The man was speechless for a moment, but then he lowered his head and smiled, "No, it's not acquaintance...at best, it can only be said to be 'recognition'. You are Ms. Jane Hestad, right? I had the honor to read it last year Some news about you, from Mr. Campbell."
Campbell…
The name was so old that it almost seemed like it came from the last century. It took Hestad a while to recall who he was.
"I think I may have offended you in some way just now." The man looked into Hesta's eyes, his eyes showing a slight apology, "Although I don't know exactly what the reason was, please forgive me, I never meant it. .”
Hestad looked at the business card the man put on the table. It read "Heinchi Gobelin" on it.
She held the business card between her fingers and said, "Stop sneaking around me."
"Feel sorry……"
Hesta was handed to Gobelin again. The man was a little surprised, but he still reached out to take it. Rico watched this scene from the side, and she was always vigilant.
Suddenly, Rico looked sideways to the heights.
"careful!"
A bullet was shot from above the three people. The bullet hit the business card that Hestad and Gobelin were handing over. The bullet that penetrated the paper wiped out golden sparks and made the two people retreat immediately. .
Rico had already stepped on the table and stool next to her and flew up. She stepped on the lampshades and statues on the wall and flew along the wall, quickly approaching the point where the bullet was fired. In the darkness, Hesta had already poked her head out from behind the marble pillar where she was living. Come, she saw a faint shadow bouncing higher in the hall at an extremely fast speed.
Then there were several more gunshots - Gobelin, not far away, had already drawn his pistol and shot from a high place. However, his bullet was like a golden pen, and its function was limited to tracing the attacker's trajectory.
The black shadow had astonishing agility. After shattering the four glass windows, it fled through the highest hole.
Rico did not chase, she immediately returned to Hesta.
"Are you okay, Jane!"
"……fine."
Gobelin was still looking at the broken window, breathing heavily, still holding his .45 caliber automatic pistol tightly in his hand.
The sound of gunshots attracted the attention of everyone not far away, and a burst of footsteps and shouts came from the corridor at the other end of the hall. Someone pressed the chandelier switch here, and the entire dark hall finally became brighter.
Almost at this moment, Hesta once again felt a pair of gray-blue eyes flashing from the side and behind her. Before she realized that she should take action, some kind of fighting instinct had already made her chase after her.
Rico reacted faster. She hugged Hesta's waist from behind, "Where are you going?"
"there!"
Seeing that the two mercury needles were about to leave, Gobelin chased after him in a panic, "Where are you going!"
Before he finished speaking, Rico had already rushed out of the hall with Hesta. They followed the outline of the building all the way up and disappeared from Gobelin's sight.
The guards on the ship and some brave passengers had already chased after him. Some of the thorn monks called out the name "Gobelin". He glanced in the direction of the exit again, and then quickly returned to the crowd.
After a while, Si Lei also arrived at the scene from the control room. She left the crowd and walked towards Gobelin. The onlookers around her were already repeating what Gobelin had said before.
"Where are the two girls?"
"They... went outside, outside, up there!"
Si Lei immediately drew his gun and rushed out. Gobelin followed leisurely. He observed the movement around Si Lei and was not in a hurry to be the first to rush out of the hall.
Si Lei had already arrived on the open deck. As soon as she appeared, she heard Rico's voice from above, "Officer Si Lei?"
Si Lei raised his head and saw Li Ge standing alone in the gap between the second deck and the third deck.
Si Lei lowered his gun but did not put it away.
"Why are you alone, where is Jane?"
"Inside." Rico pointed to a long and narrow entrance behind him, "Only one person can enter."
The crowd had slowly flowed from the hall to the open deck. Gobelin came to the front. He stood behind Si Lei and looked up at Rico, who was standing high up.
There was a strange noise, and people saw Hesta's red hair again. Her left hand was tightly placed across her chest, and she only relied on her legs to maintain balance.
"What are you doing!" Si Lei asked loudly.
Only then did Rico jump down from the height with Hesta in his arms. The two of them landed firmly. Only then did people see an old white cat lying in Hesta's arms. The cat was barking at everyone crazily. Yaha was furious, but Hesta held the cat's neck tightly, making it unable to move.
Si Lei was stunned, "...you rescued a cat?"
Hesta shook her head. She gasped and forcibly raised the cat's head, "Eyes... look at its eyes..."
Si Lei leaned down, and through the light on the deck, she saw a pair of cat's eyes that looked like gems.
"...Why are this cat's eyes gray?"
"It's grey-blue. You can see it when you go to a bright place..." Hesta said with difficulty, "The exhibition hall... when it is in the undersea exhibition hall..."
Si Lei suddenly remembered the "gray-blue eyes" hidden in the darkness that Hesta had mentioned at that time, and she finally understood: "So what you saw then... was a cat?"
"……maybe."
The cat screamed and clawed hard at Hesta's sleeves. Its sharp claws kicked on her stiff uniform jacket, making a loud "scratch" sound until a young voice came from behind the crowd:
"Duke?"
The word "Duke" made Hestad hesitate for a moment. At this moment, the cat slapped its paw hard on the back of Hestad's hand. She retracted her hand in pain, and the white cat landed gracefully.
The cat crossed the crowd and quickly jumped into the arms of a girl. Hesta followed the cat's path and saw Zero and Anna.
The white cat lay in Zero's arms and whimpered in aggrieved manner, its little head trying its best to dig under her arm.
Hesta ignored the blood stains on the back of her hands and walked quickly to Zero.
"This is...your cat?"
"Yes, it belongs to Anna." Zero said softly, "We have kept it in the room since we boarded the ship. We don't know why it escaped today."
"...What do you call it," Hesta said in a low voice, "Duke?"
"Yeah." Zero nodded.
On the side, Anna opened her arms to Zero, and the girl carefully handed the cat to her. In Anna's arms, the cat was extremely docile. Its head rested on Anna's palm and she allowed her to stroke its chin.
Hesta looked down at the white cat, "What's this name..."
"It's the name of a cat. 'Duke' is just a nickname," Anna replied warmly, raising her head, "Or, you can also call it 'Meshikin'."
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