Yes I do! Otherwise, I will come here to find you specially——"
"But I think you don't want to, or you don't need to..." Anna gently grabbed a handful of hair on her forehead, "You don't care at all."
"Is this matter so complicated?" Rico dragged his chair half a step towards Anna, "I originally had another question..."
"What?"
"The last voyage - the one mentioned in Roboglier's diary, when did it finally land?"
"...several months."
"Should we not need that long?" Rico looked at Anna, "After all, there are not many people on this ship."
"Are you concerned about the end point of this voyage?"
"Of course..." Rico tapped his fingers on the table, "You are a god with unknown origins. You will probably run away as soon as you get off the boat. As for Chiba, she barely showed up during the whole process. Afterwards, I chased you At best, she failed to fulfill her obligation to rescue civilians when she was responsible - but she came out with a mission in the first place. As long as Bo Shanfu arrived in the 14th District safely, people on both sides would not make things difficult for her...
"Jane is different." The smile on Li Ge's face gradually faded, "Even if you kill all the passengers and soldiers on this ship, as long as Si Lei is still here, she will definitely make everything happen here. Report it... AHgAs's independent investigation organization will not treat the killings on the ship as a game. It's hard to say how much responsibility they will place on Jane."
Not far away, Putina opened a new bottle of absinthe, and in the silence, the soft sound of the cork seemed particularly clear.
Putina took out two colanders engraved with repeated patterns and sprinkled ice water on the two sugar cubes. The moment the water droplets fell into the absinthe, a few wisps of white mist emerged.
When the drinks were being prepared, Putina suddenly raised her head and said, "I forgot to ask, you two don't mind drinking ice, right?"
Rico and Anna shook their heads at the same time and took the initiative to take the wine glasses.
"That is indeed very troublesome," Anna smiled, "I do have a perfect solution, but I don't know if you will consider it..."
"Tell me?"
Anna raised her glass to Rico and lowered her voice, "Before disembarking, why not kill Si Lei too?"
Rico still had that vague smile, and she raised her glass in response to Anna. The two wine glasses touched each other gently, and the wine swayed in the glass.
"...What a good idea," Rico whispered. Her eyes fell on Anna and didn't leave for a long time. "Why didn't I think of that?"
"You know, the handle Si Lei holds in his hands - I mean the handle about Hesta, but it's not just this. Once what Hesta did in Tan Yi is discovered, the number of years in prison she will face. , probably started a hundred years ago..." Anna shook her wine glass, "These old and new accounts must be settled...don't you think so?"
"It's true." Rico nodded in agreement, "Then what? When do you plan to dock?"
"I'm afraid it will be faster than expected."
"But there's just no concrete explanation, is there?"
Anna toasted to Rico again, but Rico just lifted the glass from the table perfunctorily. The two continued to chat, and the topic returned to Anna's hometown from the ship. There were unexpected laughs from time to time, but Putina standing aside always felt that something was missing between the two.
About half an hour later, Rico began to look at his watch frequently, and then quickly left.
Anna watched Rico go away with a somewhat lonely expression.
"Are you okay?" Putina asked.
Anna came back to her senses, "Why don't I look bad?"
Putina wiped the wine glass and whispered, "When Ms. Hesta came last time, didn't you already start looking for proverbs for Ms. Rico? Why don't you want to mention it when she comes in person today... …”
Anna didn't answer, she stared at the ice cubes gradually melting in the glass.
"Some things are really strange," Anna whispered, "'It's those...
It seems that the most intense idealists are the easiest to turn into complete unidealism... There seems to be only a thin line between cynicism and cynicism. "
Putina was thoughtful, "...are you talking about Ms. Rico?"
Anna lowered her eyes.
"Also Chiba."
…
In the corridor on the fifth deck, five men crouched in the corner with their hands clasped behind their necks.
They all had wounds more or less exposed on their bodies, and one of them was still bleeding and looked very weak.
Hesta's wheelchair had been smashed, and the broken parts and deformed frame were like a pile of scrap metal, falling not far behind her.
"Let me ask you one last time, where is Fiance now?"
"...Stop your imagination, no one will say anything." The man squatting on the far left replied in a low voice, "Initiate a new adjudicator election as soon as possible. You are not worthy of sitting in this position-"
Before the man could finish speaking, Hesta had already kicked him over. She stepped on the man's neck, and the hard and uneven soles immediately made the man's face turn red.
"Jian..." Si Lei shouted in a low voice - this posture could easily lead to death if not careful.
Hesta relaxed a little, "...I recognize you. You are the one who insisted on not reading the "Details" from the beginning."
The man laughed, and blood slowly seeped down from the corners of his mouth.
"Our response was indeed not fast enough, but... it was not too late either."
"Really?" Hesta smiled, "Tell me, what did you all react to?"
"All of this...everything on the ship is a conspiracy," the man tried his best to turn his head, trying to give Hesta a shocking look with his red eyes, "From the rules on paper to the executors, and then None of you... the so-called adjudicators... are really on our side."
"Who said we are not on your side?" Hesta said coldly, "Who has Officer Si Lei been running around for these days?"
The man tried to find Si Lei's position in his sight, but as soon as he moved, Hesta was immediately stepped on the ground again, and his chest hit the ground hard, and he seemed to hear a subtle cracking sound between the bones.
Si Lei took a step forward, "Tell me first, why you ambushed us—and why you wanted Jacqueline as bait!"
"Hello, Officer Si Lei..." the man's voice became fainter, "I'm sorry, but I don't want to do such a thing. I actually respect you, you are a good woman——"
"Don't talk about this!" Si Lei scolded sternly, "It's only a matter of time before we catch Fayence. Let us explain the matter clearly now. I think you are actively cooperating. When Fayence is caught -"
"Then kill me." The man said solemnly, "After I die, my name will be written among my brothers..."
(End of chapter)
