Why it never ends

Chapter 73 Sheep

Like the previous few times, Chiba drove Hesta to the old town.There were almost no people on the street on Sunday night, and all the shop lights were dimmed.

Hesta fell asleep directly on the co-pilot, and when she arrived at her destination, she saw a completely unfamiliar street scene outside the car window.

Hesta unbuckled her seat belt and got out of the car. She looked up and saw the dark green sign above her head that read "The Baron on the Tree"—it looked like a restaurant.

On the whole street, this is the only store that still has a signboard for business.

She followed Qianye and opened the store door, the lights in the hall were turned off, and it was dark everywhere.

The decoration here has obviously aged, the space is cramped, all the chairs are turned upside down on the table, and there is no customer.

In the whole storefront, only the wind chime on the door was ringing softly.

"Is this really still in business?" Hesta asked in a low voice.

"Yes," Chiba replied, "I made an appointment for tonight."

A series of footsteps came from the side aisle, and Hesta quickly saw a waiter wearing a black tie, vest and shirt. He greeted the two of them and led them to sit in the backyard.

It was only then that Hesta realized that there was something strange here—although the front hall of the restaurant was very low and narrow, it had a very warm and beautiful back garden.On a midsummer night, the wind swayed the moon shadow under the osmanthus tree, and the dark fragrance of unknown flowers and plants floated along with it.

The waiter opened the chairs for the two of them and lit the courtyard lamp hanging nearby.

"It's better if you don't go out on Sunday night, so you don't have to wear a wig as a disguise." Chiba sat down, "This is another restaurant I often come to, do you like it?"

Just as he was talking, the waiter came over to serve the cutlery. After putting down the knife and fork on Hesta's side, he put down a pair of chopsticks and iron spoons on Chiba's side.

The appetizer is onion bisque and foie gras cold cuts, served with toasted bread slices and cheese platter.The bowl of onion soup is covered with a thick layer of cheese, and the onions and beef in the bottom soup have been sautéed with minced garlic and butter.

After cracking the cheese shell, the rich cheese fell into the beef soup below. When Hesta stirred the spoon, he could smell a faint smell of wine—that was the brandy added at the end of cooking.

Hesta couldn't discern what and what these scents were mixed together, but with such a thick soup, she felt that she should be able to eat the slices of bread for four people here.

Chiba had to remind Hesta several times to eat slowly, because he ate too much bread at the moment, and he would not be able to eat the main course after a while.

Hesta could only restrain his appetite with difficulty - people in the third district can eat dinner for two or three hours or even longer, which also means that the main course will not be served so quickly.

Looking at Hesta, Chiba suddenly remembered the stray cat that Valenti secretly abducted into the dormitory before. The kitten she just picked up was covered in knotted hair, and her eyes were firmly covered with eye droppings, mud and hard scabs from wounds. , huddled up like a rag, but after being retrieved and cared for by Valenti, the cat was a completely different cat.

Qianye was suddenly curious, and didn't know what happened to Valenti's kitten at the beginning - no pets were allowed in the dormitory, even though Valenti carefully avoided other people in every possible way at the beginning, when the cat entered heat After a while, they couldn't hide it anymore.The cat was later taken away by Anna, who hadn't seen it for a long time.

In Chiba’s impression, Hesta was no better than a stray cat when she first saw her—the ribs could be clearly seen on her chest, and the shoulder bones could even be seen at the joints of her shoulders and arms And the outline of the upper arm bone... It is less than three months now, although Hesta's body is still not strong enough, but the bony figure has completely disappeared, and he looks lively and energetic.

I don't know, what will happen in a few years?
"I watched the previous surveillance." Qianye suddenly remembered something, and asked, "I found that outside the safe room, you stood there for a long time when you first met the chelate, what were you thinking at that time? Why don't you run away?"

Thinking of the situation at that time, Hesta frowned again: "Well... I want to run, but I want to run, but my hands and feet are frozen, and I can't move."

Chiba didn't understand, "Why is it frozen?"

Hesta had to talk about what happened in the monastery again, but she could only describe her feelings and could not explain the reason. However, when she was halfway through the conversation, Chiba who was opposite suddenly laughed again.

Hesta waited for a while - Qianye laughed too exaggeratedly, Hesta even saw a little tear from her laugh.

"...Miss Chiba?"

Chiba pressed the corners of her eyes and recovered for a while, "You... have you heard the story of the Tennessee sheep?"

Hester shook his head.

Chiba continued: "This is a special kind of sheep. In order to protect the safety of the flock, the herdsmen sometimes put a few Tennessee sheep in their own flock, so that once wolves attack the flock, You can minimize the loss, do you know why?"

Hesta thought for a while, "...is this kind of sheep very powerful in fighting?"

Qianye laughed again, "No, this kind of sheep is like you. When it encounters danger, its hands and feet become stiff, and it just falls to the ground without moving. Tennessee sheep, then the entire flock will not be completely dispersed, and the herdsmen can quickly adjust the direction to drive the flock to a safe area... Haha sorry, I shouldn't laugh... But it's really funny—— "

Hesta leaned back slightly, with a complicated expression.

Qianye held her face with a smile, "Have you talked about this with the people in the training center?"

"No."

"Then I have to say something..." Qianye took out the notebook she carried with her, and wrote a few strokes on it with a pencil.

"But this state won't last long, maybe... half a minute?" Hesta blushed slightly, "After that, you can move freely—"

Chiba smiled and interrupted Hesta's words, "Do you know how long Turan's restriction time is?"

"……how long?"

"27 seconds." Qianye replied with a smile, "This is also the reason why she was able to survive the serious injury last time. Compared with other people's restricted time of more than ten, twenty or ten minutes, this is surprisingly short, right? But in the face of chelates, sometimes victory or defeat is decided in milliseconds-except for the chelate with a slightly abnormal brain you met in the underground base, who else will reserve half a minute for you at the beginning of the game preparation time?"

After recording, Chiba put the memo back into the inner pocket of the coat.

"If there are any other details—like the body stiffness you mentioned just now, all the details that may affect your combat state, you should summarize them yourself and hand them over to the analysts in the training center. Are you there?"

"……Um."

"In the future, if you want, you can also choose to fight independently, but if it is not a last resort, never fight alone, let other people with more experience to figure out a way with you-this is what the training center does. "

Qianye said softly, "Speak up in time when you encounter problems, and ask for help in time. The more shortcomings you expose in daily training, the fewer accidents you will encounter in official battles, remember?"

(End of this chapter)