Why it never ends

Chapter 1162 Physical Fitness
Hesta looked at Mrs. Brownbo under the lamp, her right hand resting quietly on the table, her left hand tapping her thigh impatiently.

"...Let him go first." Hesta caught the opportunity and naturally cut off Mrs. Brownbo's words. "I don't negotiate with people who threaten me. When Elu comes back, we will talk again."

"That's easy. I can release him tonight - no, I can release him now," Brownbo said. "You can see him later in the night."

Hesta stood up and paced back and forth in front of the window with the shutters drawn. "I need some time to think about it."

"Fifty million." Mrs. Brown held up five fingers.

"It's not about the money—"

"Sixty million."

"I said this isn't—"

"Eighty million." Mrs. Brownbo looked at Hesta. "This is the extra money I give you. Together with the money the Schiller family gave you before, I think it should be enough for you to start any business you are interested in in District 12. Don't you want to consider it, kid?"

Hesta glanced sideways slightly.

The old man smiled and said, "I can't offer a higher price if you delay any longer. This is my upper limit. And... once I leave this door tonight, there will be no more."

"What do you mean?"

"Mr. Inspector," the old man leaned back slightly, leaning on the back of the chair, with one leg comfortably crossed over the other, "I came to see you tonight not to negotiate terms with you, nor to beg you, I came tonight to give both of us a chance..."

The old woman looked at Hesta's profile and felt vaguely that she might not get the desired result tonight. Until this moment, she suddenly felt that she seemed to have used the wrong strategy. Perhaps her overly generous offer would just lead to Hesta's refusal.

As expected, Hesta turned around and said, "I need to think about it again."

"What else do you need to think about, Your Excellency?"

"That's not your business," Hesta said softly. "Anyway, I won't allow such a serious and shocking transaction to take place in a small room without any notarization conditions."

"You are still too young." The old man stood up and shook off his cane with a rustle. "Most of the truly important transactions in the world are conducted in small rooms without any notarization conditions... most of them."

Go ahead, she turned and walked towards the study door.

"Goodbye."

"Wait," Hesta said.

The old man turned around and asked: "Have you changed your mind?"

"I have a question," Hesta looked at her, "Who told you that René said such absurd things on the Rising Sun?"

The old man smiled. "Maybe I remembered it wrongly."

The door was taken from outside the room.

……

In the theater, the chaos continued.

Zoe ran to four exits in one breath. It was obvious that the security guards blocking the door were not only inside the venue, but also outside the venue. If she wanted to break out alone, it would be no problem, but if she didn't enter bullet time, she would have to bring Lu Qizhen and Chloe with her, which was a bit risky.

On the other side, Ende and Chloe found that they seemed to have attracted some "firepower" - not every security guard who came in to catch people recognized Lu Qizhen's clothes and appearance. Everyone was wearing clothes and pants, two hands and two legs, and it was good enough to be able to distinguish the human figures when they were running, so how could they recognize the details?
So she put paper masks on Lu Qizhen and the others, and the two sides changed the "hostages" several times. Now no one could tell who was holding Lu Qizhen.

After chasing the wrong girl several times, Lu Qizhen's boyfriend became so angry that he shouted and demanded that the performance be stopped and the lights in the theater be turned on.

Things were so chaotic that there seemed to be no other way. A group of people went to the control desk on the second floor to convey the order to stop the performance. However, as soon as they opened their mouths, they were pushed out. The leading actress who was waiting to appear at the control desk said that the performance was not seriously affected, and the audience was also relatively stable. She refused the security team's request.

At this moment, everything that happened on the stage and in the audience seemed to have caused some kind of subtle chemical reaction. Wei Chuyun, who was the first to appear, was telling his life story and describing the bloody storms in the Pingjing Palace in the past, while the audience was witnessing an exciting arrest. Most people's attention was focused on Jia Heduolei and Ende, two capable people who were jumping up and down holding the paper bag man. The terrifying plucking and drum beats complemented their movements, and no one paid attention to the male protagonist on the stage.

Gahoduolei felt that she was about to collapse. She realized that Zoe and Ende must be using her as a mercury needle, but the only thing she could boast of was probably a little burst, and her endurance was extremely limited - especially during this period, since she didn't have to do physical work, she further strictly controlled her diet, so her body was weaker than when she was in the mountains.

"Are you okay?" Lu Qizhen hugged Jia Heduolei's neck tightly. She could hear the girl's disordered breathing. "Why don't you find a place to put me down——"

Jiahoduolei shook her head. Not far away, she saw Ende holding Chloe and nimbly dodging one pursuit after another. She couldn't help but feel envious.

Ende was so agile that she even found time to laugh from her perch after teasing a few security guards.

For the first time in so many days, Jiahoduolei felt frustrated about her limited physical strength.

Jiahoduolei secretly felt lucky that Ende and Zoe didn't seem to notice that she was almost at her limit. She really didn't want them to realize her incompetence. This was partly due to her pride as Kasyapa and partly due to another emotion that she couldn't explain. Although she didn't like these mercury needles very much these days, when Zoe rushed out to intercept Lu Qizhen, she felt that she was implicitly accepted to be on the same mission as them. She must not drag the whole team down...

"This is fake!" With a cry of surprise not far away, Jiahoduolei instantly felt many gazes, "It's really there!"

broken.

Without taking a breath, Jia Heduolei rushed to the second floor again with Lu Qizhen on her back. They climbed directly into the ceiling of the second floor of the theater in the dark, where there were many twisted wires and running mechanical devices, which looked very messy.

"...Are you okay?" Lu Qizhen stepped forward with concern, "You seem--"

Jiahoduolei made a gesture to keep quiet.

Following the gap in the plate, the two looked down and saw the security guards rushing into the control console. Their heads were arguing with the heroine. The two listened for a while and the people below seemed to be still arguing about whether the performance tonight needed to continue.

"...Wait here for a while." Jiahoduolei whispered, "Wait... until Zoe thinks of a way to get out, then we can... follow her."