Chapter 293: You're Busy, I'll Have Some Melon

"Do you really need to complete the entire electronic signature process for the transfer of command? No wonder they both look so eager," Renault shrugged as she glanced at Thompson and M9, who were busy reassembling their imprinted weapons.

He had never encountered such a situation before; all his dolls at home were very obedient.

"It's a necessary procedure," Gentiane glanced at the electronic document listing the cargo, then looked into the truck's carriage.

"Weren't there supposed to be five dolls in total? Why are there only two of you now?" Gentiane looked around but couldn't see any other dolls besides the cargo boxes in the carriage.

Could it be the ones responsible for driving the trucks?

Thinking this, Gentiane's gaze shifted to the autonomous dolls responsible for driving the heavy trucks.

But all those dolls were dressed in regular work clothes and looked completely ordinary, nothing like tactical dolls at all.

"They should be inside the truck. Those three dolls seem to be tactical dolls that just debuted and may still need you, Commander, to activate them personally," Kalina approached and looked at the documents in Gentiane's hand, pointing at the opponent's cargo boxes in the carriage.

Tactical dolls, as important strategic assets of Griffin, would definitely not be stacked at the rear of the carriage like supplies. They would surely be placed deep inside the carriage to ensure safe transportation...

Perhaps, that was just Gentiane's speculation. The real reason might simply be that the boxes containing those dolls were loaded earlier.

"Commander Renault, can your dolls come over and help? These things are a bit too much to handle," Gentiane asked Renault, feeling a headache coming on as she looked at the various goods on several trucks.

When she first applied for the supplies, she didn't feel overwhelmed, but now that she saw all these things, Gentiane felt helpless. With so much stuff, all relying on the few dolls under her command to move, when would they finish?

"Commander! I'll help!" Just as Gentiane finished speaking, Papasha's voice suddenly came from the direction of the base's freight entrance.

Accompanying Papasha were her dolls, but Gentiane's gaze was fixed on Papasha herself, or rather, the mechanized device that Papasha was driving.

Sensing Gentiane's puzzled gaze, Kalina scratched her head. "Oh, that's a work device provided by the base. It's usually used for transporting heavy objects or some engineering work. I just remembered it before coming out."

"It seems I'm not needed to help. I'll go unload some stuff over there. When you're done, come over and pick it up. If you need anything, just come and call me," Renault shrugged, then walked towards the Sangvis train.

Seeing Renault walk away, the Rippers who had been peeking out of the carriage cautiously lifted the cargo box doors and began unloading the goods inside the carriage.

Seeing this, Gentiane didn't find it strange at all. After all, Renault had come back and forth in her jurisdiction several times. Bringing some things over this time wasn't a big deal.

Maybe it was just some tools for maintenance or destruction.

Gentiane's lack of attention didn't mean that everyone else wasn't paying attention.

Thompson and M9, who had already reassembled their imprinted weapons, were now curiously observing the SF Rippers who were busy unloading cargo.

Although these Rippers also carried weapons, they were completely different from the SF Rippers they had seen before. Just the fact that they weren't holding the particle submachine guns they carried made them very different.

All the Rippers they had seen before were on the battlefield. It was the first time they had seen Rippers busy working like this.

Due to the large number of Rippers, the vegetables and other items brought over by Renault were quickly moved to Griffin's freight entrance.

It was only at this point that Gentiane noticed the boxes the Rippers had brought down. "What's this? Is it for us, Commander Renault?"

"Yeah, there's too much stuff growing in the vertical farm at home, so I brought some over to you guys," Renault replied, taking out a basketball-sized watermelon from one of the boxes and slicing it into pieces with a curved knife. Then, he found a stone to sit on and began eating the watermelon while watching Papasha and his team moving the goods.

The sweet scent of watermelon drifted over, catching the attention of Papasha and her team, as well as Thompson and M9, who had joined the team later. They all focused their attention on Renault.

Or rather, on the watermelon beside Renault...

Seeing this watermelon, Gentiane and Papasha's team didn't show much reaction. After all, they had lived with Renault for a week before, and even if there were any good things, most of them had already been eaten.

But for the other dolls who hadn't been to Renault's place... Oh, and Miss Kalina, all of them were staring at the watermelon, tears almost flowing from their mouths.

Bang!

Just as a few of them were salivating and about to take a break from their work to ask Renault if they could have a bite, Papasha directly moved several coffin-like boxes from the truck in front of Gentiane.

Lined up neatly, she made sure Gentiane could see the humanoid inside each box that hadn't been activated yet.

"Commander, these should be the new recruits. Let's activate them as soon as possible!" Papasha said, since as long as these three dolls were activated, although it was a bit unfair to make them work as soon as they woke up, there was no other way.

After all... the sooner they finished, the sooner they could eat...

"Thompson, isn't watermelon extremely expensive at headquarters? Why does he seem so indifferent?" Watching Renault enjoy the watermelon, then pull out a bunch of grapes after finishing, M9 suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable.

Even at headquarters, the prices of these fruits had always been high, but here they were watching Renault casually cut up a whole watermelon. What about those that couldn't be finished? Wouldn't it just be a waste?

"I don't know, maybe he's an employee of one of Commander Gentiane's agricultural enterprises, or maybe he's the boss," the two whispered to each other. Meanwhile, Gentiane had already quickly pressed the activation button on the three boxes.

However, what was surprising was that one of the boxes contained a tactical doll who, although clearly just activated and looking bewildered, stepped out of the box and subconsciously walked towards Renault.