Late at night, Ava listened to the afternoon questioning on the hospital bed.
Ava is the only patient in the huge ward. Beside her bed, more than a dozen life-support equipment are working at the same time, and Eclipse is sitting next to Ava with a new look.
"Are all... the contents of the interrogation... here?" Ava asked softly.
"And part of the conversation outside the courtroom," Eclipse replied.
"Put it on and listen..."
Eclipse quickly found the corresponding image and played it back at triple speed.
"I'm not just Jane Hestar, I'm a warrior of ahgas!"
"If someone needs to make some sacrifices, I will do it!"
"If you think that my so-called 'leaving a name' is just for some fame, fortune and prestige, you are totally wrong——"
Ava laughed with her eyes closed on the hospital bed. Her laughter aroused physical pain, and Sun Eclipse hurriedly stepped forward.
"Are you okay, Ava."
"It's okay." Ava's voice was very weak, "Who taught her to say these words... and they are quite decent..."
"It must be Chiba. She and Hesta have met outside once before. This time the independent prison replacement plan was a temporary compromise between the two of them."
"Qianye?" Ava was a little surprised.
The old man frowned and thought for a while, then quickly relaxed, "That's right, Qianye has been to many places, such as monuments and communist alliances... If she knows, it won't be surprising if she tells Jane..."
"I heard that Ms. Chiba has been applying to visit you."
"I know, let her apply. Anyway, I don't plan to see her recently..." Ava laughed, "It's time to teach her a lesson... Look at her during this period, she's like an ant on a hot pot. I'm so anxious, isn't it... quite interesting?"
Sun Eclipse looked puzzled: "Why don't you sit down and have a good talk?"
Ava raised her eyes, "...Is this your problem or Anna's problem?"
"It's my question, but Anna said the same thing." Eclipse replied, "What is the reason? Can Ava tell me?"
Ava raised her eyebrows, "What else could be the reason? Chiba...is not a person...who is willing to talk nicely...if you disagree with her and you don't have the ability to push her to the ground...she will... I won't even listen to what you have to say.
"As for Anna's words...you can't understand it as a 'question', it's more of a 'sigh', accepting that Chiba and I 'can't sit down and have a good conversation' After the fact, a helpless sigh...
"Such subtle differences are very common in daily human conversations. You have to learn...to judge...through context..."
Sun Eclipse nodded seriously, "That's it."
Ava closed her eyes, "The last time... was... the night you left the independent prison... did Chiba see Anna?"
"No," Eclipse replied, "I feel weird about that."
"What's weird?"
"I told Ms. Chiba where Anna was that night, and Ms. Chiba also went to that place with me, but when I got off the car, she did not come down with me. Instead, she sat in the car and smoked a cigarette. I I thought she was watching for an ambush, but she turned the car around after putting out her cigarette and drove away."
Eclipse looked at Ava, "I don't understand, what is Ms. Chiba doing?"
"Oh, you... don't understand," Ava half-squinted her eyes, "I... don't quite understand either."
"Ava doesn't understand either?"
"Well...because people...sometimes...are just hard to understand."
"This is quite understandable."
Ava smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether you understand or not...just think that they are playing a game with complicated rules. You are not a player and you don't know the past...so there is no need for you to get involved."
"Okay." Sun Eclipse nodded briefly, "What else do you need me to do next?"
"Has Anna needed you...much lately?"
"Not much for the time being. She said that the past three months have been mainly about your side. As long as she doesn't initiate a voluntary recall, I don't have to go back."
"Okay," Ava nodded lightly, "I don't have anything to do here... just go to... Hesta's side... and be on standby."
"Does she still need me?"
"It seems necessary..." Ava whispered, "She seems to have changed her mind again... I don't know what she... wants to do next. With you here, it will be... easier for her to do things."
"In what capacity this time?"
"Just use..." Ava thought for a while, "'Palan'."
"good."
"You can...help her as much as you can, but if she...asks about your identity, you still...don't mention a word..."
Eclipse stood up and said, "Well, don't worry, I understand everything."
Ava reached out her hand towards Eclipse, who immediately grabbed it.
"Say hello to Anna for me..." Ava whispered.
"I will," Sun Eclipse leaned over and gently pressed the back of Ava's hand, "Anna has always missed you. She always misses the days when she taught at the reserve base."
Ava smiled, her eyes half-opened, her smile dimmed by weakness.
"What has passed... there is nothing to miss anymore. I really look forward to... the day when we meet again in the future."
…
Early the next morning, Campbell came to the Largo workstation in an aggressive manner and demanded to see Hestad. The mercury needle at the workstation symbolically stopped him, and then led him to the underground detention point.
An hour later, Campbell walked out in a daze and was helped into the car by his secretary.
Victoria sat in the car across the road and watched this scene, raising her chin curiously.
Half an hour later, Hesta appeared in the back seat of Victoria's car. She had almost no luggage and was traveling lightly, very relaxed.
"What were you talking about with Campbell? Why did it feel like he was gone when he came out?" Victoria looked at Hesta, "Did you scare him?"
"On the contrary, he came to scare me." Hesta replied, "But I told him that the workstation is also monitored everywhere like an independent prison, and he restrained himself much."
"Why is he threatening you?"
"Let's not mention some incompetent anger." Hesta said with a smile, "It's nothing more than a few colleagues who have been staring at him intending to use this matter to turn over old scores, so that his 'judicial conscience' will fall into confusion. Altar, he hopes that I can come forward to say something and explain something to him."
Victoria understood it immediately, and she laughed: "No wonder... I have worked so hard to prepare your case for so long, but you sold it on the spot."
"He should have thought that such a day would come." Hesta said softly, "'Creating Gods' is always followed by 'Destroying Gods', and those who are obsessed with 'Creating Gods' will always be destroyed together with the gods they created. …It’s just that this time it’s his turn.”
The phrase "It's his turn" suddenly felt familiar to Victoria. She tried to think about it for a while, but couldn't remember where she had heard it before, so she let it go.
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