Why it never ends

Chapter 1052 Hatred
Chapter 136

Weiersin stared into Boheng's eyes, and neither of them spoke for a while.

"...Why don't you chat anymore?" Hesta said from the side. "I'm still listening. When did you go to Deep Anchor? How did their coordinates get exposed? And to whom?"

"Let's talk about it tomorrow," Bo Heng smiled helplessly. He raised his head with a "forgive me" expression on his face, "It's really too late today."

……

At four in the morning, Victoria finally returned to the guest room accompanied by a local. There was no light in the room. Zoe had already fallen asleep, and only Hesta was left sitting at the head of the bed, reading a book with the help of a battery-powered bedside lamp.

"Why aren't you asleep?"

"I'm waiting for you to come back." Hesta said softly, "I have something to tell you."

The two of them left the room and walked to the edge of the gathering place under the moonlight. The deep shadows of the mountains and forests occasionally covered their outlines. After walking for a while, they noticed several sentry posts nearby, so they slowed down and retreated a dozen steps.

Hesta briefly told Victoria about the conversation that contained an astonishing amount of information before they parted tonight. Considering this background, it is not difficult to understand why Wilsin stated in such a straightforward way tonight that he was remembering the route - it was a response to Boheng's previous behavior, or even a threat.

"Did you ask Versin?"

"She wasn't in the same room with us," Hesta said. "She locked the door as soon as we got back. It's obvious that she didn't intend to tell us the news in private."

"But she deliberately brought up the matter in front of you," Victoria said, "She was obviously trying to pass on a message to you."

"You delivered the message, but didn't give me any follow-up?" Hesta said softly, "You want me to listen to Boheng's version first?"

Victoria nodded immediately: "I think so."

"How's Eunice doing?"

"Very interesting, Jane," Victoria said in a low voice. "I think it remains to be seen whether there is really no time limit."

"……what?"

"Eunice has been crying since she came back. She cried so hard that not only did she shed tears, but she was sweating all over. Although she was sitting, I could almost hear her strong heartbeat. Of course, she did not lose her ability to move from beginning to end, but -"

Hesta was confused, "But why is she crying?"

"Because of what you said," Victoria said, "You said that since Bo Heng entrusted the task of picking us up to her, it means that Bo Heng doesn't care whether we remember the way or not—"

"Yeah, if he cared why would he send an inexperienced newbie here?"

"That's what I said," Victoria said, "but Eunice thinks that you are clearly mocking her for her poor ability and therefore not being trusted by her great teacher..."

Only then did Hesta realize why Eunice had been so sarcastic all the way.

"…Should I go over and apologize?" Hesta scratched his head. "Do you think an apology would be helpful?"

"Don't," Victoria raised her hands, "Just pretend you know nothing. Find an opportunity to let her show off her skills in front of you tomorrow, and then you can praise her. This way it will be more...natural."

Hesta nodded.

"Although she may have felt a little aggrieved," Victoria continued, "her physical reaction was a bit excessive anyway. Unless she regarded her teacher as some kind of god-like figure, it is hard for me to imagine why a derogatory comment from you would cause such a big reaction."

"You mean, after experiencing high-intensity actions, they still have some..." "That's inevitable," Victoria lowered her voice, "We all have a period of fatigue after strenuous exercise under normal conditions, let alone after experiencing bullet time - it's just that they really won't completely lose their ability to move like us. Their reaction to leaving 'bullet time' is very mild, just like there is no clear node for them to enter this state."

Victoria's eyes were almost glowing as she looked at Hesta: "This is so interesting. How many days are we going to stay here?"

"not decided."

"Stay a little longer," Victoria said, "at least let me touch a few more mercury needles in their natural state."

Hesta looked up at the moon in the sky.

The two heard a rustling sound coming from a tree not far away. They turned around at the same time and saw a woman with a gun on her back sliding down from the tree quickly.

The woman was not tall, but very strong. She looked to be in her forties or fifties, with obvious gray in her hair. However, the undulating muscles on her arms were like thick vines, and she showed no fear when facing the two tall mercury needles.

Hesta looked at the woman with some curiosity - even though they had never met before, Hesta could clearly see restraint... and hidden hatred in the woman's eyes when she looked at Victoria.

"Are you Mr. Boheng's guest?" the woman asked in the third district dialect with a strong accent.

"right……"

"Why are you running out here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

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"I can't sleep," Hesta said, "Let's go out for a walk."

The woman raised her gun and waved it twice in the direction of the gathering place, and Victoria immediately stepped back.

"Don't run around!" The woman frowned. "If it weren't for Teacher Boheng personally bringing you here, we would have opened fire long ago. What do you think this place is?"

Hesta and Victoria looked at each other: "...Where?"

"go back!"

In the darkness, Hesta heard the sound of an old rifle shaking slightly - the muzzle of a gun on a tree was aiming at her. She didn't say anything else, but slowly backed away, and returned to the wooden house with Victoria.

The two tiptoed into the house and found Zoe awake.

"Was there a conflict just now?" Zoe asked grimly, "I heard the sound of a gun being loaded."

“No, no,” Victoria quickly jumped onto the bed and wrapped herself in a thin blanket like a burrito. “Go to sleep. We may have to climb mountains and visit places tomorrow…”

Zoe had changed her clothes long ago. She walked to the window and carefully observed the movements outside for a while. Then she folded her arms, sat on a chair near the exit, and began to keep watch.

The whole room suddenly became quiet, as if everyone had fallen asleep.

Half an hour later, Hesta turned over and said, "...By the way, is it because you look like you are from District 3?"

A sigh came from Victoria's bed.

"...I guess so." Victoria raised her upper body and looked at Hesta. "I just had a feeling. I don't know if I'm overthinking..."

"what?"

“When that woman looked at me,” Victoria said, “I felt that she hated me.”