"Huh??"
Ivan couldn't believe what his ears heard.
However, when Shia saw William, who looked similar to Ivan, she didn't show much fear. She just stood quietly behind Ivan and observed.
And Ivan looked at his father and asked again, "Father, what you just said... wanted me to protect Xia?"
"That's right."
William raised his hand and patted Ivan's left shoulder, and said sincerely, "Until that church is completely eradicated, this girl's life is in danger.
And you and her seem to be of the same age, so the security work is left to you."
"But father..." Ivan asked still slightly confused:
"Even if Star of Light Church is very powerful compared to other organizations, but... compared to our Umbrella, it's not even as good as an ant.
As long as she's in the base..."
"Ahem!" William coughed heavily, interrupted Ivan to continue speaking, and said in a tone that could not be refused:
"Okay, kid, don't ask too many questions, just obey your dad's orders."
"This... is." Ivan could only nod in agreement.
Immediately afterwards, William waved his hand lightly, turned around and prepared to leave.
He also instructed, "Ivan, you and this girl will stay at the Athens base for the time being. Your mother and I need to return to the Phantom to prepare to discuss the annihilation of this church."
Seeing that his father had returned to his former boss appearance, Ivan immediately agreed, "Yes, father."
"Yeah." William nodded with his back, then walked away, and finally disappeared around the corner of the corridor.
Watching William leave, Shia asked, "Is that person just now your father?"
"Ah, he is my father, and he is also the most powerful man on earth." Ivan nodded.
"Is that so..." Shia whispered to herself again, "It must be good to have the feeling of a father..."
William asked Guardians Company, led by Hicks and Hudson, and Hunk's Alpha to stay at the Athens base to protect Ivan and Shia from the anomaly.
Then he and Halsey took the Pelican and returned to the Phantom hovering over the Athens base.
The Pelican entered the hangar and stopped, and the Phantom took off and headed to low-Earth orbit to rendezvous at Containment Fleet.
Half an hour later.
Europe followed the rotation of the earth and entered the dark side. Except for some lights, the entire continent was completely plunged into the night.
In low-Earth orbit, operating synchronously with Europe are two Containment Carriers and the much smaller Phantom.
A Pelican painted in dark gray left the Phantom's belly and flew to the aircraft carrier not far away.
Inside the cabin.
William was sitting closer to the cockpit, while Halsey was left on board the Phantom to accompany the frightened Yelena.
Along with Sparta Blue Team, the three of them have already replaced Mjolnir Armor.
However, when they were not in combat mode, the three Sparta did not wear helmets, but placed their helmets on the seats next to them.
I saw that at this time, Mylon's facial expression was no longer the naive look of the past, but instead looked rare and serious.
Even a little ferocious.
Mylon took out a long saber from his calf and played with it in his hand. With his current expression, he seemed to want to cut someone into pieces.
Seeing Mylon like this, William asked Karl who was sitting not far from him, "Karl, Mylon, what's wrong with this kid?"
"Boss, Yelena seems to be frightened by Venice's attack, and Mylon often plays with Yelena. Mylon always says that Yelena is his sister.
So...Mylon may want to teach those Star of Light believers a lesson."
"That's right." Mylon raised his head and looked at William, his eyes revealing a rare killing intent:
"Boss, if we discover the specific location of those guys, please ask our blue team to attack as well."
"Boss." John also rarely agreed with Mylon: "I also agree with A-003's proposal."
As for William.
When he saw his daughter crying, he had already sentenced Star of Light Church to death in his heart, and of course he would not refuse their request.
Then he nodded and said, "Okay, then you will lead the airborne troops."
"Yes, boss." (x3)
At this moment, there was some noise from both sides of the fuselage.
This means that the Pelican has arrived at the aircraft carrier's decompression chamber and is fixed by the robotic arm.
Not long after, the door at the rear of the cabin was also opened by the pilot, and William led three Sparta towards the hangar outside the cabin.
Depart the Pelican.
William saw an angry-looking Andre, leading several USSs wearing Biochemical Power Armor, standing not far from the Pelican, waiting for him.
He guessed with his toes and knew that the veteran guarding the calf also wanted to chop that Star of Light Church alive.
"General."
"Boss."
The two simply saluted each other and headed to the aircraft carrier's combat conference room together.
In the combat conference room.
In the center of the cabin is a Central Control Console that resembles a ship's bridge, and a map of Europe is displayed on the giant screen.
Several lieutenant-level officers in military uniforms, Andre, William, and three Sparta surrounded Central Control Console.
Artificial Intelligence, equipped with a prosthetic body, stood at one end of Central Control Console, his pupils emitting a faint blue light, and explained to everyone:
"Everyone, based on the description provided by the girl codenamed 'Miko', we can deduce that there are three locations that match the Star of Light Church location where she was imprisoned.
They are Corsica Island, Sardinia, and Sicily."
As she spoke, the three islands that appeared on the screen were marked with red circles.
And continued, "Based on the investigation by the agents and our data analysis at Artificial Intelligence, we concluded that an abandoned castle located at Corsica Island best fits various characteristics.
Several senior agents have been lurking near the castle and have confirmed that there are multiple heat sources inside the castle, and there are also multiple armed guards with guns outside."
"Well..." Andre looked at the marked Corsica Island and said to the Artificial Intelligence:
"Tina, notify the UNSC to announce that Special Operations Command will conduct a live-fire exercise in the woods of Corsica Island."
Artificial Intelligence, named Tina, nodded respectfully and said, "Yes, General."
Then Andre looked at the officers and ordered, "Everyone, execute an orbital airborne landing in fifteen minutes to dig out this parasitic bug in the darkness."
"Yes, General." Everyone saluted him, then left the conference room and went to the equipment room to change combat equipment and weapons.
"Hoo!"
Andre looked at the leaving officer and Sparta, let out a sigh of relief, and said in a deep voice to William who was standing beside him:
"William, you know I had to endure the anger of wanting to launch a hydrogen bomb! Those believers actually scared my baby Yelena!"
Hearing this, William couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Okay Andre, Yelena is not as serious as you think, it will be fine in a few days.
Stop being a hydrogen bomb, and you also need to change your bad temper."
<Containment Control Begins with Umbrella>