"Come on! Look! This is a high-resolution photo I took at great risk! This is the closest a Griffin doll has ever been to the Black Zone!"
MDR took a selfie with her phone, holding it close to the window and filming outside.
It was obvious she had started another livestream on the Griffin anonymous forum, broadcasting the conditions in the heavy polluted area to Griffin dolls.
If she hadn't been chosen in the lottery, she would have already been there livestreaming. Of course, Renault wouldn't agree. This commission was different from the previous ones.
The Universal Anything Services commission was likely looking for something confidential. How could MDR possibly be allowed to broadcast it live?
Of course, after the mission, MDR could capture some insignificant footage and post it on the anonymous board.
But right now, MDR could only take some long-range shots through the ship's window.
Thankfully, the scenery of this heavily polluted area was new to Griffin dolls, and the post had received quite a few replies.
"It's truly remarkable! I didn't expect MDR to still be able to connect to Griffin's network. When did cell phones become so powerful?" MG42 marveled, watching MDR snap photos and click buttons on her phone.
When did Griffin's network become so powerful? She could even send messages freely in a heavily polluted area?
"That must be because Commander Renault is so powerful. Otherwise, how could we possibly be sitting here so leisurely, drinking tea?" Buzzsaw waved her hand, her mouth full of snacks.
Super-shorty was like a hamster beside her also nodded in agreement. She had never imagined that even in such a heavily contaminated area, they could still sit here leisurely, gazing at the scenery outside the window...
If it were a G&K vehicle, it would have most likely crashed by now.
"By the way, where's wz.29? It seems she disappeared after just a few bites of food." WA2000 glanced around in surprise. Aside from Renault's dolls and the Sangvis dolls, there was no sign of wz.29 in the restaurant.
"M200 and G11 took her to the training room. She said she wanted to learn how to fly a spaceship." Springfield, naturally not unaware of wz.29's movements, spoke up immediately upon hearing WA2000's question.
"Training room? Like those simulators at headquarters? I didn't expect Commander Renault to have everything here..." Even within Griffin, not every base had this kind of training equipment.
She hadn't expected Renault's ship to even have it.
"By the way, if you want to participate in missions in the future, you must go to the training room! Otherwise, the Commander won't let you go!"
RFB hadn't looked up from a distance when she suddenly reminded them, perhaps having overheard the conversation.
"Huh? There's such rule like that? It's just a simulator. How hard could it be? Could it be more difficult than the Sangvis swarming across the mountains?"
WA2000 didn't think the simulator training was difficult at all.
After all, she'd always performed very well in the simulator training at Griffin headquarters!
Seeing the confident expression on WA2000's face, RFB narrowed her eyes with a sly smile.
"Oh yes, it's the Commander's rule. If we don't pass the assessment during the simulation training, we won't be allowed to go on the mission. The assessment is so difficult."
"Difficult? How could that be? It's just a training simulator. How could it be so difficult? Let's go! I want to check it out!" WA2000 stood up confidently, patting the imprint weapon in her hand solemnly.
"No problem! Come on! Follow me! The training room isn't far from the cafeteria!"
Upon hearing this, RFB stopped playing games, put away her console, grabbed WA2000, and headed toward the training room.
Seeing RFB's mischievous smile, Springfield smiled wryly and shook her head.
WA2000... she really was easily fooled. The training simulator here on Renault's ship was definitely not as simple as WA2000 imagined.
Despite her wry smile, Springfield was actually somewhat curious about the ship's simulator, so she stood up and followed.
Upon seeing Springfield stand up, Buzzsaw, Super-shorty, and MG42, naturally followed, but they were still holding plates of snacks.
G36 shook her head at this, hoping that these girls wouldn't vomit due to their bionic body reactions after seeing the simulated scenes in the training device.
...
"I was fooled..."
Sitting in front of the communicator, watching the disconnected call, Gentiane recalled what Helian had just said.
"The work in Area S05 is relatively easy, so let's just consider it a case of more work for those who are more capable."
"What do you mean by more work for those who are more capable? This is undoubtedly labor exploitation!!"
A promotion, a salary increase... with just these, if she were to be responsible for the entire area alone... it would be a loss no matter how you look at it! Helian was clearly trying to save manpower!
A vein throbbed in her forehead, causing Gentiane to sigh.
After all, this was her own request. Many of the dolls Renault had helped evacuate were hers.
Besides, the only two remaining members of AR Team were currently in the quarantine facility within S05's jurisdiction.
But to her surprise, Renault had not only abducted AR15, but now he'd also taken SOP2. Was Griffin really so unwelcome now? Were all these dolls fleeing?
And it wasn't just AR15 and SOP2; several more were reportedly missing from headquarters.
These dolls didn't appear in the casualty report, but they also hadn't reappeared, and Griffin had no intention of pursuing them further.
After all, in a large-scale battle, it wasn't uncommon for one or two squadrons of dolls to be wiped out due to signal loss...
Although the technicians at Griffin Headquarters had already determined the dolls were dead and had begun recreating them using the copies of their memories previously uploaded to the servers, Gentiane had a feeling... they must have been abducted by that Renault guy!
"Commander, why are you looking so down? A promotion and a pay raise—isn't that a good thing? Want to pick out a few things from me? Think of them as gifts for M4A1 and the others!"
"Hiss! I'm the one getting the raise... Why are you so happy..."
Hearing Gentiane's weak words, Kalina shook her finger.
"It must be because your raise means you'll have more money to buy things from me!"