In front of her eyes was the face of fourteen-year-old Liz, who even had a little childishness unique to teenagers. Those golden eyes had appeared in Hestad's dreams countless times.
The moment she recognized the other person, Hesta realized that this was Anna's trick. However, her body's reaction was faster than she imagined... After falling out of bullet time, Hesta suddenly lost all control of her body. , she rotated with inertia, and then was easily shot to the ground by her opponent.
After rolling several times on the ground, Hesta stopped moving.
"You should really thank AHgAs for their excellent security system."
Anna's wheelchair began to rotate, she came to Hestad's side, picked up the cane, pressed Hestad's shoulder and turned her over.
"The reason why a mercury needle like you can survive so many battles is simply because none of the chelates you have encountered knows your true identity - if they knew, you would have eleven million A way to die...because you are like a sieve, Hesta, you are full of flaws, too many to count."
Hesta stared at Anna wordlessly. Her eyes were bloodshot quickly, and her expression was as ferocious as a demon from hell. An unprecedented anger burst out like lava. Strong hatred and bitterness emerged at the same time, almost making her blood boil. .
Anna looked away nonchalantly and whispered, "Drag her aside and ask Chiba to come and get her."
The crew members in protective suits quickly followed Anna's instructions and dragged Hesta aside. The moment she stood up, she suddenly felt something pulling on her feet. The crew member looked down and saw that he had just fallen into the restraint. Time's Hesta didn't know where the strength came from, and he actually reached out and hooked his ankle.
A series of vague sounds came out from the gap between Hesta's teeth.
"Don't...use...her face..."
The crewman blinked immediately, and the golden eyes turned back to gray-blue in an instant. This scene was reflected in Hesta's eyes. She watched as the facial features that made up Liz's face also changed, gradually turning into another. A face she was very familiar with - herself.
Hesta's anger almost reached the limit. She almost felt the blood vessels under her eyeballs beating. Everything in her field of vision was deformed and turned blue. All other details were dimmed, leaving only the gray-blue pair. s eyes.
The crewman took off his feet and returned to Anna. The two whispered a few words, and the crewman pushed Anna to come to Hestad again.
Anna still had a faint smile on her face.
"You have to hide your weakness," Anna tapped Hesta's forehead with her cane, "hide it."
…
On the second deck, Rico waited for Hesta to come back. He never thought of waiting for rescue first.
She and Si Lei jointly confirmed the visitor's ID and roughly understood the subsequent rescue process. The rescuer asked them to go to Bishop's Restaurant as soon as possible to join the majority of passengers, but both of them refused.
"This is an order!" The man was obviously impatient. He was surprised by the lack of cooperation shown by the two people - all the passengers trapped on the Shengming were impatient to leave this ghost place immediately. As a result, two thorns appeared here, "Whether you are willing or not -"
"Are you two the only ones in the vanguard?" Si Lei interrupted the man, "Why don't you stay with the passengers above?"
"We came out to see the situation, because there were not all the people up there, and there were a few wandering around outside."
"Then you should hurry up and find someone. Don't worry about us. We will go up naturally when the time comes."
"No!" the man said sternly, "You can't stay here."
Rico frowned slightly, "...How could it affect your work if we stay here?"
The man's eyes glanced at Gustav, and he grabbed Gustav's arm, "Come out, and we'll take you up."
Gustav screamed and hid behind Si Lei. The scene suddenly became chaotic. The man suppressed his anger and squeezed Gustav's wrist: "They can't lift it, can't you? Look at you. How did you get all these injuries? I also said that your situation is optimistic and there are no casualties... It’s just that the wounded here are running around outside——"
"Let me go!" Gustave shouted, "let me go...let me go!"
Just as Li Ge was about to take action, Si Lei suddenly stopped her. Si Lei grabbed the man's sleeve and said, "...let go, we'll go up!"
"We can't go up!" Li Ge looked at Si Lei, "If we don't stay here for the whole time, how will we know-"
Si Lei patted Li Ge's hand gently, his eyes filled with meaning. Li Ge didn't know what was going on, but he still stayed silent for the time being.
"What did you just say?" Si Lei turned to the rescuer again, "What is the optimistic situation and what is the absence of casualties?"
"Where are the casualties?" The man looked at Si Lei, "Aren't most of you staying at Bishop's Restaurant?"
"most?"
"Would you know if you go upstairs and take a look yourself, or do you have something special to report?"
Si Lei realized something, turned around and pulled Li Ke away towards the stairwell.
"You don't really want to leave, do you?" Rico whispered, "I won't leave here until I'm sure Jane is back safely."
"Don't you think those two people are a little weird?"
Rico glanced back - the two rescuers were still standing in the aisle. One of them was holding a walkie-talkie and constantly talking to his colleagues on the sixth deck. The other one was looking over here with a tight gaze. Follow the backs of her and Si Lei.
"It's a bit," Rico replied, "it seems like he wants to drive us away."
"Contact Qianye now." Si Lei said softly, "I don't think Anna will do anything to Hesta. If she comes back safely and sees no one here, she will naturally look for us elsewhere. If she encounters a problem that cannot be solved, waiting here is not an option."
Rico thought for a moment, "...it makes sense, but don't you want to stay and see what they plan to do?"
Si Lei shook his head, "You can't see them if you stay. Unless we show up at Bishop's restaurant later, how will they act? Rico, can you promise me something?"
"What?"
"Now, you are the only person left on this ship who can protect Gustav." Si Lei said softly, "Can you promise me to send him safely to the rescue ship tonight?"
"I can't promise you this kind of thing——"
"Please!" Si Lei grabbed Rico's hand, "If I guessed correctly, the upstairs should be full of 'undamaged' passengers now. We must protect Gustav, he will be an important witness! "
"...I can't promise you." Rico glanced in the direction of Gustav, "I'm still saying the same thing, it depends on my remaining strength."
(End of chapter)
