Hesta solemnly took the thin black book.
"Alright, definitely."
…
Returning to the room again, Si Lei and Li Ge sat down tiredly.
Hesta was distracted for a moment while looking at the thin book in her arms and did not look through it. After a while, she raised her head and looked at Rico, "What happened to you this morning? Why are there so many injuries on your body? Now you can Did you say it?"
Rico yawned and opened his eyes, "...someone attacked me last night."
"Then you still look like you don't care?" Si Lei looked at her doubtfully, "Is it serious?"
"Didn't everyone say that everyone was almost dead? How could it not be serious?" Rico turned sideways on the bed. "Since I left this room early this morning, several people have been following me. I didn't pay much attention at first. We took it seriously, but when they were approaching Chiba’s room, they suddenly took action collectively.”
"Are these people ordinary people or-"
"They should be the same group of guests and crew as the guests and crew members at last night's banquet," Rico replied, "and their movements are faster and their attacks are more aggressive... My situation at that time was no longer suitable for combat, and I had to find a safe place as soon as possible. I had a rest place, so I was really shocked by this unexpected situation.”
"Then what?" Hesta asked with concern.
"I got hit by them a few times, and I was a little confused... In fact, if it was a place where chelates were rampant, I shouldn't have let myself be alone in that situation," Rico put his hands on the back of his head and looked up. "Later, we fought from the deck to the observation deck outside. There were nine people who attacked me, none of whom were familiar."
Si Lei was so excited when he heard this, "...Then how did you manage to escape in the end?"
"It didn't work out," Rico corrected again, "I shouldn't have been able to escape because I was strangled by someone from behind."
Si Lei instantly realized the danger, "In other words, even if we leave the banquet safely, it does not mean that we are completely safe. If we move around the ship in the middle of the night, we may still be attacked."
"Yes." Li Ge nodded, "It is possible."
Si Lei walked to the phone and said, "Then do we have to call Helen?"
"Don't worry," Li Ge held down Si Lei's wrist. "The man who strangled me from behind didn't do anything to me. He just took off two of my earrings and threw them into the sea. Then the nine men who had been chasing me stopped."
"...You mean, the person who attacked you from behind was not one of the nine people who attacked you at the beginning?"
"Yes, this person came to save me." Rico replied, "Because when I woke up again, I was already in the safe room, and the injuries on my body had been treated... But I can't remember last night. What happened in the end? Anyway, it wasn’t painful.”
"You have no impression of the person who restrained you from behind?" Si Lei asked, "What about the smell? If that person was very close to you at the time, you should have smelled something, right?"
"...It's also very strange. I probably don't recognize him."
"So it can basically be ruled out that it's Chiba?"
"Why did you think of her..."
"There aren't many people on this ship who can successfully attack you... Does Chiba count as one?"
"It's not her." Li Ge replied very definitely, "If it's Qianye, I would recognize it immediately -"
"It should be..." Hesta wanted to say "zero", but when it came to his mouth, he changed his words, "The person we fought near the power room."
"Oh!" Rico suddenly high-fived, "That being said, the movements are indeed somewhat similar."
"It's her?" Si Lei murmured and thought for a while, "But how do you know-"
"It must be," Hesta held her face, "There will be no one else but her."
"Why did she do this?"
Hesta was silent for a moment, "...I have a guess."
"Um?"
"Maybe the two of you were able to escape last night was the result of planning - the thrill was because this level was set according to your limits, so a successful escape is a high-probability event.
"At the same time, if the plan goes wrong and the trap they set in advance exceeds your upper limit, an evacuation mechanism will be triggered immediately to forcefully ensure your personal safety."
"According to this, Si Lei should have been allowed to go to the banquet alone last night," Li Ge said. "The risk may be smaller for her to go alone. But traveling with me will increase the level of danger she encounters?"
Si Lei touched his forehead.
"Then...did Helen also think of this, so she didn't want to go with us?"
"Look at the "Details", Hestad put the thin book on the table, "Maybe the answer is in it."
Turning over the empty title page, the three of them saw the same risk warning as the opening chapter of "Details". And the "rule of three" that Helen knew in advance is at the beginning of the chapter.
"This all makes sense," Rico looked at Si Lei, "After yesterday's morning meeting, the reason why you didn't find Helen and Gustav's names on the second floor was because the lists were not synchronized at that time. ——She should have taken people to the infirmary to register before the morning meeting."
Si Lei let out a low groan, and just when Li Ge was about to turn the page, she suddenly pressed her hand.
"wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"Helen knew this rule the night before, and she told Tasia about it at that time. Do you remember?" Si Lei looked into the eyes of the other two people, "She didn't know it this morning!"
"Uh... then she only knew last night, so she can register this morning." Li Ge didn't understand the reason for Si Lei's sudden excitement at this moment, "What will it not affect?"
"This is impossible!" Si Lei said solemnly, "Because learning the rules must happen after registering as a guardian - otherwise, where would she know the rules of a guardian?
"Only risk passengers and guardians can get this version of the rules," Si Lei continued, "And the nurse in the medical room just said that a once-risk passenger is a lifelong risk passenger - do you understand what this means?"
Hesta and Rico finally reacted.
"In other words... Helen has already been the guardian of a certain passenger on the ship?"
…
"Anna." Zero's voice came from the earphones, "Bernhard is leading people to dismantle the elevator, and he seems to be planning to go to our deck to take a look."
Anna wore glasses and calmly turned over the pages of the book in her hand.
"Leave him alone and let him tear it down."
"Helen seems to be planning to take Gustav to the banquet tonight."
"...Is that the little boy Si Lei saved?"
"right."
"She is still very smart," Anna moved her glasses slightly, "and she could see at a glance that there are real iron laws on this ship."
