"Whew!"

"It's fine! Things went a little bit smoother than I expected! ”

"To be honest, you probably won't believe Shepard...... I've thought a few times about simply stepping down from my position on this council and returning to our Star-League Navy...... If I didn't think I might be able to help you in this position, I think I would...... My old age should not have been wasted here, in the vain and endless political and diplomatic gatherings of these politicians! ”

Finally, when Shepard had spoken out his request, and the members of the Citadel Council of the three clans had nodded in agreement and turned off the holographic projection and left, Anderson breathed a sigh of relief.

In any case, at least he, a member of the human council, is not too incompetent, and at least he can be regarded as helping Shepard a little bit and fighting for the best interests of the other party!

Of course, although a large part of this must have been due to Shepard's efforts to make the three clans of the Citadel Council owe her too many favors, but now, through his efforts Anderson, the members of the Trinity Council have agreed not to pursue Shepard's work for Cerberus, and will not detain the Normandy II, and have provided a lot of convenience in a rare way, which is the best result.

"Shepard, I'm sorry, I don't seem to have helped much this time other than reinstating your position......"

"You know, in fact, I, as a member of the Council of the Citadel, am only a symbolic job, and it is not as glamorous and useful as you think, in fact...... Neither they nor I do much of the substance most of the time. ”

After pacing slowly for two steps, Anderson turned his head with a wry smile and looked at the tall and heroic female warrior standing in the middle of the huge office. In Anderson's view, the current Citadel Council is actually of a similar nature to the original United Nations more than a hundred years ago, and it cannot be expected to do too much.

"No, Chief Anderson!"

"You don't need to mind too much, although they didn't agree to help with the investigation, at least they didn't get in my way and restored my identity, which is good, I can now carry out my mission with peace of mind!"

"Someone needs to step up and do something before the Reaper is coming, doesn't it?"

Unlike Admiral Anderson's slight regrets, Shepard is actually quite satisfied with the outcome of the negotiation just now, at least, her current status as the 'Ghost of the Divine Citadel' has been restored, and the Council has recognized her identity in principle and will not do anything to obstruct her investigation, which is actually very good, especially the identity of the 'Ghost of the Divine Castle', which will be of great use to her next work!

After all, in the next period of time, she still needs to run around the galaxy to recruit the Phantom Man of Cerberus to her elite list before continuing to investigate the Collectors and those Reapers, and if she has the identity of a Castle Ghost, it will definitely make her work a lot more convenient and save her a lot of trouble.

"Don't worry."

"You don't have to worry about these things in the future, and go to your mission with peace of mind, whether it's our Star Federation or the Citadel Council...... I'm sure I'll keep going for you, and make sure they don't interfere with any of your actions! ”

Anderson is really willing to believe about the Reaper, so he is also willing to help Shepard as much as he can!

Now, the entire galaxy countries, even the high-level leaders of the Divine Citadel, are unwilling to believe in the existence of those reapers, and even more unwilling to believe in the fact that there is a reincarnation of 50,000 years, which is actually a very terrifying thing!

Anderson shuddered at the thought of the Prothean beacons and ruins they found everywhere in the galaxy, and the Mass Effect repeaters that were scattered throughout the galaxy......

Think of the technology of the Prosens, they are so advanced, even far more than the races of the current Citadel Council...... So how did they destroy it?

Also, what about the '50,000 years' faintly mentioned in the remaining information? What's even more terrifying is ...... Who invented and put the Mass Effect repeaters that are almost all over the galaxy, and why are they, along with the Citadel space station, maintained by those strange and eerie eight-legged biochemical robots?

The combination of these many, many things faintly points to the fact that Shepard has repeatedly raised the truth about the 'reaper' and 'reincarnation in 50,000 years'! It's a pity that both the Citadel Council and their human star federation stubbornly believe that what Shepard said is all imaginary nonsense!

They still stubbornly believe that the 'Reapers' don't exist at all! It is also believed that ...... Both the Repeater and the Citadel are just remnants of the Protheus, and their demise is nothing more than some terrible catastrophe.

To this day, even after the attack on the Citadel, even after the Collectors became active, no one in their right minds and capable of changing the status quo would like to believe in the existence of the Reapers...... This made Anderson feel that it was a terrible thing in itself!

"Of course, the premise is that you can only 'move' within the Boundary-God Galaxy?!"

Shepard can make a super big event every time he 'activities', and the other party is still working for Cerberus, so this may be what Anderson guessed, and the Star Alliance and the Divine Citadel don't want to see, right?

Think about it...... Shepard is clearly one of their superheroes, saving the Citadel, and even the entire galaxy. But now, after being resurrected, they just ran to mix with a group of terrorists, and jumped up and down all day long, how can they explain it to the outside world?

"Of course, I will."

"But I may have to recruit a group of team members first, and that task may be difficult and I may not be able to complete it alone, but I promise: it will definitely not take much time!"

The collector is active in the Boundarys Galaxy, and she, Shepard, is definitely going to the Boundarys Galaxy!

Plus, she's going to raid the Gatherers' lair, destroy them or find conclusive evidence of a connection between them and the Reapers! And this, this is her next job, and she will do her best without the council pointing fingers.

No one knows when the Reapers will come, and now that all the human colonies on the outer edge of the galaxy have been plundered by unknown races, and even all the humans in the colonies have disappeared without a trace, this situation has shown that the pace of the Reapers has become faster and faster, and the collectors who act as pioneers have also become active!

So she's pressed for time, and according to the original plan, her Normandy 2 will depart from the Citadel space station tomorrow at the latest, and embark on their one-way journey, which is likely to never return!

"If you need my help, just say it! If it's manpower, I know that there are a lot of 'N7' players in the Star Alliance's navy, maybe ......"

Thinking that Shepard was short of people, Anderson quickly and kindly recommended the other party's own 'N7'.

He himself is now not only a member of the Council of the Divine Citadel, but also an admiral of the Star Alliance Navy, if Shepard really needs it, it will be no problem to get ten or twenty N7s for the other party! After all, the Boundary God System that the other party is going to investigate now is now their human colony, although the other party's ship is Cerberus's, but it can be regarded as working for human beings, so it is obviously reasonable and legal to use his position to slightly transfer a few N7 special forces that have been 'retired' in advance to the other party.

"No...... Not? ”

Before Shepard could say anything to refuse, at this moment, the door to Anderson's office was suddenly opened from the outside, and a short-haired middle-aged human in white strode in quickly.

"Anderson!"

"I think we need to talk about it...... Wait, you're Shepard? How did you get here?! ”

Udina looked at the woman standing in the middle of the office in disbelief, dressed in a full black matte combat N7 armor, with only the head that made him feel so familiar exposed...... That's right, red hair, and that familiar face, the other party is Shepard, no doubt!

Originally, he Udina had already heard the news of the other party's resurrection and return, but he didn't care, and he didn't want to believe it, and thought it was just a rumor? Can ...... now The one who was already dead, and the corpse photo he had seen was really standing in front of him in front of him, what the hell is this?!

"Hah! Hello, Udine, is it a surprise? ”

"Don't worry, I'm not here to trouble you, I'm just stopping by to see my old commander, Admiral Anderson."

After looking at Udine's stunned face with interest, Shepard greeted the other with a hint of a teasing smile. She doesn't like this Udine politician, and in the same way, the other party doesn't like her! Perhaps, the other party felt that he and Anderson were too close and stood in the wrong line?

Ha!

That's for sure, these politicians, who don't want to do anything serious all day long, know that they play with those crooked politics, whether it's Shepard or Anderson, obviously can't get along with this kind of person.

"Alright, Shepard!"

"Udine, you don't have to guess...... That's right, that's exactly what you think: I'm inviting Shepard to come here today for a formal meeting with the council members! Moreover, we ended the conversation just now, before you came, as for the result...... Anyway, let's just make each other happy! ”

To Shepard's surprise, Anderson didn't care about Udine's feelings at all, and didn't follow Shepard's steps and cover for himself, but was so frank and direct about what the two of them were just doing.

As it turned out, there was nothing that had to be informed or avoided by Shepard, who had been reinstated to the ghost position and received a great deal of privileges, weapons, and financial support.

"What, you met with the council members?!"

Anderson...... I remember that the Star-League Council should have told you: when I wasn't there, you tried to have as little contact as possible with the politicians on the council, have you forgotten? Did you know it, this could have serious consequences! You, the general, don't understand the system of the Divine Castle bureaucracy at all, and you will probably be tricked by those guys! ”

Udina was a little angry, he had just learned that Anderson was holding a meeting with the council behind his back, and the content and agenda were unknown, and then he hurried here.

But who would have thought that by the time he got here, the meeting had already ended? What's more, that Shepard, the other party is really back, and he is still here, directly talking to the people of the council at this time?!

"I have just been reinstated as the 'Ghost of the Citadel', and the Council has allowed me to use some of my resources to investigate in the Realm God Galaxy! So, you don't have to be so nervous in Udine, that's what happened today! ”

"And ......"

Rumble! Rumble!

Just when Shepard wanted to say something to explain, outside Anderson's office, there was a faint sound of explosions, but because the atmosphere here is very low, when the sound came, there was a strange feeling of being compressed?

"That's ......"

And when she turned her head in astonishment to look into the distance from the floor-to-ceiling windows, and looked at the huge cities in the five huge fan-like guard districts of the fortress, she found that a black smoke was rising violently in the middle and rear of one of the guard cities...... Then, after the smoke rose a few meters, it was restrained by the dense and colorless sulfur hexafluoride gas film, and it could no longer rise, and it directly spread in a low place and covered a large area!

"This ...... What's going on, the Citadel has been attacked by the enemy again...... Who is it?! ”

Shocked, Shepard subconsciously thought: There must be those reapers coming again!

Because, no race dares to attack the Divine Citadel in a frenzy, and only those powerful reapers, can directly break through the defense of the Divine Citadel, and let the Divine Citadel directly attack here without even sending out the alarm! If that's the case, things are getting troublesome now...... It is very likely that this time, their galaxy will repeat the fate of those pathetic Prothetics in the previous cycle, and all the high-level organic civilizations will be harvested and destroyed, and there is no other possibility!

“……”

Udina also stared at the scene outside the window in amazement, it seemed that he had never expected such a vicious incident to happen in the Divine Citadel after the Salen incident!

"Hello?"

"Garrison room, what the hell is going on now, what's going on with that explosion outside, is there an enemy attacking the Divine Castle?!"

Instead of paying attention to Shepard's exclamations and the frightened advisor Udina next to him, Anderson walked straight to his desk, pressed a holographic button to call the security guard, and began to make an emergency call to his security room.

The Divine Castle was attacked by the enemy, and it also penetrated directly to the internal guard area, this thing is really a bit terrifying, and he Anderson is not nervous.

"Sir!"

"From the information I've just shared here, it seems that the poor people in the 'foundation' have rebelled...... But don't worry, the C-SEC just sent a letter showing that they have the ability and confidence to keep the Citadel safe, so that the citizens and ambassadors should not be too .....worried? ”

Soon, in the holographic projection, although the human soldier wearing the uniform of the Star Alliance Navy was also a little uneasy and panicked, he still checked his terminal data for the first time, and read out aloud all the information he knew.

Just now, they also thought that the Citadel had been attacked by some powerful enemy or overlord or something, and they were preparing to cover the human race, Councilor Anderson and his advisor Udina to make an emergency retreat! But who would have thought that it was the group of slum guys living in the 'foundation' who rebelled and made such a big noise?

Thundered......

However, no sooner had the soldier finished his sentence than bursts of explosions and billowing black smoke from the cracks in the armor of the floor that had not been completely blown open could be heard in the distance...... Obviously, C-SEC's statement that they can stabilize the situation does not seem to be so accurate?

"Poor people rebellion in the foundation?"

"What are you kidding? Hum! This doesn't look like any ordinary rebellion! ”

"Anderson, I remember it well...... I've also seen the rough blueprints of the fortress, and if the people at the base are really rebelling, they shouldn't be able to blow up the ground guards on the wall of the guard area like this, right? ”

At this time, Shepard, who had just been reinstated as the 'Ghost of the Divine Citadel', unceremoniously called up the hologram of the explosion point on the universal tool under his authority!

Then she exclaimed directly!

It turned out that in the hologram she had brought up, the floor was emitting fire and smoke, and a large opening was opening outward, like the mouth of some kind of giant beast...... Although it doesn't seem to have caused much loss of personnel or much damage, it is certainly not as simple as an ordinary riot that can blow up the tough ground guard plate of the guard area to that effect!

Anyway, she, Shepard, instinctively felt: The Divine Castle is here now, and something big will definitely happen! Perhaps, it still has something to do with some of the Reaper's machinations, or maybe it was simply the Reaper's comrades who orchestrated all this?!

"That kind of power...... Is it a ship weapon? ”

Anderson, who turned his head to look at it, also frowned tightly, he had just thought about accessing the video of the scene! But now that Shepard had begun to check, he didn't do anything more, just took two steps forward, frowning at the scene of the two explosions that Shepard was inspecting.

Born in the military and also an admiral of the Star Alliance, he knows the power and performance of various weapons and the defensive capabilities of the Divine Castle! So, of course, he quickly realized the seriousness of the matter from the current situation.

"Sir!"

"According to the content of the intelligence just fed back, it shows that most of the foundation under the ground of the third guard area has fallen! The rebels have taken over almost the entire underground world of the Third Guard, and the C-SEC SWAT has all retreated to the 'surface' of the Guard! ”

The report also said...... Say that those rebels actually used powerful small nuclear grenades?! ”

As Anderson stared at Shepard's hologram, behind him, the image of the human security soldier in the guard room exclaimed again.

Obviously, he was scared too!

This rebellion is very unusual, and I don't know what the origin of those rebels is, even small nuclear weapons...... It's no wonder, no wonder they've been able to blow the street floor of the third guard in the distance into deformation and black smoke, and the situation inside the 'foundation' must be even worse, right?

But fortunately, there are professional 'caretakers' of the Citadel, as long as the attack on the Citadel space station is not blown up immediately, those caretakers will definitely be able to repair it slowly, and they don't have to worry about the actual fire brigade of the Citadel.

"You just said...... Nuclear, nuclear grenades? ”

"This ...... Which race would produce such a heartless thing?! ”

Anderson was a little puzzled, although small nuclear weapons did bypass the relevant provisions of the "Citadel Convention" on weapons of mass destruction (MD), but nuclear grenades or something...... That's a bit outrageous, isn't it?

Let's not talk about the practicality of this weapon, just its explosion range...... I'm afraid not a single soldier would use something that sounds a little crazy when it sounds like a name, right? Wouldn't it be more reliable to develop it directly into a small grenade or missile than a nuclear grenade or something?

"I'm sorry, sir, I don't know!"

Anyway, that's what the information back from the intelligence shows that according to the video of the defeated C-SEC SWAT officers and the surveillance before the robot soldiers were blown up, those rebels were indeed using radioactive 'throwing' nuclear weapons!

"Sir, what are we going to do now, do we need to escort you to safety?"

Seeing that the Udina advisor was also in Anderson's office, after thinking about it, the Star Alliance Navy soldier in the guard room asked tentatively.

Although the situation is not too serious now, their security work needs to be prevented in the first place, and it is impossible to wait for the situation to deteriorate before fleeing in a hurry, so he feels that it is necessary to protect the most important Councilor Anderson and the Udina advisors to evacuate to a safer space around the Citadel to observe the development of the situation!

“……”

"Let's wait and see what those Turks do with it."

After thinking about it, Anderson first frowned and looked out the window, looking at the fires and smoke in the distance...... Finally, he shook his head, deciding to do nothing for the time being, just waiting to see the reaction of the Turui people in charge of security.

Anyway, he didn't think the rebels of the 'Foundation' world were capable of fighting the Guard! Those guys can barely do anything inside the terrain complex ground guard area, and once they get to the ground, those large and small warplanes and warships in the Divine Citadel will make those people regret it!

"Let's wait and see, I don't think we need to evacuate!"

After all, the Turks are responsible for providing the Citadel with the main military and peacekeeping forces, and if the C-SEC can't solve the problem, the Turks will definitely send troops to deal with it...... At that time, as long as something worse doesn't happen, then it won't be their turn to worry about humans, and there is no need to flee the Citadel in a panic and let the aliens of other races see their jokes about Earth humans in vain!

"Yes!"

Admiral Anderson was reluctant to leave, and the soldiers in the guard room did not say much, just saluted, and then prepared to turn off the communications.

"Wait!"

"Just now, which area was the chaos happening?!"

Just as the soldier was about to leave, Shepard suddenly thought of something, and quickly opened his mouth to stop the other party. Just now, after turning off the holograms she was reviewing, she seemed to realize something tricky.

"It is currently taking place in the foundation part of the third district, and there is no trend of spreading to other health areas for the time being!"

Unless the Citadel is attacked and the five huge wards are directly combined into a giant cone-shaped space station, otherwise, the rebellion will definitely be contained under the third ward, until the day when it is extinguished!

"Not good!"

"Anderson, I'm sorry, I have to leave, let's talk next time we have a chance."

Frowning, after thinking about it for a while, Shepard still made a plan to leave immediately. If it was another guard, maybe she wasn't in a hurry, but if it was the third guard, then she would have to leave now.

"What's wrong?!"

Looking at the other party's appearance, Anderson asked a little curiously.

Just saw the rebellion and the explosion, the other party was not too nervous, but as soon as he heard that the explosion was in the third district, the other party immediately became nervous, so Anderson felt that there must be some story in this?

"It's nothing, it's just that there's a little guy I've left behind in District 3, and I need to hurry up and bring her back!"

“……”

"Oh? A little guy? ”

Anderson was a little puzzled, and he didn't know what Shepard was referring to by the 'little guy'.

"Actually, that's a little girl, I originally considered entrusting that little guy to you, but now this situation ......"

Yes, when she came here to meet Anderson, Shepard did think about making a certain talent stand out...... At least that little girl with excellent talent in shooting entrusts the other party to Anderson, who is the admiral of the Star Alliance! Let him act as the guardian of the other party, and then, with his status as a member of the council, he can use the excellent resources here in the Citadel space station to let that little guy get the best education and the best living conditions?

But now......

When Shepard saw that there were still rebellions, explosions, and riots, she suddenly changed her mind!

After thinking about it, she still felt: this Citadel space station should be the most dangerous place in the entire galaxy! In addition to the rebellion that is happening right now, there are even more terrifying reapers, who are also staring at this fortress, staring at this galaxy's mass effect command center!

Therefore, if she could, she still planned to find a more suitable and safe planet for that little guy to settle in, which would be the best and wisest choice.

"Forget it, let's not talk about the specifics!"

"Chief Anderson, I'm going to go now, and hopefully we'll have a chance to meet again in the future...... Leave! ”

Shepard, who didn't want to explain too much, thought about it, and simply stood up to his old chief and gave a standard military salute, and then turned around and walked out directly. No one knew if the third guard outside would explode, and if the little girl running around would be scared, Shepard felt that she had to move faster.

“……”

Hearing the other party actually say the kind of dejected words of 'I hope we have a chance to meet again', Anderson instinctively stretched out his hand, originally wanting to call out to the other party and say a few words of relief and encouragement, but ...... In the end, he couldn't make a sound, and just watched as the other party turned around and walked briskly outside his office.

Of course, he knew that after the other party finished recruiting personnel, in addition to going to the Boundary God Galaxy to investigate, he would definitely go to the Omega Four repeater, to the extremely dangerous and terrifying place that no one who had entered it had ever come out again...... If you think about it this way, the chances of them seeing each other again are indeed a little slim......

Even, Anderson thinks that Shepard and the others are indeed likely to be sent to death?

"Alas......"

I don't know if there will be a chance to see each other next time?

When he could no longer see the other party, Anderson sighed lonely, ignoring the somewhat overwhelmed Udina advisor, just turned around and looked gloomily into the distance, looking at the area where the third guard was smoking, and the slightly chaotic Citadel space station city and the citizens who were running for refuge.

“……”

"Miranda! There is a rebellion going on the Citadel space station, and the holidays of all the crew members are immediately canceled, and you inform them to return to Normandy II immediately, and I will go to find little Anne now......"

"Yes, it's the explosion, that little ghost is in the third quarter!"

"I'll give you a detailed explanation of the specific things when I go back, now, you immediately rush back to Normandy No. 2 to host, and I'm going to go and get back that little guy running around now!"

"Okay, that's it!"

As soon as she walked out of Anderson's office, Shepard hurriedly informed Miranda, who was also in the Citadel space station and didn't know what to do, and then she hurriedly used her universal tool and opened the extremely high authority of the 'Ghost of the Citadel' to start searching for the specific location of a certain little guy.

And this is the benefit of the ghost of the castle!

As long as a person passes the security check and registers a universal tool when entering the port, then, no matter where the other party is in the fortress, the official information platform can be queried in the first time, and there is no secret at all!

Of course, this kind of authority is only possessed by a very small number of people, and Shepard, the reinstated 'Ghost of the Divine Citadel', is obviously one of them.

"Strange ......"

"It should be there...... Galaxy Hotel in the third district? That little guy who only has ten star coins on her, is she crazy to go to that kind of place? ”

"Damn, this is the end of it...... There, one meal can probably eat up half a month's supply of our entire Normandy II! ”

After discovering the specific location of a certain little guy, Shepard was not only unhappy, but gasped...... Because, she saw from the holographic projection of her universal tool, that little girl is now eating and drinking in the VIP seat on the top floor of the most luxurious, highest and most expensive hotel?!

"That little bastard!"

"It seems that today we are going to use the ghostly authority of the Divine Castle to embezzle public funds to pay the bills!"

Turning off the multi-purpose tool in his hand, Shepard hatefully found a Mass Effect hovering shuttle convenient vehicle parked next to the rapid transit station and idle, and after setting his destination, and quickly clicking on the maximum speed on the holographic screen, he roared out of the ring area of the fortress and galloped directly towards the top of a luxury metal building that was the tallest in the third quarter.

Fortunately, there was a riot here, and fortunately she found out early, otherwise, that little guy would probably be able to eat all the operation funds of the entire Normandy II, right? Shepard didn't understand, how did the other party find the most expensive and extravagant hotel?

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"Uh-huh......"

"Delicious...... Tibbs, the stuff here is really delicious! ”

(?????? `??)

That's right, Anne is indeed eating here on the top floor of the Galaxy Hotel in the third quarter of the Citadel!

Although the height of this hotel is very high, the considerate luxury hotel has directly set up a transparent magnetic restraint shield to isolate harmful rays from the outside and maintain the atmospheric pressure inside the balcony on the top floor, so that guests will not feel any discomfort.

Here, the cuisine of all races in the galaxy system is provided, including the Turkians, the Serrais, the Asari, the Hana, the Echo, the Waller, etc., and the food of almost all races is available, and it is the best, the most expensive, and the rarest kind!

Of course, in comparison, Anne still prefers to eat L-protein foods that humans and Asari can accept, like those disgusting bugs of the Turks and Wallers, she will definitely not eat them, and she will definitely not eat the sterile nourishment that Quarians like, or purified liquid food or anything terrible!

The only drawback now may be that everything she likes to eat is a little too expensive......

The more than 20,000 Star Coins she herself had exchanged from that poor Krogan had almost eaten a quarter of it without eating a full meal! As for the rest, it may not be enough for her to hold out until tomorrow when the Normandy II sets sail, right?

She felt really embarrassed about this.....

It's a pity that the ugly toad, the guy called Grant, the other party's money has been squeezed out by herself, if there is no money, she obviously will not sell any weapons to that ugly guy, even if the other party is subdued by herself, even if the other party calls herself the boss, she will not give him any more weapons!

Rumble...... Rumble......

At this time, the explosions in the distance were still exploding intermittently, and it seemed that the uprising of a certain Krogan was going on in full swing?

"Wow......"

(?????? 0??????)

"Tibbs, look, it's blowing up again......"

As she ate, listening to the distant sounds, Anne, unlike the other rich men who were ready to flee for her life, sat in her place in good shape, completely ignoring the blue-skinned alien attendant's persuasion to go to refuge, and just ate and drank to herself.

(Who told you to give that guy all that nuclear grenades?!) ）

(●￣(??) ￣●)

"Anyway, we don't need those things anymore, and keeping them will take up a place!"

"If it wants, give it to it!"

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