"Then tell me what you know," Hesta said softly, "For example, why did you appear on this ship?"
"If...if I say it, can you..."
Bernhard clenched his teeth and did not say the second half of the sentence for a long time.
But at this moment, the sound of high heels could be heard outside the door - almost without distinguishing, several people could hear the footsteps of Tasia at the same time.
Sure enough, Tasia quickly poked her head in and said, "May I ask Officer Si Lei..."
"She's not here," Hesta replied. "Ask the person over at the elevator entrance for the exact location."
"OK, thanks……"
The restaurant fell silent again.
Almost in this moment, Bernhard regained some sense. He released his hands with red fingerprints and tried to slow down his breathing.
"You are not an ordinary mercury needle, are you... An ordinary mercury needle will not board this ship, and... will not know everything about Mr. Robbeglier." Bernhard tried to talk to Herbert calmly. Star looked at each other, but this could not cover up the slight trembling in his tone, "Behind you... there must be..."
"I have a promise," Hestad interrupted Bernhard again. "If we can get off the ship safely, someone will introduce me to 'that lord', because that lord now, Very, very much…the power from the mercury needle is needed.”
For a moment, Bernhard thought he had heard wrongly.
"It's a pity that he is not on this ship," Hesta smiled slightly, "Tell me, have you seen him in the core city?"
Bernhard still hadn't really digested the news. He looked at Hesta intently, "You——"
"When?" Hesta asked again.
"What……"
"When did you meet 'that lord'?"
"Before... boarding the ship," Bernhard murmured softly.
"Very good, very honest," Hesta nodded. "Look, you still know something. You said before that you hope we cooperate with each other. I think this honesty is the basis for mutual cooperation, huh?"
Bernhard looked at Hesta blankly and made a meaningless response.
"In order to reward your honesty, I can guarantee your safety in the future, not only for you, but also for some of your trusted subordinates. Of course, this is not unconditional, and your complete obedience is also required during the process... But I can tell you clearly that this is not difficult for me."
"...Are you serious?"
"of course it's true."
Bernhard stood up from his seat involuntarily.
"So, what should I do?"
"It's very simple, let me be your guardian," Hesta whispered, "In this way, I can take the initiative to help you bear most of the risks in the future, and you yourself will not only be able to completely get rid of the "Details" All of the provisions above, and can avoid most of the dangers of being involved.”
Bernhard reacted, "You mean a situation like last night——"
"That's right," Hesta nodded, "If you become a risky passenger under my supervision, I can guarantee that even if those monsters pass you by, they won't take a second look at you, because usually they will directly If you come to trouble me, I have no chance of contacting you.”
"Then...then what are you going to do-"
"How can the mercury needle be afraid of these monsters?" Hesta raised her chin slightly, "I thought this was not a problem at all?"
Bernhard froze in place again. It could be seen that he was working very hard to restart his brain that had stalled. After a while, his breathing slowly became rapid again, "...you won't lie to me, will you? "
"What's the point of lying to you?"
"But how are you going to be my guardian? If you want to go to the second floor -"
"No need to go to the second floor."
Bernhard's breathing became faster, he pursed his lips tightly, and after a while, he hesitated and said, "...I don't have to hand over my boat pass, do I?"
"Of course not, but you need to take your ship card and go to a place with me - I promise you, there won't be any behavior in the process that requires you to violate the iron law."
"...can we go now?"
"Of course, but before that, you have to answer me what you are here to do on the ship." Hesta smiled again, "Whether we can cooperate, and to what extent we can cooperate, all depends on your answer. .”
…
"Officer Si Lei!" Tasia reluctantly grabbed the hanging rope ladder, "Officer Si Lei, are you up there?"
"Don't come up," Si Lei's voice came from not far away, "What's the matter?"
"Can you come with me back to the cabin on the fifth floor to have a look? It's too chaotic...Everyone started fighting when you weren't here! Philip and the others couldn't stop-"
"Where are Rico and the others? Aren't they down at Bishop's Restaurant?"
Tasia was stunned for a moment. She did see Hesta and Rico just now, but for some reason, she had no idea of asking them for help at that moment.
"They... seem to be discussing something with Mr. Bernhard."
"What to talk about?"
"Uh, I don't know!"
"Take a few people downstairs to go there first, control the attacker first, and let them all separate and calm down... I can't leave here now."
"I..." Tasia looked hesitantly at the soldiers beside her. Several soldiers looked at each other, and the four of them took a step forward, but Tasia still looked up at the deep elevator shaft and towards Si Lei. Call: "Will you be back soon?"
"Is the situation serious?" Si Lei finally put down what he was doing and walked to the elevator.
"It's not serious, but...I'm worried that I won't be able to control the situation..."
"You're not going back alone, weren't you asked to bring someone with you?" Upstairs, Si Lei's voice slowly became distant, "Believe in yourself!"
Tasia's palms were sweating, and she glanced at the soldiers' eyes very quickly, "Can you please come with me...ah, don't you need to bring these guns, in case there is a fight later?" An accident happened while robbing..."
The soldiers took off the submachine guns and rifles hanging on their chests and shoulders, and quickly followed Tasia back to the cabin on the fifth floor. When they were about to go down to the fifth floor, several soldiers heard the fierce fighting in the corridor. He rushed in front of Tasia and entered the corridor first.
At this moment, Tasia heard footsteps coming from downstairs. She looked back and found Helen with wet hair. She looked like she had just finished exercising and took a shower. She was coming from the deck below. Come up.
Behind Helen, Gustav was holding a black sports backpack in both hands, looking like a caddy.
Helen walked up to Tasia unhurriedly and said hello in a friendly manner, "What's the matter? Did something happen in the cabin?"
"You...went to play ball?"
"Yes, there is an indoor tennis court on the second deck. The equipment is quite good."
"It's already this time, how can you still be in the mood..." Tasia couldn't believe it, "You're going to the banquet alone tonight!"
