Well... they just thought you were some rando Eden pulled of the streets to "Act" like the former Red Niji leader before the current Red Raptor became the leader for some shitty publicity stunt... but fuck, you were the actual former "Red Raptor" as the 6 would now become evident to that fact in base as the current Red Raptor would say

Red Raptor: ...Holy shit... they weren't joking were they..?