Disclaimer: there's going to be some changes and reckons to this chapter since I've gotten deeper into Girls' Frontline. just FYI.

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(Nylah's POV)

-A few days ago before the concert-

The Royal Splatoon are sleeping within their dorms, peacefully enjoying their rest after doing so many missions and other exercises while I was gone thanks to the data pad that Helian gave me.. when suddenly-

RO635: WAKE UP!! *She yelled into her megaphone*

This caused everyone to wake up very jumpy and even BAR was hiding in the corner hoping this would stop.

Leah: Verdammt noch mal, RO635! Warum musstest du das tun?! (God dammit, RO635! Why did you have to do that?!)

RO635: As the member of the AR Team and full supporter, I always shall be active and friendly to my comrades and... it's 6:00 AM! T-Dolls should be awake at that time.

Martha: But there's barely any light outside. It's so early, the sun hasn't even risen.

RO635: Don't care. Just wake up or Helian will know about this.

Leah: Scheiße... (Shit...)

Sivakova: Сука блять... (Bitch fuck...)

Generosa: Mamma mia...

They soon got up from their beds.

RO635: Good, now continue with your duties. Me and 16LAB are still planning to bring back the other members of the AR Team from Agent's attacks before.

Nylah: I remember just how badly Agent's attack was...

Sivakova: We all do...

RO635: Yes, it's rather unfortunate, but we have to stay strong. Helian is keeping an eye on someone that is qualified for that specific task.

Generosa: And who would that be?

RO635: He goes by the name of Red Travis, and was being monitored by Squad 404 at the moment.

Martha: Hmm.... I wonder what he looks like.

RO635: Well according to his document files gathered by 404, he is like a tentacled human that speaks "Inkling" with red hair and blue eyes.

Nylah: Hmm... that kinda reminds me of our Commander as well. He looks like a tentacled human, speaks in Inkling, has purple hair and green eyes.

RO635: Commander Azazel, yes he does and in fact, he is the same species as him but they have differences.

Sivakova: Yeah, I remember that my Commander was speaking in another language that was completely different from what he was speaking in at a certain moment. Almost like... a refined language of some sort.

Martha: Where did you hear about that?

Sivakova: I believe when he was walking with Persica about something, but I don't know what it is...

RO635: 16LAB is still learning more about their culture and also Persica has made several experiments for Squad 404 months ago.

Nylah: I heard that she's also got some experiments on me as well.

Martha: Not to mention, me as well.

RO635: Possibly, but it's highly classified to normal T Dolls so I'm not saying anything about it for the privacy of Persica has planned for you all.

Leah: If that's the case, it would be exciting to see what Persica has planned for us.

A transmission was being called in.

Sivakova: I wonder who that could be.

RO635: Could be your Commander, I don't know.

Nylah activates the screen and it shows me, and I currently sitting down on my desk.

Azazel: Good to see you girls.

Nylah: Good to see you too, Shikikan. *She giggles*

RO635: Greetings, Commander Azazel.

Azazel: Glad to see you all, ladies. Helian has given me the order to replace M1014 and DP28 within Echelon #1 of the Royal Splatoon with two other T-Dolls, as suggested by Kryuger.

Martha: You got that order from the Director?

Azazel: That would be correct, Martha. Although they will be replaced, their names will be carried on.

Generosa: That's so sweet of you, Shikikan.

RO635: So you were planning to replace them and moving to another echelon, Commander Azazel?

Azazel: As much as I don't want to make it sound like I'm leaving them behind, that would sort of be true? Point is, Helian ordered me to transfer them from my command to another Commander. I just hope they'll be treated well... M1014 told me about the pervs that she was commanded by.

RO635: It is common to happen here, as Helian wanted to trust someone who can't just try to take advantage of the T-Dolls without even oathing them yet.

Azazel: That would be true, RO635.

Generosa: Well, I hope you'll do well out there, Azazel. It was actually quite fun to spend time with you.

Sivakova: До свидания. (Goodbye.)

DP28 and M1014 soon left the dorm.

Nylah: I wonder who would fill out the missing slots.

RO635: I don't know, but they would probably be suited for your Echelon's position right now.

Soon enough, the replacement T-Dolls arrived at the scene.

Azazel: You must be the replacements sent to me by Helian.

SPAS-12: I'm Franchi SPAS-12! Allow me to be your sturdy shield!

RO635: Pleased to meet you, SPAS. I am RO635, a member of the Anti Rain Team or AR Team designed by 16LAB and Persica herself.

SPAS-12: I'm so excited to work with you all. *She hugs RO635*

RO635: Ok, ok, hehe. *She hugs her back as she giggles*

AK-47: Hahaha, my turn at last, huh? I'll be sure to show you what I can do on the world stage!

RO635: Looks like someone is ready for battle, eh, AK-47?

AK-47: You bet I'm ready for a fight... as long as I have my vodka.

She pulls out her bottle of Stolichnaya vodka and starts drinking away.

RO635: Hehe. Okay, you do you.

They then see 404's leader passing by the hallways. I also gave the names Isabella to SPAS-12 and Tatarova to AK-47.

Isabella: Hey.... isn't that UMP45, leader of Squad 404?

RO635: I think it is.

UMP45: Huh? *She looked at them as they mentioned her name*

Tatarova: Yeah, it is.

Nylah: Hey, UMP45~! *She waves at her*

UMP45: Oh, hello there. *She walks up to them*

RO635: Heading for a mission?

UMP45: Yes, and it's a big one of course.

Martha: Do you need us as backup when shit goes south?

UMP45: It is not a problem for us, we are going for full research and inspection to one of the dangerous places we could go.

RO635: Alrighty then.

Nylah: Hope you'll come back safely, UMP45.

UMP45: We will.

UMP9: 45-nee~! Wait up for us~!

The rest of Squad 404 came.

HK416: Ugh... G11, why won't you go walk instead? *She said irritated*

G11: I want you to carry me! I'm hungry! *She said hugging her more as she carried her on her back*

RO635: Ahh, 404 as always.

Nylah: They never change.

Isabella: It'll be nice to hangout once the mission is over.

UMP9: Yeah~! *She said cheerfully*

HK416: *Sighs* Whatever...

UMP45: But we have to prepare for this mission before we monitor more of this guy we have currently been asked by Helian.

HK416: And G11 being a lazy ass, always sleep before we monitor. So we left her then.

RO635: Alright, chill, HK416.

Tatarova: Yeah, we don't need an angry sauerkraut around here. *She jokingly said*

HK416: Grrr...

UMP45: Well, we got to go now.

UMP9: It was nice meeting you girls~! *She joyfully said*

RO635: Ok, good luck Squad 404.

Leah: Did you have to call HK416 an angry sauerkraut, Tatarova? You know that Squad 404 and myself are German.

Tatarova: I... you.... *Sigh* Whatever, I need another drink. *She goes back to drinking vodka*

Squad 404 then left and waved at them except HK416 who is still irritated, and G11 who had fallen asleep on HK416's back as they went on to the main mission that could potentially be dangerous to them.

RO635: Well, they are gone now.

Nylah: What do you want to do now, RO635?

RO635: Well, I have to go back to 16LAB due to some projects Persica have right now.

Isabella: Okay then. We'll see you later, RO635~ *They wave goodbye to her*

RO635: Ok, see ya girls! *She waves goodbye before leaving them*

Isabella goes straight to the pantry to grab some potato chips.

Leah: Aren't carbs bad for you, Isabella?

She made a pouty face as she was insulted about her weight.

Isabella: These won't make me fat, meanie. *She goes on to eat her chips*

Azazel: Well... I also got a surprise for you all.

Nylah: What is is, Shikikan?

Azazel: I got another echelon coming to the Royal Splatoon, a special order from Persica herself.

Tatarova: I'm excited to see who we're gonna have among us here.

Eventually, the new members showed up here to introduce themselves.

G36: Guten tag. I will exclusively serve as your maid from now on, Master.

Azazel: That would be quite nice of you, G36.

G36C: Greetings, I'm G36C, very pleased to meet you. Ummm... is G36 nee-san here too?

G36: I am here, Little Sister.

G36C: Yay~! Onee-san is here~! *They hug each other*

M1 Garand: M1 Garand, Commander, please let me accompany you from now on.

Springfield: Commander, if there is anything that I can do for you, just give the order.

M134: Don't worry, Commander. I'll provide suppressive fire for you and my comrades.

They all looked at M134 with some curiosity, since this is the first time they seen a T-Doll like her before.

Nylah: I've never seen a T-Doll like you before...

Azazel: She's a new type of T-Doll, as myself and Persica made her as a collaboration.

G36: So you two designed a T-Doll around an M134 Minigun, right?

Azazel: Ja, that would be correct.

M134: They made my cybernetics much stronger than any other T-Doll for me to carry the gun, ammo, and power supply on me. I've also been given these weighted anchors on my boots because when this gun shoots... be prepared for the violent recoil.

Nylah: Well... with a rate of fire of 3,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute, it is understandable you need such modules to handle the gun.

Azazel: I see that everyone is going to get along nicely here.

Isabella: We look forward to working with you, Shikikan.

Azazel: And I'll be looking forward to working with you all. May the gods watch over you all. *I turned off my transmission*

As I did cut off my transmission, I also gave these names to the new T-Dolls.

Jasmine to Springfield
Ruby to G36
Fiora to G36C
Phoebe to M1 Garand
And Jayla to M134

Phoebe: .....Is Shikikan a pagan or something?

Fiora: No, I think he's a Shintoist.

Nylah: He is indeed a Shintoist.

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As they have settled down, everyone was lying around as Ruby was cleaning the place while they were watching something on the TV.

Hetap Actor 1: Hey, man, is that the last Hetap?

Hetap Actor 2: Yeah, and it's all mine!

The cocking of a gun can be heard and it was followed up by a gunshot.

Hetap Actor 2: AHH!! AHH!!! OH, GOD! OH, JESUS, WHY?!

Another shot could be heard.

Hetap Narrator: Hetap. Come on. You've killed for less.

Tatarova: (That's not UNTRUE..)

Phoebe: Hey, so, not that I mind a good ol' veg sesh, but do we need EVERYONE for this?

Ruby: You guys can go ahead and take off, I'll stick around and clean the place up for my Master. It's actually really nice to be here alongside my Little Sister, since we get to share all sorts of fun together.

Fiora giggles as a response.

Fiora: You know it, Onee-san~

Jayla: Well, then.. If it's all the same to you, I'm gonna hit the simulation. Make sure I'm ready for if Sangvis Ferri attacks us.

Nylah gets up and starts walking with her.

Nylah: Oh, could I join you? We'll make a day out of it! Get some FroYo after.. It IS my cheat day!

Tatarova: Maybe I could join you all and have some fun.

Phoebe: You'll mostly drink as you yo there.

Tatarova: Guess you got me there.

She walks over to get a can of Pepsi, pours it into a pint glass alongside her vodka, and starts drinking.

Martha: We should also head to the Data Room along with heading to the Forward Basecamp.

Isabella: Oh yeah, we gotta get some combat reports.

Leah: Not just for us, but for our Command Fairy.

The Command Fairy was flying around as they were talking.

Isabella: Well, I'm gonna go to somewhere else in the base to get us something for the dorm.

Tatarova: Did someone drink the last Hetap?! I'll kill you!

Isabella rans out of the dorm while making this noise.

Nylah and Jayla went out to the simulation while the rest went to the Data Room and the Forward Basecamp after racking up so much surplus EXP and batteries.

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In the simulation room, Nylah and Jayla were going through some intense training similar to real life special forces like the SAS, the Navy SEALs, and other famous special forces, as I want them to specialize in high quality training. And this must've gone on for some time now, as they were pretty tired afterwards.

Nylah: That was.. so fun. *She was panting*

Jayla: Yeah... that was intense. *She was also panting*

Nylah: Let's get back to the dorm and drink some Hetap.

Jayla: Yeah, let's do that.

They made it back to the dorm where the rest minus Isabella had come back with the combat reports they made and have saved up.

Martha: Look at all of those combat reports.

Tatarova: I never thought that we'd save up this many.

Phoebe: Okay, we all each get 100 from a thousand of them, and the rest can go to our fairy.

Leah: Okay, let's do that when Isabella comes back.

Soon enough, Isabella came back and she had a black cat in her arms. If you couldn't tell, my author really likes black cats.

Isabella: Isn't he a cutie~?

The black cat goes on to let out an adorable meow as Isabella holds her.

Royal Splatoon: He's so cute~!!!

They rush towards the cat and give him all the love and attention that he could ask for and gave themselves and the fairy the combat reports. Soon, the transmission cuts on.

Azazel: Heya, girls.

Royal Splatoon: Heya, Shikikan-sama~

Azazel: I can see that everyone is getting along nicely, and you got a chonky house panther.

Isabella: Yeah~ He's not fat, he's not skinny. Just the perfect level of chonk.

Azazel: That is true.

Judd throws a trashcan onto the floor while wearing a wrestler uniform.

Azazel: Judd, what the hell are you doing, man?

Judd: That's my character! I'm the Trash Man. I come out, I throw.. trash all over the- all over the ring! And then, I start eating garbage. And then I pick up the trashcan, and I smash the guy's head!

If you guys couldn't tell, Judd in my story has Danny DeVito's voice, and the result of imagining it is hilarious.

Callie: Aw, that's gonna be a disaster.

Judd: Nah no no, nobody's gonna get hurt. I'm telling you, it's.. like you said, it's all fake.

Marie: But this has nothing to do with that, Judd! A 12,000 year old cat eating trash? Who wants to see that?

Momiji: Yeah.

Judd: Wha- oh, but that's what people want.

Alice: Hey, I got something for you. I got a character for you. You can be; the ref.

Judd: I'm not gonna be the ref! I'm a villain, don't you see?

He goes into the trashcan and starts eating spoiled meat.

Juvia: Judd!

Ahato: That's just nasty, dude.

Momiji: Ew...

Judd started choking as a result of eating spoiled meat.

Jaina: You choking?

Pearl: Oh my God...

Judd starts to pick up the trashcan and makes the motion that he was gonna vomit into it.

Marina: No, throw it up in the ba-

It was too late as Judd puked into the trashcan.

Momiji: Oh my God...

Diana: Get out of here, Judd!

Juvia: Go take a break.

Judd takes his trashcan and walks away.

Bordeaux: That was nasty.

The transmission soon cut off.

The Royal Splatoon had white bead eyes as they were absolutely confused as to what happened, and they even had this floating around them; 混乱している (Confused).

Jasmine: What... the hell... just happened?

Fiora: I have no idea...

They heard a knock on the door and when Nylah went to get it, Helianthus was at the door along with Kalina and Kryuger, and this is what he looks like.

Helian: It's good to see you girls again.

Kalina: We got a new mission for you all.

Kryuger: We got intel on armored Sangvis units closing in on a garrison, and they plan to attack our radars from that garrison under the cover of darkness.

Helian: Which is why we need you girls to take them out at night under the cover of darkness.

Tatarova: By Lenin's ghost, we will retake our garrison and prevent the movement of Sangvis Ferri units.

Kryuger: And to make your tasks easier, Persica asked me if you are willing to go through the Digi-mind upgrade.

Helian: The only ones out of you all eligible for this upgrade are G36, BAR, and Sten Mk2.

Kalina: We're not sure if it'll work, which is why we want you three to fill out the test for us.

Nylah: So this is what RO635 was talking about.

Martha: We feel honored to go through such upgrades.

Ruby: We'll happily accept them, for our Commander and for everyone in Griffin & Kryuger.

Kryuger: Your dedication to your Commander humbles me and everyone in high command. Follow me.

Nylah: Yes, Director.

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Nylah, Ruby, and Martha were following Kryuger to Persica's lab and once they got there, they can see just how much work Persica was doing.

Ruby: Guten tag, Persica.

Persica: Oh.. hey there, girls. *She yawns*

Nylah: A little big sluggish today, Persica?

Persica: Well, yeah... but after that nap Azazel told me to get when he rescued M4A1, I felt so relaxed.

Martha: It's good to hear, Persica. After all, we all need a good night's sleep.

Kryuger: You remember we talked about their neural upgrades, Persica?

Persica: It's still not ready yet. I haven't even tested it to make sure that it works.

Kryuger: I have faith that the machine will work and these T-Dolls will get their Digi-mind upgrade.

Persica: Yes, Director. Should I call Commander Azazel for this?

Kryuger: Так (Yes). [And he's speaking in Belarusian, NOT Russian, that's basically the worst insult you can say to a Belarusian.]

Persica: Calling him on the transmission.

She goes on to call me, and I was on the transmission.

Azazel: You called me for something important, Persica?

Persica: That would be the case, Commander Azazel.

Kryuger: It's about time that we met. I've heard a lot about your successful missions against Sangvis Ferri.

Azazel: I've heard a great deal about you, Director Kryuger. And I looked forward to when we would meet.

Kryuger: With formalities out of the way, you heard about the Digi-mind upgrade from Persica, Commander?

Azazel: I've only heard very little about it, but I do know that it's meant to upgrade certain T-Dolls.

Kryuger: That would be correct. And thanks to your brilliance on the battlefield in leading your T-Dolls, we decided to put them through the test to see if the machine works.

Nylah: Well... hope we survive this test.

Azazel: I have faith in you three.

Martha: Thank you, Shikikan.

Ruby: I look forward to seeing how this would help us, Master.

They go inside the pods and Persica flips the switch to activate the machine, seeing if the test would work.

Kryuger: This is bound to work.

Persica: I'm not so sure about it. What if it overheats and malfunctions?

Kryuger: I'm sure it'll be under control.

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After about a while now, the machine was reaching completion. And like what Persica had predicted, the machine started to overheat and the alarm sounded off.

Kryuger: Pump in some more liquid coolant, Persica.

Persica: I'm on it, Director.

She goes on to pump the liquid coolant into the pipes meant to cool the machines after a considerable amount of time, the machine stabilized.

Persica: Thank God it didn't explode.

The timer soon dinged like my author's air fryer and soon enough, the pods opened up with smoke coming out of them.

Azazel: Girls?

The three soon walked out of their pods, and the thing that surprised me the most is just how completely different they look.

Ruby: Commander, the services I provide have all undergone upgrades. Please use them as you see fit.

Martha: Commander, these tasks cannot be carelessly done. As for how I have changed, please watch carefully.

Nylah: Commander, am I ... at full capacity now? Please continue to watch over me!

Azazel: Incredible. I've never seen such upgrades like this before.

Kalina and Helianthus soon walked into the room.

Helian: How do you girls feel?

Nylah: I feel... different.

Martha: Yeah... I feel stronger.

Ruby: My mind... it's more mature.

Kalina: Well, to celebrate your upgrades, I got the Royal Splatoon something for getting to the missions without a helicopter.

Nylah: And what would that be?

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The Royal Splatoon were walking to the garage to see this surprise.

Jasmine: Is this where our surprise is?

Kalina: Yup. And I think you'll be thrilled to see it.

Eventually, they made it to the surprise and boy were they excited to see this new vehicle for them.

Tatarova: Is that... for us?

Kalina: It is, and here are the keys, Martha. *She tossed her the keys*

Martha: This is-

Leah: So-

Nylah: Awesome~!

Kalina: It was expensive to make this, as it has state of the art technology.

Kalina then turned around to them and had dollar signs in her eyes.

Kalina: But I'm so glad that Commander Azazel paid me so much to make this vehicle for you all, that I want to shower in all of that dough~!

Isabella: Okay..?

Phoebe: What should we call it?

Fiora: Hmm... I'm thinking about calling it the Puma. What do you think?

Jayla: Yeah, it has a certain ring to it. Like it makes us wonder why we're here.

Kalina: That is life's greatest mystery.

The Royal Splatoon got into the Puma and was amazed by the interior, such as soft cushions on the seats, AC, and other things to keep them comfortable.

Martha: We'll be heading off to the zone for our mission. We'll be back soon.

Kalina: Be safe out there~ *She waved goodbye to them*

The Royal Splatoon drove out of the garage and hit the road to head to their mission.

Nylah: Hmm... I wonder if this has good music on the radio.

She goes on to surf on the radio to find some good music for them to listen to, but they all didn't like them.

Martha: Let me try to find a good song.

Eventually, they found something that they like for the Puma and is going to be a recurring joke in the story.

Leah: Hey. I like this.

Jasmine: This song slaps.

They go on to drive to the garrison while listening to this music.

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-11:45 P.M.-

At the garrison, the Sangvis Ferri units are moving around dealing with the radars to catch us off guard. They got a Manticore set up to deal with forces planned to take the garrison back, along with other armored units.

Dragoon commander unit: It won't be long before we take this garrison, Agent.

Agent: {Continue on with the mission. We'll surprise Griffin & Kryuger right under their noses.} *She said on the unit's comms*

Dragoon commander unit: Roger roger.

As Agent cuts off the transmission, the Dragoon unit went towards the other Sangvis units.

Dragoon commander unit: I want all of you to make good work in taking everything in the base, and if there are people here, leave no survivors.

Sangvis units: Roger roger.

As the Dragoon unit prepares to head to somewhere to relay orders, she can hear the music from the Puma.

Dragoon commander unit: Wait a minute...... WHAT IN AGENT'S NAME IS THAT MUSIC?!

The Royal Splatoon soon drove right out of the forest with the music blasting as loud as it can go.

Dragoon commander unit: Open fire!

The Sangvis units open fire on the Puma, but thanks to the tough armor and experimental plasma shield, the Puma can take a hit and keep on trucking. Once the Puma got to a deployable position, the Royal Splatoon burst out of the Puma and opened fire on the enemies. It's noted that AK-47 fitted a GP-25 grenade launcher on her rifle and fired into groups of enemies, as her, Martha, Leah, Ruby, Fiora, Jayla, Phoebe, and Jasmine had armor-piercing incendiary rounds, while Isabella has dragon's breath shells and other ammo types for her shotgun, like #00 buckshot and 1 oz. slugs.

It should be noted that there is no pistol T-Doll in the Royal Splatoon, so how are they are able to see in the dark? Well, the T-Dolls who received the Digi-mind upgrade can see in night, inferred, and UV visions. The other T-Dolls have to use night vision goggles to compensate for this.

As a result of Isabella using dragon's breath shells, the patches of foliage that the Sangvis units planned to use for an ambush started to catch fire to where they can't hide anymore.

Dragoon commander unit: Hold this line! We will not let them take the garrison back!

The two echelons then split into.... well, two echelons and they go on to use tactics similar to the German Stormtroopers of World War 1, where the SMG T-Dolls used their speed and mobility to punch a hole in the enemy defenses and unleash hell as they move into the enemy lines.

The Dragoon commander ordered in Aegis units armed with flamethrowers to flush out the Royal Echelon, but due to the high determination of my T-Dolls and their fear sensors being inhibited, this allowed them to fight at full capacity and that I allowed them to think more independently, resulting in more creative tactics while on missions, which is impressive given that they're androids and don't have a biological brain like organic beings.

Dragoon commander unit: Grrr... where is that Manticore?!

Many of the Nemeum units went onto the frontlines and use their firepower to hopefully take down the Royal Splatoon. But this was basically pointless, as the Royal Splatoon had armor-piercing incendiary rounds that can easily punch through thick armor. It also won't shock you that Tatarova was launching high-explosive 40mm grenades at the enemies as well as their supply lines to keep the enemies from taking the Griffin & Kryuger garrison back.

Phoebe fired her 8th shot at an enemy, and you can hear that very distinct ping the M1 Garand makes when the clip ejects out.

Phoebe: Reloading. Cover me.

As Phoebe goes on to insert a new 8-round en bloc clip inside the internal magazine in her rifle, the bolt accidently rode over the clip and it closed in on her thumb, resulting in the dreaded Garand-Thumb.

Phoebe: Ow! Fuckin' Garand-Thumb. *She pulls the bolt back enough to release her thumb*

As Nylah was firing at the enemies, her SMG suddenly jammed on her and this is thanks to her gun being cheap and simple to manufacture. It was thanks to these traits that the Sten had frequent jams during World War 2.

Nylah: You have got to be kidding me!

She goes on to fix the jam after a few attempts, and one trick that she did after removing the suppressor was she wrapped the barrel with wet rags. Not only does this have the effect of delaying overheating, but also conveying an effective heavier firepower. This is a trick that the Maquis used in World War 2, and it made the Germans more cautious in an ambush.

An enemy goes on to surprise Leah, but she pulled out her M1884/98 bayonet and simply stabbed the enemy unit to death.

Leah: Always good to stab Sangvis units.

Leah goes on to throw a Stielhandgranate or potato masher as dubbed by the British, and it goes on to detonate once it landed at a group of enemies after the 5 second chemical fuse reached its end. And since the grenade is on a stick, this allowed the stick grenade to be thrown at larger distances than a regular hand grenade.

Dragoon commander unit: Not on my watch!

She ordered in a Brute unit to take care of them.

Leah: Get going, comrades! Schnell (Quickly)!

Martha: What about you, Leah?

Leah goes on to pull out her hand spade, used for digging trenches and is also a deadly melee weapon.

Leah: I'll take care of the brute!

Isabella: You got it!

They started to move towards another area while Leah deals with the brute unit.

Leah: Let's dance, dummkopf (idiot)!

The Brute charges at Leah, attempting to stab her with its daggers, but Leah was more swift as she isn't wearing pieces of equipment that slowed down her mobility as she lands considerable amount of slashes on the Brute unit's face.

Desperate to shut down Leah, the Brute unit activated an overclocking system that hasn't been seen before as she cuts Leah with quick slashes as it moves even faster than before.

Leah: (I've never seen this with the Brutes before..... I got it!)

Leah tosses an Blendkörper 2H smoke grenade to make it more difficult for the Brute unit to hit Leah. While the Brute unit was having a harder time spotting Leah in the thick clouds of smoke, Leah makes good use of the smoke to land quick and hard hitting slashes on the brute with her shovel, and this can be thanks to the Brute being a fragile unit.

The Brute unit thought that it was over for her, and she was right when Leah snuck up behind it and decapitated the unit with her shovel.

Leah: Let's see how you're so fast.

She tears into the unit with her shovel and her bayonet and discovered something that shocked her. Leah saw a module into the unit that had the Griffin & Kryuger logo on it, so it applies that someone has been stealing the technology and plans to make this.

Leah: I gotta send this back to Helianthus for investigation.

She places the deactivated brute unit somewhere for her to remember and caught up with the rest of the Royal Splatoon.

Nylah: Glad to see you're still alive, Leah.

Leah: Ja. This should be easy for us, like eating a piece of Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte.

They all looked at her confused.

Leah: Please tell me you girls never had Black Forest cake? It's my favorite dessert.

Echelon #1: Ohhhh.

Isabella: It really taste so good~

Tatarova: Maybe Ruby can make one for us after this mission. But for now, let's get back to work.

Echelon #1: Yeah!

---

(DJ Octavio's POV)

Back in our world, Octavio was in his prison cell, trying to devise a plan to escape. A Darkling guard walks to his cell and give him something.

Guard: Looks like you got a letter, Octavio. A letter from.. "Agent 4"?

DJ Octavio: Let me see that.

Octavio gets his letter and this is what he got.

DJ Octavio: It just says 'Dear Octavio', and it's a picture of a butt.

Guard: Yeah, yeah. Rot in Hell for what you did to Highlyon.

The guard goes on to beat him up pretty badly as a means of delivering vengeance.

---

Back in Inkopolis, they are getting ready to host the CoroCoro Cup in collaboration with the eSports tournament and concert hosted by League of Legends all the way in Osaka. And we can see a group of morons waiting for someone.

Headphones: Whoa... There are so many participants!

Bobble Hat: Wow! Everyone sure looks strong!

Specs: Hmmm...

Headphones: Urgh... I'm getting nervous...

Bobble Hat: I'm so excited!

Specs: HE'S LATE! Where in the world is Goggles!?

???: Hey guys!

A blue squid with the Pilot's Goggles on can be seen swimming towards them.

Headphones: There he is!

Bobble Hat: Heeey~!

Specs: You're LATE!!

???: Sorry! Sorry!

The squid reverts back to human form, and I think we all know who this is.

Goggles: I overslept!

The view is set to see his back. Why? Well, if you read the manga, you'll know that he is butt naked. This caused Headphones to have all-white eyes and had an angry look on her face.

Headphones: I told you to wear CLOTHES, didn't I!?

She punches Goggles square in the face.

Goggles: I thought I felt a breeze!!!

He landed onto the ground, just like you would see in an anime/manga.

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(Isabella's POV)

The Royal Splatoon had beaten the rest of the enemy units after a considerable amount of time, and all that waits for them is the Manticore unit.

Jayla: Looks like we got everything secured here.

Ruby: Ja. I just hope that was the last of the Sangvis units.

They would soon get a transmission from Agent.

Agent: {Well, well, well.. What do we have here? If I'm not mistaken, we have caught ourselves the pesky rats who have been chewing at our cheese...}

Jasmine: Oh, my God!

Fiora: Is that who I think it is?

Nylah: Model SP47, better known as Agent. She's the Grand Overseer of Sangvis Ferri.

Agent: {I am glad my reputation proceeds me among Griffin & Kryuger. However, that I will not be saying the same for all of you. Much like the rat, you all couldn't help yourselves. But this time the cheese has been complimented with a brass bar swiftly to the neck.}

Jayla: The only cheese we plan on having is Swiss, when we pump you full of lead!

Agent begins to laugh slightly.

Agent: {How cute of you to say that you're going to stop me.}

She snaps her fingers and soon enough, a Manticore unit landed in front of them.

Agent: {And now, rats.. let me introduce you.. to the brass bar.}

The transmission cuts off and the Manticore immediately starts firing its chin-mounted gun at them, causing them to dodge and take defensive actions.

Jayla: Give me covering fire, I'm gonna blow that Manticore up! *She loads her minigun with a belt of explosive rounds*

Tatarova: Don't forget about us!

Nylah: Yeah, we never let our comrades down!

Jasmine: And we will fight with you, Jayla!

Phoebe: Or die trying!

Jayla looks at them all, as they show confidence in their skills.

Jayla: Yeah.

Isabella: In arrivo (Incoming)!

The Manticore fires rockets from the side rocket pods at them and as the rockets hit the concrete, the Royal Splatoon charges into battle letting out a bulletstorm at the Manticore.

Jayla: Let's rev 'em up!

She activates her skill, where she used the weighted anchors on her boots and rooted herself into the ground. There, she fired at the Manticore as the fire rate increased to the maximum 6,000 rounds per minute. This would have some problems for her, as the ground beneath her can loosen the anchors and cause her to go flying from the increased recoil. Another issue would be overheating. If you don't know or just don't care, the barrels heats up because of the friction from the rounds. The more rounds, the more heat, until the barrels bust. However, her main issue is that she cannot turn around to look behind her, making her extremely vulnerable to ambushes.

Anyway, while they were shooting at the Manticore and protecting Jayla.. something odd was happening with the Manticore, and that the bullets weren't hitting the body. Instead, they were hitting a plasma shield.

Isabella: When did they get plasma shields?

Leah: I don't know, but we gotta take it down!

Fiora: We can throw an EMP grenade at it!

Ruby: Nein, Fiora. If we throw an EMP grenade at it, we'll get shut down as well!

Martha: Maybe we can overload the shields with concentrated fire.

Nylah: Yeah, that just might work, Jayla, keep firing at the Manticore!

Jayla: I'll fire until these barrels melt!

She goes on to yell like a cliché American soldier as they protect her and overwhelm the Manticore with a bulletstorm to overload the shields. They dodged out of the way from a cannon blast on the Manticore's chin-mounted gun.

Nylah: Take this!

Nylah throws a frag grenade at the Manticore, while Leah, Jasmine, and Phoebe fire rifle grenades at the enemy unit after they put the respected rifle grenade launchers on the end of their rifles and loaded the guns with blanks. And they are; the M1 rifle grenade launcher for the Springfield, the M7 rifle grenade launcher for the M1 Garand, and the Schießbecher for the Kar98k.

As Tatarova joins them in firing grenades at the Manticore, they were eventually able to overload the shields and the resulting blast managed to do heavy damage to the Manticore. At the same time, the barrels on Jayla's minigun had become too hot and the barrels had busted on her.

Jayla: I can't fire anymore! It's all up to you guys now!

They overwhelm the Manticore with bullets and grenades, and this did even more considerable damage to the unit. Jasmine puts on the USMC 8 Power Unertl scope on her rifle and loads the gun with high-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing rounds. 

Jasmine: I got you in my sights.

She aims at the center part of the Manticore and fires at the sensor, causing the bullet to penetrate deeper into the main power source for the Manticore and blow it up. As a result, the Manticore burst into flames before blowing up into a million pieces.

Jasmine: BOOM! You are dead!

Tatarova: Now that's what I call a goulash!

Martha: We did it!

Ruby: Was there any doubt?

Nylah: Let us celebrate!

Nylah pulls out her bagpipes while Martha and Ruby pull out drums and play a song of victory.

While they celebrated, the Dragoon commander unit was hiding as she made a daring escape out of there.

The Royal Splatoon got a transmission from Helian.

Helian: {What's the status on the garrison?}

Isabella: The garrison is secured, Helianthus. We drove the enemies out.

Helian: {Congratulations on your work, Royal Splatoon. I think you girls earned yourself a promotion.)

Ruby: Thank you for your praise, Helianthus.

Helian: {Return back to Griffin & Kryuger. We have another mission to do soon, this time with a new Commander.}

Royal Splatoon: You got it.

They soon got into the Puma and hit the road back to the HQ.

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-In enemy territory-

The Dragoon commander unit made it back to Sangvis Ferri HQ and reported directly to Agent.

Dragoon commander unit: Agent, we have lost all of our units at the garrison. Considering the amount of damage we sustained, it'll take longer to retake the garrison.

Agent: That garrison is now worthless to us now, since they would be coming for it again with elite T-Dolls. Divert your units to other priorities.

Dragoon commander unit: Roger roger. *She leaves the area*

Another Sangvis unit walks up towards Agent with something to report.

Agent: Yes, what is it?

Sangvis unit: The mainframe demands that you make contact with her.

Agent: I will make way to contact her.

Agent goes into a room where there's a pad for her. She walks towards the pad and kneels on it, as a holographic image of a mysterious figure appears in front of her.

Agent: What is thy bidding, my master?

???: There is a great disturbance in the war effort.

Agent: I have seen it.

???: We have two new enemies; Azazel Lionheart and Red Travis. I have no doubt from my spies that they're from another world.

Agent: How is that possible?

???: Find the answers from the spies, Agent. They contain the truth of their whereabouts. They could destroy us all.

Agent: If they could be killed, we could invade their worlds and eradicate their people.

???: Yes.... It would be a great asset. Can it be done?

Agent: They will kneel before us or die, master.

She bows before her as the transmission cuts off.

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I know you guys have been waiting for a new chapter for like a month, but I have finally delivered something for you guys to enjoy after a long time of not publishing a chapter. The most notable change is that the AR Team will be going to Red, as there is only one of the T-Dolls in the team. If you guys enjoy this chapter and enjoy this series, be sure to show me some love, hit that vote button, follow me to receive news on Into the Light. I appreciate all of the support you guys are giving me, and I want you all to know that. So, continue with the support, it really means a lot. We have reached 6k reads on Into the Light, so thank you all for showing support to my story, it really means a lot to hit this milestone. On the same topic, we have reached 300 votes on this story. Holy shit, you guys are amazing. So please, keep showing me the support, it really means a lot. Chapter 54 is in development. As always, I'm RaveDogg and I'll see you in the next chapter. Peace out.