Why it never ends

Chapter 214 Sorting
After talking a few words about Hesta's trial, Victoria talked with Ende about Fernand's case, and Si Lei listened in a daze.

Si Lei didn't quite know why the ward in Chiba was in prison, but she remembered that Ava believed that the culprit in Fernan's case was the girl named Eureka Demon.

It sounds now that Hesta seems to be involved as well. Coincidentally, Eureka's trial time is also this month... But Su Lei doesn't have a deep impression of the specific time.

"About Fernan's case..."

"Let's leave the matter over there to Ava, let's talk about the assassin." Victoria said, "There was also a period of confusion among us about the identity of the assassin, and I don't want this kind of confusion." The confusion continues - although Rishi et al are victims, these people are somewhat unaware of their situation. We should not be led astray by their identification.

"All the evidence above is enough to explain two things: the assassin and Hesta are two people, but the two obviously have a very close relationship."

Su Lei leaned back in his chair, trying to piece together these clues again—Victoria's deduction, to a certain extent, just corresponded to the results of her investigations in the wasteland these days.

But she still felt that something seemed lacking.

Victoria looked at Su Lei, "This is probably the situation on our side, what do you think?"

Su Lei didn't answer right away. She thought for a moment before introducing the situation of the "Saint-Severn Mountain Foreign Aid Center" and the "Valerie Commonwealth" to Victoria and the others.The "witch" mentioned by Rishi was likely sent to Habitable Land through one of the channels.

"Joan Valerie has many adopted daughters," Su Lei said softly, "It is said that among them are mercury needles that have not been absorbed by AHgAs - of course this is just speculation, there is no evidence.

"Why did I want to ask about Fernand's case again, because Fernand is the key to connect the wasteland and the habitable place. In fact, I also tend to think that it is the same person who killed Fernand, Hoffman and others , for the same purpose.

"Because of this, I think that in order to reveal the true colors of the assassins, we should first find out every evil deed they did in the past, otherwise everything will be like finding a needle in a haystack—we will never be able to find the assassins by the method of exclusion."

"...But Fernan is dead," Zooey frowned, "There is no proof of death, how do you investigate?"

"My idea is to arrest Tanglar first." Si Lei said, "Rich Schmidt Hoffmann and the others are dead, but the people who worked for them are still there, and I still found them in the wasteland." killed two girls who had escaped from habitation."

"Only Tanglars? Villefort?"

"I haven't found any evidence related to him in these matters." Su Lei replied, "Are you really sure that he is also on the list of assassins? Could it be an excuse for Lixi and the others to drag people into the water?"

"That's impossible. Villefort himself said this morning that he wanted to meet the assassin. He must know something."

Su Lei quickly wrote down this clue.

"Perhaps you should meet Hesta in person," said Victoria. "Valerie lived in Duan Ming Lane in his later years, and Hesta grew up there—this kind of coincidence is rare."

"But is there still time to do this kind of thing?" Zoe interrupted, "Maybe the assassin will come in two days, and she will directly kill Tanglars and Villefort, and we won't even have time to react -"

"No, the assassin will definitely make an announcement before killing people." Victoria replied very positively.

"Why are you so sure?" Zooey looked at Victoria in disbelief, "The time for her to kill Schmidt was earlier..."

"The assassin started early because Schmidt didn't wait to die." Victoria replied, "The old police inspector tried to disrupt the assassin's plan, and the assassin took his life in advance-this kind of The benefits of this approach are obvious, didn't Tanglar dare not leave Tan Yi for this reason this morning?"

"That's right," Teresa laughed belatedly, "I have to say, assassins are really good at intimidating people..."

"But how can you be sure that the assassin will make an announcement first?" Zooey insisted, "The assassin is a living person, not a machine, and her methods can be changed. Maybe all her previous actions were to paralyze us. , let us think that there is an inevitable connection between her killing and sending photos, so as to control the rhythm of our actions—”

"You got a basic fact wrong, Zoe."

"……what?"

"The assassin did all this not to kill, she was seeking revenge."

Zooey narrowed her eyes, "I don't see any difference between the two."

Victoria smiled, "I have a question that I haven't figured out before. The assassin sneaked into Schmidt's ward that night at the Central Hospital, but she stood there for half a minute, Not at all.

"At that time I asked her, 'What are you waiting for?', she didn't answer, but immediately prepared to retreat, I used a deal to lure her to stay, so I delayed for a while.

"Isn't it strange? Schmidt was lying there, motionless, without any resistance. If the assassin really went there to kill someone, why didn't she strike immediately? What was she waiting for at that time?" ?”

The entire meeting room was silent, and everyone was lost in thought.

"Yesterday evening, the assassin suddenly appeared in the church in the city center. When we arrived, I saw her standing on a high place with a bustling crowd underneath. At that moment, I suddenly figured it out.

"I guessed that on the night the assassin broke into Schmidt's ward, she must have prepared an equally horrific plan of action, but soon she realized that she might not be the real controller of the situation—after all, there were still people in the room. There was me, and my sudden appearance was enough to threaten her original plan.

"So, I think killing is not the most important thing for an assassin, but the process is more important. She wants to make the play extremely horrifying and has a strong dramatic effect. She wants to make the whole city and even the entire third The district becomes a stage, and if this cannot be achieved, she will quickly withdraw.

"Death is an inevitable link in her chain of vengeance, but it is not the whole story.

"Hoffmann, Rich, Schmidt... Isn't there a special order in this killing order? Whoever lives longer will suffer more torture--the assassin has a sequence in his heart, who has the heaviest sin, she Whoever hates the most will die last.”

"...I sympathized with that duke for a second this morning." Ende murmured, "Since he has been left till the end, could it be said that he also—"

"You can put yourself in the position of the criminal in reasoning, but don't really fall into the position of the criminal." Su Lei reminded softly, "Otherwise it will be unfair."

"Oh, sorry."

"It's okay." Su Lei looked at Victoria again, "I also agree with you, we don't need to worry unnecessarily until the assassin gives us clues about what to do next."

(End of this chapter)