At nine twenty, Rico appeared at the entrance of the bar. As soon as she entered, she shouted towards the bar, "Ladies, did you enjoy your drink tonight?"
However, there was no one in the entire Hard Rock Bar at the moment.
Rico walked to the bar and saw Hesta lying alone on the table. She had two empty glasses in her hands and was covered with a piece of clothing, sleeping deeply.
"Hey." She stopped next to Hesta and poked her cheek, "It seems like it was right for me to come down here."
Rico looked around, "I took him away!"
No one responded.
She carried Hesta and left from the stairwell - the elevator was not working, and the distance from the second floor to the fifth deck could only be walked. Rico cursed Bernhard in his heart, but he still walked as fast as flying.
When she returned to the fifth deck again, she found that the door here had been locked from the inside.
Rico listened carefully and heard the sound of many furniture moving from behind the door.
"Open the door!" Rico shouted, "What are you doing in there?"
However, the movement inside did not stop at all.
Rico held Hesta and spun around in circles.
"I count to three. If you don't open the door, I will break it."
"one!"
The sounds inside fell silent briefly.
"...Ms. Rico, is that Ms. Rico outside?"
Rico controlled the strength of his feet and kicked the door.
"It's Ms. Rico! It's Ms. Rico!" A panicked voice came from inside the house, "Move these things away! Hurry!"
After a while, the door opened from the inside. Rico entered the door with a sullen face and saw several large tables and a pile of chairs that were almost as wide as the corridor.
"Sorry, the table movement was too loud just now. I didn't hear you calling us outside..." the leader said tremblingly, "Why are you outside at this time?"
Li Ge didn't answer. She looked around and said, "Are you trying to block the door?"
"Yes, the general said that the elevator is broken, and those monsters should pass by the stairs, so we have to-"
"Then why was he cutting the elevator this morning...get out of the way."
Several men quickly made way for a narrow aisle, and Rico jumped directly onto the table and crossed the obstacles in a few steps.
"Wait, Ms. Rico!"
"What's wrong?"
"Did you... meet anyone outside just now?"
"who?"
The facial features of several men were almost twisted together. They tried their best to lower their voices, but their tone was still filled with strong fear, "It's those monsters!"
"Don't scare yourself," Rico chimed. "They will arrive at the banquet before nine o'clock. They will already be waiting outside the party hall at this time. You should sleep well and don't go out and run around. There will be no trouble." questionable."
"……yes."
Several people watched Rico and Hesta disappear behind the door of their room.
A young man suddenly looked at his companion, "Is Hesta drunk?"
With a thud, his companion struck him on the head.
"Don't ask nonsense! Put these things in place quickly!"
…
In the room, Rico and Si Lei cooperated to put Hesta on the bed.
Si Lei touched Hesta's cheek with the back of his hand. Sure enough, it was hot again, "...Why do I feel more drunk than yesterday."
"It doesn't feel like much, just two cups."
"The medicine she is taking now...can she drink alcohol?"
"I don't know, it should be fine?"
"Where are the instructions? I'll take a look."
Rico turned around and rummaged through his medicine box.
Si Lei sat beside Hesta's bed, brushed her bangs that stuck to her eyelids, and sighed, "...Tulan definitely didn't expect that we would let her drink on the ship."
"There are so many things on this ship that she couldn't think of, including this one." Li Ge quickly found the corresponding pill box. She took out the instruction manual and handed it to Si Lei.
Si Lei quickly scanned every instruction sheet, and almost every one said that alcohol would increase the burden on the liver, increase adverse drug reactions, and may even cause difficulty breathing and suffocation.
Si Lei's face changed slightly.
"...Does Chiba know that she has been drinking these two days?"
"I don't know - I mean I don't know if Chiba knows..." Rico blinked, "I feel like I should know."
Si Lei tightened his grip on the manual in his hand, "We can't let her pass alone again in the future——"
"I originally wanted to go together today," Rico interrupted, "but Jane said there were some things she still wanted to talk to alone, so..."
"Did she say what she wanted to talk about?"
"I didn't go into details," Rico replied. "We'll find out tomorrow morning when she wakes up."
Si Lei squatted in front of Hesta and observed her for a while - except that her face was red, there seemed to be no other problem with her.
"What time is it now?" Si Lei asked.
"Nine thirty-five." Rico looked at the clock face, "Helen should have entered the venue."
"She should be fine alone."
"I think she's quite——"
A phone rang suddenly, and both of them looked at the old-fashioned landline beside the bed.
Si Lei immediately grabbed the receiver and pressed speakerphone.
"Hey, who's there?"
No one spoke on the other end of the phone, only the sound of intermittent breathing, as if someone was holding the phone and choking.
"Hey, this is Si Lei," Si Lei said softly, "Who are you?"
The choking sounds from the other side got louder.
At the same time, she heard some conversations and melodious music, which were mixed together and seemed a bit noisy.
A suspicion came to Si Lei's mind, and she glanced at Li Ge. Li Ge's expression was equally shocked.
Every deck is extremely quiet tonight, and there is only one place where people gather...
"Officer Si Lei," a familiar voice came from the other end of the phone. He was trembling, "...Officer Si Lei, help me."
"Gustave? Is that you?"
"help me……"
"Are you at the night banquet now?" Si Lei tightened his grip on the phone, "Why did you get there?"
"...Helen brought me here," Gustave's voice was always a little blurry. He cried so hard that every word trembled, "I'm so scared...Officer Si Lei."
"Calm down," Si Lei adjusted his breathing, "What's the situation over there now?"
"... I don't know, in the evening, after dinner, Helen took me... to relax, and then... blindfolded me... and when I... saw it again, it was already..."
"Where is she now? Aren't you with her?"
"She was dancing with a woman..."
"Is anyone giving you any trouble?"
"For the time being... not... yet, but..." Gustave's voice began to tremble violently again. He tried to suppress the fear in his heart, but this effort had completely the opposite effect.
"Take a deep breath, Gustave." Si Lei whispered, "What problem have you encountered? Think about it clearly and tell me."
There was a sound of labored breathing from the other side.
"...I'm wearing those sapphire earrings, Officer Si Lei."
