Ava's eyes lightly scanned the dense text on the resume. It recorded that Hesta participated in 41 medium-risk operations and 26 extreme-risk operations from the end of 4624 to 4630 - three of which were salvage operations.
In addition, there were more low-risk combat and inspection operations, but because there were so many, they were only mentioned briefly on the resume and the names of the operations were not listed in detail.
Medium-risk operations generally take place in the wasteland attacked by secondary chelates. Mercury Needle needs to search and annihilate chelates in the wasteland; extreme-risk operations are mostly booby-trapped for aberrants. Like salvage operations, they always It is necessary for mercury needles to face the chelate tide head on.
"An average mercury needle will participate in 7 to 11 extremely dangerous battles in a lifetime." Ava said softly, "You have already far exceeded this number in the first five years of your official service.
"In the final analysis, this is all due to your special ability, which allows AHgAs to proactively intervene in many situations that could only be passively responded to. In the context of the regional coalition governments already having mature plans to deal with secondary chelates , we can annihilate the aberrants in the wasteland in advance, thus greatly reducing the threat of wasteland chelates to habitable areas.
"I believe that no matter who reads this resume, they will praise you for your many incredible achievements. But I have always had a doubt..."
Ava tapped her knuckles on the top of her resume.
"Hesta, tell me, why are you still a private?"
The military rank system of AHgAs directly follows the standards of the third district coalition government. The lowest military rank is corporal, then sergeant, staff sergeant, and then lieutenant, colonel and general officers.
Generally speaking, mercury needles are awarded the rank of corporal by default when they transfer from the reserve base, and outstanding graduates are directly awarded the rank of sergeant. AHgAs have internal assessments every year, and those with outstanding performance are promoted as appropriate. Mercury Needles like Hesta, who has been engaged in intensive battles on the front line, are usually promoted at an astonishingly fast rate.
"Private," Ava repeated the fact softly. She narrowed her eyes. "This means that you are still just an ordinary soldier, not even the lowest non-commissioned officer. You have refused all awards and awards. Why? ?”
Hesta said lightly, "...I'm not interested in these false names."
"False name?" A hint of sarcasm appeared in Ava's eyes again, "Hesta, this is not a 'fake name', there is real power behind it——"
"But what does this have to do with your plan to help me?"
Ava stood up from her seat and began to pace slowly on the thick carpet in the study room, "Few people dare to interrupt me, Hesta. I advise you not to be anxious, since you don't plan to take the initiative to tell the truth. , then listen to my analysis first."
Hesta sat on the chair, looking forward motionlessly, her expression unchanged.
"Once upon a time, you had a very good friend at the base named Liz Fletcher. She died in a rescue operation in 4627. The culprit of that tragedy was David Roger's youngest son— —Pierre Roger.
"In the third year after the incident, a girl named Rico Sol planned an assassination against him. Unfortunately, she failed. Her chip exposed her actions and location, so not only did she fail to kill He lost Pierre Roger and was permanently expelled from the Third District.
"Your common enemy is still alive, Hesta, but you have lost a companion."
"Who doesn't know these things," Hesta whispered, "The base has already evaluated my behavior pattern. I am not Rico, and I will not act impulsively."
Ava chuckled, "Really? But this failed revenge gave me inspiration, and it made me suddenly realize the reason why you refused to accept the title."
Hesta's eyes fell silently on Ava's ankle in the front left, and she could feel Ava looking at her at the moment.
"……What?"
"Your guardian is Chiba. This alone made you stared at by countless pairs of eyes when you first entered the base. Coupled with the subsequent public opinion war, the name 'Jane Hestad' and your... The close-up of the red-haired devil has already become famous in the fourteen regions.
"Although now as the secret weapon of AHgAs, all your combat actions are strictly confidential, but no one knows when this confidentiality will end - maybe when you can no longer fight, all your past events will Be exposed and you will be thrust into the spotlight like a hero.
"At that time, your red hair and your name will quickly remind everyone of who you are. No matter where you go, you will become the center of attention in the crowd...you will have nowhere to hide.
"That's the last thing you want to see, because you desperately need to be in the dark."
Hesta's eyes slowly moved up, and every word Ava said struck her heart accurately.
"What's the reason?" Hesta asked.
"Externally, like Chiba, you insist on fighting independently. Even in group actions, you never cooperate with the team. Instead, you complete your part alone and minimize contact with your teammates;
"Internally, you have been absent from every internal meeting so far. Even the technical review and commendation ceremony for your personal combat behavior... Of course, this is good, since AHgAs also hopes that you can hide it as much as possible As for identity, it is better to hide everything under your combat codename and your countless pseudonyms. The fewer people have seen you, the safer you will be.
"Qianye never cares about this. She is almost conniving at you."
Ava said, already walking slowly to Hesta, her hands were on the edge of the desk, leaning over slightly.
"Based on the above behaviors, I speculate that you are probably very resistant to being 'seen' by others. For some reason, you need a 'dark place' to hide yourself.
"If you do this after Fletcher's death, I can understand that you are preparing for the hand-killing of Roger. Rico has been exposed. As the next Avenger, you must be more careful - but you were seven years ago. If you have already done this, I can only think that you have other intentions.
"Now, you killed Fernand, a man who had almost nothing to do with Roger. I don't know exactly what provoked you, but this was probably one of your 'plans', I said Is that right?"
Hesta did not respond. She just stared at the quill placed by Ava on the pen holder not far away without saying a word.
"But I'm telling you, it's dangerous."
Hesta frowned and murmured to herself, "Really?"
"In order to take revenge, you turned yourself into a character with almost a single line of connection and actively marginalized your identity. This means that one day in the future, when you are drained of all use value, these things that originally belonged to you will Merits may suddenly be claimed by others, or even completely wiped out.
"If this day does come, it will be even more terrifying than being suddenly exposed to everyone. Not only will no one be able to bring justice to you, but no one can even guarantee your personal safety."
