Why it never ends

Chapter 398 Out of Control
Gobelin ran to this side quickly, first leaned over to help the old man pick up the key and unlock it, and then half-supported and half-hugged him to sit down and rest on the soft theater chair beside him.

"Qianye." Si Lei called again in a low voice.

Chiba turned around, "What else?"

"... What is human life in your eyes?"

Su Lei raised his head slowly, and she wiped away the blood spots on her face. These fresh blood eventually turned into long bloody fingerprints on her face.

The fiery spotlights that had been obliquely shining on the stage suddenly began to flicker.

"We...are not friends anymore."

Qianye was puzzled at first, and then suddenly came to understand. Finally, she looked away and said lightly: "...Are you still a little girl who just started middle school, Officer Su Lei? Before breaking off the relationship, you need to give an ultimatum first?"

Si Lei looked at Qianye's back, but she couldn't see Qianye's expression at the moment, the two of them just stood under the lamp like this.

After a while, Qianye turned her head and waved her hand nonchalantly, "Okay."

"I'm disappointed in you—"

"And I'm just the opposite, officer." Qianye turned around suddenly, she walked towards Si Lei slowly, and lowered her voice: "As long as you maintain your usual standard of conduct, my friendship with you will not change in any way...

"Do what you have to do."

Si Lei gritted her teeth tightly, her eyes were always facing Qianye, without any backing down.

"Bo Shanfu!" Qianye took a few steps back, then turned over and jumped off the stage,

Qianye left Si Lei and her eyes behind her, and walked quickly to the man with a sluggish expression - after Robo Griller left, he was still standing there and waiting a little stiffly.

"Are we leaving?" the man asked.

"There is another person you know here, don't you want to say hello?"

"I know?"

"Over there, side of the stage, you go and push her off, and then we'll go together."

The man obediently listened to Chiba's instructions, and he walked up the uneven wooden steps. On the side of the stage, behind the second load-bearing pillar, he saw a familiar wheelchair.

"teacher?"

Anna turned her head, "Good evening, Daoping."

……

In the middle of the night, Li Ke stood by Hesta's bed, neither of them washed up, and Hesta collapsed on the bed without even changing his clothes.

She hugged her arms tightly and buried her face in the blanket.

Rico knew that Hesta wasn't asleep—Hesta's heart rate was frighteningly high right now.

Rico glanced at his watch.Chiba hasn't come back yet, but his bullet time of seven hours and eleven minutes is almost halfway through. If he can't exit this state within half the time, the long restricted time will consume the whole night.

The only good thing is that Chiba has a ready-made safety cabin here, so she doesn't need to go too far to kill time.It's just that she can't walk away without a second reliable partner to take over Hesta.

"Jane, let's have a chat." Li Ke whispered, "Are you okay, are you sad for zero?"

Hesta on the bed murmured, the words were glued together, Rico couldn't hear clearly, she sat next to Hesta, lowered her head, "What did you say?"

Hesta finally turned her face out of the quilt—the whites of her eyes were bloodshot, as if she had cried, and her forehead was covered with messy hair soaked in sweat.

Hesta held Rico's hand tightly, like a drowning man grasping a branch that reaches out to her.

Rico took out a tissue from the cardboard box next to the bed and wiped the sweat off Hesta's forehead.

"I'm listening, Jane, tell me again, what did you just say?"

"...Zero is not human, she is a robot." Hesta whispered, "I have seen her before, I have seen her, many times..."

Rico's heart trembled, and an indescribable sympathy and pity swept over her. She took a deep breath and hugged Hesta's shoulder.

"yes."

"...Yes, she's a robot, I know."

Li Ke responded worriedly, and glanced at his watch quietly again—with Jane's current state of mind, it seems that he can't leave here for half a step before Chiba returns.

Hesta keenly captured Rico's expression, and she struggled to prop up her upper body.

"You don't believe me at all..."

Li Ke was a little at a loss, "I don't believe it."

"Then look into my eyes."

"Jane... I think you're just tired and you need to sleep." Li Ge's eyes were sad, "In any case, what happened tonight is not your fault..."

"Of course it's not my fault! It's all Anna's fault," Hesta's voice suddenly became agitated, "She planned all of this, she made Zero die in front of my eyes... the whole thing, from the beginning In the end...she was the one who started it! We were all deceived by her—"

"Jane," Rico held Hesta's hand tightly, "I know you are blaming yourself, but—"

"I don't blame myself!" Hesta screamed hysterically.

This made her and Li Ke both quiet down at the same time.

Hesta withdrew his left hand and grabbed his forehead hair forcefully.She felt a familiar impulse rushing through her body, and the memory of the underground hospital at the base flashed back quickly. The strong self-loathing was like lava that was about to erupt, and the bone was stuck in her throat.

"I'm sorry..." Hesta's voice lowered, "I didn't mean to yell at you... I just..."

Li Ke was stunned for a while, then tentatively approached again, "I understand..."

"...No!" Hesta groaned again in pain, "You don't understand—!"

Hesta's surprise made Rico at a loss, she didn't know what to do or what to say, at this moment, Hesta was like a powder keg arranged in disorder, any spark could make her explode... …

Only silence seemed safe.

Rico raised his hands slightly, ready to deal with Hesta's excessive behavior at any time.

A few tears fell in front of Hesta, and she gasped in disbelief: the loss of emotional control reappeared, she knew exactly what she was doing, what she might do next...but she couldn't control it.

And when Hesta looked up at Rico's face, she felt a piercing pain again - the worry, concern, and helplessness on Rico's face were all exactly the same as Turan's in the underground hospital.

All of this is sending a signal: everything is like that boulder of Sisyphus, when she tries to push everything forward, thinking that things will keep getting better, at least in the general direction, there will always be a moment when it shatters Her fantasy made her realize that she had returned to the original point again.

She felt like the calf in the song, even though she was bound and sent to the market, she still looked up at the swallows in the sky, thinking that she, too, might one day be untied again.

But things haven't gotten better, won't get better...

The calf in the wagon has its own destiny—hope is fleeting, but patience is eternal.

(End of this chapter)