Why it never ends

Chapter 993 Cleaning

Zoe, who was on duty, suddenly received a call from Victoria.

“How many Chelates have been killed so far?” Zoe thought about it, “All together… there should be seven… huh? But—okay.”

Putting down the phone, Zoe jumped outside briskly.

"Ende, Theresa," she came between them, "let's stop guarding the opera house. We have to go to the City Hall on Second Street and the mall on Fourth Street."

"But the people here haven't evacuated yet..."

"Victoria said there are only seven chelates in the opera house," Zoe said. "Susie will be watching from above in a while. Let's split up first."

"Seven in total?" Theresa was a little surprised. "Where did she get the information?"

"She didn't say. Anyway, let's go to both places and take a look." Zoe said, "She said there are four in the city hall and two in the mall. They are all ordinary chelates..."

"We have already smelled the scent of pheromones." Ende said, "Since it has been calm, it means there should be no mutants tonight."

“That’s not what I’m saying,” Zoe shook her head. “I’m saying that the chelates over there have claws.”

"..."

Theresa and Ende both had somewhat puzzled expressions on their faces.

"Go ahead," Zoe said. "In five minutes, each of you will update Victoria on the results."

"it is good!"

……

In the corridor, Hesta and Victoria were still confronting an unknown enemy.

Compared to a few minutes ago, the atmosphere here was no longer so tense. Only one of the four outsiders was still keeping an eye on Hesta. The remaining three either leaned against the wall with their arms folded or leaned against the window bars, trying to talk to Victoria.

"How did you find her?" asked the man who had made the deal. "She was in the building the whole time. You should have—"

"I didn't see her," Victoria answered. "She shot me and led me here."

The four of them simultaneously looked at their companions who were firmly nailed to the ground by the spikes.

"...I thought they were the mercury needles from the coalition government," the young girl on the ground trembled. Under the time constraints, her voice also sounded extremely weak. "I didn't expect..."

"Even if it's the mercury needle from the coalition government, so what?" Victoria looked at the girl on the ground. "Don't underestimate their individual combat capabilities. In most cases, they will become idiots only when they are organized into a team."

Several mercury needles at the end of the corridor also snorted.

"So you are all active duty," Hesta looked ahead, "but you are doing the same thing as Chelate."

The trader said calmly, "They deserve it."

Victoria frowned and was about to say something when her cell phone rang - news came from Theresa that the four chelates in the city hall had been completely wiped out and no one was injured.

Next came Ende, and the cleanup of the mall on Fourth Avenue was also completed. Two chelates were indeed found, and they were all eliminated without any casualties.

"Then we'll go to Fifth and Sixth Streets," the trader said, standing in the moonlight. "Then you can go to the Museum of Modern Art and the Holiday Inn."

"How many?" Victoria asked.

"Go first, and I'll tell you when the people arrive."

"She is stalling for time," Hesta lightly kicked the reserve mercury needle beside him, "Is she trying to delay until her restriction time is over?" "Anyway, you have promised to let us go," the man said, "what's the harm in letting us go a little easier?"

……

The chelates from Second Street to Seventh Street were discovered and cleared one by one. When Ende and others began to clean up, Victoria contacted the local special police of Emmanlia and asked them to try to evacuate the crowd attending the celebration tonight from the outside.

In the dim corridor, several people listened in silence to the conversation between Victoria and the police.

When she hung up, one of them suddenly said: "If I were you, I would never contact the police tonight."

"why."

"Have you forgotten what day it is tonight?" the man said. "During the old Independence Day celebration, a group of police officers showed up next to the citizens and demanded that everyone leave immediately... This in itself would lead to conflict, very violent conflict."

"Don't get off topic," Victoria said. "Now tell us where the chelate is hidden in King's Square."

"It's not yet time."

"Don't play tricks."

"If we tell them now, we may alert them, which will be detrimental to their capture," the trader said softly. "Have your people stand on the Eternal Stone Pillar near the King's Square and tell them to keep their eyes on the direction of the King's statue."

Zoe and Theresa soon arrived at the King's Square, where there were twelve huge stone pillars. On top of each pillar stood a stone statue, with a gargoyle next to an archangel, and so on. A group of gods and demons half-knelt around the king in the center, some laughing, some angry, some thinking.

Under the cover of the night, the mercury needles effortlessly climbed up the eternal stone pillars at both ends of the square. At this moment, on the stage in the center of the square, someone was singing and dancing to a song with a very strong sense of rhythm, and there were many followers below the stage.

As the time approached half past eight, Susie and Zoe stood on a higher ground, overlooking the entire neighborhood.

"How is it? Did you find anything unusual?" Zoe asked.

"No," Theresa replied through the headset, "but everyone seems to be waiting for a countdown..."

"Where's the countdown?"

"There is a countdown projection under the king's statue." Theresa replied, "I guess Victoria wants us to keep an eye on this..."

……

In the corridor, the few mercury needles that were originally standing loosely gradually returned to their original combat-ready posture.

The reserve who was lying between Victoria and Hesta also slowly straightened her upper body. She fumbled to pull out the three-edged thorn that pierced her calf, but suddenly she felt someone grabbing her hair. Her head tilted back involuntarily, exposing her most vulnerable neck.

Hesta held another spike, pointing it at her throat.

"What are you doing!" The mercury needles on both sides of the corridor said threateningly, "Don't forget what you just promised!"

"Relax," Hesta said coldly, "If all dangers are finally resolved, I won't hurt her at all."

Victoria also took a step back, closer to Hesta and the hostages.

"Do you have anything else you would like to add regarding the chelates in the square?"

"I've said everything that needs to be said... I've even given you some extra reminders, but you don't seem to care."

"You are all the Mercury Needles of District 12, right?" Victoria said, "You are all very familiar with the local customs and practices here."