The following day.
Early morning.
"Why can't we change the unloading location? You can see the train station just by turning your head. If we do the handover here, won't we be in big trouble later!?"
Still somewhat sleepy, Gentiane looked at the location of the unloading point, not far from the train station.
"But... this is the entrance to the transportation channel of our base, right? We can't... we can't let the headquarters' trucks unload things on the roadside, can we? It would be troublesome for the tactical dolls in the base to move those supplies back, which would be a waste of energy."
Originally, the base was placed next to this train station for the convenience of material transportation.
Unfortunately, when this base was built, the calculations were quite loud, but until the base was completed, Griffin did not obtain the permit to use the train.
As a result, this base near the station was directly abandoned, and a new base was built in another location with smooth access to the highway.
As for why they didn't use this base directly at the beginning, it was because this base was too close to the town, and every time materials were transported, they had to pass through several towns.
At that time, the residents of these towns and even the guards had not evacuated, so it would obviously cost some money to pass smoothly through the roads in these towns.
However, if there were just one or two towns, it would be manageable, but with a dozen towns along the way, if they were extorted every time they passed through, even if Griffin's family business was large, they wouldn't be able to sustain it.
Instead of forcibly using the base here, it was better to find another location and build a new base.
Although the basic conditions might not be as good as here, the key was that the roads were smooth, and they didn't have to worry about being stopped by personnel from a certain town demanding tolls halfway through.
As for why, even though Griffin had taken over the commission to maintain security in this area, they still needed to pay tolls to these guys? Naturally, it was easy to see the king but hard to deal with the little profiteers.
Although Griffin and the upper echelons of this area had reached a deal, not everyone below was necessarily smart. There would always be some greedy guys who wanted to steal a few tufts of wool from G&K, the fat sheep.
"I hope we don't really run into any trouble..." Looking back in the direction of the station, Gentiane sighed helplessly.
It was no problem for the tactical dolls to transport the supplies. Tactical dolls could naturally carry them, and even if large items couldn't be carried, as long as they were disassembled, they could still be moved.
The only problem was that tactical dolls required electricity.
And the electricity in her base was not abundant; they had to pay for it, and they didn't have the luxury of wasting electricity like Renault did.
For tactical dolls, transporting goods back and forth was definitely a high-load job, and the consumption of electricity was much higher than usual training and patrols.
Maybe after this trip, several tactical dolls at home would need to be deeply recharged. If they encountered any situation by then, and all the tactical dolls were in the middle of recharging... she didn't even need to think about what the outcome would be.
"Probably... not... right?"
Kalina also had no clue in her heart.
After all, they had no idea about Renault's actions, and although the T-Dolls were transporting the goods, they had no way of knowing when the next train would return.
However, just as Kalina's words fell, Gentiane felt a vibration under her feet gradually approaching, followed by the roaring sound of a train running on the tracks getting closer and closer.
They're here...
Unfortunately, it wasn't Griffin's headquarters transport team, but Renault's train coming over!
Damn it!
They're early today! Are T-Dolls from Renault's side not sleeping!?
Patting her forehead, Gentiane looked at the direction of the railway with a headache. The train was about to arrive, and when she saw who came with it this time, she sighed deeply.
What to do now?
"Chill."
Gentiane was also at her wit's end.
What else could she do?
Besides praying that Renault's connections were strong and that after the headquarters personnel learned about the goods being transported by the T-Dolls, they wouldn't pursue it, what else could she do?
Chase Renault away? Or inform Griffin's transport team to change routes?
The former wouldn't listen to her, and the latter... they had no way to contact each other. The recent electronic interference was quite severe, and situations like not being able to contact the transport team were actually quite common within Griffin.
She was really unlucky this time. Whenever the interference was bad, she happened to encounter this situation today.
Buzz!
While Gentiane was thinking, before she could see the train stop and see which T-Doll came with it, a series of car engine sounds also rang out from a distance.
Great! Everyone's here!
She felt like the whole world was slowly turning against her... Is this Murphy's Law? Or is it the flag Kalina raised?
However, now that things had come to this point, besides dealing with it head-on, there seemed to be no other way.
Renault's train and Griffin's headquarters transport team almost arrived one after another. One stopped at the station behind Gentiane, and the other stopped at the entrance of Griffin S09's jurisdictional transportation channel.
Kalina stood beside Gentiane, looking back at the train and then at the truck that had stopped in front. Goosebumps had already formed all over her body!
Don't start a fight! Don't start a fight! Absolutely do not start a fight!
Little did Kalina, who was raising the flag for Gentiane, know that she was thinking the same thing.
Just as she saw several T-Dolls jumping out of the truck carriage on Griffin's side and walking towards Gentiane, Thompson, who had walked in front of her, had already noticed the Sangvis T-Dolls coming down from the train not far away.
"You're Commander Gentiane of S09 jurisdiction, right? I'm Thompson, and the one behind me is M9. We hope to have a pleasant... huh!? Sangvis!? Commander! Find cover! The Sangvis Ferri are coming!"
Gentiane didn't even have time to say anything.
As Thompson, who walked in front of her, noticed the SF Dolls coming down from the train in the distance, one after another.