"The... I won't tell you what happened before, but yesterday it was Jane who beat someone, and it was Sean who got beaten."
"That's not a beating. Apart from a broken nose, does he have any other serious injuries? When Jane is discharged from the hospital, with Molly's character, her rating will definitely be lowered according to the base's regulations - ah, I found it."
Chiba finally saw the F sequence, and she walked quickly towards the goal.
Valenti chased after him, "Chiba, no matter what, as an adult, you should not directly intervene between them-"
"I didn't intervene directly. Did you see that I was looking for Sean? I have been to the base so many times and I have never even seen Sean's face." Chiba stood on the mobile double ladder on the display shelf and turned to face Valenti said, "Come up?"
Valenti bit her lower lip, grabbed Chiba's extended hand, and stepped onto the moving ladder.
Chiba entered Liz Fletcher's name into the search interface, and the moving ladder began to rise steadily, stopped at the fourth floor, and began to slide to the left.
"I have also been in this base, and I know very well what Molly's so-called 'order' is. She is indeed very fair, but to be honest, in a completely closed place like the base, this kind of wishful justice what's the function?"
"...Why is it useless?"
"For some Mercury Needles, life in the reserve base is far more difficult and even crueler than life after they become independent." Chiba looked at Valenti, "Do you know why? "
Valenti was a little confused. She didn't understand what Chiba was referring to. After leaving the reserve force, the young Mercury Needles would really face the endless chelate battle. No matter from any angle, life in the base would be... It's more like a beautiful cocoon, a haven of temporary calm.
Chiba continued without waiting for Valenti to give an answer, "I'll tell you why, because the reserve base is the junglest place in the world."
Valenti blinked, "Are we here...a jungle?"
"Jungle," Chiba said, "People only like to play the role of 'adults' when they have not grown up. They can feel what it is like to be a self-defined 'adult' by implementing various 'laws'. This injury is the same for Sean, Jane, and Liz."
As Chiba said, he found the file bag with Liz Fletcher's name on it from the file shelf.
After a while, she took down all the documents in a row, held them in her arms, and then read the text and annotations one by one.
"But they haven't grown up at this time and don't know what the real reality is like, so they can only imagine a set of laws of how the world operates, such as natural selection and the law of the jungle...
"It just so happens that at this stage they are living in relatively closed places such as bases and schools. Here, the relationship between people is very simple, and there is no actual conflict of interest. Therefore, these young people can imagine them The set of rules was implemented extremely thoroughly.
"You said you want to be in an ordinary school. Anyone who goes too far will be dropped out. If it doesn't work, the victim can also transfer. Do you have the option of dropping out and transferring at the base?" Chiba asked in return, "The base is the most jungle in the world. Where - the person being targeted has no other choice but to defeat him head-on."
"...It's not as serious as you said," Valenti narrowed his eyes slightly, "The chain reaction caused this time is indeed a bit excessive, but it's not like we haven't dealt with such conflicts in the past, such as -"
"I know how you dealt with it," Chiba replied, "Isn't it the 'peace period' when I didn't reply to Molly's email? Sean was still causing trouble behind the scenes, but because of the punishment from the base, he didn't Let Hesta be aware of it - the evil deeds submerged below the water's surface don't cause actual harm, so you can't be bothered to pursue them, right?"
"Of course not!" Valenti replied sternly, "If we knew that Sean was still doing bad things behind his back, we would definitely pursue it——"
"Your pursuit is always after the harm is caused, so you are always one step late." Qianye looked at her, "And there is obviously a question mark about the deterrent effect of accountability."
Valenti took a deep breath: "This is a long process, Chiba, don't you remember? I also encountered this kind of thing when you first arrived in the third area. There were several people in the base at that time. A boy kept giving me trouble. Miss Ada, who was on duty at the time, was responsible for the whole process. In the end, they all changed their ways and curbed their behavior——"
Chiba didn't raise her eyes, but just laughed. She lowered her head and pulled out the documents she was interested in from different file bags, and spread them out on the iron plate of the elevator.
"Look into my eyes!" Valenti leaned forward, "Am I wrong?"
Chiba smiled, "Do you really believe that they corrected themselves because they were inspired by Miss Ada?"
"……What's the meaning?"
Chiba didn't answer.
Valenti was stunned for a moment, recalling everything that happened back then, she finally understood some of Qianye's hidden meaning.
"Did you...did you do anything for me?"
"It's all over." Qianye flexed his knuckles and made a clicking sound. "Anyway, my method has been verified countless times. If you think Molly's method is also effective, prove it to me."
Valenti wanted to say something else, Chiba made a "quiet" gesture to her.
Chiba has found the mercury needle interview that originally brought Liz back to the base, as well as several important consultation records compiled by the base consultant after that.
Liz Fletcher, whose real name is Lilia Alexandrovna Oktyabryskaya.
She was born in the East City of Askia Wasteland in 4609. Her family lived in a small apartment at No. 12 Boatman Street. Her father was a doctor and her mother was a pharmacist.
She has a brother and two sisters who are of the same generation as her in the family. The brother is already married and also lives near No. 12 Boatman Street.
At the time of the tragedy, there were eight people living in Liz's apartment, including Liz, her grandmother, parents, brother, two younger sisters and her pregnant sister-in-law - less than two months before the due date. At that time, in order to facilitate care, the brother and sister-in-law moved back to Liz's home.
Family structures like this are very common in Askia, where several generations have traditionally lived together. Due to its complete inheritance, Askia was once a model for preventing chelation disease in the wasteland. In addition, it was one of the few wastelands that was very friendly to habitation. AHgAs even considered raising a special amount of funds to use it in Askia. An AHgAs work station was established in Schia.
In this way, Mercury can center on Askia, radiate the coverage of daily protection for two hundred kilometers outward, and even transform Askia from a wasteland into a new livable place.
The proposal has begun to be evaluated internally for feasibility, but plans have not kept pace with changes.
As the most prosperous wasteland in the third area, the tragedy that happened in Askia was a huge coincidence - it was made up of several accidents that were linked together, eventually triggering an avalanche-like disaster.
