Why it never ends

Chapter 1147 Musayu

Si Lei looked at Hesta and laughed.

The two of them walked a few more steps forward, and she finally said, "You don't plan to trust me?"

Hesta glanced at Si Lei, his eyes almost full of expectation: "I don't want to embarrass you... It's not a glorious thing. Do you really want to know?"

There was still a slight smile on Si Lei's face, but then it slowly disappeared.

"This is difficult," Si Lei whispered, "I had such important news to share with you..."

"what?"

“A strange and bizarre story that will make almost everyone who hears it exclaim “impossible” subconsciously, but will also have to ask themselves again and again, “Is it really impossible?”

Having said this, Si Lei paused.

"…But to you, it may be another way—perhaps absurd, but full of hope, making you dream of finding some clues that it really happened."

"Officer," Hesta said, looking as if he were about to laugh, "you are very good at keeping people in suspense."

"Is this considered suspense?" Si Lei looked at the young man in front of him, "Jane, when we were on the boat before, didn't you wonder what Qianye did every day?"

There was indeed a moment of surprise on Hesta's face.

"I remember that during that period, Qianye was elusive on the ship, often missing every day, but she seemed to be very busy," Si Lei said slowly, "There was even one time, I remember very clearly, when I called her, her voice sounded extremely tired.

"I seldom heard her speak to me in such a weak voice. It was as if she had just woken up from some deep sleep—"

Si Lei's voice stopped abruptly, and the look she gave Hesta was almost cold, but at the same time, Hesta completely held his breath.

Si Lei chuckled again, his expression looking a little playful: "That's what we call keeping people on edge, Jane."

"I... I don't understand." Hesta didn't mean to joke at all. She looked at Si Lei and said, "What do you mean by what you just said? Can you explain it clearly?"

"What do you mean?" Si Lei raised his chin and frowned slightly, "Do you really want to know? But I'm really afraid that you will be embarrassed--"

"...I was just trying to make the best of a bad situation. Those people have committed so many evil things that they deserved to die long ago." Hesta lowered his voice and spoke quickly, "If I really wanted to hide it from you, why would I have spoken to you in that tone just now?"

"They did some bad things to the women in your yard... very bad things." Si Lei said softly.

"Yes, this shouldn't be difficult to find out. You already know everything, right?" Hesta said, "After all, you've been investigating this and that on the farm for a while—"

"Who asked you to do this?" Si Lei looked at her, "Did they ask you to do this, or..."

Hesta took a deep breath, slapped her thighs impatiently, and finally quickly recounted what happened last night - how she realized something was wrong from Fatima's panic, and how she took advantage of the information gap of Chloe's whereabouts to lure her to the gathering place, and finally had to reveal the truth.

"That is to say, the Baroness has always been fully aware of what is happening on the farm."

"More than knowing everything," Hesta whispered, "perhaps she would like to see these things happen."

"What?" "It was also last night that I heard a piece of news about the Baron," Hesta answered quickly, as if she wanted to confess everything related to this matter immediately, "Not long before the farm stopped growing illegal crops, he obtained the supervision rights of certain controlled substances in the city of Emmanlia from Arevalo - including but not limited to certain tobacco, food, or prescription drugs containing psychoactive substances..."

Si Lei frowned slightly.

"The Baron no longer needs to do those gray area things himself. This is a grace given to him by Arevalo. After all, he has a special status and is eager to get himself some real noble titles, which is safer."

"...I understand." Si Lei had already figured out the whole situation. "He wants to stop, but his men may not obey."

"There must have been some trouble at the farm during that time, but Fatima turned a blind eye and let it go." Hesta said, "If you really want to know what happened, it's no use investigating outsiders - you have to ask our own people in person."

"I will, I—"

"Okay," Hesta interrupted Si Lei almost immediately, "I have said everything I need to say. Now it's your turn. What do you mean by what you said just now? You said that Miss Chiba was elusive on the ship--"

"Tell me first, do you feel the same way?"

Hesta's expression was extremely serious: "...Yes."

"It may sound unbelievable, but..." Si Lei said, "When we were sailing in that sea and lost contact with the outside world - at least that's what we thought at the time - Qianye, this mercury needle that accompanied you all the way and seemed to be on the same boat with us appeared in another place many times."

"……here?"

Si Lei looked at Hesta deeply: "Yes, it's in the nearby town... You seem to accept it quickly."

"Why do you say that?"

"I once worked with Qianye on a mission together," Si Lei said, "near the Short Alley."

Hesta's eyes widened immediately. "You have been to Short Alley together? When did it happen?"

"It was when I was checking you in the third district before, but that's not the point," Si Lei whispered, "AHgAs has its own information stations in different places, and there is one in the next town. I found our informant and asked her about the situation. Then I found that during the time we were sailing, there was a person who came to visit frequently..."

"Who?"

"Kisaha Chima."

"Who is this person?"

"Think about it again," Si Lei looked into Hesta's eyes, "Chiba-Masaki, Kisaba-Chima."

Seeing that Hesta was still anxious and obviously didn't have the extra mood to reason, Si Lei shook his head helplessly.

"Still can't guess?" Si Lei laughed, "Then let me tell you one more thing. When we went to Tanming Alley together a few years ago, I remember Chiba's name was 'Bamaki-Sachi'."

In an instant, Hesta finally understood. Although she didn't say anything yet, her expression of sudden enlightenment made Si Lei laugh.

"This Kisawa Chishin has only appeared in two time windows. One was when we were sailing a few years ago, and the other time..." Si Lei's voice paused again, "was two weeks ago."