No Beast Girls on the Western Front

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Depression level: 100%

Funny level: 200%

Freshness: 150%

Note: 2-hit combo! Critical hit!

Points increased by 450

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"??? This can even connect???"

But seeing that his words had sparked another wave of laughter in the crowd, Payne stopped thinking about it.

For someone like him who came from an information-explosive world, the amount of wisdom he possessed was more than the entire company combined could hear in their entire lives.

As for the beast girls, since they lack common sense about human life, they are not sensitive to these depressing jokes. They just lazily stay in their tents, hesitating whether to take a nap before lunch.

After a while, when the crowd quieted down a bit, Ruby asked out of the blue, "Paine, what are those boxes on the shelf?"

"What box?"

"During the medal awarding and speech, there was a person walking around with a box next to me, and he kept looking through the small round hole on the box."

"Oh, that's a camera, something used to take pictures."

"So that's what a camera is. This is the first time I've ever seen one in person."

“I think it won’t be long before General Steve, the guys who got the medals, and Lacey and I are in the newspapers.”

Thinking of this, Payne couldn't help but shake his head. "Sigh, I wonder how many more people will choose to join the army after seeing this award announcement?"

Ruby expressed her bewilderment: "Just from listening to you humans talk about it, I know that war is a terrible thing. If that's the case, why do so many humans choose to join the army?"

Payne looked distressed. "This is what happens when you're educated."

"Besides government propaganda and the fact that there had never been such a long and brutal war before, veterans who participated in the war would embellish the war to some extent in order to boast about their experiences, and war novels would embellish the war in order to sell for a good price."

"People who hear or see these stories will unconsciously imagine war as a great adventure, which will motivate them to join in and become heroes."

"They overlooked one point: it's not that the people who told the story of the war survived, but that only the survivors could tell the story of the war."

"Therefore, those who learn about war through the protagonists in the stories will subconsciously assume that they are also the protagonists in the stories, and that the protagonists will not die."

The little squirrel only half understood, "Ha...Is that so...It seems there's no way to stop this kind of thing."

To her utter surprise, Payne replied with a single, resolute word: "Yes."

All six beasts' ears perked up simultaneously, and Ruby instinctively asked, "How do we stop them?"

To everyone's surprise, Payne immediately deflated again: "Uh... there's definitely no way right now. Not just now, there might not be any opportunity for the next few years..."

"What? Seeing how determined you were, I thought you had some brilliant plan..."

So all six beasts lay back down at the same time.

Payne pondered for a moment, then muttered to himself:

"There's no such thing as a magic trick that can solve a huge problem in this world..."

"Even if a solution does exist, it will require a huge price to be paid to find the right path, and we need to be prepared for a protracted struggle and sacrifices..."

"Although my individual abilities are very limited and there is little I can do, at least I am taking action."

Payne saw that all six beasts' ears had drooped down and thought that none of them were listening to him. But a few seconds later, Ruby asked, "What did you do? I didn't know."

Payne: "Like giving you lessons, teaching you how to use firearms and such."

"What good will this do?"

"The first priority, of course, is to increase your chances of surviving on the battlefield. You can only have everything if you're alive."

"Oh...that's true."

"Secondly, reading can help you understand why you should participate in the struggle and how to carry it out..."

“You mean going against the German Emperor? Forget it, I give up.” Ruby waved her hand. “Although my beastly life is terrible, I haven’t lived enough yet.”

Payne was already quite satisfied with the little squirrel's level of understanding, so he didn't say much, but casually reached out to rub her tail—but she dodged it.

"Yes, we don't have that capability right now. But you should know that opportunity always favors the prepared mind."

"What nonsense... Instead of wasting your time thinking about these things, why don't you help us find a way to drain the water quickly?" Ruby patted her tail casually on the ground twice.

Payne sighed at the thought that after returning the clothes, they would have to continue cleaning the sewers, and that they didn't know when they would be able to take a shower again.

“I’ve thought about it. I’ve suggested it several times in the work reports, but what can I do if the higher-ups don’t approve it?”

To keep the atmosphere from becoming too dull, Payne clapped his hands to get the attention of the six beasts: "Quiz time: Please list a few animals that can dig holes."

Lacey, nestled in his arms, lazily scratched Payne's stomach.

"Hmm, the dog counts, and Leslie gets one point."

Alpha pondered for a moment, then said, "I've caught moles and rabbits; they're both burrowing animals."

"Great, Alfa adds two points. Anything else?"

After that, the beast girl squad quickly fell silent—after all, they were just a group of beast girls who had neither book knowledge nor wilderness survival experience.

Then Payne added, "As far as I know, there are at least pangolins, fennec foxes, badgers, meerkats, tiger weasels..."

"Can't you humans create these kinds of beast girls?" Ruby asked.

"It may indeed take some time, but to say that it can't be made... that's probably not the case."

"So where does the problem lie?"

Payne shrugged. "The problem is they only gave me six beasts, and each one has a different area of ​​expertise. It's really unnecessary for me to lead such a small team on an engineering project."

Chapter 98 XCVII. Shedding

Payne thought the topic would soon be over, so he took out his pen and paper and decided to write a longer work report to see if his superiors would take pity on him and send him more beast girls who were good at their job.

But Ruby seemed determined not to give Payne any peace of mind, and specifically reminded him, "The game is over? So Lacey got one point and Alpha got two points, shouldn't we give Alpha a reward?"

The other animals didn't react much, but the two dogs sat up at the same time and looked at Payne.

Payne glanced at Ruby—the little squirrel's face revealed a hint of amusement.

This guy definitely knows that these two dogs have a grudge!

However, this is also an opportunity to explain things clearly to Lacey.

"Alpha, come here, I'll reward you with two pieces of beef."

As he said this, Payne took out a can of food and held it out to Alpha.

Although the canned food doesn't taste very good, it's still meat, and the dog won't resist it.

Alpha's attention was completely off the can. She looked nervously at Payne and then at Lacey, but ultimately, unable to disobey orders, she took the can with both hands and slowly began to eat.

Only then did Ruby's smile slowly turn into confusion, then into shock and anger: "Where did you find the cans I hid?!"

"Since it was seized from the French anyway, what's wrong with feeding Alpha some?"

Payne said nonchalantly, casually rubbing the black dog's head, "Good boy, you were trained as a hunting dog before, right? You'll definitely play a huge role in battle later."

Alpha felt no joy at Payne's feeding, praise, and head pats; instead, it was filled with dread.

Because at this very moment, Lacey was looking at her with the eyes of someone eyeing prey, and even slightly opened her mouth to reveal her teeth.

This is a blatant threat! Chief, you'd better do something about it!

Alpha kept gesturing to Payne with his eyes, but at the same time, he continued to eat uncontrollably.

While Payne was closely watching Lacey's actions, he did not make any further moves, instead continuing to tuck the downy hairs in Alpha's ear.

When Lacey finally couldn't hold back any longer and let out a low growl, Payne quickly smacked her on the head. "What are you doing? Sit down!"

Lacey's mood immediately shifted from anger to grievance. She covered her head and sat there obediently, glancing at Payne with her head down.

Seeing that she was still obedient, Payne's tone softened:

“Lassie, you’re a mature beast now. You must know that Alpha is our comrade-in-arms, so you can’t show hostility to your comrade-in-arms. Do you understand?”

"A mature beast," that's what they say, but Paine felt to the point that it was just something they were telling a child...

“Oh… I see…” Lacey’s tone was still somewhat aggrieved.

To get things right the first time, Payne pointed at her and continued, "It's just that I paid a little more attention to her because she came later."

"It's not like I don't want you anymore, you don't need to act like this at all."

"Or rather, if you continue like this, I really won't like you anymore, understand?"

"I understand...I understand..." Lacey nodded quickly, and licked the finger that Payne had extended, which was covered in meat broth, in a flattering manner.

Payne was speechless. "I'll give you some later too."

Lacey quickly became happy again, her tail wagging incessantly.

In this guy's heart, which is more important, me or the flesh...?

Alpha's previous food guarding correction training had been quite effective. Payne gave her a few words of advice, and although she was very reluctant, she still gave up the rest of the canned meat, licking her lips with a hint of lingering satisfaction.

Lacey didn't mind at all that it was Alpha's leftovers; she practically buried her face in the can and gulped it down in a frenzy. Her eating manners were so messy that Payne didn't want to get close to her...

But in order to properly appease the dog who had been with him for over a year, Payne wiped her mouth and face with an old newspaper after she finished eating before pulling her into his arms and rubbing her.

"Good boy, good boy~"

Although wiping one's face with old newspapers might seem absurd, toilet paper was too expensive in Germany at the time and was not part of the rationed supplies.

I have heard that toilet paper is cheap enough in France, and each person is rationed nearly ten rolls of toilet paper a day for wiping their mouth and using the toilet.

But according to the company that seized the toilet paper, it was like sandpaper, rubbing against their mouths and buttocks, a pure form of torture.

Some people even declared that they would rather not wipe it than use that stuff.

How much did the French factory owner embezzle to turn toilet paper into sandpaper...?

Sigh, once this war starts, the arms suppliers are raking in the profits, while the thread-filling baby can't even go to the toilet comfortably.

Thinking of this, Payne shook his head and sighed helplessly, picking his nose as he did so.