"Tasia?" Helen called again.
Tasia came back to her senses, she looked away, "...yes."
"Then I can tell you one more rule."
"Why?"
The elevator returned to the fifth deck, and the two of them walked out one after another.
Helen took a step closer to Tasia, bent slightly, and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Even if some people haven't read the "Details" or even got the new 'ship card', But as long as three people share the contents of the "Rules" with him, he will still be forced into the framework of the "Rules" - 'accept the protection of the rules and bear the consequences of the rules'."
"……Why?"
"Hmm, that's it."
"Where did you hear that-" Tasia paused, "Why did you tell me?"
Helen shrugged, "Seeing that you are usually timid and actually ran to see it, I will remind you - you don't have to be afraid, I can't harm you, and there is no need."
"...What does this sentence mean?"
"You will know sooner or later," Helen said softly, "Is there a message on the back of your invitation letter?"
"...Yes." Tasia murmured, "So?"
"Can you tell me what you wrote on the paper?"
Tasia said nothing.
"It's okay if you don't say it. You just need to remember that we should help each other." Helen straightened up, "You are safe, I am safe, we are all safe."
Helen gave her a cheeky smile, then swiped her card and walked into her suite.
Tasia stood there;
We are all safe...
What's the meaning?
For a moment, Tasia grabbed the phone in her pocket. She still had a few pages of details on the whiteboard that she had not read. Perhaps, the remaining content could give her the answer.
…
At nightfall, the three of them returned to the room. Hesta was lying on the bed, reading the "Details" that had just been posted today over and over again. Si Lei was sitting at the table with a livid face, flipping through the book of Roboglier. In the diary, only Rico is wearing headphones and playing games on the small screen.
The room was filled with the sound of turning pages.
"How many days has it been since we boarded the ship today?" Si Lei suddenly asked.
Rico didn't even raise his head, "The fifth day, right?"
"Isn't it more than that?"
"Dietrich, Gruening, Ashley, Bree, René..." Rico clapped his fingers, "Are these five? One dies every day, so today is exactly the fifth day - oh no, It should be the sixth day, I didn’t count the day we boarded the ship.”
"On the seventh day," Hesta corrected, "there is one more safety day."
Li Ge suddenly understood and quickly looked back at the small screen, "Yes, I forgot about the safety day."
"Bree can't be considered dead, after all, he is still-" Si Lei suddenly stopped mid-sentence, "Rene is dead?"
"Uh," Rico's expression froze for a moment, and she put down the controller, "...did I just say Rene?"
"You said it." Si Lei frowned, "What's going on? Hesta said this morning that Rene received an invitation to die this morning. I thought you had found a place to hide him? How did he die and when? Something about?"
"There is no invitation to die. I did it last night - no, early this morning." Hestad glanced at Rico on the bed, "You actually remember each of their names."
"There is no special note... Are you still studying that "Guide"?"
"I'm checking my adaptation," Hesta said softly. "After all, it was changed in such a short period of time. Some things are not rounded out so I just deleted them. I'll take a look again in case there are any mistakes or omissions." …”
"Isn't it normal that there are errors and omissions in this kind of explanation? Identifying which rules are abnormal is also part of the task."
"Deliberately confusing clauses and errors and omissions are two different things." Hestad lowered his head, "And I don't understand some of the rules here - for example, the fourth deck, I need to think about it more..."
Rico took out his right hand in his busy schedule and gave Hesta a thumbs up.
"intimate."
"Will you go down with me before the meeting tomorrow?" Hesta raised her head and said, "I won't feel at ease if I don't go over and take a look with my own eyes."
"OK."
Not far away, Si Lei still hadn't recovered from Hesta's previous answer, "...you killed René?"
"This man's hands and feet are dirty." Hesta said softly, "You also heard it. Yesterday Helen said that he had collected other people's ship cards."
"Then you can't just—"
"These are extraordinary times, officer. He told Tasia yesterday about exchanging food for women in the wasteland. If the situation worsens in a few days, can you guarantee that he will not attack Tasia?" Hesta will He put the "Details" in front of him aside and reached for the tea cup on the bedside table. "You have already read Robbeglier's diary. I shouldn't need to say more about some things."
Si Lei's expression was complicated.
"What's written in the diary?" Rico asked, "I haven't read that one yet. Do I need to read it?"
"That's not necessary," Hesta replied.
After a moment of silence, Si Lei spoke again, "... Where is the body? How did you deal with it?"
Hesta: "Thrown overboard."
"Has anyone seen it?"
"Um……"
"Definitely not," Rico replied on Hesta's behalf, "I've checked everything."
Si Lei looked at her, "So, you were also there?"
"Yes." Li Ge nodded.
Si Lei sat back in his chair and said nothing. She suddenly recalled the conversation that had taken place in this room this morning - no wonder Hesta wanted to tell Tasia that the crisis was over and tell her not to waste any more time.
Everyone is dead, so the crisis is over.
In the quiet room, a low voice suddenly came from Li Ge's headphones: New record! She breathed a sigh of relief, took off her earphones, and looked at Si Lei, "Which of us will keep watch tonight?"
"No one will have to keep watch from now on," Hesta replied suddenly, "Let's all sleep well."
Si Lei and Li Ge were both startled, "As for the security issue -"
"Leave the safety issue to the 'Albodonica' behind the scenes." Hesta kicked off her feet and lay down, "She will ensure that each of us gets ashore safely."
…
On the other side, Anna took off her glasses and placed the detailed rules posted in the afternoon on the table.
"What do you think?"
"Very clever." Anna replied softly.
"But there is no iron-clad rule at all," Zero said softly, "Why did she-"
"In order to prevent others from going downstairs," Anna leaned back in her chair, "you know, once someone enters the second floor and chats with the bartender at the Hard Rock Bar, her lies will be self-evident."
Zero analyzed it for a moment.
"Which lie are you referring to?"
"Everything is upside down," Anna said, closing her eyes and smiling. "She's making new rules."
