Vol. 4 Ch. 1 Ep. 15: A Small but Certain Failure

I'm still a bit shocked. Moe really found someone to buy our rusty, useless missiles.

They even paid us in cash...

I've never seen so much cash in my life...

Did no one else find that buyer suspicious?

They show up with their faces completely covered, have wads and wads of cash, and don't even inspect the weapons?

What... What if it's bad cash? Like black money?

Oh my sweet, summer child. Cash is cash. We can buy new toys and ammo and that's all that matters.

But also, Saki. What was with all that solid fuel and gasoline you ordered? You can't blow anything up with that.

I couldn't buy my aerosol bombs because of you.

Are you stupid? Do you want to cook us dinner and fly around the helicopter with your precious babies? Huh?

Explosives aren't the most important thing on the battlefield, you know!

You calling me stupid? You're stupider! Name one thing that's more important than explosives!

I can finally breathe a little.

It's nowhere near our original stockpile, but we've mostly replenished most of what we lost to the flood.

At the very least, we should be able to secure the perimeter for a little while.

*pant* *pant* Help me!

Speak of the devil. An intruder.

Heeheehee! Come, my little babies! Time to go ka-boom!

No, dammit! I'm asking you for help!

...What do you want?

It's against protocol for us to involve ourselves in civilian affairs.

Yeah, so buzz off. Go ask your Pathetic-friends or whatever you call them.

Pursuers! Short for the Pursuers of Non-Possessive Happiness!

Thanks to you guys, most of them have left me...

I told you greed was evil! The Public Peace Bureau of Valkyrie Police School have driven the rest of us out by force and destroyed our treasured possessions. My things!

The Public Peace Bureau?

Those uppity cops wouldn't spare half a cent on a bunch of hobos like you.

M-Maybe you mixed them up with the Security Bureau?

I'm not stupid! I saw them, I swear!

That psychopath went postal in our beloved sanctuary, swinging around some crazy weapon I've never seen!

Show me the bullet marks on your gloves.

Scorch marks from thermate and traces of direct hits from high-density bullet cores...

These weren't ordinary bullets. They appear to be high-explosive incendiary armor-piercing ammunition, or HEIAP.

Not always. But I've studied these in textbooks.

Although, it's my first time seeing HEIAP bullets of this caliber in person.

Same here. It's too expensive and impractical for use in personal firearms, so they're never produced. Well, until now I guess.

The only company with the capability to mass-produce these...

Kaiser Industries.

So the ingrates who bought all my weapons from Kaiser before I could was Valkyrie Police School?

B-But this kinda weaponry has to be s-super expensive...

And seeing how there's barely enough budget for bullets these days, I can't be selfish.

At this rate, I'm going to be wielding a peashooter against a flamethrower! Or worse!

Are you okay, Sensei?

Did you fall asleep standing up?

Heehee. It looks like Sensei has at least one talent.

Anyways, it looks like you were caught in the crossfire of a police investigation. Better luck next time.

That's it?! You think this doesn't affect you too?

It wasn't just us! The Public Peace Bureau was raiding the entire city, kicking out every vagrant and homeless person they could find.

They could be here any minute!

Augh!

Did you know? When wild animals are in danger, they'll run towards the strongest leader in the area.

I guess that hobo saved me from having to search for my garbage.