Why it never ends

Chapter 1005 Farce

"Kendai says hello to you." Ximoya turned her head.

Hesta did not respond.

Ximoya stretched her long neck and looked towards the podium.

……

Tang An gave a brief introduction to the terrorist activities that took place tonight. He showed the crowd more than a dozen photos sent from the scene, most of which showed injured people waiting for rescue on the roadside after the attack. Hesta, who was in the audience, looked at the photos one by one and found that the truly tragic mountains of corpses and seas of blood were not there. She didn't know whether this was intentional or because the accident had just happened not long ago and most of the manpower was focused on rescuing the victims.

At the meeting, the Viehoton Interest Party argued fiercely with the New People's Party, the Socialist People's Party, and the New District 12 Liberal Party. Hesta saw two councillors grabbing each other's collars and beating them from the back row to their desks. They pulled out their belts, took off their shoes, and used their ties as leash, hoping to beat their opponents into submission on the spot.

Ximoya had already moved to another place with her computer. Hesta carefully observed the situation around him and finally sat down next to an old lady who looked a little familiar.

"We meet again." the old lady said suddenly.

"...Have we met?"

"At the Trion family's banquet." The old man smiled and said, "What was his name?"

Hesta held out his hand: "Jane Hesta."

"You can call me Mrs. Floan." The old woman said slowly, "My name is Irene Floan."

Hesta's eyes moved slightly, and she suddenly remembered the identity of the person in front of her. At that dinner party, she heard many people around her mention an "Old Irene", and she thought it should be her.

"Excuse me..." Old Irene narrowed her eyes, "What did you say your name was?"

"simple."

"Oh, yes... Jane," she smiled slightly, "I'm not good at remembering people's names, so please don't mind if I forget them later."

Hesta looked away. There might be no name in the world that was easier to remember than the pronunciation of "Jane". She could tell that old Irene was being pretentious, but she was not in the mood to play this game with these old nobles.

Following the old man's shoulder, Hesta looked at the seat behind him. She suddenly realized that she seemed to have come to the spectator seats of the House of Nobles, because she soon saw the enthusiastic Trion and the extremely cold Kovicik in the crowd - half an hour ago he was still full of anticipation for everything that was going to happen next.

Old Irene paused with her cane and spoke to Hesta again. She was like a regular at the theater, introducing the plot to a latecomer and making sarcastic remarks. Hesta learned from Old Irene that five years ago, the so-called "New People's Party, Socialist People's Party and New District 547 Liberal Party" were still one team, called the "Freedom and Independence Front". They defeated the Viholdan Interest Party, which had been popular among the people, in the general election. However, in the first year of their rule, there was a serious split within the party. For this reason, it took a full days to form the first round of the cabinet.

Today, the three parties are independent, with the New People's Party in charge of military, diplomacy, economy and other matters related to the overall interests of the 12th District, the Social People's Party in charge of language and cultural education, and the New 12th District Liberal Party in charge of land finance-related matters. The three parties hinder and interfere with each other, but they also maintain the "Freedom and Independence Front" that has long existed in name only - but in the face of the growing Wehoton Interest Party, they are increasingly unable to cope with it.

Hesta originally thought that tonight's discussion would only revolve around the terrorist attacks, but he did not expect that the topic of debate would quickly shift from security to the economic reforms in recent years. The purpose of the discussion was more of a settlement than a discussion.

Hesta was distracted for a while, his eyes wandering throughout the meeting room, and he saw Ximoya talking to Tang An in a corner. Ximoya looked serious, and Tang An's eyes were bright, nodding from time to time - that expression suddenly reminded Hesta of René.

"Excuse me." Hesta interrupted Old Irene's chattering, "Thank you for your guidance tonight." Old Irene was a little surprised: "Oh, you have business to attend to?"

"Hard to say."

Hesta walked down the stairs quickly, passing two roaring old men, and then supported the back of a fallen congressman; she tilted her head slightly and dodged a ballpoint pen that was flying at her at an angle, and after a few steps, Hesta jumped again and jumped over a puddle of water on the ground filled with soaked tea bags.

When Ximoya sensed someone approaching, her conversation with Tang An came to an abrupt end.

"What's the matter?" Ximoya asked.

"Just came to say hello," Hesta said, "It doesn't look like we'll be discussing anything important tonight, so I'll be leaving in a moment."

Tang An glanced at Hesta with some concern, then looked at Ximoya inquiringly: "Who is this?"

Before Ximoya could answer, Hesta had already extended his hand: "The new inspector of District 12, Jane Hesta."

"Hello." Tang An held the hand that Hesta handed to him, and his expression changed slightly - Hesta's grip was obviously stronger than he expected.

"Wait a little longer." Ximoya said, "Kendai will announce something in a while, you'd better listen to it before leaving."

"what's up?"

"We'll talk about it later."

"If it's something related to AHgAs, Kende should discuss it with me first—or at least let me know." Hesta looked at Ximoya, "Otherwise, I can't guarantee that some of our decisions will not conflict."

For a moment, Ximoya laughed out loud.

"Mr. Tang An, go and do your work." She looked at Tang An, "Maintain order at the scene. Don't let the situation remain the same when you connect to the third district later - that would be too embarrassing."

Tang An smiled slightly and nodded to Ximoya and Hesta as a farewell.

After Tang An left, Ximoya turned around, her face gloomy, but she always had a smile on her face: "Listen, Hesta, you are not qualified to say such harsh words to Kendai-"

"It's not up to you to decide whether you are qualified or not," Hesta shrugged lightly, "and I'm not saying anything harsh - it's just a friendly reminder."

"Then let me see how you can conflict with Kendai," Ximoya took a step forward, her eyes almost touching Hesta's face.

Hesta took a half step back, but kept his eyes fixed on Ximoya.

"Who do you think you are?" Ximoya lowered her voice, but her anger was even greater. "You think you can call the shots here with the empty title of 'Inspector'... Do you know what District 12 is? Do you know what happened here? Kende has been through enough, do you think I would let her worry about a newcomer like you? I advise you to wake up!"