Hesta crossed her arms and sat on the table next to Paran.
"I received an email from Office 002 yesterday. They asked me to go to Core City next week to attend the investiture ceremony of the Order of the Thistle."
"Knight of the Thistle..." Paran leaned back slightly, resting her left foot on her right foot, and leisurely recited the motto of the Order of the Knight of the Thistle, "nemo me impune lacessit (1)... Yes, it suits you very well." "
"Besides, I plan to go see Ava then."
"Ava has already told me about this. She saw the email you sent the day before yesterday - she also wants to see you again." Paran smiled and said, "But she is still very busy during this time, so you still I have to find another chance...Which bus will you take then?"
"The awarding ceremony is on December 18th. Office No. 002 asked me to arrive two days early, so I should be arranged to get on the bus on the night of the 16th. We have to wait for news on the specific train schedule."
"Okay, the eclipse will go with you then."
"...Eclipse?"
"Yes, exactly how you and Ava are going to meet - whether it's going to be a public process, or whether I'm going to find a way for you to sneak over. Eclipse will tell you when the time comes."
"How is she going to find me?"
"After you confirm the train number, just send me your ticket information. How to find you is a matter of the eclipse. When the time comes, she will appear in front of you wearing a golden short-brimmed hat. When she approaches you, her The hat will accidentally fall on the ground. You have to help her pick it up and tell her, "I also have a hat like this." She will say thank you to you and then say, "That's a coincidence, because I designed this hat myself." '."
Paran tilted his head, "Do you remember?"
"Yeah." Hesta nodded in response.
Paran was still looking at Hesta's face. She observed the expression on the other person's face, trying to analyze Hesta's mood at the moment.
"Speaking of which," Paran suddenly said, "I heard that some humans have learned the pleasure of 'justice' during evolution, just like some natural altruists. Their willingness to serve the group is written in their genes. In...have you felt similar happiness these days?"
Hesta glanced at her in surprise, "No..."
"So, just the joy of revenge?"
Hesta did not answer immediately. She looked sideways out of the window with a somewhat alienated expression.
"...I suddenly realized something last night."
"uh-huh?"
"The reason why I was able to successfully kill them was not because I upheld justice - or even saying that it had nothing to do with justice or injustice." Hestad looked at Paran, "I can do it. , just because I can.”
"What do you mean?" Paran held up his cheek, "Expand it, I don't understand."
"Even if Villefort and the others are the seven best-hearted people in the world, I can still take their lives in the same way - as long as I want."
Paran laughed and shook her head, "But if that's the case, you won't get Ava's help -"
"Then let me change the scenario - what if Ava wants to kill them?"
Paran was startled.
Hesta continued, "If Ava were to do this, she would definitely have a better way - the risks would be lower, there would be more escape options... because she is more 'able'."
"No...there is no perfect crime, Jane."
"Really? Is this survivor bias?"
"No, because all crimes leave traces—"
"I know, but so what if there are traces. Will anyone be held accountable if there are traces? If I hadn't entered the livable area, if Miss Chiba hadn't come when the monastery was attacked, if I hadn't been hiding incognito because of my special abilities. In other words, I have never seen Fernand’s consultation record...then Villefort and the others should still be living in the honeypot, right?"
Hesta's eyes were half-open.
"I have been thinking about it for the past few days, is there a possibility that the world is actually full of perfect crimes, and the crimes that are discovered are only a fairly insignificant part of them. If so, then those who loudly declare that 'there are no perfect crimes' For what purpose do people reiterate this point?"
There was a brief silence between the two.
Paran raised his head and thought for a moment, "...will you discuss this issue with Ava?"
"If time permits." Hesta said softly, "But this question is actually irrelevant. I mainly want to talk to her about my future plans. I need her to give me some advice."
"I have begun to look forward to your meeting..." Paran rubbed her hands and stood up, "I will tell her this and hope she can give you more time."
"Thank you."
"I've said everything I need to say, and it's time for me to leave." Paran smiled, "You can continue to enjoy your free time, and don't forget to give me your ticket information as soon as possible."
"good."
Before driving out of the apartment, Paran looked up at the room where Hestad lived. The dark green curtains were floating along the open window.
——Yes, another unique human sample.
…
That afternoon, Si Lei attended a press conference on murder photography and related cases.
The main focus of this press conference focused on the eleven skeletons that appeared in the Roang Palace. After preliminary DNA comparison, the police have been able to identify three of them as citizens of the Third District who immigrated to Tan Yi from the wasteland sixteen years ago. Twelve years ago, they disappeared at the same time from different cities in District 3. Currently, the police have contacted the victim's family to come to Tan Yi to collect the remains.
The remaining seven skeletons are unidentified, and the police speculate that they are illegal people brought to the habitable area by the Fernan Foreign Aid Organization 12 years ago. The case is still under investigation. Next, the police will further sort out the skeleton information and collect clues from the wasteland area.
The press conference went smoothly, but Si Lei still had some doubts about some details - such as the number of remains.
Eleven is not a very convincing number. Ten people, twelve people, thirteen people... all seem to be more reasonable than eleven people, especially as Rishi also emphasized before, "Twelve is a special number." number".
For this reason, after eleven skeletons were discovered in the secret room, Si Lei kept asking people to search for a possible twelfth skeleton near the Roang Palace, but no new ones were found. To a certain extent, this was also the case. Good news, one less victim is better than anything else.
Maybe she was overthinking it. The assassin always sent twelve photos. Maybe it was because this case was exactly twelve years ago.
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(1) nemo me impune lacessit: Classical, the motto of the medal, which means "No one can provoke me unscrupulously", which can also be translated as "Those who offend me will be punished".
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