"No one is coming?"
Renault raised his eyebrows and looked helplessly at Scarecrow standing beside him, who was ready to help.
He suspected that the dolls at home were so happy with their meal that they forgot about the energy core replacement he had told them about before the meal.
"Maybe they were scared by the state of HK416 and Vector." Although she said this, Scarecrow also felt that the dolls might have really forgotten about it. After all, Renault only mentioned it before the meal.
"Uh, I'd better notify them again."
Scarecrow was also a little helpless. All the preparations had been made, and they were just waiting for the dolls to come. As a result, these guys didn't come one by one. She couldn't pull them over individually, right?
...
Doll Dormitory.
"Huh? Scarecrow is notifying us to go to the commander's workshop to replace our new energy core?" M200, who was maintaining a weapon, was stunned when she saw the message. She turned her head and looked at RFB, who was playing games with Ouroboros. "Are you going now? We may have to queue up in a while."
"Ah? Replace the energy core? What's the big deal..." RFB was about to shake her head and refuse, but her eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of the power cord on the game console in her hand. "Wait! Is it the same one that AR15 replaced before!?"
The energy engine used by AR15—since she replaced it, she seems to have never seen AR15 charging!
And that guy would connect a wire directly from her body to charge her mobile phone from time to time!
A power bank anytime, anywhere!
For her, RFB, it is simply perfect! As long as she replaces her energy core, she will never have to worry about the game console in her hand running out of power!
"Yes, the commander seemed to have mentioned it before dinner. When I went there before, Spectre M4 seemed to be being in the process of replacing hers so I came back. Now the commander should be free for now..."
"I'll go now! Ouroboros! Hurry up! If you're late, you'll miss it!"
"Huh!? Ah! Wait! Wait! You should pause for a moment!"
It is estimated that there will be no other dolls with a reaction similar to RFB. After all, apart from RFB, no doll will be happy because they have become a large power bank.
But even so, the dolls who received the notification from Scarecrow also walked towards the workshop in twos and threes.
Thanks to RFB's enthusiasm, and the fact that she was the only one who ran over, she really became the first doll lying on the workbench when many people arrived.
Of course, Renault had nothing to say about this. He would change it one by one when they came. Anyway, he had enough energy engines prepared. Except for the Ripper and Vespid, whose bodies had not been replaced, all the dolls in the house could be replaced.
In addition to the dolls that came one after another, HK416 and Spectre M4, who had just replaced their energy engines, were also called over. Spectre M4 was holding a lunch box in her hand and eating on a small stool next to her.
The main reason for calling them over was to prevent a situation like Vector and HK416.
Although HK416 was touched by alcohol, it is not entirely ruled out that dolls will also make a scene after being full of energy like Vector.
But fortunately, Vector is probably really special. Even A-91, who has been drunk all year round, did not do anything strange after replacing her energy core. At most, she looked much more energetic.
And thanks to the module reserved by Renault when making the doll body, the work of replacing the energy engine went very smoothly. After several dolls, Scarecrow became more and more skilled in operating.
From the beginning, Renault took action and Scarecrow helped, and then became two people replacing the dolls's power cores at the same time.
It only took two hours in total, and the energy core replacement work for all the dolls in the house was completed. However, the dolls did not leave immediately because they still had to go to the repair pod to repair their bionic skins.
It was just that Renault forgot that there were not many bionic skin repair materials left at home. When he repaired M16 before, he used up a little of the materials in the repair chamber.
Now M1 Garand has gone to the warehouse to check inventory. There should be a few barrels of emergency stock in the warehouse.
M1 Garand deliberately put them away as emergency reserves, but she didn't expect that this emergency reserve would be used not long after.
"What a pity. M4, if you went with us and had also changed your body, you could ask Commander Renault to help you replace the new energy engine now." SOP2 moved her arms, feeling the abundant energy in her body, and said to M4 with some regret.
"This... Persica and Griffin probably won't agree..." M4 shook her head helplessly. If AR15 hadn't run away from the Griffin base because of the infection of the Parapulei virus, neither Persica nor Griffin would agree to Renault's operation on AR15's body.
She, M16, and RO are still Griffin's dolls now, so Renault probably won't replace them directly...
Of course, Renault hasn't really considered replacing the bodies of M4 and the others. In addition to preparing to replace all his dolls with new energy cores, he is also considering how to improve their costly doll bodies.
After all, everyone in the house is a big iron lump, each weighing hundreds of kilograms. For a doll, it is undoubtedly overweight.
However, because there was no urgent need before, and now that a new energy engine has been installed, the weight is no longer a serious burden when the energy is sufficient, and the schedule for replacing their bodies can be slightly postponed.
Of course, it is still necessary to think about it in advance. After all, it is too cumbersome to go to the repair pod every time the dolls had an accident even with minor bionic skin rupture.
And the last mission in the black zone has proved that the bionic skin material used by the dolls is obviously not really ideal. It started to react not long after entering the black zone and when AR15 came back, there was no bionic skin on her body anymore.
That is, thankfully his other dolls were wearing protective clothing and power armor at that time. Otherwise, their bionic skin material at home would have been used up just that time.
While talking, M1 Garand also came back. Of course, in addition to herself, there are also the two large material cans on the cart. Although it looks like a lot, in fact, even with all of these used, it is estimated that there won't be anything left for later use if someone was unfortunate to damage their bionic skin.
After that, even if remaining little can is used sparingly, it is estimated that it will still be used up in just a month.
Watching the dolls coming in and out of Renault's workshop, RPK16, who also came to join in the fun, leaned to one side with her arms folded, looking at the dolls' bodies. "Looking at your current appearance, you probably have a long time to wait. How does it feel to become a Dinergate?"
"Hmph, there's no actual difference, except that there are no limbs." At the bottom of RPK16's feet, the white-painted Dinergate RPK16 muttered in an indignant tone.