"What conditions?"
"Now, hand over your ship card."
Helen snorted softly, "...I didn't bring the boat card with me."
"That's boring," Hesta said softly, tapping her knuckles lightly on the table next to her, "Now, put your ship card on this table, and I'll consider it as your sincerity. But if you just leave this door without leaving anything behind today, I will pretend that I have never seen you before, and you don’t have to come to me again in the future, and I will never see you again.”
"I just didn't bring it with me. I can go back and get it—"
"Really?" Hesta said coldly, "Think carefully before answering."
Helen's cheek twitched slightly, "...Do I have to agree now to show my sincerity? Can't I have one night or a few hours to think about it?"
"From the moment you walked in, did you even express your sincerity in one thing?"
"At least I told you that Bloom was collecting privately -" Helen's words stopped abruptly, and she suddenly realized that maybe Hestad might not be unaware of Rene's collection of ship cards.
Even... maybe this thing was really done under Hesta's instruction.
Helen looked at Hesta again, with a slight disbelief in her eyes. Although she didn't know much about Hesta, a companion like Su Lei was usually a kind of probe: unless they met the same kind of people, it was difficult for such people to have any friends to hang out with all day long.
Moreover, in Si Lei and Hesta's adjudicator's speech, Helen very keenly smelled the hypocrisy that uniquely belongs to a livable place... Generally speaking, this kind of woman is easier to deal with, and most of their hands are relatively Clean, so there's always a little sense of faith, a little innocence...
Helen laughed.
She patted her thighs gently with both hands, stood up and said, "I was wrong, I thought we could cooperate..."
Hesta's eyes were half-opened, her left hand gently tapped her knee, and she said nothing.
Helen walked to the door and suddenly stopped, "But I can tell you another thing. If you are interested in hearing it...that Anna should also be your friend, right?"
"uh-huh?"
"She almost died on the stern deck during the day today..." Helen smiled slightly, "But don't worry, I was not involved, and I will not be involved in the future."
silence.
Helen looked at the expressions of the people in front of her - no one looked surprised or
Hesta shrugged slightly, "We are not familiar with each other." "Okay..." Helen put her hand into her pocket, and when she was about to take it out, she was suddenly grabbed by Rico's wrist tightly. She tried to break free, but Rico's hand The sudden force seemed to crush her wrist bones.
"Don't get me wrong, it's not a weapon. The officer searched me before I came in. I didn't bring a gun."
"Nothing else is allowed," Rico said, pushing Helen out of the door, "You can go."
"Let her go, Rico, she probably wants to leave a business card for us." Hesta said softly.
"Really?" Rico pulled Helen's arm out of his pocket, and sure enough, Helen held a card between her fingertips.
"Take it?"
"Take it?"
Rico twirled Helen's business card with two fingers and immediately pushed her out of the room.
The man who came with Helen quickly raised his hands when he saw this, "Wait a minute, Ms. Hesta, I am willing to hand over my ship card! I have been partnering with Helen for more than ten years, and I can basically do what she can do." You can do it too—"
The man consulted Rico with his eyes. After receiving permission, he carefully took out the ship card from his pocket and handed it to Hestad with both hands.
"I am willing to serve you, this is my sincerity."
Hesta glanced at the number, "What's your name?"
"Givi." The man put a hand on his heart, "You can tell me to do anything at any time."
"Okay, go back and wait for news."
The man raised his eyes in surprise - Hesta had never reached out to touch the ship card placed on the table. At this moment, she was looking at Helen.
The man could imagine Helen's livid face at this moment without looking back, but Helen just stood outside the door with an indifferent expression and said nothing.
…
After sending away the two uninvited guests, Si Lei closed the door with a complicated expression.
"Why did you reject her?" Rico looked at Hesta, "She seems quite reliable and has participated in low-risk combat - you can't find this kind of person in a livable land."
Hesta did not answer immediately, but just took the ship card left by the man just now and looked at it repeatedly, not knowing what he was thinking.
"...Do you think she is too arrogant?" Si Lei said with some uncertainty, "Or do you think this person has ulterior motives?"
"Isn't it normal for people with some ability to have a bad temper?" Rico stepped on the chair and sat on the back of the chair. The chair tilted back, maintaining balance at a subtle angle. "People like Rene can Yes, then this person should be better - you don't believe that René has any good intentions? Moreover, this Helen has been with Robbeglier for so many years, she should be an insider of many things, no matter what What is her purpose now—"
"I also think this person is quite suitable." Hesta said suddenly.
"Then you still refuse?" Li Ge opened his eyes wide, "You said 'I will never see you again'."
"The price she offered is too high. Didn't you listen to what she said? She is here to 'cooperate'." Hesta put down the man's ship card, "We don't need such a person to be a 'collaborator'. "
"Then what are you going to do now? René is already secretly collecting other people's boat passes," Rico looked at her, "It won't end well if this continues."
"Officer Si Lei, can you do me a favor?" Hesta turned her head.
"you say."
"Help me go and notify everyone to meet at Grace Theater at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
"...Theatre?" Si Lei confirmed one more time.
"Yeah," Hesta nodded, "Theatre."
"……good."
Soon only Rico and Hesta were left in the room. Hesta looked at Rico: "Although it was an ineffective conversation, at least one mystery has been solved now."
Rico squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly laughed, "Are you talking about Chiba and Anna?"
Hesta raised her eyebrows slightly, "I guess Anna did something to put herself in danger, so that Miss Chiba could only take Boshanfu to the rescue - that's why you saw Boshan this morning. This person also appeared in the aisle."
"...You have to bring Bo Shanfu with you," Li Ge suddenly realized something, "Does she think it would be awkward to appear alone?"
Hesta smiled, "Then only Miss Chiba knows... By the way, can you leave that golden key to me temporarily?"
"...You want to give it to Chiba?"
"No," Hesta replied without hesitation, "but I want to take it with me."
(End of chapter)
