Why it never ends

Chapter 42
"Well, I know." Hesta nodded,

"Then I have nothing else to do." Turan took a step back, "Go to rest early."

"By the way, why didn't Miss Turan go to training with the big team tonight?" Hesta said suddenly, "...Is it because she wants to take care of me?"

"Haha, that's not true." Turan turned his head and smiled. "Their physical training is meaningless to me. If I want to improve the bullet time... I have to think of other ways."

Hesta didn't know what he was referring to, but said softly: "I wish you all the best."

"I hope so." Turan smiled and shook his fist at Hesta, and then walked quickly towards his room.

Hesta watched Turan leave, and she really got to know the brown-haired and green-eyed Catra girl tonight.

……

In the next few days, even though Liz was not around, Sean didn't bother him again.

The first initiative to attack achieved good results, which really made Hesta a little happy.She originally wanted to tell Qianye about this change in person as soon as possible, but strangely, Qianye didn't show up for several days.

In the past few days, it was an old man in a suit and leather shoes who came to pick Hesta up for shooting practice in the center of the city. He always showed up when Hesta had no classes and took her out of the base to participate in shooting practice.

The old man's hair and beard were silver, and the two mustaches on his upper lip were combed very neatly. He wore a black waistcoat over a snow-white shirt, and a well-fitting black trousers and morning coat on the outside.

His eyes are very thin, and he looks like a gentleman when he doesn't smile, but when he smiles, his eyes are narrowed into slits, it's hard not to think of a fox with malicious intentions.

Molly seemed to know this person, because when she saw that this person came to pick up people instead of Chiba, she was not surprised at all.

As the two greeted, Hesta heard Molly address him as "Mr. Helu."

Hesta heard them chatting, and Molly asked Chiba if he had recovered, and the old man replied flatly, "It's almost there."

"Is Miss Chiba sick?" Hesta asked.

Neither of them answered her.

Another week later, Chiba finally showed up, but this time she was in a wheelchair.

Chiba's left half of his face was wrapped with a bandage, and his entire left eye was blindfolded. Elu pushed Chiba from behind, silent as before.

When getting into the car, Hesta noticed that Chiba's right trouser leg and left sleeve were empty.It wasn't until this moment that Hesta finally understood the meaning of the phrase "has her body recovered" that Molly asked earlier - it seemed that Qianye was seriously injured, so severe that both of her limbs were amputated.

After getting in the car, Chiba didn't say a word about her changes. Hesta looked sideways a few times and found that Chiba was resting with her eyes closed.

She was indeed quieter than usual today, but as soon as she entered the shooting range, that radiant Chiba returned.She prepared special targets for Hesta—the circular targets 25 meters away were replaced with portraits, each of which was a hostage and gangster.

The "gangster" only exposed one arm and half of his head, and his body was completely hidden behind the "hostage".

During the training, Hesta couldn't help but glance behind him from the corner of his eyes. Miss Chiba was holding a crutch with one hand, and the golden rooster was standing there independently.

For half the afternoon, Hesta was a little absent-minded.She was really not sure whether it would be impolite to directly ask "why are your hands and feet gone" in a livable place when the other party didn't take the initiative to mention it.

Just as she was struggling with this, Chiba's crutch hit Hesta's back unexpectedly.

"Don't hunch over!"

The slender cane was like a whip, and it felt hot when it was whipped. When Hesta came back to his senses, he realized that he had hit the "hostage" again with the bullet.

Chiba sighed.

Hesta glanced at Chiba, "Sorry."

Qianye suddenly smiled, "You...is also an idea."

Hesta could hear a bit of sarcasm in Chiba's words, but she didn't understand.

Qianye took a crutch with one hand, and took a step forward: "When you really encounter robbers in the future, you can just shout out, 'Listen, the robbers inside, the hostages have been killed by me now, come out and surrender quickly. '...what villain is caught without a fight?"

Hesta's face flushed.

She took a deep breath, "...I'll do it again."

Qianye was noncommittal, she looked at the newly erected portrait target in front of her and fell into deep thought—she could indeed feel that Hesta had something on her mind today, but she did not expect that Hesta's shooting level would drop so much under such circumstances quick.

"Concentrate," Chiba said sternly, "No matter how many things have distracted you before, when you hold the gun, put all your thoughts on your target—if you want to live .”

Mr. Helu wore earmuffs all the time, stood beside him with a straight body, with a professional and kind smile on his face.

On the way back, they went to the "White Ship" again. This time, Chiba only needed two cannarets, and Hesta changed to a new kind of fruit tart. The store brought a cup of hot cocoa as usual, and she drank And do.

That night, Liz found a stick mark on Hesta's back while taking a shower, and she immediately asked if any training officer in the base had physically punished Hesta in violation of the operating rules.

Hesta tried to change the subject, but Liz seemed to want to break the casserole and ask the bottom line.

Seeing that he couldn't get away with it, Hesta had no choice but to act on the spot, saying that when he and Qianye were going out in the afternoon, they bravely knocked down a robber on the road, but unfortunately got hit by the man twice.

Liz's hand that was rubbing bubbles on her hair stopped suddenly, "Is Chiba leaving you alone to be brave?"

"She also helped, mainly relying on her," Hesta began to ask for help, "It's just that I rushed out first, so..."

Liz sighed, "When I went to see Li Ke today, I found out that Chiba had an appointment for an operation at the base this week... Is she sick?"

Hesta was silent for a while, "Maybe...he was injured."

Liz groaned thoughtfully in the mist, and finally said softly, "Anyway, it's quite rare for these active-duty mercury needles to go back to the reserve base to make an appointment for surgery."

"why?"

"Although our underground hospital here is also very advanced, it is still slightly inferior to the core city. After all, the mother city is inside the core city, and some equipment is not convenient for long-distance transportation." Liz said softly, "I heard The doctor who said he was going to operate on Chiba this time was sent from the core city temporarily."

Hesta thought of Chiba whom he saw today, "That's it."

……

That night, Valenti finished her work and immediately changed her clothes and rushed to the base's underground hospital.

The clock pointed to nine o'clock in the evening, and it had been two hours since Chiba finished the operation.This point is well beyond visiting hours, but Chiba's ward will always be an exception.At any time, all visitors will be notified to Chiba by the nurse entering the ward, and then she will decide whether to meet or not.

Valenti only waited outside for a moment before the nurse came out and told her she could go in.

In the white ward, Chiba didn't sleep either.

Chiba's long hair was uncommonly loose, and she was wearing another pair of spare rimless glasses today, which seemed to be quite old.A red fountain pen is sandwiched between her middle finger and ring finger, shaking rhythmically with the ups and downs of her fingers.

Various paper documents were scattered all over the hospital bed, some papers had brief red annotations written on them, and Ellum silently sorted out the old manuscripts on the bedside table.

(End of this chapter)