The room was completely silent.
Si Lei coughed a few times, lowered his head and lit a cigarette - this was the first time Hesta had seen Si Lei smoking in so long, but judging from the way he lit the ash, Si Lei was most likely not a novice.
"It's best not to smoke," Rico looked over. "It will affect my judgment of the smell."
Si Lei put out the cigarette butt directly on the floor.
Not far away, Gustav began to doze off due to being highly stressed all day long. He curled up and slept on the ground, with tears still welling up in his eyes from time to time.
Time slowly passed backwards, and the hour hand on Hesta's watch went from nine to ten, and then to eleven. She was not sleepy at all, but she still lay down on the spring bed.
At 11:40, the expected intruder did not appear. However, Hesta suddenly heard a rapid metal hitting sound. Someone was struggling to swing the chain and hit the pipe or other similar materials with it. s things.
——It's Bree.
Si Lei stood up: "Don't move, I'll go take a look."
She turned the door lock as quickly as before, and quickly entered the room without leaving any time for anyone to watch.
The door closed with a click, and Hesta sat up.
"Why is she so nervous about us meeting Bree?"
"Shh." Rico closed her eyes and signaled Hesta to stop talking - she had already entered bullet time when the abnormal noise occurred, and she faintly heard some unusual noises, but they were always in a quite distant place. Wandering around, never getting close.
Hesta touched the door handle and tried to push the door open, but found that the door was locked.
The disturbing clash of iron ropes finally stopped, and everything returned to its original peace.
"I'm going to break in and take a look later," Hesta turned around, "You continue to look at Gustav here and leave me alone."
Li Ge stood up on the spot, "...How can that be done! What if you are in danger-"
"No danger."
"ha?"
"Don't worry," Hestad put her ear against the door, "I will never be in danger tonight."
"How can you be sure of such a thing!"
"Of course I am sure," Hesta whispered, "Miss Chiba knows what I am doing tonight. If something happens to me here, I think some people on this ship will be in danger."
Rico understood, she laughed, and lifted Gustave up from the ground, who was about to fall asleep.
Gustave woke up suddenly, and before he had time to react what happened, he was carried on Rico's shoulders.
"That's fine, you can break in, and I'll just go in with you." Rico looked at the door, "I'm also a little curious about what's behind this door."
…
"Here we come." Hesta took two steps back.
Si Lei's footsteps got closer and closer, until the door lock rotated again, and Hesta suddenly hit the door with all his strength - behind the door, Si Lei couldn't dodge, and his nose was hit by the sudden rebound of the door, causing him to fall over. He fell to the ground.
A strong sense of pain made it difficult for her to open her eyes for a while, and she could only vaguely see two familiar figures stepping over her.
"Sorry!"
"sorry!"
The two girls' voices quickly faded away.
Si Lei covered her nose and rolled around on the ground. When the pain finally subsided a little, she quickly shook off the nosebleed on her palm.
"You two...stop..."
Behind the door was not a room, but another corridor. Hesta ran all the way and soon felt a more pungent stench——
Suddenly, Hesta stopped.
She saw Bree, and it was indeed Bree, but the image was very different - he was wearing a blood-stained white vest and suit shorts, and there were many wounds on his body that looked almost tragic. At this moment, his hands were covered with iron. The chain was tied behind his back, and he fell to the ground weakly, breathing heavily.
Beside him, several scattered meal bags fell to the ground, and he was trying to reach the one closest to him with his mouth open.
When he saw Hesta, Bree shivered instinctively, and then convulsively curled his body into a ball.
Beside him, Hesta saw several sparklers stuck together with tape, which looked like they had been removed from lighters.
Si Lei finally caught up.
In the dark corridor, several people looked at each other.
Hesta originally thought that Si Lei was probably lying, but now she saw the scarred Bree lying here, and she didn't know how to react. What was even more confusing to her was Si Lei's expression at this moment - it was dry. The embarrassment of having done bad things and being discovered, mixed with a little guilt and a tough talk.
"...These injuries are all his old injuries," Si Lei's nose had some anger lines on it, "I... only used electric shock and sleep deprivation..."
This excuse was like a key, falling into Hesta's heart.
She suddenly understood everything, for example, why Si Lei seemed to be quieter than before tonight, and then suddenly became full of anger.
--because she lynched Bree.
Even though she was just saying that no law could force a citizen to testify against himself, all the confessions obtained from Bree were probably due to her thunderous methods.
Hesta frowned, why is this so guilty? What is the situation now? It is obviously unrealistic to emphasize that the means are legal and elegant when the next victim may appear at any time——
It seems, not really.
Because this seems to go back to the two questions Su Lei raised earlier: Who will determine reality? Determine whose reality? Anyway, in a set of procedural justice recognized by a livable place, there must be no option of private torture.
Hesta took a deep breath and took a long breath. She suddenly felt that the scene was a bit embarrassing. She didn't want to be sarcastic because she agreed with Si Lei's behavior, but she also knew that she shouldn't comfort her - understanding from a dissident , often more insufferable than satire.
"How did Bree get here?" Rico turned around, as if he didn't notice the strangeness in the air, "You captured him, didn't you?"
"...To be precise, he brought me here." Si Lei replied coldly.
"Ah," Rico opened his eyes wide, "him?"
"As the failed guarantor, he had to share part of Grunin's misfortune, so if he wanted to survive, he had to sacrifice a new person - and he drew lots and my name was chosen."
Rico laughed loudly, she raised her foot and kicked Bree on the shoulder, turning him over, "You are a little lucky."
"I will send him back after tonight," Si Lei replied in a low voice, "Now it's better to bring your attention back to Gustav, what do you think?"
Hesta lightly shrugged, "...I have no objection."
"Me too -" Li Ge was about to reply when his eyes suddenly became sharp, "Here he comes!"
