"[Ambassador Waller Fantar Tox has successfully completed his visit to the Star Alliance and is about to return to the Citadel. During the visit, Mr. Tox inspected our economic operations, cultural development and industrial production projects
, achieved relatively satisfactory results, and stated that they would cooperate with Star Alliance on corresponding projects.]"
"[The official spokesperson of the Star Alliance stated that this is another major progress that we humans have made after joining the Galactic Alliance, the largest interstellar cooperation organization in the Milky Way. It also expresses to the interstellar society that humans love peace and seek common development.
The determination to cause trouble, but never be afraid of it.】"
"[Next, let us turn the camera to the First Fleet battle group that escorted Ambassador Waller away...]"
Bang, the nine-tailed fox closed the live report on the wall and turned to look at Jack:
"You and your people did a good job. Although there were some minor mistakes, because this space station is under our control, all the things that should not be spread out were not leaked, and by the way, some people who were planning to spread it secretly were caught.
The Message Rat.”
So, every time you go to a place, you control it first, just so that if something happens, you can directly block the news? If SSR hadn't been so powerful, it would have been scolded to death.
"Sharon..." Jack was a little worried about Ambassador Waller's request for bodyguards.
"Don't worry, if there is no such thing as 'enlightenment', Star Alliance might just do her a favor. After all, this is the job of an agent." The nine-tailed fox shook his finger: "But since we are protecting
The fat man uncovered so many hidden rebels in his process, so as a handful of 'trustworthy people', they will only be raped."
"Forget it, how can we carry out the mission if we pay for it?" Jack spread his hands.
"..." The nine-tailed fox raised her red-rimmed glasses, narrowed her eyes slightly and stared at Jack: "I couldn't tell whether you were joking or really think so. This is a good start," Phantom
Mr. People."
"Well, who knows?" Jack said enigmatically.
Although the title "Illusive Man" may give people the feeling of "having no sense of existence", "just watching" and "the mastermind behind the scenes", it's still pretty cool if you think about it carefully.
Moreover, I am not only able to watch, I can also fight when needed. If someone plans to implement a decapitation tactic and finds out that he is kicked out of the iron plate, it will feel like, tsk tsk.
"It seems that you are very confident," the nine-tailed fox folded his hands and leaned back on the chair: "Then, I will leave the task of capturing Ivan and containing the indoctrination items to you."
Sure enough, she came specifically to say that she wanted to test the strength of "Cerberus", but in fact she was still giving guidance and checking for omissions. Now she was probably convinced that her new department could run smoothly, so she was ready to succeed.
Retreat.
But there is no need to say this speculation, otherwise she will probably become angry or something.
"No problem at all." After thinking for a moment, Jack nodded in agreement.
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A moment later, Landru's mansion was transformed into a barracks.
"Hey, sir, is there an urgent mission? Shall I tell the guys to assemble?" Gawain, who was on duty at the door, saw Jack coming, so he saluted him and asked.
"Indeed, but it's not urgent. I plan to chat with everyone first." Jack shook his head, returned the greeting and walked in.
Although Horizon has a regular military camp, and the station commander only neglected his duties, and the crime was far from the level of ransacking a home, who allowed a bunch of things to get crowded together and explode.
When passing through the previous bases and space stations, Cerberus had basically nipped all the problems in the bud. Ambassador Waller didn't notice anything, but this time Crossbones caused a huge commotion, which directly caused Waller to
The ambassador experienced a blockbuster-like period of explosions, gun battles, escapes, car chases and emergency rescues.
Should we say that it is worthy of being the actual suzerain civilization of the turians, which are famous for their warlike nature? At that time, Ambassador Waller was calm throughout the whole process, and he was still commenting on other security personnel.
Although the final result was not satisfactory, Ambassador Waller was not harmed after all. He did not ask Star Alliance for an explanation, apology or compensation for the incident, and left as if he was very satisfied with Star Alliance security.
However, he could ignore the rebellion, but the Star Alliance could not. Crossbones' immediate superior, Red Skull, was scolded by a special communication sent by Admiral Williams and ordered him to be searched in the military.
The infiltrators of the "Earth Guardian", but except for those like Crossbones who were actively exposed in this operation, not a single spy was found.
As a result, the unlucky Station Commander Landru became a punching bag and was punished for several crimes. He was taken away by the law enforcement team of the military court. Therefore, before the specific verdict was handed down, his mansion and various properties were destroyed by the Nine-tailed Fox.
He accepted it and then transferred it to Cerberus as a temporary residence.
"Hey, you didn't see my shot..."
"Don't be ridiculous. You're looking at the head rather than the tail. If I didn't protect you at that time, you would be in trouble, okay?"
"The wine here is good, but it's a pity that you can't drink it while on duty."
"How about applying for packaging?"
Landru's mansion is divided into three floors, and various technological products of the Mass Effect era are naturally everywhere.
Although the Cerberus agents were still working, they were slightly more relaxed in their words and deeds. When they saw Jack, they all saluted and slipped away.
When commanding together with the nine-tailed fox these days, Jack could confirm that they would not slip up during the mission because of this relaxation, so he only returned the favor without pointing out their slackness.
"Well played!"
"Kick up!"
"Bump her! Grab her! Look at your courage!"
There is a banquet hall on the third floor of the mansion, but it has been transformed into a gladiatorial arena by these American agents, and the ones who are fighting are Artis and Nigarda.
In other words, it was Nigarda's unilateral beating of Artis.
As the only two people in the former scientific expedition team who had a romantic relationship, the other team members had no intention of starting a fight. They were all cheering from the sidelines, fearing that the world would not be in chaos. Even Eva was cheering loudly.
Wait...Eva?
Jack felt a chill on his back.
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A moment later, in the basically unused conference room of Landru's mansion.
"...The basic situation is like this," Jack looked at the team members who were sitting upright and could not look like Nordic barbarians at all: "After this period of inspection, Ms. Nine-tailed Fox has recognized our strength and no longer serves as a battlefield
Commander, the next final task can only be completed by ourselves, who has any questions?"
Swish——
All the agents, plus William and Eva, all turned their attention to Sharon, who was reading the information carefully.
Don't you all have some thoughts of your own?
That information was obviously submitted by Sharon herself!
Although he was roaring in his heart, Jack could only put on an expression of "everything is under control".
"Sir, I don't think this operation is difficult. The key lies in the selection of candidates," Sharon said: "The arrest operation requires equipment that can deal with machinery and relatively strong personnel, and the participants in the containment operation must restrain their curiosity.
Can."
"Oh..." Jack looked at the target and the analysis of the teaching items: "Okay."
Ivan Johanstanger, a maintenance worker at the Horizon Mechanical Maintenance Department, was transformed into a semi-mechanical form by an unknown "civilization item" and spread the "civilization" through his own repair actions, but he himself has never participated in any attack.
, evidence shows that Ambassador Waller was performing routine troubleshooting when he was attacked.
He should be just a tool man, with insufficient strength, so he was not sent to the front line to fight, so there should be no candidates...
"I have objections!" Eva raised her hand.
"Me too!" William raised his hand as if he was cheering.
"...Say." Jack nodded helplessly.
Eva, and William, you are also their superiors after all, so don’t do anything similar to them, okay!
"You are performing tasks separately and may not have noticed," Eva flipped the information to the map interface where she had previously prevented the assassination operation: "This Mr. John Stenger, the day before Ambassador Waller arrived, had been in
All assassination ambush sites have appeared, and all your capture operations have had explosions to varying degrees, and most of them were not placed by those who were eventually captured."
"think carefully……"
"That seems to be the case."
"I just asked those guys who were preparing to release chemical reagents how could they have bombs?"
The team members whispered in earnest, and Jack also fell into thinking after confirming that what Eva said was true.
"My conclusion is that maybe the repairman is not completely under control, but he is still being controlled by the indoctrination device and has 'unintentionally' caused us a lot of trouble. If we really think that he will be caught without mercy, we are afraid
You will be hit hard by that indoctrination device." Eva tapped the map: "For example, an explosion that can destroy the entire space station."
With Star Alliance's current block division, it is impossible to blow up the entire space station if they can be quickly isolated from each other, but it is still possible to destroy an entire block.
Jack frowned: "What do you mean?"
"It is necessary to carry more explosion-proof and energy-absorbing devices during arrest operations. As the first person to be indoctrinated by the indoctrination device, none of us know what abilities he will have. Directly making him lose his ability to move and think is the best option." Yi
The baby said.
"Okay," Jack turned to William: "What about you?"
"I just want to..." William scratched his hair: "That thing interferes with people's thoughts, right? Then we just need to send brainless people to contain it, right?"
Send you?
Jack was about to mock him angrily when he noticed that all the Cerberus agents were looking at someone. Really? They are usually quite normal.
"Eh? Me? No, no, no, absolutely not!" Lancelot's face turned dark and he waved his hands repeatedly.
"Hey!" Ella took out a bucket from nowhere and put it directly on his head.
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"[Ah——Sa——!]"
Lancelot had a bucket on his head and was holding the railing that had just been dismantled by the roadside in his hand. He was beating the toaster in Ivan's dormitory violently, making endless clanging sounds.
"'I' is really strong, tut." Jack glanced at the scene, tried to say something, and then realized something was wrong. He immediately turned away and looked at the second battlefield.
"Boom!" "Praise the sun!"
"Boom boom boom!" "Ah! My sun!"
Ivan is hiding in a mechanical repair shop and is constantly using the materials around him to make bombs at a completely unscientific speed - a kind of car that can run on its own.
This kind of car bomb is useless to Gawain, who is wearing heavy armor. He even has time to praise the sun with the sound of explosions.
The same didn't happen here, but luckily the residents had been evacuated in advance.
"Sharon, don't your team members all have quirks of varying degrees?" Jack looked at the American captain who was holding up a shield to prevent explosives from flying over.
Did he go crazy after staying in Antarctica for so long? He thought about it, but still didn't say this.
"No, Lancelot is just afraid of the dark. Once he can't see the light, he will shout loudly at the person responsible for confining him, which caused him to suffer from claustrophobia, and attack everything around him randomly," Sharon said without even turning her head.
Huidi responded: "Although Gawain suffered the same treatment, he became very fond of light, especially explosions and the sun."
Jack didn't want to know what happened to the unfortunate guy named "Asa" who had imprisoned them in the first place.
But, to be honest, this containment operation might have failed if it weren't for Eva's size.
Ivan, the repairman, has mechanized his whole body and has the ability to make bombs anywhere. When he was arrested, he shouted, "I don't want to be your enemy! I just want to live a peaceful life! But now I am controlled!"
Throwing bombs like crazy.
If that was all, that would be it, but for some reason, his bombs would cause people within the explosion range to fall into fear and run away. Other explosion-proof team members had been blown away several times, and only Gawain, who was attracted in the opposite direction, was able to restrain him.
As for the teaching machine, it's...a strange thing that I don't know what it is.
"Huh?" When he found that he could successfully come up with the name of the target in the third person, Jack instantly turned his attention to Lancelot, and then tried to say: "Our target is a toaster."
In short, it is a weird machine that cannot be called other than the first person "I", and it will make people try to call it other people like an obsessive-compulsive disorder without thinking of other solutions. This kind of death
The cycle will cause those who try to call it to be gradually mechanized. Now it seems that it is useless against the madman (Berserker), and repeated physical blows may render it ineffective.
"Huh?" Sharon noticed Jack's words and raised her voice and shouted: "Tristan! Ella! Take off Lancelot's helmet! Gawain! Stop fighting! Catch him!"
Just as they had rehearsed before, the team members took off Lancelot's "helmet" to return him to normal, then put the toaster away, and Gawain also led people to handcuff Ivan who gave up resistance.
Very good, another idle operation by the "Illusive Man".
