"Stop fooling yourself. If this is really a game, then there is nothing you can't lose." Rico pressed Hesta's shoulder and restrained all her actions. "I really don't understand. Didn't we know everything earlier?" Is Anna behind all the trouble? She planned all the conspiracies, she wants to kill people, she wants to have fun - but this is none of our business, why are you two starting to work hard... Si Lei is so stubborn, you are also a demon Startled!?”
"Okay, then this isn't a game," Hesta murmured in a low voice, "It's just a different way of saying it, but it doesn't stop us from continuing to play... You're not here, you don't know, tonight is not about us working hard, but - —”
"It's not a matter of 'explanation'! Explain it to me clearly as to why!" Rico found it hard to understand, his voice was both suppressed and surprised, "Without a reason, you can't even think of going out like this - from now on, until you get off the ship, there will be nothing but You can't go anywhere while you're in confinement in this ward."
"... Rico, calm down."
Li Ge suddenly raised his voice, "Calm down!"
"I'm calm."
"I asked you to calm down because I want you to calmly think about what you are doing, not to go crazy here calmly!"
"I..." Hesta's throat moved and she closed her eyes for a moment. She thought for a while and whispered, "...I actually have a feeling. I had it a long time ago."
"What does it feel like?"
"I felt like if I went through all the steps... I would have an answer."
"what is the answer."
"...the answers to many things," Hesta frowned slightly, "what confuses me and troubles me...there will be an answer. Maybe I don't necessarily agree with the answer Anna gave, but as long as I keep going -"
"OK, stop, you knocked me out." Rico raised his hand to stop, "You said you need an answer, tell me what your specific question is first."
There was a brief silence between them.
Seeing that Hesta still didn't respond, Rico continued: "People always have questions first and then find answers! You said many things - confusing things that bother you, what exactly are they? Do you want Anna to What answer should you give?”
Hesta's expression was calm. She looked at Rico: "It's hard for me to explain these feelings clearly in a few words."
"Is it that you can't explain it clearly in just a few words, or that you haven't even thought about the problem at all?"
"I've been thinking about it," Hesta whispered. "Indeed, after boarding the ship, I did many things based on intuition and didn't spend much time thinking about it. But I know that if I have to wait until I think about the problem clearly, It’s too late to find answers…”
Hesta raised her head, "Maybe she's looking for questions, but she's also looking for answers."
Rico stood up and walked to the door.
There was a clear sound of metal clashing, and the latch on the door was pushed into the lock, and Rico turned around.
"Maybe you don't even think about going out tonight and just rest."
…
At midnight, all the passengers gathered on the bow deck. They were wrapped in thin blankets and looked at the still smoking cabin without saying a word.
Shortly after the explosion, the entire fifth-floor cabin was engulfed in raging flames. Those orange-red tongues of flames shot upward along the windows, and the thick black smoke melted into the night, like low clouds that could not see the moonlight.
However, the open fire only lasted less than ten minutes and was extinguished.
No one saw how the fire was extinguished - there were no rescuers' lights on the darkened cabin windows, and no crew members were able to bring water from outside the cabin. Some passengers insisted that they had seen flames blackening the window sills on the sixth deck before, but now the ship was sailing out of the cloud-shrouded sea, and the moonlight shone down. The entire hull surface on the sixth deck seemed intact and there was no burn. Burn marks.
People stopped talking and stood there with complicated expressions.
Suddenly, several men who had been sitting on the ground stood up one after another. Their companions followed the gazes of these people and discovered that the mercury needle who always wore overalls appeared in the open space not far away. .
There were no lights on the bow deck, and Chiba's outline was not clear, but her white shirt stood out in the darkness. A spark ignited between her, and as soon as it illuminated her face, it was instantly extinguished. This was repeated many times. Chiba shook the cheap lighter in her hand, and the man on the other side quickly stepped forward to light a cigarette for her. .
By coincidence, Chiba's lighter produced a steady flame at this moment.
The man retreated to his original position.
Qianye walked under the moonlight, "Why are everyone here?"
"There was an explosion in the cabin, ma'am." One of them pointed to the heights. "If we were still in the room, something would happen now."
"I heard it." Chiba replied, "Your people probably did it."
"How is that possible?" The man's eyes widened. "This has nothing to do with us."
"Then how did you come out early? Who informed you?"
The man was speechless for a moment, and Chiba looked at his companions behind him - no one answered.
"Don't be nervous," Qianye glanced at the cabin that was still smoking high up, and turned around and gave everyone a very friendly smile, "I just happened to pass by and wanted to ask you guys why you didn't sleep at night. What do you think?"
The other man frowned, "You must have misunderstood something..."
Chiba turned to him.
The man originally had a lot to say, but facing Qianye's eyes, he did not dare to lie.
"That's right, madam," another person stepped forward, "we saw two people fall from it tonight...the two people you know -"
"You don't need to tell me this," Chiba waved his hand casually, "I don't care and I won't participate."
"But they seemed to be seriously injured! Really serious!" The man pointed to a high place, "They jumped directly from such a high place. We didn't even see how they came out. The explosion happened. What happened was that Ms. Hesta dragged Officer Si Lei - yes, one of them was Ms. Hesta and the other was Officer Si Lei - but she didn't actually hold her back. The two of them must be in danger now!"
"You have all seen it," Qianye lowered his jaw slightly and even his voice was much lower, "Everyone is waiting in advance, can you watch it here?"
"No..." The man shook his head, "It's just a coincidence, I didn't expect it... How could you think of such a thing."
"That's good," Qianye smiled, "otherwise you will really die."
The men's expressions changed. Before they had time to ask, Chiba had already turned around. She waved the back of her hand and said, "Okay, you can wish yourselves well."
"Madam!" the man shouted at her back, "In this situation, maybe we should start a new round of selection of adjudicators -"
"I told you, I won't participate." Qianye climbed over a railing and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight, "You can make up your own mind."
