Why it never ends

Chapter 498
Li Ke came over to check, the two tried hard to identify for a while, and soon realized what was written on it.

"Beyond the darkness, I am the glory..." Li Ge whispered, "Is this the slogan of the thorn monk?"

"No," Si Lei replied, "What the Briar Monk said was 'regaining the glory of our fathers'."

As he spoke, Si Lei took the brooch. The small characters were not eye-catching under the light on the second floor, and he could barely see them clearly when facing the light.Recalling the strange tiepin I saw on the surveillance at noon, the conjecture about boycotting monks became clearer...

is it possible?
Hesta suddenly remembered something, "Where's the pair of earrings that Gustav got before, I remember they are still with us?"

"Ah, yes." Li Ke rummaged through several pockets for a while, "Here I am."

"Are there words on the earrings?"

"...No." After careful inspection, Li Ge replied, "Do you want to take a look?"

Hesta was thoughtful, "No, I'll leave it where you are."

"Li Ke will accompany me to the banquet later, what do you do?" Su Lei looked at Hesta, "It seems a bit risky to leave you here alone."

"Don't worry, Miss Chiba will come to pick me up in a while." Hesta said softly, "Your side is over, I'll come back."

"it is good."

Time passed by one minute and one second, and the hands of the clock gradually turned to nine.

Si Lei looked at the clock face and stood up.

"It's just 55:[-]," Li Ke looked at her, "The bartender suggested that we be a quarter of an hour late."

"I still think it's better to go there on time." Si Lei turned his head, "When will Qianye arrive?"

"It will probably be here in a while." Hesta said softly, "It's okay for you to go first."

Su Lei sat for a while longer.

At 58:[-], she looked at her watch, "We have to go...don't go out until Chiba arrives, and call Bishop's Restaurant if you have anything to do, Lico and I will come right away."

"Okay." Hesta nodded again and again.

……

When passing by the elevator entrance, neither Su Lei nor Li Ke planned to stay.They both recalled a nighttime event recommendation that when Bishop's was hosting a nighttime event, don't take the elevator, but take the stairs.

However, when they saw the pointer numbers above the elevator from the corner of their eyes, both of them stopped at the same time.

——The elevator stopped at the second floor, then slowly passed the fifth deck where their cabin was located, and finally rose to the sixth floor and stopped.

Su Lei and Li Ge didn't move, their expressions were serious, and they continued to wait for the elevator to change.

About half a minute later, the elevator descended to the second floor again, and so on.

"Bishop's restaurant is so lively tonight..." Li Ke said softly, "No wonder passengers are not allowed to use the elevator. Who are you sending upstairs? There are so many people?"

Su Lei's throat moved slightly, she took a deep breath and clenched her fists, "Don't watch, let's go, let's go up the stairs."

However, when the two came to the sixth deck, they found that it was very quiet here—most passengers now choose to eat in the room, and few people will come here.

Si Lei felt his heart beating extremely fast, and Li Ge suddenly took her arm, "Don't be nervous, just do it as usual."

"Ah."

The door of Bishop's restaurant was ajar, Su Lei settled down and pushed it open.

The dining room behind the door was empty, only two raw-faced crew members were cleaning in the corner, and there were no other passengers.

"Hello?" The crew not far away stopped what they were doing, "How can I help you?"

"Uh... I'm here to attend the banquet tonight."

"Banquet event?" The crew member was puzzled, "Is it here?"

"Yes, at Bishop's at nine o'clock tonight... Are you the only ones here?"

"Yes, but there is no tonight—oh, there is a banquet, there is!" The crew suddenly raised the volume, she looked at Su Lei, and involuntarily took half a step back, with a little fear in her eyes.

"You've come to the wrong place, ma'am."

"Come to the wrong place?" Su Lei was puzzled, "Isn't this Bishop's Restaurant?"

"...Well," the crew didn't answer, another person looked away and whispered, "In short, you came to the wrong place, ma'am."

"I saw a lot of people coming up by the elevator just now, didn't those people come this way?"

Neither crew member spoke again.

Rico suddenly heard footsteps, she turned her head and saw Tasia and Philip entered the restaurant together.

"Officer Su Lei?"

Su Lei turned around, "Tasia... why are you here?"

"I lost my necklace... I guess I lost it during dinner, so I'll come and look for it." Tasia said softly, "Philip is worried about me, so come with me."

"Did you have dinner here?" Su Lei was a little surprised, "Is there a lot of people?"

"There is no one there. There is no one these days. We just feel that it is too boring to be locked in the room all the time, so we will go out to have a meal together every day..." Remembering that the person who received the death invitation today was Si Lei, Tasia Suddenly worried again, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. When you came to dinner at night, did you see any strange passengers?"

"...No." Tasia was obviously frightened by Si Lei's question, she turned her head to dismiss Philip, and then walked to Si Lei's side, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, just ask."

"When I came down just now, I found that the two elevators stopped at the second floor. I was really scared, but I couldn't tell Philip..."

Li Ke suddenly thought of something, "You two are also going up the stairs?"

"Yes," Tasia looked a little restless, "The stairs from the fifth floor to the sixth floor are a bit long, and it's a little scary to walk alone..."

Not far away, Philip came back with a crew member, who was still holding a string of necklaces in his hands, and before he could speak, Tasia had already recognized what was in the hands of the crew member in surprise.

"Ah, my necklace! I lost it here!"

"We found it when we were cleaning, and we wanted to put it in the lost and found... Could you come over and register?"

"of course."

Tasia bowed slightly to Su Lei and Li Ke, and then quickly followed the crew to the counter.

Su Lei glanced at his watch, it was already [-]:[-], she and Li Ke didn't stay any longer, but returned to the corridor on the sixth deck.After a while, Tasia and Philip left the restaurant, and Su Lei watched them disappear at the stairs.

Li Ke was always standing not far from the elevator entrance, she looked at the glowing number above the elevator, the pointer rose from minus two to six again, but the door did not open.

After a short pause, the elevator descended again.

The time came to nine eleven.

"Officer Su Lei," Li Ge turned around, "shall we try to take the elevator?"

(End of this chapter)