Why it never ends

Chapter 608
"...Where did she go?" Li Ke was even more puzzled, "The wind and waves are so strong tonight, and the boat is not close to the land—"

"I don't know, but what she said to me at night was like goodbye."

"What did she say?" asked Hesta.

"She said," Su Lei paused for a moment, "I hope my life will be happy in the future."

Li Ke laughed out loud, "...what?"

"That's what she said!"

"Let's go," Hesta looked at Lico, "We will talk about the specifics on the way."

Several people tied Jacqueline to the bed, and used the restraint belt to stop her self-mutilation, and then Li Ke trotted out with Su Lei on his back.

Si Lei lay on Li Ke's back, telling about his experiences tonight.

"Before I fell into a coma, I heard Anna say with my own ears that she had committed sedition and crimes against humanity—"

"It's not surprising, thousands of people were killed in 'Supreme Praise'," Li Ke continued, "and we don't know if she has done anything else. This crime...is too normal."

"I'm not talking about the highest praise, I'm talking about things in recent years. Haven't you noticed that Anna's feet are wearing shackles? Is it impossible for her to wear the old shackles for more than 1000 years?"

"It's definitely not in the past," Hesta echoed. "Remember, Anna worked as a natural history teacher at the base before, which means that at least at that time, she had no criminal record."

"Do you still have any memory of when she coached?"

"I don't know, I have to ask Miss Chiba, or check the base files." Hesta looked at Su Lei, "Can you really bear the bumps? Your burns—"

"It's all healed." Su Lei rolled up his sleeves and showed Hesta his scar, "Look."

"……How did you do it!?"

"I can't tell," Si Lei replied with a frown. "Anyway, this boat is tricky."

Under Su Lei's guidance, Hesta and Lico soon came to the place where Su Lei and Anna met for the last time.

After stepping here, Hesta frowned: "It smells so strong..."

"Is there?" Si Lei tried to sniff twice, "I didn't smell it."

"Just trust her," Li Ke said softly, and she looked at Hesta, "Which direction is the source of the bloody smell?"

Hesta took a few steps forward in the darkness, then stopped, "...it's everywhere."

……

At the other end, Putinna pushed Anna into the elevator. She was about to press the -2 key when Anna suddenly spoke.

"Don't go to the meeting place now."

"Aren't you going?" Putina was a little surprised, "Are you planning to—"

"Go to the seventh deck, and I'm going to go to the museum of navigation."

"Now!?"

"It's enough for me alone." Anna gently pushed Putina's back with her cane, "Go out, and don't let anyone follow you."

"How can I let you go out alone now! It's raining so much outside—"

"I have an umbrella, go out."

"Absolutely not!"

"Go out," Anna straightened her hair in the mirror beside her, "is there any threat on the ship now?"

"But--"

"Don't waste my time." Anna looked into Putina's eyes, "I must go."

The two faced each other silently in the narrow car, and finally Putina backed out. She watched Anna disappear behind the closed metal door with a complicated expression.The orange glow clock jumps slowly, eventually stopping at the number seven.

"You don't have to worry," Zero's voice sounded, "Anna will be safe, she is not alone."

"Is anyone else on deck seven right now?"

"Yes, Ms. Chiba."

……

The elevator door opened on the seventh floor, and the heavy rain, accompanied by lightning and thunder from the distant sky, hit Anna head-on.She frowned, barely holding up a big black umbrella.However, in this strong wind, before she could walk half a meter, the umbrella was swept away by the strong wind.

Anna let out a cry of surprise, and could only watch helplessly as the newly opened umbrella whirled and disappeared into the dark rainy night.

The wheelchair under her turned immediately and drove towards the gate of the museum not far away.The tires firmly grip the ground, no matter how the rain washes away or how the hull bumps, the wheelchair is always unaffected.Anna clutched the armrest tightly with both hands, closed her eyes tightly, and let the wind and rain pour into her collar and cuffs.

By the time she entered the gate of the museum, Anna was already drenched. She wiped the rain off her face in embarrassment, and wrung out the water from her clothes with a grunt. Tick-tock landed on the mat, and a gust of wind came from behind, and she shivered involuntarily.

She sat at the exit for a while, until her eyes gradually adapted to the darkness, before going deeper.

At this time, all the exhibition lights in the museum had been turned off, and Anna could barely see the road conditions through the night light coming in from the window.

Her wheelchair moved slowly, almost at its slowest speed, and Anna looked ahead until she saw a flickering fire spot in the darkness, and then she smelled the familiar smell of smoke .

"...How do you know I'm here?" Qianye stubbed out the cigarette, "Zero told you?"

"No one told me, and I didn't know you were here..." Anna replied softly, "I just wanted to come here to have a look."

Qianye laughed, "Really, what a coincidence."

The two fell silent at the same time, and after a while, Qianye lit another cigarette—a small flame suddenly rose up, and then went out quickly, and a flickering spark appeared again in the darkness.

"Have you finished processing all your documents?" Anna asked.

"It's not too bad, I'm not good at this kind of paperwork," Qianye replied, "During this period of time, Bo Shanfu was recruited for the preliminary screening, and his efficiency is not bad."

Anna smiled, "That's good."

The fire in the darkness began to move slowly, and at the same time came the sound of Chiba's pacing footsteps, she walked aimlessly around Alecto's booth without saying a word.

Anna lowered her eyes slightly, "Back then—"

"It's all over," Qianye shrugged slightly, "Although you didn't come, I had a good time on that trip... I found that I quite like taking a boat."

"Really." Anna smiled, "Did Ava make things difficult for you afterwards?"

"Of course they taught me a hard lesson," Chiba also laughed, "The Mercury Needle reserve sneaked out of the base, and under the circumstances at that time almost met the conditions for being able to shoot on the spot... In order to calm down the situation... It took a lot of thought.”

"terribly sorry……"

"Need not."

Although Anna couldn't see Qianye's face clearly in the dark, from the subtle changes in her voice, she felt that Qianye had turned around and was looking at herself.

"I understand more or less now," Qianye's voice was still smiling, "You didn't come, but you shouldn't have come... It's good."

(End of this chapter)