The next day, July 25, at 8:37 a.m., in the camp of the Noble squad, he got up at six o'clock in the morning, and now that he had completed his morning training, the captain of the captain, Lieutenant Colonel Noble No. 1, Carter, had already reported the events of the Visgrad relay station and the details of the battle last night, and had elaborated on the reason for the supreme alarm of the 'Winter Emergency'.

‘……’

'Carter, I don't have much time, do you have anything else important?' ’

Obviously, Colonel Holland in the video conversation seemed a little busy, so he expressed some surprise and impatience that Carter, the captain of the noble squad, had contacted him again in the early hours of the morning?

"Report sir!"

"I'm just wondering, you've already read our report for that little 'survivor' girl we brought back yesterday afternoon, right? I would like to ask, how did you plan to place her? ”

To tell the truth, Carter himself is also a little conflicted about the ignorant genius little girl, although they brought it back from the Visgrad relay station yesterday, but, after contact, he seems to have liked the little girl who helped them a lot, and he also faintly felt compassion, wanting to send the other party to the other party's parents or relatives as soon as possible, away from the kind of tragic war and pain that should not be borne by the other party's age.

War is tragic and unforgiving, thinking about the training process of his Spartan warrior in the third phase of Sparta, serving in the number A259, thinking about the war with the Star Covenant over the years and the clear eyes of that little girl, in the end, he still connected to this call with Colonel Holland.

'Placement? ’

'Sorry! Noble 1, how do you want us to place her? ’

Colonel Holland in the picture was stunned for a moment, and after hearing that the other party was asking about this, he sighed and gave Carter a wry smile.

Of course, he could smell a hint of what his capable captain, the lieutenant colonel of the Spartan squad directly under him, thought, but he said that he was also a little powerless and said that it seemed a little too late for the other party to come to ask now?

For that little girl, they already have an arrangement, and now that the other party is planning to interfere, it is obvious that there will be no result.

'Alas......'

"As you must know, we've never met such a strange little guy, let's not talk about her natural abilities, just her identity is about to drive those ONI intelligence agents crazy!" ’

Because, even after multiple investigations through the super artificial intelligence network and various means used for advanced data processing in Zhiyuanxing, ONI has to admit that that little girl, that eight-year-old girl named Anne Hasta, she does not exist in Zhiyuanxing, and even the entire human world, in the entire UNSC database!

That's right, it doesn't exist......

After investigation, the ONI intelligence agents finally gave Colonel Holland feedback: no such person!

Yes, the little girl who showed her skills outside the Visgrad relay station and used a 14.5x114mm AP-FS-DS shelling wing stabilized armor-piercing bullet with an SRS99 special-purpose sniper rifle and several magazines picked up on the ground was the result of a skirmish victory, a stunning performance like the Hand of God, providing the Noble team with great long-range sniper assistance and support, she simply 'didn't exist' in this world!

At least, it doesn't exist in the database?

It is unimaginable that in today's incomparably advanced science and technology, in this era when astronautics and colonization can be carried out, an eight-year-old girl should not have any birth records, medical records, school records, and any other records and proofs that can be found out about the identity of the other party, even a trace of the existence of the slightest trace?

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the little guy was discovered and brought back by Kaat, and the other party did them a great favor UNSC, killing countless Covenant soldiers who planned to sabotage the Visgrad relay station, and he did look like a normal human with blond hair and blue eyes, and there was no big problem with the basic physical examination, they would have almost wondered if the other party was some ulterior conspiracy prop of the Covenant!

"Of course I do, Colonel!"

"But that's not a big deal, is it? As for Annie's identity, it is nothing more than the possibility that she was smuggled from another planet, because the Far Star is rich and prosperous enough, and compared to other remote and harsh remote colonies, the living conditions here are better, the job opportunities are greater, and the money is more? ”

"Or ......"

"At worst, she's just a family member of a rebel, and as far as I know, we don't have a lot of people in our UNSC orphanage, and besides, Anne is still just a child, and she has helped us a lot, I don't think that's a problem."

"So, Colonel......"

Carter was about to continue saying something when he was interrupted by Colonel Holland on a video call.

'Noble No.1 ......'

If you can prove her identity, we will give her a proper placement and may even send her to her relatives or parents...... If not, you just need to keep her in your camp for a while while and wait for the final arrangements we make with the UNSC Army Special Operations Group 3 and her superiors. ’

So, do you have any questions? ’

Colonel Holland is already a little impatient, because he is very busy now, and now that the infiltration force of the Star Alliance has been discovered on Zhiyuan, this kind of thing is very tricky for the UNSC!

After all, the UNSC headquarters is here at Zhiyuanxing, and with the importance of Zhiyuanxing itself, they are now urgently deploying some tasks, but they don't have time to go with Carter to waste too much time on the problem of a little girl!

Although, that little girl is gifted or something, but now is the critical juncture of Zhiyuanxing, they won't waste too much time on such a little guy, which is something that other non-combatants should care about.

"Damn it!"

"I'm sorry, sir, I wasn't talking about your ......"

"It's just, I don't understand, you know, we saw with our own eyes that she killed at least dozens of Covenant soldiers, and she is indeed a human, do we need any proof of this?!"

Carter became a little agitated, and his voice involuntarily became higher, apparently disagreeing with some of the views of his superior, Colonel Holland.

That's right! ’

That's the sticking point! ’

'None of our intelligence agencies can identify her, whether it's an ONI agent or a UNSC Army agent, so where do you want us to send her?' Could it be that she will be sent to her rebel parents, who don't know where they are, or even if they are dead or alive, and let her turn their guns against us? ’

Yes, so far, Colonel Holland is more inclined to that little girl Anne is a family member of a rebel army active in Zhiyuan, rather than some smuggler who somehow smuggled to Zhiyuan from another colony in situ?

Because, five months ago, the rebels of Zhiyuanxing, they attacked the relay station at Hamani and caused the reconnaissance facility to shut down, and they also stole two transport ships from the dry dock!

Only the families of the rebels are likely to have access to the SRS99 Special Purpose Rifle at this age, or even younger, and to use them smoothly and correctly, and only the children of the rebels may have no record in the ONI and UNSC databases at all!

And if the ordinary smugglers of the Hakka family, let alone whether they can continue to maintain their composure in that environment, I'm afraid they don't even know how to load their weapons, how to open the safety and how to fire, right?

Even if she fiddles around and shoots successfully, if the posture and method are not right, I am afraid that the powerful recoil of the SRS99 special-purpose rifle can almost shatter her immature shoulders with one shot, and where is the opportunity for her to shoot so many shots, and return the gun without failing, and perform so amazingly, even surpassing a battle-hardened Spartan warrior in shooting?!

"Okay......"

"Sir, may I ask if you already have any plans?"

After a short silence, Carter, who was a little depressed, had to speak regretfully. Because, when he heard this, he already knew roughly what was waiting for that little guy.

'Carter! ’

I have a great place for her, and people have heard about her and are very interested in her! However, I was a little hesitant to do that, and I didn't know if I should do that...... Originally, I wanted to wait a few days until the investigation of the Star Alliance's infiltration of Zhiyuan Star was completed, but since you are asking now, let's decide today! ’

'So ......'

'Lieutenant Colonel Carter, are you and your teammates willing to trust her and sign a joint sponsorship and recommendation for her?' ’

Colonel Holland didn't say how to arrange the little girl's business, Annie, but suddenly asked.

“……”

"Yes, we are all willing, sir, do you have any good suggestions?"

Although I don't know why the other party suddenly asked like that, Lieutenant Colonel Carter hesitated for a while, but still said firmly on behalf of his teammates.

Because the little girl could be regarded as helping them no matter how much he could, he felt that he and his teammates should help each other no matter what, and it didn't matter if they would get into any trouble because of it! After all, the very existence of their Spartan is a super big trouble and in trouble all the time, and he has nothing to fear.

'Excellent! ’

Then, she will be exceptionally admitted to the new Alexandria Military Academy and become a new cadet!!!" ’

Colonel Holland didn't sell anything more, but was very direct about his decision that he had not intended to say in such a hurry.

Originally, he planned to continue to observe and observe the little girl for a few days after a while, and then make the next step after investigating the exact identity of the other party and more information. However, he suddenly felt that it would not be a good idea to let the other party mix with the noble squad and have too many secrets in this wartime state, so he temporarily changed his mind.

"But sir, I don't remember that there was a military academy in Star Atlanta?"

'Not before, but now it is! ’

"What does that mean?"

'Lieutenant Colonel, don't you think you're asking too much?' ’

"Sir, what the hell do you want to do?"

‘……’

After staring at Carter for a while, Colonel Holland suddenly laughed.

'That's ......'

An old friend of mine, who has always been very 'interested' in the Spartan Project, has some things that he shouldn't have told you, but since you yourself are willing to vouch for that little girl and recommend it together, it doesn't matter. ’

'In short, he is going to select some people and train a group of excellent warriors, a group of warriors who are not inferior to your Spartans?' ’

'So, after seeing your report and learning about that little girl, you kept asking me ......to hand it over.'

Maybe that's really a good choice for her? ’

Colonel Holland in the communication spread his hands indifferently, after all, the little girl must not be able to stay in the camp of the Noble team all the time, and it is a bit of a waste to throw it into the orphanage, so the matter is basically decided.

“！！”

"But sir! The recruitment of children at military academies has been controversial......."

'That's it! Don't talk about it, you don't have the right to object! And you saw it yesterday, she has a lot of potential! ’

'That's how it was decided......

Or, if you can find her family, have her family protest to the NUSC Naval Special Operations Department?" ’

“......”

Carter was silent, because he knew that what Colonel Holland said was obviously impossible to happen, because they didn't know who the little guy's parents were, and where they were!

By the way! ’

I can tell you in advance that by tonight at the latest, you will receive new missions, and tomorrow there may be even more heavy combat missions waiting for you, and now is not the time to be distracted by those little things! ’

'Well, in two hours, I'll send a Fighting Falcon helicopter to your camp and pick up the little girl for New Alexandria, and you'll just have to get ready for the handover!' ’

'Don't worry, she's in good hands!' ’

"Sir......

Carter opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything, because he could see that Colonel Holland had decided that he couldn't change anything.

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A few minutes later......

“……”

When Lieutenant Colonel Carter finished talking to Colonel Holland and returned to the rest room with a hint of regret and helplessness, the members of the noble squad were talking happily at this time, and from time to time they let out hearty 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 his teammates' amusement and teasing right now?

Come to think of it, in the interval between one tense task after another, it would be nice for the members of the team who were already nervous to have a blonde, blue-eyed, well-behaved and cute little girl chatting and laughing with them in their camp at this moment, bragging and farting and relieving that suppressed emotion.

‘！！ ’

'Captain! ’

'Lieutenant Colonel? ’

'Sir! ’

‘……’

At this time, seeing his commander, Lieutenant Colonel Carter, come out of the communication room, the members of the noble squad who were originally talking stood up and greeted each other or looked at each other.

“？？”

(???? ▽????)？

Anne did not speak, but sat in her seat with dignity, just looking curiously at each other with her big blue eyes. Because, she was not too familiar with this serious Noble No. 1 and this lieutenant colonel captain, and she was not the other party's soldiers, so she felt that there was no need to salute or greet the other party or anything.

'Hmm! ’

'Feel free to ......'

Carter, who signaled to the team members not to be polite and not prepared to announce the mission at this time, after a deep groan, finally stood in front of Anne and looked at each other with complicated eyes.

“……”

(°ー°〃)，

"Hey! Hello Carter, what's the matter? ”

(˙-˙=????????)

I didn't know why the other party looked at her with such strange eyes, and after Anne replied to the other party's two confused expressions, she asked cutely.

"Anne ......"

"Just now Colonel Holland said that you non-combatant can't stay in our camp all the time, because there are classified ...... So, in two hours someone will pick you up, and you'll be temporarily placed at a military academy in New Alexandria until they find out where you came from and have a new arrangement? ”

"If you have something to pack, maybe you can go ahead and get it ready now?"

Having said that, Carter didn't feel that there was anything to pack up, because when they brought each other back from the Visgrad relay station, there was really nothing more than the other party and the SRS99.

"Huh?"

(??????.??????)????????

Anne felt a little incredible, she thought, she had already done a little and defeated so many aliens, so shouldn't they cry and beg to let her stay, and then prepare her a beautiful set of their Thor's hammer armor too?

Why now, after she's only been there for a night, can't wait to chase her away?

'Captain? ’

'What's going on?' ’

'What the hell did they arrange?' ‘

'Wow! It's over, as I just said, they're going to do something bad to Anne, she's going to be badly trained! ’

“？？”

∑(?? △｀)？！

At this point, Anne was even more puzzled, and then began to scan between the captain and the 6 with a puzzled gaze.

'Shut up! ’

'Noble No. 6, don't scare her again! Catherine, go ahead, take her to pack up some things and get ready! ’

To be honest, I'm afraid even Carter himself didn't know why he brought the other party back in a hot brain instead of handing it over to the reinforcements from the UNSC to arrange...... However, since Colonel Holland helped him arrange a place for this little guy, he really didn't want to meddle too much, because that little guy was just a passerby to them, and it was better for them to focus more on the Covenant now?

Because, he had a hunch that in the next period of time, Zhiyuan Star might not be too calm, and they had to go all out and be ready to go!

'Okay, Lieutenant Colonel! ’

'Hey! Little one, I remember, you don't seem to have anything to pack away...... Still, I might be able to give you some cR points so you can get some delicious moa burgers in New Atlanta? ’

“？？”

(????????)????????

"But, Sister Catherine, what is a moa burger?"

(??????)？

Anne did not resist, and obediently let the other party take her hand and walk towards the lodging area of the camp behind.

'That's the best food on Reach!' ’

“！！”

=???????? (?????? *)

"So, where can I buy it?!"

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‘......’

'New Alexander definitely has ......'

"Is it really delicious?"

(???? ﹃????)

'You may soon find out......

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?? (ψ｀?? ′)o?? Zhiyuanxing is still very calm for the time being, and if you have a ticket, throw it away??