NOVEL NEXT Chapter 31: Chapter 31: T-Dolls Responding to the Sound
"According to the final communication from André and the intelligence from the mercenary Renault, the previous Griffin commander likely had some undisclosed motives." Although the Sangvis Ferri Manufacturing also wanted to enter the security contracting field, they had some issues with Griffin.
However, this clearly couldn't justify a direct attack on SF. Headquarters had never issued orders to directly attack Sangvis Ferri Manufacturing.
"SF factories in sectors S13, S11, and S10 were all attacked... Do they demand compensation? Hmph! A bunch of money-grubbers! What about our losses?"
"Thirty-seven sub-bases or outposts in the three sectors were attacked, resulting in the loss of 1,330 humanoids, 478 human employees, and commanders. All outposts in S13 were destroyed, and the contamination level in that area has risen to the red zone."
"Understood. Notify the personnel department to prepare for recruitment."
Hearing Kruger's words, Helian frowned. She found it hard to watch the personnel recruited by Griffin's personnel department. Initially, they were fine, mostly skilled individuals recruited by their boss. Later, they also absorbed many small security contractors. However, in recent years, as Griffin's reputation grew, the quality of applicants varied...
"Don't worry, now is not the time for anyone to overestimate themselves."
"Got it." Helian nodded and walked out, pushing aside the door hanging on the door frame.
Apart from the attacks on the three sectors she mentioned earlier, the Griffin headquarters was also not spared.
The attackers were even more numerous and better equipped, to the point where even her superior, Kryuger, was injured.
The headquarters' command center's gate was blown off and hung on the door, and the buildings suffered forty percent damage.
As for recruitment... whether that mercenary named Renault would be willing to join Griffin was uncertain...
As Helian walked, she recalled the tall figure of Renault. Although the humanoids under his command lacked combat power, he himself was an undeniable force.
The skill of single-handedly wiping out three special operations teams with cold weapons was perhaps only seen in the Three Wars. As for now? Impossible. In an era where even ordinary city security is outsourced to security contractors, soldiers with superb combat skills are becoming rarer and rarer.
There might be such individuals in the military, but those guys would never let someone like Renault join an organization like Griffin.
...
"It's almost evening, why are these doll traffickers here again!" AK47 held her gun, irritated, leading the way.
Behind her were Galil, with two Doll Dummies, and Tokarev, also with Doll Dummies.
She had just been relieved from her post at the intersection not long ago, but before she could even take a proper break back at the base, she was dragged over by the sudden explosion in the city.
Actually, there were very few people in this city who owned weapons. Even the few who did were mostly wealthy residents.
Even if there were weapons, they were just personal firearms like pistols and rifles, and there were certainly no explosives. On the other hand, those humanoid traffickers who had been wandering around the town perimeter almost always had all kinds of weapons, from heavy machine guns to RPGs, and even EMP bombs. These guys picked up whatever they found and didn't care at all that there were tens of thousands of residents living here.
"Since there are fewer people at night, these doll traffickers probably know that it's more convenient to act at night. They're not idiots. How could they openly stroll around the city during the day?" Tokarev sighed helplessly.
She just hoped that the doll traffickers they encountered this time wouldn't have any strange things with them. Otherwise, they might have another 'death' incident.
Previously, when facing these humanoid traffickers, they suddenly pulled out EMP bombs, causing a widespread power outage in the town and directly paralyzing AK47.
By the time reinforcements arrived, AK47 had already been dismantled into parts, her mental core damaged. If it weren't for the recent introduction of neural cloud backup technology, AK47 would have been considered dead long ago.
"Tsk! These bastards! Watch me pry open their... their skulls?" AK47 couldn't help but grit her teeth at the memory of being dismantled by a bunch of riffraff last time.
However, as they turned a corner and entered their field of view, the situation before them stunned the doll trio.
"What's... what's going on? How are there so many bodies!?"
On the normally deserted road, there were now various bodies scattered everywhere, some of which had even lost their appearances, barely recognizable even as humans.
Blood had formed a small stream along the road, flowing into the town's sewer along the roadside ditches.
"That one over there... looks like the famous stingy old man in the city... You can tell by his clothes. Besides that old man, who else would dress so shabbily? Clearly, he owns one-fifth of the entire town's estate, yet he still refuses to buy himself a new outfit."
Galil, holding her assault rifle, stepped over the bodies that couldn't even be recognized as faces, and came to the only body that still resembled a humanoid. However, this body no longer had a head, most likely blown off during the explosion...
Crack.
As Galil touched the body, the body of Poryushkin made a metallic sound.
"Wait! This body! It's a doll!" Tokarev immediately noticed the body in front of Gail. Upon closer inspection, she immediately noticed something unusual about the body.
"T-Doll? How is that possible? IOP has never sold T-Doll models with male appearances. Even if they did, it would be illegal modifications..."
AK47 nonchalantly remarked, only to suddenly twitch her nose.
"Hiss! Vodka!?"
Vodka?! Must! Go!
"Hey!? Hey! AK47! We're still on a mission!"
Seeing AK47 rush out in a hurry, leaving a trail of smoke, Galil sighed, holding her forehead. "This girl... how many days has she been banned from drinking?"
"Um, I think it's been since she resumed duty half a month ago..."
"Sigh, I knew it..."