Hesta was intently staring at Anna's back, and Rico's words went directly into one ear and out the other. Although she was not listening to what Rico said at all, she still realized from the rising tone that Rico was throwing things at her. Something went wrong.
"...What?" Hesta raised her head, "I just got distracted."
"It's nothing," Li Ge raised his eyebrows, "It's all in vain to ask you anything now, huh?"
"Sorry, I just..." Hesta's throat moved, "I was thinking about other things."
…
"Officer Si Lei, are you inside?"
Outside the Grace Theater, Si Lei, who was searching for clues alone in the area, suddenly heard a familiar voice.
She looked towards the source of the sound in the dark. The silhouette of a young girl stood at the entrance of the theater.
"Agnes?" Si Lei took the initiative to walk to the light, "Why are you here?"
"Is it convenient to chat? I have... something very important to tell you."
"Chat here?"
"It's best," Agnes whispered, "Everyone is outside now, and I... came here secretly."
"Can."
Si Lei walked towards Agnes. Rows of seats blocked her lower body. Si Lei instinctively touched the guns on his waist - they were all hanging there.
"How did you know I was here?" Si Lei asked.
"I was also at Bishop's Restaurant just now. I saw you coming in this direction, so I came to try my luck..." Agnes approached Si Lei with small steps, and the light behind her drew a long line on the ground. A long black shadow, "Do you know where the black-haired mercury needle is? I remember her name is... Qianye?"
"Her work is always confidential. I can't possibly know about it. Do you have anything to do with her?"
"The linguist she is responsible for escorting is...in danger tonight."
Si Lei was startled, and she finally remembered to look down at the time - it was already close to seven o'clock, and she was supposed to rush back to Hesta's room to take over with Rico at half past five.
Si Lei felt something was wrong, and she had to go back and take a look as soon as possible.
"...Keep talking," Si Lei raised his head, "What's the danger?"
"Gobelin gave everyone weapons...did you know that?"
"I know, he informed me beforehand," Si Lei sighed softly and looked away, "I have already told him that this is the worst idea I have ever heard. These weapons cannot allow people to fight in real situations. Protecting yourself before danger will only lead to unnecessary bloodshed..."
Si Lei's words stopped abruptly. Thinking of Agnes's previous words, she frowned, "...What do you mean, your people are going to attack Bo Shanfu tonight?"
"...It should be like this. I am not a core member of the action team, so the things I know are very limited." Agnes whispered, "If Boshanfu is seriously injured, then Ms. Chiba should find a way to let the ship dock... … Gobelin said so.”
"Wishful thinking!" Si Lei's voice suddenly rose, "Is Gobelin himself in that action group? Does he know what it means to point a gun at Chiba!"
"No, no, of course they won't break in directly. They have their own plan. As far as I know, they don't want to have a head-on conflict with Ms. Chiba..."
"Where is Gobelin?"
"I don't know," Agnes replied in a low voice, "I came to you to tell you this because I want you to tell Ms. Chiba so that she can have time to prepare in advance... I don't want anything to happen to the linguist, either. We don’t want anything to happen to our people, I believe Ms. Chiba will have a way to do this.”
Agnes was silent for a moment. She observed Si Lei's expression and tentatively said, "For example, take Bo Shanfu to find a safe place to stay tonight. No matter what happens outside, don't be fooled and don't leave." ——”
"...You put it lightly," Si Lei pressed his forehead, "Shall I tell Qianye? I don't think Gobelin will survive tonight whether I tell Qianye or not."
"There's just... no other way?"
"Whoever made him take his mind off the trouble of finding Qianye, he deserves it!" Si Lei put his hands on his lower back, pacing in deep thought, "...Is this just the matter?"
"Um."
"...Thank you for telling me this. I'll think about what else I can do," Si Lei said softly. She took off her disposable rubber gloves, balled them up and stuffed them into her coat pocket. "By the way, I'll do it today." Have you seen Bree trouble you? Is it because of what happened yesterday? "
Agnes nodded, "Yes... but don't worry, the explanation you gave this morning was perfect. They won't know what I said to Ms. Rico and the others last night."
"If Bree causes trouble for you again, just tell him, 'Si Lei will know,' and he will restrain himself."
Agnes was a little surprised: "...Okay, thank you."
"Then I'll go out and you can go do your own thing."
Agnes stood there and watched Si Lei leave. It wasn't until Si Lei's back completely disappeared from the corridor that she turned around and walked deeper into the theater.
…
In the captain's cabin on the seventh deck, Gobelin sat alone in an empty office. The sun was about to set in the distance, and there were shadows everywhere. He didn't turn on the light, and there were three landline phones in his hand. Suddenly, the incoming call indicator light of one of them lit up red.
Gobelin picked up the phone.
"Hello? Well, it's me."
"No, you did a good job, yes, that's enough."
"Don't worry that Mercury Needle will strike first. If she dares to do this, when the ship docks, the first person to arrest her will be the ahgas headquarters... Yes, that's it. You understand it correctly."
"No, you don't have to go back to the cabin. Hesta and Rico are not in the room now."
Gobelin looked out the window.
"They should all be in the Navigation Museum now—Hesta, Rico, and the woman in the wheelchair."
"No, you don't have to go there now. There is still one person who has not been found. Just stay where you are and don't move. I will tell you the next step when I determine the location of that person."
…
After hanging up the phone, Agnes breathed a sigh of relief.
The backstage of the Grace Theater also had no lights on at the moment, and everything was pitch black. There was only a faint light coming from the sealed glass wall window, and the whole room took on a pre-dawn gray-blue color.
Agnes looked at the dust in the air with some trance. Suddenly, an unusual sound woke her up from her meditation.
"Who's there!" She quickly drew her gun behind her, "Come out!"
Everything remained unusually quiet until the sound rang out again - a white cat jumped from a box not far away to the ground and sat down facing Agnes.
Agnes broke into a cold sweat behind her back. She took a slow breath and gradually lowered her gun.
The white cat has a pair of very beautiful erect ears. It sits there reservedly, its tail elegantly coiled in front of its body, and its eyes shine in the dark, like gems.
Agnes put away her gun.
"Meow." In the darkness, she waved to the cat, "Meow, meow, meow, come here."
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