Eleven continued walking forward and soon came to a group of towering apartments. She walked half a circle around the bottom of one of the buildings. Sure enough, just as Hesta said, there were guards standing at the front and back doors.
Every visitor who entered or exited through the front and back doors was questioned by the soldiers.
"What...is there another entrance?"
Eleven muttered and sat down on a public bench.
According to Hesta, there must be a secret entrance leading to the interior of the apartment nearby... She must find this entrance first before she can carry out the subsequent plan.
But after wandering around for more than half an hour, Eleven still couldn't find this legendary place.
The sky was getting dark, and lights were lit inside the building, vaguely reflecting the outline inside. The wind on the street became stronger. Eleven calmed down and decided to act on the backup plan.
——If you really can’t find the hidden entrance, you can also break through from the front.
That's what Hesta said anyway.
She took a deep breath, puffed out her chest, clenched her hands into fists, and strutted towards the front door.
Several guards had long noticed this suspicious figure that had been wandering around. When she got closer, someone blocked her way.
"What?"
Eleven was not afraid, and just replied loudly: "Get out of your way, I will collect my reward."
The guard didn't buy it and just pushed her back.
"What reward? Who will get it?"
"It has nothing to do with you," Eleven replied, "As long as you let me in -"
Before she could finish her words, she was hit on the head. Eleven felt pain and covered the pain with both hands.
"Go away." A soldier took her arm and dragged her out. "This is not a place for you to mess around."
"I'm here to get my reward! Let me go, you guys let go -"
Eleven suddenly felt himself being lifted into the air, then lost his balance and flew outward. She instinctively closed her eyes and held her head. Just before the expected fall, several hands suddenly held her up from the air, stabilizing her neck and waist respectively.
"What are you doing? Can a child fall like this?" A female voice filled with anger came from diagonally in front of Eleven.
Eleven opened her eyes slightly and saw a tall sister standing there arguing with the soldiers. At the same time, there were three girls wearing similar clothes to her standing beside her.
These people greeted Eleven with greetings, which made her a little confused. She didn't know how to answer for a while.
"...These people have gone too far." One of them touched Eleven's head. "This kid was scared to death."
"What's your name?" asked another. "What are you doing here?"
Looking at these friendly faces, Eleven suddenly felt a strange feeling of strangeness. Their clothes are very ordinary, but they are completely different from the girls seen everywhere on the street. Every sister here is tall, with broad shoulders and big hands - just like Hesta who was picked up from the cemetery yesterday.
Yes, they all have similar temperaments...
"I'm here... to get paid." Eleven's voice became softer, and she lowered her gaze. "Someone asked me to come here to get paid."
"Who? Say her name."
"Eureka." Eleven replied in a low voice.
Several people looked at each other, "...do you know each other?"
The other two shook their heads.
"It doesn't sound like the name of District 14. Maybe it came from another district to perform the task?"
One of them looked at Eleven again, "What reward did she promise you?"
Eleven immediately stood up from the ground. She patted the dust on her body and looked up at the people in front of her.
"A good meal!" Eleven replied seriously, "It's a particularly good meal, she said so!"
…
Led by four mercury needles, Eleven entered the third underground floor of this apartment from the corridor of another building.
Everything is just like Hesta said, there are almost no checkpoints on this road, but there are too many gates. Every time, these big sisters have to swipe their cards to pass.
The sisters were walking very fast - they seemed to have slowed down a little, but Eleven held the hand of one of them and still had to trot to keep up with the four of them.
"...Where is this place?" Eleven asked breathlessly.
"Didn't that person tell you?"
"without."
"Haha, we can't tell you then."
Eleven frowned with dissatisfaction - If you don't tell me, I won't tell you. At worst, I'll go back and ask.
Several people came out of the elevator and saw a suddenly open hall in front of them. Although it is underground, the height of the floors makes it not feel cramped at all.
Eleven felt as if he had entered another world - there was only a wall between this place and the street outside, but everything was different.
The lights were bright everywhere, and the light yellow marble floor was smooth and clean. As soon as Eleven went out, he saw the restaurant in the distance, where seven chandeliers covered with glass tassels were arranged along the center line of the ceiling...
It's almost like the place where the emperor lives in fairy tales.
At this moment, several men in suits and leather shoes came from the opposite side and said hello to the four mercury needles here from a distance.
Eleven involuntarily hid behind one of the sisters and grabbed her pants tightly.
Mercury Needle noticed the little girl's nervousness and reached out to squeeze her shoulders.
The man approaching was a little surprised, "...Why is there a child here? Did you bring him here?"
Eleven's face suddenly turned red, she frowned, and stared at the visitor with hostility.
"Don't ask." The sister standing at the front replied, "Has dinner started?"
"It's starting," the man replied, "We just finished eating."
"Okay, let's go there first."
"Wait," the man blocked her way, "Do you still have time after dinner? What I told you before-"
"Let's talk tomorrow morning."
The four of them didn't stop too much, and quickly continued walking forward with Eleven.
The little girl was relieved at first, but when she entered the restaurant, she found that there were more people inside.
She queued up behind her sisters a little dullly. When others hold plates, she also holds plates; when others hold chopsticks, she also holds chopsticks.
The team moved forward slowly, and Eleven saw a long dining belt. There, there were two levels of dining racks on the table covered with white tablecloth, and a dinner plate full of food was placed on each rack. .
Her whole body was tense, and her arms carefully covered the stains on her clothes that had not yet been washed away.
At this time, Eleven suddenly felt regretful. No wonder Hesta wanted her to take a bath. If I had known this, I should have rubbed the clothes harder in the morning... But what was embarrassing was not only the clothes but also the shoes. There were holes on the upper edges of the shoes in several places.
Eleven's eyes glanced to the side from time to time.
There was no other person like her in the whole restaurant.
