They fought with rifles, protecting each other—no, protecting their captain who was in the middle of them. They made a circle protect their captain. They did it on orders from their captain, to protect him while he was reloading. Therefore, they seemed to be guarding the captain.
Me, Nakano, Niken, Mori, and Takano, who can only see them from here, can only hope that the captain will ask us for help soon. Our only hope is that.
But until now, 30 minutes have passed, the captain, Matsuo, hasn't asked us for help. In other words, he was still trying to deal with Astral Beings without wanting to ask us for help.
It was stubbornness for me.
I understand that his direction is absolute because he is my captain, but that doesn't mean he has to handle all of this alone. He didn't seem to believe us at all with his stubbornness, even though 4 people were trying to protect him while he was reloading his bullets.