After talking a few words about Hesta's court trial, Victoria then chatted a few words about Fernand's case with Ende, while Si Lei listened in confusion.
Si Lei wasn't sure why Chiba's ward was behind bars, but she remembered that Ava identified the main culprit in the Fernand case as the girl named Eureka Demon.
Now it sounds like Hesta is also involved. Coincidentally, Youleka's trial is also scheduled for this month... But the specific time is not very clear to Si Lei.
"About Fernand's case..."
"Just leave the matter over there to Ava. Let's talk about the assassin." Victoria said, "We also had internal confusion for a period of time regarding the identity of the assassin. I don't want this. The chaos continues - even though Rishi and others are victims, these people have some lack of awareness of their situation. We should not be led astray by their identification.
"The above evidence is enough to explain two things: the assassin and Hesta are two people, but they are obviously closely related."
Si Lei leaned back in his chair and tried to piece the clues back together - Victoria's set of inferences, to a certain extent, corresponded to the results of her investigations in the wasteland these days.
But she still felt like something was lacking.
Victoria looked at Si Lei, "This is probably the situation here, what do you think?"
Si Lei did not answer immediately. She thought for a moment before introducing the situation of the "Mount Saint-Severn Foreign Aid Center" and the "Valerie Communist Alliance" in the wasteland to Victoria and others. The "witch" Rishi mentioned was most likely sent to a habitable place through one of these channels.
"Joan Valerie has many adopted daughters," Si Lei said softly, "It is said that among them there are mercury needles that have not been absorbed by AHgAs - of course this is just speculation and there is no evidence.
"Why did I want to ask about Fernand's case again? Because Fernand is the key to connecting the wasteland and the habitable place. In fact, I also tend to think that the person who killed Fernand, Hoffman and others is the same person. , all for the same purpose.
"For this reason, I believe that in order to reveal the true identity of the assassins, we must first investigate every evil deed they did back then. Otherwise, everything will be like finding a needle in a haystack - we will never be able to find the assassins by elimination."
"...But Fernan is dead," Zoe frowned. "There is no evidence of his death. How are you going to check?"
"My idea is to arrest Tanglar first," Si Lei said. "Rich Schmidt, Hoffmann and others are dead, but the people who worked for them are still there, and I also found them in the wasteland. Two girls who escaped from a habitable place."
"Only Danglars? What about Villefort?"
"I have found no evidence related to him in these matters so far." Si Lei replied, "Are you really sure that he is also on the assassination list? Could it be an excuse for Li Xi and others to drag people into trouble?"
"That's impossible. Villefort said this morning that he wanted to meet the assassin. He must know something."
Si Lei quickly wrote down this clue.
"Perhaps you should go and meet Hesta herself." Victoria said. "Valerie lived in Short Ring Alley in his later years, and Hesta grew up there - such a coincidence is rare."
"But is it too late to do such a thing now?" Zoe interrupted, "Maybe the assassin will come in two days, and then she will kill Danglars and Villefort directly, and we won't even have time to react. ——”
"No, the assassin will definitely make a notice first and then kill." Victoria answered with certainty.
"Why are you so sure," Zoe looked at Victoria in disbelief, "The time for her to kill Schmidt has been advanced..."
"The assassin struck early because Schmidt did not wait for death." Victoria replied, "The old police inspector tried to disrupt the assassin's plan, and the assassin took his life in advance - this kind of The benefits of this approach are obvious, wasn’t it because of this reason that Tanglar didn’t dare to leave Tan Yi this morning?”
"Yes," Teresa laughed belatedly, "I have to say that assassins are really good at intimidating people..."
"But how can you be sure that the assassin will make the announcement first?" Zoe said reluctantly, "The assassin is a living person, not a machine. Her methods can be completely changed. Maybe all her previous actions were to paralyze us. , making us think that there is an inevitable connection between her murder and sending photos, so as to control the rhythm of our actions——"
"You've got one basic fact wrong, Zoe."
"……What?"
"The assassin did all this not to kill people, she was seeking revenge."
Zoe narrowed her eyes, "I don't see any difference between the two."
"There was a question I hadn't figured out before. That night at the Central Hospital, the assassin sneaked into Schmidt's ward, but she stood in the ward for half a minute without taking any action.
"At that time, I asked her, 'What are you waiting for?', she did not answer, but immediately prepared to retreat. It was I who lured her to stay with a deal, which delayed it for a while.
"Isn't this strange? Schmidt was lying there, motionless and defenseless. If the assassin really wanted to kill people, why didn't she kill him immediately? What on earth was she waiting for at that time? ?”
The entire conference room was silent, and everyone was deep in thought.
"Yesterday evening, the assassin suddenly appeared in the church in the city center. When we arrived, I saw her standing on a high place with a bustling crowd below. At that moment, I suddenly understood.
"I suspect that on the night the assassins broke into Schmidt's hospital room, she must have prepared an equally horrific plan of action, but she soon realized that she might not be the real one in control of the situation - after all, there were still people in the room. There was me, and my sudden appearance was enough to threaten her original plan.
"So, I think killing is not the most important thing to the assassin, but the process is more important. She wants to make the play extremely scary and have a strong dramatic effect. She wants to make the whole city and even the entire third The district becomes a stage, and if this is not achieved, she will quickly exit.
“Death is an inevitable link in her chain of revenge, but it is not the whole story.
"Hoffmann, Rich, Schmidt...isn't there some importance in the order of killing? Who lives longer, the more torture he endures - the assassin has a sort of order in his mind, who has the heaviest sin, she Whoever you hate the most will be the last to die."
"...I sympathized with the Duke for a second in the morning." Endai murmured, "Since he has been saved until the end, can it be said that he also -"
"You can put yourself in the criminal's shoes for reasoning, but don't really fall into the criminal's shoes." Si Lei reminded softly, "Otherwise it would be unfair."
"Oh, sorry."
"It's okay." Si Lei looked at Victoria again, "I also agree with your view. We don't have to worry unfoundedly until the assassin gives clues about his next move."
