The soldier was about to argue, but he was immediately interrupted when he said "But-".
"The handover is not over yet," she looked directly into the soldier's eyes. "Right now, at this moment, we still have the final say on all chelate-related scenes. Do you agree with this?"
"...Of course." The soldier took a step back and leaned over to untie Hesta's shackles.
Mercury Needle glanced at Hesta's right arm and continued to ask in common language: "Where did you come from?"
"District Three," Hesta replied.
The other party laughed, "What's your name? Youleka?"
Hestad was stunned for a moment. She did not continue to explain. She just extended her left hand to the person in front of her and said, "Jane Hestad."
"My name is Fawn." She smiled and said, "Come with me. Someone has been looking for you for a long time."
"Then my pen——"
"If you insist on it, I'll have to wait until the scene is cleaned up and disinfected before I give it to you. It's bloody and wiped now, and it won't be safe for others if you take it away."
"……All right."
Leaving the workstation, Hestad followed Fawn's instructions and got into the car. She is also familiar with the following procedures - disinfection, physical examination, four hours of isolation in a quiet room, and then the questioning phase.
During the physical examination and isolation, Hestad was always absent-minded. The chelate that looked like a mercury needle tonight seemed to be imprinted in her mind and could not be dissipated for a long time...especially the eye with the dim edge.
Out of caution, Hestad did not mention this observation to anyone, but repeated reflections gave her another suspicion: Did she see it wrong?
In the gaps between these thoughts, Hesta was still thinking about Eucalyptus.
She didn't know where Yugali would be tonight. The worst-case scenario was that Mihailo had noticed everything and had already left Mei County with her. This gave Hesta a headache. Looking back on the conversation between herself and Mihailo in the past two days, she was not sure where the truth was revealed.
Or maybe there was nothing wrong with her, but her actions were too frequent, which aroused Mihailo's suspicion...
The night's chaotic thoughts made Hesta toss and turn. When her quiet room isolation ended, she didn't feel sleepy at all.
A staff member took her to an inquiry room. As soon as she entered the door, she saw a short-haired woman wearing glasses.
"Hello, Jane." The other party stood up and extended his left hand to Hesta in a friendly manner, "I finally found you."
The woman was wearing a beige women's suit and had a typical arrondissement face. However, her hair was not as black as most people here, with some light brown at the end. Her voice and temperament were so gentle that Hesta thought of Valenti the first time he saw her: the two people had almost the same eyes, but the wrinkles between this person's eyebrows were deeper.
Looking at this unfamiliar face, Hesta hesitated: "Who are you?"
"I'm Yu Xuekun from the Orange Town work station," the woman smiled, "Something happened over there, which caused my contact information to become invalid. If you are interested, I will explain to you later when we go out. Thank you The reminder is very effective. I came over as soon as I saw the news about "Eureka" in Mei County——"
Hesta was still a little confused: "Are you responsible for my questioning tonight?"
"There's nothing to ask," Yu Xuekun continued, "The workstation is monitored, and they already know what happened tonight."
"...Then you should also take a confession from me?"
"No need." Yu Xuekun handed over a bound document, "After signing this document, we can leave here now."
"What's this?"
"Confidentiality agreement." Yu Xuekun replied, "In a nutshell: after leaving this building, unless an investigator holds higher-level documents to ask you, you can no longer take the initiative to mention tonight's accident to anyone. details."
…
Hesta followed Yu Xuekun out of the inquiry room, and the two of them walked along a long corridor to the bathroom at the end.
Yu Xuekun was carrying a big paper bag, and she prepared a new suit of clothes for Hesta, which happened to be what Hesta needed at the moment - her coat and shirt had been cut with many openings and stained with blood.
While changing clothes, the two of them talked through the door.
"As expected of a mercury needle," Yu Xuekun sighed, "I heard Qianye tell you about your situation, and even prepared a wheelchair specially for you... You probably don't need it at all now, do you still need it?"
"No need," Hesta replied.
"Where have you been staying these past few days? I checked the check-in information of all hotels in Mei County, but I didn't see your name."
"I stayed in a small hotel and registered my information at that time. Didn't you find out?"
"Where's the hotel?"
"I don't remember much, but it's not far from the workstation anyway."
Yu Xuekun was silent for a moment, "Maybe the hotel owner deliberately didn't enter your information into the system - have you always been wearing this red hair, without a wig?"
"No." Hesta opened the door, "Why do you need to wear a wig?"
"Mainly for your safety," Yu Xuekun said, taking a step back. In this narrow space, Hesta's size seemed even more oppressive, "...but you shouldn't need to think about this."
Hesta walked to the sink and rinsed her face. The cold water brought clarity.
"Is the security problem in District 14 serious?"
"It should be said that the public security problem in Mei County is very serious," Yu Xuekun replied, "However, it only affects a small group of people..."
"Like 'The Hestads'?"
Yu Xuekun looked at her, "The security issues of Hesta people are serious everywhere."
Hesta straightened up and turned off the faucet. She looked at herself in the mirror and her red hair, silent for a moment.
"Can you do me a favor?" Hesta turned back, "I need to find someone."
"Who are you looking for?"
"I only know that her name is 'Eugali', she is also a Hesta, about twenty years old, and she has been to a place called 'Vera Care Center' in the past few days, and she has been with a pediatrician named Mihailo There was contact." Hesta recalled for a while, "...She should have been brought from the Jiaozhi Mountain area, and she has no legal status."
Hearing the name "Mihailo", Yu Xuekun's eyebrows moved slightly, "...are you sure she is still in Mei County?"
"I don't know." Hesta's voice lowered, "So I'm looking for - oh, she should have a mobile phone with her. I can provide you with the number!"
"Okay." Yu Xuekun nodded, "This will make it much easier to find."
The two went downstairs and came to the garage.
After getting in the car, Hesta fastened her seat belt and looked sideways at Yu Xuekun, "Where are we going now?"
"I have an apartment in Meijun. Aren't you looking for someone? There are some things I can only make appointments on my work computer," Yu Xuekun replied, "So I have to go back first."
(End of chapter)
