Chapter 487: Urgently in Need of Maintenance

"Can't we still not get in touch with Griffin headquarters?"

Negev furrowed her brow as she watched nearby, where several restless T-dolls were being intercepted, almost like children being soothed, to prevent them from entering the MDR range within the hangar. She turned to TAR-21 beside her and inquired, "Is it still impossible to establish contact with Griffin headquarters?"

"No, we are still within Sangvis Ferri's interference range, and... it seems there's another type of interference now."

"Is it coming from this ship?"

"No, the source of interference isn't here. There's nothing wrong with this ship, except..."

Except for the mysterious command authorization on that MDR.

Really, this kind of sudden command authorization was just to deceive newcomers. Any Advanced T-doll who had served in Griffin for a while could detect something amiss.

But that's probably the point, to pacify most of the T-Dolls. Even if the advanced Dolls sensed something amiss, they wouldn't do anything too drastic given the current situation.

"I feel like I've seen these Dolls on this ship before. The commander should be called Renault, and he seems to be a private security contractor." Galil, looking at Negev's serious expression, patted Negev's shoulder and said.

"You've seen them before?" Negev turned her head in suspicion, only to realize that the Galil in front of her wasn't the same Galil from her squad...

Well, it's another Low grade Doll that looks the same.

But this kind of thing was common.

After all, under normal circumstances, Dolls of the same model looked alike, and theoretically, they all had the same type of engraved weapons. It wasn't uncommon to have one or two Dolls with identical appearances.

And... the Galil in her squad was very close to the Galil in front of her...

Hey! Don't stand together like that! Now visually, it's completely impossible to distinguish between them!

"Ah, I've seen them before when I was at the commander's base. It seems like it was nearly a year or two ago. At that time, this group of Dolls also helped take down many rampaging droids. But look, their team seems to have expanded a lot too! I didn't expect that in just two years, they've even equipped with a flying ship. Ah, our commander is really..."

"Galil! What are you saying here!?"

Negev watched helplessly as Galil was dragged away by a Tokarev.

"Eh! Eh! I was just chatting!"

"Where's the time for chatting!? Sten MK2 is about to fall apart! Come and help!"

"But I don't have any repair experience!"

"Who needs you to repair! Come and help hold up Sten's leg!"

Seeing the body parts thrust into her hands, Galil twitched her lips. "Isn't it unnecessary? Let the commander buy a new body after we return..."

"Where would we get so much money!"

Listening to the conversation between the two, Negev and TAR-21 sighed and exchanged glances. There were definitely many dolls with serious body damage like Sten MK2.

Previously, thanks to AR Team's solo departure, they led the Sangvis Ferri armored units away from them. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many severely injured Dolls around them.

To be precise, they didn't even have the opportunity to bring these injured comrades with them. It was thanks to AR Squad's efforts that they managed to bring most of the injured, and even the crashed tactical Dolls, onto this ship.

But even so... after these T-Dolls returned, they probably wouldn't... wouldn't be repaired unless strongly requested by some commanders.

After being sent back to Griffin, these T-Dolls would only undergo mandatory activation after emergency repairs, followed by waking up on another new body after their neural clouds were backed up.

It's not that they couldn't be repaired directly, but if they did so, the repair costs might even be higher than replacing it with a new body...

Replacing it with a new body only required the machines to work, and if the body damage wasn't too severe and the main body wasn't seriously damaged, they could be repaired directly, which the repair pod could handle.

But if the body was severely damaged and multiple parts were damaged or lost, the repair pod would be insufficient.

Of course, it's not that they couldn't be repaired, but the cost was too high...

As Negev sighed at the many severely injured Dolls around her, CF05 also scratched her head in distress.

Although all the Griffin Dolls had boarded the ship, at least one-third of them were severely injured Dolls.

Some Dolls were in very dangerous conditions now, and if they were delayed any longer, they would soon follow the fate of those crashed Dolls.

"Commander, do you have time now? Those injured dolls..."

CF05 couldn't think of a solution, so she could only go ask Renault if there was any way. Watching those dolls stop functioning before her eyes was really uncomfortable.

"I'm afraid not now. We're about to enter the military's control zone. It'll be possible after we retrieve the remaining two unlucky ones from AR Team. If it's urgent, go find Scarecrow. She knows some repair techniques, and Hunter can help too."

Most of Sangvis Ferri's elite dolls had some repair skills, although they might not be able to repair T-dolls to be as good as new, they could at least ensure that the dolls wouldn't deteriorate due to injuries.

As for Intruder and Maria, the former was a bum, and the latter was a bit scatterbrained.

Renault didn't expect these two to be of much help.

As for Ouroboros that hadn't had the chance to replace her body yet?

It's better to leave it out.

After seeing so many Griffin Dolls, who knows what that hotheaded girl might do.

"Hey? But is that okay? Didn't Scarecrow say they're not suitable for exposure?"

When they went on a mission before, except for Executioner, who couldn't help but follow Simonov and others in flying out, all the other Sangvis Ferri Dolls were obediently staying in the cabin.

The Rippers responsible for maintaining hygiene in the cargo hold, and even the Dinergates who often frolicked among the fellow ships were restrained by Scarecrow and Hunter to stay in places that were unlikely to be seen by the Griffin Dolls.

If she called Scarecrow and Hunter over to repair these Griffin Dolls... wouldn't that negate what they had done?

"It's okay. Just let them wear the Griffin identification codes. These Griffin Dolls won't act recklessly."

Huh? So confident?

CF05 scratched her head, wondering where Renault's confidence came from.

After all, most of the Griffin Dolls were eager to devour every Sangvis Ferri they saw.

"Sten! Wait here. I'll go find two guys who can repair for you!"