Star of Light?
William raised his hand and pinched his chin to think deeply, but he had no impression of this church at all. It should not be in a game or movie.
Immediately afterwards, Cortana said:
"The individual soldier systems of the twenty-four Armed Cultists killed by Ivan had many technologies similar to those of the first generation of AAES.
The church may have obtained the weapons and equipment we sold to the UNSC through some means.
In addition, their bodies have also undergone some kind of transformation surgery.
Pain Suppression is known to increase the secretion of adrenaline and strengthen muscle tissue."
"Huh?" This actually aroused Halsey's interest.
Before the emergence of Sparta, governments around the world were actually secretly studying the use of enhanced transformation surgeries on soldiers.
Even Special Operations Command of the UNSC once 'borrowed' several biological and chemical experts from Umbrella to strengthen the bodies of elite soldiers.
But the progress is unsatisfactory. After all, governments around the world do not have T-Virus and vaccines.
For a church to be able to achieve this level of success shows that the technology at its disposal is more advanced than any other country.
More importantly, this church is like a mouse hiding in the dark, and there is too little information about them on the Internet.
"Tsk." Thinking of this, William immediately ordered:
"Cortana, inform Serena to temporarily put the company's focus on the encirclement and suppression of the "Star of Light" church.
With abundant funds, the ability to build high-tech Individual Equipment on its own, and even the technology to transform soldiers, the threat from this enemy exceeds the abnormality."
"Yes, boss." Cortana responded.
"William." At this time, Halsey came to William and explained:
"The success rate of this kind of reconstruction surgery is extremely low. Among ten soldiers with extremely high physical fitness, at most one or two can pass the surgery.
Therefore, I believe that the reformed soldiers controlled by this church are only a small number of elites.
Because Ivan lost twenty-four people at one time, it should be a huge loss for them."
"Yeah." William also agreed deeply.
The knock on the door of the door interrupted the conversation between the two.
William turned around and looked at the door and said softly, "Come in."
The door was opened by Marine Corps who was guarding the door, and it was their son, Ivan, who walked into the observation room.
After Ivan reunited with William and Halsey, he also returned to the Phantom and changed into a new set of clothes.
However, he did not stay on the Phantom with his sister. Instead, he followed his parents to the military base on the outskirts of Athens.
Ivan walked to the observation room, first glanced at the girl Interrogation Room, and then asked William:
"Father... what did she say?"
"..." William stared at his son in silence, as if he could read his mind.
Then he turned around and looked at the one-way window, shook his head and sighed, "She hasn't spoken since she sat there, and I don't know if she is good or bad."
Instead, Halsey walked up to Ivan and said worriedly, "Ivan, you can give those Armed Cultists with your own hands..., are you really okay?
How about mom accompany you to see a psychiatrist first? Okay?"
Ivan shook his head repeatedly and said, "Mom, I'm fine. I have been following Colonel Kent for almost half a year, and I have already been mentally prepared to kill the enemy.
Besides, I don't have any burden. If those militants are not dealt with, there will be more civilian casualties."
"..." Seeing his son's overly mature performance, Halsey didn't know what to say.
But William, who was standing in front of the mother and son, said, "Okay Catherine, you should be happy that your son can help the company solve such a big trouble.
Besides, Ivan is so precocious, doesn't it just follow you?"
"Hey, okay." After hearing William's words, Halsey no longer hesitated.
Then she asked Ivan: "Ivan, do you have anything to do with me and your father?"
"Yes." Ivan nodded without denying it, looked up at William and suggested:
"Father, that girl seems to be less wary of me. Otherwise, I can ask her on behalf of the researcher."
Hearing this, William recalled the scene of the girl holding Ivan, and couldn't help but secretly complained:
'Made, this brat is only four and a half years old! He's four and a half years old! He knows how to pick up girls? Will he be able to do this when he grows up?'
However, complaints are complaints after all, and William also felt that it was indeed worth a try to let Ivan interrogate the mysterious girl.
Then he agreed, "Okay, then you go and interrogate her."
"Yes, father." After receiving his father's approval, Ivan gave him a slight salute and left the observation room.
Within Interrogation Room.
"How old are you?"
"..."
"What's your name, please?"
"..."
"Why do those armed men want to arrest you?"
"..."
No matter what questions the researcher asked, the girl just shook her head slightly, seemingly not wanting to answer these questions at all.
At this time, Interrogation Room's door was opened by Ivan.
He walked into Interrogation Room and said to the researcher, "Leave it to me for interrogation."
"Yes." Seeing that the person who came was the boss's son, the researcher didn't raise any questions, picked up the briefcase on the table, stood up and left Interrogation Room.
"Eh?" When the girl saw that it was Ivan who approached the house, her face showed unconcealable joy.
She immediately stood up and trotted to Ivan, opening her arms to hug him again.
"Wait... wait a minute!" Ivan hurriedly stopped her movement.
After leading her back to her seat, she looked humbly towards the wall on the left.
Ivan couldn't imagine what his parents would think of him behind that one-way mirror.
Shaking his head violently, Ivan threw those useless thoughts aside and sat down opposite the girl.
"Ahem." He cleared his throat, raised his left hand and patted his chest softly and said softly:
"I forgot to tell you my name before. My name is Ivan, Ivan Russell. I wonder what your name is...?"
"What's your name?" The girl also imitated Ivan's movements, patted her chest with her left hand and said with a smile:
"My name is Shia, Shia Stephansdottir Siguros."
"It's a nice name, then I'll call you Xia from now on, okay?" Ivan said.
"Hmm." The girl named Xia didn't seem wary of Ivan at all.
Seeing this, Ivan immediately got to the point and asked, "Xia, what is the relationship between those who want to arrest you and those who protect you when you go to church?
And do you know Star of Light... this church?"
Hearing this question, Shia became a little sad and said, "Actually, I have lived in this church since I was a child, and Deacon Barret and other monks wanted to help me escape from the church...
But..." Siya did not continue.
Because the deacon named Barrett and the monks who protected Shia have been killed by those Armed Cultists.
"I'm sorry." Seeing Shia's sad look, Ivan also apologized.
After a while, he asked, "Then Deacon Barret, why did I take you to escape from the church?"
"Because... as a miko, I want to sacrifice to God of Light."
"Miko?"