Soon, Estelle and Joshua met the person who was in charge of leading them. She was a young lady who looked not much older than the two of them. She had the same silver-white hair as Ellie, and wore a black police uniform and a beret. According to her self-introduction, her name was Aiolia, and she was a quasi-A-level guerrilla in the Crossbell Guerrilla Association. Now she works at the Crossbell Police Department. Perhaps for this reason, she was sent to lead the two to work.
The first thing to do is...
"uniform?"
Looking at the black vest on the table in front of her, with the words "Auxiliary Police" written in large letters on the back, Estelle was a little stunned.
"Are we going to wear this to work?"
"Of course, the police are public servants. Although they may be plainclothes when conducting searches and investigations, they still have to wear uniforms when on duty and patrol. Because only in this way will people come to us for help. It's like the guerrilla badge. If you don't wear the badge, no one will think you are a guerrilla."
In response to Aiolia's explanation, the two did not say much. They quickly put on their clothes and followed Aiolia to start their "patrol".
"We are responsible for patrolling the entire East District and West District today."
"What exactly are we going to do?"
After changing her clothes, Estel excitedly followed Aiolia and asked. As a guerrilla fighter, her usual way of working was to go to the guerrilla association to accept commissions and then complete tasks. Although there were occasional tasks like patrolling the fields to protect them from being destroyed by wild beasts, this was her first time on a patrol like this.
And Estelle was also very excited and wanted to see what she could do.
"Well... the main thing is to patrol and see if there is anything suspicious around. If we encounter a dispute, we will step forward to deal with it. In short... you will know after you take a look."
Soon, under the leadership of Aiolia, a group of three began their patrol work. They walked on the streets, looking at the people around them, the tree-lined scenery on both sides of the street, and the guided vehicles speeding through the middle of the road, which brought people a pleasant and cozy feeling.
And before long, a job came up.
"Oh, Miss Officer, please help me!!"
The first person who came forward to ask for help was an old lady. She said she was out for a walk and bought some ingredients for lunch. When she got to the store, she realized that her wallet was missing. When she was anxious, she saw Aiolia and her group who were on patrol, so she hurried over to seek help.
"Please leave it to us!"
Hearing this, Estier immediately became excited and patted her chest confidently. It was just to find a wallet. She had done this kind of commission many times and was very familiar with it! Estier believed that as long as the old lady could tell where she had been before, she should be able to find the wallet!
But... maybe it was because the old woman was too old and her memory was not very good. When faced with Estell's questions, she was hesitant and could not explain many things clearly. This was even more of a headache for Estell who had just arrived.
“Wow…this…”
"Okay, okay, don't be so nervous."
It was only at this time that Aiolia walked up to her with a smile, clapped her hands, and then nodded to the old woman.
"Please rest assured, we will definitely be able to find your lost wallet. By the way, there is a security booth nearby. Please come here and rest first."
As she spoke, Aiolia took the old woman to a small room near the market, where a man in a police uniform was on duty. Aiolia said a few words to him, and the latter immediately brought tea to the old woman. Then Aiolia took Estell and Joshua into the room.
"Wow, what is this!"
Walking into the room, Estell couldn't help but scream out. Unlike the outside, this room had no windows. The dark walls of the room were covered with glowing crystal screens, through which one could even see the surrounding scenes.
"Excuse me, an elderly woman has reported a lost wallet. She is wearing a red coat and was previously at the fish market in Area B3."
Aiolia spoke to a girl wearing glasses and also in a police uniform sitting in front of the screens. The latter nodded, then reached out and began typing on the keyboard. Soon, the picture on the middle screen began to change, and soon the scene of the market area appeared. Then the whole picture began to reverse, and after a moment, an old man appeared in it.
"Hey? Isn't that the old lady? We are up there too!!"
Seeing this, Estelle's eyes widened in surprise, and she pointed to the screen. She saw Aiolia, Estelle and Joshua standing there, talking to the old woman. Seeing this, Aiolia nodded.
"That's her."
"OK."
After hearing Aiolia's answer, another police officer pushed up his glasses and tapped the keyboard again. Then, the screen began to reverse again. Everyone saw that on the screen, it was as if time was going backwards. The old woman walked backwards out of the fish market, then to the market, the sidewalk, the park, and then took a walk...
“Ah, here it is!”
Suddenly, Aiolia, who was staring at the screen, spoke out, and the picture paused at the same time.
"enlarge."
The picture zoomed in again, and then everyone saw the old woman walking over from the other side of the park. She stayed on the promenade for a moment, and then she saw a snack stall next to her. The old woman walked up to it with a smile, took out money from her wallet, bought some snacks and put them in her pocket, then turned and left. Just as she was about to put the wallet back into her pocket, she accidentally slipped, and as a result, the wallet did not go into her pocket, but slid down and fell into the grass beside the sidewalk.
"Here it is, the sidewalk of the Harborside Park... Area D9!"
After that, everyone went to the place they had seen on the screen before, and soon found the old woman's lost wallet. Then they returned it to the old woman, who was also very happy and kept thanking the three people, and then left.
"I never thought that this method could be used to find lost items. How did you do it?"
As the old lady's voice faded away, Estelle asked in disbelief, while Aiolia giggled.
"See those guide lights?"
"Um……"
"In fact, those guided lights have a monitoring function besides lighting."
"……monitor?"
"Yes, they can monitor the surrounding area all day and night, and record everything that has happened without missing a single thing. So let alone finding lost items, even finding lost children or missing persons is very easy."
“That’s great…”
Hearing this, Estelle couldn't help but sigh. When she and Joshua traveled as guerrillas, they also took on many missions to find lost children or lost items. These missions were not very dangerous, but they were very troublesome. Every time they wanted to find the target, the effort they spent was even much more than bringing them back.
If there were such devices in other places, it would be much easier to find people.
"Not only that, if a crime occurs, the criminal can be quickly identified."
Speaking of this, Aiolia became more and more excited.
"No matter if it's theft, robbery or murder, there's no way they can escape from Skynet. Unless they disappear in an instant, they will definitely be caught by us! So now the crime rate in Crossbell has dropped a lot. Only those idiots from other places would foolishly come here to seek death."
As she spoke, Aiolia looked happily at the street in front of her. As a guerrilla in Crossbell, she naturally wanted to serve Crossbell. But in the past, guerrillas could only do very limited things, and there were only a few guerrillas in Crossbell. No matter how hard they tried, they felt they could not handle it.
Not only that, even though they completed the commissions time and time again, Crossbell's condition did not improve, which made Aiolia feel a little tired.
But now it's completely different.
The entire Crossbell has been completely renewed. The threats that have troubled everyone in the past no longer exist, and he can now contribute his strength to the stability of Crossbell instead of doing useless work like before.
Although strictly speaking, as a police officer, unlike a guerrilla, all commissions are not paid, but only certain wages and bonuses. However, Aiolia does not care about these small problems. On the one hand, she had saved a lot of Mira when she was active as a quasi-A-level guerrilla. At that time, there were too many commissions and she didn't even have time to spend money, so she saved it up. Now it seems that it is a good thing.
On the other hand, the current Mira is enough for her to use. After all, as a government official, Aiolia has been allocated a house of her own, and the police station also provides free meals, so most places do not require any money.
Of course, there are some troublesome things occasionally.
For example, now...
"Hey, hey, what's the matter? Come have a drink with us."
After patrolling for a day, the three planned to return home. However, at this time, when passing by the entertainment street, they encountered a very unpleasant scene.
I saw two young men arguing with a maid in front of an open-air tavern seat not far away, and the latter was shaking her head desperately.
"My two guests, please let me go!"
"What does it matter? We are guests too. Shouldn't you serve us?"
As he spoke, a young man reached out his hand to grab the maid, pulled her down and sat her down beside him. The maid was so frightened that she trembled and dared not move.
"Wait, what are you doing?!"
Seeing this scene, Estier couldn't help but walk forward.
"Let go of that girl!"
"What's it to you?"
After taking a look at Estell, the young man snorted coldly.
"I am a guest here. I can do whatever I want. What's it to you?"
"If you don't let her go, I'll be rude to you!"
Esther clenched her fists immediately, and Joshua quickly grabbed her.
"Don't be impulsive, Estelle."
"Oh, but..."
At this moment, Aiolia came out.
"I am a Crossbell police officer. Let go of that girl immediately."
"police?"
Hearing what Aiolia said, the two young men turned their heads to look at Aiolia, and then their eyes lit up.
"This lady is quite pretty. How about you come and have a drink with us?"
Hearing this, Estelle clenched her fists suddenly.
That’s not what they said when they saw me just now!
"This is a warning. If you don't comply, we will arrest you according to the law."
However, facing the young man in front of her, Aiolia still spoke with a smile.
"Humph, what arrest? My father is a member of the Republic's parliament!"
Having said that, one of them stood up and rushed towards Aiolia drunkenly.
"I want to see what you can do to me!"
"drink!!!"
Just as the young man was about to make his move, Aiolia grabbed his arm, pressed it with her backhand, and immediately threw the man to the ground.
"Dre! You damned woman!!"
Seeing his companion fall down, the other man also rushed over with a roar, and was then knocked to the ground with a stick by Estell, who could no longer bear it.
Then Aiolia took a quick step forward, took out handcuffs from her waist, and handcuffed them on the hands of the two men with a "click-click".
"You are under arrest for harassing and assaulting police officers!"
Looking at the two idiots lying on the ground, Aiolia was full of energy and announced with a smile on her face.
Sure enough, being a policeman is much more interesting than being a guerrilla fighter!