Why it never ends

Chapter 1097 Choice

Late at night, Ximoya hurried to the workstation. Hesta asked her to reach the southern city of Grenobo within four hours. Considering the possible dangers in the area, she had to bring two soldiers with certain combat experience with her.

King Street was deserted at 11 o'clock, and Ximoya's footsteps hit the road, making an exciting echo. Although she was almost boiling with anger, she immediately responded to Hesta's order and sent a call request to the workstation - ten minutes later, she would take these two people and a pilot to take a helicopter to Grenoble.

Hesta continued to send her messages, reminding her not to forget this or that - Ximoya didn't even read them.

Suddenly, the phone rang, and almost at the same moment, Ximoya's anger reached its peak.

"Don't go too far! I'm already following your orders—"

"Ximoya," Kende's voice came from the other end of the line, "It's me."

Ximoya stopped walking immediately.

She closed her eyes and clutched her phone tightly. After trying her best to adjust her emotions, she grabbed her hair deeply.

"…Sorry, I thought it was someone else."

"Jane Hestar?"

"Yes……"

"I noticed that you seemed to have called the workstation's helicopter again tonight?"

"Yes, Kendai, Hesta needs me to rush to Grenoble in the south immediately to provide shelter for two civilians who have no ability to protect themselves--"

"We have an important meeting tomorrow morning. Do you remember? It's about..." Kendai paused for a moment deliberately. "You haven't forgotten your responsibilities?"

"I'm sorry, Kende... I, I'm really exhausted by Hesta..." Ximoya's fingertips pinched her scalp tightly. She used all her strength to let herself say the next words: "I... I may not be able to make it tomorrow morning, because it takes at least a long flight from here to Grenobo-"

"Does her mission have such a high priority in your opinion?"

"Of course not!" Ximoya's answer was so quick, the question was like a sudden electric current, "You... you know, Hesta is a very suspicious person, very... difficult to deal with -"

"What will happen if you don't go to Grenoble tonight?"

"...I have to go." Ximoya held her face, "Because Hesta said--"

"Because you made a choice."

The night wind suddenly blew in from the end of the street, making Ximoya tremble all over.

Neither of them spoke again. Ximoya frowned in pain. She almost forgot the road under her feet and stopped beside a building on the street in a daze.

"Ximoya, I trust you very much. It was like this in the past, it is like this now, and I hope it will be the same in the future," Kendai's voice was firm and gentle, "Because you are the younger generation who has been with me the longest. Your beliefs, ideals, and all the outstanding and unique qualities in you... I not only admire them, but I am also touched by them. You can feel whether this is a lie, right?"

Ximoya opened her mouth slightly and wanted to say something several times, but then clenched her teeth again.

"Kendai..."

"Hersta reported this operation to Office No. 2, but her report only mentioned that she and some of the mercury needles would take the risk to contact the revolutionaries over there. Now she has brought a few ordinary people over without permission, so she must bear the risk of this behavior on her own." Kende's voice was slow, "The workstation can indeed provide her with some resources within its capacity, but this does not need to take up 100% of your time - you have wasted too much energy on her during this period of time, don't you think so?" "I... I'm not doing this for myself, Kende, sometimes I feel that Hester has become suspicious of our actions - previous and current - so I feel I must -"

"She's always going to be suspicious," Kende said with a nonchalant tone, "Why should you care about this?"

Ximoya racked her brains to think about how to deal with it——

Why should you care?

Because this would keep Hesta in the dark for as long as possible, delay her actions for as long as possible, and as long as possible—

"You are delaying the task that you should have completed long ago, Ximoya." Kende's voice on the other end of the phone was still steady, but this sentence was like a sharp blade, easily cutting through Ximoya's excuses, "Stay, I will see you in my office at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

The wrinkles between Ximoya's brows deepened. She tried to say something but couldn't open her mouth.

The night wind died down and the leaves above her head stopped rustling.

"…I'm sorry, Kende."

Ximoya took a deep breath and hung up the phone.

A moment later in Grenoble, Hesta's phone vibrated.

She put down the toothbrush holder, brushed her teeth, and reached out to grab the screen.

"Hesta, I'm warning you, your actions tonight had better not be designed specifically to torment me."

Hesta was a little amused. She still held the toothbrush and began to reply quickly:

"How could you have such an idea? I can tell you responsibly that tonight's action is very important. If you can protect the safety of these two important people, it means that from this moment on, many people are destined to be saved because of your choice."

Not long after the message was sent, Hesta received another reply from Ximoya:

"You'd better tell the truth, otherwise I will kill you with my own hands next time we meet...

I'll be there in three hours."

Hesta laughed.

"Stella," she walked out of the bathroom and said to the two people who were packing in the room, "You two can sleep for a while. The person who comes to pick you up will not arrive until three hours later. I will take you there personally then."

……

At 2:30 in the morning, Stella and Pacat each left the room carrying a small bag.

They left most of their luggage behind, and Pakat didn't even take her wheelchair. The three of them walked around Boheng's room in near silence and took the elevator downstairs.

"You won't be too far from here," Hesta said softly to the two in the elevator, "If I don't give you news before twelve o'clock tomorrow, you will go directly back to Emanlia with Ximoya."

"If you didn't give us the news..." Stella was shocked by Hesta's words, and almost immediately thought of the most dangerous situation. "If your life is in danger, why do you go to see them? You might as well just -"

"Will my life be in danger?" Hesta looked at her in confusion. "There may be many unexpected situations by then - for example, my signal is not good, or there are some extra tasks to perform... If you don't receive my message, just go back directly. This is the simplest way - after everything here is over, I will go back by myself."