Why it never ends

Chapter 989 Section

Zoe jumped to Victoria's side. After entering the bullet time, she almost immediately smelled the rancid odor that often appeared on chelates.

Zoe checked the state of the chelate and confirmed that it was indeed dead. She held the monster's left hand and pulled it in front of her eyes for a closer look - it was a pair of real human hands.

“How do you know it’s a chelate!” Zoe almost screamed. “How do you know—”

"I've told you before that sometimes intuition is more accurate than reason, especially when you are sure that you have accumulated a lot of experience." Victoria chuckled and turned her head. "Susie, call Ende and ask her to find the person in charge of the theater and bring the person over."

"I...can I leave now?" The frightened woman looked at the mercury needles in front of her, "I..."

"Excuse me, ma'am. I'll have to trouble you to stay here for a while." Victoria looked up. "There may be more than one chelate in the theater. We are not sure whether they randomly select the dead or have agreed to choose you."

The woman almost lost her balance, and Susie beside her quickly supported her.

"It's okay." Suzy gave her a sympathetic look, "Don't worry, we won't let that happen."

The woman's face turned pale. "...So, should we call the police? In this situation, will calling the police be helpful?"

"We have to contact them immediately..." Victoria was about to say "nearby workstation" when she suddenly remembered that most of the mercury needles in Area 12 had been removed.

Victoria looked at the corpse for a while, then raised her head and said, "Don't worry, just leave it to us."

……

Two minutes later, Endai came here holding the person in charge. The person was very young, with a neatly ironed short ponytail, revealing a smooth forehead, and looked less than 30 years old.

Victoria immediately explained the situation to the other party - to some extent, this is the most difficult step in all emergencies. Mercury Needles always find it difficult to predict the reactions of ordinary people. If the other party refuses to cooperate in the face of strong fear and makes some unnecessary operations on their own initiative, it is difficult for Mercury Needles to explain the situation to the other party.

"I'm not the real director of the theater. I'm just the director of operations..." The person in charge couldn't take his eyes off the corpse not far away. "The director is going to attend a reception tonight and asked me to help her organize some materials in the office. I can call her now and ask her--"

"There is no time," Victoria said. "The chelates may take further action at any time, and we don't even know their basic number yet."

The person in charge looked embarrassed: "But..."

"We need someone who is familiar with the theater's performances and terrain to work with us," Victoria said. "In most cases, the logic of the chelate's actions is not difficult to guess. The chelate will do whatever it takes to cause greater casualties and make the disaster more tragic. The children's play in the Yingshi Hall should not be the first batch of night shows to start tonight, right?"

"Yes... The earliest show at the night show usually starts at seven o'clock."

"It's almost eight o'clock now," Victoria said, "which means the first wave of people leaving the theater will soon show up, right?"

"Yes, usually at ten past eight..."

"Please think again about why the chelates would attack a mother and daughter at this time. It shouldn't be hard to guess. They like to create panic among the crowd before taking action."

The mother beside her couldn't help but hug her child tightly.

The person in charge struggled to remain silent for a moment.

"...How do you need me to cooperate?" "Is there a broadcast system in the theater that can communicate with a certain performance hall individually?"

"Yes. I can operate it."

"Notify each theater in turn. Because of the fire drill, everyone needs to exit in an orderly manner through different routes." Victoria said, "Only let people from one theater out at a time. The staff will lead everyone to exit in an orderly manner as quickly as possible."

"……that's all?"

"That's it." Victoria said, "We do this to disrupt the Chelates' plan and make them act in advance. Only when they move can we catch them."

She looked at the mother and daughter and said, "You will follow the first group of people leaving. Susie and Ende will be responsible for your safety throughout the whole process."

"What if Chelate is lying in wait outside the theater?"

"We will also keep an eye on them," Victoria said, "but most of them will choose to fight inside the building. If you leave the theater, you will most likely be safe."

"Why……?"

"They chose this theater for a reason," Victoria said. "Trust us, and act now."

After Ende, Susie and the others left, the entire corridor fell silent.

Victoria returned to the body, took out the ceramic knife she carried with her, and began to tear off Chel's clothes.

"Victoria, there is something I want to remind you of." Zoe said.

"what?"

"Although I also support us taking over the situation here directly, in theory this is not within our scope of work. We should pay attention to the assassins." Zoe said, "As far as I know, the 12th District United Government has hired some retired mercury needles to be responsible for the prevention and treatment of chelation disease in the habitable area. If we call those people now, we will have fulfilled our responsibility-"

"You've seen what level of expertise those mercury needles are."

“I know!” Zoe’s eyes were always on Victoria. “I just want to tell you that if we continue the operation and there are serious casualties, then we - especially you - will be the primary responsible persons!”

"That's right." Victoria said, "I didn't come to District 12 for vacation. I came here to work. You are my subordinates. You have no choice but to obey my orders. Don't think too much. A two-person team can handle this level of chelate, not to mention there are five of us."

As she spoke, Victoria had already taken off the dwarf's entire shirt. There was an obvious seam on both sides of the dwarf's upper arms. Above the seam, the bluish-red skin unique to chelation disease was still preserved, and below the seam was the white and smooth human arm.

After a moment of surprise, Victoria and Zoe both thought of something, and their expressions became stiff at the same time. Victoria gently felt around the upper arm of the chelate, then turned the lower arm, and the human arm was removed. She and Zoe were very familiar with its cross-section.

——Bionic arm.

Zoe's face turned pale, almost bloodless for a moment.

“Isn’t this…our technology?”