"Well……"
"well……"
"snort!"
In the ring area of the Citadel Space Station, in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling window in the aisle outside the Council Arbitration Office, the four council members of the four races were looking at the almost invisible people outside the window with different expressions. , a city in the Third Guard District that has been devastated by the war.
Now, the Turian army that had been fighting fiercely there for nearly half a month is withdrawing in an orderly manner, giving away the places that they spent a lot of manpower and material resources and killed countless elite soldiers to successfully capture... …
"..."
The blue-skinned Asari councilor has an expression on her face at this time. No one knows what she is thinking in her heart... This successful peace negotiation with the rebels can actually be said to be a success. It was made possible through the efforts of the Asari councillors. Of course, the other councilors did not object too much.
It's just that the other members of Congress didn't want to object, but they didn't dare to object...
"well……"
The Salarian senator with a small head and a pair of big eyes blinked his huge eyes for a while, looked at the situation outside the window, and sighed again helplessly.
Obviously, the Salarians don't want to see this kind of result...
Because, the conditions proposed by the traitorous Krogan leader were too outrageous and harsh for them... Not only did the other party want the entire Third Guard District, they actually named them Salarians and wanted them. Hand over all the 'Genophage' details?
This kind of thing makes the Salarian clan feel extremely embarrassed...
Thinking back then, it was indeed the Salarians who handed over the 'Genephage' biochemical weapon to the Turians during the Krogan War, which almost led to the complete destruction of the Krogan race. Extinction!
But now, after they hand over those things... once the krogan really develop an antidote to the 'gene phage', and then let the krogan regain that terrifying super reproductive ability , I am afraid that within a few hundred years, there will be a new Krogan war... That is without a doubt!
However, even if they thought of all the consequences in the future, even if they, the Salarians, were very dissatisfied with the outcome of the negotiations, they had to do that... because they could not afford the risk of losing the Citadel space station now. ...Compared to that rebellion, the risk of losing the Citadel is obviously more serious?
"Members of Congress, please listen to me!"
After struggling for a while, the turian congressman glanced hatefully at the turian soldiers and war machines in the distance who were dejectedly evacuating the third guard area on landing craft, and then turned to scan the other congressmen around him. .
Yesterday, a formal retreat order was issued. The Turians must complete a comprehensive retreat before tonight, and make the third guard area, which was recovered at great cost, vacant again, and then leave it to those damn thugs. !
In the future, I'm afraid this place will no longer be the third district city of the Citadel Space Station, but will become the 'Citadel Space Station Galaxy Free Alliance Autonomous Region'. That group of thugs actually really want to fight against the council.
"Do we really have to do that? Do we really have to compromise with that group of rebel thugs?"
"The conditions proposed by that Krogan Grant are simply naked blackmail!!"
Whenever I think of all the outrageous conditions put forward by the other party during the third negotiation yesterday, the Turian councilors gnash their teeth with hatred! If possible, he even wants the Turian army to kill all those thugs without leaving any one behind!
Because this time the riot at the Citadel Space Station caused an extremely serious blow to their Turian army and prestige!
It can be said that their turian face and dignity have all been lost...
In addition to their Turian staff who lost most of the C-SEC SWAT team and patrol team, they also lost thousands of soldiers in street battles in the guard area and the 'foundation' world, plus they were killed by the other party's damned The 'Super Ivan' nuclear weapon gave the Turian naval port and nearly half of the Citadel defense fleet a pot!
According to incomplete statistics, there are at least more than 100,000 Turians and several dreadnoughts stationed in the Turian military port far away from the Citadel space station, and there are countless other large and small ships! Until now, the accurate number of casualties in that military port has not been calculated.
It can be seen that under such heavy losses, the Turians not only got nothing in the end, but were secretly laughed at by the various tribes in the Citadel... How could they not hate this? ? !
You know, the Turians still have a blood feud with the Krogan people. From the Krogan War to the present, both sides are eager to put the other party to death! But now, those Krogans who were almost dead actually caused the Turians to suffer such heavy losses. How could they let it go?
"really……"
"We also know that this is not the best choice, but... Turian Councilor, do you have any better ideas now? If so, we will definitely consider it..."
Shaking his head slightly, not wanting to look out the window at the city that would soon no longer belong to the Citadel, the Asari Councilor turned his head to face the one who was still angry, even with a very serious expression on his face. The ferocious Turian Councilor asked with a wry smile.
This time, the third guard area was handed over to the gang of thugs to establish the so-called "free city". They, the Asari, were the ones who suffered the most!
You know, the Asari were the first to colonize the Citadel back then!
Therefore, in the third district in the distance, most of the Asari property is owned by them... Over the past hundreds of years, how many retired Asari people have successfully sold land in this galaxy's 'capital' to become She didn't even want to count the super rich people... But now, they had to give them away to those thugs in vain... Just thinking about this matter, she can know the future of her, a member of the Asari Council. , how much abuse and pressure will they endure in their Asari tribe?
Therefore, now this Asari councilor not only does not feel the slightest sympathy for the Turians' plight in his heart, but he also vaguely complains and hates them!
Because the C-SEC SWAT team and patrol team responsible for arresting smuggling are all Turians! She felt that it must be the inaction of the Turians themselves that allowed countless dangerous goods and weapons to be smuggled and flowed into the Citadel, which led to today's terrible consequences!
They Turians are all asking for it! The reason why this happened today is because they brought it upon themselves and dragged down the Asari people.
"snort!"
Obviously, the Turian Councilor was just venting his emotions, and he didn't have any better ideas.
"Everyone!"
"I think you all should also know that the greedy Krogan will never be satisfied like this! And our appeasement and compromise this time will only increase their endless greed... Who knows What outrageous demands will they make next?"
"What should we do then?!"
In fact, after the fusion weapons bombed the Turian military port a few days ago, the crazy Turian general and himself, a council member, suggested that the Citadel Council directly cut off the third guard area of the Citadel and abandoned that guard. District city, then let the Citadel Space Station fly away from this star field, and then gather troops to annihilate those thugs who dare to provoke the Citadel Council!
However, that motion was quickly dismissed after discussion...
That's because it would be a huge project to cut and discard an entire huge third guard area...
In short, that kind of movement is definitely not small, and it cannot be completed in three to five days! And once the thugs discover it, who knows what serious consequences it will have?
so……
After the discussion, the council had to give up the idea that seemed very tempting, and finally had to give in and begin to formally compromise with the thugs, even if the other party's request was a bit outrageous, even if they themselves were actually very unwilling, But it had to be done.
"Please don't be blinded by anger, Turian Senator..."
"Of course we know what you said... We have actually discussed these things many times... But now we have to do that because we have to temporarily stabilize them!"
"Otherwise the consequences will be..."
Otherwise, Senator Salarian didn't say anything clearly. He just drooped the eyelids of his huge eyes, lowered his head slightly and sighed.
That Krogan thug, that guy named Grant, has terrifying weapons of mass destruction in his hands. Once detonated here in the Citadel, it can directly threaten the Citadel Space Station and the Thousand Thirteen people living in this space station. The lives and property of millions of residents are safe!
Therefore, they will never have a better choice except compromise.
That Krogan Grant, the other party does not need to have the power to defeat them, but only needs the courage to die together. They have to satisfy most of the other party's 'blackmail' that is not too outrageous... Otherwise, once the other party is unable to What should they do if they are satisfied or feel threatened, threaten or actually want to detonate that terrible fusion weapon?
"alright!"
"We have reached a conclusion on this matter, so don't waste time arguing about it now! Let's think about the future..."
"Actually, it's not bad to do this for the time being... From now on, we can either use gentle means to slowly influence them, tie their interests to the Citadel, and impose corresponding restraints and supervision on them; or, we can Find a suitable time to completely remove their threat?"
After saying that, Councilor Asari himself shook his head mockingly.
The idea is good, but it will definitely not be easy to implement... After all, no one is a fool. The Krogan will definitely take strict precautions against those three fusion bombs in a short time, even if it really has to deal with those The thugs must also be patient and plan and arrange slowly until new opportunities arise, until they confirm those three damn fusion bombs and are confident of disabling their detonating devices!
However, it will definitely be a long process and cannot be easily solved in a short time.
"Yes, Councilor Asari is right."
"We have no other better choice now. We have to temporarily abandon this third guard area... As for whether those thugs will make more excessive demands in the future, we can only discuss it at that time..."
Taking one last look at the Third Guard District in the distance, which was being abandoned by Turian soldiers, Senator Salarian sighed with gloomy eyes, intending to end today's meaningless topic, then leave here and simply take a look. Not seeing is pure.
No matter what, things in the third guard area have become a foregone conclusion!
Although those thugs lost in the end and suffered heavy casualties under the encirclement and suppression by Turian soldiers, they got everything they wanted! The Citadel Council has now been forced to make major concessions on this matter. No matter how much we continue to argue, it is meaningless unless someone can take away the three large-yield coins left by the Krogan. fusion bomb!
"..."
Anderson from the Human Star Alliance has been holding back and has not spoken, because this matter does not have much stake in them as humans, let alone the entire city that is currently sending out the Citadel space station and can accommodate millions of people. Even if they give away another piece, it doesn't matter to their Star Alliance.
After all, their Star Alliance is still too young compared to the Citadel Union... In the Citadel Space Station, which is equivalent to the 'capital' of the galaxy, most of the humans from the earth basically cannot afford it. Land or real estate... So, of course, Anderson would not feel too much about giving away other people's things.
"Feel sorry!"
"Members of Congress, please wait a moment, I have some important matters here!"
Seeing that Councilor Salarian and the Asari councilor were about to turn around and leave, Anderson finally couldn't help it after struggling for a while, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind to talk about a more important event at this time.
"That's actually what happened!"
"Didn't we restore Shepard's position as 'Citadel Ghost' some time ago? Now, she has made major new discoveries in the World God Galaxy! She has captured some collector monsters and successfully destroyed them. A Collector's ship, and now the crashed ship is under the control of our Star Alliance!"
"I believe that soon, she will be able to find conclusive evidence of the connection between the Collectors and the Reapers!"
"We can then..."
Anderson completely ignored Advisor Udina who was winking at him, and just excitedly talked to himself. In fact, even he himself did not expect that Shepard and the others would do such a good job. In one fell swoop, they caught the tail of a group of collectors in the 'Horizon' colony of the World God Galaxy, and also successfully captured a alive and... Destroyed the opponent's spaceship?
"You mean... soon?"
"So, it is obvious that we can only barely confirm the existence of the so-called 'Collectors', but there is still not enough evidence to show that they are related to the 'Reapers' you made up?"
"I'm not surprised by this..."
Congressman Salarian, who was about to leave, turned his head and stared at the human Congressman Anderson who was looking excited. Then for some reason, he stared at him curiously for a moment, and finally regretfully. Shaked his head.
"Okay, Congressman Anderson..."
"We have more important things to deal with now. There are enough things here in the Citadel. Please don't mention it again about the World God Galaxy! Unless...you get enough ironclad evidence to convince us?"
"Sorry, we have to excuse you."
Councilor Asari politely said a few words to Anderson, then turned around and whispered something with Councilor Salarian, walked slowly away together, and disappeared through an automatic hatch. after.
Councilor Asari didn't want to pay too much attention to the Collector's affairs... because hundreds of years ago, the Citadel had received a report from the Turians about unknown creatures attacking colonies in the World God Galaxy. …Now, it doesn’t seem surprising that those mysterious and dangerous races have once again come out to cause trouble and attack humans?
Besides, they had already warned humans about the World God Galaxy and the Omega 4 relay. They had to colonize such a chaotic and dangerous place, outside the law enforcement authority of the Citadel. They will definitely not take care of the place!
"Hmph! Please give way!"
Seeing the other two congressmen leaving, the turian congressman also turned his head and looked coldly at the two humans standing aside. He was not in a good mood. He didn't even want to say polite words. He just snorted and squeezed arrogantly. The two of them drove away quickly in the other direction.
This time, the Turian made a big mistake here in the Citadel. He had to find a way to clear himself of his responsibilities first. Otherwise, in a few days, he would have to pack up and go home, completely staying away from this beautiful place. place.
"this……"
"How could they, how could they do this?!"
Seeing the irresponsible and evasive attitude of the three council members, Anderson suddenly felt confused and dumbfounded...
Now the threat of the Reapers to the galaxy has become more and more serious, and the Collectors who are closely connected with the Reapers have also begun to become active in the Realm Galaxy, plus Saren, Overlord and Geth two years ago... Anderson seems to see Now, a huge conspiracy is shrouding all the races in the galaxy. Various circumstances have shown that the Reapers are likely to come back again. By then, no one will be able to survive the powerful enemy!
But now, these guys can still ignore it? !
"Anderson!"
"Look what you've done now?!"
"I told you a long time ago that this matter must not be brought up in the near future, because the time now is not suitable at all!"
After all the council members were gone, and only Anderson and Udina were left here, Udina gritted his teeth, took two steps forward, stared into Anderson's eyes, lowered his voice and spoke coldly. He sneered fiercely.
He finally understood that this council member with a former military general background was simply an idiot who failed in politics!
Udina naturally attaches great importance to the information Shepard investigated and obtained. Even the Star Alliance is now discussing it specifically, but... such a good card should never be used at this time. In the Citadel, he has already Bring it up when you have no time to take care of yourself and are messed up by the riots!
He had warned Anderson before...
But who would have thought that the other party actually said it at this inappropriate time? Look, this guy finally got the worst result he wanted! The other members of the Council didn't want to pay attention to that matter at all, and they lost all the gains that Shepard gained when he desperately went to rescue Horizon.
"But now that the threat of the Reapers is imminent, I have to do that!"
"Udina! Compared to the Citadel Space Station, isn't the safety of the entire galaxy more important?!"
Anderson also stared at his advisers with some irritation and growled in a low voice. He just wanted to kindly remind those congressmen, but who would have thought that they would still be so stubborn? !
"Threat? Ha!"
ridiculous……
"Anderson, let me tell you this: Right now, even our Star Alliance is hesitant and unable to deduce the truth of the matter, and why do you think you can take those specious facts at such an inappropriate time? 'Evidence' to convince the Citadel Council?"
The matter of 'Horizon' and all the information, images, monster corpses, living bodies, spaceships, and the testimonies of Star Alliance officers, soldiers and residents after the colony was captured, etc., have been submitted to the Star Alliance headquarters by Shepard as soon as possible. ! However, the Star Alliance is still in the process of research and intense demonstrations. Those high-level officials who are willing to believe that there must be a connection between the 'Reapers' and the Collectors are probably less than one-tenth, right? !
Because of this, he warned the political idiot in front of him long ago: At this time, unless the army of reapers appears directly in front of the castle, otherwise, those congressmen will never believe them. It really exists!
Even if this matter really has to be brought up, the time should be chosen better, but no matter what, it should not be at the worst time when the energy of the Citadel has been completely involved by the rioters!
Udina didn't understand. Even if the Reapers really came out to harvest various high-level civilizations in the galaxy, they wouldn't just harvest the Star Alliance and humans first. The Asari, Serarians and Turians would all be harvested first. What's the use of Anderson being anxious when he's not in a hurry?
"..."
Anderson did not continue to speak, but stared coldly at Udina, who was currently teaching the convicts a lesson in his capacity as a consultant. It's not unreasonable for him to hate this kind of politicians, and of course, that includes the other Citadel Council members!
"So, obviously!"
"Anderson, you messed everything up! With just one word from you, all Shepard's efforts were wasted!"
"Although you are a good chief, you are not a qualified council member!!"
Udina continued to criticize mercilessly, regardless of Anderson's face gradually turning red.
"I'm still saying what I said before: Although Shepard elected you as a councilor... But, Anderson, you are not suitable for the Citadel at all. You are not a qualified politician! And you should return to your position as soon as possible. Let’s fight your battle in the Starfleet Navy!”
"I think... it's time for you to consider finding a suitable opportunity to resign and give up this position of council member to me, who is more suitable?"
"Here in the Citadel, your military's tactics will not work!!"
After saying that, Udina no longer looked at the purple and ugly face of a certain Star Alliance admiral and his trembling fists. He waved his hands and turned away bitterly, leaving the huge corridor to stay. The other person is alone.
"..."
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After excellently completing the 'Horizon' rescue mission assigned by Cerberus Illusive Man, successfully shattering the Collector's conspiracy, rescuing almost most of the colonial people and annihilating all the invading enemies, Normandy II was only repaired. After two days, they left the colonial planet and began to return to prepare to deal with their harvest.
In addition to obtaining collector equipment that is similar to the geth technology but more advanced back then, and inferring that collectors and geth, or collectors and "reapers" are inevitably connected, Shepard and the others also obtained more Something of value:
In a material warehouse on Normandy 2, it is filled with frozen dormant pods.
Inside, the collectors that Shepard and the others had managed to capture and who were still alive were being frozen and imprisoned! They include the blue ordinary corpse puppets, poisonous sac monsters, collector soldiers that look exactly the same, as well as the killed collector 'harbinger' elites and collector archons!
Except for those dangerous guys who would explode if they were not careful, and they did not dare to take them in, and there were no troublesome corpses for them to store as specimens, they basically kept one or two of all the corpses of the collectors!
In short, they caught a lot of collectors and froze them to fill the entire cabin! They even captured a guy who looked like the leader of the collectors!
"..."
"Commander Shepard, the leader of the Collector inside is very special... Its abilities are unparalleledly powerful, and its danger level is very high! I suggest... you'd better 'deal' with it now?" "
Dr. Modin Sollers approached a large modified cryo-sleep chamber and looked through the transparent glass at the collection of objects that were being trapped in liquid nitrogen pressurized freezing and related facilities with traces of white gas coming out of it. Or monster... Then, he thought about it, finally shook his head, and suggested to Commander Shepard who was following him.
Because, this monster's superpower is really too powerful...
When his detection equipment is close to the opponent, it is directly at the ridiculous full value, making it completely impossible to estimate the opponent's true power level? Judging from the Collector 'Archon' they met before who could fire eye-edge lasers, this collector's big boss would definitely not be any worse.
Once this kind of existence gets out of trouble, it will be a disaster!
"You mean... you want me to kill it directly?!"
After being stunned for a while, Shepard finally came back to his senses and roughly understood what the other party meant by 'deal with'... It seemed that Dr. Mordin wanted to kill the Collector leader they had managed to capture alive. ?
"No, absolutely not!"
"We worked so hard to catch it. If it hadn't been seriously injured when the spacecraft crashed, we might have had no choice but to kill it!"
This weird thing in front of her was the living evidence that she had finally collected. Whether it was handed over to the Citadel or taken to Cerberus to study torture information, it was very valuable. How could she just kill it casually? Lose?
It's alive, but it's definitely more valuable than dead!
Now, the colonial residents and Star Alliance Navy soldiers who were captured and kidnapped by the Collectors were all rescued from the crashed Collector spaceship. The fight to take advantage of the situation was not too difficult.
Although the casualties calculated by the colonial people afterwards were not small, there is no doubt that they did win! They successfully shattered the Collectors' conspiracy. Both they and the Star Alliance Navy that arrived later captured many Collectors alive and directly obtained a relatively complete Collector spaceship! And now, this guy who seems to be the Collector General is their biggest harvest, the trophy they managed to steal secretly from the hands of the Star Alliance Navy.
"So this is ah……"
"But, Commander Shepard, what do you want me to do? Do you want to dissect it...or study something about it?"
Since Commander Shepard was unwilling to kill this powerful monster easily, Dr. Mordin himself had no good solution and could only look at the heroine of the galaxy with questioning eyes.
When almost most people were unwilling to believe in the existence of collectors and reapers, it was this human woman who was running around risking her life, shattering the enemy's plots one after another, and even actually died for it once... Therefore, Dr. Modin felt that this was a truly noble human being who deserved to do his best to serve the other party.
"neither!"
"I need you to allow me to have a normal conversation with it while ensuring safety! Are you sure you can do that?"
Shepard doesn't care about dissection or research. She just wants to know what she wants to know from the other person's mouth, that's all!
But……
This collector leader cannot be released easily. If he is released casually, with the other party's superpowers, something big will happen! Those mindless corpse puppets and collector soldiers who were not afraid of trouble seemed to have insufficient communication skills, which made her constantly troubled by this matter.
From the fact that the dead collector 'Archon' could talk, she knew that the leader of the collector must have what she needed in his mind!
"You want to communicate with it...?"
"Hmm... It's not impossible... I think I should be able to pierce the probe into this guy's brain while it's frozen, and then locally activate it to amplify its brain waves... And if their biological makeup is the same as If most creatures in the galaxy are the same, then I should be able to do what you want to do, Commander!"
Regarding technical matters, especially regarding biology, Modin is a very authoritative Salarian! Otherwise, Cerberus's Illusive Man wouldn't recommend him to Shepard.
"But, what's the point?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, please forgive me: You should know that in a short period of time, we may not be able to communicate in any form with this creature that we have never seen before... Translating the language of the new race is a huge project. , based on our Normandy No. 2, it will take several months no matter how little."
For Dr. Modin, who is proficient in biology, to have limited communication with an immobile monster is simply a trivial matter! However, communicating with unknown species is not an easy task. It requires the comparison and translation of a large number of unfamiliar words, and this requires the cooperation of the other party.
Otherwise, the language barrier will become an obstacle to communication!
"No! We don't need any translation! Edith's database should directly allow us to communicate normally with each other!"
Shepard said decisively, her tone was very determined and confident.
"No need for translation...?"
"Unfortunately, Commander, I don't think any of us can communicate with it, not even the artificial intelligence EDI! Because they should be a brand new species, and I have never seen a creature like this before. "
Modin once again looked at the prisoners who were frozen in the life-support cabin and separated by the glass cover, and then looked at the other soldiers who were similar to the other party, and then he came to his own conclusion: Obviously, this is definitely a brand new Species, except for those corpse puppets, the others should all be of the same race. This can be guessed from their triangular heads and two pairs of eyes.
"Because they are the 'Protheans' harvested by the Reapers 50,000 years ago! It was the Reapers who turned them into this, and then wanted to use them to harvest us?!"
"As for the Prothean writing and language, I think Etty from the Normandy can definitely translate it for us!"
Shepard is now almost certain: these collectors are undoubtedly the 'Protheans' harvested by the reapers in the previous reincarnation! This can be inferred from the beacons she has seen before, as well as from the Prothean ruins, language, writing, etc. that have survived to this day.
And what she heard on the battlefield before, the language spoken by the monster that was killed by little Annie, after Edi compared it, she has also determined that it is the language used by the 'Protheans'!
And this seems to vaguely explain the relationship between the Collectors, Protheans and Reapers.
This is just like what she just said... Fifty thousand years ago, the Protheans, who almost dominated the entire galaxy, were defeated, harvested and transformed by the Reapers. And fifty thousand years later, these transformed monsters began to become active. Come on, if you make a bold guess, it is possible that the Collector is the forward of the Reapers? !
"Prothean...I think about it, it turned out to be like this?"
"This is really shocking information... Well, Commander Shepard, you can send someone to move it to my laboratory. You will be able to communicate with it without any obstacles by tomorrow at the latest. !”
"Of course, only in terms of language."
With eyes wide open in surprise, he once again leaned in front of the glass and looked at the collectors inside for a while. Then he walked aside and looked at the other collectors who looked very similar to each other, but the extent to which the leader of the collectors had been transformed. After looking at the different ordinary collector soldiers for a while, Modin nodded with satisfaction.
That's right, although there are many traces of transformation, these collectors, especially the collector soldiers who have been transformed to a relatively low degree, are very similar to the characters in the Prothean ruins materials that Modin has seen. Features like...a big triangular head and two pairs of eyes...are really easy to identify.
"In addition to the guy you need, Commander Shepard, I also need these, and these..."
"Move all the corpses of these collectors to my laboratory!"
"Tonight, as long as I dissect and study their specific structures, by this time tomorrow, I can do what you asked me to do, Commander."
Reapers, Gatherers, and Protheans...
Modin felt that the great discovery of a century was about to be revealed by him! Maybe, they can really become the saviors of the entire galaxy?
"Very good! I'll make arrangements now!"
Hearing that Mordin was confident, Shepard finally let go of his worries. She believed that as long as she could have a normal conversation with the collector leader who seemed to be very intelligent and could even speak Prothean, she would be able to get a lot of valuable information!
"ah!!"
"Kayden...is that you? Aren't you supposed to be stationed at the Horizon colony? Why did you end up on my Normandy II?"
As soon as he went out, Shepard couldn't help but exclaimed when he met an acquaintance.
She clearly remembered that when they defeated the Collectors and spent two days repairing in Horizon, the Cayden Aranko whom they rescued from the Collectors' spaceship should have returned to the Star Alliance Navy to report... ...Why did he appear on her spaceship now?
When did this guy get on her ship, and who approved it?
"Report!"
"Commander Shepard, since you are dealing with the Collectors and the Reapers, I, Kaiden, will join in!"
After giving Shepard a serious salute, Caiden Alanko, still wearing the Star Alliance military uniform, stood at attention and loudly reported to his former commander Shepard.
"But……"
"Are you sure? I am not a lieutenant colonel of the Star Alliance, nor am I a ghost of the Citadel. I am now working for Cerberus..."
After hesitating for a moment, Shepard told the other party the truth truthfully. She had to make this clear. She didn't want to cause any conflicts in the future because of this matter.
"I don't recognize Cerberus, and I don't care whether you are a lieutenant colonel or a ghost. I only know you, Chief Shepard!"
"Please let me return to the team, Commander Shepard!!"
Kaiden Alanco still stood at attention and said loudly with a serious expression. Obviously, he must have made a decision now that he is already on the spaceship.
"All right……"
"Now, I agree to your request for admission! But I can't give you any military rank or position, and even the salary is difficult to guarantee... Regarding this, Caiden Alanco, can you accept it?"
Shepard is very clear about Kaiden Alanco's ability. Not only does the opponent have outstanding fighting ability and skilled skills, but he is also an old subordinate of hers. He is a person who knows everything about him and can trust his back on the battlefield. Leave it to the other party's existence, so for Shepard who is in urgent need of capable men now, the other party's joining is the best thing.
"No problem, Commander!"
"As long as it is your order, even if it makes us associate with Cerberus terrorists, I will gladly accept it!"
As long as he can fight under the hands of his Chiefs Hepad, work together to protect them humans and protect the Milky Way, he will not have any complaints!
Furthermore, in recent years, he has specially worked with those defensive planets under the stars. He has enough Kaideng to have enough. He is still yearning for the day of the year. Sale, to fight against the bloody fighting life.
Although they are rarely seen now, they seem to have shrunk back, and Sale's conspiracy has been completely crushed ... However, the more powerful collectors and the harvester behind the collectors came out again. He must follow his chief, whether it is Chiefs Xuepad, who admires or for their own homes, he must go to fight and fight!
Even if it fails, it is better than the dying on a tattered planet!
"Hello!"
"You, the Star Alliance Navy, what happened to us Ceperors, are we so unbearable as you think?!"
Just here, Miranda heard the new one, and even said that they were terrorists, and she was immediately angry. Like an angry lioneer, she walked quickly and pressed it with one hand and pressed it with one hand. The opponent's chest pushed fiercely, provoking the cold eyes staring at the guy who seemed to be Kaiden Alanko.
When the officer of this Star Allianan still remembers that when Normandy No. 2 is about to rise and leave the 'Horizon' colony, she is approved by Miranda to approve the other party to board the ship. Disclosure of Ceperuus? !
"..."
Kaiden didn't fight back, but just looked at the hot woman.
In fact, he did not have much prejudice to Ceburnes ... On the contrary, when he was responsible for the residence in the "Horizon", it was the colonial residents of the Cexbuscis to him Kaiden and other Star Alliance soldiers. There are prejudices, but those residents are hostile to their Star Alliance Navy!
Otherwise, the Lilith in the colonies should have been won by him long ago.
"Okay, Miranda, why do you go?"
Although it was from Cebobus, he was compared with himself and his cooperation on the battlefield was relatively tacit. Hepad asked curiously.
Because, she can see, the face of the other person seems to be a bit right?
"Oh! I am looking for the little guy of Annie, do you know where she is now?"
Seeing that Kaiden did not dare to oppose himself, Miranda could only hinder Schipard's face temporarily spare the other party.
"this……"
"I seem to see her eating in a restaurant?"
After recalling it a little, Schipard quickly remembered where the little guy was.
"Thank you! I just go and clean up that little bastard!"
To thank Schipard, Miranda shouted directly and left.
"..."
"Miranda! What happened to?"
Seeing Miranda's clarity was a bit incorrect, and walked towards the elevator quickly, Schipad was confused, so he asked with a lot of inscriptions.
"I asked the little guy to give me a little bit of souvenirs that gave us the" Horizon "colony and gave her the authority of picking up the goods. But now, I have waited for a long time, and I didn't even see her shadow! "
"Maybe your part is gone. I heard the military officer said that she seemed to have abused my power to receive all the share, all !!"
Thinking of this matter, Miranda is still a bit uncomfortable! The little guy who eats the solitary food is a bit too much to do this time. Those good things should leave them a little or less?
But the little bastard poured well, and used the authority she gave, and all of them led away all at once! She also said that she ordered Miranda? She dared to swear that she would definitely not let that guy do that!
"..."
Well, Xuepad originally thought that he could continue to eat those specialty soil specialty products produced in the "Horizon" at night, but now, I am afraid that there is no hope ... because the colonies who were attacked by the collector were not produced by the colonies who were attacked by the collector. Too much, it is only a few years to settle on the planet's test on that planet, and they just give them a little gratitude to them.
"Still forget it, Miranda?"
Schipad felt that Xiao Annie was also a strong guy in the battle of the "Horizon" colonial. The little guy who made great contributions was also possible to give a little extra preferential treatment.
"Huh, don't care! I must teach that dishonest guy!"
"..."
"Let's go, Kaiden, go with me to find a few people to help Dr. Modin carry something."
Holding his head funnyly, Xuepad waved his hand to let this newly entered Kaiden follow herself. She was going to find a few people to help Dr. Modin's busyness. Standing around the laboratory in case!
As for that little Annie, let Miranda and the other party make trouble ...
"yes!!"
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Normandy No. 2 is not too big, and it is not too difficult to find someone ... So, when Schipad was busy, Miranda successfully caught a certain table at the restaurant and caught a certain table. A hateful little guy!
'Tibes ...'
'Why does this big sister Miranda wait for me so much? People don't seem to do anything bad recently? '
Annie secretly communicated with her little bear in private.
At this time, in front of her, when Miranda found herself, she sat at the opposite side of her table and stared at her nose, and she kept holding her arms at her. She must have didn't press any kindness!
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"Little guy, don't you plan to say something?"
I confronted each other for a while, looking at a little bastard's innocent cute eyes, and finally, Miranda couldn't help but speak.
"say what?"
"Oh ... Sister Miranda, have you had lunch? It's too late if you haven't eaten it, because now it has exceeded the meal time of the restaurant, you have to eat something else, you have to spend money to buy it yourself?"
After thinking about it for a while, Annie, who really didn't do anything bad, bit her fingers, licked some of the taste worthy of nostalgia above, and tentatively tentatively said.
"..."
"Booth children are wrong! Little Annie, you should not pretend to be a name of me and Xuepad to cheat things!"
This is why Miranda is going to hold this incident. She doesn't want this little guy to learn crooked, let alone go to pit!
"Huh?"
"I didn't cheat things! You asked me to get things, and I said directly to help you bring you out the a few copies at the same time, and then the little aunt in the warehouse gave me it ..."
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In this matter, Annie said it at the time, and there was authority. Where did you deceive?
"Oh? Help? Okay, what about what I let you take?!"
Miranda, who knows that the other party will definitely quibbles, squints and asked.
Although she didn't care too much about those things, some bad habits could not be learned by this naughty bastard!
"Of course I was eaten by me!"
"Then what else do you have to say?"
"I let you go that, but you take it all, and you still eat it?!"
Miranda was so angry that he patted the table and said fiercely.
The abuse of permissions, deceiving and concealment, supplies, stealing alone, and so on, all of which are unbearable by Miranda!
"I only agree with it, but I can help you get it out, but I didn't say that I would not eat it together!"
Think about the deliciousness of eating light in one breath. Although she had been full, Annie still couldn't help wipe the mouth of the corner of her mouth inadvertently.
Those things are delicious, but it is less ...
"You guy!!"
