Why it never ends

Chapter 1010 Safety Pin

"If you really want me to give you a reason..." Hesta was silent for a moment. "During the emergency meeting tonight, Kendai repeatedly mentioned the need to send more mercury needles to the Mother City. With her background, she must be unaware of the risks of doing so."

Victoria fell into deep thought.

"It's indeed a suspicious place, but... it also makes sense," Victoria said. "You know, when I saw those special chelates tonight, I almost wanted to call for help from the Mother City. When you feel that things are about to get out of control, it is an instinct to mobilize more manpower. It is hard to say whether refusing all external help is a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Maybe Kende has her own considerations for avoiding risks."

"What are you considering?"

"There must be some mercury needles that will not be assimilated by the deep anchor. They will always look at things from the perspective of ordinary people," Victoria said, "such as you, such as me... and Rico tonight. Have I told you? She has returned and is now imprisoned in the underground prison of the Cosi workstation."

"I know."

"you know?"

"I'll pick her up in a minute."

"I was a little worried when I saw her running away with Sahame... but she actually came back, under such circumstances." Victoria said, "This really impressed me. I thought she would not take the things in the habitable area so seriously. She is exactly the type of person who is most likely to be absorbed by the Deep Anchor."

Hesta lowered his eyes and said nothing.

"What?" Victoria noticed that Hesta was a little depressed.

"...I'm tired." Hesta covered his eyes with his palms. "A lot happened tonight. I want to go back to sleep."

"Have a good rest." Victoria said, "See you tomorrow."

...

Hesta walked down to the underground prison of Cosey's workstation alone. The person on duty today happened to be another Jane with the same name as her. Both of them looked very tired. Hesta signed and the other party took Hesta to the compartment where Rico was.

The light on the ceiling of the compartment was always on even at night, which was very dazzling. Rico blocked the light with her arms and fell on the bed alone. She had cotton balls, alcohol, iodine and gauze for disinfecting the wound at hand, but she didn't look at them and didn't use them.

The metal door opened.

"Do you want to chat for a while?" the officer asked. "I'll be back in 20 minutes."

"Thank you."

Hearing Hesta's voice, Rico did not move until Hesta sat down on the floor beside her bed. Rico then muttered softly, "I'm so tired."

"Me too," Hesta said softly.

"I saw a lot of old friends tonight."

"I also……"

Rico moved his arm away and glanced in the direction of Hesta. Seeing that she was staring blankly at the floor, he waved his hand in front of her.

"Then go back and have a rest. Don't just sit here like an idiot. I won't say anything."

Hesta raised his head: "I'll take you back."

"what?"

"Ah."

Rico sat up in surprise: "What did you do?"

"Let's talk outside." Hesta pushed the tray of disinfectants in front of Rico, "Treat your wound first."

…and they walked home.

At this moment, there were still some lightly injured people who had not yet received treatment on the street. They sat together with the dead who could not move on their own. There were constant wailing and cursing from the street. Ambulances and fire trucks drove back and forth on the lanes that had been cleared with great difficulty, like the wind.

"Office 4 told me that you removed the chip yourself shortly after we left," Hesta said. "Office 4 asked me if I knew about this."

"..." Rico put his hands in his pockets and looked down at the road.

"Honestly, I was shocked." Hesta looked towards Rico again, "I thought you were just going to send someone off and would be back soon."

"They want to keep their base secret," Rico said softly, "so I can't..."

"Well, I guessed it later." Hesta said, "This is indeed safer - for them."

"So how did you explain this to Office Four?"

"What else can I say?" Hesta said, "I said this was all arranged by me. The situation was urgent, so I didn't have time to inform Office No. 4 in advance."

Rico laughed: "Your mind works really fast!"

Hesta shrugged slightly.

"But you know I won't...well, I won't say anything." Rico coughed a few times, "I promised them..."

"You don't have to say anything," Hesta said, looking ahead. "But if they ask you to do something, can you answer them the same way?"

"Of course, I..." Rico seemed to want to say something, but in the end, half of the sentence fell in the air and there was no further text.

The two walked for a while in silence, each thinking about their own things.

When they were almost at the apartment, Hesta suddenly stopped, and Rico also stopped.

"Just now, before I went to see you, I was chatting with Victoria," Hesta said softly, "She said that she felt that some people would never be assimilated by the Deep Anchor—"

"Deep anchor?"

"That's them." Hesta explained, "Sahame and the others."

"Aren't they Mir... Mir or something?"

"Mil what?"

Li Ge covered her eyes and thought for a while, but still couldn't remember. She sighed roughly: "...what did you just want to say, just continue."

"She said that some people will never be assimilated by the Deep Anchor, and some people will always stand on the side of ordinary people." Hesta said, "When she said that, I thought of Liz."

Rico looked at the ground: "...Liz will indeed stand--"

"No, that's not what I want to talk about," Hesta said softly, "That year I went to Wulian to see her, and we were chatting, and she talked about our chip. She said she had written an email to the Combat Affairs Support Department, asking when she could remove the chip, and the answer she got was that the chip would be permanently implanted."

"Ah."

"She asked me if I felt there was something wrong with this." Hesta continued, "At that time, I never thought about this issue, but later I gradually felt that there were restrictions and deterrence on us. AHgAs not only needs to know our location at all times, but also our status. It holds all the mercury needles firmly in its hands, and the chip is the safety lock... Think about it, Rico, what would you add a safety lock to?"

"Weapons, like guns, and... uh, drills? Chainsaws?"

"Yes, all dangerous tools need safety pins," Hesta said softly, "There are so many dangerous people in the Habitable Land, so many dangerous nobles, freaks, and maniacs. They live here, and no one can impose the same thing on them. They are free."

"Do you feel that there is something wrong with this?"