Why it never ends

Chapter 994

The other party did not answer. Through the mask, Hesta and Victoria could not see each other's expressions clearly. She was silent for a while, suddenly turned off the sound processing device and took off the hood.

Under the mask, there was an ordinary-looking middle-aged woman with very deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. The muscle movement caused by her speaking would outline a faint smile. Such a face looked friendly and kind, which was completely inconsistent with her voice which was always sarcastic.

"You were transferred from District 3, weren't you?" she said softly. "You have no idea what happened in District 12, yet you rushed here to administer justice."

"…It seems that you are not afraid of exposing your identity at all."

"What's the point of being afraid? I've already been exposed," the other party suddenly smiled, "My name is Sahame, what are your names?"

"Victoria."

"...Jane." Hesta's expression was a little stiff. "Sahame R?"

"Have you heard of me?"

Hesta did not respond, but just glanced out the window with a complicated look.

"Come on, two friends," Sahame clapped her hands, as if she were an old friend who suddenly walked through the crowd at a party. "I believe in the credibility of Mercury Needle. I know that a person who has stayed in the organization is most likely not a bad person and will definitely keep his promise... Let's exchange hostages, okay? Use me in exchange for the child."

"Don't come over here." Hesta's spikes pushed deeper, and the tip of the spikes had pierced the skin of the young reserve. A small stream of blood flowed down his neck. "I said, when all dangers are over, I will naturally let her go. If you try to play any tricks, I will kill her immediately."

Victoria on the side also moved lightly, ready to support Hesta at any time.

  "It seems we need to clarify one thing first," the smile on Sahame's face gradually cooled, "Do you regard us as fellow humans who can negotiate and consult, or do you regard us as chelates as well?

"Will you really choose to release them when the crisis in the square is resolved?"

  A series of salutes were heard in the distance, and countless fireworks lit up the night sky again, constantly reflecting the outlines of the opponents in the corridor. The cheers in the square penetrated the three streets. Victoria's communicator lighted up, she pressed the call button, and Theresa's voice came from the other end:

"Victoria, nothing happened. We just fired the celebratory cannon and then... released four huge round red balloons. We have confirmed that the balloons are not big enough to carry people and there are no chelates hidden in them... Ende went after one of the balloons, so it may take some time to get the sample."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Victoria turned off the communication device, and the disappearance of the noise made the entire corridor become exceptionally quiet. The four adult mercury needles stared at Hesta and Victoria's reactions.

"Alright," Hesta moved the spike slightly away from the young reserve's neck, but maintained a threatening posture at any time, "Let your accomplices leave here first. If you stay, we will release you."

Just as the others were about to protest, Sahamei raised her hand, signaling them not to say anything more.

"Don't come over here, Sahame!" The mercury needle on the ground struggled, "They want to use me as bait to catch you directly!"

"Really?" Sahame smiled, she looked at Victoria and Hesta, "But no matter what, besides me, one more person must stay, otherwise, no one can take the injured away, right?"

Victoria and Hesta did not refute. As they watched, one person left from each end of the corridor.

"Have you read the Faialal files?" Sahame suddenly asked, "Has anyone told you what happened in the wilderness that day?" "...I just came back from Brazi today, and Alantida told me everything." Seeing Victoria's puzzled expression, Hesta said, "The coalition government launched an indiscriminate bombing of the Faialal wilderness in advance, resulting in the unnecessary deaths of a large number of mercury needles."

"Varied--"

"Oh, you know." Sahame tilted her head, "Then why do you still want to make things difficult for us?"

Hesta raised his head from his half-squatting position: "Want to know?"

"think."

"…But I have nothing to say to terrorists who attack civilians!"

Hesta suddenly pulled out the spike stuck in the reserve's thigh, and leaped towards Sahame. The tip of the spike rubbed a bloody wound on her cheek, causing Sahame to quickly dodge to the right. Hesta turned halfway, concentrated all the strength of his body on his left hand, and stabbed the opponent's shoulder.

Sahame retreated in a panic, but her retreat was cut off by Victoria. She rushed to the window several times, but the two men took the opportunity to surround her. After several rounds of fighting, Sahame's back, left shoulder and right hand had varying degrees of bruises. She felt her abdomen was wet and the smell of blood was extremely strong, but she couldn't tell where the biggest bleeding point was.

The situation took a turn for the worse, but at least the reservist who was attacked by Hesta had been rescued...

"Surrender," Victoria said. "You can't hold out much longer."

Sahame barely stood up: "Being a dog for someone... is it so fun?"

"In any case, you shouldn't plan attacks against civilians in a habitable area. What's the difference between attacking innocent people and Chelating——"

"What's innocent about that? Aren't these people the ones who maintain the order in the Habitable Zone? Aren't the funds used by the United Government to manufacture weapons from their taxes? They usually enjoy the dual protection of the United Government and AHgAs, but when they encounter problems, they just turn their heads away. Anyway, ordinary people don't have to worry about anything or be responsible for anything. It's all the business of the big guys above - these people should all die! All of these residents in the Habitable Zone - all of them! They should have died long ago!"

Sahame turned and ran towards the clock tower. Hesta and Victoria chased after her at the same time. However, as soon as Sahame rushed to the window, she was kicked in the chest by another pair of legs that fell from the sky. She spat out blood and staggered to the ground.

"How long have you been fighting? Why didn't you call me?" Rico grabbed the upper edge of the window sill and swung in. "I'm so bored outside—"

"Get out of here," Hesta said subconsciously, "Go to King's Square, they need support there..."

"Rico..." Sahame supported herself on the ground, "Save me..."

In the dim room, Rico turned around in disbelief.

A bright firework rose again in the distant night sky, illuminating everything in the room.