Why it never ends

Chapter 417 Loyalty
René laughed incredulously, as if surprised by the questioning, "You...how do you think—I absolutely—"

"René," Hesta interrupted him in a low voice, "although today is only our second meeting, do you know what I admire most about you?"

Rene fell silent, but his expression softened.

"You know how to judge the situation," Hesta stared at him, "and you know how to express loyalty."

René took a deep breath, his voice suddenly soft.

"Ms. Hesta, you really speak to my heart..."

René moved his seat a little more towards Hestad so that he could talk to Hestad in a lower voice.

"On this ship, whether it's Mr. Roborgrillet, Goebbels, or the general over there, none of them can protect us. We...we... ants... all our lives It’s all anonymous, and in the end—”

"Why belittle yourself?" Hesta looked back blankly, "History is created by the unknown people, and the unknown people are the cornerstone of this world."

Rene clasped his hands, momentarily moved.

"So tell the truth." Hesta whispered, "Never lie to me."

"...You predict things like a god." Rene murmured, "I...yesterday was indeed, intentionally testing."

"Try what?"

"I saw a document, to be precise, a two-page document, which is exclusively for the internal preview of the crew of the Shengming. Just the morning before yesterday, all the crew members received a secret letter. I read it in a hurry , I couldn’t read all of them, but all their crew members got the promise of the chelate on the ship, as long as they obediently follow the instructions on the document, the chelate will not embarrass any staff.”

"Where's the document?"

"In a bar on the second floor, the light was dark at the time, and it was pasted on the wall of a staff lounge. I couldn't take it away. At that time, my mobile phone was out of battery, so..."

"You killed a crew member," Hesta whispered, "to test what?"

"Maybe... it can't be called a test," René said with half-closed eyes. "It's very complicated. You know, the crew member was very rude at that time... There are too many people here, or we—"

"Go on."

René's throat moved, "She didn't allow us to go up to find Mr. Robeau Grillet, even if we threatened to do something to her, she didn't allow us to go to the seventh deck... I was a little angry at the time, but when I thought about the previous The documents I saw - these crew members would see a bulletin of the day every day, and I suddenly realized that the reason why she stopped us so tightly might be that there was something inconvenient for us to see on the top deck, so... "

"So you killed her and went up to the top deck with the others."

"Because she kept threatening to call her colleagues over! I can't let her leak the news. If these crew members are doing something shady behind their backs, won't others have time to cover up if she makes such a fuss? "Rene's eyes widened. "And there was an explosion on the deck downstairs - one of the Briar Monks named Ashley died. That was the best chance, so... I made up my mind."

"Okay, make a quick decision," Hesta nodded, "Did you find any suspicious clues on the seventh deck after that?"

"Madame Hestad," said René in a pleading tone, "may I ask you a question first?"

"Say."

"Can we get your protection?" Rene stared intently at Hesta's face, not ready to let go of any slight change, "You don't have to tell me some stereotypes and lies, just tell me whether you can or not That's enough—if you think us people are an eyesore, we will disappear immediately, and we will never disturb you in the future, we swear—"

"How should I understand your question?" Hesta gently rubbed his chin with his left hand, "If you are asking about 'can' or 'can't' in terms of ability, you must know the answer, otherwise you wouldn't have approached me yesterday—you Are you worried that I don’t have the will?”

"Exactly..." Rene's cheek muscles twitched a few times, "After all, you are a mercury needle, you are different from us—"

"The duty of the mercury needle is to fight against chelates. Of course, my explanations may sound weak to you, so let me tell you one thing."

Hesta paused for a moment, and everyone looked at her with bated breath.

"No matter how bizarre things happened on the ship during this period, when the Shengming ship docks, someone will always come out and take responsibility for the successive murders. As a mercury needle in the third district, I will Sometimes, it really takes some, um, cases...to prove that my own ability has not declined because of my injury, you know what I'm talking about."

Rene's eyes brightened slightly, "You mean..."

"Ten thousand steps back, if I don't have the will, why would I bother to come this morning, just lie in my own safe house. 'Protecting civilians' is not empty talk for me, everyone here will be I am a very important witness." Hesta raised his head slightly, "Of course, the story goes back to the original point, all of this has an important premise——"

"We will never lie to you!" Rene rushed to speak immediately, "To you, we are absolutely loyal! Always loyal!"

Hesta looked down and smiled, "It doesn't take forever."

René shook his head eagerly. He lowered his voice with a sincere expression, "If you can land safely, you will be the savior of all of us...Of course we will always be loyal to you!"

"Okay, let's get to the point, what did you find after boarding the seventh deck?"

The muscles in René's face twitched a little again - as it seemed every time he felt uneasy.

"There's nothing on it... ma'am."

Hesta frowned slightly, "What?"

"This is the strange place, there is nothing on it - no Mr. Robeau Grier, no captain, no crew, no other passengers, nothing, just an empty space everywhere... the captain's cabin , the Museum of Flight...we checked out all the buildings on the seventh deck, and just..."

"Who went up in all?"

"The six of us, Agnes and Meyer—you all know each other." Rene suddenly remembered something, and his eyes rolled, "...Did the two of them tell you about yesterday's 'accident'? "

Just as Hesta was about to speak, René quickly explained, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to spy on your source—I just want to remind you that if they also express their loyalty to you, it will only be them Sister Agnes has absolutely no chance of betraying Goebbels."

(End of this chapter)