Chapter 89
The doctors and nurses on duty inside the hospital had heard the sudden noise a few blocks away. Everyone vaguely guessed what it was, but no one raised the topic.
Suddenly, there was a sound of shattering glassware from the nurse's station on the third floor. Everyone held their breath and turned around following the sound. Unexpectedly, there would be an even more violent shattering sound - the mercury needle upstairs directly broke the window. Enter and jump into the corridor.
"What's wrong?"
"...I accidentally broke a cup." The nurse whispered, as if she was answering the mercury needle's question, and as if she was comforting other colleagues who were frightened by her, "It's okay, it's okay..."
The mercury needle went forward to check for a moment, and after confirming that everything was OK, he returned to the fourth floor through the window, leaving broken glass on the floor. The nurse who came forward to clean up couldn't help but follow the probe and look around, but she could no longer see the other person's shadow.
The doctors and nurses returned to their seats and glanced at the wall clock in unison.
The night has just begun, and everyone is tensed and waiting in great uncertainty.
…
At 21:46, fireworks exploded outside the window, with a height of about 30 meters. The glass of the house on the top floor of the building burst one after another, making a loud noise;
At 21:47, the ground mercury needle followed the sound and went to the scene of the incident to check the situation. It soon discovered fireworks being set off near the hospital building and put them out immediately;
At 21:47, the ground mercury needle reported the above findings to other colleagues and Avinash. Pauler recognized that the ground fireworks were the same style as those used by the violent demonstrators the day before;
At 21:48, Avinash asked about the situation at the scene, and the mercury needles stationed on the rooftop and corridors said no abnormalities were found.
At 21:48, Avinash ordered everyone to be more vigilant, and everyone replied "understood".
…
An unexpected wisp of wind blew into the intensive care unit on the fourth floor. It lightly brushed against the edge of the broken window, diluting the overly pungent smell of disinfectant in the room.
A towering black figure stood in the dim light - at the moment when the first fireworks exploded, when everyone was staring out the window at the dark night sky, she broke the window and entered.
She raised her arms and sleeves, and two sharp daggers appeared in her left and right hands. Not far away, the unconscious Schmidt seemed to be aware of the coming of death, and his heart rate increased slightly.
The song humming in Hesta's mind was coming to an end, and her knife-wielding hand slowly waved in the air, like a conductor at the center of the stage. When the last note faded, she cupped her heart with her right hand and bowed to the audience in the void - although there was no applause.
Hesta stood there, waiting for the mercury needle from outside to rush in.
She was convinced that even if all her previous actions had deceived their eyes, now that she was standing here openly, the surveillance in the ward would expose her presence anyway.
An assassin who has never appeared has bypassed all defenses and suddenly appeared in front of everyone - this will be the final link that will push everything tonight to a climax.
However, half a minute passed and nothing happened.
Suddenly, a voice came from the corner, "...What are you waiting for?"
Immediately afterwards, a woman wearing a mercury needle uniform appeared in front of Hesta. There was a strong smell of disinfectant on her clothes. In the hospital, the smell was so legitimate that Hestad didn't realize there was someone hiding in the ward.
"You're not waiting for the mercury needle outside, are you?" Victoria patted the back of her clothes habitually - even though there was no dust on the walls of the ward.
In an instant, Hestad realized that tonight's operation at the Central Hospital had failed.
She suddenly sheathed the knife and stepped back quickly, facing Victoria.
However, the other party had no intention of letting her go easily - the distance between the two at the moment was no more than five meters. No one had ever been so close to the assassin, and there was no way Victoria would let this opportunity go.
However, what surprised Hesta was that Victoria, who was chasing her, quickly restrained her hands, showing no intention of fighting.
"I don't have a weapon!" Victoria shouted, "You can check-"
Hesta let go and pushed the other person away.
Victoria staggered two steps and quickly sat down at Schmidt's feet.
"They gave me five minutes, which is what I asked for - if you finally break through their defenses and enter here, the next five minutes will be completely handed over to me... Can we talk? ?Let’s talk.”
Hesta didn't speak or move.
"Tonight is the 'Musicians' and the 'Female Fortune Teller,' right?" Victoria's tone was like chatting, "What a coincidence, I am the one who chose these chelates. I particularly like it - especially the 'Female Fortune Teller'. She is very good at 'misguiding'. The mercury needle team that was chasing her was fooled by her at first. Not only did they almost lose their lives, but the entire team's supplies were also looted. Empty.
"'Not only do I want to control your destiny, but I also want to steal your wallet.' That's interesting, isn't it? Haha."
Hesta glanced outside the window from the corner of her eye. She heard some subtle noises coming from behind. She was afraid that there was an ambush near the window. Instead of going from here, it would be better to break through Victoria's defense directly and come from the ward. The gate bursts out.
Victoria's laughter turned a little awkward midway, "Wait a minute - is the topic I chose to introduce unattractive? Do you want to leave again?"
She stretched out her hand towards Hesta, "Then let's get right to the point. I mean, we can make a deal - a deal that saves both of us more time and effort."
Hesta quietly observed the expression of the person in front of her. In this matter, she did not intend to make any deal with anyone, but she still gently opened her palm to Victoria, indicating that the other party could continue.
At this moment, she has recognized the person in front of her - on the night when she was chased all the way to the west coast by Qianye, the person in front of her was one of the three Mercury Needles who followed her.
The name...should be Victoria Yellen.
"We have expended too much energy to arrest you. Although life is priceless, so much equipment, so much manpower, and so many public facilities that you have destroyed before... they all cost money," Wei Kedolia smiled philistinely, "Judging from your previous behavior at Tan Yibei Station, we feel that you have no hostility towards mercury needles or the general public, and your attitude can definitely become a basis for our cooperation." basis, what do you think?”
Hesta raised her hand again, her palm facing up, and weighed it gently. This gesture seemed to say-why not?
"Are you asking what price we will offer?" Victoria kept an official smile, "We won't let you down - we can completely lift your arrest, as long as the person you want to kill next is very small. It is clear and ensures that no innocent people are harmed.
"We can consider reaching a settlement with you in this way, so you don't always have to go to such trouble to assassinate... How about that?"
Hestad did not respond, although the price was indeed tempting.
"The enemies you are going to kill next - apart from Schmidt, there shouldn't be many, right?" Victoria asked, holding out a finger, "One?"
Hesta also stretched out a finger and shook it gently.
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