Why it never ends

Chapter 1022 Business
Kovicik left the table angrily amid everyone's laughter. His butler pushed his wheelchair, turned around quickly, and walked towards the exit without looking back.

Chloe immediately got up and chased after him. Fatima shouted twice, turned around and whispered something to the servant beside her. After listening, the servant hurried away in another direction.

"Are you okay?" Hesta asked, "Do you want to go check it out?"

"It's okay," Fatima said, "this is how the child is."

Trion blew a breath, and the two mustaches at the corners of his mouth moved: "Kovicik has a bad temper. It's just a joke. What's the big deal... He's just a child."

Several people laughed again.

"Now that all the strangers have left, we can talk about something else," Hesta looked at Victoria, "I haven't introduced you yet. This is my colleague, a very outstanding chelation disease researcher, Victoria—"

"I've heard of you!" Trion said immediately, "You are the Mercury Needle who was in charge of handling the assassination case in the Third District two years ago!"

Victoria was a little surprised.

Hesta leaned over and whispered, "He assisted Arevalo in looking over the list of all the candidates for prosecutor."

"Hey! There have been a lot of things going on recently. I've been worrying about one thing and forgetting about another... The assassin has caused panic in the entire House of Nobles. Even the Governor has been asking about it frequently. Do you have any new information? Has the assassin really come to District 12?"

"It's absolutely true." Victoria said, "We have already captured some clues of its activities..."

"It?" Fatima repeated the word softly.

"We use the personal pronouns that refer to chelates to refer to the assassin." Victoria said, "The assassin's target this time is undoubtedly some nobles. You know, he has always claimed that his actions are for revenge..."

"Yes, yes." Trion nodded repeatedly.

"...So, its trajectory can actually be predicted." Victoria said, "As long as we have enough information."

"What kind of information do you mean?"

"Those are behaviors that have already occurred and are likely to lead to extreme retaliation," Victoria said. "When Tan Yi's case occurred, the assassin was actually avenging an old case from twelve years ago. I personally think that when collecting clues, we might as well look further back in time: in the past twenty years, who has committed a serious crime but has never been punished? He may be the assassin's next target."

Seeing that Trion still didn't fully understand, Victoria continued, "We will set up a few completely anonymous collection points. Anyone who is worried about the assassination incident can come and talk to us."

"Oh my god..." Trion gasped, "No one will go!"

"That's not necessarily true," Hesta said, "Because in addition to talking about themselves, everyone can also talk about the gossip they have heard. If the information is finally adopted, we will give equal rewards to the information provider."

Trion thought for a moment, then looked at Hesta half-jokingly and half-seriously: "You don't mean the bonus or anything like that, do you?"

"How could that be possible?" Hesta said with a smile. "No matter how stupid we are, we will never try to use money to reward the person who needs the least money."

"So……?"

Victoria smiled and said, "Although the main part of AHgAs has been evacuated from Area 12, many of the remaining facilities are still there. If there is any need in the future, we can decide who can enter or use them first."

"This may be slightly inconsistent with our regulations." Hesta shrugged slightly, "So we can't just promise it like that..."

"Ah..." Trion groaned in sudden realization, "You need someone to help you spread the word." "Yes."

"... This," Trion said thoughtfully, "I need to think about it and... ask the Governor again. You know... information collected like this will definitely lead to a lot of rumors and slander..."

"We need this information because we need to predict the assassin's actions." Victoria said, "Back in the third district, those dukes and viscounts didn't tell us the truth until the end, which greatly slowed down our speed in catching the assassin. We will strictly keep the information we receive confidential. You and the governor can verify it. We will handle the relevant information the same way we handled it last time.

"There is only one rule: those who need our protection must tell us the truth."

Trion frowned.

"After the moment of silence tomorrow, would you two like to sit in the House of Nobles?" Fatima suddenly asked.

Hesta and Victoria looked at her at the same time.

"If you want to say something ambiguous," Fatima said, "it will be more credible if the person involved is present."

"Sure." Victoria said, "I'll go there tomorrow."

"I'll be there too, but I'll be late," Hesta said, "I have other things to do tomorrow."

……

"Kovichik! Kovichik!" Chloe trotted after the wheelchair. "Stop! I want to ask you something!"

Kovicik turned around with a livid face: “Leon, stop!”

The footman slowed his pace and turned the wheelchair so that Kovichik was facing Chloe.

"You never ask about that kind of thing, like who got married, who broke up - why did you ask that person such a question just now?" Chloe said loudly, "Is it because of that person that you refused to dance with me on my fifteenth birthday?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't even know who she was at that time!"

"Then why do you care whether she is married or has children?" Chloe said loudly, "Since you came in today, you have never asked me if I have recovered from my illness or how I have been doing recently-"

"Enough!" Kovicik interrupted Chloe's questioning with a sharp voice, "I'm tired of your interruptions, tired of being entangled like this, Chloe, there is no possibility between us, I would rather die now than be with you-"

"You're crazy!" Chloe also began to scream, "You don't like me, you like a twenty-something old woman!"

Kovicik was so angry that he slammed the armrest and almost stood up from the wheelchair, "...You are not allowed to call her an old woman!"

"Old woman, old woman, old woman!"

Kovicik felt a blue light flashing before his eyes, and in an instant, he went from being furious to a strange calm. He looked at Chloe and suddenly found this scene very ridiculous - how could such a mature and intelligent young man quarrel with an immature child?

Kovicik took a deep breath.

"That's it," Kovicik said, "Chloe, no man would like a girl like you who has an empty head."