Chapter 404: Fifty-three What if my next target is Hewinia? (7K)_2
“Bai Wei, after I went back, I poured out the cup of water,” Adelle said, “I never checked to see if there was poison in that water until the end.”
“…Why?”
“Because…” Adelle lowered her head, whispering softly, “I don’t know which outco I could accept less. Whether it was my friend whom I regarded as a dear sister trying to kill , or that I had killed innocent her.”
Then there was another long silence.
“This… This is indeed a creative story,” Hewinia said, “At least I didn’t see the ending coming, but what I don’t understand is why you are telling all this. Aren’t you afraid I’ll report you?”
Adelle laughed and patted the bed she sat upon, “The current murderers can’t be found, let alone those from twenty years ago. As long as the victim isn’t Golden Note, nobody cares.”
Although Adelle spoke jokingly, Hewinia could still hear the inescapable lancholy in her tone.
“As for why I’m telling you, maybe sothing you said earlier resonated with ,” Adelle continued, “If the Holy Sound People live as notes both in life and after death, then what’s the aning of life and death after all? That saying really does have so philosophical depth.”
Hewinia looked deeply at Adelle, left behind a “You really should rest,” and turned to leave.
This ti, Adelle did not stop her, only speaking in the mont she opened the door to leave, “After that, I also wasn’t chosen by the Orchestra. All of this… it’s aningless.”
Hewinia’s body paused for a mont, but this ti she did not turn back and walked straight out of the room.
Then she heard Bai Wei’s voice in her mind.
“Your emotions are off, Hewinia,” said Bai Wei, “Even she noticed.”
“…Sorry,” Hewinia did not deny, “I’ll adjust as soon as I can.”
“Can you tell what’s the reason?”
At this mont, Hewinia was clearly in no mood to respond, but she couldn’t maintain silence with Bai Wei as she did with Adelle, so she said, “My cooperation with Cesar was interrupted. If that woman had co a bit later, I could have discussed the details of the cooperation with Cesar, and everything afterwards would have been easier.”
“Is that the reason?”
“…Yes.”
Bai Wei laughed, “You’ve decided to cooperate with him, which ans, you think you two are the sa kind?”
“…Aren’t we?” said Hewinia, “I share the sa goals, the sa background, and, he also has your Corpse Blocks. No matter how you look at it, we are so similar. So, I think I’m the sa kind as him, yes… I am the sa kind.”
Unconsciously, Hewinia repeated the sa phrase three tis.
“Are you trying to convince , or yourself?” Bai Wei asked.
“I… I’m just answering your question,” said Hewinia calmly, “Of course, if you think it’s not appropriate for to work with him, then I also…”
“No, I respect your opinion.”
Hewinia’s half-spoken words suddenly stuck in her throat.
“I support whatever you want to do, Hewinia,” Bai Wei said with a smile, “As long as you believe it’s the right thing.”
Hewinia opened her mouth, intending to say her usual, “Thank you, Mr. Visas,” but the words wouldn’t co out.
In the end, she just nodded, said nothing, and returned to her room alone.
And Bai Wei continued to observe her.
Unlike Ulu and Gerard, Hewinia always enjoyed high popularity in the ga, so many players were discussing her.
And the most heated question was, what kind of person Hewinia truly was.
So said she was nothing but a foolish woman who thought she could gather all seven Golden Notes on her own, utterly deluded.
Others said she was just a pretty-faced evil woman who had ruthlessly tricked players in the ga and been effortlessly killed by others before even seeing the start of the gala, robbing players of the chance for revenge.
Still, others said, to know what kind of person Hewinia was, one only had to look at Cesar. Cesar was just a stronger gender-swapped version of Hewinia.
They were both schers, both “stop at nothing” to gather the Golden Notes, seeing everyone besides themselves as prey to be hunted. All for the day when they would attain everything and ascend to the apex, to beco the true uncontested pinnacle of the food chain.
The only difference between Cesar and Hewinia was that one had succeeded while the other had failed.
And all these speculations, due to Hewinia’s premature death and her ultimate goal being unrevealed, lacked a final verdict.
But all this would find an answer under Bai Wei’s witness.
Co, Hewinia.
Let see what kind of person you truly were.
…
In the library late at night, only a thin figure was reading by lamplight.
Next to him lay thick ancient tos.
It was, of course, Ogg.
He was copying sothing from the to with an anxious expression, like a student hastily cramming for a test the next day.
Just then, he heard the sound of a door opening, his body stiffened, and he closed the book while looking towards the main door.
But the door was securely closed, as if the sound he had heard was only an illusion.
But before Ogg could relax, a faint voice ca from the other side of the table, “Don’t be nervous, I’m not interested in what you are reading.”
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