Three months after arriving in Nia Province, Valenti actually never understood what Ava's specific responsibilities were. He only knew that she had the title of "Ahgas Nia Province Special Affairs Officer".
Ava's work content is very complex. Her participation seems to be behind most of the policies jointly implemented by ahgas and the third district coalition government in the province of Nia. However, upon closer inspection, it turns out that the final person responsible for those things is someone else. , and there doesn’t seem to be any link in the project that requires Ava’s direct confirmation or signature.
Her influence is like a kind of metaphysics. When things are going smoothly, she does not exist. Once the mission takes an unexpected turn, everyone will suddenly know that "Ms. Ava is paying close attention to this project." ”——Just this change will quickly put the temporarily stuck gears in government departments back into operation.
Valenti had very little collaboration with Ava, so she still didn't understand exactly how it all happened, but after learning another fact, she suddenly understood Ava's role.
Ava, like Chiba, their direct superior is not a specific person, but Office 002 at the headquarters - this is the department of ahgas that specializes in offensive and defensive operations against chelates, and is the core and most fundamental part of ahgas. On most occasions, their presence represents the highest will of the ahgas.
They are power itself.
Valenti has seen with her own eyes how Chiba used public opinion to counter Tan Yi City Hall. Therefore, although she does not know much about Ava's past, there is no doubt that the reason why Ava can achieve today's status in Nia Province is Influence, there must be a similar story behind it.
Valenti often feels envious and fearful of this - both afraid of the pressure of being in the center of the storm, and envious of their fighting spirit to ride the wind and waves.
After fastening her seat belt, Valenti looked at Ava: "Are you also going to the workstation for questioning?"
"Me? I don't have to. The internal investigation of me was over before 004 sent the email. After all, Fernan has been claiming to the outside world how good his relationship with me is over the years," Ava held the steering wheel firmly. His voice was a bit sarcastic, "As long as he has a word of truth in his mouth, he won't always be rejected by me."
"Fernand..." Valenti murmured the name, a little surprised, "was it Baron Fernand who had the accident yesterday?"
"right."
Valenti took a deep breath - although she and the baron had not spoken, they had met several times. Suddenly, he discovered that a deceased person was someone he had met, which suddenly turned a distant "homicide news" into a nearby tragedy.
She sighed softly, "Then, why are you going to Lager Workstation now...?"
"Your little friend is in trouble," Ava looked at the road ahead. "She was detained at the Rag Workstation. We need to take her out now."
Valenti was stunned, "You mean...Eureka?"
"Uh-huh," Ava responded, adding calmly, "Or rather, Hesta."
Valenti's expression slightly condensed, and Ava called out Hesta's real name, indicating that the headquarters had directly given her the relevant information - which was probably not a good sign.
"...What happened to her?"
"Don't worry," Ava whispered, "Nothing will happen to her."
"Then what does that email from 004 mean? Someone died in the livable area. Why does the headquarters want to investigate our social relations?"
"Let me think about it... Where do I start with this?" Ava turned the steering wheel slightly and began to tell Valenti the details of yesterday's case. When the specific circumstances of Baron Fernand's death were mentioned, Valenti couldn't help but wonder. Got goosebumps all over.
"It's too scary..." Valenti immediately thought of the aberrants Hesta mentioned yesterday, "Has our defense line... really been breached?"
"Don't panic, I believe someone within ahgas must have expected this day. Chelation disease in the wasteland is becoming more and more dangerous day by day, and it is only a matter of time before the war reaches the interior of the habitable area... But I think our people may I never thought this day would come so quickly.
"Of course, what is even more surprising is that when a chelate - or possibly an aberrant - passed through the wasteland, broke through the isolation zone, and penetrated deep into the habitable place, we spent many years of hard work building There was no response from the monitoring system, and it was not until the victim’s servant panicked and reported the incident to the police station that we learned that someone seemed, possibly, or probably died at the hands of chelates.”
Ava glanced in Valenti's direction, "When have we ever been insulted like this?"
Ava looked very calm as she told all this, which puzzled Valenti.
If there are chelates that really break through the defense line of the habitable area, it means that the survival of the Mother City is directly threatened - that is the foundation for the existence of the entire Third District civilization. There is no way that Ava can be like this. light.
"……so what?"
Ava continued: "Although the number of signal towers in the livable area is not enough to cover the entire area, all important passes, bridges, and highways are already under our surveillance. At the moment, since we are still No one was found, which means that this chelate not only actively avoided the areas covered by most of the signal towers, but also disguised itself as an ordinary person on some necessary roads and walked slowly through the area. across the plains, and finally arrived in Nia safely - when have you ever seen such a patient aberration?"
"...It's rare. Could it be a new mutation?"
Ava laughed, "If so, that would be really troublesome. This chelate endured the instinct to kill all the way, actively avoiding roads and crowds, and went through all the trouble to sneak into Bruno City, but in the end it only killed I killed a person...Have you ever seen such a chelate that says, 'Every wrongdoer has his own debtor, and he will never kill innocent people indiscriminately'?"
For a moment, Valenti was speechless.
"More importantly," Ava whispered, "how did it know the layout of the signal towers in the livable land in advance?"
"...Is there a mole who is secretly cooperating with the chelate?" Valenti guessed in a low voice, but as soon as the words came out, she herself felt that this possibility was slim.
Valenti thought for a moment, "Maybe... it's not caused by chelate at all?"
"Yes," Ava smiled, "the typical trauma that chelates can cause also applies to mercury needles - after entering bullet time, we are no different from chelates in a physical sense."
At this point, Valenti finally smoothed over the whole thing.
According to the existing clues, the headquarters must have directly pointed the suspect in this case from the chelate to the inside of the mercury needle, so it is necessary to investigate the social relations of the mercury needles - if any mercury needle really circumvents supervision, take advantage of it Taking this opportunity to kill someone and blame the chelate to vent their personal anger, it would be most efficient to start the investigation from here.
After all, the total number of mercury needles currently staying in the third district does not exceed 300.
"...But what if it's really a deformed person?"
"That's what Chiba Masaki is busy with now, we don't need to worry about it."
After saying that, Ava stepped on the brakes steadily, and the door of Lager's workstation had appeared on Valenti's right.
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