In the same dark room, Chiba sat alone in front of the curved screen in the base command room, watching Hesta's battle over and over again.
The entire process, from the moment she escapes the safe room to the end of her swooping down to shoot the chelate, is only 11 minutes and 52 seconds. In key parts, Chiba almost freezes and flips through frame by frame.
Hesta did not have a second awakening, there is no doubt about it, but she did escape many chelate attacks... in a clumsy but effective way.
Hesta has never received formal close combat training. She was able to survive by chance. A large part of the reason is that the chelate released by Turan this time was a researcher in the fourth area when she was alive - it was thin and thin, and did not have any Fighting basics.
As long as the opponent is slightly superior in strength or skill, the current ending will not be the same.
Although the base is still unable to explain why Hestad can keep up with the chelate in this situation, Chiba is very sure of one thing - Hesta's high-speed combat only occurs in close combat with the chelate. time.
As chelates race her down the hallway, she can outrun other mercury needles in bullet time;
When she confronts the chelate with a gun, she can capture the enemy's movement trajectory and continue to shoot accurately during the battle;
However, when the chelate was locked at the other end of the corridor and she was carrying Sean on her back to move to the safe room, she ran very hard and her speed quickly dropped back to her normal level.
Chiba suddenly felt horrified while watching the image.
If Hesta is really taken away by Robert and his like, her special physique is almost completely in line with the needs of the coalition government - facing chelates, she can show the combat qualities of a mercury needle; facing ordinary people, a A slightly stronger adult could easily subdue her.
Her power poses no threat and is easy to control... In other words, this is an unprecedented, completely harmless mercury needle.
Could it be that Robert already knew what was special about Hesta, so he went to such great lengths to grab people from the base?
Chiba gritted her teeth - if this was the case, she had greatly underestimated the other party's determination in this matter, and further underestimated the price the coalition government was willing to pay.
But soon, Chiba shook his head again.
No.
This is unlikely.
The idea that popped up at that moment was almost immediately rejected by Chiba himself - if the coalition government really knew that Hesta was such a character early on, then when Hesta had just left the monastery, they should have gone all out to rob him. People, not her side, had already brought Hesta to go through the formalities, and two new talents from the security team belatedly came to deal with it.
So... is it possible that during this period, the coalition government obtained new intelligence from other places and realized that Hesta was worth snatching?
Chiba fell into deep thought.
Although, this possibility does exist... but the probability is extremely low.
The isolated coalition government is unlikely to get the data related to Hesta at the first time. They will target Hesta this time, mostly because she has both the status of living in a livable place and the The experience of saving the children in the monastery is therefore more suitable to inspire people's sympathy.
If this is the case, then the top priority is to completely stop the coalition government from trying to steal people before they realize the value of Hesta.
Chiba stood up almost immediately and walked to the nearby computer.
There was a knock on the door, but Chiba ignored it.
After a while, Molly opened the door directly.
The white light in the corridor followed the crack in the door and cast a wedge-shaped light and shadow on the floor of the command room. Molly stood at the door, looking at Chiba who seemed to be working.
She didn't look good because in this so-called hearing, let alone accountability, the hearing officers didn't even criticize her verbally.
Such a serious accident was resolved so easily. This not only did not make Molly feel relaxed, but also made her feel a great insult - the rules that she regarded as iron laws were so easily dismissed. Chiba minced.
"The hearing is over," Morley said coldly, "Qianye, are you-"
"Get out." Qianye didn't even raise his head, "Let's wait until tomorrow to talk about the big things. I'm not free now."
Molly's anger level instantly filled up, she closed the door heavily and left.
The control room returned to its previous darkness - except for the screen facing Chiba.
Her fingertips were tapping rapidly on the keyboard, and the cold light of the screen reflected on her lenses, making her look particularly sharp.
…
It was a warm Sunday morning.
Summer has arrived, but the weather is not too hot. Robert woke up early. He kissed his sleeping wife as usual, and then quietly went to the cloakroom wearing cotton slippers.
The housekeeper has prepared all the clothes he will change into today, because he promised his grandson and granddaughter to take them out fishing this morning, and he no longer has to wear suits and ties like before - he ordered a pair of gabardine overalls at the beginning of this year However, he has been too busy at work in the past six months. It was not until today that he had his first Sunday when he could travel freely.
He went downstairs and saw the two little guys sitting around the table, eating the breakfast that had been prepared.
The little granddaughter noticed Robert's figure first. She jumped off the chair, opened her arms happily, and ran towards Robert.
"grandfather--"
"Oh..." Robert picked up the child and walked back to the dining table with a smile. The butler silently helped Robert pull out his chair. After the little girl was put back in his seat, Robert also sat on his chair. Position.
"Would you like to read today's newspaper?" asked the butler.
Robert glanced at the morning newspaper stacked in a woven basket not far away - every morning he would read the newspaper at breakfast. The butler would first read through all the news of the day and include all the content that Robert might be interested in. Mark it to save him time.
But today he finally found time to spend time with the children, so Robert shook his head, "No need,"
He looked at his grandchildren and said, "Grandpa won't work today. He will just play with the good children, okay?"
The two children answered happily. At the dinner table, Robert asked the two children how they were doing at school recently. The little ones seemed to have endless things to say. They complained to each other and excitedly reported the interesting things that happened during the holidays. To grandpa.
The phone rang at this moment, and the housekeeper not far away picked it up immediately.
He listened for a while, then put down the phone and walked to Robert, "Sir, I'm looking for you."
"I have already told the Secretary's Office that I am free today," Robert whispered. "If it is a work matter, let them go find Alang."
"OK."
Just as the butler was about to move, Robert asked habitually, "Who called?"
"Avinash," the steward replied.
