The next day, at 8:37 on July 25, 2552, in the Noble (noble) team camp, I got up on time at 6 o'clock in the morning. Now that I had completed the morning training, the captain Noble No. 1 Lieutenant Colonel Carter, who had finished his breakfast, was there. After reporting on the details of the Visgrad Relay Station and the battle last night, and explaining in detail the reasons for the highest-level warning of 'winter emergency', today, he contacted their commander again - Huo Colonel Rand.
'...'
'Carter, I don't have much time. Do you have anything important to do? '
Obviously, Colonel Holland looked a little busy in the video conversation, so he was a little surprised and very impatient that Carter, the captain of the Noble Squad, contacted him again this early in the morning?
"Report sir!"
"I just want to know, have you read our report on the little 'survivor' girl we brought back yesterday afternoon? I want to ask, how do you plan to place her?"
To be honest, Carter himself was somewhat conflicted about that ignorant little genius girl. Although they brought her back from the Visgrad relay station yesterday, he seemed to have fallen in love with her after contact. The little girl who helped them a lot, and she also felt a little compassion, and wanted to send the other person to the other person's parents or relatives as soon as possible, away from the kind of tragic pain that the other person's age should not have to bear. War and suffering.
War is tragic and ruthless. Thinking about the training process of myself as a Spartan III, service number A259, thinking about the war with the Covenant over the years and the clear eyes of that little girl, In the end, it prompted him to answer the call with Colonel Holland.
'Placement? '
'Feel sorry! Noble 1, how do you want us to place her? '
Colonel Holland in the picture was stunned for a moment. After hearing that the other party actually asked this matter, he sighed and gave Carter a wry smile.
Of course he could smell the slightest hint of what his capable captain, the lieutenant colonel of his own Spartan team, was thinking. However, he said that he was a little helpless and that it seemed inappropriate for the other party to ask now. It's already a little late?
They had already made arrangements for the little girl, and now that the other party was trying to interfere, it was obvious that there would be no results.
'well……'
'You must also know that we have never encountered such a strange little guy. Let's not talk about her talents and abilities. Her identity alone will probably drive those ONI intelligence agents crazy. Got it! '
Because, even after conducting multiple investigations through the super artificial intelligence network and various means used for advanced data processing on Reach, ONI had to admit: that little girl, that eight-year-old girl named Anne Hastur, she was Reach, and even the entire human world, does not exist in the entire UNSC database!
That's right, it just doesn't exist...
After investigation, the final feedback given to Colonel Holland by ONI intelligence agents was: No such person was found!
Yes, the one who showed off his skills outside the Visgrad relay station used an SRS99 special-purpose sniper rifle picked up on the ground and several magazines of 14.5x114mm AP-FS-DS sabot-stabilized armor-piercing projectiles to lay the foundation for a small-scale war. The little girl who won the battle, performed as stunningly as the hand of God, and provided the Noble team with great long-range sniper assistance and support, she doesn't exist in this world at all!
At least, not in the database?
It is unimaginable that in today's extremely advanced science and technology, in this era where space navigation and colonization are possible, an eight-year-old girl does not have any birth records, medical records, enrollment records or anything else that can be traced. Records and proofs of even the slightest trace of identity?
To be honest, if that little guy hadn't been discovered and brought back by Ka'at, and the other party had indeed helped their UNSC a lot, killing countless Covenant soldiers who planned to destroy the Visgrad Relay Station, and it looked like If he was indeed a normal human being with blond hair and blue eyes, and there were no major problems in his basic physical examination, they would almost doubt whether he was some ulterior conspiracy prop of the Star Alliance!
"Of course I know, Colonel!"
"But that's not a big problem, is it? As for Annie's identity, it's just that she may have been smuggled from other planets, because Reach is rich and prosperous enough, compared to other remote and harsh places. For the colonies on Earth, the living conditions here are better, the job opportunities are greater, and you can make more money?"
"or……"
"At worst, she is just a family member of a certain rebel. As far as I know, our UNSC orphanage accepts many people like that. Besides, Annie is only a child now. She was also very helpful and I didn’t think that was a problem.”
"So, Colonel..."
Just as Carter was about to continue saying something, he was interrupted by Colonel Holland extending his hand during the video call.
'Noble No. 1...'
'If you can prove her identity, we will give her a proper placement, and we may even send her to her relatives or parents... But if not, you just need to let her stay in your home. She will stay in the camp for a while and wait for the final arrangements made by the UNSC Army's Third Special Operations Group and her superiors. '
'So, do you have any more questions? '
Colonel Holland is already a little impatient, because he is very busy now, and now that the Covenant infiltration troops have been discovered on Reach, this kind of thing is very difficult for the UNSC!
After all, the UNSC headquarters is right here on Reach, and with the importance of Reach itself, they are urgently deploying some tasks, and they don't have time to waste too much time with Carter on a little girl's problem. !
Although the little girl has extraordinary talents and so on, now is the critical moment of Reach. They will not waste too much time on such a little guy. That is what other non-combatants should care about. .
"Damn it!"
"Sorry, sir, I wasn't talking about you just now..."
"It's just that I don't understand, and you also know that we saw her kill at least dozens of Covenant soldiers with our own eyes, and she is indeed a human being. Do we need any more proof?!"
Carter became a little excited, and his voice involuntarily became higher. He obviously disagreed with some of the views of his boss, Colonel Holland.
'That's right! '
'That's the crux of it! '
'None of our intelligence agencies have been able to find out her identity, neither ONI's intelligence agents nor our UNSC Army's intelligence agents. So, where do you want us to send her? Is it possible that the rebel parents who were sent to her who didn’t know where they were or whether they were alive or dead were sent to her, so that she could turn their guns against us? '
Yes, so far, Colonel Holland is more inclined to believe that the little girl Annie is a family member of a rebel force active on Reach, rather than some inexplicable smuggler from another original colony to Reach. guest?
Because, five months ago, the rebels from Reach attacked the relay station in Harmony, shutting down the reconnaissance facility, and stole two transport ships from the dry dock!
Only the family members of the rebels can let the other party come into contact with weapons like the SRS99 special purpose rifle at this age, or even at a younger age, and be able to use them smoothly and correctly. Only the children of the rebels can There may be no records at all in the ONI and UNSC databases!
And for ordinary Hakka children who smuggled into the country, let alone being able to remain calm in that kind of environment, I'm afraid they don't even know how to load a weapon, how to open the safety and how to fire it, right?
Even if she fiddles around and successfully fires the gun, if the posture and method are wrong, the powerful recoil of the SRS99 special-purpose rifle will almost shatter her young shoulders with one shot, and there will be no chance for her to fire. He fired so many shots without missing a beat, performed so amazingly, and even surpassed a battle-hardened Spartan in shooting? !
"All right……"
"Sir, can I ask if you have any plans?"
After a short moment of silence, a somewhat frustrated Carter had to speak regretfully. Because, after hearing this, he already roughly knew what was waiting for the little guy.
'Carter! '
'I have a very good place for her here. Someone heard about her and was very interested in her! However, I am still a little hesitant about this, and I don’t know whether I should do it... Originally, I wanted to wait a few days until the investigation into the Covenant’s infiltration of Reach was completed, but since you asked now , then decide today! '
'so……'
'Lieutenant Colonel Carter, are you and your team members willing to believe in her and are you willing to jointly guarantee and recommend her? '
Colonel Holland didn't say how to arrange the little girl Annie's affairs, but suddenly asked.
"..."
"Yes, we are all willing. Sir, do you have any good suggestions?"
Although he didn't know why the other party suddenly asked that, after hesitating for a while, Lieutenant Colonel Carter said directly and firmly on behalf of his team members.
Because the little girl helped them no matter what, he felt that he and his team members should help each other no matter what. As for whether he would get into any trouble because of it, Then it doesn't matter! After all, their Spartan existence itself is a huge trouble and they are in trouble all the time. He has nothing to be afraid of.
'very good! '
'Then, she will be admitted to the New Alexandria Military Academy under special circumstances and become a new student! ! '
Colonel Holland did not make any further excuses, but directly stated his decision that he had not intended to say in such a hurry.
Originally, he planned to continue observing the little girl for a few days, and then make next arrangements after investigating the exact identity and more information about the other party. However, he suddenly felt that it would not be a good idea to let the other party mix with the noble team and have access to too many secrets in this wartime situation, so he temporarily changed his mind.
"But sir, I don't remember there is a military academy in Star Atlanta?"
'It didn't exist before, but it exists now! '
"what does that mean?"
'Lieutenant Colonel, don't you think you've asked too many questions? '
"Sir, what do you want to do?"
'...'
After staring at the reluctant Carter for a while, Colonel Holland finally laughed as if he had surrendered.
'Is such that……'
'An old friend of mine, he has always been 'interested' in the Spartan Project. There are some things that I shouldn't have told you originally, but since you are willing to vouch for and jointly recommend that little girl, let's talk about it. It doesn't matter. '
'In short, he is going to select some people and train a group of outstanding warriors, a group of warriors who are not inferior to your Spartans? '
'So, after seeing your report and knowing about the little girl, I have been urging me to hand over someone...'
'Maybe that's really a good choice for her? '
Colonel Holland, who was in the communication, spread his hands indifferently. After all, the little girl definitely couldn't stay in the Noble team's camp all the time, and it would be a waste to throw it into the orphanage. Therefore, the matter was basically decided like this. .
"!!"
"But sir! The practice of recruiting children into military academies has always been quite controversial..."
'okay! You'd better stop talking, you have no right to object! And as you saw yesterday, she has great potential! '
'This matter has been decided...'
'Or, if you can find her family, have her family file a protest with NUSC Naval Special Warfare? '
"..."
Carter was silent, because he knew that what Colonel Holland said was obviously impossible to happen, because they had no idea who the little guy's parents were and where they were now!
'by the way! '
'I can tell you in advance now that you will receive new tasks tonight at the latest, and there may be more arduous combat tasks waiting for you tomorrow. Now is not the time to be distracted by those small things! '
'Well, in two hours, I will send a Fighting Falcon helicopter to your camp and pick up the little girl to New Alexandria. You just need to be ready for the handover! '
'Don't worry, she will be well taken care of! '
"Sir..."
Carter opened his mouth, but finally said nothing, because he could see that Colonel Holland had already made his decision and he could not change anything.
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After a few minutes……
"..."
When Lieutenant Colonel Carter ended his conversation with Colonel Holland and returned to the team's lounge with a trace of regret and helplessness, the members of the Noble Squad were talking happily and making cheerful noises from time to time. laughter.
From this point of view, Noble 6 has gradually integrated into his team, which Carter is happy to see.
As for the little girl...
Well, the other party seems to be the object of entertainment and teasing for his team members now?
Think about it, in the gap between one tense mission after another, for the team members whose nerves have already been tense, there can be a blond, blue-eyed, cute and cute little girl in their camp at this moment. There's nothing better than chatting, laughing, bragging, and relieving those pent-up emotions with them.
'! ! '
'team leader! '
'Lieutenant Colonel? '
'Sir! '
'...'
At this time, when they saw their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Carter, coming out of the communication room, the members of the noble team who were talking stood up one after another and said hello to each other or looked at each other visually.
"??"
(????▽????)?
Anne didn't speak, she was still sitting in her seat, just looking at the other person curiously with her big green eyes. Because she was not very familiar with the serious Noble 1 and the lieutenant colonel captain, and she was not a soldier of the other party, so she felt that there was no need to salute or greet the other party.
'Well! '
'As you wish...'
Carter, who signaled to the team members that they were welcome and was not prepared to announce the mission at this time, pondered for a moment, finally stood in front of Annie and looked at the other party with complicated eyes.
"..."
(°ー°〃),
"Hi! Hello Carter, what's the matter?"
(˙-˙=???????)
She had absolutely no idea why the other party was looking at her with that strange look. After giving the other party a confused expression, Annie asked cutely.
"Annie..."
"Colonel Holland just said that you, a non-combatant, cannot stay in our camp because it involves secrets... Therefore, someone will pick you up in two hours, and you will be temporarily arranged to a place in New Alexandria. In a military academy until they investigate your origins and make new arrangements?"
"If you have anything to pack, maybe you can get ready now?"
Although he said that, Carter didn't think that the other party had anything that needed to be packed away, because when they brought the other party back from the Visgrad relay station, except for the other party himself and the SRS99 , there really is nothing more.
"Eh?"
(??????.??????)????????
Annie felt a little unbelievable. She felt that she had already performed a little and defeated so many hot aliens. So, shouldn't they cry and beg her to stay and then prepare a set for her? Is their beautiful Mjolnir armor the right one?
Why was it that now, after she had just stayed one night, he couldn't wait to get rid of her?
'team leader? '
'How is this going? '
'How did they arrange it? '
'Wow! It's over, as I just said, they are really going to do something bad to little Annie, and she will be trained miserably! '
"??"
∑(??△｀)? !
At this time, Annie became even more confused, and then she began to glance between the captain and No. 6 with doubtful eyes.
'Shut up! '
'Noble 6, don't scare her again! Catherine, go ahead and take her to pack something and get ready! '
To be honest, I'm afraid even Carter himself doesn't know why he brought the opponent back instead of leaving it to the UNSC reinforcements to arrange it... However, since Colonel Holland helped him give this little guy Having arranged the place to go, it's really not easy for him to interfere too much, because the little guy is just a passerby to them. It would be better for them to focus more on the Star Alliance now?
Because, he had a hunch that Reach would not be too peaceful in the next period of time, and they had to go all out and be ready!
'Okay, Lieutenant Colonel! '
'Hello! Little guy, I remember that you don’t seem to have anything to pack...but maybe I can give you some CR points so that you can buy some delicious MOA burgers in New Atlanta? '
"??"
(???????)????????
"But, sister Catherine, what is a moa burger?"
(??????)?
Annie didn't resist, and obediently let the other party hold her hand and walk towards the accommodation area of the camp behind.
'That's the tastiest thing on Reach! '
"!!"
=???????(??????*)
"So, where can I buy it?!"
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'...'
'New Alexandria must have...'
"Is it really delicious?"
(????﹃????)
'You may soon find out...'
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??(ψ｀??′)o??The planet Reach is still calm for the time being. Anyone who has tickets can throw it over soon??
