Hesta said nothing - the suspicion she had had was finally verified at this moment.
No wonder Miss Chiba’s bullet time is so long, it’s really because...
"In the more than seventy hours of fighting with other chelates, I couldn't kill any of them, and I also lost an arm and a leg. Ordinary daggers couldn't penetrate their skin at all. I can only keep running away, luring different chelates to one place and letting them kill each other.
"Maybe it was because the situation was too dangerous at the time, so there was one thing I never realized until I entered the reserve base in District 14 and started to really learn how to fight chelates, and I suddenly realized it.
“You can’t kill a chelate by sticking a knife into its heart.
"What I killed... was not Chiba who turned into a chelate, but Chiba himself."
Hesta did not understand this sentence immediately. After a moment of silence, she suddenly grasped Qianye's hand tightly, harder than ever. Hesta's pupils trembled - this was the first time she saw Chiba's red eyes.
Chiba chuckled softly and lowered her head, "So Jane, I can probably understand your current situation. I know that sometimes people can be knocked down suddenly, or even be knocked down by the same thing over and over again...
"I... totally understand that."
Chiba slowly looked at her again.
"Later, I met you at St. Anne's Abbey. The office... was very dark, as dark as the cave on the 'island'. You fell in a pool of blood, with a dagger inserted in your chest...
"Maybe I'm really crazy... That night was probably the most thrilling night since I arrived in District 3. I was a little scared at the time... I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to hold on, and I was afraid that I would come too late. I felt that some fate had given me I have a chance, but I may not take it.
"But everything that happened later completely dispelled my worries... because not only did you survive, but you were also a mercury needle.
"Do you remember, you asked me when you were a child whether a mercury needle can lead an ordinary life - actually it is possible. Look at Valenti, her life in a habitable place is no different from ordinary people, but The problem is that if you are determined to live an ordinary life from the beginning, you will not be able to handle the job of being a mercury needle, and you will not be able to live an ordinary life.
"I'm very nervous about whether I can be your guardian, and sometimes I even resist, because I don't know how to teach you. I only know that I don't want to be educated - for example, like Ava did to me, pursuing Absolute control. Most of my life choices were made in rebellion against Ava, and although looking back now everything makes sense... but if you have your own pursuits, I really hope you You don’t have to be like me to live the life you want.
"In this process, if I can do anything for you, I will do it with all my strength, because... because you know what? From the moment you survived, I saw you making friends at the base and growing up day by day. ...I feel like I’m living again.”
Chiba's voice was almost whispering at the end. She wiped away the tears on Hesta's face and gently pressed her forehead.
"Jane, don't take such a risk with yourself, because you are very important to me."
"No more," Hesta frowned, holding back tears, "Never again, Miss Chiba."
After a few breaths, Chiba stood up and walked behind Hesta, briefly processing his emotions.
"The doctors at the base told me that you need to rest in your current situation. It's best to stay in a safe and familiar place and slowly adjust... But I don't believe this, because my experience is completely opposite to what they said - you are in There are too many traces left here. Instead of staying here chewing the cud every day, it is better to change the environment."
"...Escape to, another place?"
"It's not about running away, it's about staying away from them temporarily, just like when Ava took me from District 14 to District 3." Qianye said softly, "You can't escape all these problems if you run away, these... ...Troubles that you haven't solved yet will still come to you over and over again in the days to come...until you learn how to deal with them.
"Anyway, you have to be prepared."
Chiba looked at Hesta, "So what's your answer? Are you willing to go with me?"
"I...of course..." Hesta gasped, "But I, I don't know if I can still..."
"Don't worry about anything else. I have two more things to tell you. Do you still have the strength to listen?"
"……have."
Chiba took a deep breath and sat down in front of Hesta again with a serious expression.
"First of all, this time Ava bypassed me and found you directly. This is her problem. But as for you, you didn't tell me anything. I want you to reflect on this. This kind of thing is absolutely - right - —There can be no next time.”
"Understood." Hesta's eyes dropped slightly, and she suddenly remembered something, "Ava, she..."
Before Hesta could ask more questions, Chiba had already taken out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Hesta.
"The second thing is, Dr. Yanni gave this to me last week."
Hesta felt that this piece of paper looked vaguely familiar. When she unfolded it, she found that it was an item request list given to her by the nurse last week. There were some options to check on it, such as books, special paper and pens, certain popular drinks, etc. Wait, the patient ticks the items he needs, and the nurse will prepare the corresponding items and bring them over the next day.
In the "other" column at the end of the form, Hestad wrote two names crookedly:
Turan Poe
Rico Sol
Hesta tried to recall, but she had no memory of filling out such a form.
"Oh... I may have misunderstood... the purpose of this table..."
"There's a little trouble over there in Rico, but Turan will be there the day after tomorrow." Qianye interrupted Hesta's explanation softly, "You didn't reply to any of the letters or emails they sent you before... They are also very worried. I told them that you were imprisoned by Ava for some misunderstandings and are now resting in the hospital - you are not allowed to mention anything related to murder photography to them, can you do that? "
Hesta inhaled slowly, and after several consecutive deep breaths, she whispered, "Yes."
…
Two days later, Turan landed at Tan Yi airport with his luggage.
There is almost no change in this city where she has stayed for four years. There are old churches, a few roads under renovation, square tables in restaurants on both sides of the road, and beautiful closets filled with desserts, new clothes, jewelry... and The difference before was that she could now pass by these places freely and no longer had to look through the gray car windows.
