The first-class area inside the A380 cabin had long since been renovated.
It featured a queen-sized Simmons bed, fixed sofas, a dining table, a bar, and more.
Meanwhile, the Alpha team led by Hank was in the business class cabin behind it.
As a boss who was not short on money, William Russell would certainly not mistreat the USS members protecting his safety.
The business and economy cabins had also been completely renovated with single beds, sofas, and embedded TVs connected to DVD players.
As for the Alpha team's main equipment, it was all stored in the cargo hold, though quite a few firearms remained in the cabin for emergencies.
...
...
A380 first-class area;
William sat on a single sofa near the porthole, ignoring the sweets and fine wine placed before him, looking out at the cloudscape instead.
Halsey was sitting on a more spacious sofa, using a laptop to record something.
It was likely that 049 had brought more inspiration to this female genius.
At this moment, William was not just watching the sea of clouds; he was carefully listening to the Host system.
[Detected that the Host has observed ***-049 at close range, successfully completing the first containment.
Redeeming rewards, please wait...
Congratulations to the Host for obtaining two chances to draw items or characters from the halo series. Would you like to draw?]
"Whoa!"
Hearing the system's words, the previously drowsy William instantly woke up.
He no longer sat in a lazy posture; instead, he rested his elbows on the table in front of him, clasping his hands together to support his chin.
"Ahem!" He cleared his throat, preparing himself.
Only then did he shout in his mind to the system: "Draw!"
[Received. Performing the first draw, please wait...]
"Hoo... ha..." William's breathing involuntarily grew heavier.
He was very nervous.
Because...
Characters, characters!
If he drew John-117, he would hit the jackpot.
The Sergeant Major's heaven-defying luck and strength should be able to help the company contain the vast majority of anomalous phenomena.
[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the mecha that appeared in halo Legends.
The complete blueprints for the herundin/Yggdrasil Mark I Prototype Armor Defense System.
(Hrunting / Yggdrasil Mark I Prototype Armor Defense System)
Implanting into the memory of Catherine Elizabeth Halsey (Manual note: In the halo setting, the herundin is the Navy's "knockoff" of Halsey's Thor's Hammer)...
Implantation complete.]
"This..." William was a bit disappointed.
After all, the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
However, being able to obtain the herundin mecha was enough to make him happy for a few months.
That anime, halo Legends.
William had watched it countless times when he was in high school, so he certainly knew about this "cheat" armor, the herundin.
The Spartan II units were equipped with mjolnir armor, which could greatly improve the Spartans' strength, endurance, agility, and reaction speed.
And the most famous later version, the Mark V, also possessed an Energy Shield, making every Spartan-II Soldier a perfect killing machine.
Unfortunately...
Ordinary Soldiers could not wear mjolnir armor; the best outcome was ending up completely disabled.
Therefore, the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in the anime developed this herundin mecha on the planet Algolis.
Later, the planet was invaded, which was the story content of the sixth episode of the anime.
According to the Cole Protocol in the game's World view, this herundin mecha had to be destroyed.
But the Marine Corps Sergeant responsible for executing this mission, in order to cover his subordinates and civilians as they evacuated, put on the herundin mecha and fought against the entire Covenant force.
He successfully bought time for the shuttle to escape and heavily damaged the Covenant's attacking force.
Eventually, while isolated and without support, he suffered a full-scale attack; the mecha's Energy Shield was broken, and the Sergeant's left arm was severed.
After confirming that the civilians and friendly forces had safely evacuated, the Sergeant detonated the micro-fusion reactor built into the herundin, perishing along with the Covenant forces.
It could be said that by possessing the herundin, Umbrella didn't just have a "humanoid Gundam."
The most important nuclear fusion technology, and even the Energy Shield technology, could now be developed by Halsey.
That was five hundred years beyond humanity's existing technology.
At the same time, it also provided a nuclear threat capability.
But the only drawback of the herundin was that it was too expensive to build, costing several times more than Thor's Hammer.
Several Zeus-class destroyers...
[The Host has one more halo series draw chance. Would you like to draw?]
Recovering from the mix of disappointment and joy, William said calmly: "Ah, let's do it."
[Received. Performing the second draw, please wait...
Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the protagonist of the halo game series, the Sergeant Major.
Selecting one of the fourteen children the Host requested to be kidnapped...
Undergoing modification...
Modification complete.]
"WTF... WTF..."
After hearing the system's words, William couldn't help but blurt out the famous quote from a certain streamer.
Because he couldn't suppress it!
He had originally given up on any metaphysics and just drew casually...
He didn't expect to get a "gold" [legendary item]!
Damn!
What the hell...
Fortunately, Halsey was having a burst of inspiration and didn't notice her boss acting crazy over there.
The system also took advantage of William's shock to continue speaking in his ear:
[The modified child is named John Kemp, sharing the same first name but a different surname as the Sergeant Major in the game.
Age: 11
Combat Power: 17
Special Ability: None.]
"Eh?"
William closed his jaw, rubbed his temples, leaned back on the sofa, and asked:
"What is this situation?"
[Answering the Host, after John Kemp is modified into a Spartan warrior by Dr. Halsey of this World, he will reach his peak stats.
John Kemp's peak stats are as follows:
Combat Power: xxx
Special Ability: Good Luck.
Possesses luck beyond ordinary people; even in a certain-death situation, there is a way to solve it.
When facing extreme situations, it will increase the combat power of nearby friendly forces by twenty to thirty, and increase his own combat power by twenty percent.
Note:
xxx represents an unknown limit, and is at least no less than four hundred.]
"Holy crap!"
The highly composed William couldn't help but utter that classic Japan term.
xxx?
That means 999 is also possible.
The only thing that made William itch was that John was only eleven years old.
But it's better than nothing.
At this time, the system continued: [Please pay attention to the following matters, Host.
As anomalous phenomena have started to appear one after another around the World, Agents will report to the Host's company one by one.
Only when this system detects phenomena with high lethality that can cause large numbers of civilian casualties will this system alert the Host and issue containment tasks and rewards.
After all, some anomalous phenomena that can be contained by Agents alone do not require mobilizing troops to make a fuss.
And you, Host, wouldn't want to be disturbed by this system twenty-four hours a day, would you.]
"Hmm, that makes sense."
William nodded, deeply agreeing in his heart.