"..."
After staying briefly on the planet AN-5367 for less than an hour, the stealthy fast cruiser Normandy II finally returned to its original secret route, preparing to go to a mass relay to go directly to the Serpent Nebula. The Citadel!
Because she had just received an invitation letter from the Star Alliance Council and the Citadel not long ago.
After meeting Tali in the last mission, I am afraid that both humans and the Star Alliance and the Citadel Council have received the news that Shepard has returned from the dead... So, no matter what happens next, Whatever happens to Bao Bao, she must face it well.
"You guys continue to stare here and stay vigilant! I'm going out first. Remember to let me know if anything happens!"
Shepard glanced at the bridge, which was full of windows that could see the outside of the battleship and the battle command center. He looked at those around him who were manipulating huge holographic screens in their respective positions, busy processing those The crew members in front of the blue or yellow screen, which is full of information, routes, ripples, and various scanning feedback data, are busy. Even the huge Milky Way holographic group in the middle of the bridge is slowly rotating, and it is discovered that After she really didn't have anything to do with herself as the supreme commander and captain, she turned around and informed the first mate, then turned around and walked away, quickly leaving the bridge.
It was still some time before they reached their destination, and during this period, she could sort out some of the troublesome things on her ship.
For example...
What is the arrangement of the little girl Anne Hastur who was rescued by them?
Of course, these things are actually not urgent. After today's battle with those monsters, she was exhausted physically and mentally. She planned to go to the bar on the Normandy 2 to have a drink first to relieve the pain caused by the battle. That feeling of exhaustion and powerlessness when you fail!
That’s right!
Today, in the earlier battle, they had indeed failed...
If the little girl hadn't helped them in time at the last moment, I'm afraid that both Shepard and Miranda would have been caught off guard at this moment and fell directly to the claws of that powerful transformation monster. Bar?
well……
It would be great if the elites she was about to recruit could have the same shooting skills as that little girl... If that were the case, she would probably be even more concerned about the raid and investigation into the Collector's Star Territory. Are you confident?
For some reason, Shepard suddenly thought of this as he lowered his head and silently took the elevator down to the crew cabin on the second floor of his ship.
As for the outrageous thing of trying to keep the little girl to help her team, she couldn't even think about it. Doing that would also make them seem a little too incompetent!
Because, the other party is just a little girl, and there are some things that the other party should not be responsible for... Moreover, she, Shepard, can't bear to ask a little girl to do such dangerous things!
Furthermore, the opponent probably only has excellent marksmanship talent! But when performing missions, they have to fight in various complex terrains or space environments. The requirements for team members' personal physique, combat literacy and other abilities are very strict. A little girl who is only good at marksmanship , obviously unable to meet her requirements.
Even if the other party is really satisfied, I'm afraid Shepard will not really dare to ask a little girl to fight alongside them!
"Well?"
However, Shepard, who had just stepped out of the elevator and was walking towards the bar while thinking about various chores while casually nodding to the crew members who passed by and saluted her, heard something as soon as she walked to the open door of the bar. There were bursts of very lively discussion inside:
"Hey!"
"Have you heard? An incredible incident occurred when our Captain Shepard and Chief Miranda were on a mission on the planet AN-5367 half a day ago!"
In the relatively spacious bar, several male and female sailors of the Normandy 2 who had not been on duty or on duty for a short period of time were gathering together to relax and drink. A group of people sat around a square table. They talked casually and loudly, and even read their captain's name, so much so that Shepard outside couldn't help but frown in embarrassment and stopped, instead of choosing to walk in immediately to avoid interrupting their conversation.
She wanted to hear how the crew of her new ship would arrange her as the captain in private?
"I thought it was something. Of course everyone knows this: Captain Shepard and Chief Miranda, the two of them worked together to defeat hundreds of collector monsters and successfully rescued that lucky little girl. !”
"Yes, I've heard about this too. What a beautiful job!"
"Tsk, tsk...the two officers fought hundreds of enemies and killed each other. They are indeed the great heroes of our mankind, and the Shepard who saved the galaxy! If only I were half as good as them!"
"Haha... don't even think about it, you idiot!"
"Asshole! Who are you calling stupid?"
"Hey! Stop making trouble!"
"￥##! Do you have the guts to go to the fitness room and do some tricks later?"
"It's a deal!"
"..."
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After a group of people looked at the two drunk guys, they shook their heads and continued chatting. These people have now been rotated and repaired, and they have two full days and forty-eight hours of vacation. If they drink a little too much, as long as they don't get drunk and go out to cause trouble, there will definitely be no patrolling security officers to take care of them.
"Uh... give me another drink!"
"But think about it carefully. That broken planet has been abandoned for almost a year. I didn't expect that there are still living people surviving on it... I thought it was said in the Star Alliance information that there are only some monsters left. Just enough time to clean it up?”
"snort!"
"I can tell you secretly: It's not that they didn't have time to clean it up as the information said, but they didn't want to clean it up at all!"
"how do you know?"
"That's right! Don't say this nonsense!"
"It's okay to talk... We are not from the Star Alliance now..."
"Right!"
"..."
"Let me tell you, I served in the Star Alliance Marines a year ago! At that time... the superiors did send a squadron over, but after scanning and landing at the two gathering areas, it was found that there were no survivors. After that, those lazy guys just casually bombed a few times and then retreated, without any serious search and rescue or cleaning up!"
A crew member who seemed to be a former Starfleet soldier said bitterly.
Obviously, he is very dissatisfied with the Star Alliance's casual abandonment of a planet. Even if the environment of that planet is very bad, it should not be just a formality after thousands of humans were slaughtered by the collectors!
"Alas...that's our Star Alliance bureaucrat..."
"Hmph...if any of the high-ranking official's children were killed by the collectors, their attitude wouldn't be like that!"
"Come on! How could a son of a high-ranking official go to a planet with such a harsh environment?"
"Uh! That makes sense!"
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's continue talking about the big event just now. Is there anything we don't know yet?"
A group of people still gathered together and discussed loudly like that, and even attracted the attention of other crew members who were also sitting nearby drinking. Little did they know that their captain Shepard was standing by the door with his arms folded, eavesdropping!
"I bet you guys don't know about this yet!"
"I just heard the fat... lady from CIC who was monitoring the entire battle situation tell me that in fact, it was not our people who saved the little girl, but the little girl who saved our captain and Chief Miranda. !”
"Otherwise, our Normandy II will almost have to return and announce its disbandment!"
After picking up the wine glass in his hand and taking a deep sip, the bearded crew member who started the topic just now spoke with confidence.
"..."
"Hahaha, you really know how to joke!"
"That's right, how is this possible?"
"That's nonsense. She's just such a little kid. I just saw her in the corridor of the medical room outside. She looks like she is only seven or eight years old at most. How could she actually save two of our lives?" Sir?!"
"Huh, if you like spreading rumors, please stop it!"
"..."
"Is it possible that that little girl, who is really a powerful person with natural abilities, was able to save our two powerful officers from those monsters?"
"I don't believe it! You've also seen the updated monster illustrations of reapers and collectors, the kind of monsters with powerful shields, superpowers, and short-distance teleportation, the kind of corrupted Asha Beauty, the guy codenamed 'Banshee', besides the two officers Shepard and Miranda, who has the ability to defeat them?"
After being immersed for a while, the crew members started to make a fuss, obviously not believing the news that a certain crew member had just released, because it was very illogical.
"Don't talk about that little girl. Even if we come together, I'm afraid we will never be the opponent of that kind of monster. Even if we have heavy weapons, we may not be able to win!"
"Is that 'banshee' really that powerful?!"
"Of course! If we encounter Marines at close range, there will only be death!"
"..."
"I agree with this point of view, because I took over and stored those monsters!"
"Their corpses... are on our ship now! According to Chief Miranda, we need to find a suitable opportunity to transport them back to Cerberus's research institute for research in order to find ways to deal with them and methods that can hurt the other party. Weapons? It's just... I've seen their scan reports. Even if they are dead, the energy reaction level of the biochemical powers on the corpses is still very high, far beyond your imagination!"
"So I suggest you to be careful when encountering monsters like that in the future. Their powers... are terrifying!"
"..."
At this time, the words of a researcher scared the others into silence. They had seen the updated combat monster illustration in the Normandy No. 2 database, and they were still a little afraid of that kind of monster! Perhaps, only by using heavy land machinery or fighter planes to bombard the opponent with high intensity from a long distance can we easily break the opponent's biochemical barrier and kill the opponent, right?
"So it's obvious that what you just said is not credible. It is possible that the little girl sold the outrageous thing that saved our two officers!"
"Come on, let's have a drink first, why are you so serious?!"
"That's right, if you get angry, just treat it as a pastime."
"Ha ha!"
"..."
"Whether you believe it or not, this is the fact!"
"That little girl, she used an M-92 to save two officers under the siege of monsters! She shot one at a time and never missed. That's like a miracle!"
The crew member who started the topic was obviously very persistent about this matter. Seeing that others didn't believe it, he reiterated it again.
"Just blow it!"
"I do not believe……"
"I don't believe it either!"
"If you don't believe me, I'll knock you down! Let me tell you, there is something even more powerful! That little girl destroyed that monster aircraft that was chasing and attacking the UT-47 shuttle boat at high speed with one shot!"
"..."
"But, how come we heard that pilot say... that it was actually shot down directly by Miranda or Chief Shepard using superpowers?"
"That's what we heard too..."
"Pooh!"
"How can superpowers shoot down a high-speed aircraft more than a hundred meters above the ground? Do you believe this?"
"..."
"No matter what, it's more reliable than shooting a little girl with a gun!"
"That's right! I'm afraid that little guy can't even resist weapons, right?"
"That little guy, I've seen her height...it doesn't seem to be much taller than M-92?!"
"I think she can only drag her away, right?"
"definitely!"
"Hahaha……"
"Okay, stop talking, let's drink! Come on, cheers, for today's victory!"
"Victory? What victory?"
"Of course it was today's rescue mission. After all, we killed hundreds of monsters!"
"What does that have to do with us? When the spaceship went down, the battle was over. We were just there to pack up the corpses of those three monsters."
"That's a victory too!"
"All right."
"For victory..."
"cheers!"
"cheers!!"
"..."
Shepard thought for a while, but in the end he didn't pay attention to the drunkards who were talking, nor did he go into the bar. He just turned around and walked slowly through the door of the bar as if nothing had happened.
Now, she has changed her mind and wants to go to the hospital to check the situation first.
Miranda and Dr. Karin Jakovos are now checking the little guy's physical condition. The results must be available at this time, right?
"Hi! Miranda, how's it going?"
The spacecraft was not big. After passing through two passages, Shepard arrived at the medical center.
However, the little guy's voice is not seen here now. Miranda is just looking at a piece of data in her hand, while Dr. Karin Jakovos is busy on the personal computer nearby. Holding something.
"What else can I do? Dr. Jakovos said: That's a very normal kid!"
"Although there are some supernatural reactions, they don't seem to be very high at the moment. The main reason is that the physical fitness and nerve reaction speed have almost reached the limit that we humans can achieve..."
With that said, Miranda raised the holographic data terminal in her hand. She was just checking this somewhat incredible report.
"It's a bit incredible to say it... Through the analysis of the instrument, she is really just an eight-year-old little girl! But in terms of physical fitness, she is a whole level higher than you and me?! "
And this is the reason why Miranda has been staying at the doctor's place without going outside to rest and have fun! That little girl’s data is so weird that she needs to figure it out! Furthermore, Miranda felt that if this data was correct, she might need to give a good report to her superior, the leader of Cerberus, Jack Harper...or Mr. 'Illusive Man'. ?
"..."
"Are you saying that she is a reformer?"
Taking the information terminal that recorded the little girl's physical data from Miranda's hand, Shepard quickly browsed it at a glance, and then quickly frowned and asked.
"Absolutely not!"
"That cute little guy, she is a pure natural person! Her genetic information is purer than me, Miranda, and even you, Shepard, who came back from the emergency resurrection. She has no traces of enhancement or DNA modification. , and has not been affected by any abnormal radiation from any alien race!"
Dr. Karin Jakovos is very sure about this issue! It was a pity that the other party refused to draw blood for her, so she had no choice but to secretly take two hairs of the other party for research. But even so, the information she obtained was already surprising to her.
"She is really a natural warrior material, one of the best! I think our Cerberus training camp will definitely like her!"
Miranda, who was leaning against the bulkhead with her arms folded, rubbed her chin for a while, then suddenly smiled and expressed her thoughts.
That's right, that little guy, she plans to introduce them to the leader of Cerberus. As long as he is properly educated and trained, he will definitely be a super trump card in their hands in the future!
A sniper with that kind of talent will be very terrifying once he is seriously trained. It is definitely a nightmare that no enemy wants to face!
"..."
Hearing Miranda's words, Shepard was slightly unhappy.
Although she now has to work with Cerberus for a common goal, she doesn't want to give this kind of war orphan to that extremist organization and then be trained into another weapon that can only kill people!
"Ah!"
"After several years of systematic training, I think...she must be the most powerful warrior in the entire galaxy far surpassing everyone else! I'm really looking forward to it!"
As if seeing Shepard's reaction, Miranda continued to talk to herself as if on purpose.
"..."
"Okay, we have more important things now!"
"And I don't think it would be a good idea to let you Cerberus train this little girl!"
Finally, after Shepard let go of the terminal that recorded the information about the little girl Annie, he frowned and interrupted Miranda's teasing words, which were like talking to herself.
"Why?"
Miranda was puzzled. This Shepard wouldn't be so nosy, would he?
"You know what will happen to us humans and the entire galaxy if we fail!"
Shepard glanced coldly at Miranda next to him. Now the Reapers are about to harvest the galaxy, and it will definitely not be long! If their actions fail and they crush the cloth collectors and reapers, there will be no future for everyone!
"Yes, but I will file it and hand it in. How our Cerberus decides is not up to you or me!"
"..."
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"Uncle, is it true that you can't eat that big fish head?"
(???????)?
Seeing a big monster in the distance appearing on the holographic screen on the side of the canteen, Annie thought it was the raw material for some kind of dish? The other party is like a big toad or catfish that walks upright. It's really ugly!
"Little Annie!"
"I can make you whatever you want to eat, but please don't say such weird things! If word gets out accidentally, others will think that we earthlings are a cannibalistic savage race!"
Sergeant Gardner, the chef of Normandy No. 2, handed the little girl a plate of extraterrestrial delicacies he carefully prepared, and then whispered to her in a low voice.
"I made this for you. Eat it quickly and don't let outsiders see it, or you'll bother me again!"
For a cute little loli, Chef Sergeant Gardner still treats her very favorably! No, he secretly made several delicious snacks for the little girl without telling others!
