"Full team, suppressive fire! Execute the plan and flank them!"
"You're done for."
...
The battle ended when the last T-Doll, a severely damaged kar98k chassis with a corrupted system, collapsed to the ground.
"Clear the battlefield and bring all these chunks of iron back. Their combat capability is formidable; figure out a way to make them our people."
Meanwhile, after waking up, Ethel nearly broke down at the countless T-Doll destruction notifications filling her inbox.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Like a madwoman, Ethel smashed everything in sight onto the floor. She simply could not accept that her T-Dolls had just turned into a pile of scrap metal.
To make matters worse, every time a T-Doll was destroyed, Ethel received a video showing the cause of the destruction.
Having watched the footage, rage flared up in Ethel's chest, and she passed out again.
When she woke up once more, the faces of Keira and Hecate swam into Ethel's vision.
Regaining consciousness, Ethel tried to strike Keira, only to find she couldn't move.
"Your injuries haven't healed yet, you still need strict bed rest," Keira said. "This incident is on me; I've wronged you."
"Wronged me? Do you have any idea that all my T-Dolls are dead—every single one of them! I can't even reboot them anymore! Their core processors have been ripped out!"
Chapter 253