Mob No. 116: “Welcome, mercenaries! I am the Central Fleet Suppression Unit Supreme Commander and 1st Fleet Commander, Jack Bardou Breskin! I thank you for assisting in training my 1st Fleet’s combat ship fleet!”
The next day, the request from the military, or rather the 1st Fleet of the Central Fleet Suppression Unit, was posted on the bulletin board.
I had hoped around 100 interested people would swarm it, immediately filling the slots so the deadline would close that day, but it seems most held back since it was the First Fleet, and the recruitment didn’t fill up by the deadline.
So as promised, I took on this mock battle job.
Apparently there would be a briefing the day after the deadline, and we’d depart immediately after it ended.
Normally departure would be the day after the briefing, but there are scheduling considerations with the transport ship carrying all of us.
By the way, regardless of whether I take this job or not, I’m sure the investigation into the falsely claimed nobility in the traffic accident accusations against my dad is proceeding.
Though the investigation has only just begun, so there are no developments yet.
I assured my parents I could easily pay the amount now, but didn’t tell them I mentioned the false status claim to the general.
No need to let the other side catch wind by carelessly mentioning it.
And so, on the day of the briefing,
The 30 participants recruited for this job gathered in a large conference room, where Lieutenant Schneela Floss came to give an explanation, accompanied by one female subordinate.
Some of the participants tried to hit on the lieutenant and her subordinate, but were completely shot down by the lieutenant’s icy gaze.
After the explanation began and the details of the request were laid out, we listened remotely to the requestor, General Jack Bardou Breskin, then once everyone’s ships were loaded onto the transport ship, we departed immediately for the Haluitok sector.
By the way, among the participants were the Rossweisse-Lambert [Winged Helmet] duo, Arthur and Saira, chuuni patient Levin, Uncle Bernard, Moritz, Dan-san, newbie Shiola-chan. And the [Hero Boy] Yuri Pryreela.
I was surprised Rossweisse-san and Saira-chan took part when I thought they’d avoid the military, but their reasons conveyed through Lambert and Arthur were:
[We finally get to attack the annoying military guys who’ve pissed us off so much]
Quite the dangerous response. Especially Saira-chan, whose eyes looked very dangerous.
Even with that going on, the trip itself went smoothly with no issues, and using the military’s authority to transfer gates, we arrived at the Haluitok sector, our destination, around 5pm in galactic standard time.
Waiting in the arrived Haluitok sector were the fleet ships of the Imperial Military’s Central Fleet Suppression Unit 1st Fleet.
This is for combat ship training mock battles, right?
Why did the whole fleet come…is that okay?
[Now everyone, after boarding your individual ships, follow my instructions and dock with the designated vessels.]
While I had that doubt, instructions came from Lieutenant Floss.
And the designated ships we had to dock with were, unsurprisingly, aircraft carriers.
Once everyone had docked with the aircraft carriers,
“Welcome, mercenaries! I am the Central Fleet Suppression Unit Supreme Commander and 1st Fleet Commander, Jack Bardou Breskin! I thank you for assisting in training my 1st Fleet’s combat ship fleet!”
Along with his subordinates standing at attention, General Jack Bardou Breskin stood imperiously, with the tip of his ceremonial but functional real sword with a blade on the ground, and both hands on the hilt, as if waiting.
Frankly, the pressure was massive!
The mercenaries all seemed to feel the same, as even the guys who had hit on the lieutenant quieted down.
Though Rossweisse-san alone seemed unfazed.
I guess beings who aren’t human don’t feel the pressure?
“Now then, I’d like to get to the mock battle right away, but you’re likely tired from the trip here. The mock battle is scheduled to start tomorrow morning. So, rest up and regain your spirits as lodging will be provided.”
“Now I will guide the ladies to the lodging quarters, gentlemen follow Lieutenant Flux Eulerd over there.”
“I’m Flux Eulerd. The ship interior is quite complex, so please don’t get separated.”
Following the general’s instructions, the people appearing before us were a somewhat flashy seeming youth around my age or a bit younger, and the female Lieutenant Militiana Todel who had come with Lieutenant Floss to the explanation meeting.
By the way, Lieutenant Todel had cream-colored short hair, a beautiful woman with sharp eyes, and…equipment on her chest that would make even women’s eyes pop out.
And when we tried to head out, Lieutenant Floss said,
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“Oh right. Your Excellency, regarding the previous case of military academy students incited by someone to peep and almost caught right before, if a similar occurrence happens again, I will sever the ringleader’s…ahem, but I won’t say where, understand?”
She figuratively slammed a pile bunker into her superior officer, the general.
At her words [sever], not only the general, but all the male soldiers present and us male mercenaries reacted with a twitch of terror.
She probably wouldn’t actually sever anything…
Rather, her warning means the general tried to incite students to peep, right?
That’s not something a general should do…
Despite the frightening remark at the end, somehow we were guided to the lodging quarters. Perhaps because we were guests of a sort, each of us was assigned individual rooms.
Unlike the aircraft carrier from the previous escort job, since this was actually used by the military, the impression was quite rugged.
And considering the arrival time, dinner came surprisingly quickly.
It’s well known that military food, especially on ships, is quite delicious, and it certainly was very tasty.
However, there was one slightly concerning thing.
Perhaps because we’d be opposing them in the mock battle, after the superiors left, we had no contact with anyone aside from the guides Lieutenants Eulerd and Todel, and the dining hall staff.
Our area of movement wasn’t limited except for places like the bridge, engineering, and captain’s office, yet despite this being quite a large ship that should have a considerable number of crew, I didn’t sense any sign of people.
Could it be that aside from the two attendants, dining hall staff, bridge crew including the captain, and maintenance crew, everyone else had left the ship?
There wouldn’t be only like one person remaining, right?
If so, the lieutenant’s pile bunker was also directed at us mercenaries.
I wanted to ask Lieutenants Eulerd and Todel about that, but they got caught up with flashy people, so I wasn’t able to call out to them.
By the way, thanks to the lieutenant’s pile bunker, there were apparently no untoward mercenaries that night.
The next morning, right after breakfast ended, we were promptly summoned for General Breskin’s greeting on screen to start things off.
[Good morning mercenaries. Today, I’d like you to conduct a mock battle against my 1st Fleet’s combat ship fleet. Don’t even think about going easy on them to make the military look good. Feel free to shoot them down as much as you want! Rather, if you get taken down too easily, I’ll report to the guild that you weren’t working seriously and revoke your pay!]
And the contents of his greeting were borderline contract violation?
Well, there are cases of getting completely dominated, so I think it was a joke.
The others are laughing like it’s a joke too.
But for some reason, I thought [he might actually do it].
【Side: Heart voices of the soldiers lined up (serious ones)】
[That’s Winged Helmet…doesn’t look that strong.]
[We can’t lose to mercenaries!]
[I’ve seen that all-rounder punk before…]
[That person is…surely Shiola Diropas… Getting payback for school!]
[I’ll just do what I can!]
【Side: Heart voices of the soldiers lined up (silly ones)】
[Look! Those three are definitely high quality!]
[I wanna ride on that huge one…]
[If I shoot one down, can I get a date?]
[Hotties! Hotties! I’ll shoot down your craft and capture your heart!]
[Gotta eliminate that troll!]
[None of them seem like much. Then I’ll just shoot down them all and get a reward from big sis Lieutenant!]
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