'Councillor Anderson, why didn't I see your Udina assistant at this meeting?' If he had been there, I think he would have been able to give us some more pertinent and effective advice. ’

‘……’

Yes, I agree with that, Assistant Udinea is a very wise human being, which is extremely rare among you earthlings. ’

I'm sorry I didn't see him...... Congressman Anderson, is there something else important about your Assistant Udinea? ’

Before the meeting came to an end and began to wait for an important task to arrive, the holographic projections of the other members of the Council of the Three Clans Citadel began to ask about the assistant members of the Human Citadel who had been present at any important meeting in a certain time, but this time, it was rare to be absent.

The current Citadel is currently under the control of the Executive Committee of the Council, which is composed of representatives from the Asari Republic, the Turui Empire and the Sylari United Nations, as well as the Human Star Federation.

In addition to this, the Bunker Council is joined by the Hana, Echo, Waller, Batare, Quali, and more...... It's just that the quarians don't have ambassadors, and because of the incident of the geth many years ago, the status of the quarians in the citadel is extremely low, and they are discriminated against everywhere, even ordinary meetings don't have their share, let alone the current high-end council meeting.

"I'm sorry, everybody!"

Admiral Anderson, who had been looking out the window as if waiting for someone, suddenly turned around and calmly looked at the representatives of the Ashali, Turi, and Serrarians of the Citadel Council.

The three people in front of him Anderson can be said to be the ones with the most power here in the Divine Castle! In general, in the Council of the Citadel, the Ashari generally act as diplomats and mediators, the Salarians gather intelligence and information, and the powerful Turkians provide the main military and peacekeeping forces, while the humans are in the role of soy sauce, wanting to take care of everything, but they are faintly excluded at every turn.

Although Anderson has been instructed by the Star Federation Council to more or less seek a lot of positions for human beings in the Divine Castle, such as those six departments of the C-SEC, whether it is the Ministry of Public Security, the Criminal Investigation Department, the Customs Department, the Internet Police Department, the SWAT Team or the Patrol Team, etc., they have begun to have a lot of earthlings, but both Anderson himself and the Star Federation Council feel that this is not enough, far from enough...... They want more, whether it's influence in the Citadel or other powers, they want more!

So, today Anderson proposed and started today's meeting for the sake of the question of some human ghost! A ghost doesn't have much less power and status in the Citadel than an ambassador or a councilor, and that's exactly what Anderson needs!

“.…..”

Slowly staring at the three tribal councillors in the distance, Anderson sighed silently.

What he knew, they must have reached some consensus, faintly meaning to suppress the rising momentum of the human race, and they must not want the human race to develop too fast in the Divine Citadel?

Think about it......

In the vast galaxy of the Milky Way, any race whose strength and technology can be recognized and who establish an embassy in the Citadel, and who agree to abide by all the provisions of the Citadel Convention, can be considered a member of the Citadel! However, the member race can only propose a proposal to the Council, but cannot participate in the formulation of the resolution...... Is it a meeting like the one now?

In 2165, after their human galactic alliance thwarted the turians' spirit, they were persuaded by the Ashari to mediate and became a member of the Citadel, and in 2183, after Shepard crushed the plot of the geth forces led by the rebellious Citadel Saren Atrius, the humans of the heroic clan naturally became part of the Citadel's Council.

It's only been twenty years since I joined and now become a part of the pinnacle of power in the Divine Citadel!

From joining the Citadel to being a member of the Council, from being a marginalized and hostile existence to being looked up to by many races, they can be said to have refreshed the perception of humanity by all galactic races! There is even a faint theory of human threat in the Divine Citadel, saying: 'One day, those ambitious human beings will definitely dominate the entire Divine Citadel and the Milky Way'?!

"My advisor, Mr. Udine, is unable to be here today for some reason!"

"Also, if I'm not mistaken, I, Anderson, am a member of the Citadel Council, and only I can represent us humans and the Star Alliance!"

For some reason that it can't be made public, in today's meeting, he Anderson actually deliberately didn't notify the guy who usually raises the bar with him, and then sues himself in the Star Federation Council on Earth all day long! In short, he just doesn't like the noisy Udina who relies on the relationship between the earth and the Star Federation to point fingers at him, and wants to overstep his authority to command his own Udine!

He, Anderson, is the Councilman, this is what Shepard trusted himself two years ago and fought for himself, not the Udine who jumped up and down between the Citadel and the Earth like a clown! For this, he Anderson has never forgotten, and that's why he has all this today!

There were some things that he didn't want that Udina to know too much, especially Shepard's affairs...... Because, he, Anderson, didn't trust that guy at all.

"Because we have a little other thing to do today......"

"Oh! Check it out! We've waited so long, and our great hero, Shepard, is finally back! ”

Just as Anderson was about to say something to the three members of the Council of the Citadel, the automatic door to his office was opened from the outside, and a female warrior in an 'N7' combat uniform, with short red hair and a grim face, strode in.

There is no doubt that it is the Shepard that he Anderson has been waiting for for a long time!

"Long time no see, Chief Anderson! You should have had a good past two years, right? ”

Ignoring the three holographic projections on the other side of the office, Shepard stepped forward quickly, and the old chief, who had always had a good relationship with him, smiled and stretched out his right hand.

"It's okay!"

"Shepard, I'm sorry about what happened two years ago...... I'm really glad you're back, though! ”

After shaking hands, Anderson first looked up and down the pride of the human in front of him, and found that the other party's demeanor and appearance had basically not changed much, and it was not the charred corpse he saw in the data, Anderson finally breathed a sigh of relief as if he was relieved.

He had to thank Cerberus for this, that group of terrorists finally did a serious thing, and they really had the ability to save this heroine of their human race again?!

"Sir!"

"I was surprised to be able to come back to life this time!"

Shepard remembers that when the spaceship was shattered, blown into space, and found that the spacesuit was cut and leaking, she knew she was dead! But who would have thought that in the end, when she opened her eyes again, she would lie down in that research institute in Cerberus?

"Excuse me?"

"Shepard ......"

"We are also very happy to hear that you are alive again...... However, we have also heard a lot of rumors about the reason why you have returned unexpectedly...... And some of them are very ...... Disturbed? ”

Without waiting for Shepard to continue to catch up with Anderson, Councillor Serrarian, who had long known what was going to happen today, interrupted the two of them, and spoke slowly to Shepard in a skeptical tone.

This meeting was supposed to be about this 'dead' ghost of the former Divine Citadel!

"Yes, that's why we've got this meeting!"

"On behalf of our Asari, I welcome you back!"

Shepard...... We owe you a lot, that's an irrefutable fact...... After all, you've saved many of our lives against Saren and his geth army......"

"So, now you can say what you want or any other help, if it's not too much, we'll gladly accept it!"

At this time, the members of the Asari Board of Governors also began to speak immediately after Councillor Serarui.

Perhaps, of all the three members of the Citadel Council, she is the one who has the best impression of Shepard! Come to think of it, if it weren't for Shepard's 'Destiny Transcendent' that sacrificed his life to save them, their Asari would have suffered at least 10,000 casualties in the raid on the Divine Citadel more than two years ago......

At that time, in that 'Destiny Transcendental', there were more than 10,000 of their Asari clansmen!

"Help? Of course you do! ”

At this time, the opportunity to directly ask for benefits, Shepard will definitely not refuse.

"Ladies and gentlemen! I recently got the latest news that the Collectors are kidnapping the inhabitants of the human colony with information from the Gods, and I have even more reliable evidence that they are actually working for the Reapers......"

"So, I need to crush their plot as soon as possible, and indeed I need all the help you can to do it! Whether it's troops, warships, or money, I want them all! ”

Shepard, who didn't want to waste time, after looking at the three members of the Citadel Council for a few seconds, cut straight to the main body and said what he wanted to say at the moment, that is: warn these dead guys who refuse to admit the existence of the Reapers, the existence of the Collectors, and the relationship between them and the Reapers, and get as much convenience and help as possible from the Citadel!

If these guys can wake up, it would be great!

"We're sorry, this request couldn't go through!"

"Shepard, you should also know that the Realm God System is beyond the jurisdiction of our Divine Citadel, and you humans should be able to think of this when you humans brazenly ran there to colonize in defiance of the provisions of the Divine Citadel Convention!"

Before the other two councillors could say anything, the Turkian councillor, who had been on the Citadel's Council in charge of military and peacekeeping duties, suddenly interjected. His own opinion has been very clear, that is: no matter whether it is the collectors who attack the human beings on the earth in the Realm God Galaxy, and whether those collectors and reapers are connected or not, they will not send a single soldier for this!

And as long as they don't care about this matter, I'm afraid the other parliamentarian races will not be able to take care of it. When it comes to military issues, the attitude of their Turks represents the attitude of the Divine Fortress!

"Wait!"

"Councillor Turrean, you seem to have overlooked one thing, it's a big matter involving the Reaper, and I don't think the provisions of the Citadel Convention will apply at this time!"

Anderson is probably one of the few high-level executives who are willing to believe in Shepard and the existence of the Reaper!

However, it is a pity that the other members of the Citadel Council do not believe it, and even the high-ranking members of the Earth Star Federation are equally unwilling to believe it! In the case of weak strength, he can only do nothing about the reaper, even if he has the heart to do something, but he can't do anything......

"Heh......"

"Yes, Reaper!"

"According to those reports, it's a strange half-living, half-mechanical starship with great power, an undead race lurking in the dark space beyond the galaxy...... However, Anderson, as you may recall, our investigation and the Citadel Conference two years ago unanimously passed and denied the existence of such a thing as a 'Reaper'! ”

Waving his hands with a smile, the Turkian parliamentarian rudely denied the human claims of the 'Reaper'! He still felt that the one who attacked the Citadel in the first place was actually just an example, and it didn't represent anything more.

"Shepard?"

There was no way, Anderson had to look at his most valued subordinate.

He had tried to pass on the information about the Reapers recorded by Shepard on Eros, as well as the first-hand information about the Overlord, etc., to the councillors of the three clans, but unfortunately, they rejected it without even looking at it...... Even, he didn't understand how these guys could have come to that kind of conclusion!

Anyway, to this day, apart from him Anderson and Shepard, the other members of the Citadel's Council or the Masters only think that Saren is the mastermind of the geth attack, and not some kind of unwarranted 'reaper'!

They all agreed: Saren wants more power, so he brazenly attacked the Citadel and wants to take the place of the Council, that's all!

As for the Reaper, it was nothing more than a fictional existence imagined by Shepard, without any substantial direct evidence! And those monsters that haunt the Realm God Galaxy are just some rare cyborgs, there is nothing to make a fuss about, it is something provoked by humans, and no one will clean up the mess for them.

"Saren is ...... because he is controlled by the Reapers"

However, Shepard's words were interrupted again before he could finish his sentence, and it was still the same arrogant Turian Councillor.

"Shepard, please don't talk about the Reaper, it's just a fictional existence of yours! Fabricated by you, by Salen, by the gesers. ”

"They don't exist!"

"Even though you may have seen something plausible, it doesn't mean it's real!"

After interrupting Shepard's words, the Turian Councilor set the tone for the Reaper's affairs in this way, resolutely disagreeing with Shepard's views on the Reaper, and even more so not sending any troops for the affairs of the Realm God System, even if it was just to investigate!

For, in the first place, it was indeed beyond the jurisdiction of the Divine Citadel, and there was no legal basis for the action; Second, those greedy human beings, who are constantly expanding their colonies almost all the time, occupying one habitable or uninhabitable planet after another, and arbitrarily occupying any place of interest, they turian people have long been displeasing to the eye!

Because of this, he gloated over what was going on with humanity in the Realm God Galaxy, and was happy to see the earthlings who had clashed with their Turui people in an embarrassment.

“……”

"Why don't you go and see the document I sent you?!"

Shepard was a little angry and waved viciously. She obviously submitted a very important piece of evidence, in order to convince these stubborn guys, those are all the original video materials, without any copying and alteration!

But now, why do they still have this attitude?

"The holographic patterns on Eloth are no longer valid, and we haven't found any evidence to deny that the overlord wasn't made by the geth, so, Shepard, I'm sorry......"

At this time, seeing that Shepard seemed to have a tendency to clash with the Turui representatives, Councilor Serarui hurriedly spoke up to persuade him to become a peacemaker.

"Humph!"

"I think this Shepard's mind is in a very unstable state, and she may have been manipulated by Cerberus, maybe...... Should we detain her? ”

“！！”

"Congressman Turui, it's not as serious...... Besides, Shepard is a benefactor to all of us, and we can't treat her like that! ”

"Hah!"

"Of course, I'm just suggesting! Otherwise, if she really did it according to the law, she should have been shot right now? ”

"That's too much, Your Excellency Congressman Turui!"

"Watch your words, Congressman Turi!"

"I'm just saying it, and I'm not asking you to do it!"

“……”

"That's it!"

"That's all for today's topic of reapers! Those 'reapers', they don't exist at all! ”

Shepard...... Now that we're running out of patience, let's talk about something else! Now, for example, how do you need us to repay you without conflicting with some of our principles? ”

"Yes, we will do something to reward you for your credit and efforts......"

"Humph! Just don't talk to me about 'Reaper' again! ”

After arguing for a moment, the three members of the Citadel's Council quickly reached a consensus and looked at Shepard, the former ghost who had come back to life and returned to the Citadel, waiting for an answer.

“……”

There was no way, Shepard could only turn his head sadly and angrily to look at Admiral Anderson and the member of the Human Divine Citadel beside him, but unfortunately, the other party was not able to give her any advice, just shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and gave her a suggestive look.

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The 'foundations' of the Citadel Station are the places below the ground of each district, between the inhabited superstructure and the impenetrable shell, which are called 'foundations', which are intricate, multitude, dangerous, and labyrinth-like existences.

In these dangerous places, there are all kinds of power stations that are related to the life support system of the entire fortress, and it is they that keep the fortress running! Although the official narrative is that only the caretakers are allowed to enter the 'foundation', in reality, the 'foundation' is the ghetto of the Divine Fortress!

It is home to criminals, minors, homeless people, and temporary 'stateless' black outcasts! Of course, there are some people who are willing to stay here for some reason, and most of them have to survive here because they can't wait for any opportunities in the Divine Castle, living a life with no future and no tomorrow.

At the same time, the station's recovery systems are also located here in the 'foundation', and these systems create a variety of artificial organic sauces that can sustain the people who live here! Of course, they're available for free, in unlimited quantities, for no fee, and anyone who lives here can easily get them from one recycling bin to another! And, even more commendable, they ...... Nutritious enough to meet the survival needs of almost all races! Of course, they are colorless and odorless, have an ugly shape, and do not make people eat them a second time after eating them once, which is also one of their 'advantages'.

Rumble! Rumble!

However, today, I don't know why, there is a sudden rebellion of a group of Krogan paupe gangsters in the 'foundation' area of the Citadel, and they don't know where they got some powerful electromagnetic individual weapons and terrifying nuclear grenades with an extremely large number of terrifying powers, and the explosion radius is almost equal to the attack radius!

The loud explosions just now, the shaking that almost shook the ground in the guard area, are proof of that!

After gathering a large group of criminals, minors, homeless people, and temporary 'stateless' outcasts, and gathering these thugs who had no hope for life, and who had no chance in the fortress, and who had no way to leave this huge prison, they were finally able to successfully defeat the C-SEC SWAT team and patrol team in the foundation, and occupy the 'foundation' world of the two defense areas, and firmly occupy the place!

"Brethren! Sisters! ”

"It doesn't matter if you were once a human, a Turkish, a Serraje, a Hana, an Echo, a Waller, a Batari, a Quarian, or a Krogan like me, no matter what race you come from, no matter why you have to stay here or what kind of injustice you have suffered.......

"But!"

"From today onwards, all of us are equal! From today onwards, we will no longer have oppression, no more discrimination, no more injustice! As of today, we don't even have any mid-group here! ”

In the 'foundation' under the third guard area of the Citadel, in a relatively spacious steel cabin, Krogan Grunte, like a huge upright walking toad, was holding his C-14 'Spike' Gauss rifle, and his body was wrapped around a deuterium-8 explosive device like a grenade, commonly known as the explosive device of the D-8 bomb, and the Krogan stick guy was hysterically yelling at the excited crowd!

Here, a large crowd of fellows of all races with the same Gauss rifles held aloft and the same deuterium-8 explosive device wrapped around their waists were more or less circular.

"We've been locked up here, living like the lowest lowly bed bugs......"

"You probably don't know yet, do you? The artificial organic sauce we eat every day is actually all produced by the decomposition of garbage, excrement, animal or corpses of people of all ethnic groups, multi-legged mice, and even eliminated 'caregivers' produced by those dignitaries and nobles in the health area! ”

"We can only live humbly like a swarm of rats......"

"We have no dignity!"

"We don't have a future!"

"Are you still willing to live like this?"

“……”

"I don't want to!"

"I don't want to!"

"Dry turn over the upper layer of those mounted paper raising!"

"We want to be free!"

"Kill them all!"

Da! Da! Da!

A series of red dots were fired at the top of the steel armor, quieting the crowd and causing a multi-legged 'nurse' to climb up to the top and start repairs, before Krogan Granger continued:

"That's right!"

"From today onwards, we are different! We want to live with dignity, and we want to live better and better! ”

"Because...... Today, all of us are no longer outcasts, forsaken people, we all have only one name in common, we are the 'oppressed'! ”

"I declare: from now on, we have an uprising!!"

Grant raised his weapon in the air with all his might, cracking open the ugly mouths of their Krogan and yelling at the militants he had mobilized.

"Wow!!"

"Woooooooo

"Click, wow!!"

"Occupy the Citadel and regain your freedom!!"

"Attack! Get those SWAT officers out of our world! ”

"Kill, !!"

Soon, a group of people scattered vigorously along the labyrinth of passages, pipes, ladders, and other forms of terrain, and finally, the 'Protector' of the Citadel was still on the top of the chamber repairing the gun hole.

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(Little master, the batch of weapons you sold made a big mess...... The toad monster who only has money, he seems to have armed a group of rebels, and then he got into a fight with the police!

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- After the faint explosion and vibration on the ground, Tibbs said a word to some heartless little master who was eating a lot with the money he had earned. ）

"Tibbs, don't talk nonsense!"

"I didn't sell those weapons, so I don't know the toad monster named Grant!"

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