"From now on, it's up to you to decide, you're a "ghost" now, and you're no longer accountable to us......" Anderson said after seeing Shepard want to ask him for his opinion, his tone was both relieved and lonely.

Thankfully, Shepard fulfilled his dream and secured the ghost's position. Lonely that he himself retired from his combat post, and the new job assigned to him by Starlink was that of an embassy attaché based in the Citadel, responsible for assisting Udian in his work.

"Yes, you're only accountable to the Citadel Council now, but your actions still reflect the overall image of humanity, Commander. If you mess up, I'm going to have to deal with the aftermath for you......"

The Human Ambassador reminded. From now on, Shepard's cousin is directly linked to his political future, so he eagerly reminds Shepard not to embarrass him.

"I'll take care not to make your job as difficult as possible......," Xue replied, Udian had put a lot of effort into her appointment, and she meant it.

"Very well, remember, you were already a human long before you became a ghost...... the ambassador said a few more precautions, and then took his leave. Leave Anderson to say goodbye to them.

"What's your holiday with Salen, sir?" Seeing the ambassador walk away, Shepard asked Anderson about the strange thing she had just been in the council hall that Anderson and Salen seemed to know each other.

"That was a long time ago, and it doesn't make sense anymore. Anderson sighed when he heard this. His affair with Salem was his biggest failure and regret so far. So he didn't really want to say it.

"I'm on my way to bring down Salen, Anderson, that means I need to know something about him. Shepard could tell that Anderson didn't want to answer, but she had to know what the hell was going on between Anderson and Salen.

Bringing down Saren is not a child's game, and even now, Salen's advantage is still huge. He has an entire Jace fleet to protect him, and his whereabouts are uncertain, so Shepard needs to do everything in his power to understand her enemies.

"Well, about 20 years ago, I was nominated as a ghost candidate by Starlink......" Anderson said as she watched her. Knowing that he had to share his story with Shepard, he began to tell the story of his past with Salen.

It turned out that as early as 20 years ago, he was nominated by the Star Federation as a candidate for the ghost after a political incident. At that time, it was Saren who was in charge of examining his cousin.

At that time, Saren was not as famous as he is now, but he was already a seasoned ghost. In the first contact battle, Saren lost a brother. Therefore, he, like many Touareg people, still looked at humanity very unpleasantly after the two races achieved peace.

And Anderson happened to be the battle hero of the Star Alliance in the first contact battle, so during the assessment process, Saren framed him without any suspense, making him lose the ghost qualification that was about to arrive......

This incident has always been regarded by Anderson as a shame in his career, and Starlink is also very embarrassed. So after that incident, Starlink covered up the news of the failure of their first ghost candidate, and Anderson didn't mention it to anyone, not even his most proud protégé, Shepard.

After understanding what had happened, Shepard chatted with Anderson again, and then she took Shen Chao and them back to the Normandy.

"Damn, which bastard came up with this ......" After returning to Normandy, Sister Xue immediately burst into foul language, she always thought that as long as she became a ghost, she would be able to make a wish. But now it seems that she still inadvertently hurt her old superior. When she was outside just now, she had been holding back her frenzy. …,

"We need to discuss our next steps, Commander. Shen Chao followed her to the captain's room and said, this is Shepard's cabin now, and Anderson had sorted out his things before they returned.

Normandy was originally a new battleship, and Anderson commanded this battleship for only half a month. So now the captain's room still looks very neat.

"What good do you have?" Shepard took a few deep breaths to calm down and asked. After hearing those clues just now. She had a preliminary plan of her own, but she also wanted to hear Shen Chao's opinion.

"Our Marines are still not full, and now it's another week to recruit back to Arcturus, and we can't afford to delay such time. Shen Chao is talking about the time required to fix the line according to the current repeater.

The Citadel controls all of the discovered Mass Effect repeaters, and now the Arcturus repeater is 6 times away from the Citadel, and with the voyage between galaxies, it would take 4 to 5 days to reach even at Normandy's speed.

And this would be a waste of precious time, Saren is already ahead of them, and they will need to do everything they can to have a chance to take down this legendary ghost.

"Saren is not an easy interstellar pirate to deal with, and we need a strong enough Marine Corps to defeat him. Shen Chao said as he thought of a few known candidates with high combat effectiveness who were currently in the Divine Castle.

"You're saying we're recruiting here?" Sister Xue frowned and looked at him, she hadn't thought about doing this, there was a well-known team of free mercenaries in the Divine Castle.

However, that would cost a lot of money first, and she didn't know what kind of financial support Starlink gave her.

Secondly, the combat effectiveness of those mercenaries is usually very unreliable, although there are also the ones that can satisfy her, but after all, there are too few, and she doesn't know if she can recruit them in a short time.

In the end, the discipline of those free mercenaries did not reassure her, and a few famous mercenary groups said that at least they would not break the contract halfway, but she also doubted that these cowards would dare to follow her to fight with Salen.

Although she was disdainful, Shepard knew that Salen's reputation was not false, and although she was confident that she could blow Saren into a flying force in battle, those free mercenaries would run away when they heard that they were going to fight such a legend.

"It's the only option we have, it's a gathering place for all kinds of talent in the galaxy, and we're sure to find the right one." Shen Chao said very confidently.

"Do you have a candidate now?" Sister Xue had completely calmed down at this time, and while asking Shen Chao, she herself began to recall what she had seen and heard in the Divine Castle in the past two days.

"Remember Officer Touareg?" Gallas? I looked it up, and he was one of the best C-SIC officers in Citadel, and almost as much as we wanted to get Saren to justice. Shen Chao first mentioned this very popular character in the game.

"Well, he should be able to, is there anything else?" Sister Xue recalled the Touareg man she had met earlier, and his impression of the Touareg man was quite good.

"The other might be a little harder, I've heard that the famous Krogan battle master, "Lex of Ogno", is now on the Citadel, he has been a mercenary for hundreds of years, and he is a rare Krogan ability. ”

Shen Chao said that there is a candidate whose combat effectiveness is likely to be not inferior to Sister Xue. The Krogan have a long natural lifespan, and are the second longest known intelligent race after the Asare.

But very few Krogan survived for hundreds of years, because the Krogan were all aggressive and powerful warriors, and the vast majority of Krogan people spent their lives in battle, so few survived for so long. …,

"A Krogan man? How do we convince him to come with us? Shepard hadn't heard of the name, after all, the famous warriors in the galaxy had gone to the sea, and with the various conflicts, she couldn't have known them all.

"Quite simply, I heard that he was working for the Shadow Broker, and he was tasked with killing one of the agents who betrayed the Shadow Broker. By the way, that agent is still after Tully. ”

"As long as we take out that agent first, or invite him when Lex is finished, he's a Krogan who won't give up any challenging fights." ”

"You're an enigma, Shen. I've seen your files, you've never left Earth before, how do you know that? Sister Xue said strangely when she heard this, and as she spoke, she sat down on the chair and looked at Shen Chao standing in front of him.

Even with the support of Starlink's intelligence network, she still found that Shen Chao seemed to know a lot of things that she didn't know, which made her very confused.

"Everybody's a little secret, Commander, my intelligence sources helped me find Tully and help us with our next mission, as for how I got it, is it really important?" Shen Chao said and sat down.

After these days of understanding, he believes that Sister Xue is a pragmatist and will not take the initiative to give up any useful intelligence sources and support.

"Okay, I'll let you go first, but if you want to get my recommendation after this mission, then you have to tell me about your true background......" Sister Xue decided not to pursue Shen Chao's intelligence source for the time being, just like Shen Chao said, they now have more urgent matters to deal with.

"One more thing, Corporal Shen Chao, a ghost candidate can't hold the title of soldier, I'll promote you to second lieutenant now......" Sister Xue said and took out an epaulette from her pocket, and after a brief award ceremony, Shen Chao's military rank was upgraded to second lieutenant.

After the award, they went to lunch, and Sister Xue arranged for them to recruit the two people mentioned by Shen Chao in the afternoon. But after all, the plan has not changed, and it comes quickly.

Just as they had finished their lunch and were about to go out to find Gueras, a messenger came to them and told them that there was a Touareg looking for Shepard, and when they went out, it was Guerras, and he had come to join Shepard's team so that they could go after Salen together.

Seeing this, Shen Chao felt that his previous introduction to Sister Xue was really in vain, and the person they were going to recruit actually took the initiative to come to work...... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )