Soon, Victoria issued an emergency meeting order to all team members. She couldn't wait to share some of her findings in the photos with everyone. Chiba rejected Victoria's invitation-after all, she was going to participate in the competition tomorrow. Going to the province of Nia to attend the first day of Hesta's court hearing, she now has no energy to follow up on matters here.
"Oh, I understand." Victoria expressed her understanding, "I hope everything goes well for you."
Before leaving Victoria's apartment, Chiba suddenly remembered something, "I heard Theresa say, have you visited Hestad once this week?"
"Yes." Victoria nodded, "I speculate that the assassin and Hesta are old acquaintances, so I want to ask her if she has any clues."
"Have you met her in person?"
"I saw it."
Qianye lowered his eyes slightly, "Is she... okay?"
"It's not good. I'm very haggard. I don't want to talk. I asked a lot of things, but I didn't get any answers, so I didn't mention it. Maybe being imprisoned for so long suddenly makes people tend to be a little depressed..." Victory Ya said, "Maybe you should have gone to see her a long time ago."
The two waved goodbye.
…
Near ten o'clock, Chiba returned to the clock tower that was damaged tonight alone.
There was a strong wind tonight and the entire square was blocked. The police officers of the police station were still on the scene to investigate potential clues. When they saw someone approaching, they were about to stop them, but they quickly recognized the person as Chiba.
Everyone changed their postures and saluted Qianye.
Chiba did not respond. From leaving the apartment to returning to the church, she was immersed in her own thoughts.
Chiba stopped in front of the broken stone statue in the church.
A few hours ago, she encountered the assassin here. At that time, she stretched out her hand, intending to strangle the man's neck, and then she heard a familiar voice——
"It's me, Miss Chiba."
At that moment, Qianye felt his head buzzing.
Fortunately, Victoria loudly reminded her that the assassin was in the "Acheron moment", otherwise how all this would have ended... Chiba didn't know.
During the days when Rishi and others were frantically identifying the murderer as Hesta, Chiba was also shaken by the true identity of the assassin. Although she had not spent much time with Jane in these years, she had a vague feeling that this was Jane's ability to Something that can be done.
But that night, when she approached the assassin during the chase, she was sure that it was definitely not Jane - the assassin had absolutely no smell of the mercury needles before their second awakening.
Most Mercury Needles know nothing about Hesta's uniqueness. They don't understand why Jane can become a key weapon in hunting down aberrations, but Chiba knows this very well. So after that, Chiba felt relieved. She even felt a little ridiculous that she had doubted Jane - why was she also deceived by the desperate nonsense of Rixi and others?
Even if everyone suspects Jane as the murderer, she shouldn't doubt it. Without the chelate, Jane can't enter bullet time at all.
She has not yet awakened for the second time.
But that sound tonight...how to explain it?
It is true that some chelates are very good at imitating, whether it is movement or sound, they can reproduce it vividly.
But is Assassin a chelate? If she were, she would not let go of the mercury needles she encountered again and again, and have no reaction to the large swaths of defenseless civilians in the livable area... More importantly: if Tan Yi's assassination appeared during this time The first person is Jane, but who are the people locked up in Ava's basement and in a separate prison?
How can the same person appear in two places at the same time?
Another gust of cold wind blew across the entire square, and everyone turned over their collars and wrapped their coats tighter in unison. Only Chiba was still looking up at the roof of the church, as if she was unaware of everything around her. A huge doubt hung above her head, making her not sure what to do.
Maybe if you wait until tomorrow, when you see Jane, all this will be answered.
…
Early morning on November 13th.
The original court session was at ten o'clock this morning. At this moment, Campbell felt a little anxious.
He had tried his best to show his kindness to Hesta, but no matter what he did or said, the young man in front of him always refused to speak. She seemed not to care about the upcoming judgment at all, and just watched everything with cold eyes, Including her own fate.
The clock pointed to eight o'clock. In the empty cell, "Hesta" changed her clothes and waited for the upcoming court process. She knew that when the vehicle that escorted her entered the boundaries of the internal court, she needed to Observe as much as possible to capture all signals that may appear around you and cooperate.
If everything goes well, she can go back to life at noon today.
However, the minute hand quickly moved to the 4 position, it was already eight twenty, and still no one showed up at her door.
"Hesta" stood up and walked to the garden.
She listened carefully, and found that the independent prison was still as quiet as usual today. There was no sound of the iron gate opening to welcome the large vehicle, no humming of the engine, and no strange voices making greetings.
Suddenly, she heard footsteps coming from the corridor, followed by the turning of keys, the sound of password input, and the sound of opening the door.
"Ms. Hestad, someone wants to visit you, please come with us."
"now."
"Yes, I'm already waiting for you in the visiting room. Lawyer Campbell is also there."
"There is not much time left," Eclipse replied, "No matter who comes to visit, we can wait until the court hearing ends today."
"The court is in session?" The visitor was a little strange, "...you mean today?"
Eclipse turned around, "Isn't it?"
"Lawyer Campbell previously applied to postpone the court session to the morning of the day after tomorrow, and the court approved it yesterday, so... didn't he tell you?"
Suddenly, some kind of extremely sharp alarm sounded in Sun Eclipse's mind.
the day after tomorrow……
That would already be the 15th.
…
"Ms. Hestad's current condition is really not suitable for court. I believe that after meeting her later, you will come to the same conclusion as me." Campbell sighed helplessly, "My original intention was to postpone the court date directly. to next month, but the court considered this to be an unnecessary delay, so it only allowed a two-day postponement... I really had no other choice but to accept it.”
"Has she said nothing to you these days?" Chiba asked.
"Yes, maybe after today, you can give me some advice?"
Qianye frowned slightly. She remembered Campbell's limelight in the Roger case, which was probably the source of Hesta's silence.
But at this moment, Chiba did not intend to express this speculation - this attitude revealed Hesta's true view of justice to a certain extent.
Soon, another door to the visiting room opened.
When Sun Eclipse walked into the room from the other door, Chiba never looked away.
"You guys can chat, I'll wait outside." Campbell stood up knowingly. "This visiting room is special and there is no recording."
He reminded softly, "You can talk about things you really care about."
"Okay." Chiba nodded.
The door was brought up from the outside.
"Ms. Chiba." Sun Eclipse recognized the person calmly.
"You don't have to say anything," Chiba looked at the person in front of him, "look at me."
