Hesta heard a soft and long sigh from Si Lei. Although Si Lei's reaction was expected, it still made Hesta feel a little sad in his heart.
"...The situation is no longer the same," Hesta whispered. "Obviously there is another person on this ship who is performing her duties. This has nothing to do with whether we agree or disagree. Even if I give up my position and stand completely with you. This way—"
"There must be some other way..." Si Lei put his arm over his eyes, "This ship has been lost for so long, and the land must be searching for news about it. We can't give up."
"You can't be a mercury needle like this." Li Ge said suddenly.
Si Lei and Hesta looked over at the same time.
"Si Lei said before that she was envious of mercury needles," Rico explained to Hesta, "and she also wanted to be a mercury needle or something."
"Explain yourself," Si Lei sat up on the bed, "...why I can't do it?"
Rico looked at her, "Okay, we can do it, but Office No. 2 will never put you in combat order, so you can't go to the front line."
"for--"
"Because chelates love to see people struggling with love and hate, but unable to escape," Rico replied. "Once you bring something you are immersed in to the battlefield, everything will be over... The mercury needle is like this of."
"It's not about immersion or not -"
"If you really want to protect the entire ship, of course I am willing to help you. After all, now I know that the rules on this ship will not hurt me. I don't care!"
Li Ge frowned, "...but what are you planning?
"As for Helen's last few words today, did you all hear them? I don't care what relationship you two have with her in the future. I will never care about anything you have with this person in the future - I don't sleep at three o'clock in the middle of the night. Just to find her risky passenger, she asked me in front of everyone why I was two hours late... Hey, if she really cared about this, why didn't she call the door? Even if she was too lazy to run, would she make a call? I don't know. Can I ask on the phone?"
"She and I should have nothing to do with each other," Hesta said softly.
Si Lei noticed that the two men were looking towards him at the same time.
"Why are you looking at me..." Si Lei hesitated for a moment, "I have nothing to do with her, and according to Anna, Helen's life is not in danger at all on this ship - it's not my turn to save her. "
"You'd better remember what you said today," Rico narrowed his eyes slightly, "This person first took the scepter brooch from you, and when it was someone else's turn to use it, she said she lost it. This is one; and then she took advantage of the topic and tried to trick everyone in public. If you have been to the negative two floors, this is two; three..."
Li Ge suddenly got stuck, "What's going on...I got so angry that I forgot about it."
"Always thinking about sacrificing others to protect yourself." Hesta said softly.
"Yes," Rico nodded, "Just such a person, now he can come and go freely on the boat every day, drinking, dancing and playing tennis - it is very nourishing. Do you want to see the three of us again? You haven't slept, I am injured and tired, and Jane is the only one. The patient who never drank alcohol is now doing it every day——"
"Not every day," Hesta frowned, "I just drank twice?"
"Why?" Rico slapped his knees continuously, "Don't you think there's something wrong with this?"
"...There have been no new casualties in the past two days, so the atmosphere on the ship is not as tragic as before," Si Lei's voice lowered, "But..."
"Yes, there seems to be another way out now, so some people stopped pretending and started chasing Helen while she was still in the corridor - anyway, it seems that they can survive without mercury needles..." Li Getan He opened his hands and said, "I have been making mercury needles for ten years! I have never been on a mission more like a tool than this time! Ask yourself why!"
"...I'm sorry." Si Lei closed his eyes and clasped his fingers against Yintang, "A lot of the things I did before were actually not safe enough..."
Rico turned around and said, "Stop being a judge. Let's hold an election and let them choose their own leader——"
"I don't." Hestad disagreed, "It took so much effort to create such a good situation, why should we give it up to others?"
"...What's the situation?"
"As I said just now, there have been no new victims in the past two days." Hesta said softly, "When I came up, I was in danger. There is no reason to step down now that the situation has just improved... Why?"
Rico narrowed his eyes again, this time full of questions.
"...I thought you were just cooperating with Si Lei?"
"Of course it's also to realize Officer Si Lei's wish to minimize casualties," Hesta said softly, "but the game itself is also very interesting."
"what do you mean?"
"How should I put it..." Hestad was silent for a while, "I read a story in "The Awakening of the Male" yesterday, which was the advice Robbeglier gave to a young officer when he was young.
“At that time, the officer had just been promoted, but the superior who promoted him went to jail for some disgraceful reasons, so he had to be investigated, but fortunately he was innocent, so he was quickly reinstated.
"One night, Robbeglier went to the officer's house for a drink. The officer confided to Robbeglier that he had been worrying about how to get along with his subordinates these days, and he felt that his image might have deteriorated. He suffered from rumors, but he didn't know how to regain the hearts of his subordinates.
"'Perhaps I should throw some dinner parties at my house and invite everyone over?' the officer asked.
"'You must not do that,' Robbeglier replied. 'On the contrary, you should eat and drink alone and avoid being approached by your subordinates.'"
"The officer asked why, and Robbeglier told him that it was because in every hierarchical society, people would never be punished for being loyal to the roles they played. On the contrary, they were often spurned for showing cowardice in the roles. .
"'Because leaders and leaders are creatures of the imagination. The more mysterious a person is, the more inhuman talents and virtues he possesses in the people's imagination. If you are unwilling to preserve this illusion for them, you must Go among them, eat, drink, talk and laugh with them, and don't blame them for peeling off your skin and gnawing your bones."
"...I still don't understand," Li Ge tilted his head, "What do you want to say?"
"At first I thought of René, because the way he groveled in front of me made it impossible for me to imagine how arrogant he would be in front of others. But he has never been afraid of showing his groveling side in public, and these ugly behaviors seemed completely It does not affect his ability to establish authority in front of others...
"Then I suddenly realized that the flattery René performed might be his demonstration of behavior to his subordinates. How he treated me, his subordinates should also treat him - at this point, the characters' beliefs were consistent. .
"And just now at Bishop's Restaurant, I clearly felt that Helen was doing the same thing, but she wanted a higher position than Rene."
Si Lei frowned: "...you mean she is challenging your authority."
"Yes," Hesta said softly, "You have also seen the effect, it is immediate."
