Beneath the Moon

Beneath the Moon

"Splendid!"

At the sound of the loud voice, I hurriedly stood up and turned around.

Former Prime Minister Oizumi had taken off his goggles and was beaming.

"Yabiro-kun. How many of these wearable golems and their equipment can you provide at the moment?"

"W-well, we have twenty golems manufactured. We can make more if we add more machines... Oh, it’s the same for the equipment."

"In that case, start ramping up production at once. But before that, I’d like to buy about ten of them. I’ll use them to persuade some old acquaintances. If I remember your explanation, one unit costs five million yen, including the illuminator and revolver-shaped staff, correct? I’ll ask you about the other equipment later, too."

"Y-yes!"

Five million yen per unit. Cheap for the value of the machine, but an outrageous price when you considered the cost of making it.

We’d started out with the goal of preventing humanity’s extinction. But that didn’t mean we could give these machines away for free...