."

……

The two returned to the ground, and Qianye pushed Hesta into the boulevard full of life again.

Although it was cloudy, the light on the ground was still very strong. Hesta raised his hand to cover his eyes for a while, and put on his hat again after a while.

Deep in the path, the two stopped beside a huge dead tree, and Chiba sat on a bench by the roadside, facing Hesta.

"I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"……bad news."

"After a while, I have a mission that must be done, and this journey may take at least two months."

Hesta sat where he was, his expression didn't change much.

Qianye took the initiative, "The good news is that I can take you with me."

Hesta was silent for a long time and shook his head.

"Why?" Chiba asked.

"I..." Hesta raised his left hand and waved it dejectedly in the air, "I am... completely..."

Chiba pressed Hesta's hand again, and after a moment of silence, she whispered, "Chiba Masaki is actually not my name, have I told you?"

Hesta was taken aback and shook his head.

"My original name was a string of numbers, 40392."

"...yours, number?"

"It is indeed a serial number, but it is not a sequence of mercury needles. It is just a coincidence." Qianye pinched Hesta's nails, "I was born on an island in the fourteenth district. You know, people have been trying to train their own A batch of mercury needles, theoretically speaking, after mastering the technology of identifying mercury needles, as long as there are enough samples screened, some mercury needles can always be found.

"However, the efficiency of finding mercury needles through this method is still too low, and once it is made public, it is easy to be targeted by AHgAs. Therefore, some people have the idea of ​​chelation—if chelation disease suffers Those who can get a substantial increase in physical fitness, the same principle should also work on ordinary people. The only problem is how to make things controllable.

"The place where I was born is a base dedicated to this kind of experiment."

Hesta's expression became serious.

"The island is isolated from the world, and the islanders are self-sufficient. It is similar to a small country, and AHgAs has never been aware of it. Since I was sensible, I and some others have been looking forward to the selection of mercury needles at the age of 12. It is the day that determines our destiny .

"Half a year before the selection day, we will enter an underground bunker, just like the base here, and start a collective life.

"After the selection day, those who became Mercury Needles will stay, a small number of outstanding members will enter the bunker to work, and the rest will directly 'graduate' and take a boat to the main continent of the fourteenth district, where they will start a new life.

"Before going there, we still need to sign a very complicated non-disclosure agreement with the base. The base promised us that all graduates will enter a livable place as a wasteland immigrant...in exchange for a difficult childhood in exchange for a comfortable life. For the rest of my life, there is no better deal than this."

Hesta looked down slightly, "There are no...immigrants, are there?"

"That's definitely not true. Such words can only be used to deceive children, and only children will believe them." Qianye said with a smile, "During that time, the base hadn't released new mercury needles for more than ten years. Didn't expect myself to be."

Hesta tried to sit up straight, "Miss Chiba..."

Chiba patted the back of Hesta's hand, and continued, "After entering the bunker, I made the first friend in my life. She was an excellent selection student in the previous session and was responsible for taking care of our daily life.

"Chiba Masaki, that's her name."

(End of this chapter)