“…… These TFs with severe mental disorders are concentrated in a nursing home in Tonopah, Nevada, where post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), multiple personality, battlefield dependence, etc., accounts for 45% of patients under the age of 18, and in fact, according to the unnamed person involved, ' No TF is completely psychologically healthy', the Allied Academy of Sciences declined to disclose information about this research, but it is generally believed that TF modification surgery will also magnify the psychological defects of the recipient......"

-- Nature magazine

***

Arya. Sinaire looked at the screen in front of him, his brow furrowed, and the freighter swayed almost imperceptibly with the waves.

As the role of staff officer in the team, she dutifully handles some paperwork and staff work in her spare time, just like Reanna and other staff officers in the Prism team did before, she must refine the details of the operation after Ling Yu puts forward a clear mission goal, which includes a series of seemingly inconsequential entry paths, evacuation paths, action grouping, backup plans, emergency treatment, etc., which seem to be insignificant, but are actually related to the success or failure of the plan and the life and death of everyone.

As mentioned before, Arya, who lacks combat effectiveness, is a very clear sense of her position, and can exude a unique brilliance in some inconspicuous positions, when this kind of person is in the team, it is difficult for you to feel his importance, but once you lack such a person, you will find that there are many things that should be smooth and become trouble, small troubles become big troubles, and even fatal troubles.

Of course, with Ling Yu's acquiescence, she also has another identity. That is, the liaison between the new "Prism" team and Kronos, in other words, the storage zài who monitored Ling Yu.

However, Ling Yu didn't have too much rejection, after all, the funds and most of the equipment used by Ling Yu were provided by Kronos, or invested by Kronos, and as investors, they had the right to send people to monitor whether their investments were abused. What's more, the report compiled by Arya was fed back directly to the head of the intelligence department, Anderson, through a private route. Li and Yang Chengze, the relationship between these two people and Ling Yu naturally does not need to be said.

Of course, Arya did not have the authority to interfere with Ling Yu's decision, in fact, Ling Yu did not have any reins around his neck - Yang Chengze, who was holding the reins, had already hung the reins around Ling Yu's own neck.

Yang Chengze trusted Ling Yu, or Yang Chengze knew that he couldn't pull Ling Yu at all.

It's just that at this time, the computer screen in front of Arya is not a plan, nor a report or an application form, but a video screenshot.

The screenshot is taken from the top down, and it should be a device like a surveillance camera. But even from this angle, you can still see the immature face and the short hair that exudes a light blue whitish sheen.

And that huge pair of headphones.

"Bang bang bang-"

Arya was startled by the knock on the hatch, and subconsciously tapped the holographic keyboard in front of her to hide the previous picture, but when she turned her head, she found that Payne was already standing in the door, half leaning against the door frame.

"Just be a little presumptuous. But you didn't even close the door, and I don't feel like you're dealing with something private. Payne pointed to the door. But it's not like you. ”

"Uh...... Well, it's actually not a big deal, I'm looking at the storage disk that Ling Yu handed me just now. Arya scrambled a little, then picked up the storage drive from the terminal and tossed it to Payne, "I have nothing to hide. ”

"Do you care about that?" Payne reached for the white storage disk. It's not encrypted, it's just an ordinary storage disk that can be found everywhere on the street, and it's unlikely to be used to store some hidden information, "We found out that you joined this team because of a personal vendetta?" ”

"Hmm...... I'll admit that joining this team is the only way I can think of to find her," Arya frowned. "But I don't let private emotions affect my work."

"I don't think you understand what I mean." Payne reached out and tossed the disk back, "Mind if I come in?"

"Ah, excuse me, please come in." Arya was stunned for a moment, smiled awkwardly, stood up and pulled away from the stool, and nodded, "Sit casually." ”

"Everyone of us here is because of a personal vendetta, so I don't think you need to hide anything at all." Payne walked over to the stool and sat directly on it, looking at Arya sitting on the bed across the table, "Leviathan. Thea, right? ”

"Well, that's right." Arya gave up her pointless argument and nodded in acknowledgement, "I'm here for a chance to bring her back. ”

Payne's gaze didn't change, and Arya shrugged her shoulders lightly in response, this kind of thing can't be hidden, even Xia Fengyan knows who the person she is looking for is, and Payne has no reason not to know.

"I thought you were here to kill her." Payne shook his head, it didn't look like he was joking, and the Black Knight, who was always strict with his questions, didn't look like someone who would joke, "Looks like she's working for the ACA right now?" ”

"According to my information, she is now a freelance mercenary, so she must have accepted a job with the ACA." Arya sighed and spoke, not knowing if it was a justification, "However, I'm afraid it's a long-term contract, which is why I strongly asked to join this team." ”

"I don't like the way Kronos does things, the basket they poked should be cleaned up by themselves, not let you do it on your own as a girl with little combat power," Payne directly reached out and pressed a few buttons on the holographic screen, and the image that was previously hidden by Arya reappeared on the screen, he looked at the immature face and frowned, "Especially since this is still a child." ”

"Actually, if you're referring to that, I'd say that it wasn't Kronos who modified her, she was rescued from an illegal device and brought back to the company." Arya bluntly denied it, and seemed to be very concerned about the possibility of being misunderstood on this point, but she was silent for a moment, and still spoke, "It's all my responsibility, and I can't do anything about it." I kept collecting her reports and decided that I wanted to join the team anyway. ”

"I think it's hard to say that it's your responsibility alone, if her tragedy has nothing to do with you in the past." Payne asked.

"But now it seems that maybe it was a mistake to bring her back to Kronos." Arya breathed a sigh of relief, "It's my responsibility. ”

"Anyway, you believe she's a good person." Payne turned his head to look at the girl's face inside the holographic screen. There is really no trace of hideousness or murderous intent, just like a junior high school girl walking on the street listening to music after school, "or that she still has the possibility of becoming a good person." ”

"Honestly, I don't know," Arya nodded subconsciously, then shook her head and sighed heavily, "but at least I'm going to see with my own eyes what kind of person she's become...... What the hell did she think. ”

"Is it also an unwarranted sense of responsibility?" Payne sighed helplessly. "It suddenly occurred to me that if people were living a little more selfishly, maybe the world would be a lot easier."

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't agree." Arya also responded to the middle-aged man with a serious gaze, and then shook her head, "At least as an adult, we have to do something in this world." ”

"Are you little girls so emotional and idealistic?" Payne was expressionless, "But more often than not, you can't do anything. ”

"Maybe I'll realize that sooner or later. But at least not now. Arya shrugged, not angry at Payne's words. Even if I'm not growing up, I think that's pretty good. ”

"Also, people who don't think like that won't sit here anymore," Payne nodded slightly, as if to say to Arya. It seems to be saying to himself again.

"Why did Mr. Payne join this team?" Arya raised her hand and gently brushed her hair, "You don't look like an idealist. ”

"I'm just looking for someone to settle accounts." Payne closed his eyes, "A typical uncle who wants to find someone for revenge, I'm very simple, and I don't have any messy emotions. Just trying to kill that guy. ”

“…… Former Chief Scribe, Marvin. Greg? Arya hesitated, but said the name anyway.

"Hmm." Payne nodded, it's not a secret, although it's a scandal, it's a defection that is known all over the world.

"It's actually quite simple." Payne leaned over and rested his right elbow on the table, "If your purpose is to save, then my purpose is to destroy, you can't save all the people in this world, some people have no meaning to be redeemed, and there is no possibility of redemption, they must be eradicated and eliminated from the flesh." ”

"Without punishment, there can be no fear, only blood can bring order, because it can arouse respect for order in some people's hearts."

"Man, after all, is still just an animal, and it would be better not to expect too much from human beings themselves."

"I have to say, it makes sense, I used to work at Gabriel and encountered some ...... Incurable people. ”

Arya shrugged, then nodded, agreeing with Payne's point.

"Actually, I'm just talking about Leviathan. Thea, her resume isn't pretty, this girl has a strict psychological problem, and she has a very strong, almost out-of-control force," Payne retorted, "It's dangerous. ”

"If I can't convince her, at least I hope to finish her off with my own hands." Arya turned her head away from Payne's gaze, "It's my responsibility, after all. ”

"Perhaps, I can only wish you good luck."

Payne stood up, as if he had been a little too long here, and the black knight, who had always adhered to a strict schedule, walked straight to the door.

"Mr. Payne," Arya stopped him as Payne reached the door.

"Why do you think the captain is standing here?" Arya was silent for a moment, waiting for the hem of Payne's clothes to calm down completely before speaking.

"Presumably, it's all of us."

Unexpectedly, Payne gave a straightforward answer, and he lowered his head and glanced at his right hand, which was wrapped in a black glove.

"Those who want to protect, those who want to save, must complete revenge...... Probably all of that...... It's all his reason to fight, right? ”

After Payne finished speaking, he walked out of the room and closed the door with his backhand.

"All ...... Stuff? ”

Arya frowned thoughtfully, next to her, on the tactical terminal, the Leviathan was still displayed. Shia's white hair smelled of a faint blue.

***

"It's a pity that we're still a step late."

Not long after Ling Yu got on the boat, in Baghdad, on the ruins of the black gold room, two TFs, a man and a woman, were ushered in.

The woman in the white hazmat suit glanced at the Geiger counter on the back of her left hand, then removed her helmet, revealing her fiery red hair.

She knelt down on one knee and gently wiped a handful of burnt gray marks, twisting her fingers to reveal what was white and presumably ashes inside.

"I have something to tell you, or rather, you have to make a choice."

The young man standing behind the girl raised his hand and took off his helmet, revealing short blond hair, and his bored tone was mixed with a touch of indifference.

"Ling Yu and the virus, you can only find one of them."

Logan. Craig raised his foot and kicked a pebble flying at Charlotte, who raised her head. Cromwell, smiling coldly. (To be continued......)