Hesta did not sit down, and the dagger spun several times deftly in her hand, so fast that only an afterimage could be seen. The sharp blade and the handle maintained a delicate balance, as if it could fly out in any direction at any time... However, Hestad didn't care at all.
"I do have something I want to talk about," she stood leaning against Anna's desk, looking towards the shadow of the bookshelf high up, "such as artificial humans. I never thought that one day I would be tortured by a human skin—— You are right, as long as something looks like a human and acts like a human, it can arouse similar emotions in people's hearts...
"But this is nothing new. I know several mercury needles who even have such feelings about chelates."
"Torture," Anna listened with interest, "you used a very serious word."
"Compared to people, I probably prefer dealing with chelates," Hesta suddenly withdrew his gaze and looked at Anna, "Do you know why?"
"Because they are honest," Anna answered quickly.
Hesta was silent for a while and laughed softly, "You are really right... Although chelates don't tell the truth, when you are with them, you know that they will never be kind. In At this point, chelates are never surprising.
"Only people...you can't always figure out what they are thinking, and whether every word they say is fake or true."
Hesta's voice lowered again, her eyes smiling.
"The 'chelate' that appeared in the theater tonight is Zero. Do you think I can't recognize it?"
"Really?" Anna looked forward, noncommittal, "How do you know?"
"That slender height does not belong to humans, and I know that Zero can adjust his height, appearance...everything at any time. What's more, she is imitating me, imitating my fight at the Central Station..." The hand in Hesta's hand The dagger suddenly stopped spinning, "What did you mean by what you said to me last night?"
"Don't be too nervous," Anna said warmly, "This is just a game -"
In an instant, the dagger suddenly broke away from Hesta's hand and quickly stabbed Anna's left eye.
Anna's expression froze for a moment, but then, the blade stopped in mid-air - Hesta held the end of the handle in time.
In the dim firelight, Hesta caught a flash of fear in Anna's eyes.
Hesta slowly retracted the dagger, "You don't have to be too nervous, Anna."
In the silence, Anna took a deep breath. Although she knew that this was Hesta's bluff, her body's instinct was not controlled by reason. At this moment, a thin layer of cold sweat was oozing out from her back, and her heart was beating in her chest. Beating wildly with hindsight.
Anna looked up at the young man in front of her. Compared with the morning, Hesta was a completely different person. She was finally able to see some of the mercury-needle qualities in Hesta, even though it was a bit of a risk.
"...You like this dagger very much?" Anna tried her best to control the rise and fall of her voice to avoid being caught.
"I like it." Hesta didn't look at her and lowered her head to play with the dagger again. "Firearms are indeed very good, but when the bullets are used up, they are just a pile of scrap metal. In the wasteland, the only reliable things are axes, stoves and Dagger—I took this dagger, do you mind?”
Ana lowered her eyes slightly, "Please do it."
"You haven't answered the question I just asked you."
"Which sentence?"
"Look," Hesta repeated in a low voice, "another person has died because of you. Your kindness and risk-taking... killed her."
Ana leaned back slightly and crossed her fingers, "I should have explained it clearly on the spot."
"No," Hesta said every word softly. "While Zero's presence at Grace Theater does have something to do with me, she died for you - if you must use the word 'die'."
Ana raised her eyes again, with some appreciation in her eyes again, "Really?"
"You should know very well that the ambusher behind the spotlight is shooting at you."
There was a brief silence.
Anna straightened up slightly, "It seems that you really care about the ownership of this responsibility——"
"I hadn't figured out what this meant earlier," Hesta interrupted Anna. "Did the bullets miss? Why didn't they fly towards me? Gobelin went to great lengths to lure me here. Here, I finally let Rico leave my side... Such a precious opportunity was wasted like this?
"But on the way to your place, I suddenly figured out that I still took myself so seriously that I ignored you... Except for one of these people, Rico forcibly left his life, and the rest all committed suicide. , there is no room for negotiation... Gobelin's people want to seriously injure me in order to force the Shengming to dock. If the plan fails, they will commit suicide - then what is the point of the Shengming docking.
"It can be seen that these people probably have other purposes..." Hesta slowly leaned down and looked at Anna, "A more important purpose that must not be known to anyone - all those ambushes are probably a cover-up. The real danger tonight is for you - neither Boshanfu nor me, it's all a cover, a cover that can make your death look like an accident."
Their eyes met, Hesta stared into Anna's eyes.
"No offense, Anna, you were the one who died tonight...it was interesting to watch all this in the dark, right?"
Anna laughed, "What do you think?"
"I don't know what personal grudges you have with people like Rob, but I know what you are doing..." Hesta said softly, "But don't try to involve me, I have no interest."
"Really?"
"This is the last time I remind you, you should take care of yourself." Hesta stood up again. She looked at Anna condescendingly, "If you were not Miss Chiba's teacher, everything would not be so complicated."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hesta unconsciously looked at the empty chair nearby - the white cat named Meshikin lay on it at some point.
Its two eyes glowed faintly green, staring at her intently.
This gaze made Hesta feel uncomfortable. She quickly turned her hand and cut off the wick of the candle at hand, and the entire study suddenly fell into darkness.
"From now on, we don't have to see each other again, and I won't mention you to anyone."
Hesta strode toward the door;
"Hesta." Anna's voice came from the darkness, "You can decide tomorrow whether you are interested and whether you want to participate. It's too early to say this tonight...
"If anyone is absolutely safe in this game, it's you, Hesta."
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