[Zhongyingmei] Can drawing cards save the world?

Elaine didn't expect that it was because of this relationship, she was stunned, she just felt that this world was too wonderful.

She scratched the vegetables on the plate, feeling the sweetness in them.

"So when did you decide to settle in Baltimore, Hannibal?" Elaine asked.

Hannibal Lecter sprinkled it twice, looked up at Elaine, and said slowly: "It was probably when I was in my twenties, I can't remember exactly. I later taught at a university, so I made the decision." Settled here, but I always miss my youth in France."

"Anyone in particular?"

"Actually, she is a relative of mine. She treated me very well." Hannibal recalled that year when he settled down with Mrs. Zi in Paris—the scene of him sitting at the tea table pruning flower branches, or the charming woman on Mrs. Zi's body. Or maybe it's the smell of tobacco and coffee in the Parisian air.

This moved him a little.

"It's just that she left me later, even though it was a big blow to me at the time, but now I can only say—" He smiled slightly, "Perhaps, there is no one who can stay by your side forever."

"You're right." Elaine agreed.

Friendship may be about deepening in the constant exchange of secrets, which is the truth that Elaine has always felt.

But she still feels guilty about the friends she kept from her.

And doubly cherish their kindness.

She was about to leave, and Will was about to stay here to talk to the doctor, and Elaine thought about it and decided that maybe she could talk to him.

"I'm free at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, thank you for your trust, Elaine." Dr. Lecter smiled modestly.

Elaine returns to the hotel late at night—she doesn't even know when she's been there for so long.

She closes Lecter's investigation page, lamenting her own stupidity.

The next day, Elaine went to the FBI headquarters first, wanting to have an in-depth look at the results of this case.

Then, after entering, she met the director of the FBI: Jack Crawford.

Crawford naturally already knew of Elaine's existence, and respected her assistance or onlookers.He was talking to Will when Elaine saw him.

"You're out of control again," he said.

"I—" Will decided not to say anything more, and he stopped talking, looking around, trying to find a savior.

"Ah! Elaine—" he stood up and walked in front of her, avoiding Crawford's gaze, "so early today?"

"Because I have an appointment with Hannibal this afternoon." Elaine smiled, "Has the case progressed?"

Will fell silent.

"Have you heard about Will's state of mind?" Crawford said. "He almost destroyed the body just now."

Elaine blinked, "What happened?"

"It's nothing." Beverly made a relief, "We've done everything we can, and Will won't interfere with our work."

"But we do make progress." Crawford pulled out a piece of paper from the folder and handed it to Elaine, "There are very few and rare clues about the Chesapeake Ripper."

"I found it," Beverly said. "I found a fiber in the dead man's hand—"

Beverly is also best at fiber analysis.

"It's very small, almost invisible, but it's probably because the deceased ate something before he was alive, and some of his fingers got on it, so we made a breakthrough." She was a little excited, "It's a relatively expensive fiber—mostly appearing in relatively expensive fibers. on the suit."

"So the Chesapeake Ripper is not only a high IQ anti-social, but also a person with a relatively high status and good taste?" Elaine sighed, "Then Hannibal has everything except the reflex arc!"

"God knows where he got so many expensive suits..." She suddenly felt something was wrong, "Wait, have you checked him?"

"Hannibal Lecter?" Crawford said. "Of course we're using him at the FBI to make sure he's okay—"

"No, Jack." Will hesitated, "You can't guarantee it, can you?"

"Maybe we have to wrong our friend," Beverly said.

Elaine thought that there was still a search warrant, but they didn't expect them to knock on Hannibal's door after a while, expressing that they wanted to check the clothes in his closet.

Hannibal: "Business, I understand—whatever you want."

Elaine didn't think there was anything to be found.

After all, if it was really Hannibal, even if there were any stains on the clothes that day, I'm afraid they would be meticulously cleaned up or disposed of without leaving any traces.

From the furnishings in his home, it can be seen that he is really a hygienic person.

Hannibal: "Are you still here for the afternoon consultation?"

Elaine: "Of course."

In fact, when they decided to suspect Hannibal a little, Elaine took a look at Hannibal's character card——

【Hannibal Lecter】

【Psychology professor and doctor, former surgeon】

[Friendship value: -90%]

The negative sign in front of the friendly value made Elaine feel that something was wrong.

It even feels a little outrageous.

Dick's value to himself before was only -20-this was because she caused him to be besieged by big guys.And Hannibal Lecter's value is almost like treating her as an enemy.

So abnormal.

Probably because it is too low, this card has already shown a dark red color, which may mean something dangerous.

In one go, Elaine assembled all his skill cards, just in case.

If the Chesapeake Ripper had no superpowers, Elaine felt that she could easily defeat him.

"Maybe we can start?" They were sitting facing each other, and Hannibal was taking notes, looking directly at Elaine, not aggressively, but to Elaine it seemed like a provocation.

"Of course." Elaine nodded, "I've never had such an experience, maybe you should guide me."

Probably because of preconceived ideas, how Elaine sees Hannibal now and thinks that he is pretending to be great.

Maybe he's not the Chesapeake Ripper, but that doesn't make him a dangerous duplicity.

She was eager to see what he would do.

"Then maybe you can tell me, do you often have moments of entanglement?"

"Yes." Elaine said truthfully, "I'm often afraid that what I do will lead to something worse."

"for example?"

"For example, I feel that I am free from this world, and I don't need to take any responsibility here, but out of empathy, I still fear that there will be some very big consequences. Like someone's death, or the world Doomsday or something."

"Why do you feel that you are not part of this world, Elaine?" Hannibal leaned slightly, pretending to be listening carefully.

"Because I will leave at any time." Elaine expressed vaguely.

This departure can be her going to the next world, or it can be understood as her death.

"Everyone goes away, but life begins when you're conscious," he said. "You're here and talking to me, it's part of your life."

Even though Hannibal might not be a nice guy, Elaine felt that what he said seemed to make sense.

"Then what do you think I should do?"

"Do what you want without being restricted," Hannibal said.

"Oh—" Elaine suddenly realized.

She stood up, walked in front of him, and asked, "then, I really want to ask why you hate me so much now."

The other party seemed a little surprised, "Hate you? Maybe you are wrong, I don't hate you at all."

"No, you hate me." Elaine looked at the -90 to -92 and gradually lowered the data and said, "You hate me so much that you want to kill me."

97%

"But you can't kill me."

99%

"Really?" Hannibal smiled, "Your symptoms are serious, Miss Hope."

"You know it in your heart." Elaine was expressionless, staring straight into Hannibal's eyes, "I don't know what I did to make you hate me so much, but I know now."

From the moment he joined the FBI, he felt the unconditional trust of a person who was manipulated by Hannibal. Even his own relatives might not have such unconditional trust.

"I broke your ecosystem."

100%

[Mission: Kill Hannibal Lecter]

The card instantly turned red and turned into ashes, turning into such a dry task text.

Elaine took a step back, grabbed Hannibal's neck, but met Hannibal's gaze——

That's excitement.

She froze, realizing how stupid she would be to kill Hannibal Lecter at this moment.

Elaine quickly let go of him and was about to find reinforcements.

Finally, she noticed the basement passage of the house—if he was the Chesapeake Ripper, some parts of the body must have been preserved by him.

In fact, thinking back to a dinner she had here before, Elaine felt a cramping pain in her stomach.She was going to go to the basement to find evidence, and then put it in front of the FBI group.

Hannibal didn't move.He seemed to have expected something a long time ago, and instead of stopping it, he wrote something on the document belonging to Elaine.

Elaine headed to the basement, only to see clean walls - which had obviously been moved.

But there is no trace.

Just as she was about to call Will, there were footsteps outside——

It was Will and several police officers.

"God Will—" Elaine walked towards him, only to hear a gunshot.

Where was it shot?

Elaine frowned and wanted to look back, but her stomach softened, and she slumped on the ground.

It's me.

They shot me.

The blood in the abdomen continued to flow out, as if she had suddenly reacted, and the severe pain made her fall backwards uncontrollably.

"I'm glad you could inform us in a hurry, Hannibal." The voice in the ear became muffled, "We have already learned that she is a person with multiple superpowers, and we will take out the tissue in her stomach later, and come See if it's human flesh."

"That's great, Will," someone said. "The Chesapeake Ripper finally caught."

The author has something to say:

Sometimes super powers such as agility or sensing are more useful——

At the beginning, I actually thought that Hannibal, an ordinary person with no power to restrain a chicken, should defeat the heroine with the power bonus max and various strange props. The result is that the IQ is crushed XD

Hannibal always wins in this situation.

The heroine killed Hannibal, the evidence is conclusive.

If you don’t kill it, that’s the ending. It’s equivalent to the end of the next chapter of BE, Baltimore.

And this chapter left a foreshadowing