Blocked by several crew members, the passengers retreated and a large clearing formed near Bernhard. Several accompanying soldiers tried to rescue him, but were quickly overpowered by the crew.
New crew members arrived, and one of them flipped through the manual and came to Hesta.
"Are you his guardian?"
"Um."
"Why does he carry a weapon?"
Not far away, Bernhard struggled to raise his head, "I——"
"Get down!" The crew member roughly pressed his head down, and Bernhard's forehead hit the ground hard. "It's not your turn to speak now."
This scene also fell in Hesta's eyes. She did not answer the crew member's question directly, but looked at him again, "I would like to ask what kind of conversation this is. Is it an ordinary inquiry, interrogation and evidence collection, or an accusation and warning?"
"Just a routine inquiry," the crew member replied. "Allowing a risky passenger to carry a weapon is a very dangerous behavior because it may threaten the life of other passengers and even yourself."
"Then can your routine inquiry be postponed," Hesta said softly, "It's assembly time now, and I don't want to be disturbed by this kind of thing."
Just as the crew member was about to answer, another man suddenly grabbed him and whispered a few words. The man flipped through his manual again.
"...Oh, you are the judge?"
"Um."
"Okay, I won't disturb you anymore. But before you come to communicate with us further, the at-risk passengers will be taken away by us for custody. Do you think that's okay?"
"Care?"
"Don't get me wrong, that's the literal meaning. We will do nothing except temporarily restrict his freedom of movement." The crew member replied, "The purpose of the surveillance is to protect the at-risk passenger from being harmed by the weapons he holds."
Hestad glanced in the direction of Bernhard again. He was really not emotionally stable at the moment - taking away his gun, and also in the name of "protecting him from being harmed by the weapons he held", from a certain To some extent, it is probably a double insult...
"Okay," Hesta replied, "You leave someone here, and take me to pick him up when you're done."
Order was finally restored in the restaurant, and many people had not yet reacted to the accident that had just occurred - guardian, risky passenger, these new words that everyone had just seen yesterday, had already been put into practice today, and these two people were both considered He is a distinguished person on the ship.
"Okay, Gustave," Hestad looked away, "continue."
Gustav was stunned for a moment, and it wasn't until Helen called out his name in a low voice that he suddenly woke up, "Ah... I, where did I say it?"
"Those guests at the night banquet are passengers just like us. It was a small group of bad elements among them who attacked the third deck the night before yesterday." Hesta put his left hand on his right arm and tapped his fingers lightly, "But this It’s just your personal judgment, don’t say your judgment, just say what happened.”
"Okay..." Gustave nodded, "I attended the banquet with Ms. Helen last night. Because I was wearing earrings, I was very scared -"
Hesta looked at Helen, "Where did your earrings come from?"
"The crew gave it to me..." Helen replied slowly, "I said I wanted to take someone with me to the banquet, and a lady gave me this pair of earrings."
"What will happen if I don't wear it?"
"I don't know, maybe..." Helen made a gesture of wiping her neck, "After all, strangers are not allowed to break into the night banquet. You have to get an invitation."
"But I was wearing earrings the night before yesterday," Rico frowned, "but I was still attacked——"
"That was already on the third deck," Si Lei said, "but the crew did ask you to wear earrings when we first entered the hidden deck... Do you remember?"
"Ah..." Li Ge clapped his hands gently, "Indeed."
"I just thought of Ms. Rico's words, so I was very scared at the time," Gustave's voice became lower. "I called Officer Si Lei and found out that last night's dinner was not on the hidden deck - no wonder I left. They had to blindfold me!
"At that time, Ms. Helen was dancing, and I was sitting alone at the edge of the restaurant. I felt that many people were looking at me, but I didn't dare to talk to anyone. But then, the phone was disconnected for some reason. I originally wanted to call again. I called back, but when I looked up - Ms. Helen was gone!”
"It's strange," Helen whispered, "I did dance, but during that time I never left the dance floor, and by the time a song was over - you were gone."
"What do you mean," Adams pointed at Helen, "that is, he looked away and thought you ran away alone, but in fact you didn't run away, you were just dancing, and then he ran away to find you after you finished dancing. Let’s take a look at the end——”
"No! I didn't run. I didn't leave the seat next to the phone all night!" Gustave protested, "It wasn't until after one o'clock in the morning when a crew member came over and said that the banquet was over, I-"
"Your seat is empty." Helen interrupted Gustav's story, "I saw with my own eyes that your seat is empty."
Gustave's voice suddenly dropped, as if he was beginning to be unsure of where he was at that time.
"You saw his seat was empty, and then," Hesta asked, "did you go over and ask the crew over there for someone?"
"Why should I find someone? The banquet was very lively and the atmosphere was very good. I thought maybe he wanted to play alone?" Helen smiled, "Everyone has his own thing, isn't it normal? I can't take him with him everywhere. With a child——”
"Don't you think there's anything wrong with leaving a child in a place like that?"
"Slip of the tongue, I made a slip of the tongue... Is fifteen years old still considered a child?" Helen raised her hands and patted her pants, "I'm taking him to a banquet, do I have to prepare diapers for him?"
Hesta thought for a while and felt it was reasonable, then looked at Gustave again, "So you just sat there until the end?"
"right……"
"Then what?"
"I was so scared that I just... cried, and my crying attracted a lot of people."
"Passenger or crew?"
"The passengers, all passengers, were very nice. They asked me what was wrong. I said that I got separated from the person who brought me here and I didn't know how to get back. Then someone asked me if I lived in a cabin on the fifth floor. Passenger, I said yes...and we chatted.
"Although the banquet is over, everyone seems to have no intention of leaving. Many sisters are particularly worried about me. Some pass me tissues and some bring me snacks. They say there is no need to worry. It is very dangerous outside now. It’s better not to go out alone, they can talk to me, and I can go back until daybreak.”
(End of chapter)
