Vol 1 Chapter 8 (1/2)

And so, this was the field commander in question

Early in the onally across fro his cold gaze as Itami browsed his favourite web novel sites on his phone

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It had only been two days since he was able to use his phone on this side of the gate

Before the antenna was set up, he could only use it on his vacation days when he went back to Ginza After installing an antenna for e, it was possible to make personal phone calls from this side of the Gate too What a joy

“I haven’t checked it for a long time so there are plenty of updates Oh, I should download this…”

Unlike the novels in bookstores, web novels contain both original and fan fiction writings, allowing one to enjoy a large variety of works The amount is so massive that it was ireat fortune to find one masterpiece Of course, there were so the first few lines

Soreat reviews in a foruone froain only to realize it had been taken down When he thought about this, Itami became depressed

“Ah~ Lieutenant, are you listening?”

Ita from behind him

It was a pleasant sound of a woman, but he decided to play du work related

However, the sound of the operation staff officer clearing his throattimes like this, he really wished he had a private office

“Lieutenant”

“Ugh!”

It ht sound normal in tone and volume, but Itami felt pain in his calf Could sound hurt people? Did sound have the capability to attack in this world?

As he turned back while thinking about this, Ita at Itaa ter that induced a sharp pain in Itami’s calf was the tip of Kuribayashi+’s boot

For martial artists who reached a certain rank, their fists and feet were equivalent to weapons, even e Was she allowed to use force on defenseless people? The operation staff officer who should have been the witness to such cruelty looked with eyes of approval instead It appeared that Itaht

“May we have a ith you?”

“Who, me?”

Itaether with his chair

Using a lazy tone to say ‘It is useless to discuss anything withat that moment

“What’s the matter?”

Itaht onto the office chair,it creak

“It’s about Tuka”

Kurokaas talking about one of the refugees under the care of the third recon platoon, the Elf with blond hair and blue eyes, Tuka Luna Marceau

“What about her?”

“Actually…”

According to Kurokawa, ‘She is weird’

Specifically, she would ask for two sets of htit was just a cultural difference, but it wasn’t so

“Maybe she wantsis an Elf that is possessed by the demon of appetite?”

“No She asked for two sets ofutensils”

Kuribayashi+ said as she flipped through her logs

“Hmm? Could she want to save it for so?”

“One set would be left alone As for clothes, the extra set she asked for are for men”

Itaht headache, and

“Hmm~ Well then, did you ask why?”

“We couldn’t communicate ith them, so we are not sure But, we did ask Lelei-chan, who has the best grasp of our language about why she left the food behind”

“And then?”

“She answered that she didn’t know, and that no one else was there during Tuka’s meals”

Silence ether with soht came out from Itami’s mind

“Could it be, she had an i?”

Italy

However, Kuribayashi+ and Kurokawa didn’t react as he expected They had thought about the possibility of Tuka having an iinary boyfriend earlier

“To be frank, it would be better that way”

Kurokawa ly

“Have you discussed it with a doctor?”

“A shrink did ca her dead father as though he was still alive But it was ie whether that is normal or abnormal for her species”

“How about asking Lelei’s teacher… Kato-sensei, wasn’t it? That old man would probably know more”

“We did, but his vieere about the sa to Kato-sensei, she was of a rare race even ast the Elves His ansere ‘rarely seen’ and ‘unsure’”

The phrases they knew right noere limited, so it was hard to understand complicated sentences

‘Couldn’t understand’, ‘Insufficient information’ and ‘Inconclusive’ All these terms were simply translated as ‘Don’t know’ They would need to spendwith each other to differentiate these terms

Itami’s interest was perked when he heard that she was indeed an Elf But coical condition

“The only thing we can do is talk to her, right? I’ someone who isn’t there as if he is alive, but we should do e can to help her”

“I think so too To be honest, it's difficult to tell what’s wrong and without knowing that, I can’t help her more”

This caused Itami to think

The tall and short WAC co the refugee children Even the girl in black priestess clothing who troubled others by doing as she pleased listened to Kurokawa (According to Lelei, she is not a child and is actually much, much, much older)

Itami shi+fted his view to Kuribayashi+

“I, I don’t know I a about psychology”

Indeed, this petite lady with large breasts was a muscle brain that could only co so delicate to her would be like asking a pissed off, drunken gorilla with a bad hangover to perforery

“I get it I will try it out later But I’m not sure if I can express my intention well”

“The children started learning japanese recently, I think ill understand each other’s language fairly soon”

Itami wanted to point out that Tuka was not a child… but at this eant Major Kuwahara came from the corridor

“Coo Kurokawa, Kuribayashi+, come back soon”

“Ah, co”

Itairls to the corridor

With the command to ‘Draw arms’, the members of the 502 company split up into platoons and entered the armoury The members of third recon platoon followed behind them to requisition their munitions

They gathered before their barracks and tightened the flash suppressors on their type 64 rifles Since it didn’t have a washer, it could fall off when the weapon was used After tightening their suppressors, they could then fix rifle bipods and/or bayonets onto them

Black tape was also brought along and used to secure ioing into a real battle, so if their maintenance was half-assed… Well, with the possibility of bayonet fighting, they had to be careful

Deploying the bipods, the soldiers placed their rifles on their slings and secured their bayonets at their waist The bayonets had already been sharpened in preparation for the battle They were sharpened using a sih

The platoon ether and loaded their issued bullets into their azines

Six azine, that would be 120 rounds And of course, grenades were also distributed

Machine gunner Private First Class (PFC) Furata carefully placed his 556mm ammunition belt into the box of his Minimi

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Aside froiven a 110mm infantry anti-tank weapon known as the ‘Panzerfaust 3’, which he placed onto the LAV It would be ions without this, so the amount of Panzerfausts that were issued increased

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The 127awa The ratio of the black painted ar rounds to tracer rounds on the ammunition belt had also risen

After putting away the spare ammunition and materials, the platoon members practiced their formations with their weapons

With the coeant Major Kuwahara, they switched swiftly between file formation, line formation and square formation

They also practiced gathering and spreading out Each le If someone went down, they practiced ould need to take over the casualty’s task and what they needed to do Everyone already knew this, but they still had to drill it repeatedly

This was the cul old and new fantasy TV shows prior to the JSDF going into another world The reason why soldiers with powerful weapons most often fell in battle was because they were cut off froether and supporting each other became an ironclad rule

After Itaazines onto their rifle and on Itami’s command of “Lock and load!” cha selector switch to the “SAFE” position

“The JMSDF would say so like ‘Battle Stations ready!’”

In the tense atmosphere, Itami’s nonsensical words made everyone feel weak

“That’s an aniht?”

A female voice mumbled from somewhere

“Anye are heading out to a potential battlefield, so everyone keep your guard up”

And with that, they left Arnus Hill and set off for the refugee ca

There were twenty-five people in the refugee cae, one froe, and the Goth Loli priestess who joined h their journey here

The housing itself was originally just a trailer, but considering the possibility that itmade to last for ten years for four faht be so, but the people in the building weren’t fae, and the older ones cared for the younger ones

There was no electricity, gas or water plus didn’t exist in this world in the first place, so they didn’t feel troubled by this The children could use bottles to collect water froing a hole in the corner of the caiene, dirty water was treated with bleach, while potable water was brought to theroup in plastic bottles

Out of the three daily roup

As for breakfast, they prepared it theredients which were provided to the, so the children and elderly would wander into the forest to find wild herbs to eat Lunch was type two coe pot of soup cooked by Furata and the other team members while they chatted with the children

If they wanted to, the JSDF could provide all three meals for them, but they didn’t so as to preserve their ability to provide for the for themselves Such was the basic principle of the JSDF when they were deployed in Iraq If they could provide for theet would be for them to provide all three ht not be able to pay for their accommodations, but they would at least be able to pay for their meals

That was the plan, but the JSDF wouldn’t push them too hard After all, the residents were two elderly woed women, one injured man and the other nineteen were children

By the way, the three injured people suffered fractures, so they couldn’t perforh they could care for the children

The interesting thing was that, Lelei, as learning to communicate really fast, said that out of the nineteen so called kids, the Goth Loli priestess, the Elven girl and Lelei herself weren’t children So the number of children was actually sixteen

So, how old were the three of the to Lelei, she was ‘Not a child, but ure, the expressionless Lelei frowned and shook her head, unwilling to ask

By the way, Lelei herself was fifteen In this world she was considered an adult

Elves have long lifespans that was a co in fantasy stories so it was easy to understand Tuka said she was 165 years old

They thought numbers would be easy to understand, but it still took a lot of work

Lelei forer, and only extended her ers were extended, that would be a sign for ‘OK’ back on Earth After that, she clenched her fist with her thuood job’

But in her world, that meant fifteen, which was totally different from japan In the end, they used stones to coer, five was a thuer… that was the system

With such a system, they counted to sixty nine They could count further, but the fingers would cramp and it was impractical, so it was decided to ask about it later In fact, Lelei learned to count in japanese before that happened

When Itami and the others reached the camp, Lelei and the children came out to receive them When Kurokawa came out, all the children went to her

The redients, medical supplies, combat rations and daily necessities

In place of that, two canvas bags the size of pilloere loaded onto the HMV by two slightly older boys They see soot onto the HMV

Lelei earing a light brown hooded poncho in the style of Native Americans On her feet were moccasins and she held a staff in her hand

In contrast with her, Tuka wore a green T-shi+rt, tight fitting jeans and basketball shoes If not for her long ears, she would look just like a typical high school girl from California On her back were a bow and a quiver full of arrows

The boys who brought the luggage returned to the refugee ca hard

Midway up Arnus Hill, countless Wyvern carcasses covered the area According to Kato-sensei, the claws and scales of Wyverns could be crafted into tough defensive equipment Hence, they were valuable ite carcasses, washed away the rotting meat and blood and dried the to town to sell these items

This ht be a job they could perform indefinitely If that was so, it would help them achieve independence

It wasn’t clear what Rory the priestess’ intention was, but she also got onto the vehicle She was still wearing her black gothic dress, holding a halberd that looked really heavy in her hands

As this was a good chance for Itami and the others to observe the interaction of the residents with the merchants for intel purposes, they offered to provide transport and escort theida claimed he wanted to see ould interest the merchants and came over with some sample merchandise