After a brief silence, the women on the first floor burst out crying, but a burst of more intense gunshots quickly drowned out these sounds - Chiba fired continuously, and each bullet shattered a living room decoration. , the women fell to the ground and hugged their heads. When the gunfire ended, most of the cries turned into sobs.
Although Chiba had issued an ultimatum, no one stood up. They surrounded the old man and looked at his body blankly, as if expecting some response from the cooling corpse.
Chiba looked down at the faces of these people and turned back to Old Charlie's bedroom.
"Master..." Someone threw themselves on old Charlie, crying hoarsely, "Master——!"
"What now, Jane?" Another young man looked at her companion, "...can we still leave tomorrow?"
"I don't know." The young man named Zhen raised his head tremblingly, "Our luggage is still upstairs..."
While speaking, Chiba had returned to the corridor on the second floor again, with a bloody pistol in her hand. She leaned against the fence on the second floor and reminded: "There are two minutes and twenty seconds left."
The middle-aged man who was leaning on old Charlie raised her head, anger and fear poured out of her eyes at the same time, "You killed him! You killed him! Ah - how do you want us to live? How can we live if you ask us to? ? Master...my master——"
The next moment, the crying stopped abruptly - Chiba raised his hand and shot the wailing woman to death.
The pistol was thrown from the second floor, first hitting old Charlie on the back, and then the bullet landed next to the dead woman's hand.
"Who else doesn't know how to live?"
Everyone shivered again, as if waking up from several nightmares one after another.
Jane was the first to stand up. She stretched out her hand to wipe the sweat from her face, and wiped away the blood splatters on it.
"Everyone get up, everyone get up...
"Nadi, you and Sally go upstairs and move everyone's luggage down. Owen, go prepare the car and bring out all the horses. Yani, go call the children...and Ada and Pierre. Na, you go to the basement to get weapons, remember to check the model of the gun and bullets..."
Under her arrangement, everyone finally took action.
Jane held up her skirt and hurried upstairs. She left the most difficult task to herself - to search for useful things in old Charlie's room.
"No offense!" Jane looked at Qianye with a pale face. Her fists were clenched tightly and her palms were all sweaty. "I need to go to the room over there and borrow it... borrow it!"
Chiba ignored it, but did not refuse.
Jane gritted her teeth and ran from behind Qianye. After a while, she came out carrying old Charlie's suitcase and a heavy leather box. Chiba couldn't help but lock the suitcase, but allowed Jane to take away the leather box full of gold bars.
The building was empty, and the pistol that Chiba had thrown downstairs earlier had also been picked up.
Chiba lit a cigarette and took out his mobile phone to dial El.
"Hey, it's over, come over and deal with the aftermath."
…
At night, Hesta finished her inspection and returned to the mansion from the edge of the manor. When passing through a forest, she suddenly noticed something. She turned back a few steps and looked up at the branches of the tree.
"Calvin?"
The shadow on the tree swayed and quickly jumped back to the ground along the branches, "...how did you find me?"
"What are you doing?" Hesta looked up again and looked at the place where Calvin was hiding just now, "Practice night diving?"
"Yes," Calvin nodded, "It just so happens that I have nothing to do tonight, so I'm here to get a feel for it."
Hesta laughed and shook her head: "You are not suitable for this job, Calvin."
"……Why?"
"Your size is not small enough. Even if you hide, you will be easily discovered."
"But you also have the same problem," Calvin looked at her, "it doesn't seem to affect your work."
Hesta laughed, "How could it not be affected? It's just that everyone has their own trade-offs... Your advantage lies in the burst of power, and your agility and speed are your shortcomings - but they are the basic elements of latent combat. .”
Calvin remained silent, but he understood that Hesta was telling the truth.
"Why are you practicing this all of a sudden?" Hesta asked.
Calvin was silent for a moment - maybe he really needed some advice from Hesta at this moment.
"...I can tell you, but can you promise me not to tell the third person?"
"Of course, we have been friends for so many years." Hesta stood still and raised his fist towards Calvin, "I will never take the initiative to tell anyone about our conversation here tonight."
Calvin also made a fist and lightly bumped Hesta's hand.
"In the coming days, I will be Duke Villefort's secret whistle." Calvin replied softly.
"...Is this your new mission?"
"Um."
Hesta frowned and thought for a while, "...How could Victoria arrange such a task for you?"
"It wasn't her arrangement, it was my request." Calvin said softly, "She also took into account the shortcomings you just mentioned and told me that when necessary, we should work hard to create conditions for close combat. I have been thinking about how to achieve this... …What do you recommend?"
Hesta lowered her eyes and thought for a moment.
Seeing that Hesta was a little distracted, Calvin called out again: "Jane?"
"It's also...simple."
"you say."
"It's just about finding ways to actively choose the battlefield. Fortunately, for the defender, this is a natural advantage," Hesta said softly, "As long as you limit the combat location to indoors or some places with narrow vision, then The assassin must use close combat to get close to the target..."
The two of them walked along the deserted dirt road towards the Viscount's mansion. On a cold night in the middle of winter, Hesta talked about the few defensive battles she had experienced. By the way, she used the Duke's mansion as an imaginary battle site to discuss the assassin's possible attack route with Calvin.
Calvin thought thoughtfully, "In this way, the Rohan Palace behind the Duke's Palace is actually more suitable for an ambush than other places."
"Of course, the terrain of the Roang Palace is more complicated, and there is more room for detours. Moreover, considering the previous booby-trapping plan of Victoria's team in the Golden Crow Palace, this type of location can naturally arouse the fear of the assassin...more The important thing is that the Duke is more familiar with the place, and if the Palace of Rohan can be used as his hiding place, it may be more able to appease his emotions."
"It makes sense. I will ask the Duke tonight what he wants. If he thinks it is appropriate, I will discuss it with Victoria."
"Indeed, we must first understand the Duke's thoughts on this matter..." Hesta smiled, "Speaking of which, can I ask you a question?"
"sure."
"Why are you so insistent on this?"
Calvin paused, "...Do you still want to convince me to give up?"
"No, I respect your choice," Hesta looked forward, "As long as you consider the consequences."
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