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False Surrender Suspicion — False Flag

「The enemy’s defensive line is thin. Are they planning to draw us into urban combat?」

Jamie, a Nereid entrusted with command of the Lanius CII unit, sent in his report.

「The lives of those who live in the city… likely mean nothing to them.」

A Nereid girl piloting her own CII offered her thoughts.

Even as she questioned it, her movements did not falter. Thin or not, there were still Kazakhs present. She did not underestimate these Assault Silhouettes, equal in performance to the Lanius A1.

Yet everyone thought the same: for a main stronghold’s defense, this was thin indeed.

「If it were the Stones, they’d throw away pawns on the very front line. Why not here?」

The nereid man—an old soldier who had been fighting in Asia’s conflicts for thirty years, known by his fellow nereids as ‘the old man of the sea’—frowned at the situation.

「That is… true enough.」

The girl flushed with shame at her