"When can I take this thing off? Hasn't the radiation level reached a safe level now?" Wrapped in thick protective clothing, Gentiane asked Renault in a muffled voice.
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, Renault diverted his attention from his phone and looked up at the detection device equipped in the cabin, confirming that the radiation reading had indeed dropped to a safe level.
"Then take it off, we're almost there. This area doesn't seem heavily polluted, but there don't seem to be many people around." Renault looked out through the porthole at the city and town below, somewhat surprised.
Initially, when he first arrived in this world, the area he was in at that time was highly radioactive, posing the risk of ELID disease or turning into an ELID infected at any time.
But now, the radiation level below the helicopter was very low, almost qualifying as a pristine green zone. Living here, unless severely ill or on the verge of death, the likelihood of contracting ELID was minimal.
However, despite the low radiation, there were no signs of any people moving around in the area below, likely scared off by the droids created by Sangvis Ferri.
"A few months ago, due to the rampage of the Sangvis Ferri's units, Griffin and Statesec cooperated to evacuate most of the residents from this area." Gentiane, removing her helmet, shook her head and fanned herself with her hand, putting on noise-canceling headphones as she spoke.
"Well, it seems the people in this area have had it rough. But in that case, there must be plenty of leftover supplies in the towns below, right?" MDR, holding her phone, snapped photos while speaking.
"Most likely, but our helicopter capacity is limited, so let's gather essential items and materials needed by the commander as much as possible." M1 Garand added, not opening the hatch of her powered exoskeleton like MDR.
She was more interested in avoiding the piercing noise inside the helicopter than observing the situation below.
"So, what's our first target city?" BM59 turned to look around the empty cabin, though it couldn't be called empty with a corner stacked with barrels of aviation fuel.
"This area's first target is the S09 jurisdiction base of Griffin! Just taking office and already commanding an entire jurisdiction, she's much better off than our commanders back then." Simonov, piloting the helicopter, commented through the communicator.
Thinking back to the treatment their commander received, one could tell. A shabby storefront with a barely habitable small warehouse, plus a Griffin communication device. That was a Griffin base back then.
Compared to the S09 jurisdiction base where Gentiane was headed, it was like heaven and earth.
Since it could be designated by Griffin with a numbered jurisdiction, it obviously wasn't a small place.
Otherwise, Helian wouldn't have referred to it as 'such-and-such jurisdiction' base, but would have directly mentioned the location according to the base's number, just like the 939 base occupied by Commander Peter Lenkov.
But she heard that place has also been captured by Sangvis Ferri. After all, it's too close to Sangvis Ferri's main factory.
As they were talking, the two transport helicopters were approaching the location provided by Helian.
However, the location looked like an ordinary small town, not at all like a base for the S09 jurisdiction indicated by its number.
"Commander, we've arrived, but we don't see Griffin's base anywhere." In the small town below, SPAS-12 reported, puzzled. There were no Griffin T-Dolls moving around nor any buildings with Griffin symbols.
Seeing this, SPAS-12 couldn't help but turn back to look at Renault, wondering if they had flown to the wrong place.
"That's right, this is the place. At the northwest corner, there's a orange blonde haired girl standing on the roof of a shed, waving a small flag and signaling. Just land according to her instructions."
After looking at the photo sent by Helian, Renault pointed directly at the person waving the flag.
With Renault's reminder, SPAS-12 also noticed the inconspicuous figure...
They were at least fifteen hundred meters away from the helicopter. How did the commander spot that guy?
Fifteen hundred meters, this distance exceeded the maximum detection range of their life detection devices implanted in their bodies. Moreover, the guy was wearing flashy clothes, blending in with the shed, making it difficult to notice them unless one looked closely.
And this was their visual range as T-Dolls; the person was even smaller than the limit of their visual recognition function, and the personnel information matching system in their bodies couldn't identify such a small figure.
But Renault saw it and could clearly recognize who the person was...
Gentiane saw Renault comparing the person with the photo on his phone, confirming that Renault had clearly seen the person's appearance.
The location of the person was at the edge of the small town, which looked like an abandoned camp, with many trucks parked nearby, some of which were scrapped.
The two transport helicopters soon landed in the camp as instructed, and Renault immediately opened the hatch and jumped out.
Compared to the information Helian provided, he felt he might get some different information from this woman.
Besides... tsk tsk, after all, it was the profiteer who made him spend money in the game for the first time.
Seeing Renault jump out of the helicopter with a signal flag in hand, the blond girl standing in front of him with a smile stepped forward.
"Welcome, Commander, I'm Kalina, the logistics officer of Griffin's S09 jurisdiction!" Kalina, standing in front of Renault, smiled and greeted him.
Hearing Kalina's words, Renault smiled and said, "I'm not the commander, I'm just a delivery guy. Your commander is right behind me."
As he spoke, Renault pointed to Gentiane, who had just come down from the helicopter.
"Huh?"