Why it never ends

Gobelin didn't look up: "You can discuss it yourself."

"Okay, from now on, everyone will have 15 minutes to speak." Rene put the cap on the pen in his hand and put it back into his breast pocket. "Let's start with you, Miss Tasia."

"...But, I only prepared a 5-minute manuscript," Tasia was stunned, "Uh, can I postpone my speaking order by one? Mr. Fiance—"

"I can't exchange the order with you," another man in the waiting seat shook his head firmly, "I also have to adjust my manuscript, so I can't speak now."

Tasia looked back at Bernhard again: "How about taking a short break, 10 minutes?"

"What did I just say?" Bernhard laughed, more like teasing than mocking, "don't force it."

"but I--"

"Just give her another 10 minutes." Adams also laughed, "A gentleman shouldn't be so harsh on a lady. Let's see how he bullies the little girl."

"Please don't call me that—"

"Okay, okay," Bernhard straightened his face and coughed twice, "The current situation is that Miss Tasia insists—"

"She just needs 10 minutes to adjust the manuscript to deal with the rule change due to Adams' timeout-why do you have so much crap?"

Everyone turned their heads.

Rico was still sitting where she was, with her hands touching her knees, her posture was upright, but her face was clearly annoyed and impatient.

Bernhard frowned: "What is this? If everyone can temporarily add time because they are not ready-"

"What's wrong? Isn't the extension of everyone's time from 5 minutes to 15 minutes just casually proposed by Rene?"

"What's the fuss about it?" Gobelin said softly, "Take a rest for 10 minutes."

The tense silence finally dissipated again, Tasia quickly returned to her seat, and began to revise the manuscript intensively.

Hesta looked at Tasia for a while, then turned to look at Rico, "Are you angry?"

"No, I just find it annoying," Li Ke propped his chin and looked to the other side, "These people are boring, and I don't like talking to them."

"How many minutes?"

"Don't you have a watch..." Li Ke glanced at the time, "4 minutes, 6 minutes left."

"I don't feel so good."

"what?"

"Look at Tasia."

Hesta raised his chin and motioned Rico to look up—not far away, Tasia was sitting next to Su Lei, her right hand holding the pen hovered over the paper, and sometimes she bit her lip hard to write a few lines , but after a while cross them out with the same force.

Li Ke looked at it with a complicated expression: "... Is she too nervous?"

"Maybe, but judging from her previous performance, she must be a novice," Hesta whispered, "Can you do me a favor, Rico?"

"Can't you just say what you want? Did I say 'can't' or something?"

"Haha, can you push me to Gobelin's place?"

Just as Li Ke was about to get up, he was held down by Hesta's extended hand, "Not now, wait a little longer."

"Huh?" Li Ke tilted his head, "What tricks are you doing?"

……

When René came back from the bathroom during the 10 minutes of free time, his expression changed—while he was away, Hesta had already sat opposite Goebbels, and the two seemed to be chatting, and the atmosphere was still It was considered harmonious, and Bernhard was standing next to Goebbels, obviously listening in.

René looked away, wandered halfway across the restaurant in a nonchalant gesture, and finally stopped beside a piano three or four steps away from Bernhard.

René could roughly hear Goebbels' voice, but every word Hestad said was so soft that he could only guess what Hestad said from Goebbels' answers.

After a while, Adams came over, "Is it time?"

Rene didn't answer, just shook his head.

Adams glanced back at Tasia, who was still frantically revising the manuscript, "Forget it, I don't care."

René watched Hesta from the corner of his eye, and René noticed when he pushed the wheelchair for her earlier, today Hesta looks weaker than before—yesterday the wheelchair was just a decoration, but today she is real Leaning on the wheelchair and unable to move, this can also be seen from Lico's attitude towards her.

Hesta was injured.

...it looks pretty serious.

Out of the corner of his eye, René saw Bernhard start to dig out his pocket. He picked up a cigarette, but he couldn't find the lighter. René stepped forward to hand the lighter in time.

Li Ke raised his eyes: "Don't smoke here."

"It's nothing important," Bernhard explained, pointing to Chiba at the other end of the restaurant, "Look, your mercury needle is also—"

Seeing that Rico seemed to be about to stand up, Bernhard quickly pressed the lit cigarette butt into the wet ashtray. He pretended to smile relaxedly, "Forgive me, I always don't remember that the two are ladies..."

René laughed along with him, picked up the teapot on the table, filled the cups of Hesta and Rico, and took away the empty bag of sweet biscuits that Rico tore, and after finishing all this After that, he naturally stood behind Rico and Hesta.

"Let's get back to the point," Hesta finally said, "After fighting that chelate last night, my feelings are actually similar to those of Police Officer Su Lei—a bit dangerous, but not difficult to deal with. The easier it is to catch a chelate that likes to play games with victims. But I heard what you said just now, it seems that you intend to keep everyone following the "Guidelines" until the end of the voyage?"

"...How should I put it?" Goeblin lowered his gaze, "I only figured out some things in the past two days."

"for example?"

"The one who fought against you last night, I think... probably wasn't a chelate."

Hesta opened his eyes slightly, "Oh?"

"You are also injured now." Goeblin squeezed the handle of the spoon and rubbed it on the scarlet tablecloth, "Why don't we try to follow the "Guide", I really think it is trustworthy, although I can't explain why .”

"...Gobelin, look into my eyes."

Gobelin looked at Hesta with some puzzlement, and the moment his eyes met, he shivered involuntarily.

"I have an intuition, and I don't know if it's right." Hesta's eyes didn't blink, and those blue eyes were faintly excited, "Do you think you know the manipulator behind this scene? "

Gobelin's expression froze for a moment, "...Why did you say that?"

"Because in the past two days, I have also figured out a lot of things," Hesta said in a very soft voice, "Your state makes me feel very similar..."

Gobelin laughed twice, "This... I actually don't quite understand what you're talking about."

"How much more can I explain?" Hesta smiled slightly, "Like you, I also feel that I know the manipulator behind the scenes."