Hesta didn't know if Si Lei realized that from this moment on, her weapon threat would be completely ineffective - it would be difficult for Si Lei to shoot quickly when facing civilians.
Even if she fires a warning shot in a safe direction, even if she has a keen instinct against the enemy, even if she lynched Bree today in order to find the next victim... But I am afraid that it will only happen when the enemy and the enemy are clear. On the battlefield, her muzzle can become unhesitating.
Because Officer Si Lei has always been a protector.
Now it is Bree, and in the future, more and more people will discover and even take advantage of this.
"...What are you looking at?" Si Lei looked at Hesta, "I look so embarrassed?"
"No," Hesta looked away and said seriously, "If there is a place in the world where there are many people like you, I would really like to live there."
Si Lei frowned - this sentence sounded sarcastic, but Hesta seemed to be particularly sincere when he said it.
Especially sincerely sarcastic?
"Maybe you are right," Hesta looked at Rico not far away and continued, "Maybe what is happening on the Shengming now is just a hunting game. Everything is based on Anna's preferences and nothing else. The reason...because Anna is someone who can do this kind of thing."
"You think so too?"
"Uh-huh." Hesta stood up, "But on the other hand, some people on this ship deserve to die. The fact that they can survive until now either shows that there are loopholes in the law, or that some people are derelict in their duties... In short, some people deserve to die. Take responsibility for it.”
"...Don't say such words again," Si Lei held his forehead, "Jane, you can't just rely on your own ideas-"
"I can, because I have this responsibility," Hesta turned his head, "You also had it, but you didn't take it. You chose to escape and use a correct attitude."
Si Lei frowned again, "If you want to say that there are differences in concepts between us -"
"The concepts are indeed different, but escaping is escaping. The fact that Roboglier can continue to swagger after the failure of the first Eden community proves that your set of filtering rules no longer works on these scum. So on this ship Maintaining procedural justice on board is helping these people perpetuate the old order - this is the reality I judge, my reality. I take responsibility and I accept the consequences."
Hesta took out her combat gloves from her pocket. She lowered her head and bit the bowl of the gloves. Her teeth and right arm assisted at the same time so that her left hand could pass through them smoothly. She bit the elastic cord at the end and suddenly remembered Anna's "To understand everything, you have to be in the game yourself."
An epiphany flowed through her heart—this was what the sentence meant.
Si Lei looked at Hesta's movements: "...What are you doing? Why are you wearing gloves?"
Hesta did not explain, she began to unbutton her coat.
"I would like to recommend some books to you. Anna lent them to me a few days ago. I have only read a little of each book, but I found it very enlightening. Most of them are about boycotting monks - you know boycotting monks ?"
"The predecessor of the Thorn Monk?" Si Lei replied cautiously, "I heard Anna talk about it."
"Yes, there are several public speeches by Robbeglier - I mean the Golden Age ones - in which he believed that boycotting monks should abandon some of their worldly virtues and boldly pursue substantial virtues, 'A noble man should be ruthless Ruthless, bold, stubborn, and aggressive, especially in a female-oriented society where women are becoming increasingly arrogant, because in a society lacking justice, this kind of psychopathic, one-way behavior style can produce huge psychological compensation for the public. '
"What an enlightening analysis," Hesta said softly. "I didn't understand before that when all the top mouthpieces were condemning the assassination, why so many people still showed their fanaticism towards the assassin. I thought everyone Just watching for fun, after all, there is not much news about nobles dying every day in the third district - now I know, of course there is this reason, but not entirely."
Hesta took off her coat and dropped it at her feet.
She turned her head, "Do you know why?"
Si Lei's breathing became slow, and she looked into Hesta's eyes in disbelief.
Under the dim light, Hesta's blue eyes were surrounded by a clear and bright silver rim.
Si Lei stared blankly at the person in front of him.
"...What is it."
"Because there are too many sleeping Alectos in this world." Hesta smiled. "When one Alecto wakes up, thousands of Alectos tremble together."
Seeing that Hesta was about to move forward, Si Lei quickly said: "Wait! Are you... ready to fight?"
"Who knows, but I think I can give it a try," Hesta looked at Rico in the distance, "After all, I am absolutely safe now."
Si Lei was even more puzzled, but before she could give any more advice, Hesta was already running in the direction of Rico.
Rico saw this scene out of the corner of his eye and was only surprised for a second before happily accepting this reality. She was still carrying Gustave. The young man was frightened out of his mind and was in a semi-conscious state, but it was more convenient for Rico - at least he didn't have to endure his screaming in his ears.
"Jian! There's something wrong with this person, he seems to be delaying time on purpose!" Li Ge shouted loudly, "I'll entangle him, you and Si Lei quickly go to other places to take a look -"
Before Rico finished speaking, Hesta had already pulled out the short knife that he had snatched from Anna, and the blade was almost touching Chelate's cheekbones and sliding towards its eye socket. "Chelate" reacted quickly, turning his hand and stabbing Hestad in the neck with his hidden sword - but Hestad stared and showed a silent and weird smile.
She raised her head, exposing all her vitals to the blade.
Seeing that the Hidden Blade was about to pierce Hesta's flesh and blood, "Chelate" threw away his hand like an electric shock, and the originally sharp Hidden Blade retracted its sleeve in an instant.
At the same time, Hesta's daggers were all sunk into the "chelate"'s eyes, showing no mercy.
"?"
Rico was stunned as she watched the scene - the scene just now scared her so much that she almost suffered a cardiac arrest.
What kind of suicide trick is this!
Hesta pulled out the dagger, but there was not a drop of blood on the blade. When she was about to stab the second time, "Chelate" seemed to finally realize what had happened. It jumped back three steps, raised its head, and It hangs straight down to the back, denting at a weird angle, like a broken doll.
Rico raised his hand and pointed at the "chelate", and then looked at Hesta with dumbfounded eyes.
"You...it...ah? Huh?"
"You and Si Lei should go somewhere else and take a look." Hesta once again made a gesture of preparing for an attack. Her tone was calm, "Here, you can leave it to me."
