"We agreed to go to the cattery, but the only one willing to stay there is Big Orange. He looks a little lonely," M14 said as she found a stool and sat down, snatching a bag of potato chips from SpectreM4.
"Well, after all, only in the cattery can you sleep as much as you like, and this fat guy is not as obedient as BM59's little princess."
"I remember when UMP40 and the others brought Big Orange back, this guy was quite slim," M14 vaguely recalled. When UMP40 and the others had just brought these cats back from the pet store, each of the little guys was very cute.
"Yeah, it was only a short period. Not long after, this guy turned into a fat orange. Jaeger fed him too much."
"Uh, speaking of Jaeger, didn't she take Nyto away? Don't you want to follow her and take a look?" M14 clearly remembered that SpectreM4 had said she came here to watch Nyto.
"You said Jaeger took her away. Why should I follow her? Do I look like someone who would bore myself?" SpectreM4 pouted.
She came here to watch Nyto out of interest. Since Nyto didn't run to a place where she was alone, there was no need for her to chase her and keep an eye on her.
"Well, I thought you received some mission from the commander."
"How is that possible? The commander usually doesn't issue any missions. Even if there is one, it's G36 and G3 who call people over to help peel potatoes or knead dough. I don't know when I can go to the battlefield again. It turns out that the battlefield is more suitable for me."
"I think it's pretty good now, and there aren't so many battlefields," M14 said, clapping her hands and standing up while holding the bag of potato chips. "Since you are watching here, if you see UMP40's two tabby cats later, call me. I'll go look for them elsewhere."
"Oh, I see."
SpectreM4 responded, got up, and walked to Big Orange to pet him. Only Big Orange would lie down obediently and let people pet him.
Alas, the world is going downhill, even with cats...
"M14! Found them!" Just as she was thinking, a loud shout suddenly exploded from the door of the cattery, scaring both SpectreM4 and Big Orange.
"Um, if you're looking for M14, she just..."
"Eh? Not here? Super-Shorty! Let's go find M14 somewhere else!"
"Wait! Wait! Slow down! Isn't it enough to just shout in the communication channel!?"
Before SpectreM4 could finish her words, M500 and Super-Shorty turned around and left the cattery, as if they hadn't seen her at all.
With a twitch at the corner of her eye, SpectreM4 sighed helplessly. She felt this wasn't a solution. Although she had changed her body and energy core, the problem of her indescribable lack of presence still wasn't solved.
It was time to ask her commander for help!
...
At the same time, UMP40 also determined where the two troublemakers from her family had gone through the doll communication network.
The maintenance channel of the spacecraft!
There was no surveillance installed there, but it was not open usually. She really didn't know how these two guys got there!
"Really! You two naughty ghosts! Why did you run to this place! It's very dangerous here!"
The maintenance channel is different from the corridor of the spacecraft. Many safety features are not installed in the channel. After all, this is only a place for emergency maintenance.
To save space and costs, only the minimum life support facilities are equipped here. Once the hatch of the maintenance channel is opened, it will increase the operating load of the life support facilities inside the spacecraft.
UMP40 was about to catch the two naughty cats but was stopped by UMP45.
"Wait, 40, look at the belly of the little tabby cat," she said, pointing to the unusual belly of one of the tabby cats with a smile.
"Huh? Ah! Isn't is this!?"
...
Because of this little surprise, six equally naughty little troublemakers appeared silently on the spacecraft.
In response, the Rippers responsible for cleaning the spacecraft protested strongly.
Those little guys were like devils, leaving traces of their visits in the corridors and various corners, which gave them a headache.
However, this state did not last long. In just one or two days, those little troublemakers figured out what to do correctly. After being driven out of the workshop by Renault once, they were really scared.
Of course, in addition to Renault's workshop, there is another forbidden area for them: the direction of the breeding farm.
To be precise, it is the newly opened livestock processing room next to the breeding farm.
There can be a strong smell of blood all day long, and from time to time, you can see MG3 or the alchemist covered in blood entering and leaving those rooms.
For their young minds, there is probably no place more terrifying than these two places.
The small matter of having a few more cats did not affect Renault's work progress. After drawing the plans, he had been calculating the cost of the spacecraft transformation with the two Scarecrows.
The result of the calculation was very clear. They definitely could not afford those materials with their savings. Even if they had just made a lot of money to buy vegetables, it was just a drop in the bucket for the spacecraft transformation plan customized by Renault.
The huge spacecraft of 500 meters required too many materials. Not to mention those rare metal materials, the amount of basic steel alone was far beyond the imagination of the two scarecrows.
"So much... I'm afraid it's not enough even if we count the losses of the entire Sangvis Ferri over the past ten years."
Military enterprises such as Sangvis Ferri Manufacturing are, of course, large consumers of metal materials, but even Sangvis Ferri Manufacturing isn't capable of churning out resources in the list compiled by Renault.
"Commander, the chances of this plan being realized are really too small. If we use formal channels, we may not be able to do this for decades."
"Then don't use the formal channels," Renault nodded. He knew about this kind of thing, but he didn't plan to complete it all at his own expense from the beginning.
There are still many polluted areas in the world. The ownerless things in those areas are completely easy resources for him. For others, it may be a resource that they may not be able to obtain even if they spend a lot of money. For him, it is actually no different from picking it up.