Chapter 44: Forgot About the Commander

As M1 Garand was changing magazines, the remaining autonomous doll suddenly froze in the distance and then collapsed to the ground one by one.

"It's probably the commander's doing." Glancing back at Reno's position, Simonov immediately spotted the communication vehicle crashed into the store.

Renault stood there, waved to them, and gestured towards another direction.

Earlier, due to the sudden appearance of the autonomous dolls, the doll traffickers who had hidden hastily were in that direction.

"Let's go. We should first catch those dolls traffickers. G&K's side should be fine." M1 Garand, holding her gun, stood up from behind cover. Reno had indeed mentioned capturing those traffickers.

Now that the crisis on Griffin's side had ended, it was time to capture those traffickers. Hopefully, they were still alive; otherwise, their commander's orders couldn't be perfectly fulfilled.

...

"Hey, uh, how are you guys?" MDR looked at the ragged figures in front of her, still holding weapons, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

Especially when she had no bullets left in her imprinted weapon...

"T-Doll! Take her down!"

Lev, who had narrowly escaped death, couldn't wait for Maxim to give the order; he shouted, aiming his submachine gun at MDR and pulling the trigger without hesitation!

Ratatatat!

"Ouch! That hurts!"

Even though MDR had already thrown herself backward upon seeing the enemy raise his hand, she couldn't avoid being hit. She took about three shots to her back, but fortunately, they were just ordinary submachine gun bullets, causing only minor damage to her chassis.

"Huh!? It's that MDR! How did she end up over there?" MDR emerged from behind the anti-explosion barricade that Griffin had piled up in the middle of the road, landing in the flowerbed steps below the green belt.

Simonov and the others, who were about to go and capture the traffickers, watched the scene unfold from beginning to end.

"Those traffickers are still resisting. Should we just eliminate them directly?"

"But didn't the commander just say to capture them alive if possible? Let's think of another way?"

Bang! Bang!

Just as BM59 and M1 Garand hesitated, Reno, who had already come out from beside the communication vehicle, threw two smoke grenades towards the rear of the explosion-proof cage.

Clang!

The crisp sound of the smoke grenades hitting the ground became quite obvious after the autonomous humanoids stopped shooting. Before they could react, the smoke grenades exploded, dispersing the irritating smoke stored inside them, covering a large area behind the explosion-proof cage!

"Tear gas... Ahhh! Cough, cough!"

Perhaps someone wanted to loudly remind others to pay attention to protection, but as soon as they opened their mouth, they were affected. The big shout they had just taken in caused them to collapse, clutching their faces and rolling on the ground in pain.

"Oh, it seems to be resolved. Tear gas grenades are really effective against unprotected personnel. Should we bring some with us in the future?" Hearing the screams and coughing from afar, Simonov clapped her hands.

She had thought they would have to eliminate a few traffickers before the others would surrender obediently, but unexpectedly, their commander had solved the problem with just two tear gas grenades.

"But... aren't our main targets the infected individuals? If we equip tear gas grenades, it seems unnecessary?" BM59 scratched her cheek, feeling uncertain as she spoke. These traffickers in front of them were clear evidence, and maybe their commander was different from Griffin's commander. In future operations, there might indeed be many humans.

Taking advantage of the still lingering smoke, several dolls quickly tied up the remaining five traffickers inside and stripped them of all their equipment. Each one of them was carried and thrown to the entrance of the G&K base.

Meanwhile, Reno woke up the still sleeping AK47 trio and brought them to Sten MK2 and the others.

"Where's your commander?" At this moment, in front of G&'s base gate, hundreds of autonomous dolls, either killed or disabled, almost formed a small hill. Sten MK2 and MK23 were moving these guys aside.

Underneath these autonomous dolls, there were also several traffickers' bodies, and Synde MK2 had already dug out the remnants of their dummy dolls and put them aside.

However, Reno did not see the body of the Griffin commander. It was probably protected by these Griffin dolls. But she didn't know where the person had gone.

"Oh no! I almost forgot that I locked the commander in the vault before!"

When she saw Reno approaching, Sten MK2 had already informed MK23 of Reno's rough information. But after Reno spoke, she suddenly slapped her forehead, turned around, and ran towards the middle of the G&K base.

"When your commander comes out later, call me." Seeing MK23 leaving, Reno said to Sten MK2, then picked up Maxim among the traffickers and walked towards the nearby alley.

"Is this base remodeled from a bank?" Looking up at the faded billboard above the Griffin base, where the yellowed sign could still vaguely be seen with the word 'bank' on it, Simonov scratched her head, wondering if there were any hidden gold bricks here?

"It should be. Without a bank, how could there be a vault? But what is the commander doing?"

"Probably interrogating that guy. The commander said before that he wanted to find the base of these guys."

"Mm, I really want to go back and rest, but where should we sleep tonight? Should we buy a few beds later?"

The dolls chatted casually, but MDR, who had been ignored earlier, limped over, calling out as she walked.

"Ouch! Ouch! You guys... why didn't you come to help me when you saw I was injured? I'm in so much pain! Ouch!"

She had taken about three shots to her back and one in her leg. She felt excruciating pain in her back, but it was gradually decreasing. Apparently, the pain sensation module at the back was about to fail. Dolls don't heal wounds.

The shot in her leg was more serious. It had hit her joint, and with every step she took, she could feel the bullet rubbing against her skeletal frame.

However, as soon as MDR spoke, M1 Garand and the others, as well as Sten MK2 who was still moving autonomous dolls, all looked at her with strange looks.