A huge gate is in front of me. Itās tightly blocked. Itās great that the centipede squad along with Noah have broken in, but now weāre left here.
(Yurya) According to the engineers, itās from a material similar to the high-strength metal used in Noah. We canāt blow it up, so weāll have to slowly dissolve it.
Captain seems to be in a bad mood. The rest of the Chern.o.bog members have started to take their breaks and eat. But something about it feels off considering the rest of the squads have to be in constant watch and have no time to rest.
Alice guessed what I was thinking and showed me a map.
(Alice) Kouki-kun, look at this.
(Kouki) Hm? Is thisā¦ our current surroundings?
(Alice) I can collect the information gathered by all the Chern.o.bog suits, and-
(Kouki) Are you monitoring all our surroundings!?
(Alice) And if I do thisā¦ We can now see the room in front of us.
(Kouki) Itāsā¦ completely fenced?
(Alice) Even if we shot it, the bullet would probably be deflected.
This is way too convenient. There doesnāt seem to be anything dangerousā¦ But I have a bad feeling.
(Kouki) Hmm.
I couldnāt hold my curiosity back so I tried getting close to it. A giant s.h.i.+eld with a skull appeared in front of me and one of the suits moved to my side to draw fire.
(Yurya) Commander, I see youāre having fun, but please stay put. It would be annoying if we were to lose you after coming this far.
(Kouki) Yes, Captain. Iām sorry.
I better stop. I donāt want to make Captain Yurya mad. Still, the gate is nowhere near being melted. The centipedes are melting the gate but from what weāve been told itās 7 meters thick.
(Kouki) Itāll take some time, huh.
(Yurya) Yes. According to the centipedes, it might take about 15 hours to melt the gate completely. Iām worried about the battery in the powersuits. Not just yours, but ours too. And the longer we take the more our enemies can reinforce their defen-
(Kouki) Whatās wrong?
(Yurya) Wait here.
Suddenly all the Chern.o.bog members start moving towards a single direction, and away from the Noah units.
(Yurya) Commander, is Alice free?
(Kouki) Yes, sheās just checking the datalink. Do you want me to call her?
(Yurya) Please do.
Alice was just doing her thing of acting as if sheās controlling a keyboard. She immediately responded to Captain.
(Alice) Alice Alford here. Weāre talking in a private line.
(Yurya) Thank you. Iāll get straight to the point. I need you to hack into the j.a.panese Self Defense Force?
(Alice) I can, but why?
(Yurya) I need data on āSatou Taroā. Formerly part of the j.a.panese Self Defense Force, belonged to the 1st Airborne Brigade. I want information on the Dishonorable Discharge.
(Alice) Give me a second.
(Yurya) Understood.
Why is the Captain asking for something like this? And why is Alice accepting like itās nothing!? If they find out we hacked into national security Noah will be done for! We could just ask Claire and Ellie about this.
(Alice) Hm, donāt worry about it. Miki-san said she also pulled out some information from here the other day. And I did too. I donāt think they have a problem with this. Itās kind of a mutual agreement.
Alice seems to be confident in what sheās saying, but Iām sure if Ellis heard about this her stomach would revolt.
(Alice) Found it! Letās seeā¦ Satou Taro. Lieutenant. Partic.i.p.ated in the Alaskan Conflict six years ago as a paratrooper. Was court-martialed for 30 years for violence against prisoners of war. Thereās something strange hereā¦ Some information has been deleted. Actually, thereās no information about the past of this individual. Even the squad he was a part of is strange, I donāt think thereās a ā12th supply squadā in the Airborne Brigade.