Rico let go of his hand on the door and watched the two sisters walk down the dim street. Before going out, Meyer stepped on the air again and fell towards the monstera in the corner. Fortunately, Agnes this time He grabbed her hand tightly.
The two of them chatted quietly and disappeared outside the door. Li Ge stood there and looked at the door that slowly closed. It was not until she heard the slight mechanical bite that she really returned to the room.
"Do you understand what they were saying just now?"
Rico turned around and found that Hesta had fallen asleep on the bed.
She sat back down next to Hesta and sighed.
"Can you at least take off your shoes first?"
…
The next morning, Hesta woke up in silence. The moment she opened her eyes, there were still some remnants of the dream in her mind. She once again dreamed of the huge firebird and the glacial lake, and the sound of wind in the distant mountains seemed to still be in her ears... Hesta discerned for a while and found that it was The faint noise from the fresh air system working overhead.
She reluctantly sat up and found Si Lei lying undressed on another bed. Directly in front of her, Li Ge stood in front of a whiteboard filled with words, contemplating.
Hesta rubbed her eyes, "You... didn't sleep?"
"Someone has to keep watch." Li Ge didn't look back, "Si Lei will replace me later."
"What are you looking at..." Hesta's eyes turned to the whiteboard in front of Rico, "Where did this thing come from..."
"Si Lei brought it back last night." Rico took a few steps back and sat at Hesta's feet, "Good morning, how are you feeling today?"
"...so tired," Hesta held her forehead with her palms, "my head is about to split."
"Then sleep a little longer?"
"No, my head hurts even more when I sleep." Hesta's feet slowly landed on the ground, "...is there any new news about last night?"
"The two girls sneaking into our room were indeed seen by Si Lei and the Thorn Monks."
Hesta thought in silence for a while, "So?"
"Si Lei said that the thorn monks didn't say anything at the time, but she estimates that they will go find the sisters to ask for details this morning."
"Then...did you tell Si Lei what they said last night?"
"I've said it all..." Li Ge pointed to the whiteboard not far away, "Look, all the analysis is on it. I, Si Lei, spent most of the night thinking about it."
Hesta looked up and took a closer look. There were many words and arrows on the whiteboard. They were related to each other and together formed a complex network.
Hesta grabbed the cane on the bedside and stepped forward step by step. After carefully reading the text near the two sisters, she was a little surprised: "...you suspect those two girls are lying?"
"It's just that there is such a possibility," Rico replied softly, "otherwise it would be difficult to explain why they came to inform us-"
"They...are not here to tip us off," Hesta corrected, "but to Si Lei."
Rico thought for a while, "Are you trying to say that you think they didn't lie?"
"At least as for checking the 'Instructions' part, I'm inclined to...no," Hesta continued reading. "There are so many people who know about this kind of thing, and it's easy to check...Have you checked?"
"This part is indeed true. After Si Lei came back last night, he called the chief steward and he said that the video would be sent over this morning." Li Ge paused, "But what you just said 'it's for Si Lei' is What's the meaning?"
Hesta looked back at Si Lei. The middle-aged police officer was obviously not sleeping peacefully. Even in her sleep, her expression remained serious.
Hesta spoke softly:
"Because...she's not on anyone's side."
…
It was approaching nine o'clock, and Si Lei had finished washing up. She was making final confirmations on all the notes and paper materials. After that, she would go to Bishop's Restaurant to attend today's morning meeting; Li Guqiang worked hard to take Hess with him. Ta went out to meet Chiba - after transferring Hesta safely to Chiba, she could go back to her room to catch up on her sleep.
The three of them parted ways in front of the elevator. Si Lei headed to the sixth floor, while Rico pushed Hesta to the open deck.
The sea was gloomy today, as if it would rain at any time, and the moist wind blew from the side, causing Hesta to unconsciously stand up his collar.
As Rico pushed her through the hall where the shooting took place last night, her field of vision broadened instantly - there was more than just Chiba waiting on the deck at this moment, Zero and Anna were standing on the other side of the deck, the two of them He seemed to be looking at the scenery quietly.
"This way," Qianye greeted Li Ge from a distance, and she walked quickly towards this side, "Thank you for your hard work."
"You're welcome, you should do it." Rico pushed Hesta's wheelchair in front of Chiba. She looked down at her watch and said, "I'll pick you up at four in the afternoon. Is that convenient?"
Chiba made an "ok" gesture.
After the three said goodbye, Li Ge originally wanted to return along the original route, but when her eyes swept across Zero in the distance, she suddenly changed her mind.
The moment Rico turned around, Chiba looked at her keenly: "Where are you going?"
"Oh, I have something very important and I have to talk to that girl specifically..."
After saying this, Li Ge had walked more than ten steps away. Chiba stared at Li Ge's back intently, probably observing.
"Someone broke into our room last night." Hesta whispered, "Because Zero... didn't confirm the status of the door when he left. I guess Rico went there for this."
Chiba left a low "hmm" and then looked away.
"Miss Chiba," Hesta raised her head, "Can I go and talk to them later?"
"What to talk about?"
Hesta was about to speak, but the words suddenly escaped her lips and she couldn't say a word. She raised her hand to cover her heart and closed her eyes for about half a minute before continuing: "Just... chat."
"Okay," Qianye agreed quickly, "But you have to eat first. You haven't taken your medicine in the morning, right?"
"Um……"
"Let's go, I'll take you to Bishop's Restaurant first, and then send you to Anna's place." Chiba pushed Hesta's wheelchair and turned around, "What a coincidence, Anna came to me specifically this morning to ask if she could bring her You wander around.”
"Wandering around... what are you shopping for?"
"You'll know in a moment." Chiba's hand pressed on Hesta's shoulder, "I will deliver you safely."
…
In Bishop's Restaurant, the projection screen that was originally used to show images to the wedding couple as a souvenir was now looping through surveillance video with four times the speed.
On the screen, Dietrich, who has reached the end of his life, appears in various places on the ship with a strange expression. Every time he stopped somewhere, he would look around nervously—until around 5 p.m., a surveillance camera captured him stepping into the side door of Grace Theater without looking back.
At this point, he completely disappeared from everyone's eyes until Hesta "accidentally" pressed the stage device three hours later.
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