The companion standing behind the man frowned, "Why are you telling her this? Aren't she and Hesta the same group..."
"She will know sooner or later," the man looked away, "Now we can still see her reaction."
The companion cast a noncommittal glance in the direction where Chiba disappeared, "How do you think she reacted?"
The man didn't answer, he just looked at his companion with a meaningful look in his eyes, "What time is it now?"
"About one o'clock..." The companion looked at the watch, "One o'clock and five, do we want to stay here all night?"
"Wait a minute, there's no news from Fiance yet. He said he would contact me again before two o'clock."
The companion looked at the man and wanted to continue the topic, but the man just patted him on the shoulder and whispered, "If you can't tell, don't ask."
…
Deep below the open deck, Chiba walked through a lightless area with ease, and finally stopped in front of a closed metal door with an expressionless face. The thick metal door panels soon began to shrink toward the inside of the walls on both sides, giving way to the entrance to the room.
"Have you gone too far?" Chiba strode inward. "It's better that this kind of thing today is the last time, otherwise I won't turn a blind eye anymore."
The sofa chair not far away turned on its own and stopped accurately in the direction of Chiba.
"Is this going too far?" Anna held her cheek with two fingers and turned slightly sideways, "I don't treat anyone's body as a consumable."
Chiba narrowed his eyes, "Who do you think uses the body as a consumable? Me?"
"Don't mind a little ambiguity." Anna smiled, "But your Hesta and Si Lei are fine, you don't have to-"
"I repeat," Chiba interrupted Anna. She dragged a chair to her side, stepped on the edge of the chair with her feet, and sat on the back of the chair. "I brought Jane on board to recover from her illness, little one. It’s OK to make a small fuss, but it’s not OK to strain your muscles and bones.”
"Okay, no, I'll pay attention in the future." Anna looked at Chiba, "Did you just go meet those passengers?"
Chiba moved his neck, "I originally wanted to teach them a lesson."
"Then why did you come back directly?"
The two looked at each other.
Chiba shook the chair slightly and raised the front legs of the chair. The load-bearing legs creaked slightly, but she still maintained a delicate balance.
"Think about it, don't dirty my hands." Qianye intertwined his fingers and crossed his legs, "Do you find it interesting to play games with these people, Anna?"
"Yes. Have you ever heard the story of the mermaid?" Anna said softly, "The mermaid at the bottom of the sea wanted human legs, so she went to the witch to ask for her voice in exchange."
Chiba frowned slightly, "What does this have to do with you? Do you think you are a mermaid?"
"I'm a witch," Anna replied with a smile. "The only difference is that instead of giving her legs, I gave her a bomb."
"As long as you are happy." Chiba suddenly jumped down from the chair, "I remind you that the loss of contact with the Shengming has come into AHgAs's sight, and the search and rescue will start in the next two days."
"I know, Zero has already told me," Anna said softly, "To search for a small ship on such a large sea, without the technology of District 15, they are not very capable of doing it..."
"Sooner or later."
"I understand, thank you for reminding me." Anna smiled slightly, "Have you had dinner?"
Chiba glanced at the alarm clock on the table not far away, "It's already past dinner time, what's wrong?"
"Then... tomorrow morning, do you have time tomorrow morning?"
"Yes, what's the matter?"
"Just something more suitable to talk about at the dinner table," Anna said softly, "Hard Rock Bar?"
"Bishop Restaurant." Chiba whispered.
Anna sighed softly: "...Okay."
…
Early the next morning, Agnes and Meyer came to the door of the luggage room again - the doorway...
The mechanical door that Guinness had never opened opened slowly, just as Hesta had promised.
Meyer stood behind Agnes, watching the changes in front of him nervously.
The door opened, but neither of them moved.
"You can leave from here." A machine-synthesized female voice suddenly sounded, startling the two of them.
"Get out?" Meyer whispered.
"Yeah." Agnes nodded in the wheelchair.
As soon as the two stepped out of the door, the door behind them closed on its own. A row of lights along the steps lit up one after another, slowly extending upward - the narrow iron steps looked old and steep.
Meyer walked up quickly. After climbing half a floor on the Internet, she was sure that there was no way she could bring Agnes up alone.
"Ege, why don't you wait here, I'll go up and call someone first-"
Meyer turned around and saw Agnes fiddling with an iron knot on the edge of the stair railing.
"Don't move!" Meyer quickly ran back to Agnes, "What are you going to do? I'll do it, but don't do it... What are these things?"
"It seems to be a power device, not sure..."
Following Agnes's guidance, Meyer quickly inserted the metal connector on the stair railing into a notch in the wheelchair bearing. Agnes pressed the up button on the outside of the joint, and the metal joint connected to the wheelchair began to move upward until she was about four or five centimeters away from the wheelchair, and then stopped.
Meyer exclaimed.
Egger continued to press the up button, and the metal joint began to move upward along the armrest.
Meyer followed Agnes and walked up step by step.
"The furnishings here look quite shabby," Agnes whispered, "I didn't expect the design to be so handicap-friendly..."
Soon, the two of them were on the open-air deck, and the long-lost sunlight fell on them. However, they did not stop for too long, and they were attracted by a semi-open-air tea restaurant not far away.
Although it is breakfast time, there are not many people in this tea restaurant, perhaps because most people are still used to going to Bishop's Restaurant to dine, whether in the morning, lunch or night...
However, as soon as they opened the door, they heard a roar.
"I told you, I need two more waffles!!"
"Sir, please pay attention to your attitude..."
"I'm hungry, I need food!! It's on that shelf behind you!! How many times do you have to tell me?"
"Your reaction is really scary."
"Then pass me the muffin!!"
Meyer instinctively wanted to leave, but then he heard Agnes shout in surprise, "Mr. Bernhard...?"
Bernhard, who was already shouting red-necked, was also stunned. He turned around and found Sister Agnes standing at the door - they had obviously seen everything that just happened.
In an instant, countless expressions flashed across Bernhard's face - embarrassment, panic, shame and anger... and a little calmness as if nothing had happened.
"There... there are too many people up there, so I'll come down to eat." Bernhard raised his head, "It's clean here."
(End of chapter)
