The indescribable intensity of blood relationship alone prompted Misty to continue speaking, and he hurriedly operated the tablet at hand.
"Currently, no abnormalities have been found in Mist and the four prototypes, and they can be put into use smoothly. Is your understanding correct?"
"Hmm. Since the contents of the main EC driver cannot be confirmed, it's hard to say anything. But other than that, there are no problems with the condition of the hull and airframe. ...If I have to say it, the loss of the 'Asahi' is greater than that of the others. Hurry up."
Speaking of "The Rising Sun News", Misty's hand stopped.
Aki is also a little concerned about this.
"Loss?"
"Well, although that aircraft will not be damaged due to the battle, its parts will wear out faster than other aircraft."
"...Is that because the attack frequency is higher than others?"
The two nodded in response to Misty's question.
Indeed, in order to be able to sense the only intruder with the power of invisibility, "Alert" and "Aster" made particularly large number of sorties.
In fact, the next battle plan is not to send the other three aircraft, but only the "assault".
In this way, relative losses can also be said to be taken for granted.
"Will the loss affect future operations?"
"No, as far as I know, the loss is not that serious... It's just that it's impossible for our technical team to check everything 'morning'..."
"Assault" is a test machine.
Although there have been no problems so far, the possibility of failure is very high compared to a mass-produced machine that is fully put into use.
Coupled with the current heavy use of “morning rooms” this risk is heightened.
Normally, during each sortie inspection, such failures can be detected in advance and corresponding countermeasures can be taken.
However, in this case, this "usually" doesn't work.
As a technical group, the Genjis were limited in what they could check "morning."
As a result, even if there is a potential machine failure caused by wear and tear, not only cannot it be discovered in advance, but depending on where it occurs, it cannot be dealt with after it occurs.
"Not only the 'Asahi', all the prototypes are moving with bombs in their arms, and the 'Asahi' that is currently attacking is most likely to explode."
Ajid fully understands the risks mentioned by Genzo.
However, needless to say Ajid, even Yuan Xiang and the others were unable to deal with it.
It’s frustrating to know the risks but not be able to deal with them.
"As for this matter, as long as the people above don't nod, I can't do anything. I will do my best."
"……please."
"As compensation, can you listen to my request for a moment?"
He demanded while flashing a scary smile that made Misty's shoulders tremble slightly.
Genzo may not have meant to intimidate me, but he is a shameless person.
"So, what do you want?"
“I wanted to have some spare parts for something other than maintenance.”
"Except for repairs... modifications to the prototype should not be allowed."
"Don't worry, little girl, you won't be targeted by the superiors."
"So, what's going on?"
After hearing Xiaojing's question, Yuan San and Qian looked at each other.
"This is the infamous Technical Class Thirteen, because no one in our family will obey that stupid order to leave useless sensors alone, right?"
"Because it's a somewhat gray method, wouldn't it be best if the captain and deputy captain didn't know anything just in case?"
Regardless of the current situation, even Sissy, who has always been known for her common sense, said that with a smile, which left both Akide and Misty dumbfounded.
But there is some truth to what Akane said.
If Ajit, as the captain, failed to supervise the situation as he did not know, there would be some liability issues, but the crime would be much lighter than if he knowingly allowed or acquiesced.
And if it was something done by the Thirteenth Technician Squadron, who were also famous in the human army, the sympathy from the higher-ups towards Achid would become stronger.
"...I know. I won't go into details."
"captain?!"
Although Misty was surprised, Aki thought that this kind of thing was sometimes necessary.
As a captain, countermeasures against An Zhiyun, who has the ability to be invisible, are urgent preparations.
As long as the Thirteen Skills Class can achieve this, it doesn't matter if there are some dirty methods.
Right is not necessarily "best".
"Thankfully you spoke quickly... Don't worry, even if it's gray, it's a gray way that's infinitely close to white."
"Yes, it's the lower risk approach of what we've done."
(Rather, what have you done so far?)
After the conversation, the two stood up and looked at their backs. Genzo, who was about to leave the conference room, stopped.
"...Captain, this is not an area that a mechanical company should get involved in, but I have something to tell you."
Yuan San turned his back to Xiaojing and the others and said seriously.
Xiaojing reflexively looked at the atmosphere he had never experienced before and straightened her back.
"You seem to be relying on him a lot now...be careful with Theon."
The boy's name suddenly appeared.
However, Xion should have been assigned to the Thirteenth Skill Class.
His name emerging from the image itself is not surprising.
It's just the "be careful" statement that makes people care.
"...That means he could be an enemy of the human army?"
Genzo sneered at Mist's question.
Akide also understood his words with the same understanding as Mist, but it didn't seem to mean that.
"That brat won't take the initiative to take on such trouble. If the current situation continues, he probably won't fight with the human army."
"So, what do you want us to pay attention to?"
"That guy looks like a brat, but he is actually a scheming strategist. If you continue to rely on him in battles like now, you will be rewarded accordingly in the future."
Then he just turned around and turned his gaze to Misty.
"Also, miss...if you don't want to be an enemy of Xion, don't do it for Xion, but for your relatives..."
Just saying this, Genzo and Akane left the conference room without waiting for Misty to answer.
"Relatives?"
Misty repeated the words of the original image beside her.
Listening to these words, Aki's mind pictured Xion with a villain-like smile.
Chapter 1 - Sense of distance
"...There is no movement..."
This is the second place where the appearance of dark clouds has been confirmed.
That's also the area with the oldest responses.
Just as Xion expected, he couldn't capture the aura of Anne and others at all.
Regarding this, I think the human army who issued this order should have expected it.
"Speaking of which, how much distance can you sense?"
"Well, because it's not a sensor, it's not a sense of distance or anything like that."
"……What's the meaning?"
"It's not the ability to detect reactions within a radius of several kilometers...but the feeling of being close to hearing the sound."
The breath of magic cannot be sensed within a certain range.
If the breath is so huge, you can even feel the distance is a thousand kilometers away. On the contrary, if the breath is suppressed to the limit, you will not feel it even if the other person is standing next to you.
For the time being, I tried to sense Xion to the maximum extent, but found no sign of the intruder.
"Can you really find no response?"
"No response at all. There are signs of magic going northeast from here... It seems like energy quartz, is it a power generation facility or something?"
"...There are indeed power generation facilities in that direction."
Misty, who looked skeptical, seemed to accept it for now.
Because I mentioned the topic of power generation facilities, he judged that I was not talking nonsense.
It is for this reason that I specifically mentioned power generation facilities.
"Captain, are we done here? Or should we fly around here a few more times?"
"...If we start from here, the third point is not far away. Let's continue searching and move on to the next point."
"Isn't he usually a tired guy..."
"Isn't it too much trouble to go all the way to the ship once?"
"...Jesus, I follow your instructions."
If "Alut" is allowed to act, it will only consume Xion's magic power - his original physical strength. Although it is not his intention, it is not the best idea to show that he hates this level of orders and leaves a negative impression on the human army.
Showing an attitude of "having the intention to respect the orders of the human military even if it is unwilling content" will have a positive effect to some extent.
