A little bit before Maya appeared in front of Maki, Koutarou and the others had reached the loading dock of the factory.
They had to evade soldiers patrolling the area while making their way here, but fortunately, thanks to the powers of science, magic and spiritual energy, Koutarou and the others succeeded in making it past them.
While making their way here, Koutarou and the others had taken a look at the production line. As a result, they had gotten a grasp of what was being made in the factory. All that was left was finding out how they were being used, so they continued their investigation.
“...It looks like they're carrying them out on those trailers.”
Koutarou peeked out from a small crane in the corner of the loading dock. The loading dock was large with space for several trailers, and containers filled with the weapons being produced were being loaded in one after another. There were guns, bullets, small combat vehicles, large-scale ordnance and even mechanical soldiers. They were merciless weapons made only to kill people.
Looking at the containers filled with weapons, Koutarou instinctively grabbed a hold of Kiriha's hand.
Kiriha-san gave it her all to avoid this... this is completely different from Kiriha-san's invasion...
The invasion in front of him was violence itself. A nightmare that would spread death. It was the complete opposite of Kiriha's peaceful invasion. Compared to this, the path that Kiriha and the conservative faction had chosen was far more prideful. As far as Koutarou knew, Kiriha's weapons of invasion were brooms and garbage bags.
This invasion had to be stopped no matter what, and Kiriha's peaceful invasion had to be continued. It was those feelings that caused Koutarou to squeeze Kiriha's hand even harder.
“...Looks like it.”
Kiriha only responded to Koutarou's words. However, Koutarou's feelings had been conveyed to her as well. That's why Kiriha squeezed Koutarou's hand back just as hard. Their fingers intertwined and their hands were interlocked. However, their hearts were even more strongly interlinked.
“Then how about we destroy those trailers, Bertorion?”
Clan proposed an attack on the trailers. If they destroyed the trailers with a properly timed attack the weapons wouldn't be carried away. This might be a good chance at reduce the radical faction's combat power.
“No, it would be better to let it go. I want to find out where the weapons are being carried.”
Koutarou basically agreed with Clan's idea, but he believed it would be a better idea to leave it be so they could find the enemy's base.
“But Satomi-kun, are you okay with letting that many weapons fall into the hands of radical people?”
Harumi furrowed her brows and showed a concerned expression. The amount of weapons put into the containers was abnormal. If left be it was clear that the lives of many would be in danger. Wouldn't it be bad to leave it be. That was an obvious doubt.
Kiriha gave answer to Harumi's doubts.
“Harumi, sadly, considering the scale of this factory, that is just a fraction of the weapons. Even if we destroy all the weapons in the trailers it would hardly influence the situation. And if that is the case then it's better letting the trailers go and locating the enemy base. If we can prevent a battle from breaking out, it would have more of an effect then destroying the trailers. We want to bet on that.”
“I see...”