"Do you see?" Chiba pushed the remaining portfolios towards Valenti, but Valenti quickly pushed them back.
"I'm not the counselor in charge of Liz." Valenti replied. "If she finds out that I know something I shouldn't know, she will feel that I have pried into her secrets, and I will easily lose her trust." .”
Chiba raised his head and glanced at Valenti with some emotion, his eyes a little more tender.
Valenti frowned: "Look at what I'm doing."
"Just sighing," Qianye simply sat down, "With people like you here, the world should be able to be saved, right?"
This compliment came unexpectedly, making Valenti laugh. She put her hands around her knees and said softly, "For people like me who have been living in a livable place, there really is nothing that chelates can do to help... …There need to be more people like you.”
Chiba laughed to himself, obviously having a worse prediction of the consequences of this assumption.
Valenti's expression was a little confused for a moment. She didn't understand Chiba's smile, but the other party was already in a working state of reading materials, so Valenti temporarily stopped talking and didn't interrupt.
The entire underground archive was silent, except for the sound of Chiba turning pages.
Valenti was in a daze for a while, and she didn't know how long it took. She started to close the paper box containing the file, "Masaki, is there a separate introduction about Askia?"
"No. If you want to see Askia's introduction, why don't you just search online? It's just a wasteland, no different from other wastelands."
"Really?" Valenti was a little surprised. She pulled her long hair around her ears and murmured thoughtfully, "I always feel that Askia should be a person with a special sense of justice and a golden age. A place of lingering warmth.”
Chiba raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "If it is so good, why are the residents of Askia so excited to apply to move to a livable area? Where did you hear such a thing?"
"Liz's place." Valenti held her cheek, "I felt the same way when I was with Liz."
"People always have a filter for their hometown, let alone a hometown that has disappeared forever." Chiba briefly put down the document in his hand, "The entire crime rate of Askia and the per capita food possessions, you know How much?"
"……How many?"
“As of 4619, which is the end of the year before the tragedy, Askia had a total of 1,448,277 residents. A total of 252,630 illegal and criminal acts had occurred throughout the year, and the per capita crime rate was 26.24%.
"Let's talk about food. The current consensus line for food security is 390kg of food per capita per year. This number has been maintained at around 900kg in the livable areas of the third district in recent years. As for Askia, 4619 happened to be their year. In a good year, what is the annual per capita grain supply that year - 177kg."
Valenti's eyes were straight, "So... few?"
Chiba held his cheek with one hand and lowered his eyes slightly, "Do you still think it is 'remaining warmth'?"
Valenti was speechless.
"The death rate in the wasteland has always been very high, and no one in the habitable land cares about it." Chiba turned the page with a bang, "But Liz didn't lie. Because Askia has a total of five urban districts in the southeast, northwest, and middle. The crime rate and food production mentioned just now are all data after the East City has been explored - and the prosperity of Askia is ultimately the prosperity of the East City, where Liz was born."
"...What's the situation in Dongcheng like?"
"I don't know. Their data is never released to the public. It is estimated that once it is released, the third district will suspend financial assistance to Askia." Chiba replied, "The entire administrative agency of Askia Wasteland is gathered here. East City, so the police force is also concentrated there, and the title of 'little livable place' is not for nothing... Being born there, Liz can be considered a winner in the womb lottery."
Valenti was just about to say something else on this topic, but she saw Chiba, who was holding the materials, suddenly frowned and fell silent, and his expression became serious - presumably there were some details in the materials that caught her attention.
"...Will Liz change jobs in the second half of the year?" Chiba asked.
"Well, I heard that her combat ability is very good, so after changing jobs, she will first go to the core city to intern for a period of time, and then decide where to station." Valenti said, "What's wrong?"
"I think...she is not suitable for fighting." Chiba said suddenly.
Valenti was a little surprised, "...I rarely hear you give such advice. Can you tell me why?"
"No, this is just my personal suggestion. She should be able to play a greater role in non-combat positions. You can persuade her. If she listens, she will listen. If she doesn't, she will be defeated -"
"No, what's the point of half-talking? Even if I try to persuade you, I can't just drop a sentence and say, 'Hey, don't go to the combat post.'...Why on earth, why do you even briefly explain it? "
Chiba tried to pull her hand away from Valenti, but Valenti's hand was like an octopus, clinging to her.
Chiba sighed.
"Let's put it this way..." Chiba said thoughtfully, "She is naturally suitable for working in the rear. She is compassionate, thoughtful, kind, enthusiastic, a little idealistic, and infectious... Isn't this what we are? The kind of mercury needle image you want most?
"More importantly, Askia East City is almost a livable place. She knows how to deal with the civilized world, which is a very rare ability." Qianye said seriously, "You can ask many mercury needles to learn this kind of thing. They won't learn it in their lifetime, but Liz will learn it from birth, that's the first point."
"Yeah." Valenti nodded in agreement.
Chiba said softly, "The second point is just my guess. If we really have to fight against chelates, Liz may face a higher risk than others - a moral risk, which is fatal. We There is a shortage of people, but there is no need to plant orchids in sand control forests.”
Valenti still wanted to ask, but Chiba had already started taking notes on the new information.
The two spent almost two hours in the underground archives.
Before leaving, Valenti looked at Chiba, "What did you mean by 'moral risk' earlier? Is she more likely to suffer from trauma such as PTSD? Or will she be unable to adapt to the cruel combat environment and do harm to the enemy?" Can’t do it?”
"None of them." Qianye denied it simply, but she was silent for a while and still shook her head, "I can't tell...it's just an intuition."
"Then would you like to make an appointment to talk to Liz? Tell her directly about what you just said-"
"Stop it." Qianye put his arms in front of his chest and made a sign, "For such a troublesome person... I only know you."
Valenti could only sigh - she could never force Qianye on these matters, and no one could force Qianye. No one could pry her mouth open for things that Qianye didn't want to say.
Valenti clasped his hands behind his back and looked sideways at Chiba, "Do you have the answer now?"
"what is the answer?"
"The answer to 'How did Liz lead Jane into the ditch'? That's what you came for."
"Ha, probably...some." Qianye clasped his hands together, stretched above his head, "It's not bad, not too bad."
Valenti laughed again, "Liz is indeed very contagious among them, not only to Jane, but also to Turan and Rico. I think it's just a matter of sincerity for sincerity... The friendship between girls, Isn’t that the case all the time?”
